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1940s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1950s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1960s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1970s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1980s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n 1990s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2000s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2010s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2020s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Grad Notes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n The editors of Cornellians<\/em> should be blowing horns and sending up fireworks. Congratulations to you all. Now, so many more Cornellians will be in touch\u2014except some nonagenarians with whom I have recently spoken. Those of us in our 90s do not always have access to computers, iPhones, etc., or perhaps are just not interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is the list of those in our class who registered for our virtual 75th Reunion in 2021: James Beckett Jr.<\/strong>, Barbara Schaefer<\/strong> Colbert, Jean<\/strong> Carnell<\/strong> Conner, Clara Heffernan<\/strong> Ferguson, Jerrold Finch<\/strong>, BME \u201948, Joyce Lee<\/strong> Fletcher, Philip Gisser<\/strong>, Paul Levine<\/strong>, BS \u201949, Steven Marder<\/strong>, Sylvia Mayer<\/strong> Helbert Paul, and me, Dottie Taylor<\/strong> Prey. Many alumni also invited family members to register and attend events. Our class sponsored a meet-and-greet memorial tribute to Lloyd Slaughter<\/strong>, our past president, on Thursday, June 10, as well as a virtual wine tasting with the Johnson Estate Winery, New York\u2019s oldest estate winery, on Friday, June 11. It was a memorable weekend with many interesting and worthy events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Priscilla Alden<\/strong> Clement (gmcpac431@gmail.com) sent a message via email that she has survived COVID and is \u201cretiring from retirement\u201d as a librarian. She is enjoying life with cocktails and neighbors three nights a week. Great satisfaction comes from prayer, church, reading, and her third-floor social hours. For Dorothy Van Vleet<\/strong> Hicks, BS \u201945, not much has changed. She is lucky so far to be free from canes and walkers\u2014just slowing down a lot. Dottie still enjoys bridge, reading, and light exercise classes. Staying active and able takes lots of naps! Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic is learning to be patient and wearing a mask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Send me your current info, using whatever carrier is best for you\u2014slow mail (it really is!), email, or telephone. \u2756 Dorothy Taylor<\/strong> Prey, 1 Baldwin Ave., #501, San Mateo, CA, 94401; tel., (650) 342-1196; email, dmprey@aol.com. Class website<\/a>. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joan Dall Patton<\/strong>, BArch \u201947, <\/strong>writes, \u201cI have been living in Chico, CA, since my husband, Ed<\/strong>, BArch \u201949, died. I live in Sycamore Glen, an \u2018active senior community.\u2019\u201d The recent pandemic has put a hold on many things, including the weekly watercolor class that Joan had been attending before the pandemic began, \u201cbut I am still able to play golf about once a week. Needless to say, I am the grandma of the club. My son and wife live in Chico and my granddaughter just started college. My daughter lives in Ashland, OR, and is able to visit frequently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Murray Rosenblatt<\/strong> writes, \u201cI\u2019ve been tutoring math and physics at Rowen College at Burlington County for about 20 years\u2014and online for the last year.\u201d Murray gets great satisfaction from his 10-year-old yorkie (Holly), cooking, tutoring, friends, and family\u2014which includes his two great-granddaughters, Adeline and Ava. \u2756 Class of 1947<\/strong>, c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/strong>, abb83@cornell.edu. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having had a full column last time, I now have news to share from only one classmate: Leon Hammer<\/strong>, MD \u201952. He reports being confined to a wheelchair the last several months (not unusual at our age, says your correspondent). But that does not stop him from continuing his writing and publishing, which provides him much satisfaction. He is also a devotee of history and reads extensively. He makes a very perceptive comment about the pandemic: \u201cFreedom without responsibility is not freedom.\u201d And on that, I close. \u2756 Ray Tuttle<\/strong>, 65 Oyster Reef Dr., Hilton Head Island, SC 29926; email, RayTutt@aol.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Happy New Year! We would love to hear from you. Please submit an online news form<\/a> or send your news to: \u2756 Dorothy Mulhoffer<\/strong> Solow, 50 Grant St., Wellsboro, PA 16901; tel., (570) 948-9107 or (412) 215-1435; email, winspeck@yahoo.com; or Class of 1949<\/strong>, c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/strong>, abb83@cornell.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The new University-sponsored alumni publication has been launched. Our former Cornell Alumni Magazine<\/em> was owned by the alumni association. It was reaching only about 10% of alumni, while the new publication will be available to all. It is called Cornellians<\/em>. Our class column and others can be found under the Alumni Community tab in the navigation bar. The online news form<\/a> makes it easier to submit news for our class column. Also, there is a section titled Updates from Alumni, also under Alumni Community, where readers can make comments not usually submitted to our class column. With all our classmates now able to read our column, we hope communication among us will be much improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I received a short note from Dick Silver<\/strong>, MD \u201953 (New York City): \u201cI am now professor emeritus. I don\u2019t see patients anymore, but I am still active and involved with our hematology-oncology group at Weill Cornell Medicine (leukemia\/myeloproliferative diseases). I\u2019ve just written a couple of papers and hopefully will be attending some congresses in the fall. Old age is coming at a bad time!\u201d I also heard from Bill Atkinson<\/strong> (Cambridge, MA), who is in his fifth year in assisted living at Youville House. Bill reports that he remains mentally active with a family Zoom every Sunday\u2014and on email (atkinsopht@gmail.com) and Twitter (@Atkinsopht), where he \u201cspends far too much time flogging the sorry state of the US press and the mainstream media, the climate deniers, and the \u2018covidiots.\u2019\u201d He invites classmates to visit his webpage<\/a>, where you can find memoirs, family history, and information on the climate crisis. \u201cThere\u2019s also at least one Cornell reminiscence there<\/a>, plus my latest post: My life in cars!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a pleasure to continue reporting bios of our accomplished class officers. Previous columns have featured vice president Nels Schaenen<\/strong>, MBA \u201951, and past-president Dick Pogue<\/strong>. It\u2019s now a pleasure report on class president Jim Brandt<\/strong> (Chicago). At our 65th Reunion in 2015, Jim and his wife, Nancy (Hubbard)<\/strong>, were elected class co-presidents. Then, given the interference of COVID-19 on our 70th Reunion, Jim and our other officers graciously agreed to continue in office until our next Reunion in 2025. However, Jim and Ben Williams<\/strong> are working on a 2022 Reunion to replace the lost 2020 one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jim grew up in Birmingham, MI, a suburb of Detroit, where his father was an engineer with his own firm that had consulting work in many places\u2014in 1929, he designed and oversaw construction of the world\u2019s largest truck plant, outside Moscow, Russia. During WWII, while working for Consolidated Vultee, Jim’s father was responsible for increasing the production of B-24 four-engine bombers, the most produced aircraft ever. Observing his father\u2019s work inspired Jim to become a manufacturing engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After preparatory school at Cranbrook, Jim joined the Navy and remained in the Naval Reserve for 19 years, attaining the rank of lieutenant. With the rest of us, he entered Cornell in fall 1946\u2014as you will recall, a rather tumultuous time. On campus he played JV baseball, was a varsity cheerleader for football and basketball, and was wearer of the \u201cC.\u201d Jim was president of Chi Psi fraternity and was active in the Interfraternity Council (IFC), Sphinx Head, Red Key, Atmos, Campus Chest, Freshman Camp, and CURW. He had the good fortune to meet his future wife, Nancy. They were married in 1951, in what Jim calls \u201cthe best decision I ever made.\u201d Nancy died in December 2019 after 68 years of marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After graduation Jim went to work for Reliance Electric in Cleveland, where he also worked recruiting secondary school students for Cornell and interviewed candidates for McMullen Scholarships in Mechanical Engineering. Subsequent work took him to Dayton, OH, for Master Vibrator, then to Chicago as VP for Nachman Corp. Then he became president of Saville Organ Co., which built custom-designed instruments, including a large electronic organ for Chicago\u2019s Auditorium Theatre, where it was dedicated by well-known organist Virgil Fox. After Saville he joined Zurn Industries as VP and general manager working with president Frank Zurn<\/strong>, a Cornell classmate, <\/strong>on projects worldwide. Following retirement in 1992, he was asked in 1999 to start what became the very successful Ringspann USA, remaining on the board for another 13 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His interest in music has stayed with him his whole life. In 1973, the trumpet he had played in high school, and in the Bugle Corps at the Great Lakes Naval Base, was brought out of the attic to be played in the Lake Forest Symphony. He continues to play, and currently is the oldest horn player in the Windy City Winds, a 65-piece wind band that started six years ago. Moreover, Jim has sung in church choirs for over 60 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In retirement, Jim has stayed active in community activities and world travel. He was president of his church congregation, and for 25 years he was active with the Executive Service Corps of Chicago, helping not-for-profit organizations improve their operations. He and Nancy developed an intense interest in ancient history, specifically cultures of the Mideast. They traveled four times to Greece, three times to Turkey, and two to Egypt, plus visits to Syria and Israel, as well as studying at the U. of Chicago\u2019s Oriental Inst. Other travels took them yearly to Germany for business\/pleasure trips\u2014in all, a total of 40 different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jim and Nancy had four children, three living: Barbara (Boston U.) is a preschool music teacher; Doug (Washington U.) is an editor for the Journal of the<\/em> American Medical Association<\/em>; and Doug\u2019s twin, Carolyn (Rice U., Baylor MD), is a pediatrician and mother of Jim\u2019s two grandchildren. \u2756 Paul Joslin<\/strong>, 13731 Hickman Rd. #4207, Urbandale, IA 50323; email, phjoslin@aol.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your correspondent, Brad Bond<\/strong>, turned 92 in October. He has his first great-grandchild, Miriam, born in September in New Mexico. Brad recently traveled to Upstate New York, accompanied by his son, his daughter-in-law, and two of his three daughters, to his brother\u2019s second wife\u2019s funeral. He still lives in his house in Marietta, OH, with one of his twin daughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Howard Hyde<\/strong> recently moved into assisted living. He gets great satisfaction these days from reading, and he turned 102 in January 2021! David Werdegar<\/strong>, MA \u201953, is a retired physician and professor emeritus of family and community medicine at UC San Francisco School of Medicine, a department he was the founding chairman of. \u201cWe live in a beautiful \u2018suburb\u2019 of San Francisco, 15 miles north of the city, across the Golden Gate Bridge. My wife, Kathy, retired after 23 years as a justice of the California Supreme Court. We have two sons, each married, and five grandchildren.\u201d His biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that \u201cscience is amazing\u2014to have a vaccine in one year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winifred Bergin<\/strong> Hart is \u201cstill getting used to the outside world after a COVID year of isolation. I live in a continuing care retirement community, Kendal at Lexington, VA, so we are super careful. Bit by bit we are returning to normal, whatever normal may be. I have audited classes at Washington and Lee U. and participated in a memoir class at VMI. I also volunteer as a docent at Stonewall Jackson House. In summer, I garden; in winter, I catch up on my reading, lift weights, and loaf. I am alive and in good health at 90. I have four children (one set of twins), eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren\u2014all Virginia born and bred!\u201d What brings her satisfaction? \u201cThe beauty of my surroundings in the Shenandoah Valley; the birds outside my window; my garden and its surprises; and, of course, my family.\u201d Wallace Rich<\/strong> keeps it short and sweet: \u201cJust getting older!\u201d \u2756 Brad Bond<\/strong>, email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/strong>, abb83@cornell.edu. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I write this, it is mid-October and not a leaf has turned. First, some brief notes: You can find Class Notes online by googling Cornellians<\/em>; I believe new news forms will be sent out with dues notices\u2014be sure to check the small box on the form if you want your email address online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now the big news: Our 70th Reunion is June 9\u201312 at the Statler on campus. All \u201952 class events will be at the Statler, which is handicap accessible. There will be a shuttle if you need it, and provisions will be made for the mobility challenged. There are about 500 of us left. Think seriously of joining the party. Details will follow, but this should start your thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now for news from you, almost all of which arrived in late spring. John Orr \u201951<\/strong>, BME \u201952 (Newtown, PA) is still in a continuing care retirement community. He is \u201csteaming as before\u2014but somewhat slower at 91.\u201d His fraternity brother, friend, and boss, Jim<\/strong> O\u2019Brien \u201951<\/strong>, BCE \u201952, died in December 2020. John had his COVID shots in March, followed by his \u201cfirst dinner out in a year. I\u2019m selling my boats\u2014have had two from 1977 until 2021.\u201d In retirement, he has been writing. His first great-grandchild was born in January 2021. These days, he finds the most satisfaction in his 17 years of marriage with his second wife. Takeaway from the pandemic? \u201cIt was right to stay at my New Jersey lagoon front \u2018shore house\u2019 from May to October.\u201d When asked about any changes, C.V.<\/strong> Noyes<\/strong>, MBA \u201955 (Adamstown, MD; cvnoyes@gmail.com) notes, \u201cMy handwriting has gotten much worse.\u201d C.V. has been sorting and scanning thousands of photo slides. His most satisfaction comes from friends and travel. His takeaway from the pandemic? \u201cMe!\u201d Frank Laimbeer<\/strong>, BS \u201955 (flaimbeer@aol.com), whose life has changed recently, is doing nothing in retirement. His family comes to see him in his apartment, and his grandchildren bring him great satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lewis Ward-Baker<\/strong> (Rochester, NY; patnlew@rochester.rr.com) on change: \u201cI\u2019ve lost a few friends and feel sad that I didn\u2019t have a chance to thank them for their contribution to my life.\u201d Lewis is currently working on writing a play. Life and family? \u201cThere has been a distinct warming of all the relationships as we all realize with great clarity how much we mean to each other.\u201d What brings the most satisfaction? \u201c1) My wife\u2019s loving support and encouragement. 2) Connecting by Zoom with a large group of friends.\u201d Biggest takeaways from the pandemic: \u201c1) How strong we all are. 2) We all will deal with a kind of PTSD for the next few years as fear abates and sadness heals.\u201d Rik Clark<\/strong> (Osterville, MA; capeclarks@aol.com) writes, \u201cThe presence of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone\u2019s life. Before the pandemic started, we moved. Since moving, we have remained safe and well.\u201d Rik has been volunteer fundraising for the Pan-Mass Challenge and the Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., and staying as fit as possible at the YMCA and with walks. He derives the most satisfaction from thinking about and playing golf, enjoying Cape Cod, and being very grateful for family and friends. Takeaways from the pandemic? \u201cGratefulness for those on the front lines, fighting COVID-19 and caring for those sickened by it. Sadness for all who have died.\u201d Ted<\/strong>, MS \u201953, and Trudy Krueger Winsberg<\/strong> (Boynton Beach, FL; tandtwinsberg@gmail.com) say that daily life is very much the same. \u201cWe continue to live here on the farm surrounded by a Palm Beach County park. Green Cay Wetlands is scheduled to be enlarged by 70 acres starting this summer, which will shrink our farm to 45 acres.\u201d Ted and Trudy\u2019s four \u201cchildren\u201d are all in the middle to top end of their 60s now. All are well, as are their five grands. These days, Ted gets the most satisfaction from \u201cwaking up every morning (at 5 a.m.) and knowing I have another day to enjoy.\u201d His biggest takeaway from the pandemic? \u201cThat working people, documented or undocumented, are the engine that drives the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hazel Lowe<\/strong> von Rosenvinge (Peabody, MA; hvonr3@gmail.com) has moved to a senior living community. She is a museum guide. \u201cBeing alive!\u201d brings her the most satisfaction these days. Murray Wigsten<\/strong>, MA \u201954 (who is somewhere in England) is still the \u201cpoorly paid supervisor\u201d at his home farm, where they have been logging and having annual events. In retirement, he is \u201cwintering at our prehistoric English cottage.\u201d Judy Winter<\/strong> Burger (New York, NY; judyburger@verizon.net) is living on the Upper East Side. She sends a big kiss. Her most satisfaction comes from \u201cfriends, family, and all the things NYC has to offer! The pandemic changed that, but I hope it returns soon!\u201d Alice Warshaw<\/strong> Forman (New York, NY) is also on the Upper East Side. Her life has been changed by the virus: \u201cNYC is less vibrant, but it\u2019s now reviving.\u201d She exhibited some of her early work\u2014abstractions that were in the Whitney\u2014last summer in Southampton. Alice\u2019s granddaughter \u201cgraduated from Oberlin with high honors and received an internship in medieval art from the Metropolitan Museum.\u201d What brings her the most satisfaction? \u201cBeing in relatively good shape and enjoying this spring.\u201d Biggest takeaway from the pandemic? \u201cRemembering to obey all rules!\u201d \u2756 Joan Boffa<\/strong> Gaul, joangaul@mac.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to everyone who responded to our call for news. <\/strong>The University\u2019s new, digital-first publication should help make it easier to stay in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jack Brophy<\/strong> (johnbrophy@aol.com) writes about the stroke he suffered last year. \u201cThey did an MRI of my brain, which showed a white, dime-sized \u2018snowflake\u2019 identified as the blockage that caused the stroke. I began thinking about the human brain and its computer-like memory capacity. Is the capacity limited? Will it reach \u2018full\u2019 and reject new thoughts, or selectively delete some old insignificant data to make room for the present flow of information? I find that if I read an old memoir written 20 years ago, I can begin to recall more details than I had recorded on paper. The brain has a great recall capability. Well, my brain is old but still working, a bit slower than I would like, but for all of the above, I consider myself lucky and blessed. A New Year\u2019s wish for all my \u201953 friends: try to stay well!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Janice Button<\/strong>-Shafer (jbuttonshafer@gmail.com) shares that the highlight of her year was a family reunion celebrating her 90th birthday. \u201cMy daughter, Christina, who lives nearby in Sierra Madre, arranged for all of my family to gather in Palm Springs for a three-day celebration. The house she rented was once owned by Bing Crosby (and now belongs to Francis Ford Coppola). Furniture and pictures were rather ancient, but there were modern appliances … and even a small home theater inside and a large swimming pool outside. My twin Cornell sons\u2014Charles \u201992<\/strong> and John \u201992<\/strong>\u2014joined us, along with two granddaughters. We all had a great time!\u201d Some years ago, Janice made an investment in Cornell\u2019s Pooled Life Income Fund and specified that it be used, after her death, to establish a scholarship for a woman studying in the School of Engineering Physics (now called Applied & Engineering Physics). Thank you, Janice, for helping pave the way for a future female scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruth Burns<\/strong> Cowan (ruthcowan@aol.com), senior research fellow, Ralph Bunche Inst. for International Studies, is pleased to report that her documentary, Tribal Justice<\/em>, will be shown at Cornell twice in December and then twice in January off-campus in Arizona. \u201cTribal Justice <\/em>features two Native American judges who reach back to the traditional concepts of justice, which aim at rehabilitation rather than punishment and imprisonment. They address the root causes of crime, offering effective and far less costly responses. The film has been shown in colleges and universities in the US and throughout the world, so I am especially pleased that Cornell will join the ranks. State and federal judges in the US have embraced the film and have hosted events featuring it. Their support reflects a belief widely held by those engaged in our criminal justice system: the system is broken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rose Carpenter Gernon<\/strong> (jdgernon@aol.com) says she and her husband, Dean \u201951<\/strong>, are \u201cvery happy living in a large retirement community not far from one of our five daughters in Lacey, WA. When I retired from my teaching job, I was science department head and taught chemistry and biology in the El Monte Union High School District.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joan Pennell<\/strong> Grant (joankiaora69@gmail.com) says, \u201cI\u2019m still living contentedly in my apartment in Melbourne, Australia, and am long retired from university lecturing in Asian politics and from volunteer work with refugees, although I still contribute to their support. My adult children and grandchildren generously assist when necessary for shopping, repairs, etc., and provide welcome friendship and humor.\u201d Like many of us, Joan has enjoyed online meetings with her book club and friends and looks forward to the end of COVID restrictions. \u201cI pass the time with lots of reading, sitting in the sun, and a little streaming\u2014which my eyes don\u2019t like! And I feel very lucky. Apart from a sister in New York, my American contacts have become pretty slim, but my memories of beautiful Cornell are still vivid. I send all classmates the warmest wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diane Johnston Graziano<\/strong> (coelhen2@frontiernet.net) and her husband, Calvin<\/strong>, MBA \u201954, still live in Pittsford, NY, where Diane enjoys digging into family history and genealogy. \u201cAs the family historian and genealogist, I dig into our past and track down ancestors, which is good exercise for my brain,\u201d she says. She finds the German language classes she took at Cornell useful when searching through genealogy records written in German. \u201cI\u2019ve discovered 1,700 surnames of students who were at Cornell in my time\u2014probably we are all distant cousins. And I doubt that any one of us was aware of the very severe hardships our ancestors dealt with as white \u2018serfs\u2019 under a descendant of the original Dutch Patroon Van Rensselaer\u2014who was also a relative of Martha Van Rensselaer.\u201d Diane and her husband are currently reorganizing a longtime church group that lapsed during the COVID shutdown and finds email a useful way to keep in touch with friends and relatives. \u201cWith perseverance, we do what we can with the talents, health, and years dealt to us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Irene Selmer Griffith<\/strong>, BA \u201952 (irenesgriffith3@gmail.com) writes from her new address in New Horizons apartments in Torrance, CA, that her husband, Owen \u201950<\/strong>, PhD \u201958, died in 2020, the same year she had a broken hip surgically repaired. \u201cI now use a walker,\u201d she reports. \u201cFortunately, my family is very supportive, meeting with me regularly in person and via Zoom.\u201d Irene serves on the Torrance Commission on Aging, providing inspiration to seniors, assisting with funerals, and providing grief counseling. \u201cI am grateful for living so richly these past 89 years and being able to continue with my practice of lifelong learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Claire Moran Ford<\/strong>, the first female president of the Class of 1953, died in Connecticut on July 28, and a memorial service, ending with \u201cThe Evening Song,\u201d was held in November. Claire and her late husband, Clark<\/strong>, were married for 53 years and raised three children at their longtime home in Westport, CT. In addition to serving as \u201953 president and Reunion chair, Claire was president of the Cornell Club of Fairfield County and a member of the Cornell council. She is survived by her children, Jeff \u201979<\/strong>, Suzy, and Chris \u201989<\/strong>, and four grandchildren, including Blair \u201911<\/strong>. Memorial donations \u201cin memory of Claire Moran Ford\u201d can be made to the Cornell Annual Fund online<\/a> and condolences can be sent to clairefordfamily@gmail.com. Submitted by: \u2756 Caroline Mulford<\/strong> Owens, 53news.cornell@gmail.com; Jack Allen<\/strong>, jwallen@msu.edu; Ed Gibson<\/strong>, edwincosgibson@gmail.com; John Nixon<\/strong>, nixn1@hotmail.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mason<\/strong> and Patricia Jerome Colby<\/strong> have been living in a retirement community in Naples, FL, since 2013. Mason is coordinator of his local men\u2019s book club. At Cornell he sang in a choir, the Glee Club, and Cayuga\u2019s Waiters\u2014who he still frequently meets and sings with via Zoom. Let\u2019s hope he and some of his fellow Waiters can entertain us at our next Reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another Floridian is Jane Gregory<\/strong> Wilson, who lives in Sun City Center, FL. Having learned to play bridge as a Cornell freshman, she continues to play avidly in her senior living community. Aline Nitzsche<\/strong> Ashkin<\/strong> is retired and living in Rumson, NJ, where she enjoys oil painting and reading German literature. Her late husband, Arthur<\/strong>, PhD \u201952<\/strong>, won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2018 for the invention of laser tweezers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Phila Staines<\/strong> Slade is retired and living in North Andover, MA, with her husband, Dick, in the house they bought in 1957. How is that for longevity? She is active in her community\u2019s improvement society and chairs the committee that has restored and maintains Olmsted Park. Phila writes that her Zoology major at Cornell was \u201csurprisingly helpful\u201d in raising their three girls. Retired architect John Fodor Jr.<\/strong>, BArch \u201957, lives with his wife, Jacqueline, a French citizen, in Huntington, CT, where he enjoys gardening and woodworking. In his younger years he was close friends with Peter Noyes of Cornell varsity football and recruited over 30 student athletes into the program. He was also president, director, and an original charter member of the Cornell Club of Fairfield County, CT. Since 1994 John has served as trustee of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Church in Fairfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Betty Wagler<\/strong> Striso and her husband, Clem, have been cocooning in their home in Glen Cove, NY, throughout most of last year. Betty is an avid reader, having gone through more than 1,000 books since she started counting a few years ago. Son Andy Striso<\/strong> \u201978<\/strong> (Chemical Engineering) has retired from Colgate Palmolive and spends his time golfing and skiing. Daughter Claire Striso<\/strong> Wilkinson \u201979<\/strong> (Arts & Sciences) is assistant registrar at Middlebury College in Vermont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbara Jones<\/strong> Jenkins<\/strong> (barbjenkins16@charter.net) lives in Northfield, MN. Until retiring, she served as finance director for Cannon Valley Elder Collegium. The collegium administers classes for Northfield residents age 50-plus, taking advantage of having two local colleges with retired professors still eager to teach. Barbara\u2019s bucket list item: \u201cPerfecting my tennis serve.\u201d At our age\u2014wow! Last year she went to Tokyo to visit her grandson Stewart, his Japanese wife, and two great-grandsons. Barbara writes, \u201cAnd to think that their great-great-grandfather earned the Navy Cross fighting the Japanese in World War II!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of our classmates who has not retired is Robert Greenwald<\/strong> (bobsellsflowers@gmail.com) of Monroe Township, NJ. As you can guess from his email address, Bob is in the business of selling flowers online. He loves his work because, as he says, \u201cIt keeps me upright.\u201d Bob claims to have moved 22 times since leaving Cornell. We suspect this may be close to a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Merrill Hessel<\/strong>, BChemE \u201956, a retired chemical engineer living in Gaithersburg, MD, recently remotely engineered an audiobook with his good friend Maurice Martinez, a professor in North Carolina, titled Blackcreole: Too White to be Black, Too Black to be White<\/em>. The 500-page book describes the racism Martinez faced as a Black Creole from New Orleans through graduate school at the U. of Michigan and in the academic workplace. The project took them one and a half years working from their homes in two different states via computers. \u2756 Bill Waters<\/strong>, billwaters@optonline.net; Ruth Carpenter<\/strong> Bailey, rcbhtb@gmail.com. Class website<\/a>. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Steve Clingan<\/strong>, president of Clingan Steel Inc., <\/strong>reports, \u201cWe worked right through COVID as an essential industry. We were really slow at first, but then since November 2020 we got busier than we have ever been. I\u2019m now on dialysis four hours a day, three days a week after work, which is a pain but necessary. High blood pressure took its toll.\u201d And now, Steve says, \u201cI\u2019m working harder than I ever did in my life.\u201d His wife died three years ago, which we are very sorry to hear. His takeaway from the pandemic: \u201cI can\u2019t understand the reluctance to get the vaccine, but that seems to tie into a general malaise in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barbara Balsam<\/strong> Brown sold her home of 59 years and moved to Lantern Hill, a continuing care retirement community. \u201cIt was a great move!\u201d Her other good news was becoming a great-grandmother to Theo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fred Antil<\/strong> has had a very active life. \u201cBecause of Chuck Feeney \u201956<\/strong>, I returned in 1983 as special assistant to Hotel school dean John Clark. After retiring, I became very involved with the Ithaca community and the University, serving on the Ithaca school board and the Cayuga Heights village board, plus serving on the Cornell Council and the Executive Council of Cornell Academics & Professors Emeriti.\u201d New chapter: In the \u201990s Fred began researching Abraham Lincoln and giving hundreds of presentations dressed as Lincoln. He kicked off the annual CACO meeting when it moved to Philadelphia after 100 years in New York, and completed his well-received book, A Lincoln Treasure Trove<\/em>, which is available on Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donna Jean Avery <\/strong>Darling, MS \u201961, says she\u2019s \u201cbeen doing a lot of 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles lately,\u201d and reading too. Nancy Eisenberg<\/strong> Grabow has moved to New Jersey to be nearer to her children and adds, \u201cI would love to work on a project for Cornell!\u201d \u2756 Nancy Savage<\/strong> Petrie, 85 Brook St., Noank, CT 06340; email, nancysavagepetrie@yahoo.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lonnie Hanauer<\/strong>, MD \u201960, has retired. His daughter Amy Hanauer \u201989<\/strong> heads the Inst. on Taxation and Economic Policy, and Amy\u2019s kids, Max Cassell \u201920<\/strong> and Katrina Cassell \u201924<\/strong>, are both Cornellians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Herschel <\/strong>and Shirley Dean<\/strong> Loomis<\/strong> have moved to a lifecare community in Carmel, CA. They want you to know that they love it. \u201cNo cooking, country living, perfect weather.\u201d Shirley continues to do her calligraphy for pleasure and\/or money, and she also enjoys her garden. When they sent in their news form, the Loomises were looking forward to an upcoming vacation with their family in the Grand Tetons in Wyoming. Allen Unger<\/strong> (Bronx, NY) continues in the practice of cardiology. \u201cThe grandchildren are growing and are happy, despite the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diana Motycka<\/strong> Day<\/strong> (Wooster, OH) enjoyed seeing a few classmates on Zoom recently and misses her husband, Robert<\/strong>, who passed away. Margot Mahoney<\/strong> Haddock (Lebanon, NH) is recently widowed; her husband, Harold, passed away from complications of COVID-19 in December 2020. Margot moved to an assisted living facility last fall to be near three of her four children. She\u2019s grateful for good health and good friends. Judy Morse<\/strong> Jones (West Dover, VT) continues her charity work in her community and with her church. She and her husband developed syringes over the years for various pharmaceutical companies\u2014and they have been put to good use during the pandemic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patricia Hamm<\/strong> Finstad (Sarasota, FL) writes, \u201cI\u2019m as busy as ever. I still attend a variety of classes and meetings, but they\u2019re mostly online. So instead of zooming around town, I\u2019m \u2018Zooming in place!\u2019\u201d She continues teaching Tai Chi Chih meditation, which she has been doing for the past 18 years in many venues\u2014adult education programs, retirement centers, health clubs, and martial arts studios. \u201cThe form I teach is not a martial art, but a moving meditation. It\u2019s great for health and wellbeing and has been life-changing for many of my students. I love it.\u201d Patricia is also enjoying the newest addition to her family: her great-grandson. She publishes a weekly newsletter geared to the spiritual community in Sarasota and just completed issue number 974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shelby Singleton <\/strong>Fillingane and husband Hugh have moved to a retirement home in Ashburn, VA. Hugh is a retired naval officer. His muscle disease confines him to a wheelchair, while Shelby sometimes uses a cane. She is grateful that they were able to get vaccinated on site! Betsy Jennings<\/strong> Rutledge (Wilmette, IL) and Dick \u201955<\/strong> are doing well. \u201cRetirement is busier even than work, it seems. Family\u2014including three adult offspring, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandkids\u2014occupy us a lot.\u201d Their civic activities have reduced, but Betsy remains active with a charitable organization (working alongside a \u201cgreat group of women\u201d) offering scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sad news: Jean Willman<\/strong> Scott (Venice, FL) passed away on September 14, 2020. Jean was past president of Pi Beta Phi, and her father was a professor in the Ag school. And John Hoare Jr.<\/strong>, MBA \u201957 (Basking Ridge, NJ), retired CPA, passed away this past June. They will both be missed. Keep your news coming. Best: \u2756 Phyllis Bosworth<\/strong>, phylboz@aol.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emita Brady<\/strong> Hill has had no grass grow under her feet. Chancellor emerita, Indiana U. Kokomo, former vice president, Lehman College, City University of New York, author, dancer, grandmother and great-grandmother, diver, oral historian, and blogger, she planned to take the train into the city from her home in New Rochelle, NY, to attend the class dinner organized by Judy Richter<\/strong> Levy, LLB \u201959, each year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving prior to the Cornell-Boston U. hockey game at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One person who was not at the dinner is Gerald Dulin<\/strong>, who answered the question \u201cHow has your life changed recently?\u201d with this: \u201cWith COVID, are you kidding?\u201d During the height of the pandemic, he hunkered down with family, similar to most or all of us. One exception is Stu Fischman<\/strong>, who in retirement has moved to Israel and would have had to quarantine both ways in order to attend the dinner and game. In his absence, he instructed Judy to \u201cHave one for me!\u201d \u2756 John Seiler<\/strong>, suitcase2@aol.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n David Brown<\/strong>, MBA \u201960, lost his wife several years ago from Parkinson\u2019s disease. They were married 60 years and had five children, 11 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren! David still enjoys skiing and usually goes about 25 times a year. He lives in Vermont and says that his family is close and very supportive, so he feels very fortunate. Philip Getter<\/strong> says he\u2019s hiding from COVID and moving to Park Avenue in NYC. He has a new grandson, and another granddaughter who lives in London is coming to college in the US!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hugh Hartzberg<\/strong> (hughhart36@gmail.com) retired five years ago and has been spending his winters in Scottsdale, AZ, at a marvelous racket club and playing lots of tennis and golf. He still loves reading and attending concerts. He also loves seeing friends old and new and has a significant other who was a teacher for 35 years. She was in charge of the school musicals and sings all the time! Hugh still fears getting the virus and doesn\u2019t get to see his four great-granddaughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charles<\/strong> \u201cSandy\u201d Burton<\/strong>, MS \u201963, was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s a few years ago; he can no longer drive and his activities are limited. He lost one of his daughters in fall 2020, but notes that his grandchildren are all doing well. Neil MacCormick<\/strong> passed away in Scotland in August 2021. One of his sons and one of his granddaughters are classes of \u201983 and \u201921! His love of Cornell was always evident and, after his return to campus in the mid-1970s, it rubbed off on some offspring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cynthia Rau<\/strong> Sears writes that her life has not really changed that much. She enjoys Zoom meetings for now, and she\u2019s masking and being very careful, but she still enjoys going out for dinner and being with friends as much as she can! Ann Gaffey<\/strong> Coyne has been staying home and keeping safe knitting hats for newborns at the hospital. She is retired and lives in a cottage at Kendal at Ithaca with lots of other Cornellians nearby. Her son Tom died at age 60 just before Christmas 2020 of a seizure disorder. Ann enjoys reading and listening to books and hiking the many trails near Ithaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dean Danzer<\/strong> (dedanzer@sbcglobal.com) is slowly recovering from amyloidosis\u2014getting better, but still walking with a cane. His house is in the woods, so he and his wife enjoy watching wildlife. They are getting ready to begin trips to nearby parks in the Ozarks! He retired in 1997 after 38 years with Monsanto, where he designed and built chemical plants around the world. He has three sons and five grandchildren. Laurence Pringle<\/strong> has not yet retired. He just published his 121st book (mostly children\u2019s books) in April 2021, The Secret Life of the Sloth<\/em>. He has four more in the works for 2021, 2022, and 2023. \u2756 Jan Arps<\/strong> Jarvie, janjarvie@gmail.com; Dick Haggard<\/strong>, richardhaggard11@gmail.com. Online news form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n1940s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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