CORNELL UNIVERSITY agriculture & life sciences news New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University August 1988 Cornell ’88 /^jU^apades “Food for Thought” Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni ALScapades ’88 and Department Reunions for Animal Science, Communica­ tion, and Food Science Food for Thought September 16-18, 1988 A weekend that reflects the essence of Cornell ALUMNI ALSCAPADES ’88 A Weekend to Remember THE HIGHLIGHTS • Keynote Speakers: Dr. Robert Gravani Associate Professor, Food Science Dr. David L. Call ’54, Dean • The unveiling of a new, dynamic food product named after a distinguished Cornell character at the After Game Party • Cornell vs. Princeton Football • Cornell Chicken B-B-Q • Department Reunions • Golf with Laing Kennedy, Director of Athletics, and members of the faculty • Early morning jog with the coaches Registration form on page 11 Inside: Student Scholars Picked 3 Pest Control Improves... 4 Local Events Draw Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Women Scientists Confer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CORNELL UNIVERSITY agriculture & life sciences news DEPARTMENT REUNIONS Department reunions offer a time to reminisce witli classmates and an opportunity to see your department, its current students, faculty and programs “Food for Thought” September 16-18 Alumni ALScapades ’88 and Department Reunions THE WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Department of Animal Science Chairman, J. M. Elliot "Exciting tilings are happening in the Department of Animal Science I urge you to come to the alumni reception and nib shoulders with our teaching/ research/extension team—old and new. We ll proudly tell you about activities such as our latest research on animal growth, somatotropins, genetically engineered rumen bacteria, and embryo manipulation, or about the new dairy management program. or the latest sire selection scheme We are also interested in your ideas and concerns. See you there! ’' Reunion Reception, 348 Morrison Hall Kenneth L. Turk Seminar Room Friday, September 16,1988 6:15 p.m. Outstanding Alumni Awards Banquet Sheraton Inn, The Ballroom Saturday, September 17,1988__________________________________ 7 30 am Jog with the coaches Begins at Teagle Hall 8:00 a.m. Registration and Reception James Law Auditorium College of Veterinary Medicine •Reception •The Department, Its Faculty and Ito Programs •The Excitement •Tour of Large Animal Re search and Teaching Unit (optional—for those with an interest in the facility) Light Refreshments Dr Murray Elliot, Chairman Presentations by a Faculty Member, a Graduate Student, and an Undergraduate Student "Food for Thought" Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert B Gravani, Associate Professor, Food Science Dr Gravani works primarily with food retailers, processors, the service industry, and regulatory agencies on food safety, sanitation and regulation. He teaches and does research on food safety and quality. and he is the director of the Empire State Food and Agricultural Leadership Institute Recognitions and Awards Remarks by Dr. David L. Call. Dean 1015 a m Department Reunions For everyone! Take a closer look at three outstanding departments of the College and meet their alumni, faculty, and students. Animal Science Morrison Hall. Turk Seminar Room (348) Communication Boyce Thompson Auditorium 11:45 am 1:00 p.m. 1:15p.m. Food Science Food Processing Development Laboratory (Behind Stocking Hall) Chicken Barbecue, AgQuad Cornell vs. Princeton Football Game Tours: •Heritage Garden and the Cornell Plantations •Cornell’s new Equestrian Center and the Sheep' STAR'' System •Biotechnology Building and a review of developments in the field as reflected at Cornell After Game After-Game Party AgQuad •The unveiling of a new dynamic distinguished Cornell Character •Lots of Fanfare food product named after a Sunday, September 18,1988 _______________________________________ 10:00 a m. Play golf with Laing Kennedy 63, Director of Athletics, and faculty members of the College. Cornell Golf Club Tee-off times between 10:00 a m and noon Douglas Conti ’60, Chairman, Alumni ALScapades ’88 "lam very excited about the new program that the committee has put together for '88 The special programs offered by three academic departments in the college and the athletic events will make the weekend one of the best ever Then add Bob Baker's chicken barbecue for lunch! This is a weekend that you cannot afford to miss. The Committee hopes to see you for this rare occasion." Committee Doug Conti'60, Chairman Murray Elliot Gr Dale Coats '69 lhane O'Shaughnessy '86 Ben Davis '88 Carl Specht '60 William Drake '55 Patrick Spoth '88 Peter Dygert '61 Stephen Teele '72 Department of Food Science Chairman, Richard A. Ledford "We are so happy that you, our alumni, will be the first to explore our new building, the Food Processing Development Laboratory Although it is scheduled for dedication on Novem ber2,1988, we are anxious to show it off We will hold our alum ni department reunion there and talk about some of your ideas and our pursuits here in the department We would love to see you and share this great occasion '' Reunion Reception, The New Food Processing Development Laboratory (Behind Stocking Hall) •Reception •Welcome and Overview of the Department •Student Activities •Tour of the Food Process ing and Development Laboratory Light Refreshments Dr Richard A. Ledford, Chairman Ann Roland Gr President, Food Science Club Department of Communication Chairman, Royal D. Colle “There’s so much happening in this information age that in­ terests our communication students. One of the things that they (and we) value is interacting witli alumni who can share their ex periences and ideas with us. So we’ve taken the liberty ofinvit ing some students and faculty members to meet alumni at the reception. Of course, it will be an excellent chance to renew acquaintances. Whether you've been out 30 years or three months, we'd like to have you back—and maybe talk a bit about this "Information Age " Reunion Reception, Boyce Thompson Auditorium (tentative) Reception Light Refreshments Daniel Decker Awarded First Young Alumni Award On June 9, the Department of Natural Resources hosted a reunion of alumni who shared a common student expe rience before their significant careers in wildlife conservation. Known as the ■‘Hillers," they surveyed the famed ruffed grouse at nearby Connecticut Hill Alumni and Friends at the College’s Largest Reunion Breakfast on June 11 during their student days in the 1930s and 1940s This year, under the direction of Associate Professor Harlan Brumsted, they met to discuss fund raising for in temships at Connecticut Hill and Arnot Forest for natural resources undergradu­ ates The project is being spearheaded by Benjamin O Bradley ‘34 (left) who played center field for Cornell's baseball team in 1933 and 1934. Hillers gathered in front of tiie totem pole were (left to right) Steve Fordham ‘38. Cornelius Kuhn SP. W Mason Lawrence '38, Donald J. Spitler ‘40, Robert Darrow ‘31. C William Severinghaus 38, Paul Christner ‘38. AlbertG Hall 40, James Otis '38. Royce Brower '33„Richard E. Reynolds ‘36, and Harvey Warner '44 Daniel J Decker '79 has been honored with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Association's first Young Alumni Achievement Award The award was presented at the college's annual alumni breakfast in Ithaca, which attracted some 325 alumni, faculty, and friends Albert Beard '52, Milford, N Y., presi­ dent of the 5,500 member assocation, said the award was established to recog­ nize and encourage professional, college, and community leadership among young­ er alumni of the college Since his arrival at Cornell as a first year undergraduate, Daniel Decker has forged a reputation as one of the most energetic and productive individuals ever associated with tire College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He earned his B S degree in natural resources in 1974 and Four of 25 National Scholars Choose Agriculture and Life Sciences "We are delighted that 4 of the 25 RJR Nabisco National Scholars in agriculture and life sciences will be attending Cornell this fall.'' said Coordinator of Admissions Richard A. Church "They're a great group " Indeed they are, for these four high school students demonstrated the out standing scholastic ability and leadership qualities necessary to receive this scholarship It's a cooperative program established between the National Associ ation of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and RJR Nabisco Compa­ ny, a food manufacturer that produces more than 100 brand names sold in 160 countries and territories around the world. Since the purpose of the scholarship program is to promote careers in agricul ture, the winners need to have demon strated an interest in the field, achieved an SAT score of 1200 or an ACT score of 28 or higher, and be recommended by a high school science or math teacher Financial need is not a factor in the selec tion process for the $6,000 annual Agriculture & Life Science* News is published three tunes a year by the New York State CdlHK N Y 3 TU,Ory C0UC8,‘Of ,hC Sta,c « Cornell University Ithaca. N.Y Cornell University ts an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator and employer Dean David L. Call Associate Dean Kenneth E Wing Director of Alumni Affairs and Development John C Sterling Associate Director of Development Lael C. Carter Associate Director or Alumni Affairs Tina Walker Editor James P. Titus Writer Metta Winter Designer Lorraine M. Heasley Production Coordinator Donna S Wintine an M.S degree in natural resourcescon servation in 1976 In March of this year he was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources Decker's professional reputation at the college has rapidly spread to the nation al level His work in wildlife and human studies research and extension has resulted in frequent requests for his ex pertise from extension people in other states He has written almost 300 articles papers, monographs, books, and book chapters for scholarly publications and the popular press. With colleague Tommy Brown, senior research associate in natural resources, he has inaugurated an entirely new discipline within the field of natural resources-human dimensions research Outside the department, he has served as a member of many profession al organizations and committees, and he is a partner and principal consultant for Environmental/Natural Resources Con suitants in Ithaca The Alumni Association is proud to select Daniel Decker as an alumnus whose past has contributed so much and whose future holds such promise for Cor­ nell University and the College of Agricul ture and Life Sciences. ■ Jane Langley-Cook '69 1987-88 Chair-Awards Committee scholarship, which is renewable for four years. The college’s four scholarship winners are John S. Black, a general agricul ture/intemational agriculture major from Prairie Grove, Arkansas Darrell J Chemiske, a landscape ar chitecture major from New Milford. Con­ necticut Mitschka J Hartley, a natural resources major from Turner Center. Maine Pamela Scheper, a floriculture and or namental horticulture major from Howard Beach, New York. More information about the program is available from: Division of Agriculture, RJR Nabisco National Scholars, NASULGC. One Dupont Circle. Suite 710, Washington, DC 20036. ■ Metta Winter Photographers Donald Albem Claude Levet John C Sterling Contributing Writers Mark Eyerly, Yong H Kim Editorial Assistant Jeanne Astor Student Writers Laura VanderVliel Rodgers '89 Correspondence should be addressed to John Sier ling. Alumni Affairs Cornell University. Ithaca NY 14853-5901 Produced by Media Services at Corneil University &88 35 2M LL E88060703G Honors Pile up for Presidential Scholar Robert Johnson receiving a Presidential Scholars Award from Cornell President Frank H.T. Rhodes. Looking on are two teachers Johnson named as most Influential to him, Jean B. Hunter, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, and Johnson's high school biology teacher, Linda H Austin (far right) < z wwou wouldn't believe how excit- ■ ■ Vr ed I was.’’ says Robert John I son, of the week all the good news came First 1 heard that all three graduate schools 1 applied to said yes Then a letter from the Winston Churchill Foundation said that 1 got a year's scholarship to Cambridge Then the National Science Foundation called to say that my graduate research fellowship came through " But before undertaking the challenges these accomplishments bode for the fu­ ture, Johnson had a unique opportunity to savor those of the past On the eve of graduation, this agricultural engineering major was one of the college's nine seniors to be honored as a Presidential Scholar. Drawn from the top five percent of the Class of 1988, Presidential Scholars are young people chosen not only for their outstanding scholastic ability, but for their in tellectual curiosity their energetic leadership, and their demonstrated potential for contributing to the better 1988 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Presidential Scholars CORNELL FACULTY Margaret J Hubbert Ag. Economics Lecturer Edward W McLaughlin Ag. Economics Asst Professor Geoffrey W G Sharp Veterinary Pharmacology Professor & Chair Mary Basl Genetics Research Support Specialist Jean B Hunter Ag Engineering Asst Professor LoisE. Gosse Ag Economics Lecturer Cynthia Chase English Asst Professor Brian O. Earle Communication Sr. Lecturer Peter L Marks Ecology & Systematics Assoc Professor SCHOLARS Melissa S Berkowitz 2478 Kerry Lane Bellmore, NY 11710 CU Dept: Stat. & Biometry HillaryS Brodsky 69 Omni Parc Drive Spring Valley. NY 10977 CU Dept Ag. Economics Audrey Chan 166 Wayne Avenue Suffern, NY 10901 CU Dept: Biological Sci Eric W Huang 22 Galileo Way Latham, NY 12110 CU Dept Neurobiology & Behavior Robert D Johnson Box 76 Duelwood Farm Schaghticoke. NY 12154 CU Dept: Ag Engineering Deborah L. Kall 911 South Manlius Street Fayetteville. NY 1:1066 CU Dept: Ag Economics TobeL Mellman 18 Madison Avenue Jericho, NY 11753 CU Dept: Biology Susan M Redick 1731 Seneca Trail Waterloo, NY 13165 CU Dept Communication James R Volckhausen 472 Central Chapel Roud Brooktondale. NY 14817 CU Dept Plant Sciences ment of society. Johnson fits the criteria well Before entering as a freshman, Johnson spent a year as an exchange student in Australia He chose to go abroad with the Youth for Understanding Program for rea sons that were anything but academic, yet he credits the experience as critical to his outstanding scholastic achievement as an undergraduate—in his freshman, sophomore, and junior years he earned the highest grade point average in the college. Johnson hopes that he will be similar ly geared up for graduate work at the California Institute of Technology by tak ing time out next year to do research at Churchill College, Cambridge If the past is any indication, he will be, because this New York State Rhodes Scholarship finalist seems unusually capable of taking what is useful to him from one experience and using it to his advantage in the next. What's more, he describes himself as a “ planner-type per son" who isn’t content with using his SECONDARY TEACHERS William Swenson J.F Kennedy High School Bellmore, NY 11710 Subject: English Brenda Brunelle Nanuet Sr High School Nanuet, NY 10954 Subject: Business Edward Petrillo Suffem High School Suffern, NY 10901 Subject: Biology James Barton Bel Air High School Bel Air, MD 21014 Subject. Science Linda H. Austin Greenwich Central School Schaghticoke, NY 12154 Subject. Biology David Bender Fayetteville Manlius High School Manlius. NY 13104 Subject: Guidance Judith Broad win Jericho Sr. High School Jericho, NY 11753 Subject: Math Georgia Derby Waterloo Sr HighSchool Waterloo. NY 13165 Subject Math Rod Zwimer RR 2. Box 437 Antrim. NH 03440 Subject: History & Forestry Metta Winter time in ways that do not further his long range goal -doing fundamental research in biochemistry How Johnson made the most of the work study jobs he needed to stay in school says a lot about this inquisitive and energetic young man The first was with the Cornell Ixx-al Roads Program where he saw the chance to learn basic research techniques Then he moved on to become a field and lab technician at the Boyce Thompson institute for Plant Research. When the assigned tasks there offered few research related learning opportuni­ ties he looked for something else It was Jean Hunter, assistant professor of agricultural engineering, who suggest ed that Johnson approach John Kinsella, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Food Science, with an unusual proposal She knew Kinsella needed a lab technician to culture a particular organism that produces a heat stable enzyme of poten tial use in the food industry She also knew Johnson wanted to pursue some research questions about biochemical processes and that working with this en zyme could serve the purpose nicely Johnson negotiated a deal whereby he would do the technical work Kinsella needed and have access to the lab, at other times, to pursue his own interests “My relationship with Kinsella was much more like that of a half time master’s student than an undergrade ate," Johnson says. "It started out as a tech job but became a research one when the cultures wouldn't work. 1 spent all of last year figuring out why. Once I got it going we hired someone else for the cul tunng so that I could continue my own research. ’' Before leaving for Cambridge in September, Kinsella and Johnson hope to publish the results—Johnson's first professional paper—before the ink is barely dry on his diploma. Jean Hunter's advice is an example of why the Presidential Scholars award honors not only the graduating senior but also two influential teachers, one a university faculty member, the other a high school teacher "Jean Hunter was the catalyst that changed my direction, providing inspire tion and guidance at just the right time Most importantly she directed me to Kin sella, toa place where 1 fit in and where 1 could pursue something I was interested in, while at the same time learning so much." It was another woman—Linda Austin, Johnson's biology teacher at Greenwich Central School in Schaghticoke, N.Y — who got him started.' I can still remem ber the day she drew the DNA molecule on the board with her colored chalk. But she didn't just draw it, she talked about it as if it were alive And I realized, right at that moment, that this is the stuff that makes life work." In reflecting on his four years here. Johnson said: " What I’m really proud of is that I took something from within and by working with those willing to give me the opportunity to shine and grow and mature, I've been able to accomplish what I set out to do. I've gotten the grades for my parents, because I know it makes them proud and that makes me happy but the research I've done for myself '' The Johnson family's ties to Cornell be gan with Robert s great aunt. Estella Barnhart '26 (Arts) Robert's father, Ray inond Johnson '54, is president of the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, Inc. His mother, Estella Kling Johnson, is also an Arts graduate, class of '55. And his brothers are Corneil gradu ales, William Richard Johnson ’80(Eng.) and Edward Johnson '83. ■ Dean Call Heads Study on Animal Fat Federal regulations should provide more incentive for the production and marketing of lower fat meat and dairy products, a panel of 16 scientists headed by David L Call, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, recom mended in a study released in April Although total fat in the American diet has gone down somewhat in recent years, consumers still are eating more fat and cholesterol than experts consider healthy, said the study supported by the National Research Council's Committee on Technological Options to Improve the Nutritional Attributes of Animal Products. "Our panel is convinced that Ameri cans can improve their diets with cur­ rently available foods, such as low fat milk products and lean cuts of beef, pork, poultry and fish We are equally con vinced that changes in federal policy to encourage, rather than discourage, the production and marketing of lower fat and lower-cholesterol animal products will make healthy eating easier for Ameri­ can consumers " The panel stressed the need to overhaul government regulations on grading, labeling, and product standards The cur­ rent beef grading system, for example, encourages producers to overfatten their cattle, they said. In addition, labeling and nutrition information fail to inform con sumers adequately about lower fat animal products available in the mar ketplace. New technologies, such as the use of growth hormones that produce leaner meat, and others involving breeding, feeding, and managing livestock and poultry, could make production of leaner animals more profitable to producers if the government's regulations were revamped. / Development Restructure to Serve College Needs In our untiring efforts to be pro active in meeting the needs of the college, its faculty and students. Dean David L. Call and I, with the help of aspecial task force, have begun a new initiative for support ing alumni giving to the college. Four standing committees will divide the work of the 25-to-30-member Devel opment Committee These committees will have the bulk of the responsibilities of gift efforts needed by the college They will support identified college needs in student support, faculty support, project identification, and special projects (such as the alumni auditorium planned for the new ALS building, the Personal Enter prise and Small Business Management Program, and Mann Library) ALS alumni selected to lead the four standing committees include: Annual and Reunion Giving Chair. Glenn Dallas '58 Vice Chair, Michael Nolan '77 Major and Special Gifts Chair, Robert Nagler '50 Vice Chair, David J. Palmer '54 Donor Prospect Identification (by region) Chair, Jane Longley Cook 69 Vice Chair, Judith Riehlman '80 Special Projects Chair, Michael Holloway '73 Vice Chair, Robert Smith '42 We should have some major announce ments in our next issue of ALSNews It's a great lime to help a college which has been so helpful to us ■ Jean Rowley, Chairman College Development Committee PS Don't forget to designate your Cornell I Fund gift this fall to the College of | Agriculture and Life Sciences Calendar Wednesday, September 7 Reservation deadline for Outstanding Alumni Banquet and Alumni Al^Sca pades'88 Friday. September 16 College Development Committee Meeting, 9:30a.m., 401 Warren Hall Alumni Association Board Meeting noon. 401 Warren Hall Outstanding Alumni Banquet and Reception, 6:15 p m. Sheraton Inn Reservations required Saturday, September 17 Annual Alumni ALScapades. 8 00 a.m., James Law Auditorium. campus Jog with the coaches, 7:30 a.m . Tea gleHall Sunday, September 18 Golf Tournament with Laing Kennedy Friday/Saturday, October 14-15 Cornell Council Meeting, campus Saturday October 29 Prospective ALS Student Open House Wednesday/Thursday. November 2-3 College Advisory Council Meeting Friday, November 4 Student Transfer Day Friday/Saturday, November 18-19 Alumni Association Committee and Board Meetings, noon, campus Soma 30 students, as ambassadors tor the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, work with alumni events such as tall team planning meetings In districts, Dean/Alumnl Get-Togethers, and ALScapades. Here. Lisa L. Hill, Cattaraugus, and David L. Sampson. Jamestown, both 1988 graduates, plan their speeches for the late winter Dean/Alumnl Get-Together In Bemus Point. Scholarship Reception Veterinarian Frederick F Hess '63, DVM '66, his wife Linda, seated. and son Jona­ than visited with Maria Cecilia Mark, the current Comell-Swedish exchange schol ar during a reception April 9 More than 230 donors, scholars, and faculty attend ed the special reception, which honored distinguished alumni and friends who have established scholarship funds on behalf of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Hess and his sisters estab lished the Bertha Fleming Hess Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of their mother to support the Cornell Swedish Exchange Student program, one of the oldest exchange programs at the college Fewer Pests, Healthier Environment through Integrated Pest Management Last year alone, just 61 of New York State'sapplegrowers prevented 19.3 tons of pesticide from entering the environment by participating in Cornell's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) pro gram Onion growers who used IPM's weather based forecasting system reduced their annual fungicide applica tions by 25 percent. Potato farmers who practiced 1PM recommended crop rota tion, cut their insecticide use in half. And grape growers applied 60 percent less pesticide when guided by IPM sampling procedures At the same lime these crops flourished and the growers saw substantial savings in production costs They demonstrated that New York State can have a thriving agriculture while protecting public health and environmental quality '' Integrated Pest Management bridges the gap between two camps," said the program's director, Senior Extension As sociate James P. Tette. "On the one hand, there are those who want to farm the traditional way, using pesticides as the only method of pest control, and on the other hand, there are the environ mentalists who want to get rid of pesli cides altogether. Instead of condemning pesticides, we view them as a last resort to be used only when all other control methods fail." Discovering what those other methods are, and then showing growers how to use them, is what IPM is all about. As the name suggests. 1PM requires the cooper ation of many disciplines It combines new non chemical control methods with the judicious use of pesticides, not to eradicate pests, but rather to manage them in such a way as to prevent econom­ ic loss The approach is applicable to all com­ modities: fruits, vegetables, milk, or namentals, turfgrass, even Christmas trees And it's holistic IPM strategies start at the beginning, by breeding the most resistant varieties, and go on from there, through growing, harvesting, and storage. “In breeding potato varieties, for ex ample, the breeder would enlist the ex pertise of other researchers, a plant pathologist, an entomologist and a weed scientist, each bringing their own per spective to the problem of pest control. The plant pathologist would focus on dis ease resistance; the entomologist on physical characteristics of plants that can Edgerton Teaching Awardees Honor Richard Warner The 1988 Edgerton Career Teaching Award was presented to Richard G Warner, professor of animal science, at the ALS Alumni Breakfast on June 11 Prof. Warner was recognized for his 37 years of teaching at Cornell, during which he has taught the livestock nutrition course 26 times to more than 2,000 stu dents, regularly advised 25 to 30 under graduates, and served as chairman for thwart insects; and the weed scientist on plant growth rate necessary to inhibit de veiopment of weeds. By making use of all their expertise the breeder is able to de­ velop a cultivar with a diversity of pest resistant qualities. ’ ’ At the planting stage IPM scientists em ploy an array of techniques to make the environment inhospitable to pests. Cul­ tural controls are the oldest and simplest. Some, like crop rotation and the sanitiza tion of greenhouse tools, can be effective on their own. Others work best in combi nation with limited amounts of pesticide. In the case of alfalfa, plowing a steep sided, 8 inch trench around the perimeter of the field will trap the flight less alfalfa snout beetles as they attempt to migrate In one experiment in 1987, spraying just the trench with insecticide, instead of the entire field, resulted in an 83 percent decrease in beetles with 39 percent less chemicals Biological controls — the use of natur ally occurring organisms to control pests — are an important component of IPM. Treating sweet com seeds with a microor ganisms that controls soilbome patho gens produces plants twice the size of those protected by traditional chemical treatments. Determining economic thresholds is yet another 1PM strategy. "We've found over the years that you don't need to get rid of the pests on crops, but rather keep their numbers below economically toler able thresholds,'' said Tette. In the case of apples, for example, Growers often treat summer pests on a routine basis. By waiting to determine the actual numbers of pests present during a given season, growers in some areas of the state can eliminate these insurance sprays al together, in other areas they can be reduced by 50 percent Saving four pes ticide applications per orchard in just a four-county region of the Hudson Valley would eliminate the use of 244 tons of pesticide each year Just keeping an eye on the weather can have significant impact on pest control, since certain weather conditions favor disease and influence the arrival of in­ sects. The IPM program has developed forecasting systems for a number of com­ modities to provide early warning of potential pest outbreaks In the case of snap beans, half the fields routinely sprayed with a fungicide on a calendar basis need not be chemically treated at all nearly 40 graduate students. Here Prof. Warner poses with some previous award recipients, left to right front John G Seeley (1983), Robert H Foote (1980) Ari van Tienhoven (1985), William C Kelly (1984) Rear: Louis J Edgerton Richard G Warner (1988), Russell D Martin (1982), and Kenneth L Robinson (1987). Missing were DanaC. Goodrich, Jr. (1986)and Adrian M Srb(1981).> when growers follow the white mold weather forecasting system At harvesting tune, equipment that bruises crops, such as potatoes, leaves them vulnerable to soft rot disease. Agricultural engineers associated with the IPM program have made recommen dations on how to adjust equipment to prevent this kind of damage. They have also developed infrared thermometers and traps to monitor for soft rot micro­ organisms in bulk piles of potatoes during long term storage Other new technologies that IPM scien lists are working on include twist-ties that grape growers can attach to their vines The ties are impregnated with a sex pheromone, the scent female grape moths emit to attract males. When this odor is interspersed throughout the vine yard the male moth becomes disoriented and cannot locate the female, hence there is no reproduction All of these strategies, either singly or combined into comprehensive IPM pack ages, are offered to the state's growers through Corneil Cooperative Extension "We feel that for growers to change their perspectives on how to manage pests, they need to see results first hand, on their own farmssaid Tette There fore the program offers a cost sharing arrangement whereby IPM specialists will work with a grower for three years Support is offered in the form of schools and workshops, video tapes and manuals, computer software, and more than 200 publications With a full-time staff of eight, the pro gram has thus far trained 438 producers and 52 scouts, who are seasonal workers who carry out the pest sampling proce dures ft is estimated that pest manage ment practices on more than 150,000 acres of the state s cropland have been in­ fluenced by the implementation of IPM strategies Many growers prefer to hire private consultants to provide IPM services rather than doing it themselves To in sure the presence of more of these people in New York. Cornell now offers a Masters in Professional Studies degree in the area of plant protection. emphasizing the IPM approach According to Tette, the New York State Integrated Pest Management program is the best in the country "We have the know how here in the college to make it work." he said "Support for research and implementation comes from college, state, and federal sources. Over the past three years funds provided through the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets has enabled 1PM to go state wide "■ Metta Winter Cornell faculty and alumni gathering for the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conferences in Louisville, Ken­ tucky. this spring included alumnus Jim Allen‘84 and Cornell faculty member Milo E. Richmond (right). Students Eve L. Pouliot 90 (center), Frank­ lin, Massachusetts, and Thomas W. Cos­ grove '90 (right), Clinton, New York, explain the role of Cornell students In ALS alumni activities with Dr. David Mugler, Kansas State University. Alumni Notes 80 Carol D. BaccUe 86 of Tam pa, Fla.. will be getting married this month to l^rry Rosenberger, a University of Virginia graduate of Die commerce school The couple will reside in Clearwater. Paul A. Barres! '84, No Reading, Mass , received his law degree from George Washington University in May and joined the Boston law firm of Goodwin, Procter and Hoar as an associate in their environmental department. Brent A. Buchanan '86ofTampa, Fla , is attending graduate school at Michigan State University Regina H. Clarke '85, Pearl River, NY, recently completed her MS in molecular biology and is doing some scientific writing on the "sixth sense.'' Scott A. Crego '86, Tonawanda, NY . Is the newly elected secretary of the Cornell Club of Buffalo Patricia Patynski-Darnauer '86 received a commission in the U.S Army upon graduation. Two weeks later she was married to Enc Dar nauer '84, who is currently an avia lor in the Army They are stationed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Edward B. Dicker '86 of Wantagh N Y is a medical student at SUNY I Health Science Center at Syracuse He will be graduating in May 1990 Laine Guiley-Dilger PhD 82and I Christopher Dilger'83of Palatine, I III .announce the arrival of a second I baby boy. Travis, bom on April 25. l Michael E. Dym ' 86 of Oceanside, \ N.Y.. has complntud hu. freshman I year at the School of Veterinary I Medicine at the University of Penn | sylvania. I Cynthia A. Edelstein 86 has I moved to Philadelphia and is a tax I consultantforDeloitteHaskins-Sells | Kathleen R. Erwin '85 is working in Washington,D.C.,fbrtwofounda nons that sponsor educational and medical programs in China Kimberly Ann Farrell '87, Au bum, N Y . works in youth develop­ ment as a 4 H agriculture agent Jasmine Adham-Faubert '82. Falls Church, Va., is married to Edu­ ardo Faubert(Hotei '79)and works for Price Waterhouse, Washington, D.C., as asenior consultant. Jeffrey C. Fearn '82 of Ithaca received his Ph.D in biological chemistry from the University of Il­ linois. He is a post doctoral associate at Boyce Thompson Institute work ing with Dr . T A LaRue on expres­ sion of host pea gene products involved in symbiosis. Susan F. Feldinger '84. New York, is a creator of home videos for chil­ dren Watch the toy and book stores for her material, which will be released in September Paul M. Gallagher '82 of Sanger- field. N Y , will be attending Albany I.>w School this fall His wife. Cindy Peck 83. will be working as herd sperson on her home farm. Welcome Slock, in Schuylerville, where the couple will live. Kristin M. Garbinski '86. West field, NJ is an associate buyer witli the Wakefern Food Corp She buys appliances, small electrics, and sjiecially programs for the 190 store chain of ShopRite supermarkets John D. Ten Hagen Jr. '86 was married to Kelly E. Grieg 86 in Au gust 1987 John is an officer with the Wells Fargo Bank and Kelly is a graduate student studying genetics at Stanford Betsey D. Hale '86 and her hus­ band Steve are managing a 13.000-acre, 1,000-cow ranch in Bartlett, Neb Kathleen O'Donnell Helenbrook '83, Ontario, N.Y . spent three weeks in China this year with the People to People Citizen Ambus sador Program The trip was an agncultural technological exchange m meat science CorinneR. Hermann '86ofScars dale, N Y , is a fashion writer for Vogue magazine She will be moving to Manhattan shortly Lt. Daniel L. Hooker '86, Camp Pendleton. Calif , is a logistics officer in a Marine Infantry Battalion which headed to the Far East in June Stephen L. Jacobson PhD '86 received an award for the outstand ing dissertation in educational finance from the American Educa tion Finance Association Stephen T. Lacasse '80, isgener al manager of Shoreham Coopera live Apple Producers Association, Shelburne, Vermont He and his wife, Arlene, have two young children. Patricia E. McKenna ’84 is the coordinator of technical training for Sire Power, Inc., Tunkhannock. Penna. Timothy 86and Mary Oonk ’85of Waterford .NY, had their first child on October 20, 1987 Kevin A. Myer '83, Burke, Va . is working for the City of Fairfax as a paramedic- firefighter He will be get t ing married October 1988 to Lorelie Marly, a graduate of theUniversity of Virginia Mary Lee Parsons '82 of Sharon Springs. N Y., is currently running a dairy farm of 65 milking cows. Lori Judd Rider '84, Bridgeville. Del., married to Robert F. Rider '85, works for the University of Dela ■a are Cooperative Extension Service as an extension assistant in vege­ tablecrops I Clary R. Schortt 86 and Andrea M. Malnendier '86 were married October 17, 1987 in Horseheads, NY Gary is employed by Nabisco Brands. Inc and Andrea by Griffith Laboratories. Michelle A. Singer '86 is attending tl te College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell. Peter W. Skura 86. South Hadley, Mass., is makinggood use ofhishor ticulture degree at the Montgomery Rose Company Lauren A. Spina 84, Mt Kisco, N .Y .. is a corporate associate at the law firm of Skadden Arps, working primarily on mergers and acqui sitions. Pamela J. Stanyon ' 85 has moved to Elizabethtown, Penna, and works for a division of Hershey in Lancaster Lorrie A. Ziobro-Tritt '83, Blue Mounds, Wise., married Edward Tntt of Kenosha in January Both are veterinary students at the Universi­ ty of Wisconsin. Susan E. Webb Ph D. '88 is living in Leesburg, Fla . and does research at the University of Flonda involving insect pests of grapes KarenS. Williamson 80. Bethle­ hem, Penna . recently joined the Allentown office of Spotts. Stevens and McCoy, Inc., engineers, plan ners and scientists, as project man ager, landscape architect, and site planner Corrections In the last issue we misprinted Mary Browne as Nancy Browne in our Alumni Notes Mary Browne '87. Cleveland, is the leading scorer in the top grade of female basketball in Ireland. She averages 25 points a game 70 Charles H. Antholt 72. Washington. D C., is the assistant director for USAID's agricultural. program in India He has been spending some time in India as a result. David Boor 79, Horseheads, N Y moved back to the dairy farm after working for three years at the Farm ers Production Credit Association of St Johnsburg, Vt John I.. Bramkamp '76. San Gabnel, Calif. works as a salesman for Robinson Fertilizer Company, selling chemicals and fertilizer to golf courses, city parks, and related cus­ tomers. Rodney A. Brook '75, Arlington. Va., is the deputy managing edi tor/money for USA Today Sayre Fulkerson '75. Dundee N.Y, grows grapes and operates a juice plant and home winemaking shop Marlene Angel Harper 74. Washington. DC. has been very ac­ tive as a salesperson and an actress She has appeared in several movies and is a member of several area ad vertising and media organizations Steven J. Halperin '79, Columbia, Md , is a systems coordinator with Shimadzu Scientific Instruments His wife Debby and daughter Dana are active in the Columbia Ski Club Margaret Rosenberry Hood 76, Silver Spring. Md , is the executive director of a small non-profit organi­ zation, the Human Environment Center She is married and the proud mother of two Korean girls. Elizabeth and Allison Ann Voorhees Kirchner '76, Bel Air.Md .is a finance manager of the Mid Atlantic region of Maryland Casualty Company Joshua D. Klein 77, Rehovot, Is reel, received an M S in horticulture from Penn State and a Ph D from Michigan Slate He has been in­ volved in research on fruit storage Nancy KoUisch 72. San Diego, Calif . earned her M D. from Johns Hopkins in 1976. She is married and has two daughters Leslie A. Lelnwand '72, Pelham, NY., is involved in research on heart disease, using hearts rejected by transplant patients to learn more about heart disease and its causes. Frederick A. Oese-Siegel 76, Waterloo, N Y , is an assistant dairy manager and is busy remodeling an old farm house Last May he and his wife had their first son, Emory Robert. Lewis Weinstock 77 and Marian Ruderman 79(Arls)havejustcom pleted a new house in Greensboro, N.C Lewis is an air quality specialist and Marion is a behavioral scientist with the Center for Creative Leadership. Alan Reed '78 is operating a dairy farm partnership with his brothers. Harriet Seldin '73 has a dental practice in San Diego, Calif. Cynthia Terry '73, Watkins Glen. N.Y .is an internist practicing in her hometown. Her husband, John, works in the Cornell chemistry dept Robert Tillman Ph D. '72, Washington. D C., is a team leader for a three-year socioeconomic and environmental survey in Somalia under a USAID contract veterinarian with the San (Calif.) County Department Animal Control John R. Crunkilton 69, Black sburg, is a program area leader in agriculture education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. John A Gaines '67 and his Patricia '68 are living in Groton, N.Y Their oldest son and his wife (John and Shelly) have just gradual ed CALS (1987) and their other son David, is in the class of 1990 Paul E. Green 66 of Chazy. N.Y. has a daughter, Kimberly, now at tending CALS as a communications major Another daughter. Kristen. has been accepted by Cornell Hotel School and Boston College and is still undecided Michael S. Hall '68 of Ithaca is a brigadier general in the New York Air National Guard He is com mander of the 174th Tact ical Fight er Wing based in Hancock Field near Syracuse Toby Tucker Hecht 67. Bethesda. Md , is a program director in the di­ vision of cancer treatment al the Na­ tional Cancer Institute She is married and has two sons Joe McKay '61. New York, is a career counselor of business execu lives and professionals, many of whom arc seeking career changes af ter 20 to 30 years in their field Gregory G. Pogson 69. Ithaca. is marketing manager of Cortland Line Co and general manager of the com pany's precision sportsdivision. He was founder and part o w ner of Pre cision Sports Inc before it was ac quired by Cortland Line J. Douglas Dodds 50 of Deforest, Wise , retired as dairy mar ket ing manager at American Breed ers Service in 1987 Carl F. Gortzig 52. Ithaca, is on saiibat ical leave after stepping do wn after 12 years as chairman of the Floriculture and Ornamental Hor ticulture Department at Cornell University Clare 1. Harris '55, Silver Spring, Md , recently received the Presi dential Rank Award 'for sustained superior accomplishment in man agement of programs of the United States Government and for note worthy achievement of quality and efficiency in the public service Theodore Hymowitz '55, Cham paign, has been a professor of plant genetics at the University of Illinois since 1967 This spring he visited the Asian Vegetable Research and De velopmenl Center, Shanhua. and collected germplasm in Taiwan John W. Mellor '50, Alexandria, Va., director of the International Food Policy Research institute, re­ cently received a Presidential award from the End Hunger Network that was sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development James C. Preston 50 and Gretta '68 retired to Hector, N Y . on Sene ca Lake last summer James was a professor of rural sociology at CALS and Director of the Empire State Moving? Stay in touch with your alma mater through uninterrupted delivery of Agriculture & Life Sciences Neus by returning the change-of-address form below. Mail to Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. 242 Roberts Hall, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell Univer sity, Ithaca, NY 14853-5901. NAME ___________ CLASS YEAR___________ PLEASE PRINT ALUM’_____ FACULTY’_____ FRIEND?______ ID_________ FORMER ADDRESS _____________________________________ NEW ADDRESS________________________________________ TELEPHONE (HOME)_____________ (OFFICE)_____________ OCCUPATION__________________________________________ PERSONAL NEWS . (Use separate sheet of paper if necessary) Food and Agncultural Leadership In stitute He will work part time at Cornell. Bernard Rodee '55. Caledonia. Ill has been employed by Upjohn Com pany's Agricultural division since 1960 His twochildren Celia 81 and Mel 84 are also Cornell graduates Robert W. Snyder 53, Minneapo lis, Minn . will be retiring this sum mer as an extension land economist at the University of Minn He will then practice law Nevon W. Tarbell 59 of Sinclair ville, N Y , is employed by FmHA Chautauqua Co Agriculture Center He is also a town of Charlotte as sessor Edgar H. Behrens 45 of Highland Farm, Old Chatham, NY. has retired from dairy farming and is now enjoying h is grandch ildren and his first love — horses Charles E. Haslett. Jr. '43. Horse heads,N Y. is semi retired asaspe cial agent for Metropolitan Life He has tii ree children who are also Cor nell alumni Torry Lascala 43 has moved to Santa Rosa, Calif.. after spendingsix years in South America He is now in real estate and fishing Elvln G. Tyler 49 of Penn Yan, N Y . is retired from Taylor Wine Company JohnH. Van Ness 43istemporar ily living in Richmond, Va.. where he is recovering from surgery Here cently retired from oral and maxil lofacial surgery and is considering a part time teaching position at the Medical College of Virginia Richard 38 and Barbara Mandigo <7 of Pulaski. N Y have sold their farm to their son Daniel Mandigo 71 Richard has five son-, and one daughter, all graduates of Cornell University Several tiave earned graduate degrees al Cornell and traveled extensively, visiting every state and 50 foreign countries. Tlie farm has been in the family since 1876. Evelyn Wilson Monroe '39. Ne­ wark, Dei . is one of the governors at large of the Cornell Club of Delaware William ('.Twaddle 39, Chateau gay, N Y , has retired from the dairy equipment business He is serving as NYS Code Enforcement Officer for the town and village Laura VanderVleit Rodgers '89 New members ol the ALS Alumni Association board of directors, led to right, front: Richard Keene '57, David Currey '65 Back. Paul Tilly '58. Frederick Frank '79. Marion Rippy '79. and Thomas Cosgrove '90. Absent were Charlene Baxter '74. Larry Brown '57, and Bruce Wright '75. SUNY Day In Albany. Alumni president Albert Beard (center) and Associate Director for Alumni Affairs Tina Walker (right) dis­ cuss college needs and accomplishments with New York State Senator James Seward. Florida ALS and Human Ecology Alumni to Meet on Grape Research and Opportunities Saturday. November 12, 1988 11:00 a.m. to3;00p.m. Lake County Agricultural Center Route 19 Tavares. Florida Morning: The Research J.A. Mortensen ’58 Ph D and Susan Webb '88 Ph D . Central Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida The Opportunities Lafayette Vineyards and Winery Noon: Lunch at The Golden Lamb and Perkins Restaurants—your choice (Dutch) Afternoon ' 'Cornell on the Cutting Edge,' Kenneth E. Wing '58. Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University Send $1 50 per person, name, class year, address, and telephone number to: Donald G Robinson '41 ALS or Thelma Robinson 42 HE, 125 Camellia Trail, Leesburg, FL 32748 From the Director Alumni memberships at all-time high There must be a law that says "an error in a publication won't be found until it is finally printed ' ’ The Alumni Association membership growth chart included on page 2 of the membership roster (April Agriculture and Life Sciences News) was inadvertently reversed during printing A corrected slip sheet was inserted in each copy. and we hope it remained inside un til it reached you The good news is that the news is even better' As of May 31, membership in the College Alumni Association has grown to another all-time high of about 5,400! Thanks go to the Class of 1985 for a 65 percent renewal rate and to the class of 1988 for 600 new members of the as sociation Alumni news The "Alumni News Notes’' page in each issue of ALSNews was started about two years ago, with news on only 14 alumni. Today we could fill several pages of each issue Notes of every kind and form come in from hundreds and hundreds of ALS alumni. The notes are collated, deciphered, and written in much ab breviated form by students from the Communication Department. During the past year, the difficult job was performed by students Steven M. Werblow '88. Cathryn S Keene '88, and Kirsten M Fowles '88. This issue Laura VanderVliet Rodgers '89 tries her hand. A new crew of writers will tackle the pile of notes this fall. It'san important job,and we appreci­ ate the news from alumni and the work of these fine writers. Past presidents ol the College of Agriculture and Life Sclencea Alumni Association met for the first time In April. Standing, left to right: Floyd E. Mortar, Jr '52. Canton; Philip A. Green '64. Plattsburgh; Robert W. Bltz 52, Plainville; Loula Mature 58, Ontario, Canada. Clifford F. Ludere 38, East Aurora. Seated: Albert Beard. Jr.. '52. Miltord; John J. Sullivan '62. Rochester; Steve M. Smith 35. Yorkahlre; and Don C. Whiteman '39, Adams. Not pictured. Judy Rlehlman '82. Homer. John C Sterling Director Alumni Affairs and Development Office volunteers Giving to the college and ALS alumni in­ volvement with the college are combined responsibilities of the Office of Alumni Af fairs and Development (we also are responsible for publishing the News three times a year for 35,000 alumni) Signifi cant growth at all points have caused a strain on existing office staff to respond to alumni and college needs. Recently, alumni volunteers Jean Houghton '62 and Kay Barnes '42 have committed major time to help with alumni member ship processing—and student Eve Pouliot '90 with development and alumni tasks We sure appreciate their help as volun teer staff Gifts to the college As tax dollars are squeezed, tuition in­ creases. and the costs for maintaining a first rate college with the best faculty and facilities to do the job. the need for private gifts becomes increasingly important Jean Rowley '54, Chair of the College Development Committee, Dean David L Call '54. and others have restructured the Development Committee into four action oriented standing committees. Major and Special Gifts; Annual and Reunion Giv ing, Donor Prospect Identification, and Special Projects (such as Personal Enter prise and Small Business Management Program; Mann Library; and Alumni Au ditorium). Rowley announces committee chairs elsewhere in this News. Giving to the college increased by 10 percent in 1987 over 1986, not including the $3.8 million bequest from the Baker estate. Figures for 1988 were not availa ble at press time Yet needs by the College in the areas of student support, faculty support, general college support (for departments, equipment, etc.), and pro grams forteaching, research, and ex ten sion far exceed present levels of giving Certainly the twenty percent increase in Cornell Fund gifts designated for the college from our alumni readers will be of great help. And the 25 new funds estab lished during the past year for financial aid to students will ease the burden on the student side. More and more alumni are saying, “Now it's time for me to partial ly repay what Cornell and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences did for me And do we ever appreciate your generous help! It's agreat time to be a part of Cornell. Join us on September 16 and 17 for AL­ Scapades '88 (or anytime) and see for yourself You’ll be glad you did ■ Alumni Association Members Deleted For an unknown reason, the computer failed to give us the names of all Life Mem bers in the Alumni Association for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for our 1987 Member Roster printed in the April 1988 issue of ALS Neus. Those unintentionally deleted were: Eric D Allen '75 Schaghticoke. NY diaries H Antholt GR Washington. DC William A Babiarz '81 Rushville. NY David P Bartholf '66 Batavia. NY Tod A Bay '83 Aubum Hills, Ml Morton Bishop Ill'74 Portland, OR Howard Borkan '81 New York. NY Royce B Brower '33 West Eaton, NY D Sheldon Brown 68 Salem, NY EricG. Brown '85 Albion, NY Peter L Callan'76 Caledonia, NY Frank Carroll '37 Portlandvdie. NY Wayne F. Cume '67 Ottawa, Ontario Rex J Diamond '63 New York, NY Ned N. Dorman '77 Jericho. NY Hany M Elliott '64 Dallas. TX John G Franclemont '35 Ithaca, NY John P Freeman '84 Caledonia, NY Donna lannotti Frost '81 Akron. OH PaulM Gallagher'82 Sangerfield. NY James H Gallup '61 East Aurora. NY Ronald Geren '59 Severn* Park, MD Michael J Gerling'76 New York. NY Pedro L Gomez-Cuervo'GR Bogota. Colombia Kenneth Goodwin '48 State College, PA Victoria Gregory 78 New Berlin. NY Fabio G Grossi '81 Long Beach. CA Kevin J Haddock'82. Swan Lake. NY Roberta M Harrison '81 Marcellus. NY David F Henke'70 Harford, NY J Michael Holloway ?3Fairvort. NY Linda J Howard '77 Alexandria, VA Nancy J Imhof'83 Greenwich, NY Thomas M. Kelsey '72 Laredo, TX Merrill N Knapp '35 Ithaca, NY Toilo Kong '84 New York. NY David C. Lyon '60 Marion. NY Godfrey C MalchofT '43 Sodus. NY Bernice Potter Masler '82 Truxton. NY MarkG Master 82 Truxton, NY ScoUA Matolka'81 Dover, NJ Denise P Mendith '73 Same Fe. NM Bruce B. Nichols 'SP Ogdensburg. NY Richard K Overton '66Medway, MA Kenneth G Pamapy '69 North Bangor, NY Kelvin D Pierce '83 Hammond. NY Christine Raschke 'GR Metairie. LA Alan G Reed '78 Adams Center. NY Alice K Reynolds '80 San Antonio, TX Frank J Roberto' 43 Highland. NY James S Rock 'GR Norwich. CT Robin E Rosenberg'81 New York. NY JohnH Ross'51 Lowville, NY Tuna R Russell '83 Elkuis Park. PA Doris A. Ryan '85 Ithaca. NY Gordon L. Seward '61 Bergen, NY Pamela J Stanyon '85 Elizabethtown. PA Samuel D Sterusky SP Little Falls. NY Arnold T Tschanz '64 Gaithersburg. MD Dirk K Vanderwall '82 Montgomery NY Richard C Yates'24 Denver, CO Connie A Young '83 Rome. PA Jessica Pearlstein Zachs '81 New York. NY Those with APO and FPO addresses who should have been listed with their home addresses include Helen R Godfrey '81 While Plains. NY Robert D Davids'85 No Home Address Barton M Hayward'52Camden. SC Eugene L Stillions. Jr GR Fort Lee. VA Andrew A Duymovic '62 Bethesda. MD David W Carey '66 No Home Address Daniel Salazar '86 Scarsdale. NY I Jon B Christopher '71 Tuscaloosa. AL District #3, New York City District *3. New York City District #6, Columbia, Dutchess and Greene counties District #16, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties District #6, Richard Church '64 counsels prospective students and their parents on the application process for the College of Agricul­ ture end Life Sciences. District 416, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties Event Draws 1,900 in Three Years 750 Attend ’88 Dean/Alumni Get-Togethers More than 750 alumni and friends of the college attended the seven 1988 Dean/Alumni Get Togethers with Deans David L Call and Kenneth E Wing Tills spring s gatherings of ALS alumni compleu- the first three year cycle of Dean/Alumni Get Togethers. which are sponsored by the Alumni Association for every New York State district Nearly 1.900 alumni and friends have attended since the rotation liegan in 1986 The District 416, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties President Paul Tilly '58 discussea the college Alumni Association with Atlanta and Athens area ALS alumni. From Your Alumni Association President—Paul Tilly What a delightful opportunity. I became president of your Alumni Asso­ ciation at a time when membership is at an all-time high and increasing; the board is strong and committed to alum­ ni, students, faculty, and college needs; students are graduating with leadership skills needed in the world; and the climate on campus is positive! Past President Robert Bitz ’52 said at the first meeting of the Past Presidents’ Honorary Council "The College Alumni Association gives each of us an opportunity to recall what Cornell did for us. It’s a chance to help young people enjoy the opportunities we had, to share experiences with other alumni, to thank and help in any way we can that which has meant so much to us We weren't at Cornell just because of what we did, but because many people helped us to get what we got. Now we have the opportunity to help others. Fortunately. our 1988 graduating class feels the same way about the need to stay events are a time when the dean reports to alumni at the local level and a t inie for alumni to meet and stay in touch with their alma mater This photo page is devoted to districts with recent Dean/Alumni Get Togethers Get Togethers for 1989 are scheduled for Honda, Oneonta. Cortland/lthaca, Perry, Saratoga Springs, and New York City Watch for the announcement on spring dales. ■ District #16, Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties District #21, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties District #21. Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties District #21. Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties in touch and help others. A record 600 joined the Alumni Association this year As a matter of fact, at least 400 graduates have joined the Alumni Association each year since 1985! 1 follow a long line of very strong Presi dents. But it was during 1985, under the presidency of Judy Riehlman '80, that the alumni board moved to expand the role of directors from board members to leaders of teams working in districts and states It was the beginning of local alumni activi ty, leadership teams, state coordinators, county captains, and alumni involvement everywhere Past President Al Beard ’52 was com milted to strengthening and stabilizing the finances of the association, promoting ALS alumni activity in local areas, and adequate staffing for the college's Alum ni Office He has achieved all of his goals Alumni everywhere have benefited from his commitment. I look forward to helping alumni every where keep in touch with the college faculty, and classmates As Al Beard said "It's a great time to be president.'' ■ Paul Tilly '58 President, 1988-89 District #6. Columbia, Dutchess and Greene counties A joint event by District #7. Albany. Schenec­ tady. and Rensselaer counties, and District #8. Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties College Alumni to Cruise to Galapagos Islands Produced by the Departments of Food Science, Pomology, and Natural Resources A. THE NEW YORKER $27 00 A bouquet of flavors from New York State featuring Chocolate Herkimer(6oz ), Chut ter(8oz ). lOoz. eaSainte Rachelle (creamy havarti type), Castleborg (swiss type). 2 lb sharpcheddar wheel. Old York cheddar with horseradish (12 oz), and, for the sweet tooth, a half-pint of maple syrup B. THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL $1800 A collection of international flavors of cheese all produced in New York State It features 10 oz pieces of Grand Gouda. Grand Edam, Sainte Rachelle (creamy havarti type), and Castleborg (swiss tyfie) surrounding a 1 51b block of New York Sharp Cheddar Cheese C. THE UNIQUE NEW YORK BOX $31 50 I A choice selection of New York State apples I and cheddar cheese (approximately 24 / apples and a 2 lb cheese wheel) and two / brand new products developed by members / of the Cornell community Satin Honev / (12 oz jar) and Apple Wafers (8 oz bag) ’ If you are thinking of an elegantand tasteful gift this holiday season, consider our gift selections as an expression of grxxl feeling and best w ishes to family, friends and bus! ness associates. If these fine selections do not meet your holi day shopping needs, contact us by mail or phone and we will be happy to send you in­ formation on our other quality gift selections Send all orders and inquiries to Food Science Department, Box G Stocking Hall. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: Cornell Dairy Store 607 255 3272 Cornell Orchards 607 255 4542 Shipping and Handling Charges (All shipments by UPS) If destination zip codes begin with 010 299 300 599 600 994 $3 70 $5 60 $6 80 $5 50 $7 25 »9 50 Selection A. B Selection C Tliis year we w ill be offering charges through Visa and MasterCard If you would like Io charge your gift selection, please fill in the following information. ( ) MasterCard () Visa Card Number Expiration Date Card Holder's Full Name ORDERFORM Orders being accepted now for shipments anytime Person ordering Phone Address City_________ Gift Box Selection State Description Unit Prw __ Zip Code Ship Ctug Total Greetings Prom (card supplied) (Please Print) Send to Address City_____________________________________________________ Stale ZIP CODE_________________________SHIP BY DATE:_______________ Purina Research Fellow Yves Boisclalr is one ol five outstanding graduate students nationwide to receive a Purina Mills research fellowship In this year. A Canadian. Boisclalr Is studying how growth In cattle is affected by changes in feed and by regulation of somato­ tropin, the natural growth hormone. The fellowships, worth $8,000 each, have been awarded annually for the past 38 years by Purina Mills, the largest animal feeds producer In the United States, to further nutrition and physiology research In animal agriculture. Join College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni on a trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands next winter The Galapagos are rightly regarded as one of the world’s great natural wonders. Iso later! by thousands of square miles of sea, these islands form a living laboratory of natural history, geology, and evolution Here you can experience the natural world as nowhere else on earth, for the birds and animals that inhabit these mag ical islands have absolutely no fear of humans You'll spend several days cruising on the Galapagos Explorer, an air conditioned ship recently outfitted for Galapagos touring You'll be accompa nied throughout the cruise by trained scientists who come from all over the world to serve as leaders in tliis unique habitat. These licensed guides will pro vide lectures and orientations on each day 's activities From the ship you trav el by launch to each island in small groups, accompanied by your guide, who will explain the natural history of the islands In mainland Ecuador you'll travel by train through the Avenue of the Volca noes on one of the most scenic and excit ing railway journeys in the world. At Cotapaxi Volcano National Park you may catch sight of the rare Andean Condor You'll visit a colorful Indian market and spend the night in a historic colonial manor house In Quito there will be time to explore the city’s fascinating historical and cultural heritage Sponsored by the ALS Alumni Associ­ ation. this 14 day trip is scheduled for February 10, 1989 The cost is $2,995. which includes air fare from Mianu. all ac commodations. and most meals For a detailed itinerary contact Voyagers Inter national. P.O. Box 915, Ithaca, NY 14851; or call 607 257 3091 ■ i, Vk. ■'* by (hw retiring teculty. who werehonored by the ALS Alumni Association at the annual breakfast. Left to right Albert Beard Jr Immediate past president ot the alumni association; Arthur A. Muka, entomology (32 years) Raymond T Fox, florlculture/ornamental horticulture (41 years); James C. Preston rural no­ Oology (37 years); Bernard E. Dethler, agronomy (30 years); Edwin B. Oyer, International agriculture (30 years); Ronald E. Anderson, plant breeding and biometry (34 years); Keith H. Stelnkraus, food sclence/technology (36 years); Maurie Samel, entomology. Long Island (34 years); Natalie W. Uhl, Bailey Hortorium (42 years); L. Dale van Vleck, animal science (29 years); and William B. Ward, communication (43 years). Scenic Prints of Cornell and Ithaca A Perfect Gift—Any Time The college's alumni association is offering 10* x 13* museum quality color repro ductions of four oil paintings by Victor R Stephen, professor emeritus of commu nications Alumni and faculty members chose these scenes, which represent the four seasons, as the most memorable of campus and the Ithaca countryside Send tiie following □ Labe Slope Spring Evenings:_______ prints at $ 10 each □ Beebe Lake Bridge.. Summer Night _______ prints at $ 10 each □ Taughannock Falls Winter Morning _______ prints at $10 each □ Cascadilla Gorge.. .Fall Afternoon:_______ prints at $10 each. □ The Four Season Set: all prints for $36 □ Alumni Assn, members, $30 a set. My membership expires:___________________ Please add $5 for delivery outside continental United States Enclose check or money order payable to ALS Alumni Association and mail to ALS Alumni Association, 242 Roberts Hall, Cornell University. Ithaca. NY 14853 Name __ ____________________ _____________ ____________________________ Address _ __________________________________ City_____________________State. Country_____________________ Zip________ This is a gift order. Please mail to above individual, and enclose a card reading Women in Science Conference In mid February more than 20 of the col­ lege s women faculty |>articipated in the first Conference on Women in Science held at an Ivy League university. Spon sored in cooperation with the National Science Foundation (NSF), the day long event was designed to provide both encouragement and practical, career related information for women graduate students and postdoctoral associates who aspire to succeed in male-dominated professions Nationwide, and in the college, women are 50 percent of the college population Yet of the quarter of a million scientists and engineers working in the United States only 16 percent are women. One of the most productive ways to decrease this disparity, said keynote speaker Sheila Widnall. is to give women graduate stu dents the kind of career-related skills needed for a "highly professional, high ly autonomous, independent scientific career with the kind of leverage needed to make one's mark in such competitive fields." Widnall is professor of aeronau tics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Three recent surveys conducted at Stanford University and at MIT show that women graduate students do not ex perience the support system, which is the source of developing professional skills, in the same way their male counterparts do. To make matters worse, the long range importance of the skills acquired in the support process is rarely made ex plicit to women students. “Cornell faculty were concerned that their graduate students might not be com­ petitive with students from other univer allies, who might be not as technically knowledgeable, simply because they might not get the training on profession al issues while in graduate school.'' said conference director, space physicist Alice Newman Hence the idea of the confer ence that brought together 13 eminent women scientists from industry, acade mia, and medicine to give women stu dents just that Of the more than 400 faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral as­ sociates who participated, 188 were from the college Alison P Casarett, dean of the Cornell Graduate School, said, "It Real Estate Gifts: Your Options and Benefits Metta Winter was ail excellent opportunity for graduate student women working in the sciences to interact with their peers, to learn what to expect when they leave Cornell, and to find out some of the opportunities, perils, and pitfalls of balancing home and career.'' There were advantages for the faculty as well. "We know that to hire more women and minorities on the faculty we need a larger pool of applicants " said Elizabeth Oltenacu, associate director of instruction "For women who felt dis criminated against in graduate school, a conference like this shows them there are women scientists succeeding at Cornell, that academia is a viable career option to look at." The Offices of the Vice President for Academic Instruction, the Vice President for Research and Advanced Studies, and the Associate Vice President for Human Relations have committed funding to sponsor Women in Science Conferences at Cornell for at least the next three years ‘ ‘This year's event had a very general fo­ cus," says planning committee member Maureen Hanson, associate professor of plant molecular biology "In the coming years we plan in-depth explorations of those issues that we learned were partic ularly important to women graduate students " Although designed specifically for women, there is much that will occur of relevance to men, said planning commit tee member Molly Kyle, currently a post doctoral associate in genetics who will join the faculty in plant breeding next year. "When we begin todeal with issues of importance to women, a host of com plementary issues are raised for men. It is a recognition of the fact that a better environment for women in science is a better environment for all scientists ' ’ The next Women in Science Confer ence will be held April 22, 1989, at the start of the NSF-sponsored National Science and Technology Week This week of events promotes research and en courages students to enter scientific fields. Alumni who wish to contribute their own experiences as conference par­ ticipanto are encouraged to attend. For more information write to Katherine Doob, Director of Special Programs. Office of Academic Programs. 309 Day Hall, Cornell University. ■ Alumni Association Leadership 1987-88 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Paul Tilly '58 (District 19 Genesee, laving stun .Orleans. Wyoming counties) 1891 Rochester Street. PO Box 37 A Lima, NY 14485 (716/226 2107)11 (716/582 I660K) First Vice President Douglas Conti '60 (District 16 Monroe. Ontario. Wayne counties) 4172 Clover Si reel Honeoye Falls. 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KM 87506 (505/988 6565)0 Richard Baldwin '71 (Massachusetts) 5 Birch Terrace Westfield MA 01085 (413/568 4981)H (413/786-7600)0 NealE Hall, MD '78 (Pennsylvania) 815 N Mount Pleasant Road Philadelphia. PA 19119 (215/248-4865)0 Judith R Cox'61 (California) 749 Solana Circle West Solana Beach. CA 92075 (619/755 8343)11 (619'452 2805)0 Increasingly real estate is being used to provide support for the university. For a donor, part of the advantage of donating real estate includes taking a charitable deduction for the property s current fair market value and, if you are holding high ly appreciated property, avoiding capital gains taxes. The simplest way to make a gift of property is either outright or by making a provision for a gift in your will You may of course designate a particular college or program at Cornell that you would like to support with your gift. Another alternative Is to use real estate to establish a life income arrangement. Your gift of real estate goes into a trust dial eventually provides lifetime income for one or two beneficiaries that you may name Your gift can actually increase your income and provide several tax advantages A prime time to consider th is arrangement is when you are anticipating a sale of your property and would like to find a way to avoid capital gains tax liability. Also, you may donate a residence or vacation home in a way that allows you to continue to have lifetime use and occupancy after making the gift With this option. your property will be available to provide support to our college after your lifetime, but it w ill immediately give you an income tax deduction and later save on estate taxes lastly, in certain instances you may make a gift that gives you a tax deduction and cash in return The bargain sale gift is a part-sale part gift arrangement. It might be considered if the value of your property exceeds the amount you can consider for a gift. Our development stafT can provide fur ther information on any of these arrange ments and furnish you with illustrative examples of the actual tax advantages. all in confidence and without an obligation Feel free to write or call David Schwartz. Director, Real Estate Gifts. Sage House, 607-255 3918; or contact John Sterling. Director of Development, College ol Agriculture and Life Sciences. 242 Roberto Hall. 607-255-7661 ■ Da rid Schwarts Poster Shows Unique View of Finger Lakes Region ' A View of Central New York " is a new. unique poster recently produced by the Cornell Laboratory for Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing (CLEARS). The poster measures 18* by 24* and shows the heart of the Finger Lakes Region in Central New York as pho tographed by astronauts on NASA's Skylab satellite on September 10. 1973 from an altitude of250 miles. Recogniza ble are water bodies, farm fields, roads and an occasional cloud. Cornell's CLEARS promotes the value and applies tions of remote sensing through formal academic classes, short courses, work shops, newsletters, fact sheets, and brochures The poster is available through CLEARS at 464 Hollister Hall for $6 For mail orders, add an additional $2.50 to cover shipping and handling checks should be made payable to Cornell University Inquiries can be directed to Eugenia Barnaba. 607 255 0800 ■ Join 5500 Other ALS Alumni Today! If you "ren 'I listed until our 1938 members there is no belter time to join the fastest growing college of agnculture alumni association m the country' Ecological Research for the *«»•»»■ Long Term Name. .Class year_ Alum?___ ID#. Jaculty?___ Friend?___ Address If an address change, former address____ 0) A E o E Telephone (home). Occupation_____ Personal news .(office). Use separate sheet of paper if necessary Dues: 4 year membership_____ $36 Spouse_____ $25" 2- year membership____ $20 Spouse $14- Life membership_____ $250 Spouse^__$175* 3- year installments $90/year-3 years $65/year—3 years (Spouse) •30x dtMuunl on ft* joint »|kiuwI nM-inlM'r»hi|isotil> Make checks payable to ALS Alumni Association Mail to Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. 242 Roberts Hall. College of Agnculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University. Ithaca. NY 14853 5901 Centenarians Die Two alumni who were bom a year apart and lived more than a century died re cently Alumni obituaries normally are sent to Cornell Alumni News, but we though t the longevity of these gentlemen deserves an exception in ALSNews Rolla La wry. Class of 1910, was inter viewed at his oceanside California home by Molly Cummings ’85, a communica­ tion student, two years before his death in 1987 He reminisced about coming to Ithaca to talk with Professor Jimmy Rice about problems with his Plymouth Rock chickens. then stay ing on to study and do incubation and hatching experiments under Rice Andrew Dickson White, first Cornell president, was a frequent visitor to the experiments Liberty Hyde Bailey was dean of the College of Agriculture, and it was expected that he would offer Lawry an assistant professorship. But Purina Mills lured him back to his home state of Missouri, and his long association with industry began "My four years at Cornell were the best of my life.'' he told Cummings Kenneth C. Livermore, who died last September, graduated in 1909 and did graduate work at Cornell until 1912. He taught in the college for several years, then bought a farm near Honeoye Falls, New York, to establish Quaker Hill Pedi greed Seeds to produce potato seed and certified grains A writeup in the Honeoye Falls Times in 1986 also credited him with starting Empire Farm Days, one of the largest farm shows in North America, which began on the Livermore farm in 1930 More than 3,500 people attended to see new farm machinery. potato cultiva lion, and storage techniques. His com pany continues today as Livermore Seed and Chemicals and is owned by K.C.'s grandson, David Livermore. It produces certified farm seed, grass seed, lawn and garden chemicals, and bird food At his funeral, it was noted that he died at I harvest time northeast these days, is one such distur bance "At the end of the 19th century the area was cleared of forest. then aban doned. So now the trees are all 80 or 90 years old and there's money to be made from cutting them." Fahey said. Typical ly, so called even aged forests are har vested by a method called dearcutting, in which all the trees from a given area are removed al one time Fahey's group is looking at the ecological implications of this common management practice Acid rain also is being observed by the group So are the climatic changes predicted to occur in the next thirty years. One little understood aspect of the anticipated global warming trend is the extent to which the forest itself contrib ules to the phenomenon "It turns out that some of the atmo spheric gases—nitrous oxide, methane, and some hydrocarbons—that are caus ing the temperature changes come not only from industrial sources, but are released by natural systems as well. So. from the long term point of view, it's helpful to know how land use practices over huge areas will affect how much of these gases is released into the at mosphere " Fahey is engaged in three other I research projects at Hubbard Brook that come under Ute umbrella of LTER One looks at what happens to soil fertility over time when trees arc harvested by a clear I cutting method that removes not only the I trunks of trees, but the branches, twigs, I and bark as well." A lot of the nutrients I in a forest are held in the trees them- New funds since the April 1988 issue of ALS News (as of June 1, 1988). "At Hubbard Brook Exjierimcnial Forest, we measure just about everything you can think of," said Timothy J Fahey, associate professor of natural resources That's essential. So is continuing these measurements over a long period of lime. if public policy makers are going to have the kind of reliable scientific information they need to take informed positions on issues like acid rain "Environmental policy decisions are too often made in a vacuum,'' Fahey said '' In many cases the available scientific in formation is poor and politicians are forced to vole according to the whims of the public's perception of a problem. The only way to improve the situation is to carry out decade long research projects in a well instrumented place like Hubbard Brook." A long-term commitment is necessary because there's a lot going on in a forest—all at the same time. This mul tiplicity of Interdependent factors, some of which. like climate. vary from year to year, and the slow change in natural sys terns make studying forest ecology a com plex business, one that requires decades of painstaking work The typical research funding cycle of a couple years isn' t suffi cient to reach conclusive results Fahey. an expert in forest ecology, was recently awarded a five year, $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to do Long Term Ecological Re search (LTER), he hopes it will be renewed for many years to come. The fact that Hubbard Brook, a three mile by six mile stretch of U .S. Forest Service land in the White Mountains of I selves. In traditional harvesting methods, New Hampshire, has already been I only the trunk is taken, leaving the restof studied for 25 years makes it an especial I the tree to be recycled into a new forest ly valuable site for the kind of work Fahey I We want to find out what happens when is doing. Take a straightforward question like why trees die "There are many fac­ tors that may cause this,” Fahey said "Acid rain is only one. Others include air __ pollutants, natural pathogens such as I cherry tree plays in conserving nutrients pest and insects, old age, and so on. Be- 1 * cause Hubbard Brook is so well measured and understood, we ll have a much better idea of why trees die than if we see them die in some other place ' ’ Fahey and a team of seventeen scien lists from eight institutions hope to dis cover the reasons for tree deaths as they observe how the forest changes over time. In addition, several studies funded by the current LTER grant focus specifi cally on how large scale disturbances affect the relationships between the air, rain. soil, and water of the forest and the plants and animals who live there Tree harvesting, a big business in the I all that remains is the roots of the trees I and the forest floor '’ I Ina related project Fahey is in vestigat I ing the role that the quick growing pm I after a forest has been harvested by the whole tree method In a third he takes a look at what happens to the soil when n becomes acidified, as it does by pollutants such as acid rain Fahey’s co principal investigator on the LTER project is research associate Jeffrey Hughes, who received a Ph D from the college in 1987. A number of former Comellians are participating in Die project, including Gene Likens from tlie Institute of Ecosystem Studies, as well asalumni Arthur Johnson '75 Ph.D .Jon Cxile '82 Ph D.(Arts), and Charles Driscoll '80 Ph D (Engineering) ■ Timothy Fahey heads a team of acientiats seeking answers to question of why trees Clifford Berg Entomology Endow­ ment fund has been established from the estate of Prof Clifford 0 Berg Income will be used to defray the expenses of aca­ demically worthy but financially needy graduate students to attend regional or national meetings of the Entomological Society of America, the North American Benthological Society, or the Ecological Society of America Herbert Harrison Fuller CorneU Tra­ dition Fellowship Fund has been es lablishedby Richard A Fuller of Marina Del Ray. Calif, in honor of his father, Herbert '28 The fund will provide finan cud assistance to worthy, needy under graduate students with preference to those from Madison. Indiana or from else where in Indiana James B. Palmer Graduate Assis­ tantship established by James B Palmer ’21. The fund supports a graduate assistantship to be awarded at the discre non of the Dean of the College Robert A. Polson Endowment Fund has been established by Miss Margaret R Polson '54 in honor of her father The fund w ill assist graduate students in rural sociology. Edward & Charlotte Raney Memori­ al Fund for Ichthyology lias been established by colleagues and friends in honor of Edward and Charlotte Raney The income will be used to buy books for Mann Library on all aspects of ichthy ology. Abraham Shenn Scholarship Fund provided through the estate of Abraham Shenn, will assist a needy Jewish student to attend the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Douglas Whitney Prize Fund has been established by DouglasE Whitney '61 for a junior or senior Cornell student interest ed ui pursuing a law degree and who has sound technical knowledge in engineer ing. biological, or physical sciences, in eluding math and computer science, or any of the natural sciences ■ Lael C Carter Associate Director of Development Judy P. Lewis F'u nd Records Ma naaer Animal Scientists Develop Leaner Meat Metta Winter It sounds too good to be true A diet that's lower in fat yet still contains the foods we love, particularly meat. We can have our steak and eat it too, accord tng to Donald H. Beermann. associate professor of animal science, if we put aside some prejudices of the past ' Forty five years ago pigs were much fatter, ’ ' Beerman said ' Often half of the carcass was fat because the lard was needed for baking, cooking, and as an energy source. With the advent of vege table shortening, swine breeders began to genetically select for animals with more meat and less fat Today the fat content of the animal is half what it used to be.’' The fat content of foods is published in the USDA Nutritional Value of Foods. Handbooks ''BecauseHandbookSwas last revised in 1980, the information on pork composition, for example, has not been updated in 10 years, tl doesn't Teflei t both the recent improvements in breeding or changes in management practices, especially the closer trimming of external fat from cuts of meat.' ’ Beermann cites his own research data and those from surveys done at Iowa State University showing that the fat con tent of the lean portion of a broiled pork chop, is only 2 0 to 4.3 percent—less than half the listed 11 percent This is well within the dietary guide lines set forth by both the American Heart Association and the National Academy of Sciences' Food and Nutrition Board. But consumers haven' t been told this People still believe fresh meats have far too much fat in them It simply is not true Even though the picture is brighter than most of us think, Beermann said it can be even better He's just completed four years of research on methods of rais mg meat animals that are dramatically leaner than the best of what's available today These animals grow more quickly and eat less feed, which should mean lower prices in the supermarket. The methods being studied use repar titioning agents—substances that actual ly alter the way an animal transforms the feed it eats into muscle and fat The repar titioning agent most successful in swine is called somatotropin. However, somato­ tropin is a hormone, a word that when used in relation to food, conjures up nega­ tive associations in our minds. "People have the perception that all hormones are bad hormones, that they taint the meat, making it somehow un healthful " This idea stems primarily from two controversies of the 1960s and 70s The first involved diethylstilbestrol, commonly known as DES It was devel­ oped as a growth promoter in cattle, but it was also given in vastly larger doses directly to women for the therapeutic maintenance of pregnancy and to induce abortions in cases of rape and incest Later the drug was shown to lie carcino­ genic at high doses in rats and in those cases where it was administered as a medication-not by ingesting trace amounts in meat Federal legislation pro hibits the use of any compound in food that is shown to cause cancer in laborato ry animals, regardless of the size of the dose or the way it's taken into the body. Hence all uses of DES, including as a growth promoter in cattle, was banned. Memories of the nitrile controversy— but not how it was ultimately resolved— also add to consumer concern about substances added to food. Nitrite is added to cured meats like hot dogs and bologna in the curing process to increase shelf life and to create a unique kind of meat product. Beermann maintains that the study that purported to show that nitrites caused cancer in laboratory animals was flawed. “It was full of inaccuracies and we know that the amount of nitrites used in cured meat today is not harmful. ’' Nevertheless. once a negative associa­ tion has been made it is difficult to break To allay concern Beermann points out some of the differences between somatotropin, DES. and nitrites. The first is that somatotropin is a naturally occur ring peptide hormone secreted by all mammals (humans and animals alike) that is responsible for growth rate and regulation of metabolism By contrast DES is an estrogen-like synthetic com pound that does not naturally occur in the body. Nitrites are non-hormone food preservatives that are not administered to the animal directly. "There is absolutely no potential for human health hazard from eating meat from any animals that have been given a naturally occurring peptide hormone like somatotropin. Somatotropin is complete - ly digested in the stomach in the same way that muscle and vegetable proteins are." In Beermann's research with swine the results were dramatic By giving the animals more somatotropin than their own pituitary glands would normally secrete, they developed 23 to 25 percent more protein and 55 to 57 percent less fat at the same weight. Another discovery from Beermann s work is that swine given somatotropin eat less while gaining weight at a faster rate. "' An increase in average daily weight gain by 15to 16 percent with as much as a 21 jiercent decrease in feed consumption im - proves overall efficiency of meat produc­ tion by as much as 30 percent. This is the kind of efficiency we need to strive for to remain competitive in both national and international markets Research in repartitioning agents is headed by Associate Professor R Dean Boyd, in collaboration with Beermann and Professor Dale E. Bauman. all of the Animal Science Department Support for their work with swine is sponsored by AMGen Company Similar studies on the repartitioning effects of somatotropin and its releasing factor. GRF, with sheep are sponsored by Pitman Moore ■ “Food for Thought” Registration Form Event Outstanding Alumni Awards Banquet Friday. September 16 $20 per person Alumni ALScapades ’88 and Department Reunions September 16-18 ALScapades'88 Saturday, September 17 (Costs listed belou include all weekend activities except the Outstanding Alumni Awards Banquet and golf) $25 per ALS Alumni Association member and )>er s jxiu.se Membershij) expiration date___________________ $29 [>er ALS Alumni Association nonmember $20 per member of the Classes of '84 '88 $12 jier child 12 years or under Season football ticket holders deduct $7 from total cost Golf with Laing Kennedy '63 Sunday, September 18 $16 per jjerson Number Attending Total __________ $__________ __________ $__________ Total Cost $________ Please make your check payable to ALS Alumni Association and mail it with this form to: Alumni ALScapades '88 Office of Alumni Affairs and Development College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 242 Roberts Hall Cornell University Ithaca. NY 14853 Time conflicts require that you choose from the follow mg partial list of activities for Saturday, September 17. Please make your selections below Number Attending ________ Jog with the coaches, 7:30 a.m ________ Food Science Department Reunion, 10:15 a m. ________ Communication Department Reunion, 10:15 a.m. ________ Animal Science Department Reunion. 10 15 a m ________ Cornell vs. Princeton Football Game, 1 00 p.m. ________ Heritage Garden and the Cornell Plantations Tour, 1:15 p.m ________ New Equestrian Center and Sheep ' STAR'' System tour, 115pm ________ Biotechnology Building tour; review developments in biotechnology field. 1 15 p.m. Name tags will be prepared in advance. Please print names exactly as they are to appear on name tags Citv Slate Zip Conntv Telephone Profession Business Address Phone Four Guests Name Class Year Name U ■ Class Year Name R - Class Year Name K-fi V - Class Year Tickets will not be mailed. They will be available for you at the registration desks Please make reservations by September 9,1988 You are responsible for your own accommodations If you have questions alxiut the weekend, contact the ALS Office of Alumni Affairs and Development at 607-255 7651. jxiu.se agriculture & life sciences ’88 /^jU^apades ALUMNI ALSCAPADES ’88 agriculture & life sciences DEPARTMENT REUNIONS September 16-18 Alumni ALScapades ’88 and Department Reunions THE WEEKEND SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES Department of Animal Science Douglas Conti ’60, Chairman, Alumni ALScapades ’88 Department of Food Science Department of Communication Daniel Decker Awarded First Young Alumni Award 1988 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Presidential Scholars SCHOLARS SECONDARY TEACHERS Dean Call Heads Study on Animal Fat Development Restructure to Serve College Needs Calendar Scholarship Reception Alumni memberships at all-time high Office volunteers Gifts to the college Alumni Association Members Deleted ORDERFORM Poster Shows Unique View of Finger Lakes Region Join 5500 Other ALS Alumni Today! Ecological Research for the *«»•»»■ Long Term Centenarians Die New funds since the April 1988 issue of ALS News (as of June 1, 1988). Animal Scientists Develop Leaner Meat Registration Form Alumni ALScapades ’88 and Department Reunions September 16-18