MARCH | APRIL 2020 $6 Owned and Published by the Cornell Alumni Association ‘May the Road Rise to Meet You . . .’ Remembering President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes PLUS: Tech and privacy ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro ’91 Comstock memoir rights a literary injustice MA20_cover_b_CAMr.indd 1 2/14/20 5:37 PM 0 eCornell ONLINE. BLENDED. CUSTOM TO YOUR NEEDS. We make i t easy for you to develop leaders in your organizat ion, foster a culture of divers i ty, and bui ld teams with the ski l ls that dr ive results . 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Rhodes, who died in February at age ninety-three. Cornell’s ninth president—as well as a 93 ALUMNI DEATHS prominent paleontologist and a national figure in higher education—Rhodes led 96 CORNELLIANA the University from 1977 to 1995. Natural wonder 48 Flying High When Ithaca’s airport completed a $37 million overhaul this winter—including gaining the ability to accept international flights—it was just the latest upgrade to a facility originally built by Cornell more than seven decades ago. CAM offers a tour of the University’s aviation-related history, from its early student flying clubs to its erstwhile DC-3 to a campus visit by the world’s most famous aviatrix. 56 Her Own Words In her final years, pioneering nature educator and illustrator Anna Botsford Comstock 1885 penned a memoir chronicling her personal and professional partnership with entomologist John Henry Comstock 1874. It was published 69 EZRA MAGAZINE EXTRA decades after her death—but in highly truncated form. This spring, Cornell Professors Caitlín Barrett (classics) and Kathryn Gleason University Press is releasing a new edition comprising all of Anna’s surviving ’79 (landscape architecture) manuscript, curated by an alumna who undertook the project as her PhD thesis. collaborate on an excavation in the ancient city of Pompeii. 64 Up to the Plate A special insert produced by University Jimmy Pitaro ’91 has a sports fan’s dream job: as president of ESPN, the Human Relations and the Division of Alumni Ecology alum oversees the nation’s premier network covering all things athletic. Affairs and Development Pitaro has worked to broaden ESPN’s appeal to younger viewers—and coped with the sometimes contentious intersection of sports and politics. ON THE COVER: PRESIDENT EMERITUS FRANK RHODES OUTSIDE SAGE CHAPEL IN SUMMER 2001. PHOTO BY ROBERT BARKER/UREL. 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Anne Greenwood BA, Cornell ALI, Harvard The Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative aims to deploy a new force of experienced leaders tackling the world’s most challenging social and environmental problems. Learn more at advancedleadership.harvard.edu or 617-496-5479. F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T Open Minds (And Ears) Students should—literally and figuratively—take off their headphones A t the beginning of this academic experience of a Cornell education: the lessons year, when I welcomed our newest they will learn and the insight they will gain, Cornellians to campus at our annual inside and outside the classroom, from our New Student Convocation in Schoellkopf wonderfully diverse community of faculty, Stadium, I took the opportunity, as befitted the staff, and fellow students. By listening to and event, to offer some advice. I urged our incom- grappling with opinions and outlooks different ing students to explore Cornell’s offerings from their own, they sharpen their reason- widely: to take classes in areas that intrigued ing, refine their own thinking, and expand them, to try activities that challenged them, their own understanding—developing the to enjoy the beauty of their surroundings. skills that will enable them to thrive as global I encouraged them to take risks, and reminded citizens, able to live, connect, and commu- them that all of us sometimes struggle and nicate with people who may be very different even fail. I told them about our Core Values, from themselves. and asked all of them to embrace the ethos of That crucial ability to communicate across Cornell: a place for “any person,” where every difference is something we support thought- one of them belonged. fully and deliberately at Cornell, both through In addition to all of this advice, which I’m conscious teaching and active learning and sure they expected, I also asked them to do by fostering an environment that encour- something else: take off their headphones. ages engagement. Through our Intergroup They laughed, but I meant it—both literally Dialogue Project, which is now a manda- and figuratively. Literally, because headphones tory part of the orientation experience for present a physical obstacle to one of the most all new undergraduates, our students are important elements of a Cornell experi- able to explore the diverse identities of our ence: our connections with others. Whether community while acquiring the skills to you are listening to music, a podcast, or engage in constructive conflict. Programs even a recorded lecture, you are attending like the Peter Coors ’69 and Marilynn Gross to a stream of information unavailable to others, and in Our students come to Cornell not only for the so doing close yourself off to academic distinction they find here, but for the interactions, casual and essential, that form the basis the entire experience of a Cornell education. for strong and enduring rela- tionships. Cornell, as a residential university, Coors ’69 Conversation Series encourage civil is designed to be an academic community discourse on difficult issues both in class whose members learn not only with, but from, and out, and our Active Learning Initiative each other. That can only happen when the provides opportunities across disciplines lines of communication are open: when we are for students to engage intellectually and attentive to those around us, ready and able to interpersonally with their peers as they learn. speak and be heard. Cornell is, as it was designed to be, a place When I asked our new students to take off of diversity: not just of individuals and back- their headphones, I also meant it figuratively. grounds but of experiences and ideas. It is I asked them to turn off channels of informa- also a place of unbounded intellectual oppor- tion curated for themselves alone, and to open tunity, where the potential for learning exists themselves to the thoughts, ideas, and contri- in every interaction—if we keep our ears, and butions of those around them. Our students our minds, open. n come to Cornell not only for the academic — Martha E. Pollack distinction they find here, but for the entire president@cornell.edu 6 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E MA20_pres_letter_c_CAM.indd 6 2/13/20 8:34 AM PHOTO: JASON KOSKI/UREL Make Big Red memories all year round. Find Cornell events and different ways to connect on campus and near you. alumni.cornell.edu Photography by levers2007 and Cornell University C A M P U S N E W S From the Hill Pollack Orders Major Changes to Greek Life At the end of fall semester, President Martha Pollack announced request that noncompliant events be shut down.” If violations pose a sweeping series of reforms to Greek life. The changes come in health and safety risks, the chapter will immediately be placed on the wake of the death of a freshman who died after attending an interim suspension—and if the judicial system upholds the allega- unauthorized fraternity party that included heavy drinking (see tions, punishment will range from a three-year suspension to the related story below). “Regrettably, this is not an isolated incident,” permanent loss of University recognition. Pollack said of the Phi Kappa Psi party. “We have on this campus, The new rules also call for a complete overhaul of Greek as do many of our peers on their campuses, a persistent culture of recruitment, aimed at shifting what Pollack calls its exclusion- misconduct in the Greek-letter system; a pattern that dates back ary culture, which can lead to peer pressure to conform by taking years, if not decades, and one that I have witnessed during my two part in risky behavior. “It is time,” she said, “to bring our Greek and a half years as Cornell’s president.” policies in line with Cornell’s core value of The day before the unregistered party, ‘ I recognize that these being a community of belonging.” University Phi Kappa Psi members had attended a judi- reforms will impact the staff will work with Greek leaders to design cial hearing to answer previous charges of character of our Greek a new system that will be implemented in misconduct; after the student’s death, the 2020–21. Said Pollack: “[It] will include more chapter was placed on interim suspension system,’ President Pollack structured opportunities to meet potential pending judicial review. As Pollack noted, said. ‘That is intentional.’ new members during and prior to recruit- the Phi Kappa Psi party—and conduct viola- ment, a member selection process that is less tions by six other fraternities that had their recognition suspended exclusionary, as well as a cultural shift that replaces parties with in the preceding year and a half—occurred even after she imple- philanthropy and service activities as core process components.” mented stricter Greek rules in May 2018. Additionally, rules have already been implemented requiring With the aim of stepping up enforcement of rules intended to that all recruitment and new member education activities be protect health and safety, the new measures include a require- substance free and be held before 8 p.m. ment that chapters retain independent monitors for all events, “I recognize that these reforms will impact the character of whether on or off campus or in Greek houses, annexes, or else- our Greek system. That is intentional,” Pollack said. “I also recog- where; for large gatherings, they must hire third-party vendors nize that this cultural shift, so desperately needed, will be difficult for both alcohol service and security. To ensure compliance, to realize. But this shift will help to ensure that our Greek-letter University staffers will do random spot-checks nightly. “Any organizations continue to be places where students can form com- indication of misbehavior,” Pollack said, “will result in immedi- munities of friends, develop leadership skills, and contribute to ate notification of appropriate law enforcement agencies with a our campus and local communities in healthy and positive ways.” Family Files Lawsuit in Freshman’s Death The parents of eighteen- games that entailed ingesting so much alcohol that many partic- year-old Antonio Tsialas ipants became “blackout drunk.” “Sometime after the drinking ’23 (left), who was last games ended, Antonio Tsialas was allowed to leave the fraterni- seen at an unsanctioned ty house intoxicated or was taken from the fraternity house while fraternity party before intoxicated with no efforts by any of the defendants to stop him or his body was found in get him safely back to his dormitory,” the suit alleges, going on to Fall Creek Gorge in late state, “His subsequent death was the direct and proximate result October, have filed a law- of the defendants’ actions and would not have happened if the suit against Cornell and hazing event had not taken place.” other defendants. The In terms of Cornell’s alleged liability, the suit’s claims include wrongful death suit—which seeks unspecified damages—names that the University failed to implement meaningful measures the University, the national Phi Kappa Psi organization and its against hazing or to enforce its existing policies regarding frater- Cornell chapter, seven undergraduate members of the fraternity, nity parties and rush activities. “Cornell exerted significant control and an alumnus who serves as its adviser. over Greek life on campus,” the document states, “and therefore, Filed in late January, the suit describes an unauthorized “dirty the University had a duty to act in a non-negligent manner with rush” party at the chapter house in which prospective members respect to stopping the misconduct of Greek-letter organizations were hazed by being pressured to participate in a series of drinking that were subject to its control.” 8 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTO: PROVIDED 8 3 4 8 8 K e n d a l D o g A D f o r C o r n e l l A l u m n i T : 8 . 2 5 ” x 1 0 . 8 7 5 ” B : . 8 . 3 7 5 ” x 1 1 . 1 2 5 ” L : 7 ” x 1 0 ” 4 c p r o c e s s C HAPTER. 18 MY BEST f RIE1 'D and our FAVORITE PLi\CE. 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More than 36 million private-sector American workers have signed agreements prohibiting them from joining or starting a competing business for a set period after leaving their jobs, finds ILR dean Alexander Colvin, PhD ’99, noting that such agreements can stifle wage growth and hinder the economy. Opening more grocery stores could reduce Orchards Store Goes Out of Business food waste. Hotel professor Elena Belavina says that when people have to travel farther Citing financial struggles, the Cornell Orchards Store (above) to shop, they’re likelier to buy provisions has closed after nearly seven decades. Located across Route 366 in larger quantities, which can lead to from the Vet college, the store—selling Cornell-grown apples, more spoilage before perishables can be cider, and other fruit, as well as a variety of local products like consumed. honey and maple syrup—first opened in 1952. The Cornell Store With a $2.4 million NSF grant, researchers at CU and elsewhere took over its management several years ago, but the shop contin- are harnessing big data to identify the seemingly disparate factors ued to operate at a loss, and the University opted to shut it at the that can combine to create catastrophic events like massive power outages—an effort dubbed the Predictive Risk Investigation System end of January. While some Cornellians and local residents have for Multilayer Dynamic Interconnection Analysis. petitioned for it to be reopened, the University says that’s not in the cards, although limited retail sales of apples are planned at harvest time. Engineering, Dyson Deans to Step Down this Summer Lynn Perry Wooten (right), dean of the Dyson School, will leave Cornell at the end of June to head Simmons University. Wooten, who came to the Hill in 2017, will be the first African American president of Simmons, a private women’s school in Boston. And Lance Collins (below) has announced that upon completion of his second term as Engineering dean, he’ll be- come the inaugural vice president and executive director of Vir- ginia Tech’s new Innovation Campus. Collins’s achievements as dean include more than doubling the proportion of students from underrepresented com- munities (from 8 percent to 19 percent) and increasing the enrollment of un- MILESTONE: More than 540 new alumni received their degrees dergraduate women from 33 percent to in Barton Hall in December—making the event the University’s 50 percent. Successors for both depart- largest-ever recognition ceremony for winter graduates. ing deans have not yet been announced. 10 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: ORCHARDS, HOBBES ELLIOTT; WOOTEN, SIMON WHEELER/UREL; COLLINS, LINDSAY FRANCE/UREL; ROBOT, PROVIDED; PRODUCE, MONTICELLO/SHUTTERSTOCK; GRADS, FRANCE FASHION A LEGACY Ollie McNamara ’50 (lower right) loved fashion and crafted a career in haute couture. With gifts to Cornell’s collections and a scholarship through her bequest, she created a legacy. We can help you make yours. Offi ce of Trusts, Estates, and Gift Planning 1-800 -481-1865 Ollie McNamara and Nancy Sprott Stone adjust a wedding gown gift_planning@cornell.edu designed and worn by their classmate Ellen Forbes Andrews Photo provided by the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection alumni.cornell.giftplans.org Cornell University C A M P U S N E W S HUNGER PANGS The sudden closure of what restaurant in late January has left Ithaca without any 24/7 table-service eateries? a) Waffle House c) Manos Diner b) State Diner d) Denny’s DOG DAY: In February, clinicians at the Vet college (including fourth-year DVM student Sara Cantini) had a rare collaboration with anesthesiologists from Weill Cornell—who have expertise in cardiac cases—to save the life of a yellow Lab who had Give My Regards to . . . a growth in her heart. Named Lucy, the canine is a companion These Cornellians in the news animal for a child with autism. Government’s Kramnick Dies at 81 Tsai Ing-wen, LLM ’80 (right), elected to a second term as president of Taiwan. Isaac Kramnick (left), a longtime profes- sor of government who co-authored Cornell: Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’73, co-founder A History, 1940–2015 and The 100 Most of Brooklyn Brewery, named Cornell’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Notable Cornellians, has died at eighty-one. A renowned historian, political scientist, Film editor Thelma Schoonmaker ’61 and author, Kramnick served on the fac- (below left), who received ulty for forty-three years, retiring in 2015. her eighth Oscar nomination (for The Irishman). She has won three times. Kramnick’s many contributions to Cornell include founding the Faculty Fellows and Faculty-in-Residence programs and help- Ed Marinaro ’72, BS ’83, honored as ing develop the West Campus living-learning units. Raised in a number 126 on ESPN’s list of the top 150 college football players of all time. On a foster family outside Boston, Kramnick attended Harvard, grad- similar list of top coaches, Glenn “Pop” uating summa cum laude and earning a PhD. He joined Cornell’s Warner 1894 ranked eleventh. government department in 1972, going on to become its chair, the associate dean of Arts & Sciences, and vice provost for POWER SUIT: This 1987 undergraduate education. “The achievements of his lifetime are kente cloth skirt suit is on display in the Human remarkable,” his family observed in his obituary, “because he Ecology Building as part won them unassisted by the luck of fortune or birth.” of the exhibit “Black Excellence: Fashion that Prevails.” The show, Did You Know . . . curated by grad student Sian Brown, features a variety of garments such as evening gowns, custom Air That a classics professor Jordans, and jerseys worn by famous rap artists. It recently did the first runs through late May. translation of a centuries- old satirical poem? Michael Fontaine translated Pugna ‘There’s just a massive amount Porcorum (The Pig War)— of excitement that Cornell is a 248-verse, alliteration- the place to do all this.’ laden epic from 1530 that may have inspired George — Engineering professor Terry Jordan on the research potential of a 2.5-mile-deep Orwell’s Animal Farm— borehole that the University aims to dig as a test well from Latin to English. for its proposed Earth Source Heat geothermal system 12 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: DOG AND POEM, PROVIDED; KRAMNICK, JASON KOSKI/UREL; BREAKFAST, BAIBAZ/SHUTTERSTOCK; TSAI, O.O/SHUTTERSTOCK; SCHOONMAKER, OVIDIU HRUBARU/SHUTTERSTOCK; SUIT, GRACE ANDERSON [ A N S W E R : D ] June 4–7, 2020 A Cornelliana Night performance. Photo by Jason Koski/Cornell Marketing Group. It’s time you came back. Reunion registration opens in late March. Register by May 10 for your early-bird discount. alumni.cornell.edu/reunion REGISTER NOW Join more than 700 ITH alumni, students, SITY, AR CAE , N faculty, and staff for V two days of on-campus events including: • Full day of featured 2020 speakers covering a wide range of entrepreneurial topics • eLab Demo Day ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT CORNELL • Recognition of Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ‘73, CELEBRATION Co-Founder and Chairman, Brooklyn Brewery A T W O - D A Y C O N F E R E N C E • Student Business of the Year Announced • Big Idea Competition Finals APRIL 16–17, 2020 • BenDaniel Venture Challenge Competition • Networking opportunities… and much more! 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He was seated behind Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at the 1981 victory parade in Cairo at which Sadat was assassinated. Hindy learned about homebrewing from U.S. envoys he’d befriended during this time. The Brooklyn Brewery, one of America’s top craft breweries, is the biggest exporter of American-style craft beer and is known for its support of many nonprofit and arts organizations in New York City and around the world. PLEASE JOIN US FOR A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH STEVE HINDY AND ZACH SHULMAN, D IRECTOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT CORNELL, ON THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2020 AT 4:30 PM IN STATLER AUDITORIUM. ’71, MAT ‘73 CornellCAU Education Vacations Spark curiosity at Cornell this summer! 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Register now! cau.cornell.edu “Exciting intellectual adventures!” –Arthur Frommer C U R R E N T S F A C U L T Y R E S E A R C H • C A M P U S L I F E • A L U M N I S T O R I E S P RIVATE M ATTERS CU prof studies how tech is used to track how we live and work A mid the wall décor in Karen Levy’s Gates Hall office—across from an assortment of trucker memorabilia and a signed photo of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54—is a poster from the classic thriller The Conversation. A Best Picture nominee written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the 1974 film stars Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert tasked with bugging an “unrecordable” event: two people talking as they walk through a busy, noisy city square. It’s apt artwork for Levy, an assistant professor of information science whose research explores the often fraught intersection of technology and privacy. Levy, who also has an appointment in the Law School, had already earned a JD from Indiana University M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 17 IMAGE: NIKAUFOREST/ISTOCK CU R R EN T S they were going to work, which rules they were going to follow,” Levy says. “This was much, much more rigid.” She found that the tech was deeply unpopular with driv- ers—learning, among other things, that some developed clever ways of sabotaging the equipment, and that their employers sometimes altered data to conceal viola- tions. “Truckers get paid by the mile, so if they’re not on the road they’re making zero money, even if they’re doing other things that are required of them by their compa- nies or by the law,” Levy explains. “So of course they’re incentivized to stay on the road as much as they possibly can, and to break the law if they have to. There’s a lot of pressure on them to do that.” One overarching issue she examined was how the new technology clashes with truck- ing’s traditionally independent culture; it’s a profession that has long treasured the freedom and romance of life on the open road. “Many truckers will tell you that the reason they get into the job is that it’s a way to have control over their lives,” says Levy, who’s currently working on a book called Data Driven: Truckers and the New Workplace Surveillance, to be published by Princeton University Press. “Part of why this technology was received so nega- tively is that it slams up against this idea of autonomy that has been really valued in the industry.” And paradoxically, she says, the tech may initially have had a negative effect on safety by alienating more experi- enced truckers—prompting the very people that society would want behind the wheel ATTORNEY AND SOCIOLOGIST: Professor Karen Levy of a semi to flee the industry. “Older driv- ers don’t want to be told, ‘We don’t trust and clerked for a federal judge when she decided to pursue a PhD you; we’re going to watch you now,’ ” Levy says. “Almost every in sociology from Princeton—training that gives her a novel trucker told me that these monitors treated them either like perspective as she explores a wide variety of topics, from the criminals or like children.” use of webcams in nursing homes to the ways in which retailers track customers to the role of technology in In researching how surveillance tech has impacted intimate partner abuse. workers in the trucking industry, Levy says, ‘almost But first, there were the truckers. The subject of Levy’s doctoral thesis—and the reason why she has a trucker every trucker told me that these monitors treated patch and belt buckle on her office wall—was how surveil- them either like criminals or like children.‘ lance technology has impacted workers in the trucking industry. Starting in 2011, she spent several years interview- In addition to her many scholarly articles, Levy has been ing drivers at truck stops in eleven states as part of her research published widely in the lay press, including the Washington on the use of electronic monitors in their vehicles, installed to Post, Vox, the Atlantic, and the L.A. Times. In a March 2018 insure that they adhere to regulations limiting their driving essay in Slate, she addressed the role that tech can play in facil- time to prevent fatigue and accidents. “Previously, they’d had a itating intimate partner abuse—potentially allowing someone lot of autonomy in deciding how to get their work done—when to surreptitiously track a partner’s movements, intercept their 18 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTO: LINDSAY FRANCE/UREL Let us help you make the most of your time! WATERFALL MAPS | EVENT CALENDAR | FARM TO FORK EXPERIENCES | MEETINGS, WEDDINGS & ROOM BLOCKS Request the 2020 official visitor guide: VISITITHACA.COM image by Anmol Bohra @anmolbohra CU R R EN T S Bioethics, Levy and colleagues pondered the ethi- cal issues around the use of webcams in nursing homes—often installed by relatives concerned that their loved ones aren’t getting proper care. While that’s a noble goal, she says, it raises concerns about privacy—not only of workers and roommates but of residents who may have dementia and can’t consent to being surveilled. In the same vein, Levy’s trucker study explored the complicated effects of a technology intended to save lives by keeping exhausted drivers off the road. “We often use technical solutions as a way to put a Band-Aid on a bigger social and economic problem, rather than just dealing with the root of it; you see that over and over,” she observes. “If we paid driv- ers a fair wage, or paid them for all the time they’re actually working and not just moving on the highway, they wouldn’t be so tired. That feels to me a much more sensible place to change the policy.” Similarly, nursing home cameras are a way for relatives to cope with the fact that facilities are often under- DIGITAL DILEMMA: Tech and privacy staffed—something that could be improved by higher salaries in the news and tighter Medicaid regulations. “But we’ve chosen not to do those things,” she says, “and we’ve created a situation where families feel like they have no other choice.” Among researchers on tech and privacy, there’s an anecdote communications, and otherwise control their lives. “What we’ve so canonical that Levy laughingly notes it’s “almost a drink- discovered in our research is that digital abuse of intimate part- ing game; someone will eventually bring it up.” It traces its ners is both more mundane and more complicated than we infamy to a February 2012 New York Times Magazine story might think,” she wrote. “It’s mundane in that many forms of by Charles Duhigg in which he described an effort by Target digital abuse require little to no sophistication and are carried to market products to expectant mothers, whom it identi- out using everyday devices and services: social media platforms, fied by mining data on their seemingly unrelated purchases, find-my-friends apps, cell phone family plans. Abusers aren’t like calcium supplements and unscented lotion. Among those hackers: though some do install surreptitious ‘spouse- ware’ to monitor their victims without consent, it’s ‘We often use technical solutions as a way to put a much more common to abuse victims digitally in ways that don’t require any high-tech skill.” Band-Aid on a bigger social and economic problem,‘ But as Levy notes, while tech companies tend to Levy says, ’rather than just dealing with the root of it.’ focus on preventing sophisticated cyberattacks, much of everyday cybersecurity hinges on factors like passwords, pre- potential customers: a high schooler whose father was incensed answered questions (like the name of your first pet), and access by what he thought was an inappropriate mailing—until he to physical devices like a laptop or cell phone. “Passwords are found out that she was, in fact, pregnant. “It was shocking,” saved on your home computer where your abuser probably is, Levy says of the tale (which, she goes on to note, may in fact and the abuser is going to know the answers to your secu- have been apocryphal). “It’s so visceral. It has all these great rity questions,” she says. “Many of these things that we’ve ingredients that make it super sticky and memorable.” The built up as checks fall flat when the abuser is in the home with anecdote seemed all the more egregious, Levy says, because you. Technologies are not designed with that in mind; they’re it came before the news of notorious breaches of privacy—like designed with the hacker in mind.” Edward Snowden’s disclosure of NSA surveillance (in 2013) For Levy, the most compelling research questions involve and the Cambridge Analytica scandal (of 2018), when it was modes of technical surveillance that aren’t clearly good or bad; revealed that millions of Facebook users had their data mined the same app that can help parents ensure their third grader gets without their consent. “Every few years, this issue pops up and safely home from school, for example, could allow an abusive we say, ‘Oh my God, we have to do something about it,’ ” says husband to track his wife to the concealed location of a domestic Levy, “and then we don’t.” n violence shelter. In the American Journal of Bioethics: Empirical — L.P. Drew 20 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E IMAGES: NEWSPAPERS.COM THE CORNELLIAN YEARBOOK A University Tradition Since 1868  The 2020 Yearbook features over 300 pages of content and 2 000 photos. Don't miss your chance to buy a book — pre-order your copy today at cornellyearbook.com! Parent and corporate advertising also available. (607) 272-2000 EXT 232 cornellian@studentagencies.com CU R R EN T S P ALATE CLEANSER The James Beard Foundation’s Mitchell Davis ’91 promotes not just culinary excellence but fair wages and more FARM TO TABLE: Davis at Manhattan’s bustling Union Square Greenmarket last fall A purple cabbage as big as a bowling ball sits on a shelf is the author of three cookbooks that are as comprehensive as behind the desk of Mitchell Davis ’91. It’s a weekday in they are folksy and practical: The Mensch Chef: Or Why Delicious October, and Davis has picked up the spherical vegeta- Jewish Food Isn’t an Oxymoron (his collection of Jewish classics ble at the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan on the way including beefy beet borscht, basic brisket, and challah French to work that morning, intending to braise it later for dinner. Says toast); Kitchen Sense: More Than 600 Recipes to Make You a Davis: “I’m someone who thinks about food constantly.” Great Home Cook; and Cook Something: Simple Recipes and It’s both his avocation and his vocation as chief strategy offi- Sound Advice to Bring Good Food into Your Fabulous Lifestyle. cer for the James Beard Foundation, a nonprofit best known Davis also co-authored two books with chefs that garnered inter- for presenting the awards that are considered the Oscars of the food industry. Davis, who has worked ‘If you know Mitch, you don’t need Google,’ says retired for the foundation for more than a quarter-century, Hotel professor Tom Kelly. ‘He’s a foodie’s foodie.’ is on Twitter and Instagram these days, but he has always been an influencer—as a writer, an intellectual, and a national acclaim: My Provence, an interactive digital cookbook, chef who trained in France and Italy. Today, he seems to know and Foie Gras: A Passion, a reference book with recipes that won everyone and everything in the food world. “If you know Mitch, an award for best international cookbook of the year in 2000. you don’t need Google,” says retired Hotel professor Tom Kelly, Davis’s many appearances in the culinary media include serv- Davis’s longtime friend and mentor. “He’s a foodie’s foodie.” ing as a judge on the Food Network’s “Best in Smoke” barbecue In 2015, Davis earned international recognition by directing competition and preparing Bobby Flay to go up against “Pioneer the USA Pavilion at the Milan Expo—a world’s fair for food. He Woman” Ree Drummond on an episode of Flay’s “Throwdown.” 22 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTO: JOHN ABBOTT • Five boutique hotels “From the moment we first saw the Inns of Aurora, we knew • Just 40 minutes from Ithaca no other venue would compare to it. Right from the start, the • Lakefront ceremonies staff bent over backwards to help us create our dream wedding. & receptions Between the staff, the food, and the gorgeous property, • On-site planning included everything was more perfect than we could have imagined.” • Award-winning cuisine — CH A R L E N E + J ER E M Y, M A R R I E D 2019 3 15 . 3 6 4 . 8 8 2 9 • I N N S O F A U R O R A . C O M I M A G E S B Y A L E X A N D R A M E S E K E P H O T O G R A P H Y CU R R EN T S The Cheese Thing A recipe by Mitchell Davis for CAM readers SERVES 2 TO 8 This baked macaroni and cheese was a staple in my family while growing up. It never had a name so we always called it just “the cheese thing.” The secret is to use two kinds of ched- dar—sharp for flavor, mild for texture—and not to grate it, but to cut it into cubes so the cheese melts into pockets of gooey good- ness between the noodles. The Cheese Thing is good in every form, whether just put together, hot out of the oven, cold the next day, or heated up as leftovers. For best results, get it ready to bake the night before you plan to serve it. This way, the noodles absorb some of the tomato juice and the whole thing melds to produce a delicious (and simple) macaroni and cheese. 1 lb. penne rigate or rigatoni pasta juice. When the pasta is cooked, drain it in a colander, but do not ½ lb. extra sharp cheddar cheese rinse. Toss the pasta back into the cooking pot. Add the butter and ½ lb. mild cheddar cheese stir until melted. Add the cubed cheese, chopped tomatoes and their 1 28-oz. can whole tomatoes juice, sugar, and salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Transfer this mixture 2 tbsp. unsalted butter into a two-quart baking dish (Pyrex works well). Pile any excess on 2 tbsp. sugar top; it will hold. If you have the time, cover with plastic wrap and refrig- Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper erate overnight. Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil and cook the pasta until Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and bake for 45 minutes to an hour, just slightly underdone, about 2 or 3 minutes less than the package says until the noodles on top have browned and crisped and the casserole (the pasta will finish cooking in the oven). Meanwhile, cut the cheese into is bubbling. half-inch cubes. Roughly chop the tomatoes and keep them with their © 2000 Mitchell Davis For three years he hosted Taste Matters, a show on the Heritage that people are paid well along the chain. It’s not about food, it’s Radio Network. Last fall, he was a guest on a podcast hosted by about people and the values we choose to live by.” Momofuku’s David Chang; their conversation zinged from the Last fall, the Beard Foundation hosted its first Chef Action American gastronomic zeitgeist to eighteenth-century French Summit at Princeton, bringing together alumni of the founda- food criticism—the subject of Davis’s doctoral thesis at NYU. tion’s nineteen Chefs Boot Camps for Policy and Change, retreats Davis knows that the culinary world is remarkably accessi- that educate chefs and empower them as leaders. Davis moder- ble these days, thanks to apps like Instagram and websites like ated a panel on media and participated in a breakout session about Food52. But even as social media has popularized taco trucks and mental healthcare among restaurant workers. He was invigorated Michelin-starred restaurants alike, he worries that this splashy presentation is e ha e an o ortunity to redefine hat ood food means, dehumanizing. “One of our missions— Davis says. ‘We could make American food culture sustainable.’ my personal mission—is to push back on, ‘Isn’t this food thing great?’ To complicate it a little bit,” says by the conversations, yet remains realistic. “People just want to Davis, whom The Forward has named to its “fifty under fifty” eat; they don’t want to know anything,” he says, quoting a note list of the most influential Jews in America. “What puts the meal he’d scribbled in the margin of a conference paper, then added: in front of you is a tremendous global system that has a lot of “We need to acknowledge that and change it anyway.” problems right now.” Among them: U.S. immigration policy, fair Davis has been cooking since he was a child growing up in wages, and sustainability amid climate change. Toronto. At age ten, he got a copy of Julia Child & Company, the Under Davis’s leadership, the Beard Awards—whose categories cookbook from the TV show he watched when feigning illness include best new chefs, restaurant design, and cookbooks— to stay home from school. By eleven, he’d made every dish and have emphasized not just gastronomy or aesthetics but issues of menu—including “Dinner for Nineteen.” As a teen, he worked social responsibility, such as whether a chef promotes diversity in a kosher-style butcher shop and had a side hustle: he’d take in hiring and maintains ethical workplace policies. The founda- home bones, make chicken soup, and deliver it to customers on tion’s new tagline is “Good food for good,” but Davis wants to his way to school, with the shop letting him keep the proceeds. deconstruct that. “We have an opportunity to redefine what ‘good His family didn’t want him to become a chef, so he compromised food’ means,” he says. “We could make American food culture by choosing Cornell’s Hotel school, broadening his education by sustainable. We could make it that in some way, ‘good’ implies taking twenty-six credits per semester (more than twice the 24 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTO: BON APPÉTIT/CHELSIE CRAIG CAMPUS~ ® CAMPUS Express motorcoach service between Cornell’s Ithaca and NYC campuses Loyalty Program Cornell Discounts c2cbus@cornell.edu c2cbus.com Master of Science Healthcare Policy & Research Academic Tracks In: Biostatistics and Data Science Health Informatics Health Policy and Economics Don’t just study healthcare: change it. hpr.weill.cornell.edu/study M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 25 minimum of twelve); his favorite non- Hotel class was a seminar where he read A N I V Y LE AGUE DESTINATION W EDDING philosopher David Hume. Says Izabela Wojcik ’91: “He was the older, wiser, LIK E NO OTHER deep-thinking soul.” Wojcik is now direc- tor of events at the James Beard House, where chefs are invited to cook for special parties; she and Davis have been friends since their undergrad days. She recalls Davis throwing an elaborate Alice in Wonderland-themed dinner party for his Cornell housemates. “He’s always been on a grander scale than the rest of us dare,” Wojcik adds. Davis spent his junior year in Paris, taking classes at the Sorbonne and doing a month-long stage (cooking internship) at the landmark La Tour d’Argent restau- rant, which then had three Michelin stars. Returning to Ithaca for his senior year, he worked at Just a Taste, a popular tapas- style restaurant downtown. Davis says he was inspired to be a writer from Kelly’s class on restaurant criticism, co-taught by Mimi Sheraton, the first female food critic for the New York Times. For that class, he wrote an unflinching takedown of the iconic Moosewood Restaurant—panning its food, service, and environment. (“It was a horrible restaurant,” he says, matter-of-factly.) Davis lived and cooked in Italy for a year after graduation, then returned to the U.S. to be executive editor of Art Culinaire, a quarterly magazine. He became the Beard Foundation’s director of publications in 1993 and has steadily risen through the organization. Sheraton credits him with expanding the foundation’s mission beyond the hedonism of food. “He’s just a good man,” says Sheraton, who recently attended a brunch Davis hosted with his husband, a physician at Mount Sinai. Allow the Statler to become your home away from home “He’s not a snob, he’s not full of himself. for the wedding weekend of your dreams. He’s friendly and loves to entertain.” Davis enjoys cooking so much that he’s LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS • LOCA LLY INSPIR ED MEN US very particular about eating out in New York. 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CU R R EN T S F AIR FIGHT A JD alum strives to protect some of New York’s most vulnerable people, from immigrants to homeless teens HALL OF JUSTICE: Lasdon in Lower Manhattan, on the iconic steps of the Centre Street courthouse made famous on TV shows like “Law & Order” D oug Lasdon, JD ’81, entered law school for one reason: change in the system, with the state Supreme Court ruling that to do good in the world. His first job after gradua- the city must provide housing, supervision, and job training for tion was as an attorney at Covenant House, the those in foster care until age twenty-one. Talking with CAM Manhattan-based charity that provides housing and other services for homeless Lasdon never set out to start his own agency. ‘But I wanted to youth. There, he was surprised to learn change things for the better,’ he says, ‘and I realized I didn’t that New Yorkers in foster care had to leave the system once they turned eigh- want to become part of a bureaucracy.’ teen, forcing many onto the streets or into shelters. Lasdon found a sentence in the relevant state law last fall in the center’s offices in Lower Manhattan, Lasdon— that he thought might aid those youngsters in their transition sporting a black pullover bearing the slogan “Practice Law, to independent living, but became frustrated when he wasn’t Promote Justice, Change Lives”—notes that he never set out allowed to pursue the issue as part of his job. to start his own agency. “But I wanted to change things for the So he quit and founded a nonprofit called the Urban Justice better,” he says, “and I realized I didn’t want to become part of Center, holding pro bono legal clinics at soup kitchens while a bureaucracy.” spearheading a lawsuit on behalf of a group of homeless youths Since then, the Urban Justice Center has made a difference who’d been discharged from foster care. 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The son of a busi- nessman, he was raised in the upscale town of Scarsdale and spent his undergrad years at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Yet Lasdon remembers being keenly aware of inequality at a young age. As a boy, he’d often visit his grandparents in New York City and pass underprivileged neighborhoods on the train ride there. “I’d look out the window and think, Why do those people live there, and I get to live where I live?” he recalls. He later spent five summers as a counselor at a sleepaway camp for children from low-income families, an experi- ence he describes as eye-opening. By the time he entered law school he knew he’d never work at a private firm. “The value for me in helping people was much more excit- ing than the value of making money,” says Lasdon, who now lives with his wife and their six-year-old son on the Upper West Side. The Urban Justice Center has a unique structure, serv- FOR A GOOD CAUSE: Lasdon (front) at the Urban Justice Center’s 2013 fundraising gala ing as an umbrella for a wide range of projects. Typically, with U.S. Senator Cory Booker, who was a staff attorney at the center early in his career project directors raise their own funding and are largely autonomous, with the center offering office space and residents, including the mentally ill, low-income veterans, administrative support and sharing expertise and resources. victims of domestic violence, and even street vendors (most of Some projects, like those devoted to the mentally ill and to whom are immigrants and people of color struggling to make homeless LGBTQ youths, have stayed under the center’s ends meet and working under harsh conditions). It has gone auspices. But over time others have spun off into independent from a one-man operation run out of a burnt-out building in East ventures, as the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) Harlem—Lasdon keeps a photograph of it on his office wall as did in early 2019. During more than a decade at the center, IRAP a reminder of the organization’s roots— to a social justice powerhouse based in ‘ It’s all about justice for disenfranchised populations—people Manhattan’s Financial District. Today the nonprofit has more than 100 staffers without a voice, people who are easily exploited,’ Lasdon says. (notable alumni include Cory Booker, a U.S. Senator from New Jersey and a former presidential candi- grew into a global force that has resettled tens of thousands of date) who provide free legal aid, conduct advocacy work, lobby refugees, advocated for migrants displaced by war and natural elected officials, and implement community education and disaster, and battled the Trump Administration’s travel ban outreach programs. denying entry to visitors from some Muslim-majority countries. Sometimes their work requires fighting in court to protect In 2018 IRAP’s founder was awarded a MacArthur “genius” their clients. With the help of organizations like the Legal Aid grant for her efforts. “I have spent years watching extraordi- Society, the ACLU, and private firms, the center has argued cases nary people who were given the freedom and support here to over the years that have won the right for homeless married do incredible things,” says Lasdon. “It’s a delight to be just a couples to remain in shelters together, protected immigrants small part of their work.” seeking asylum in the U.S., and secured millions of dollars Though the center has acted as an unofficial incubator for in new or improperly denied benefits for poor families. It also decades, it recently formalized that role. In 2019 it launched the routinely pushes for legislation. For instance, the center’s Sex Social Justice Accelerator competition, selecting five early-stage Workers Project helped pass the nation’s first law allowing survi- advocacy projects to enter a two-year program designed to help vors of sex trafficking to clear their records of prostitution-related them evolve into fully functioning nonprofits. The current class crimes. (As Lasdon explains, trafficked individuals are often is tackling a range of societal ills—from the Brave House, which treated as criminals rather than victims; a record makes it hard provides services for immigrant girls who have suffered trauma, for them to find legitimate employment and rebuild their lives.) to the College Athlete Advocacy Initiative, aimed at combat- “It’s all about justice for disenfranchised populations—people ing inequality and exploitation in the collegiate sports industry. without a voice, people who are easily exploited,” says Lasdon, “At the beginning we used to think, Let’s work ourselves out of who also teaches poverty law and social entrepreneurship as an a job,” says Lasdon. “That was naïve. 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They weren’t even given the sauce recipes; Wang says they had to get them from the old management team and by contacting other franchisees. “That was one of the first signs that this wasn’t a franchise system that was operating at the best it could be,” he says. When the new restaurant opened its doors in March 2017, the four were thrilled to see long lines. They had ideas about how to further improve Wings Over’s look, service, digital presence, and more—but as mere franchisees, they didn’t have the authority to make such changes, and the company didn’t seem interested in pursuing them. Still, the friends saw huge potential in the overall concept. Says Nirmal: “We knew we could take this franchise to the next level.” They approached the parent company PALACE OF POULTRY: Wings Over Ithaca is now located on Dryden Road in Collegetown. about a possible sale and acquired the company in October 2017. With Leyva and now has forty-one locations in fifteen states. Since then, tapped to run day-to-day operations from offices in down- they’ve redesigned restaurants, updated the company’s web- town Manhattan and the others serving as board members, site and uniforms, and created a mobile app. One thing they the group immediately launched a Wings Over reboot. They haven’t tinkered much with is the menu, which allows patrons hired a design firm to craft a clean, modern décor highlighted to customize wings with their choice of twenty-five sauces by white countertops, colorful seating, and digital menu boards. and dry rubs, ranging from garlic parmesan (faves of Wang and They instituted a company-wide training program that focused Nirmal) to honey mustard (Mok’s pick) to citrus chipotle on service and a more inviting dining experience. The four BBQ (Leyva’s go-to). The chicken is fresh—never frozen— also aim for each location to be engaged with the surrounding and hand-breaded and cooked to order. “We want to keep the menu simple,” says Leyva, “but do ‘ We wanted to create a family-friendly environment,’ everything on it really well.” says Leyva, ‘and get away from some of that masculine He and his partners note that their educa- tional and professional backgrounds made them branding that wings places can sometimes have.’ well suited for the venture. Leyva and Mok are Hotelies, Wang majored in applied economics and manage- community, encouraging franchisees to sponsor sports teams, ment in CALS, and Nirmal studied operations research in the host neighborhood events, and get involved with local fund- Engineering college. Mok and Wang (who graduated seven years raisers. “We wanted to create a family-friendly environment apart) met through their work in finance; Wang has managed and get away from some of that masculine branding that wings multiple hedge funds and invested in the restaurant and tech places can sometimes have,” says Leyva, whose official title is industries, while Mok runs his own hedge fund. Nirmal founded Chief Wing Officer. a company that builds third-party Amazon sellers into larger Along the way, the partners have closed some franchises, brands. Leyva has helped grow an NYC-based taco chain from taken over others, and opened corporate-owned restaurants in one store to multiple locations; he also assisted with the launch places like Knoxville, Tennessee; College Park, Maryland; and of Ithaca Hummus—now sold nationwide—and the lunch South Bend, Indiana. The company is slowly rolling out the subscription service MealPal. redesign to existing stores across the country and hopes to add The quartet were holding down full-time jobs in Manhattan about 100 more corporate and franchise locations in the next as they worked to reopen Wings Over Ithaca. Their first order of few years. They’re targeting not only college towns—a market business: find a location closer to campus. They secured contrac- where the company has long been successful—but suburban tors to renovate the space (on Dryden Road in Collegetown, just areas as well. “It’s like a cult favorite,” says Mok. “Sometimes uphill from the Plum Tree Japanese restaurant) and rehired I’ll wear a Wings Over hat or jacket, and people will stop me the restaurant’s former managers. But the friends faced some and freak out, because it was one of their favorite places to eat unexpected challenges: as Wang explains, they didn’t receive in college.” n the resources—such as guidance on training, marketing, and — Heather Salerno 34 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTO: CASEY MARTIN Experience College This Summer Students in Grades 8-12 Prepare for College Success with: n Challenging Ivy League Academics n The Independence of College Life n Exceptional Students from Around the World 300+ Credit & Non- Humanities & Credit Course Options Social Sciences Online Courses STEM Leadership Programs Courses for English On Location Programs Language Learners Also Available: ~ Sports Camps m BROWN ~ Pre-College Programs www.brown.edu/summer Cornell CAU Academic Summer Camps for Youth 4–15 Four weeklong sessions, July 5!–!August 1 Get a wonderful taste of college life at Cornell. Enjoy the excitement and friendships of a great camp with outdoor adventures, STEM activities, and lots of fun. Day and residential options available. cau.cornell.edu • 607.255.6260 M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 35 C A M P S S P E C I A L S E C T I O N AU THOR S New Releases The Body Outside the Kremlin The Art of Ideas JAMES MAY ’04, BA ’05 AMY D’ONOFRIO MURPHY ’06, BARCH ’07 In what Kirkus calls “a fine debut,” May crafts In this small, whimsically illustrated softcover a mystery set in 1926 in a brutal Soviet gulag, volume published by Columbia Business located in a former monastery on an island in School, Murphy—a licensed architect and a the White Sea. His protagonist—a mathematician consultant for a global strategy firm—and her and former political prisoner named Tolya, who’s co-author offer a guide to “creative thinking chronicling the events of his youth three decades for work and life.” They briefly discuss such after they unfolded—is an aficionado of detective breakthroughs as how Picasso adopted the painting style that would make fiction who had been recruited to help solve the him famous; how a failed lawyer named Mohandas Gandhi came to lead murder of a fellow inmate, a man who’d been tasked with restoring seized the Indian independence movement; and how a whopping video store late religious icons. “The body signals that things have begun, doesn’t it, in a fee inspired the founding of Netflix. They go on to present strategies for mystery story?” Tolya muses after describing the discovery of the drowned appraising and solving problems, tips on making positive changes, a primer victim. “What I’m writing down is a mystery, then, a detektiv. Here is the body, on the value of networking, and more. at the beginning.” City on a Hill A Faithful but Melancholy ALEX KRIEGER ’74 Account of Several Barbarities Subtitled Urban Idealism in America from the Lately Committed Puritans to the Present, Krieger’s book explores JASON BROWN, MFA ’95 the many times in the course of U.S. history Brown—whose short fiction has appeared in that prominent people—from Thomas Jefferson such venues as the Atlantic and Harper’s— to Walt Disney, urban renewal zealot Robert teaches in the MFA program at the University Moses to gangster Bugsy Siegel—have sought of Oregon. His third collection comprises ten to realize their vision of a model community. linked stories following several generations As the Wall Street Journal says in a review, the of a family that has lived on the Maine coast book “provides us with a useful history of the for nearly four centuries. “The day before my influential ideals—some of them prophetic, sister’s pretend wedding, the family gathered in Maine for our annual meet- some of them unrealistic, and others downright cruel and unjust—that have ing, at my grandfather’s island house, so he could tell us how much of a shaped American cities. Many major figures thought they knew how to make disappointment we’d been,” Brown writes, in the voice of the narrator of the America into a city on a hill, a utopia, a place where we could all live together title tale. “Dressed like a clam digger in rubber boots, filthy canvas pants, in bliss and harmony.” Krieger is an urban planner and a professor at Harvard and an old sweatshirt full of pipe ash holes, he rose from his wing chair and Graduate School of Design. leveraged himself to his feet with his cane . . . Like other monarchs, he may have confused menace with majesty and mistaken the wary looks of his Disrupting the Status Quo subjects, cowering in the wicker, for devoted affection.” DISRUPTING "'"'!!­" of Senior Living STATUS THE JILL VITALE-AUSSEM, MMH ’96 Keeping It Simple SENIOR ~l~?No~ An alum of the Hotel school, Vitale-Aussem KEEPING YASMIN FAHR ’05 is a licensed nursing home administrator who Fahr is a food writer and recipe developer has worked in the senior living field for more IT SIMPLE whose résumé also includes serving as than two decades; she is currently president l.,U¥WlU.,.~1 . 0,-f ,011M(tltl a fine-dining restaurant inspector for and CEO of the Eden Alternative, a nonprofit Forbes Travel Guide. Her first cookbook— dedicated to preserving the quality of life inspired by One-Pot Wonders, her former of older adults. In this guide intended for column on the website Serious Eats— both industry professionals and lay readers, offers dozens of recipes designed to serve she examines the benefits and deficits of as easy weeknight meals. Dishes include various models of senior living and how they have evolved—weaving in the miso-ghee chicken with roasted radishes; experiences of numerous elders including her own parents, who’d long tomato-poached cod; curried lentils with resisted the idea of moving into senior housing. “Many people, turned cucumber-garlic yogurt; butternut couscous with crispy pancetta; skirt steak off by the image and status quo of senior living, stay in their homes and tacos with charred corn and spicy mayo; and lemony orzo with prawns, are determined to age in place, even when they live in less-than-optimal asparagus, and feta. Fahr also compiles a guide to essential spices and circumstances,” she writes. “What is it about these communities that tools, definitions of cooking terms, and tips on technique such as how to turns people off so much that they would rather wither away alone than properly chop a squash and juice a lime. make a change?” To purchase these books and others by Cornellians, or to submit your book for possible mention in Cornell Alumni Magazine, go to cornellalumnimagazine.com/authors. 36 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E INTINETRENRANTAITOIONNAALL S SUUMMMMEER SPEECH & D DEEBBAATTEE C CAAMMPP UnleUansleha ysho uyro uvro vicoei cteh trhoruoguhg ha ragrguummeenntt, , ddeebbaattee aanndd ccoommmmuunnitiyty July 25 – Aug 2, 2020 (Residential) July 26 – Aug 1, 2020 (Day) New to 2020 ~ Cornell Speech Camp Hone your public speaking & competitive speech skills through our blended on-line & in person curriculum. 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Strong finishes by Kyleigh Spearing ’20 (27th), Melissa Zammitti ’21 (28th), and Audrey Huels- kamp ’20 (41st) sealed the runner-up position for the Big Red. Orie again led CU at the NCAA champion- ship, finishing 90th of 254 runners. MEN’S HOCKEY For the second time in three sea- sons, the Big Red took a turn atop the national polls, occupying the number-one spot in early January after opening the season 12-1-2. It’s no surprise, then, that VOLLEYBALL Jillienne Bennett ’22 (above) earned FIELD HOCKEY Maddy Conklin ’20 and Maddie Cornell was well represented in the ECAC’s early sea- first-team All-Ivy honors after helping the Big Red to Henry ’20 were named to the 2019 Longstreth/ son awards: in November, Matthew Galajda ’21 was its best season in 10 years and a third-place finish in NFHCA All-Mideast Region team—marking the named goalie of the month while Sam Malinski ’23 league play. Bennett recorded double-digit kills in eight first time in almost two decades that two Cornell was rookie of the month. of her 19 matches this season, including an 18-kill field hockey players have earned first-team all- performance against Hartford. Cornell finished 17-6, region honors in the same season. (Lindsay Grace posting the most wins since the 2006 team went Vaughn ’04 and Carissa Mirasol Nee ’04 achieved ALUMNI NEWS 18-9. The third-place Ivy finish was Cornell’s third in a it in 2002.) Henry, who was also named the Ivy row, marking its most successful run since three firsts League Defensive Player of the Year, backstopped FOOTBALL A pair of former Big Red quarterbacks and a second from 2003 to 2006. the Big Red defense, finishing second among Ivy have found new coaching jobs for the 2020 season. goaltenders with a 1.82 goals-against average and In January, Bill Lazor ’94 was named offensive MEN’S SWIMMING The Big Red left all opponents in .762 save percentage. Conklin was another key part coordinator for the NFL Chicago Bears. He previously its wake at the University of Akron’s Zippy Invitational of the Big Red’s defensive success from her midfield held the same position for the Cincinnati Bengals, in December, winning nine individual events and position, while scoring one goal and collecting Miami Dolphins, University of Virginia, and University setting five meet and pool records. Cornell finished four assists. at Buffalo. In December, Ricky Rahne ’02 was named with 2,572.5 points, more than 700 ahead of head football coach at Old Dominion University after second-place Oakland University. Paige daCosta WOMEN’S HOCKEY After opening the season with four years as an assistant coach at Penn State, ’23 (below) picked up four individual championships, three straight shutouts, Lindsay Browning ’21 was including the last two as offensive coordinator. He setting meet and pool records in all of them—winning named the ECAC goalie of the month for November. previously served as an assistant at Vanderbilt, the 400-yard individual medley (3:48.44), the 100- A backup for her first two seasons on East Hill, Kansas State, Holy Cross, and Cornell. yard backstroke (47.21), the 200-yard backstroke Browning had no problem adjusting to the starting (1:43.66), and the 200-yard individual medley role this season, losing only once in her first 19 starts WOMEN’S ROWING Cecelia Madsen ’12, MPH (1:45.10). James Huang ’21 led a Big Red sweep in while allowing less than a goal a game and stopping ’19, has returned to the program as an assistant the 200-yard butterfly, setting meet and pool records more than 95 percent of the shots she faced. She’s coach after holding a similar position in 2012–13 with a time of 1:47.10. only the second Cornell goalie to earn ECAC monthly and serving as an assistant coach for men’s rowing honors, joining Lauren Slebodnick ’14 , who did so from 2016 to 2018. Madsen earned second-team All- twice in 2013. American honors her senior year, helping the Big Red to a second-place finish in the Ivy championship and MEN’S SOCCER Ryan Bayne ’20 and John Scearce 11th at the NCAA championship. ’20 both earned first-team All-Ivy honors as the Big Red saw a total of five players honored by the league, WOMEN’S HOCKEY Laura Fortino ’13 and Rebecca the most since 2013. A three-time captain, Bayne Johnston ’11, BS ’12, took a turn on one of hockey’s was a stalwart on the Big Red defense, playing 1,462 biggest stages, playing for a team of Canadian stars of a possible 1,503 minutes this season; he scored in an Elite Women’s 3-on-3 game against a team of two goals including a game-winner against Akron, Americans during the NHL All-Star Weekend in St. which resulted in Ivy player of the week honors. Louis in January. Johnston scored the opening goal Scearce led the team with five goals, four of which of the game on a breakaway as the Canadians skated came in the last five games of the season. 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CAMP Cornell Football Jerseyitem #10005245 in Vermont CORNELLSTORE.COM all-inclusive summer vacation M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 39 C A M P S S P E C I A L S E C T I O N 40 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E A Gentleman and a Scholar Frank H.T. Rhodes, in memoriam The Cornell community is mourn- capable of addressing the most minute especially those of us who had the priv-ing the loss of its beloved president detail while keeping an eye on the big ilege to work with him, how to lead and emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, picture. Within days after the University how to inspire,” says Susan Murphy ’73, who passed away in February at age announced his passing, a memorial PhD ’94, vice president emerita. “He did ninety-three. Cornell’s ninth president— website had drawn more than 200 fond that by his integrity, his grace, and his as well as a prominent paleontologist and remembrances—with alumni, staff, personal warmth. When you interacted a national figure in higher education— parents, and others reminiscing about his with Frank, you felt as if you were the Rhodes led the University from 1977 to warmth, brilliance, and uncanny ability only person who mattered at the time. 1995. For many Cornellians, he was a to remember a person’s name even years . . . Our lives are richer because Frank quintessential part of the institution: at after a casual meeting. Many cited advice Rhodes was part of them.” the time of his retirement, not only was he’d given them in person or during Rhodes is survived by Rosa Rhodes, his he the longest-sitting president in the his much-admired Commencement wife of sixty-seven years; four daughters, Ivy League, but almost half of Cornell’s speeches, which he concluded with the including Penelope Rhodes McDonald then nearly 123,000 living undergrad- traditional Irish blessing: “May the sun ’84, BA ’95, and Deborah Rhodes, MD uate alumni had attended during his shine gently on your face / May the rain ’92 (who is married to Frederick Savage presidency. “Frank Rhodes was a bril- fall soft upon your fields / May the wind Groves, MPS ’89); eleven grandchildren, liant scholar and a gracious leader who be at your back / May the road rise to meet including Sarah Inglis ’01, Heather was not only deeply respected, but truly you / May the Lord hold you in the hollow Inglis ’07, BA ’06, Kristen Inglis, PhD loved by generations of Cornellians,” says of his hand / Until we meet again.” ’11, and Caroline Groves ’20; and one President Martha Pollack. “His boundless Born in Warwickshire, England, great-granddaughter. In his honor, curiosity, his kindness and humor, and in 1926, Rhodes—his middle initials Cornell has established the Frank H.T. his sage leadership shaped Cornell as we stood for Harold Trevor—earned his Rhodes Memorial Fund—which, it says, know it today, as his wise and generous bachelor’s, doctor of science, and PhD “will be used to support undergraduate mentorship shaped the lives of the count- degrees in geology from the University of scholarships and ensure the University less students, faculty, and staff who passed Birmingham. He taught at various insti- remains accessible to students from all through Cornell during his tenure.” tutions in the U.K. and U.S. before joining backgrounds.” To many Cornellians, Rhodes was the the geology faculty at the University of embodiment of everything a college pres- Michigan in 1968, rising to vice presi- The reminiscences on the following pages ident should be: erudite, compassionate, dent for academic affairs before being were drawn from the University’s memorial affable, extraordinarily eloquent, inter- tapped to succeed Cornell President Dale website, cornell.edu/frank-rhodes. They have ested in a broad range of topics, and Corson. “Frank Rhodes taught all of us, been edited and condensed. M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 41 ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS AND RARE AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS ‘President Rhodes was simply the best thing to happen to Cornell since Ezra.’ — INGR ID BER LIN CEN TER ’66 ‘ When Frank Rhodes became president, Cornell had just been through the trying years of the late Sixties. His inspiring leadership brought back a sense of pride as to what kind of a university Cornell was, and optimism as to what the future would bring.’ — M A LDEN N ESHEIM, P HD ’59, PROVOST EM ER ITUS ‘ President Rhodes will always be “our” president—the Class of 1981, as he entered Cornell at the same time we did. As he joked when reminded that we entered together, he would say, “Yes, but you graduated. I’m still here.” ’ — FR ED COHEN ’81 INAUGURATION DAY (from top): Rhodes reviewing his speech; posing with his predecessors (from left) Dale Corson, James Perkins, and Deane Waldo Malott; and in a similar grouping on the day of President Martha Pollack’s inauguration with (from left) Jeffrey Lehman ’77, Pollack, David Skorton, and Hunter Rawlings. Opposite page: Rhodes on Dragon Day 1993; leading a paleontology outing in 42 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E 1990; and touring a cryogenics facility in Clark Hall in 1977. ‘ Even though Cornell is a huge institution, somehow I felt very connected to President Rhodes; I think all of the students did. I can still remember how much we all loved his Commencement address and how much it meant to us to have him deliver it. We did not want any celebrity or other famous person—we wanted our president!’ — STACY LEOPOLD ’81 ‘He and his wife joined our little natural history club on a very cold and rainy day for a walk in the gorge. It seemed amazing to me that such an important man would take time to come along on that wee hike. And I found his knowledge of paleobotany even more amazing; he’d look at this fossil or that and tell us all the names from memory.’ — SH A R I GOLDFA R B ’80 M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 43 ‘A great intellect, combined with great charm and humility; you wanted to follow wherever this man would lead.’ — DOUGL AS JOHNSON ’78 ‘ On Cornell’s Adult University ventures, he wove together geology, archaeology, evolution, history, and the Bible as though they always should have been taught in concert. It seems like yesterday when Frank scampered effortlessly up the steep cliffs of Santorini, leaving those half his age gasping for breath.’ — R ICH A R D TU N ICK ’67 ‘ When the “Shantytown” [opposing apartheid] was in full swing, President Rhodes was scheduled to meet with protesters. Despite his handlers attempting to restrain him, he walked among the somewhat hostile protesters and engaged them on their terms. Such personal courage spoke volumes.’ — PETER HOY T ’76 QUINTESSENTIAL CORNELLIAN (from top): Rhodes with astronomer Carl Sagan in 1980; escorting the Dalai Lama during his 1991 visit to the Hill; teaching on campus in 1977; and visiting Antarctica in 1988. Opposite page, from top: Rhodes and wife Rosa greet a student in fall 1977; the couple traveling in style at Reunion ’78; and taking a photo with Robin Davisson (far right), a faculty member and wife of then-President Skorton, at the 2015 Charter Day celebration. 44 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E ‘When I was a freshman, he struck up a conversation with me at a “meet and greet.” During that chat, President Rhodes made the comment, “Don’t let classes get in the way of your education at Cornell.” It took me years to fully comprehend the profundity of his guidance.’ — HOWA R D M A R KUS ’91 ‘ As a Hotel major working for Cornell Catering at events in the Rhodes’s home, I learned so much of the hospitality business from the example that Frank and Rosa set. They were gracious to their guests and as gracious to us. The night always ended with us cleaning up and Frank getting the vacuum cleaner out to help.’ — SH A RON N U NA N STEM M E ’88 M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 45 ‘ In celebration of our Ivy championship, my soccer teammates and I had the opportunity to visit President Rhodes and Rosa at their home. He was well ahead of his time in appreciating women in sport, not always the case on campus at that time. As I left I made a note to myself that I wanted another Ivy championship just so I could have an audience with this remarkable, humble, hospitable leader.’ — JEN N IFER SMITH ’90 ‘As a freshman, I fell for the joke issue of the Daily Sun, which said that Thanksgiving break had to be canceled. I found President Rhodes’s home number in the phone book and called him at 7 a.m. in a panic. He gently reassured me that the break would occur as scheduled. It’s that warmth I will remember.’ — BILL MIKUL A K ’84 ‘We always enjoyed his locker room visits and passionate speeches, even though we knew he knew very little about American football. He’d always end with a fist pump and a hearty “Go Big Red!” It was simply his presence and sincere interest that we admired. We still talk about it years later.’ — M A R K MILLER ’84 CAMPUS LIFE (from top): Rhodes driving the Engineering college’s experimental electric car in 1977; outfitted for one of his frequent squash games in 1997 (at left) and on Cornell’s indoor climbing wall in 1992; and greeting football players in the locker room in 1977. Opposite page: Rhodes at a 2016 campus celebration in honor of his ninetieth birthday. 46 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E ‘We use the word “leader” to mean almost anyone now, but real leadership is rare. A true leader provides assurance that your role—whether student, member, or employee—is of value and purpose. Frank Rhodes, with immense grace, did that.’ — GEORGET TE ASHER M A N ’85 ‘I will never forget walking across the stage in Carnegie Hall ‘ He was our Commencement speaker, and to receive my Medical College PhD diploma. As my family to this day I recall advice he bestowed upon let out a cheer—they were supposed to be quiet until the us so eloquently. In his exceptional style, he end—President Rhodes leaned in and said, “Susan, keep said, “Do not mortgage all your todays for them cheering.” A small thing, but it meant the world.’ some vague and gossamer tomorrow.” ’ — SUSA N FITZPATR ICK, P HD ’84 — PATR ICI A ENGGA A R D BETZ ’79 M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 47 FLYING HIGH Ithaca’s airport sees a major overhaul—the latest upgrade to a facility originally built by Cornell By Beth Saulnier half-century after Mike Hall ’68 saw his be surprised how even the demand is throughout the A career in aviation take flight on East Hill, it ‘ You’d be surprised year,” Hall observes. “It’s not just about students, came in for a gentle landing on roughly the how even the demand it’s about faculty, it’s about conferences. As soon as exact spot where it began. A member of Air the students leave in May, the sports camps pop up.” Force ROTC as an undergrad, Hall learned is throughout the For many Cornellians, the airport is their gateway to fly at the Tompkins County Airport— year,’ says airport to campus. While earlier generations of students—located off Warren Road about four miles many of whom hailed from the Northeast—may from central campus—and earned his private pilot’s manager Mike Hall have taken the train (which ended service in the license his senior year. After graduation, he went ’68. ‘It’s not just early Sixties), these days undergrads and grad on to a distinguished military career—serving as students come to East Hill from around the coun- a fighter wing commander during the First Gulf about students, try and the world. Currently, the airport is served War and rising to the rank of major general—before it’s about faculty, it’s by three airlines—American, Delta, and United— retiring in 1995 and opening a leadership consult- that mainly take travelers to and from hubs such ing business. Since 2014, he’s been the manager about conferences.’ as Detroit, Philadelphia, and Dulles in Washington, of what’s now known as the Ithaca Tompkins D.C.; Hall is fond of noting that the airport offers International Airport—overseeing a dramatic trans- “750 one-stop connections globally.” The most formation of the very place where he first took wing. frequent domestic destination for travelers flying This winter, the airport completed a $37 million from Ithaca: San Francisco, not only due to the Bay renovation and expansion that not only increased its Area’s status as a tech hub relevant to many Cornell capacity and added a host of amenities long lacking faculty and students, but as a connector to the Pacific at the passenger gates—including a cafe and bar, a Rim. If an airline offered a direct flight, Hall says, lactation room, and a pet relief area—but earned it “we could fill a hundred-seater to San Francisco.” a designation as a facility capable of accepting inter- Visitors to the newly renovated airport may be national travelers. With some 108,000 people flying surprised to see that its signage is in English and out of Ithaca annually, Hall says, it’s the busiest Mandarin. The rationale, Hall says, is that people small airport in Upstate New York. “Right now,” he from China comprise Tompkins County’s largest says, “every flight is leaving Ithaca full.” He notes single group of foreign-born residents. (And accord- that with about 7,000 feet of runway—longer than ing to 2018–19 numbers from Cornell’s Office Midway in Chicago or John Wayne in California’s DEPARTURE LOUNGE: of Global Learning, a significant portion of the The new terminal features Orange County—“the airport is capable of taking renovated gates and University’s 5,300 international students—nearly any size aircraft that this market would support,” a cafe and bar run by 2,400—come from China.) In terms of international including airliners that can fly cross-country. “You’d Ithaca Coffee Company. travelers availing themselves of the new customs › 48 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTO: ROBERT STANTON/STREETER ASSOCIATES M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 49 years before. The airport in the valley was inade- quate and was bounded against expansion by city, lake, and hills. The only place for an airport was the level farmland to the north of the University. But suburban colonists were planting their ranch houses along the roads, and prices were due to rise. The City of Ithaca was eagerly interested, but no mayor could survive a proposal to buy a second airport, outside the city, with taxpayers’ money. The only organism free to act was the University.” Trustees authorized the plan in September 1944, and the University bought 1,146 acres for $202,000—nearly $3 million in today’s funds. As Bishop goes on to note, the purchase was “the most sharply criticized of the [Day] administration’s actions in the physical realm” as it led not only to major operating losses but a legal dispute with the local airline. Ultimately, trustees “declined to put another penny in it,” and in 1956 the county took it over. “Today, with railroad passenger service to Ithaca ended and with the transfer of the airport to Tompkins County, we must applaud the presi- dent’s courageous foresight,” Bishop writes, going on to call the land purchase “one of the most fortunate investments in our history, ranking not far below Ezra Cornell’s assumption of the western pinelands [the Land Grant that helped fund the University’s founding].” But, he writes: “At the time, few of the faculty reached any such conclusion. To most of them the purchase of an airport was a monstrous manifestation of presidential caprice. Could not Dr. Day take the sleeper to New York, like anyone else? The president had to defend himself to a hostile GAINING ALTITUDE: Mike Hall (top), the retired Air Force general and faculty meeting, nor did his defense persuade many Cornell ROTC alum who runs the airport. Bottom: The new exterior by night. that he was not wasting our precious funds on a flying chimera.” Travelers coming through the airport in its first half-century may recall an experience out of Casablanca: the terminal was modest—more remi- capability, the system is currently set up to handle niscent of a bus station—and passengers walked out private planes, though commercial flights—most The author onto the tarmac to board and deplane. A major reno- likely starting with Toronto—could eventually be of A History of vation in 1994 created a larger and more modern added. Additionally, Hall says, he’s been working facility, with some gates employing jetways (passen- with the University to craft a pitch to airlines to Cornell called ger bridges)—but a generation later, Hall says, it offer flights between Ithaca and JFK—not neces- the University’s was badly in need of an upgrade. “We’d built a new sarily as a destination but as a global gateway. “You terminal twenty-five years before, and it had run find a lot of people taking a bus to Kennedy,” Hall purchase of land its course,” he says, “including straddling the 9/11 says, “and then getting on an airplane to go half- for an airport on event, which radically changed security at airports.” way around the world.” For example, there was no space in the back-of-house As Hall points out, the airport and the University East Hill, ‘one of baggage area to accommodate a screening machine have long been intertwined. The current facility the most fortunate required under post-9/11 regulations—so the metal traces its roots to a Cornell-owned airport, built in behemoth was put smack in front of the ticket the Forties as an improvement over the city’s origi- investments in our counter. Among the many advantages of the newly nal one on Cayuga Inlet (now home to the Hangar history.’ completed terminal, Hall says, is that all airline Theatre). As Morris Bishop 1914, PhD ’26, writes flights will be accessed by jetways, shielding travel- in A History of Cornell: “[President Edmund Ezra ers from Ithaca’s famously temperamental weather. Day] had long been concerned about Ithaca’s phys- “And the bag screening machine,” he says, “is now ical isolation, as Ezra Cornell had been concerned behind the wall.” 50 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: THIS PAGE, ROBERT STANTON/STREETER ASSOCIATES; OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP, TOMPKINS COUNTY HISTORY CENTER; BOTTOM, PROVIDED Up and Away A sampling of aviation’s long history in Ithaca and on the Hill Airport on the Inlet The Hangar Theatre—a venue on Cayuga by the water—made it Inlet that’s home to year-round performances unwieldy for commer- as well as a popular Equity summer stock cial aviation. “When season—comes by its name literally. The Cornell opened an facility occupies the site of Ithaca’s origi- airport on the East Hill nal municipal airport, opened in 1912 with in 1948, use of the a single hangar and a landing strip. “During lakeside facility gradu- the Depression, a Civil Works Administration ally decreased until it project expanded the airport with asphalt closed in July 1966,” runways and a two-story glass, steel, and the theater notes. cinder-block hangar—the foundation of “The hangar then today’s theater,” the Hangar explains on languished, used for storage of city equip- its website. “Huge crowds attended the ment.” The building was renovated into a DRAMATIC CHANGE: Ithaca’s September 17, 1934 opening, celebrated summer theater in 1975; in 2010, it was original municipal airport on with fireworks and parachute jumps.” winterized to allow for shows in all seasons. Cayuga Inlet (top) is now home While the airport was used for the train- And as for the former runways and their envi- to the Hangar Theatre (above). ing of more than 4,000 pilots during World rons? They’re now home to Cass Park, a city War II, its short runways and less-than-ideal recreation area featuring trails, a swimming location—prone to fog and hemmed in pool, and an ice rink. › M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 51 PREPARING FOR BATTLE: Students and equipment for the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics trained in Barton Hall (top and bottom) during World War I. The Great War The vintage photos are striking: during World War I, Barton Hall—then known as Drill Hall— was filled with airplanes. The armory had been transformed into an aviation ground school: the U.S. Army School of Military Aeronautics at Cornell University, one of six such institu- tions preparing pilots for service. “Cornell’s first class of soon-to-be pilots arrived May 17, 1917,” Elaine Deutsch Engst, MA ’72, the University’s archivist emerita, and a coau- thor observed in the Cornell Chronicle during the Sesquicentennial celebration. “Buzzers for wireless (radio) practice were installed in the basement of Schoellkopf Hall. The pilots received engine class training in Rand Hall, and physics professor Ernest Blaker, PhD 1901, held classes on flight theory, meteo- rology, and radio work.” ‘What are the advantages of [a] double igni- the students in Barton worked with both the A precursor to flight training (held else- tion system for airplane motors?’ or ‘How single-seater “Tommy” aircraft—made in where), the Cornell ground school had about many times per second does the interrupter Ithaca—and the two-seater “Jenny” planes 200 students at any given time; in addition break the primary current of a magneto which that accommodated both an instructor and a to pilots, it trained aerial photographers, is furnishing the ignition for an eight cylin- trainee. The facility, he adds, also provided who’d gather intelligence during recon- der engine running 1400 rpm?’ or ‘Make a a state-of-the-art venue for students and naissance missions. “For the pilots, final sketch of a two-gear oil pump, showing path faculty interested in the nascent field of exams required comprehensive and skillful of oil and direction of rotation of gears.’ ” aeronautics, which the war had made all answers,” the Chronicle story noted. “In the As antique aircraft aficionado Randy the more pressing. “Barton Hall,” he says, engines class, students saw questions like, Marcus ’82 notes, photographs show that “was more or less a living classroom.” 52 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E Join the Club It was, arguably, the single most memo- 1918: “Cornell is following the lead of other relation to Staley) reminisced in a 2001 CAM rable event in the history of the Cornell Eastern universities in the formation of an story on the club, “out in the sunlight, with a Pilots Club. In March 1948, bad weather— Aero Club, consisting of all undergraduates few cumulous puffs in the sky.” fog, crosswinds, a thunderstorm—forced who were qualified pilots in the air service Among club members, men outnumbered a small plane carrying four undergrads to of the Allies. . . . The object of the club is to women ten to one; Staley says she was likely make several unplanned landings en route promote interest in aviation the only female member who to Ithaca from a conference of collegiate by securing the cooperation was a licensed pilot. She was flying clubs in New Haven. “It was pour- of men connected with flying, ‘ We had a tremendous also on that now-legendary ing rain and lightning,” passenger Janet and to secure capital to aid in hankering to get up trip from New Haven, along there,’ says Sabra Armstrong Hamber ’51 recalls of the dici- the commercial and scientific with Hamber, Charles Leavitt ‘Piper’ Baker Staley est segment. “At the time I wasn’t scared, development of the airplane ’51, who already had ’51, and Lester Davis Jr. but I realize now that the possibility of us and the dirigible balloon.” a pilot’s license when ’51, who was at the controls crashing and dying was pretty high.” During the post-WWII she got to CU. when the weather went south. The trip was Hamber’s one and only outing Pilots Club years, members Among Staley’s other memo- with the club—which, she cheerfully admits, would generally rent single- ries from her Pilots Club days: she’d only joined because she had a crush on engine planes from the old airport on the landing at an Upstate airport where she was a member. But dozens of other students were Inlet, paying $10 per hour for a craft with an guided in not by radio instructions but by a enthusiastic participants in the Pilots Club, instructor, $7 without. In 1948, about thirty hand-held, color-coded light called a biscuit which was active for about a decade after people chipped in $30 each to buy a Piper gun. “They’d aim it at a plane and the pilot World War II—drawing a mix of military veter- Cub Coupe, which boasted a carnelian red would spot it,” Staley explains. “You’d line up ans and civilian aviation buffs. “We had a paint job and a cruising speed of 90 mph. at 1,000 feet and wait for a green gun from tremendous hankering to get up there,” says “It was fun with friends,” Norm Baker ’49 (no the tower, and it meant, ‘Come on in.’ ” › Sabra “Piper” Baker Staley ’51, who was part of the latter group, having earned her private pilot’s license during a gap year after high school. In fact, Staley craved flying so much, she neglected her studies (at least, she says, “that’s what my mother claimed”) and wound up flunking out of mechanical engineering after two years, eventually completing her degree at the University of Maryland. The Pilots Club wasn’t the first effort of its kind on the Hill; an item in the Daily Sun from way back in November 1909 announced the inaugural meeting of the Cornell Aero Club. “If a sufficient number of enthusias- tic aviators report this evening,” it said, “communications can at once be opened with New York aeroplanists and a machine procured.” As C.H. Wetzel 1913 observed in the Cornell Era, more than 200 students attended that first gathering. Members went on to design and build gliders, launching them “on the hills back of the Ag College.” Wrote Wetzel: “It is the aim and object of the EAGER AVIATORS (counterclockwise from Cornell Aero Club to develop the best gliders above): A Pilots Club photo from the late the world has ever seen, to train as many Forties includes Sabra Staley and Norm men as possible in the use of these glid- Baker (in front row on opposite sides of sign); Baker in a Piper Cub; a member ers, and to put Cornell ahead of all others in of the Aero Club with a glider in 1912. the field of intercollegiate aviation.” (A 1939 story in the Alumni News noted that despite some early success, interest in gliding “died out in a few years, the members turning to the study of powered flight.”) An aviation group re-formed after World War I with a different focus, eventually becoming the Cornell Flying Club. As the Harvard Crimson reported in November M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 53 PHOTOS: CORNELL RARE AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS VINTAGE AIRCRAFT: The Tommy plane during its centennial flight (left) and in production on South Hill ‘Tommy’ Comes Home On September 29, 2018, a small wooden plane took to the skies over Ithaca, a century after it came off the production line on South Hill. Known as the Thomas- Morse S-4B—“Tommy” for short—the single-seater aircraft was one of about 500 made by a local company as trainers for combat pilots bound for the war in Europe. “Every American pilot who flew in World War I trained on a Tommy,” says Marcus, the vintage aviation buff. “Ithaca sent these planes far and wide.” a strip at Ithaca’s municipal airport. centennial—there were only about a dozen It’s a little-remembered fact that, in the After the war, Thomas-Morse won a federal still in existence, in varying states of repair. early days of aviation, Ithaca was one of contract to design a next-generation aircraft, Happily, news of the quixotic quest the nation’s leading centers of aircraft but not to build it; that plum went to a small reached the owner of one of those rare spec- production. The firm that eventually firm in Seattle that was more conveniently imens—factory number 191—who donated became Thomas-Morse Aviation—which, located near stands of the Sitka spruce then it to the nonprofit Ithaca Aviation Heritage Marcus says, had no particu- used to make planes. (That Foundation. For nearly a decade, volun- lar connection to Cornell and upstart’s name? Boeing.) In teers raised funds and put in thousands of was lured to Ithaca by local ‘ Every American pilot 1929, Thomas-Morse was hours of labor to restore it, with some officials eager to capitalize on who flew in World taken over and eventually of the work conducted in the very building a new industry—began oper- War I trained on a went out of business. For where it had been manufactured. After its ations in the city in 1914, in Tommy,’ says Marcus. the next couple of decades, triumphant 2018 flight, the plane became a building along Cayuga Inlet ‘Ithaca sent these the decommissioned Tommy the centerpiece of the new Tompkins Center that still bears a sign for the planes far and wide.’ planes were used for activi- for History and Culture. “The Tommy repre- “Thomas Aeroplane Factory.” ties like barnstorming, aerial sents a spirit of innovation—of course But when it won the U.S. acrobatics, and appearances related largely to the University’s pres- contract to build the single-seat trainers, in movies—including the 1918 silent film ence—that has pervaded Ithaca forever,” it moved up to a new production facility A Romance of the Air, shot by Ithaca’s own says Marcus. “We felt that symbol would on South Hill. The contract required the Wharton Studios. As of the mid-Aughts— be very compelling to the community—not company to test-fly every tenth plane that when Marcus, who’s an attorney based in only to bring awareness of what Ithaca was came off the line as government officials Ithaca, and other local aviation fans started a hundred-plus years ago, but how that vein observed, so the aircraft would be trans- working to bring a Tommy back to Ithaca and has continued to flow, from then through ported downhill by railcar and launched from restore it to flying condition in time for its now and into the future.” 54 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: THIS PAGE, TOP, LARRY BAUM; BOTTOM, NATIONAL ARCHIVES; OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP, RMC; BOTTOM LEFT, TOMPKINS COUNTY HISTORY CENTER; BOTTOM RIGHT, CORNELL DAILY SUN Big Red Bird It was named, aptly, The Far Above. The airplane—a red and white DC-3 capable of carrying twenty-two passengers—was donated to the University in 1957 by trustee Leroy Grumman 1916, founder of Grumman Aerospace (and benefactor of the Engineering college’s Grumman Hall). “During its Cornell days, the plane carried high government officials, foreign ambassa- dors, athletic squads, and special student groups as well as Cornell faculty and staff,” said a December 1970 press release from Day Hall announcing that the University was selling the craft due to a decline in usage. As the statement noted, the plane had flown more than 250,000 miles and carried some 30,000 passengers during its Big Red tenure. “Old friends and users of The Far Above have been invited to meet at the airport,” it said, “to say farewell to the plane.” WHAT A RIDE: The University’s former plane, a DC-3 called The Far Above Aviatrix in Ithaca Among the countless dignitaries that have graced the Hill over the past century and a half is one of the world’s most famous flyers: Amelia Earhart. The legendary aviatrix came to Ithaca in December 1932 for a trip that included a talk on campus (entitled “Flying for Fun”) in which she described her recent solo transatlantic flight. “I did it for my own personal satisfaction,” she told the crowd in Bailey Hall, as the Daily Sun reported the next day. “My flight added little to aviation, as literally hundreds of people have already made the trip by air in airplanes or lighter- than-air craft. But I do hope that it interested women in aviation.” Earhart’s brief time in Ithaca also included a tour of the airport, a visit to a facility for disabled children, a stop at the Stewart Avenue home of Mary Cornell (daughter of Ezra), and a dinner in Willard Straight. In her Bailey lecture—given, as the Sun observed, “with the aid of motion pictures”—she LEGENDARY FLYER: Amelia Earhart (above) tours the municipal airport during her 1932 expressed high hopes for the visit to Ithaca. Right: The Daily Sun’s coverage future of commercial aviation. of her talk in Bailey Hall. “You are safer in the air trav- eling at the rate of 150 miles per hour,” she observed, “than in a car traveling sixty or seventy.” n M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 55 HEr OWN WORDS A new edition of The Comstocks of Cornell restores the complete voice of its author, squelched seven decades ago BY BETH SAULNIER W hen Anna Botsford Comstock 1885 died in summer was a romantic. She had a fantastic vocabulary. She was opin-1930 at the age of seventy-five, the pioneering natu- ionated,” says St. Clair. “And you wouldn’t know any of that ralist left behind not only an ailing husband—famed from reading the 1953 book.” entomologist John Henry Comstock 1874, who was severely Born in a small town in Western New York, Anna Botsford debilitated by a series of strokes and would pass away just half a grew up on the family farm, with parents who supported her year later—but a 760-page manuscript chronicling their decades love of learning; aiming for a university education, she did of marriage, travel, teaching, and scientific study. It would be college prep work at a nearby women’s school. “An outstanding nearly a quarter-century until that memoir reached a wide read- student,” notes her entry in The 100 Most Notable Cornellians, ership, in the form of a book compiled by Glenn Herrick 1896, “Anna delivered the salutatorian address to her class in Latin, Anna’s second cousin and the couple’s closest living relative. as was customary.” She matriculated on the Hill in 1874, Published in 1953 by a division one of thirty-seven female students of Cornell University Press, The (compared with 484 males) who lived Comstocks of Cornell was in fact just off campus in advance of the comple- part of Anna’s original manuscript. It tion of the Sage College women’s had been heavily edited by Herrick, residence. “The cold-shouldering of also a professor of entomology on the the females by the males existed from Hill—not only to de-emphasize events the first,” Morris Bishop 1914, PhD and characters he considered irrele- ’26, writes in A History of Cornell— vant, but to streamline the language, going on to note that while Anna had remove any hint of controversy, and been warned before coming to campus shift the focus toward John Henry’s that male students paid co-eds little august accomplishments, includ- attention, that didn’t prove to be her ing his role as founder of Cornell’s experience. “She was a very intelligent entomology department. person, original, decided, and humor- But this spring, CU Press is publish- ous, and beautiful even in her old age,” ing a new edition of The Comstocks Bishop writes. “In college, she had no of Cornell—a version that comprises NATURE LOVERS: The Comstocks at home in Ithaca. awareness of ostracism; indeed, she Anna’s entire manuscript, or at least Top: Anna’s etching of a moth. Opposite page: had to discourage men callers.” the 716 pages that survive. It’s edited A detail of a portrait of the couple in Comstock Hall. Anna left Cornell after two years— by Karen Penders St. Clair, PhD ’17, a as St. Clair explains, moving back former laboratory staffer in CALS and the Vet college who under- home in the wake of breaking off an engagement to a classmate. took the project as her doctoral thesis in horticulture, devoting She returned to campus in 1878, not as an undergraduate but as six years to research in Kroch Library’s Rare and Manuscript the new wife of John Henry; six years her senior, he had taught a Collections, home to the Comstocks’ papers. Currently an inde- course she’d taken in zoology, and the two became close friends pendent scholar based in Rochester, New York, St. Clair hopes before their relationship turned romantic. (“The Comstock the upcoming volume will give readers a better sense of what partnership, in science and life, vindicated Andrew D. White’s Anna was truly like, beyond the familiar tropes of her status as judgment of college attachments and their results,” Bishop Cornell’s first female professor, a leading scientific illustrator, notes, referring to the founder’s belief that for young people, and an early advocate of nature education. “She was sassy. She studying together was a far better way to find a compatible M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 57 PHOTOS: PORTRAIT, OPPOSITE, ROBERT BARKER; THIS PAGE, RARE AND MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS mate than conventional courtship.) Anna eventually completed a BS in natural history and—having a lifelong talent for painting and drawing—became a skilled illustrator of insects and plants, initially to help her husband with his lectures and publications. Her career as a nature educator began in earnest in the 1890s, when she joined a New York State committee aimed at encour- aging rural youth to stay on their family farms by teaching them to appreciate the wonders of the natural world. “The state legis- HANDBOOK OF lature appropriated funds for Cornell’s College of Agriculture to NATURE STUDY implement a pilot project,” says Notable Cornellians. “Liberty Hyde Bailey, Cornell’s distinguished horticulturalist, was named head of the ‘nature study’ movement, but Anna Comstock did much of the work.” She became the University’s first female assistant professor in 1899, though she held the title only briefly before some trustees objected, and she was returned to instruc- tor status (while retaining the higher salary). “Men did not ANNA B. COMSTOCK want her to have this professorship,” St. Clair says. “They were afraid if there was a female professor, people might not come to Cornell.” In 1911, two years before she finally regained a professorial title, Anna published her landmark Handbook of Nature Study. Released by the couple’s own company (now part of CU Press), which they’d established with a friend to publish John Henry’s textbooks, it became a surprise hit. The volume, running to ‘ Nature study cultivates nearly 900 pages, is still in print. “Nature study cultivates in the child a love of the beautiful; it brings to him early a percep- in the child a love of the tion of color, form, and music,” Anna writes in the introduction. “He sees whatever there is in his environment, whether it be beautiful,’ Anna wrote. the thunder-head piled up in the western sky or the golden flash of the oriole in the elm; whether it be the purple of the shad- ‘It brings to him early ows on the snow, or the azure glint on the wing of the little butterfly. . . . But, more than all, nature study gives the child a perception of color, a sense of companionship with life out of doors and an abid- ing love of nature.” Furthermore, she observes, “Out-of-door form, and music.’ life takes the child afield and keeps him in the open air, which not only helps him physically and occupies his mind with sane subjects, but keeps him out of mischief. It is not only during childhood that this is true, for love of nature counts much for sanity in later life.” Retiring from full-time teaching in 1920, Anna went on to accrue numerous accolades, including an honorary doctorate from Hobart College, inclusion on the League of Women Voters’ 1923 list of America’s dozen most outstanding women, and the naming of two Cornell buildings in her honor—a North Campus residence (which now houses the Latino Living Center) and Comstock Hall (named for both her and her husband), home to ento- mology and other sciences. In 1988, she was inducted into the National Wildlife Federation’s Conservation Hall of Fame. The Comstocks’ life was upended in 1926, when John Henry suffered a severe stroke. Anna, herself ill with cancer and heart disease, spent her final years 58 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E tending to him and working on her memoir, drawing from her BREATH OF FRESH AIR (clockwise from above): Anna (in white diaries (which have since been lost). The volume might have blouse and black hat in foreground) at a 1905 school picnic seen the light of day in the mid-Thirties, when Herrick—the whose fellow attendees included famed horticulturalist Liberty Hyde Bailey (far right); Anna (back row right) with children in a heir who received the couple’s papers—retired from the Cornell nature study group displaying their birdhouses; memoir editor faculty and, casting about for a project, eyed the publication Karen Penders St. Clair on a campus bench that Anna favored; of Anna’s memoir as a way both to generate income and to and various editions of the Handbook of Nature Study highlight the Comstocks’ scientific legacy. But he abandoned the project after receiving conflicting advice from colleagues. Historian George Burr 1881 said it would be anathema to alter a personal memoir, counsel that inclined Herrick to publish Anna’s work verbatim. But Woodford Patterson 1896—the University secretary and editor of the Cornell Alumni News—panned the manuscript outright; as St. Clair writes, he considered it “too personal and trite for schol- ars of the Comstocks’ character.” Wielding a purple wax pencil, he chopped vast swaths of the text. “He called it ‘a desultory recital of loosely related occupations and diversions,’ ” St. Clair says, quoting her notes from the Kroch Library reading room. “He said, ‘The style of this book is repulsive; its diffuseness and disorder and aimless shifting the focus of attention all combine to make it tiresome reading.’ ” For St. Clair, those dismissive comments are infuriating. “When I found Patterson’s letter, I went on my knees on the floor in front of the card catalog,” she recalls. “I had such a physical reaction of disgust.” Cowed, Herrick shelved the project for a decade and a half. But by the early Fifties, Patterson and others who’d expressed M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 59 PHOTOS: OPPOSITE, PROVIDED; THIS PAGE, RMC opinions on how to handle the manuscript had passed away, and Herrick had carte blanche to edit it as he saw fit. He wound up trimming it consider- ably, removing whole sections, and altering language here and there. The end result, St. Clair says, is not only that the 1953 version focuses more on John Henry’s career—unsurprising, since Herrick idolized him—but that it squelches Anna’s distinc- tive voice. “She knew enough of life by the time she was seventy- three or seventy-four years old that she knew what she wanted to be recorded,” St. Clair says. “This was her saying, ‘This is what I think is important about my life; this is what mattered.’ ” ‘ It was not right,’ St. In crafting the new edition, it was important to St. Clair that readers see how Herrick had altered Anna’s prose. She and Clair says of the heavy CU Press settled on some creative punctuation: the sections of Anna’s memoir that didn’t appear in 1953 are set off by scrolled editing of Anna’s memoir, brackets. “I felt that what Herrick did was for his own selfish reasons,” St. Clair observes. “He may have started off thinking ‘because it was not how she he was doing it for the moral good of preserving the Comstock legacy, but I think he was trying to create something for himself.” wanted her life and work, As she notes, when Herrick did an oral history interview for the University archives in 1965, he repeatedly referred to the volume or her husband’s, to be as “my book.” “It was not right,” St. Clair says of Herrick’s heavy-handed editing, “because it was not how she wanted her life and remembered.’ work, or her husband’s, to be remembered.” The 1953 version of The Comstocks of Cornell ends on a heartbreaking note. After describing the diagnosis of her husband’s first stroke, Anna writes: “There are no words to describe his bravery and patience and cheerfulness after this calamity which, for us, ended life. All that came after was merely ~~~~;~~- existence.” St. Clair is convinced that the ending is Herrick’s, 1 not Anna’s, and that the actual one is among the several dozen ··--F -· . ..:::·: missing pages from the original manuscript. “I don’t think that 7:_;··:•,~, ➔ .: :.: z_t: •.:::;. ·r. was the last sentence she wrote,” says St. Clair, "'i::-::7 · who added an epilogue describing the couple’s final =f...::.:.. :~i;.~· - ,---..,.,..._-:--0:-~ years. “Nobody can convince me of that. I think ----✓- - .. - she had more to say.” . ::.:" =..·~.. .-....., .. .. ·: '.7·. . Three years before Anna matriculated at Cornell, 1:"::.:..:~i-· Professor Goldwin Smith donated a carved bench .t - n_•1•,,1 -, .... , _• that sits in front of his namesake building. Anna is known to have enjoyed sitting on the bench, which bears the quotation, “Above All Nations Is Humanity”; for St. Clair, doing the same offered a BY THE BOOK (clockwise from top): The original headquarters of Comstock way to feel close to her subject. “It was important Publishing, located on Roberts Place just off to me to sit there,” she says. “In my mind, I imag- campus; one of Anna’s etchings; and pages ined she was sitting next to me. I felt like we were from her memoir’s manuscript, extensively connected by a bridge through time, and I was going marked up by an early reader to set things right for her.” 60 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 61 IMAGES: OPPOSITE, RMC; THIS PAGE, ALAMY ON THE HILL In an excerpt from The Comstocks of Cornell, Anna Comstock describes life as a female student in the University’s early years Ifi rst thought of Cornell when, during my last and north of it the houses of Professor Willard term at Chamberlain Institute, one of our Fiske and Dr. [James] Law were completed. The graduates who had entered Cornell talked farmhouse, with its orchards and barns, occupied to me about it. He said: “It is a great place for nearly the place of East Sibley and Lincoln halls. an education; but if you go there you won’t have There were a few old oaks and pines on the such a gay time as you have had here, for the campus, but the elms were all just planted and boys there won’t pay any attention to the college protected by their boxes. However, it was not girls.” I thought seriously and finally concluded: a bleak place, because from almost any point The days were busy and happy. We climbed “Cornell must be a good place for a girl to get an there was a glorious view of Cayuga Lake and up to the University through snow and slush and education—it has all the advantages of a univer- the valley, lost now behind the trees. sometimes on ice. I made the sage observation sity and a convent combined.” My room at Mrs. Harvey’s looked out over that the native Ithacan was never self-conscious I started for Cornell in November 1874, enter- town and valley; it was frankly a bedroom, and when he fell on the icy walk; he got up as well ing at the opening of the second term. two students, William Berry 1876 and as he could, and never looked to see if someone I stopped at Elmira on my way, and Spencer Coon 1876, had their room had observed him. Not so did the recent comers John Hillebrand, cousin Fidelia’s off the same hall. However, I was take their tumbles; before they made effort to husband, came with me from not disturbed by this, since arise they looked around furtively to see who there to see me settled. It was I expected no social inter- might have witnessed their humiliation. There discouraging business, but course with gentlemen. was a steep place by Cascadilla up which, one icy we finally found a room, with Imagine my dismay a few morning, a South American student was carefully a Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, in a days later when, answering climbing and which I was about to attempt. Just house on East Seneca Street a knock at the door, I discov- as he reached the top he slipped and came back just below Spring Street, and ered there a tall and dignified down on all fours, landing at my feet. I was glad I a place to board with a Mr. and young man who evidently did not understand the language he was using. Mrs. Halsey in a house on the expected to be invited in. I When spring came there were walks in the opposite side of the street. stood guard firmly, while he woods after flowers for the botany, and there There were then a few scatter- explained that he had called to invite were boat rides on the lake, and many scrambles ing houses on East Seneca Street above me to join the Christian Association. through the gorges. The lake was our favorite Spring, and a few on Eddy Street, but there were I thanked him and he retreated. Soon my neigh- play-place. It was very different then. Two great no paved sidewalks anywhere. Now and then bors called on me, and since they knew it was my side-wheel steamers made connections between there was gravel on a sidepath. I climbed up bedroom, I managed in some way to express my the New York Central Railroad and Ithaca. As we to the University as best I could, thankful that I dismay at having no other place to receive call- paddled out through the inlet we passed many was a country girl and accustomed to bad roads. ers, but they were cheerful and seemed to think barges, some of them with picturesque families Cascadilla Place was a forbidding-looking struc- it was all right. aboard, their multi-colored wash flapping in the ture, but it housed many professors and their That night I asked Mrs. Harvey if I might breeze. There were small sailboats in plenty and families and many students. Sage College and receive callers in her parlor and she refused. Later no cottages along the shores to take away the Sage Chapel were in process of building. Morrill she suggested that I take another small room for wildness that was their charm. There was an inter- Hall, then called South University, and White Hall, my bedroom, saying she would help me make class regatta that was thrilling. The seniors spilled, then called North University, had classrooms in my room into a study, where I might receive the juniors stopped to rescue them, the soph- their central portion but at the ends were dormi- callers without embarrassment. When we had omores were impeded by the mishap, but the tories for boys and at the top of each was a large finished, it was an attractive room and greatly freshmen rowed manfully on and won the race. lecture room. Of Sibley College only what is now needed, for I had many callers; some women I returned to Cornell in the fall of 1875, rejoic- the west section was completed. students came, but more men, naturally enough, ing that Sage College was finished. It was a A large wooden building occupying a place as there were but few girls in Cornell at that time. beautiful home for us, and highly appreciated by west of that given to Goldwin Smith Hall held the It seemed that my boy friend of Chamberlain those of us who had experienced the difficulties departments of chemistry, physics, and veterinary Institute had a mistaken idea about the social of living in town. There were two or three small science. On East Avenue, President White’s house ostracism of girls at Cornell. reception rooms besides the large dining room, 62 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: RMC all well furnished. My room was on the second were not so many, but otherwise were not unlike were made to govern any girl who overstepped floor on the north side and very pleasant. My the rules of the self-government association of our ideas of propriety. roommate was Minerva Palmer 1877, a beautiful today, with the exception of the one restriction We had a happy social life in Sage that first year. Quakeress, and our companionship proved ideal. that the women students should not bow to their The gymnasium was where the kitchen now is, There were only thirty of us in the big dormitory, men student friends on the campus. We were so and was reached from the front hall via a covered so only the first and second floors were in use. porch. We had dances there every Friday night; Although we were few, college spirit was with Sage College was a beautiful sometimes there were girls only, but more often us. Ruth Putnam 1878 came to my room one home for us, and highly our men friends were invited. I remember that one evening asserting indignantly that the fresh- appreciated by those of us evening the entire Kappa Alpha fraternity came men were holding a meeting in a room of one and we had a pleasant evening, a social affair of the class and she averred something should who had experienced the probably not recorded in the annals of that orga- be done about it. Something was done imme- difficulties of living in town. nization. I remember that one of the members diately; water from a pitcher was dashed over made each girl with whom he danced promise the transom to dampen freshman ardor. But it few that it was embarrassing to recognize or be to bow to him when she met him on the campus. did not work that way. They indignantly made recognized in the crowds passing to and from I am sure that we all promised, but I doubt if a sortie upon us, and as they outnumbered us, classes. As soon as we explained to our friends anyone fulfilled her promise; I know I did not, there was a desperate struggle on the stairs and the reason for ignoring them, they not only although he was a nice lad. But lads, however a rumpus in the halls which shocked everybody accepted the dictum, but confessed relief. nice, could not break our rules. n not in the squabble. President White and Mr. Sage both thought The fracas resulted in the organization of a we should have a chaperone in charge of Sage Excerpted and condensed from THE COMSTOCKS OF student government association in Sage College. College, but we resented this and would not CORNELL: THE DEFINITIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, published Julia Thomas 1875, MA 1876 (later Mrs. Irvine, have it. We came to Cornell for education and by Cornell University Press. Copyright © 2020 by Cornell University. Reprinted by permission. Note: The book employs President of Wellesley), was elected president and had been reared to care for ourselves; chaper- scrolled brackets to indicate text from Anna Comstock’s a committee appointed to make rules for our guid- oning we considered insulting to our integrity. memoir that did not appear in the 1953 version; they have ance. These rules, finally unanimously adopted, However, I must confess that some of our rules been removed from this condensation for ease of readability. SOCIAL HOUR: Anna (second woman from right) at an informal gathering in the 1890s—possibly in one of the female students’ rooms in Sage—including (behind her) Glenn Herrick, her second cousin and the future editor of her memoir. Opposite page: Anna at eighteen (center) and the new edition of The Comstocks of Cornell. M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 63 64 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E Up to the Plate As president of ESPN, Jimmy Pitaro ’91 has a sports fan’s dream job BY LIZ ROBBINS ’92 J  immy Pitaro ’91 works in a shrine to the New York Yankees—bringing a bit of the Bronx to suburban Connecticut. Vintage posters of Yankee Stadium and signed photos of legends Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle adorn the walls of his office, as does an image of catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash on Pitaro’s tenth birthday. Pitaro has a personalized autographed poster from his childhood favorite third baseman, Graig Nettles, and several signed photos of this millennium’s superstar, Derek Jeter. In fact, he named one of his rescue dogs Jeter—which he thought best not to mention to the human Jeter when the two had lunch in 2018. The first rule of sports journalism is “No cheering in the press box.” As presi- dent of ESPN, the world’s largest sports and entertainment network, Pitaro doesn’t just bend that rule—he clobbers it like Babe Ruth. “What, all of a sudden, now I’m at ESPN and I’m not going to be a Yankee fan anymore?” Pitaro says with an unapologetic smile. “My second-favorite team is whoever is playing the Red Sox. I have to be true to myself.” Furthermore, he says, his self-described “lunatic” devo- tion to the Bronx Bombers is an asset. As he explains, to understand how to reach media consumers, he has to think like a fan—the people who constantly check the ESPN app, faithfully watch or listen to its shows, and obsess over game stats. And to negotiate multimillion-dollar broadcast contracts with leagues, he has to understand trends and players in each sport. “To be successful in this job,” says Pitaro, “you have to be a sports fan.” This March marks Pitaro’s second anniversary with ESPN, where he took the helm following eight years as chairman of interactive media and consumer products at its parent company, Disney. He arrived at a time when ESPN was in a leadership vacuum, reeling from the resignation of its president, John Skipper, who left to seek substance abuse treatment. Ratings were down as consumers cut cords, and layoffs had deflated morale. And the network had recently been caught up in a political skirmish: after the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in August 2017, ESPN anchor Jemele Hill called President Trump a “white supremacist” in a tweet, and the White House called for M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 65 PHOTO: PHIL ELLSWORTH/ESPN IMAGES GOOD AIM (left): Pitaro at Boston’s Fenway Park before a game in fall 2019. Below: On the red carpet with his wife, actress Jean Louisa Kelly, at the 2019 ESPY awards. her to be fired. A month later, when she tweeted in support of NFL players in Dallas kneeling to honor the Black Lives Matter movement—which Trump had forcefully criticized—he called her out and mocked ESPN for its ratings decline. With the network in danger of alienating its more conserva- tive viewers, Pitaro sought to quell the controversy as soon as he and his parents have temporarily moved in to help with the started; politics, the data showed, was bad for business. He clar- Pitaros’ two teenage children, a son and a daughter. His wife, ified ESPN’s existing policy: employees could not voice purely Jean Louisa Kelly, is the more famous one in the family. An political opinions on air or social media. That drew more criti- actor since childhood—she made her film debut in the 1989 cism from other media and some employees, and Hill ultimately John Candy comedy Uncle Buck—she has two movies coming left the network. “Somewhat lost in this whole narrative is that out this year: Call of the Wild with Harrison Ford and the ESPN is ‘sticking to sports’—that’s not what we’re saying,” long-awaited sequel to the Tom Cruise blockbuster Top Gun. Pitaro explains. “If there’s a connection to sports, we’re going Pitaro’s habit is to awaken before anyone else in the house— to cover it; we are the place of record. But we don’t believe that at 5 a.m., with planks, a Peloton workout, and a ten-minute people tune in to ESPN for politics. My point of view is that it’s listen to the “Calm” app to set his equilibrium for another really hard to be really good in one field, and there’s so much demanding day. Atop his agenda: developing a younger audience competition right now. My job is to make sure we are amazing through the direct-to-consumer market and integrating digi- at delivering sports news.” tal platforms like podcasts, Snapchat, and YouTube channels. It’s a weekday in November, and Pitaro is sitting in his regular Like other sports outlets, ESPN has been trying to figure out corner spot in a bustling coffee shop in suburban Connecticut, how to cover e-sports—and whether those are actually sports. dressed in jeans and a sweater over a button-down shirt and (His son says they are.) Pitaro also constantly deals with the sipping a kale smoothie. As he notes, his wife is away working, inherent tension between business and journalism, which 66 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: TOP, JOE FARAONI/ESPN IMAGES; BOTTOM, ERIC LARS BAKKE/ESPN IMAGES ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• means sometimes covering unflattering stories about teams responsive, and listen. Pitaro lives those lessons; he is a regular and leagues with whom ESPN partners to broadcast games, like in line at the ESPN cafeteria, and holds frequent town hall meet- the New England Patriots’ internal dysfunction or the ongoing ings with the network’s 6,500 worldwide employees. (He also concerns about brain injuries among pro football players. Pitaro makes a point to e-mail fellow Cornellians at ESPN whenever is well aware that ESPN’s contract with the league for Monday Big Red athletes make national headlines.) “Every interaction Night Football is up in 2021. “We can’t shy away from stories,” I’ve had with him—whether it’s one-on-one, in a group setting, he says. “That’s a slippery slope.” or speaking at the Cornell Sports Leadership Summit—he’s not Pitaro came of age athletically at the same time as ESPN, trying to impress you. He’s not the boss,” says Jeremy Schaap which began broadcasting in 1979. If he wasn’t watching sports, ’91, an award-winning ESPN reporter who co-hosts its TV news he was playing them. He grew up in New York’s Westchester magazine “E:60” and hosts the investigative show “Outside the County in a Catholic household that rooted for the Giants and Lines.” “He’s a smart guy who’s in this with all of us.” Notre Dame, but his father’s obsession with the Yankees set At Yahoo Sports, Pitaro had built a brand around breaking the tone in the house. Whenever they were playing, the family news; he made sure that two of its top beat reporters were turned the television toward the table to watch during dinner. “Baseball was religion,” Pitaro says. (His sister, Lara Pitaro Wisch ’95, is now general counsel of Major League Baseball.) At Edgemont High School, Pitaro played baseball and basket- ‘We can’t shy away ball, ran track, and was a star running back. It would be the peak of his athletic life, and Cornell football recruited him from stories,’ Pitaro hard. “I vividly remember meeting him,” says Pete Noyes, the Cornell Hall of Fame football coach who recruited Pitaro and says of ESPN. ‘That’s retired in 2013 after thirty-six years on the Hill. “He had a super personality, just full of enthusiasm. And he was smart.” a slippery slope.’ Pitaro chose the College of Human Ecology, aiming to repli- cate the small-school feel of his high school. He played on the freshman football team, since it was an Ivy League rule at the time that freshmen weren’t allowed on varsity. But that year, Pitaro tore the medial meniscus in his left knee and had surgery. When he awoke, he was surrounded by four concerned doctors; they’d detected a heart murmur. He took sophomore year off from football, and, on the advice of doctors, avoided lift- ing weights. Twenty-five pounds thinner, he made the varsity traveling squad at wide receiver his junior year. But Pitaro broke his right thumb and played half the season with a cast. His football career was over. He decided on law school after doing the Cornell in Washington program his junior spring, when a professor told him he’d make a good lawyer. After graduating with a degree in consumer economics and housing (as the major was then known), he went to St. John’s law school in Queens. He spent five years as a New York litigator—but, he says, “I didn’t like arguing with people every day. I wasn’t looking forward to going to work.” So when his wife was offered a role on a TV show shooting in Vancouver—one that promised to have a long run— he quit his job and they moved to Canada. It lasted just nine episodes, and they again packed up the minivan and drove south to Los Angeles. Her next show (the sitcom “Yes, Dear”) was a hit, and Pitaro eventually joined the music start-up Launch.com. Yahoo soon acquired Launch, and Pitaro went on to become the parent company’s head of media, after having turned Yahoo Sports into a news-breaking competitor to ESPN. UNDERGRAD DAYS Launch’s founder—Silicon Valley executive Dave Goldberg, (from top): Pitaro on the Big Red gridiron; who was married to Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and died with his mother on the suddenly in 2015—remains a powerful influence on Pitaro. Not Ithaca Commons; and only did he pave the way to Pitaro’s current post by introduc- with his sister, Lara ing him to Disney chairman Bob Iger, he schooled him in some Pitaro Wisch ’95 core tenets of corporate leadership: be accessible to employees, be M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 67 PHOTOS: PROVIDED '• ••••• recruited by ESPN. To attract younger audiences, the digital streaming service ESPN+ (which launched in 2018) partnered with the UFC mixed martial arts league in 2019, and ESPN+ has since reached more than 3.5 million subscribers. The network also signed a deal with the mobile-only video service Quibi for a daily ten-minute highlight show starting this year. Behind the scenes, Pitaro has worked to diversify the network’s talent and leadership. His executive team of ten has seven women on it; he promoted four of them. Before she met Pitaro, Sarah Spain ’02, an ESPN radio host and reporter, was concerned about what kind of leader he would be; his predecessor, Skipper, had been supportive of her career in a male-dominated industry. After Pitaro arranged a sit-down, she was encouraged to learn that he once quit a job for the sake of his wife’s career. They KBIRCOKAEDRC: ACSaTp tNioEnWS: Pitaro (at right in above photo) with veteran ESPN football immediately clicked, discussing their Big Red experiences— analyst Lee Corso during the 2019 NFL draft, and (below) in the control room with Spain was co-captain of the track team—their love of rescue Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford (far right) for the launch dogs, and their favorite Collegetown bars now gone. “We have a of the conference’s TV network, which is owned by ESPN. very easy rapport; it’s relaxed and comfortable,” she says. “I feel like at any point I can call him up and say ‘I’m pitching this story or this show,’ or ‘I want to talk about the direction we’re going.’ That’s really great for someone who’s got a lot on his plate.” ‘I think the focus he’s Pitaro recently joined Cornell’s Athletic Alumni Advisory Committee, a volunteer group of leaders from a variety of profes- put back on sports fans sions that offer counsel and insight to current student-athletes, coaches, and administrators. Other members include a fellow and what’s happening Alpha Tau Omega fraternity brother, Mike Levine ’93, co-head of sports at Creative Artists Agency. Levine calls Pitaro a “natu- on the field is working,’ ral leader,” adding that he helped stabilize ESPN at a crucial time. “I think the focus he’s put back on sports fans and what’s says Mike Levine ’93. happening on the field is working,” Levine says. “It feels like a very fan-friendly mentality. He recognized that in this time of political polarity, sports can be an escape and a connector of people who are on any side of any issue.” n 68 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E PHOTOS: TOP, ELLSWORTH/ESPN IMAGES; BOTTOM, FARAONI/ESPN IMAGES CORNELL This special section, a bonus issue of the university’s EZR\ UNIVERSITY’S Ezra magazine, highlights ways Cornell initiatives intersect with philanthropy and engagement of Cornell MAGAZINE alumni, parents and friends. EXTRA RADICAL COLLABORATION FACULTY FORGE ARCHAEOLOGY PARTNERSHIP AT POMPEII Caitlín Barrett, left, associate professor of classics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Kathryn Gleason ’79, professor of landscape architecture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, have been collaborating since 2016 on the excavation and survey of a large house and garden site, the Casa della Regina Carolina Project, at Pompeii in southern Italy. They are faculty members in the Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS), which supports multidisciplinary partnerships on projects across colleges. At the Pompeii site – where they also are collaborating with their colleague and co-director, professor Annalisa Marzano of the University of Reading – they are studying the relationships in this ancient Roman city between domestic material culture, social performance and historical change through the lens of daily household life. The full conversation is available at news.cornell.edu/ BarrettGleasonQA. continued on next page Jason Koski “FEW ARCHAEOLOGISTS OUTSIDE OF POMPEII HAD A CONCEPT THAT GARDENS COULD BE PRESERVED AFTER 2,000 OR MORE YEARS.” – Professor Kathryn Gleason How did your backgrounds and work bring you in the late ’70s and early ’80s to see what together? archaeologists were finding when they got Caitlín Barrett: Archaeology is an inherently outside the walls of the buildings. And it multidisciplinary field. There’s really no way to turned out they usually turned around and do an archaeological dig today without relying went back inside. Few archaeologists outside on the expertise of collaborators in many fields. of Pompeii had a concept that gardens could I was writing a book on Egyptian landscapes be preserved after 2,000 or more years – or had in Roman art and what they tell us about the a cultural concept of gardens to drive scholarly relationship between Rome and Egypt. I hadn’t investigation. expected that project to turn into a book about As a design historian, I’m very interested in Roman gardens! But it did – because, it turns how these gardens came to be – what was the 79 A.D. out, that’s where paintings and mosaics of intention of the owner in creating the garden? Egyptian landscapes were most often located at What can the remains of a garden tell us about The year Mount Pompeii: in domestic gardens. how that original intention was transformed Vesuvius erupted and That got me interested in the role of gardens in into the built garden? buried the ancient Roman households. Gardens occupy a kind of What collaborations are typically required at Roman city of Pompeii liminal space: they’re inside, but also outside; a site like this? they’re part of the house, but they’re also not Barrett: For modern archaeological projects, under a thick carpet of part of the house. So in some ways, they were you need a broad team that includes both volcanic ash. spaces where people could engage in different humanists and scientists. For example, you activities and try out different identities than need a geophysicist who can do ground- might be appropriate in other areas of the penetrating radar or other types of below- house. For example, foreign or exotic imagery ground sensing. (like the Egyptian scenes) is more common Gleason: At our site, that’s Larry Brown here in gardens than elsewhere. And in contrast at Cornell (the Sidney Kaufman Professor in to some other rooms that were more about Geophysics in the Department of Earth and public display – like the atrium and tablinum, Atmospheric Sciences). where people held business meetings at home – gardens were spaces for private relaxation with Barrett: You need an architect who can invited guests, where people could let their hair analyze the architecture and produce plans – down a little more. and we also work with a team that is creating a 3D model of the house via laser scanning. Once I started researching gardens, that brought You need archaeobotanists and faunal me to Kathy, because she’s one of the world’s analysts, who study plant remains and animal foremost experts on garden archaeology and bones. At Pompeii, you need art historians has created new methodologies for excavating who can relate domestic decoration to social gardens. practices. You need specialists for different Kathryn Gleason: I, too, have been studying finds and conservators to preserve those finds. Pompeii is located East-West relations in the Mediterranean and In gardens, environmental reconstruction is in southern Italy's had recently finished excavating a large garden especially important. We’re working with Campania region. at nearby Stabiae, also buried by Vesuvius. a micromorphologist, a soil specialist who I came to archaeology initially out of landscape conducts microscopic analysis on excavated architecture. As an undergraduate at Cornell, sediments, and a palynologist, who studies I became interested in the sophisticated ancient pollen. representations of garden design in ancient Gleason: Our role as archaeologists is to bring Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Roman art. together the work of all these specialists to So I went on archaeological excavations piece together the full ecology of the garden, EZRA MAGAZINE EXTRA Danielle Vander Horst as well as its design and ornamental features and its place in the life of the household. Garden plants are just one part – the most ephemeral part – of that complex cultural and natural system. Barrett: We’re trying to figure out what life was like for the people who inhabited this house. What were their experiences? How did this garden shape their lives? What else have you learned? Gleason: I am always asked if we are excavating an ornamental garden or a produce garden. It’s actually during the Roman period that the ancient texts make this distinction. The emerging archaeological evidence suggests that our garden was both – featuring plants that were highly ornamental, while at the same time offering delicious fruits, nuts or herbs. Barrett: We’re also asking how domestic Opposite page: Project production connected households to larger How does the feldwork relate to your participants at work at the economies. We often think of gardens as places teaching? Casa della Regina Carolina of display and relaxation, but they were also Barrett: It’s definitely a complementary Project site at Pompeii in places of production. People could grow crops relationship. I’m currently teaching an southern Italy. for their own use or for sale. The plants grown undergraduate survey course, Great Above: Associate professor here could also have been imported from far Discoveries in Greek and Roman Archaeology. Caitlín Barrett, right, takes away. So gardens like this could participate in When we do our module on Pompeii, I talk the Casa della Regina potentially very extensive economic networks. about our excavation and tell them about ways Carolina Project group on a Gleason: One thing to note is that our house is that they can get involved. tour of Pompeii. just large and luxurious enough to suggest that Gleason: The deep sense of time that I have those who designed and managed the gardens gained from looking at the morphology of a were not the owners, but slaves. In the Roman particular piece of land across 2,000 years has era, the architects and the engineers, the garden given me a unique perspective on teaching designers, the garden maintenance staff were design for future landscapes in the United typically slaves of varied status. Our project States. My design studios challenge the manager, Kaja Tally-Schumacher ’20, is looking students to design the Americas – not as a New at the different types of labor that would have World, but as ancient landscapes with cultures been required to maintain an expensive garden, that go back millennia. as well as to initially build it. And that’s truly why one engages in the How much student connection is there with study of the classical humanities: to see and be this site and this project? aware of the impact of more than 2,000 years Barrett: Many team members are grad students of knowledge in our current thinking. who supervise excavation trenches or take on Barrett: When I was a student, one of my first other leadership roles, like supervising the field projects was in Egypt, and I remember flotation of soil samples. They will contribute to one find in particular: a little leather shoe that our publication as well. was worn by a child thousands of years ago. Gleason: Undergraduate students also have And you could see how the foot of the child been able to work at the site thanks to very had molded the shoe – it was so emotionally generous funding support to CIAMS. resonant. That early experience of fieldwork Barrett: Yes – the Melissa Loewenstern Lewin just absolutely changed the course of my career ’00 and Robert Lewin ’99 CIAMS Field Work and my life. Fund and the Hirsch Archaeological Research So it’s important to me to make that experience Grants program have provided incredibly as accessible to students as I possibly can, so important support, allowing us to get students that they have a chance to explore their interests into the field, to train them and to let them have and passions too. that potentially transformative experience of excavating and living and working abroad. The Casa della Regina Carolina Project is seeking So we’re very grateful to those donors for volunteers for the June-July 2020 field season. Find supporting our students. out more at blogs.cornell.edu/crcpompeii/. Danielle Vander Horst GIFTS IN ACTION Umran Mustafa ’22 is dreaming larger than life Umran Mustafa ’22 was born and raised in Dhaka, the capital city Dr. Alexander Levitan ’59 and his wife, of Bangladesh. Dhaka is home to more than 20 million people. Lucy, invited Mustafa to visit them in their Minnesota home in spring 2019. “Growing up, I saw the people of my country struggle with poverty, and I had a tough time accepting the blatant economic inequality present in Bangladesh,” he says. More than 26% of adults in Bangladesh are illiterate, according to statistics released “In the long run,” he says, “I would like to go back to last May by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Bangladesh and engage in projects which have a direct positive impact on the livelihood of the people there. Mustafa is currently a sophomore in the Charles H. Dyson I was always encouraged by my family to dream larger School of Applied Economics and Management, where he is than life.” studying fnance and international trade and development. He believes that the Cornell community is incredibly welcoming. Mustafa is the recipient of the Sacha Levitan M.D. “My time at Cornell has made me realize how much this Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to international university values diversity in all forms,” he says. applicants with strong academic records and demonstrated fnancial need. Since coming to Cornell, After Cornell, Mustafa hopes to pursue a graduate degree in he has formed a close relationship with Dr. Alexander public administration. Equipped with a strong foundation in Levitan ’59 and his wife, Lucy, who endowed the economics and fnance, he hopes to return to Bangladesh to scholarship in memory of Alexander's father. work in the policy arena, either on behalf of the government or as an employee of a nonproft development organization. He “This has been a wonderful experience for me,” says he is driven by his desire to return to his country and give Mustafa says, “and I am lucky to have another family back to his people. away from home.” “I was always encouraged by my family to dream larger than life.” – Umran Mustafa ’22 EZR\ EZRA MAGAZINE EXTRA Provided C L A S S N O T E S N E W S O F F E L L O W C O R N E L L I A N S 46 Absolution Guaranteed! ’46 classmates, are 47 It’s springtime, which means you’ll soon be At the time, Frank was a research psychologist at the you mired in guilt? Have you failed to submit hearing from your class about renewing your Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo, NY. He later news to your class correspondent? You will receive com- dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the accompanying became a professor of neurobiology and behavior at plete absolution if you pledge, if physically able, to “Share Your News” form so that we can stay up to date Cornell. To recognize his original contribution to AI, the attend our 75th Reunion in June 2021. Our class officers with your activities! Whether it be a growing family or a Inst. of Electrical and Electronics Engineers established promise you an unbelievably great experience for a newfound passion, we want to hear about it! Send news the Frank Rosenblatt Award. The Perceptron now resides minimum cost to you and a guest. If you send us your to: Class of 1947, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 in the Smithsonian. As co-author of the book Science current e-mail or snail mail address, we’ll send you the East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850; e-mail, Meets the UFO Enigma, I was elated to find that he had details of what you’ll get and how little it will cost you. abb83@cornell.edu. Online news form, http://alumni. a passion for the search for extraterrestrial life. Sadly, Be one of the first to sign up and get free lodging and cornell.edu/class-notes/. he died on his 43rd birthday in a sailing accident on meals at the Statler. Chesapeake Bay. Our column could use more stories We wish you a great 2020 and a great experience 48 By now I hope you have received the annual like this about our accomplished classmates. with other great classmates at our 75th in 2021. News and Dues mailing from your class. If Jack Rose, MD ’54, now enjoys life in the Amish Together we’ll “Thrive at 75.” Aside from the above, we’d you haven’t responded yet, please remember to send country of Lancaster, PA, where an Amish family invited love to get news from you and pass it along to your in your dues and the accompanying “Share Your News” him and wife Lillias “Lil” (McLellan) ’54 to enjoy a classmates in future columns. Send news to: Paul form! Your classmates would love to hear from you. typical Amish farm dinner. He was astounded to note Levine, 3273 Streamside Cir., #S-202, Pleasanton, Ray Tuttle, 65 Oyster Reef Dr., Hilton Head Island, SC that they used solar panels for heat and lighting. Jack CA 94588; tel., (925) 201-7575; e-mail, pblevine93@ 29926; e-mail, RayTutt@aol.com. Online news form, and Lil also enjoyed a cruise along the Northeast coast gmail.com. Class website, www.classof46.alumni. http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. to Halifax, NS. He reports that he and brother Bud Rose cornell.edu. ’55, JD ’60, will have another Reunion in June. Polly 49 Classmates: send your news! In the tradition Armstrong Sherk is in her 20th year of an enjoyable I spoke with Irene Kessler Watkins, who is now of our class (which your class correspondent retirement life in Devonshire Retirement Home in Palm living in Tucson, AZ. She is in her own home there and has just established on great evidence) of being a lively, Gardens, FL. Her family is now at five children, ten grand- very much enjoys her garden in her backyard. She has enthusiastic bunch, we have just heard from Vin Rogers kids, and nine great-grandkids. Her son William Smith made several trips to Japan and decided to have a (Storrs Mansfield, CT; vinrogers@charter.net). Vin tells us, ’76, BS ’77, and granddaughter Catherine Scupham, Japanese design in about half of her yard. There is a “I just gave my seventh presentation to a UConn group— MBA ’11, are both Cornellians. little walkway resembling a river along which are planted this one on Mel Brooks. I have done Woody Allen and Out of the past: About 800 classmates attended two Japanese plum trees. They blossom in the spring, Charlie Parker before, and a session on horseracing.” our 50th Reunion in 2000. Reunion organizers pro- then green leaves shoot out. In the fall, the leaves turn Horseracing has always played a great part in Vin’s life. duced a dandy, finely illustrated memento—a 220- red. It is quite beautiful, she says. The rest of the garden His father was a great fan and Vin has followed in his dad’s page directory of all who attended, with personal infor- is planted with roses, irises, and, of course in Arizona, footsteps. At one time, he and his friends got together mation about each. Each attendee was asked to cacti. She does have a gardener to maintain its charm and bought a racehorse. Her name? “Call Me Anytime”! provide a short memory of how they felt about the and appeal. The last Reunion Irene attended was our He is currentl y working on a piece called “On Being 92.” Cornell experience. Here’s a few selections of what our 40th. I am trying to convince her to have her son come Vin plays trumpet and jazz flugelhorn. What else has been classmates reported at the time. Nancy Hubbard over from Florida and take her to Ithaca in 2021. Through happen ing in your life? Vin replies, “Politics, politics. I Brandt: “Cornell taught me to study and be involved, the years Irene has had many interesting and challenging have a grandson who is a Delta pilot, one who teaches and I’m still doing both, studying ancient history and jobs—working for the New York City health department, at Yale, and another who lives on a Seattle island and traveling throughout the Middle East.” Nels Schaenen, as a doctor on Park Ave., and with UCLA labs research- works for Facebook.” Vin adds that he must walk with a MBA ’51: “If I had not attended Cornell, I would not ing cancer projects. walker and he gets the most satisfaction these days from have had the opportunity to serve as a trustee for 24 Anita Hansen Starrett has recovered very well from “family (of course), UConn sports (I’m an ex-UConn pro- years—a great experience.” Ruth Downey Crone: her hip replacement and has gotten rid of the cane. She fessor), being independent, and living at home at 92.” “Friendships have affected me the most, starting with said that she lives on the top of a hill that overlooks the The first person he met at Cornell was Don Asher ’47, Freshman Camp, and being well-prepared academi- Arkansas River, so she doesn’t have to worry about BA ’46, MS ’48, “a jazz pianist sitting in the middle of the cally for a long career as an educator.” floods, which often happen each year. Her philosophy Quad.” What would you do if you had a day in Ithaca? “Sit Ben Williams: “Not only was I successful in receiving these days is not to worry about anything beyond your on the Goldwin Smith steps and drink in the Quad.” my degree from Cornell, I was extremely fortunate to be control—seems sensible. Anita told me that there were Send, send, send in the news of your doings! They a member of the administration team at Cornell for 25 four graduates from her high school near Rochester, NY, may be sitting at home with a good book, or even playing years, a most satisfying and happy experience.” Pat who all entered Cornell in fall 1942. In fact, Joyce Lee Solitaire, but we all want to hear from each one of you. Carry Stewart: “There was the challenge of working with Fletcher lived down the same street that she did! So I Send your story (everyone has one) to this column by US a large number of serious (in class) veterans, extremely called Joyce and we chatted. (Joyce was my freshman mail, Pony Express, e-mail, or phone! Dorothy “Dee” helpful in my later career.” Jack Rose: “It was the start of roommate!) She is well these days and spends a lot of Mulhoffer Solow, 50 Grant Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901; so many lifelong friendships, plus our beautiful campus, time relaxing, as we all do. Her grandson Joaquin is now e-mail, winspeck@yahoo.com. helpful professors, and sports (varsity basketball). It in London studying art but planned to be home in Port- allowed me to fulfill my dream of becoming an MD at land, OR, for Christmas (2019). He loves to travel. Nancy 50 Because you may have missed it in the fall Cornell Medical Center.” Marion Steinmann: “Obviously, Mynott Davis is the third person from the Rochester issue of Ezra Magazine, we report on Frank Cornell launched us all professionally. My major in area. She appreciates the somewhat milder weather in Rosenblatt, PhD ’56, a talented classmate and early Bacteriology, plus work on the Sun, led me to a career Princeton, NJ, compared to Rochester. She is hoping to pioneer in the currently hot topic of Artificial Intel ligence in science writing. But Cornell means so much more: attend Reunion in 2021. (AI). In 1958, Frank fed a series of punch cards into a wonderf ul memories, the beauty of the campus, lifelong Next time I speak with Anita I will find out who the five-ton IBM 704 computer. The computer taught itself friendships.” Marjorie Leigh Hart: “Where else would fourth Cornellian was! Dorothy Taylor Prey, 1 Bald- to distinguish cards marked on the right from those on have given me a ChemE degree and arranged a send-off win Ave., #501, San Mateo, CA, 94401; tel., (650) the left. He named the machine a Perceptron. It took 60 to a 30-year career in the oil business with Exxon Corp.? 342-1196; e-mail; dmprey@aol.com. years, but the event is now recognized as a first in AI. And I’ve had a great time at Cornell ever since.” M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 73 Mary Holcomb Haberman: “Cornell let me pursue century.) The soloist received a standing ovation, and assisted living, and nursing services available for life- an enormous range of interests (probably would not be she then played a solo encore of a traditional pipa com- time.” He has been “active in the Baltimore, MD, area with allowed today) and it has been SOME TRIP ever since. position. It is remarkable that our town of about 32,000 Edenwald planned trips and local dancing every week. Theater, music, arts, and with my husband, medicine, inhabitants can maintain an orchestra as fine as the 2018 saw trips to England (for visiting the WWII Anglo- advertising, and writing.” Ralph “Cooly” Williams, MD Lexington Symphony. American airfields), a three-week tour of Vietnam and ’54: “Cornell is a great institution that continues to grow Thanksgiving weekend had me in New York. The feast Cambodia, and the Cornell Reunion.” He planned to with the times. It is always a wonderful experience to was spent with my late wife Erika’s nephews and niece board the Queen Victoria for a two-week trip around us when we return to the Cornell campus to meet old and their families plus my son, Andrew, from Washington, the Baltic Sea and a two-week Danube tour. “I will attend the 2019 Reunion.” That, my friends, is it. Nothing else by mail, e-mail, ‘ When I think back on my years on or phone. When you get the next news form, be sure to send it in or there will be a lot of white space. Joan the Hill, I remember great teachers, Boffa Gaul, joangaul@mac.com. Class website, classof 52alumni.cornell.edu. great beauty, and great hopes.’ 53 I recently spoke with Mary Ann “Polly” Whitaker Dolliver ’56 (Pdolliver@verizon. D A V I D B E R N A N K E ’ 5 4 com), the wife of my good friend Jim Dolliver, PhD ’60, who passed away last August. Polly observed that Cornell’s outstanding reputation was professionally friends and classmates and to see new buildings and DC (but without daughter-in-law who was after knee sur- helpful and enormously gratifying during Jim’s career as the new directions the university has embarked on.” gery). Weekend activities included: Friday morning break- a plant scientist, teacher, and academic administrator Alex Richardson: “Cornell gave me an excellent tech- fast with second-cousin-once-removed and his family; on the faculties of CALS and several other colleges. nical education and brought me in contact with many Friday afternoon with Andrew chatting with the Permanent Polly, who is now living in the Pacific Northwest, where capable people in totally different disciplines. It broad- Representative of Austria to the UN; Friday evening dinner they moved following Jim’s retirement, will share Jim’s ened my outlook and also let me take all-too-few electives with a group of seven family members at an Austrian obituary with ’53 classmates on request. from real pros in their fields.” Elizabeth Severinghaus restaurant in downtown Manhattan (six ordered Wiener Robert Neff, JD ’56 (princetoneff@aol.com), who has Warner: “I was born knowing about Cornell and of course Schnitzel); Saturday with four hours discussing family fascinated many in our class with his memoir describing went there. Cornell is the golden chain that links us to- history with a second cousin; and several hours Sunday his experience in pursuing serious writing as a third gether still from generation to generation.” Paul Joslin: catching up with Aliza Gold berger Shevrin, who had career, updates us on his current life: “My wife, Julie, and “Poverty and other impediments kept my Cornell years moved from Ann Arbor to within walking distance of my I are living in Pinehurst, NC, after a dozen years in Prince- from being happy ones. However, my Cornell experience hotel. The following Tuesday, back in Lexington, I was ton, NJ, and several earlier years on Long Island’s North took me on to three graduate degrees, and these made interviewed for almost six hours by the Leo Baeck Inst. Shore. Throughout all that time (45 years of marriage), possible a successful and rewarding career as a univer- about my life history. This institute specializes in the our summers have been spent on a small island way sity professor of science education and a good and history of German-speaking Jews in the US.” out in Lake Michigan. Because Michigan and even North happy life with all the rewards a well-educated person Margaret Ostrander called me to say that her hus- Carolina are chilly in winter, we have spent January and could expect and more.” band, Robert Ostrander, died September 10, 2019. February in Nicaragua at a delightful fishing village on Send us some reflections like those above, comments He had sent us news that was in the November magazine. the Pacific. Last year, Nicaragua experienced a period of about how Cornell gave you a good life, or entertaining Robert and Margaret were at our 65th Reunion. Dick political unrest so we explored an alternative and de- stories from your years on the Hill. Or tell how, now in Dye, MPA ’56, the co-vice president and treasurer of cided to spend the 2020 midwinter months traveling old age, you are vicariously enjoying recollections of a our class, died suddenly on Wednesday, November 13. southward through the French Pacific Islands and onward happy and successful life. Paul Joslin, 13731 Hick- Dick served our class in so many ways that it is hard to to New Zealand, Tasmania, and Australia. I am thankful man Rd., #4207, Urbandale, IA 50323; tel., (515) 278- remember them all. He was a member of the class coun- for the success of my new titanium hip and managing a 0960; e-mail, phjoslin@aol.com. cil for many years. Along with Sue Youker Schlaepfer, case of shingles. And I am grateful at the age of 88 to he co-chaired our 65th Reunion. be able to take on new writing projects.” Is there a third 51 It’s springtime, which means you’ll soon be Now, to the end of the mailbag. This news was current book afoot, Bob? hearing from my fellow class officers about as of last spring. Evelyn Hoffman Huffman (Kansas City, Jack Brophy (johnbrophy@aol.com) invites all ’53 renewing your dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the MO) was trying to “unclog my terminally cluttered desk, classmates to inject some humor into the class notes accompanying “Share Your News” form so that we can planning to take a beach trip overseas very soon, away with a brief memoir (125 words or less) such as this stay up to date with your activities! Whether it be a from the land-locked center of civilization.” Evelyn’s other Cornell recollection: “The guys at Sigma Phi invited the growing family or a newfound passion, your classmates thoughts were good: “Have a happy summer every one. gals at Delta Gamma to join them in creating a float for want to hear about it. Brad Bond, 101 Hillside Way, Looking forward to news of the classes in the Alumni the spring parade. The DGs had been last year’s winners, Marietta, OH 45750; tel., (740) 374-6715; e-mail, News. It’s been a good year here and to sum up, kindness so the Sigs figured they would let them do all the work. bbond101@suddenlink.net. Online news form, http:// is never wasted.” Good thought, Evelyn. Eli Man chester At the last minute, it was clear that no work had been alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. (Cohasset, MA) wrote, “Anne and I very much looked done. So, Rod Kirk offered his old black Ford Coupe forward to joining Paul Blanchard and wife Suzy at the as a rolling base, which the Sigs decorated with crepe 52 Happily, I have had a couple of recent e-mails large Cornell dinner in Boston on February 8, 2019, at paper, wood, and chicken wire formed into an odd from Stephen Tauber (Lexington, MA), who which time Paul received the William ‘Bill’ Vanneman shaped ‘elephant.’ When they ran out of crepe paper, is always a good correspondent. Stephen writes, “It ’31 Award. Ten days before the dinner, I caught the flu. they finished the decorating with toilet paper. That night remains possible to me to remain active. I continue as A great disappointment for us.” it rained. The results were so bad that the DGs refused the secretary of my stamp club and as a volunteer at the James Clarke (Columbia, SC) was spending a few to have their name posted on the float. The ‘elephant’ Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History. I am days each week on their tree farm. The Clarkes had been did not make it to the parade and the car was returned enrolled in a French conversation class. Rather than the traveling a bit: “We visited our granddaughter in Costa to Rod looking like a huge dyed Easter egg.” Please let Cornell method of a native speaker plus a separate gram- Rica—a beautiful country. She recruits students in the Jack know if you did not receive the 89-page Class of marian, here the teacher is both. The Lexington Symphony US and Canada in an exchange program for study in ’53 Memoir eBook that went out to everyone several played its first concert of the season, including works Costa Rica. While there, we met a fellow Cornellian (Class months ago. by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, and Zhao Xiping’s Pipa of ’83).” Henry Ver Valen (Towson, MD; henrycvv@gmail. The Class of ’53 recently received an appreciative Concerto No. 2. (I had to look up on the internet what com) is “living at Edenwald retirement community in a letter (excerpt follows) from a current recipient of the a pipa is; the instrument dates back to the seventh comfy apartment with such fun activities and meals, Class of 1953 Cornell Tradition Fellowship. Thanks to all 74 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E who have contributed to this fund. When you pay your Meyer Abrams in poetry, George Kahin in Southeast Asia I remembered from freshman year: Sandy Mont gomery annual class dues, it is easy to add some extra for this studies, and Fritz Stern in modern European history. Elder, Charlene Vickery Campisi, and Nils Nordberg. good cause. When you read this, our thoughts will be turning to- Charlene says her family enjoyed many years of fun on “When I first heard of your generous gift, I couldn’t ward spring and summer and water and perhaps sailing. the beach in Maine with their children, but “they are all have been more surprised or grateful. Coming to Cornell Al Eckhardt, MBA ’55 (aje66@comcast.net) has served grown now and mostly live elsewhere.” Most parents has been a dream of mine since I was in middle school. as our class nominating chair. As a bit of a bribe for me would say the same. A lively group including Stan and My dad, his two brothers, and my grandfather all came to accept this job, he agreed to send some information. Beverly Manning, Clive and Joyce Usiskin, Ann Far- here to study agriculture after they attended Alfred State. His word is good. Here is what Al wrote: “When our class well Hoffman, Barbara Balsam Brown, Bill and Patricia I currently hold an associate’s degree in agricultural arrived at Cornell, the sailing team operated out of a Doerler, Carol Goldstein Spivack ’56, and Fred Antil business from Alfred State College and am pursuing a one-room wooden shack on the east bank of Cayuga got together last fall. According to Bill, “A good time was degree in Agricultural Sciences at Cornell with the hope Lake, with a fleet of eight baby Narrasketuck cat boats had by all, and most will attend our Reunion, if able.” of completing an Animal Science concentration with a and a faculty advisor as coach. Sailing was not funded Keep in mind that Fred’s book, A Lincoln Treasure Trove, minor in Education. My goal is to become a high school by the athletic department, and the sailing team paid will be in stores soon. ag teacher and possibly take over my family’s farm to use its own way to intercollegiate regattas. By our senior For the fourth time, Joel and Sherry Vogel Mallin, as a hands-on learning opportunity for students. I was year, the team qualified as one of ten schools invited to BS ’54, generously opened Buckhorn, their home, sculp- born and raised in Franklinville, a small town in Western compete in the spring at the Large Yacht Championship ture garden, and art barn, to classmates and friends. New York where my family has a small dairy farm of about Regatta, sailing the 44-ft. Luders Yawls berthed at the On a beautiful fall day in September, the Mallins held a 50 cows and an 8,000-tap maple operation. I am part Naval Academy. Racing with a crew of seven ’54 class- pre-Reunion brunch and a guided tour of their property of the fifth generation of maple producers in my family. mates for the McMillan Cup, Cornell won the competition for an appreciative group, including classmates Barbara Currently I work in Cornell’s Cooperative Extension Office for the first time in the cup’s 24-year history. Today, a Loreto Peltz, Barbara Burg Gilman, Dave Schmidt, Hal in the Natural Resources department, and during aca- large commemorative plaque on the wall of the Merrill Fountain, Jean Weissman Lesser, Tara Prince Gold- demic breaks I am a substitute teacher at the Franklinville Sailing Center recognizes the Class of 1954’s notable man, Gil Schlerf, Evan Janovic, Marlene Med juck school. My sister is just starting her first year of college, achievement in the history of sailing at Cornell. Flash Green, William Osgood, Nancy Eisenberg Grabow, so this gift definitely eases some of the financial burden. forward to this year. The sailing team is financially sup- Fred Steinberg, Al Greisman, and Charlotte Bialo Many thanks, Carolyn Wright ’21.” Send your news to: ported by the athletic department, the women’s racing Picot, and many of their spouses. Jack Allen, jwallen@msu.edu; Jack Brophy, john team is recognized as a varsity sport, sailing is an option Phil, PhD ’74, and Sally Alkon recently visited Utah brophy@aol.com; or Caroline Mulford Owens, 53news. to satisfy a student’s required physical activity, and 18 national parks via Road Scholar, and at last report they cornell@gmail.com. brand new FJ22 boats are being added to the previ- were planning a fall trip to Israel to visit family, friends, ously existing fleet of 420 sailboats at Cornell. Today and colleagues from their days with Ben-Gurion U. of 54 Thanks to your help, this job is fun! Do keep with its new two-story magnificently equipped Merrill the Negev. “We’re also looking forward to our Class of the news coming our way. Colin Tait (colin Sailing Center, Cornell has one of the finest collegiate ’55 Reunion on the Hill in 2020. I have stayed in touch tait32@yahoo.com) taught procedural law at the U. of sailing facilities in the country. And in further recognition with classmates Don Buckner and Fred Hellreich over Connecticut from 1966 until 2013. After raising four of what our class contributed to Cornell sailing 66 years these many years, and I want to reaffirm my enduring children there, he and wife Debby retired to Montpelier, ago, one of the new FJ22 boats has been christened love for Cornell and the transformational effect that the VT. Perhaps the Connecticut motto inspired them: “He ‘Class of 1954.’ ” Wonderful story. A photo of a group of Cornell experience has had on our lives. All I would wish who is transplanted still sustains.” Now that Debby has Cornell’s FJs can be viewed online at: cornellalumni for now is the emergence of a winning Big Red football died, Colin lives with two sons nearby. Parkinson’s limits magazine.com/photogallery/. Congratulations to our team!” We heard sad news from Ruth “Rudy” Clarke his activities, but he recalls lots of good tennis and soccer sailors! Thanks, Al. Hawkins, whose husband, Ben, died in October. We during his Cornell years. “At age 86 everything takes three As I think about all we ’54s have accomplished, long send you love and condolences, Rudy. Several AGR times longer to do. I’m busy all the time and not accom- ago and even still, I am aware that we have much to be brothers gathered in Cazenovia, NY, in July for three days plishing much.” I share those sentiments, but as I hear proud of. Some of us have been recognized publicly; of fun and reminiscing. The friends, who have been from classmates, I realize many are busy AND accom- some of us have contributed in ordinary, everyday, human get ting together every summer for over 60 years since plishi ng quite a bit. Betty Wagler Striso (castriso@hot ways. We are grateful that Cornell prepared us to live graduation, included Bill Doerler, Hal Fountain, Bill mail.com) reads a lot; her husband calls it encyclopedic productive lives. Send news online (http://www.alumni. Drake, and Clark Phillips, MS ’57. Also joining in was gluttony. She interferes with her children and grandchil- cornell.edu/class-notes/) or directly to: Ruth Car- Clark’s wife, Sue (Streeter), MS ’57. Now that’s a dedi- dren “when they let me.” Among the things that give her penter Bailey, rcbhtb@gmail.com; or Bill Waters, cated group! satisfaction is Dostadning (Swedish death cleaning): billwaters@optonline.net. Class website, classof54. Last September, class officers Michael Avery, Bill “Sounds grim—but feels so good when you see empty alumni.cornell.edu. Doerler, and Nils Nordberg attended the Alumni Affairs space. And it’s a boon for the family.” Reunion 2020 Kickoff meeting at Cornell. Headquarters Aline Nitzsche Ashkin (allencrest3@gmail.com) 55 Two pre-Reunion lunches have been planned for our 65th Reunion this June will be at the Statler Hotel, used to teach high school chemistry. Now she enjoys for snowbird and Florida residents. The first, with joint registration with the classes of 1945 and foreign languages (German and French), so much that which will have already happened by the time you read 1950. Accommodations will be at the Statler or the Best she leads an AAUW study group in German. She also this, was slated to be hosted by Ron Ganeles (RGanel@ Western University Hotel, about a mile and a half away. paints in oils. Other significant news relates to her hus- aol.com), class treasurer, on February 12, and held at Our committee members requested that Alumni Affairs, band, Arthur, PhD ’52: he received the 2018 Nobel Prize the Banana Boat in Boynton Beach, FL. The date for the various university personnel, and professors bring us in Physics. At 96 he is the oldest person ever to receive second pre-Reunion event is Wednesday, March 11, at up to date about current Cornell activity. We will also that award! He was too ill to go to Stockholm to receive 11:45, hosted by Bill Doerler—and you’re all invited! This have breakfast and our final dinner at the Statler. Our it, but he was well represented by their son Michael. Dutch treat luncheon will be held at the Sail Fish Marina, current plan is to have lunch at the Big Red Barn and We received a good message from David Bernanke 98 Lake Drive, Palm Beach Shores, FL (Riviera Beach). dinner in the Memorial Room at Willard Straight. Please (adbendo@icloud.com), who worked in internal med- Please respond by Monday, March 9, to Bill at (609) check our website frequently at classof55.alumni. icine and endocrinology. After retiring from medical 575-8718 or wdoerler1@aol.com if you’d like to attend. cornell.edu as more details are posted. By the way, the practice in 2008 he continued five more years in a Kudos to Bill, co-VP of our class, who’s been doing Ithaca airport is being upgraded, so when planning your quasi-administrative role at the Alexandria V.A. hospital. a great job organizing these pre-Reunion luncheons. He return for Reunion, you might consider this option. We He and his wife have lived in Alexandria since 1964 and reported that alumni from the classes of ’54, ’55, and understand there will also be an increase in the number have celebrated their 57th anniversary. “Summers on ’56 met for a delightful lunch at J. Gilbert’s, in McLean, of airlines serving Ithaca. Cape Cod, travel abroad, good friends, a happy and VA, in October. Attending from our class were Gordon Dave Schmidt stays in touch with Stan Stubbe and healthy family—all have been my lot. When I think back White and Leonard Bebchick. The group agreed to meet Don Kennedy. Don expected to be at Homecoming, on my years on the Hill, I remember great teachers, great again on February 27 at the same location. At the lunch- and Ken Carlson says he’s planning to attend our 65th beauty, and great hopes.” David speaks very highly of eon I attended in November, I found three classmates Reunion (June 4-7) in 2020. Dave and Joann are still M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 75 volunteering at local historic societies in both Ft. Pierce, a lake in Keego, MI, along with skiboat (from which your he’s in a travel quandary: it seems that Bougainville is FL, and Clinton Corners. Dave attends Rotary meetings correspondent skied at 6 a.m., when the water is much about to elect itself into independence. To maintain his but has “pretty much given up golf.” Look for the Schmidts smoother), dock, and boat lift, and moved into a 1,500- completed list, Al naturally wants to go there. The only at Reunion in June! Good to hear from Nancy Taft Whit- foot house situated in the woods in West Bloomfield, problem is that “the two airports have been closed for man, who reports, “After traveling for almost 30 years MI. Their first great-grandchild was born at about the over a year for safety reasons, either because of stray and visiting about 90 countries (according to someone same time. Ruby Tomberg Senie, a 1975 graduate of animals or the locals drag racing on the landing strips.” who asked me to count!), I finally had to give it up due the Cornell Nursing School, received the Distinguished He says he will have to find another way to get there, to spinal stenosis in my back. I still visit my kids and Alumnus Award from that institution. She remains active unless he’s thwarted again (as in his last report here) grandkids in various parts of the country, but that as an emeritus faculty member of the Columbia U. by circumstances beyond his control. doesn’t involve standing around and walking slowly School of Public Health. At our December deadline, and significantly related through museums, monasteries, and cathedrals. I’m Carl Schwarz checks in with news of a crew reunion to the above comments on trees, climate change, and still active, performing in two music clubs, as well as last fall at Lake Toxaway, NC. A number of conflicts people’s impact on the future, we have another note taking and teaching OLLI classes. I remarried in 2016, prevented a larger group, but Phil Gravink and Bob from Al: “I have recently donated one million dollars to but my husband died seven months later, so I’m back Staley, MBA ’59, were on hand, in addition to Shirley NYU Law to create a fund (which I have named after a to rattling around with my dog in the wonderful house Gravink, Carl’s wife, Daniele, and widows Brenda Davis former dean) to research how the law can be used to we bought.” Nancy adds that she’ll move into a retire- and Betty Eastham Simpson. Since Phil and Bob both mitigate, or help the world cope with, the effects of ment home eventually. Nancy Savage Petrie, 19 York rowed on the port side, an entry in a “pairs with” event climate change.” Al appended a letter explaining his Ledge Dr., Cumberland Foreside, ME 04110; e-mail, would have to have had a circular course setting. views to, and requesting action of, the NYU Law dean, nancysavagepetrie@yahoo.com. Class website, class Tony, MBA ’58, and Gail Lautzenheiser Cashen and ending with his cry: “There will be nothing more impor- of55.alumni.cornell.edu. Dom and Debra Pasquale organized and hosted a mini- tant in your lifetimes than alleviating the problems that reunion of DUs in Ithaca in November. David and Carol will result from global warming. Nothing!” Many would 56 Joe, MBA ’58, and Sue DeRosay Henninger Loysen, Pete, BA ’59, and Ann Blauvelt, Tom Keating, agree that applies to us all. Thanks, Al. ’57 have moved into a senior citizens facil- and your correspondent and his wife, Harriett Northcutt, We’ll watch for more news from all classmates as ity in Copley, OH. They regularly see Tom Merryweather enjoyed a weekend of fanciful stories, great food, and you respond to our annual class letter mailing. Cheers from Akron. And thank you, Joe, for ordering our class abund ant adult beverages. We attended the hockey win for now. Dick Haggard, richardhaggard11@gmail. calendars. I, for one, depend on having it for keeping against Brown at Lynah on Friday night and a dinner cele- com; Jan Arps Jarvie, janjarvie@gmail.com. track of my activities. brating Delta Upsilon’s 150th year at Cornell on Saturday Roberta Karpel Silman reports that Rachel Maddow’s night. We got out of town just in time as an early snow hit As a victim of the 2017 Tubbs Fire—at 2:30 book Blowout is “a national treasure.” Roberta’s review shortly thereafter. John Seiler, suitcase2@aol.com. 59 a.m., her Santa Rosa house burned to the is at: artfuse.org. Judith York Newman had an exhibit ground in about five minutes, along with 5,200 other in December in New York City’s SPACED: Gallery of The classmate news runs thin this round, but houses in Sonoma County, CA—Phyllis Corwin Rogers, Architecture of her prints, paintings, and photographs 58 at least we can report that several ’mates recent widow of Charlie ’55, BS ’58, planned to rebuild of memorable New York structures. enjoyed some of the Cornell’s Adult University (CAU) the house that had been their home for 41 years. “Great From my dear friend Barbara Barron Starr (Liv- offerings last year: Stephen Milman, MBA ’59, went plans are sometimes dashed!” she writes. After a series ingston, NJ): “I have been retired since August 2018. to the session on NYC theater last spring; A.C. Riley of events led to a reappraisal of her situation, Phyllis Although I loved my work as a licensed psychologist in took the Civil War review in Washington, DC; and Leslie instead purchased a home in a 55-plus community in private practice, I am thoroughly enjoying my retirement— Taylor did the walking tour of Rome. Santa Rosa—“which is daily providing me with a sense of dinner with friends, theater, concerts, trips with the “We’ve got to save our trees,” writes an anonymous peace and gratitude. I’ve accepted the fact that although Newark Museum of Arts. I am a board member of Jewish classmate. “We’re losing too many trees around the I could build the exact same house on the property, it Vocations Service in New Jersey, having replaced my late world, just as we are learning more about how vital they would never be the home I lost; the treasures cannot be husband, Robert. I enjoy seeing classmates Carole Rapp are for sustaining the health of the planet. We have less replaced, but the memories remain. Among the treasures Thompson, Phyllis Bosworth, and Margot Lurie Zim- than 3 percent of our old growth forests left in the US lost were the Cornell diplomas of my grandfather, father, merman. I recently traveled to the Berkshires with the and even that small amount is under attack by lumber- and mother, not to mention Charlie’s and my diplomas— Newark Museum of Arts and am busy with four married ing interests; replanting the cuttings does not come all nicely framed and hanging in various places for shar- children, nine grandchildren, and five of their spouses.” close to making up for their loss.” Two books are highly ing the fun and stories. One treasure I’m still working on A class Thanksgiving get-together at Carole Rapp readable and greatly informative on the subject. One, replacing is the Guild D-25 guitar that I bought used in Thompson’s home included Nancy Galusha Thomas The Man Who Planted Trees, by Jim Robbins, is the story Philadelphia in the early 1970s and played as I shared of Reston, VA, and her family. And I was fed by Margot of David Milarch, who, after a near death experience, has church and folk music around the country as Charlie Lurie Zimmerman’s three generations of family. Margot been impassioned to capture seeds and cuttings from moved with various job transfers. I now own four guitars came up to New York from Washington, DC, and is mov- all the tree species of the world, especially the oldest, and still play regularly but miss the deep bass tones of ing to New York City in early 2020. Keep the good news and champions for cloning, replanting, and long-term the D-25.” In addition to her Soroptimist and Lions service coming. Phyllis Bosworth, phylboz@aol.com. preservation. An amazing story on its own, it’s also filled clubs and her faith community, Phyllis remains active in with fascinating information about a wide range of tree real estate, with the benefit of her son Daniel ’92, who 57 Puff your chest out, ’57—Betty Starr King sends species and their importance to us all. The second is a joined her in 2018 and is enjoying the business (“He’s word that the class has reached 100 percent novel by Richard Powers, The Overstory, recommended a natural!”). And then there’s travel: “After our 60th Re- of our goal of 260 members having paid class dues. by the Nature Conservancy. This one is more about union, which was such a winner, I spent over a month Also on the pride side, Judy Richter Levy, LLB ’59, people and how a diverse selection of individuals even- enjoying a family wedding in Chicago; listing and selling reports on the class dinner on the Saturday after Thanks- tually come together to help save the redwood and a condo in Hershey, PA, while visiting with my daughter, giving in NYC, before the biennial hockey game at Mad- other forests of the West. It’s quite a read, a long one, Ann ’82, MD ’87; attending the annual Lions Int’l Con- ison Square Gar den between the Big Red and Boston but full of relationships among people and trees, and the vention in Milan, Italy, during a heat wave; cruising for a U. In addition to Judy, in attendance were Ed and importance of saving what we have via vivid, interesting week in the Mediterranean; and welcoming the arrival Adelaide Russell Vant, Claire Sanford Perrault, and tales of what some folks are willing to do for tree preser- of my second great-grandson in Vienna, Austria, with Gil Schlerf ’55. The pride part is that the Big Red won vation. Your correspondent has read both books and his grandparents Chuck ’80, PhD ’87, and Mary Sue to remain undefeated (9-0) at that point in the season. can highly recommend them, both for increasing one’s Pandl Rogers ’80.” Phyllis wants all of us to know that From Judy also comes news that Judy Bird has a new knowledge of trees and climate change, and the impacts she knows a lot about Sonoma County, including its address in Australia. It is on Stradbroke Island, next people can have on their future. wineries and breweries: “My door is always open for door to her daughter, son-in-law, and 6-year-old grand- From November we hear from Al Podell, the class’s visitors—I love living here and welcome sharing the fun!” daughter. Tom and Shirley Besemer Itin, BS ’00, have world traveler. In attempting to add even non-countries Writes Alan Newhouse: “After my wife, Margo (Hicks) a new home also, having sold their longtime house on to his otherwise completed all-world-country visit list, ’60, died in 2017 it became obvious that I no longer 76 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E needed the large house we had shared for 20 years commended for having “demonstrated extraordinary single year. “Five are now graduates fully employed in after moving to southern Maryland. I decided to sell and service to Cornell through long-term volunteer activities,” Massachusetts, New York City, and New Jersey.” began the process of moving to a cottage at Asbury and received their awards during Trustee Council Annual Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Solomons, a retirement community with apartments and Meeting (TCAM) week in October. That marked a second Margaret “Peggy” Hospital Hays Bramble, who died in cottages and long-term healthcare facilities in Solomons, happy event at Cornell last year for the Morgans, who spring 2019 in Austin, TX, after a long illness. Predeceased MD. The hard part was downsizing by a factor of three had come from their home in Los Altos Hills, CA, to the many years ago by her first husband, Myron Hays ’60, (in terms of square footage) and disposing of furniture campus in May for the graduation of their grandson Peggy leaves her second husband, James Bramble, a and things. As many of you know, one accumulates a lot Julien Morgan ’19, the son of Jeff Morgan ’84. son, Myron Hays ’85, who is a lawyer in Ithaca, a sister, of things in almost 60 years of marriage and the death of parents. I moved to Asbury in early April, and really enjoy living in the community. Selling the house resulted in a bit of anxiety: I had a contract six days after it went ‘ Te treasures cannot be replaced, but on the market in April, then the buyer backed out three weeks later! I finally made a new sale, which was con- the memories remain.’ firmed in October. In the meantime, I had a pacemaker installed and a knee replaced, and made a visit to our P H Y L L I S C O R W I N R O G E R S ’ 5 9 glorious 60th Reunion in June. I donated Margo’s exten- sive collection of Quaker books and genealogies to Swarthmore College. Her ancestors include Elias Hicks In fall 2019, Ken Iscol proudly sent along the news Polly Hospital Flansburgh ’54 of Sarasota, FL, and (the preacher) and Edwards Hicks (the painter) and by that his son, Zach ’01, a Marine Corps veteran, had been four stepchildren. Peggy’s memorial service was held in marriage Lucretia Mott (Hicks). I have decorated my chosen as a grand master of the Veterans Day Parade June at Sage Chapel in Ithaca, the city where she lived cottage with Margo’s art works plus posters from our on Fifth Avenue in New York City on November 11, “rep- for several years before matriculating at Cornell, and musical trips.” resenting veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, was attended by, among many others, her longtime good It is with deep sadness that we report the death on and leading thousands of marchers.” Ken says he and friends Joanne Brown Otto and Roy Park, MBA ’63, December 15, 2019 of George Schneider, an active wife Jill “are thankfully both still active and healthy. We and his wife, Tetlow. alum who served so ably as our class president for many spend our time between homes in NYC, Pound Ridge, Please remember to pay your class dues and to send years. Our condolences to his widow, Bobbie (Greig), Martha’s Vineyard, and Palm Beach. I’m still rowing (most in your news. Hope to see you at Reunion! Judy Bryant and their family. Retired internist Kent Hewitt and his recently my 20th Head of the Charles Regatta in a single Wittenberg, jw275@cornell.edu. wife, Myra Maloney Hart ’62, have moved to Brook- shell in the over-80 category), playing golf, sailing, and haven at Lexington, a lifecare retirement community. swimming. We have four young grandchildren who live Dear classmates, a short column this time— New York, NY: David Hurd participated in the CAU “A nearby and see us frequently. Upcoming trips include my 61 and therefore a reminder to send your news Spring Theater Weekend” led by Glenn Altschuler, PhD winter golf and rowing in Florida plus family trips skiing in to Doug Fuss or me, Susan Williams Stevens, your ’76, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Utah and a cruise in the Galápagos. We have lost some class correspondents. Studies and dean of the School of Continuing Education of our closest Cornell friends, including classmates Steve Doug (dougout@attglobal.net) writes, “Well, the first and Summer Sessions. Glenn, joined by Adam Levine, an Geffen, Steve Hansburg, Jay Okun, Joe Rice, and winter winds swept through Philadelphia to torment our associate professor in the Government department, will Rick Yellen, so we wish you all our best regards and attending the Cornell/Penn game November 9. It was a once again lead a pre-election weekend seminar, “The good health for as long as possible.” The Iscols, who also close match, but Penn prevailed 21-20. Coincidentally, 2020 Presidential Election,” at Mohonk Mountain House have a Cornellian daughter, Kiva ’03, continue their I ran into classmate Michael Wahl entering the stadium. in New Paltz, October 20-November 1. Attendees at this involvement in noteworthy campus projects like the Iscol Haven’t seen him for years, but he looked great and quadrennial event in the past have included Eleanor Family Program for Leadership Development in Public ready for the game. We went to Penn ostensibly to attend Applewhaite, Ed Grossman, and Marian Fay Levitt. Service and the Center for Sustainability. the Ivy squash tournament and the recognition gala held Class dues are comin’ due. As you send in your pay- George Hays writes from Morristown, NJ, that he for the women’s retired squash coach, who mentored ment for the 2020-21 year, please take time to complete and Beverly are “still working in our divorce mediation our daughter Elizabeth from walk-on to varsity captain. the “Share Your News” form. This is also a good time to practice and volunteering at the soup kitchen. I am also A bit of nostalgia all around and a great weekend for a update your contact information in the alumni directory, director of the World Corrosion Organization’s activities family get-together. Regards to all.” which you can do at https://cornellconnect.cornell.edu. with the UN, making twice-monthly jaunts to NYC. Here is a message from classmate Elizabeth Kelley Thank you! Jenny Tesar, jetesar@sbcglobal.net. Otherwise, we’re enjoying traveling. We’ve been on an Blunden about Prof. Thomas Sokol: “He was director of African safari, visited Vietnam and Cambodia as well as choral music to thousands of Cornell men and women 60 It’s not long now until our 60th Reunion, which conferences in Krakow, Phoenix, and Nashville, and and a global ambassador with them during a 36-year will take place from Thursday, June 4 to Sun- made a trip to see family in Northern California, all career. How ironic Prof. Sokol passed away on April 28, day, June 7. Our class headquarters are in Mews Hall on within the past year. In 2018 we joined ‘brothers’ Tom a day after the 2019 mixed chorus concert (over 100 North Campus; detailed information about room reser- Davis ’55, Jeff Gorman ’57, David Lamont ’58, and Cornell women and men)—a lengthy performance of the vations and Reunion registration will be on its way to you John Buchleitner ’58, BEE ’60, in Bethlehem, PA, for Brahms Requiem on Saturday April 27 at Bailey with in late March. If you’d prefer a hotel, there are a few rooms a Triangle reunion.” orchestra, soloists, and a full audience. Prof. Sokol also available on campus at the Statler (800-541-2501) and Carolyn Carlson Blake (Allendale, NJ) also says she directed the Sage Chapel Choir for years, as I under- a small block at the Best Western University Inn on Ellis is “still enjoying traveling. I recently went to Costa Rica stand it, and the men’s Glee Club for decades. This week Hollow Road (607-272-6100). and the Panama Canal—an amazing place—and then to has been a time of reflection on the life of a director Class officer Ginny Seipt sent along the good news France on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, also visiting Omaha who expected the highest quality and standards for and that the October luncheon for classmates, held at Sardi’s Beach and cathedrals in Paris. There are still a few trips from women singers he led at Cornell, as recalled by those restaurant in Manhattan, “went very well. The interest in on my bucket list—Africa and Spain.” Carolyn notes, “My of us who worked with and sang under him from the this event seems to grow each year; this fall we had 30 80th birthday was celebrated with a great family gather- earliest stage of the chorus organization. I thought of that people! It was great to catch up with everyone. We’re ing at my son’s farm in Ghent, NY, and the publishing of history last Saturday night seeing so many women per- hoping that it leads to more people coming to Reunion all my annual reports from 1964 to 2017 in book form— form with perfection and poise, and as equal partners in June.” Congratulations to Ginny for her excellent work quite a history of our family!” At home she is very involved with the Men’s Glee Club, in a long demanding major work, organizing the class gathering. in church activities, serving as a eucharistic minister, ironically a requiem. Prof. Sokol was most responsible It was wonderful to see on the list of the exemplary hosting prayer groups, participating in educational pro- for reorganizing Cornell women singers in 1960, the first alumni who received the 2019 Frank H.T. Rhodes Award grams, and singing in the choir. Having 12 grandchildren, year of our contemporary chorus. We have come a long the names of our classmates James, BME ’62, MBA says Carolyn, “makes family life very busy,” with as many way from the 1921 Women’s Glee Club, and I and my ’63, and Rebecca Quinn Morgan. Becky and Jim were as four graduations from high school or college in a freshman classmates joined in fall 1957, the year Prof. M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 77 Sokol arrived from Harvard with a vision to develop a major artists and leading corporations in entertainment, I am the technical organizer of this workshop and others well-trained mixed chorus. For such progress, accom- internet, and music publishing. He regularly handles com- on Gas Lift and Artificial Lift.” Last summer, classmate plished within five years, in 1962, we have reason to be plex transactions for music and entertainment clients and Marilyn Schur Hellinger participated in a Cornell off- thankful and proud.” handles all forms of contract, agreement, and licensing campus trip to Washington, DC. Sonia Werker Butler David Kessler (kess61@gmail.com) checked in from negotiation in the music, film, television, and digital and George ’62, MBA ’63, and Shirley Morrison Love- Jewett, NY. Ed Furtick (edfurtick@gmail.com) writes, “I media industries. Send your news to: Jan McClayton less all attended Cornell’s Adult University and took the am still in retirement mode and taking advantage of Crites, jmc50@cornell.edu. course on climate change. being involved with jazz music as much as possible.” Ed Joe Brennan recently sent me a newsy e-mail: “I just says he’s blessed with a great-granddaughter and remem- 63 President’s Corner: “The Cornell Class of 1963 received my November/December issue of our alumni bers meeting Dean Ted Baldwin 1922, BS 1923, and is in the midst of our annual class member- magazine and noticed that the Alumni Deaths section Ted Primack the first day at school. He would love to ship dues campaign, led by our membership chair, for ’63 is growing and the Class Notes section for ’63 is visit old haunts on and off campus. Harvey Rothschild. Class dues are the primary avenue shrinking. Hope this is not the result of fewer classmates available but rather a lull in class news. On May 9, my youngest granddaughter, Mia, and her husband, Ricky, ‘ Tom ’63 and Nancy Williams Clark presented my first great-grandson, Emmanuel Jesus, to the world. Emmanuel, like his globetrotting mother, is are working to develop more dairy on a 21-day tour of the Hawaiian Islands with his parents and grandparents. Mia accompanied me to Japan, India, sheep farms across the country.’ and Nepal the last two years. My partner of 21 years, Elaine Burns, two of her children, their spouses, and I rented a brownstone on the Upper West Side near Central J A N M C C L A Y T O N C R I T E S ’ 6 2 Park in September and enjoyed our annual visit to New York and celebrated my 82nd birthday. After my planned trip to Israel, Jordan, and Egypt, I plan to enjoy my quiet Doug and I are looking forward to the annual CALC through which classmates can stay connected to Cornell life with Elaine and family, read, write, tutor, and support meeting in—guess what?—Las Vegas, NV. Cornell in and to Cornell sponsored information and activities. It is political causes.” Nevada! Wow! On Saturday our class Reunion officers also a way to stay connected between Reunions to those Please follow Joe’s example and send me e-mails of will meet and plan for our 60th! Doug will be telling you with whom you shared a unique experience during your what you are doing now. There is lots of room in the about CALC and our class meeting in the next column. college years. You will be (and probably already are) Class of 1963 column for information on you! Nancy Meanwhile, send us your news as usual to: Susan receiving combined membership renewal appeals from Bierds Icke, 12350 E. Roger Road, Tucson, AZ 85749; Williams Stevens, sastevens61@gmail.com; or Doug our class and the university. I hope that each classmate e-mail, icke63@gmail.com. Fuss, dougout@attglobal.net. will consider a positive response. Dick Clark.” To the other news: Art and Mare Resnikoff spent It’s that time of year again! No, not the first 62 As you turn to this column today, three and a half weeks in Africa this past summer. Art 64 (and often deceptive) glimpse of an emerging Eager to read what classmates have to say, writes, “Trekked to see the silverback gorillas in Rwanda, green something-or-other after a harshly cold winter, but About travels to places far and near, with safaris in Tanzania and Kenya. Had the opportunity rather the month that signals we should begin paying our Tales of grandchildren oh so dear, to view the great migration across the Mara River in annual class dues. That and responding to our continuing Reunions with friends from our college time, Kenya, in the Maasai Mara. Visited Robben Island, South appeal to send news of your life and activities that I can And vocations and avocations sublime, Africa’s answer to Alcatraz: a very sobering experience, put into future columns. Meantime, here’s the latest class- You may be disappointed to find this ditty, but an amazing story with Mandela, Sobukwe, and others mate news that helps make that obligation worthwhile! For I received no updates, such a pity. visioning the future and creating the country’s new Consti- Linda Collyer Logue writes that she’s loving retire- As the spring flowers bloom in your yard, tution while in prison. Saddened by the poor economic ment and keeping busy with gardening, golf, and pickle Please send your news, just drop me a card! decisions and corruption in Zimbabwe, which have bank- ball, plus tennis, which she plays in a style she says is Or an e-mail if you prefer, to you I defer. rupted that country. In all countries, found the people “more suitable to my age and abilities.” Linda, who lives Thank you. to be incredibly friendly, warm, engaging, and helpful. in Southport, NC, also keeps busy with two new shih tzu Summers for Steven Serling have been spent at the With most vacations, happy to return home. With this puppies who “take up unexpected time and energy potty Jersey Shore since they retired from Philadelphia to West one, we would have liked to have stayed longer.” training.” Linda’s gated community, St. James Plantation, Palm Beach, FL. This year they’re spending a month in Joel Sachs (jsachs@kblaw.com) has recently been has many amenities ranging from a beach club to four the Berkshires to enjoy Tanglewood concerts and the named a “Best Lawyer in America” for the 11th consec- golf courses and even an amphitheater with concerts. Williamstown Theatre. utive year in the practice areas of environmental law and She still finds time to travel, notably to Cabo San Lucas, Both Tom ’63, MBA ’64, and Nancy Williams Clark, environmental litigation. Joel continues practicing law where she has two timeshares (one of which she would ME ’64, are retired, still in Old Chatham, NY. They no full time as a senior counsel in the White Plains, NY, law like to sell), and also throughout North Carolina, “a beauti- longer have sheep but remain active in the Dairy Sheep firm of Keane and Beane and lectures frequently for the ful state.” Her daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren Assn. and are working to develop more dairy sheep farms New York State Bar Assn. on a variety of environmental live in Seattle. All in all, she says, “my life has had many across the country. Nancy (nwclark@outlook.com) had law and land use law topics. Bob Epstein writes from unexpected twists and turns but is interesting. I am now a one-man watercolor show last fall in the Old Chatham New York City: “My novella, A Portrait of the Entrepreneur celebrating 33 years of happy, joyous, and free sobriety!” Country Store. The Clarks have ten grandchildren. The as a Young Man, is available on Amazon.com. Among Linda has gotten together with her Cornell roommate old est, Brooke Shachoy ’22, daughter of Meredith the Cornell influences that may have found their way into Dana Woolard Troy and her husband, Austin, who live Clark Shachoy ’91, was just initiated into the sorority of the novella are the result of my having been commis- in nearby Savannah, GA. Dana comments that she is her mother, grandmother, and aunt Megen Clark Eisen- sioned as a second lieutenant from the Army ROTC “surprised to find myself a Georgia resident—and very berg ’97. All three generations were on hand for the cere- program and the words of wisdom from a professor who happy about it, too.” mony. The other nine grandchildren range from 2 to 16. said that the US could not win a war in Southeast Asia. Edward Martin Jr. (edmartin.k2qP@gmail.com), Owen Sloane has been elected to the National Law Happy reading. I also spend quality time with my 15-year- retired chairman of the Dept. of Physics and Engineering Journal’s inaugural list of Sports & Entertainment Trail- old son.” Science at Monroe Community College in Rochester, blazers. This award honors those who have made a Cleon Dunham is the president of the Artificial Lift reports that he still lives in Honeoye Falls, NY. Judith significant impact in the sports and entertainment sectors R&D Council (ALRDC), president of Oilfield Automation Sutherland has a new home address, still in Oakland, through creative strategies and innovative court cases. Consulting, and trustee of the Inst. for Strategic Clarity. CA. She enjoys reading and still works in vocational Owen is a partner at law firm Eisner LLP, where he focuses He wrote last September, “I just returned from the 2019 rehabilitation. Stephen Abramson, who lives with wife his practice on the entertainment industry, representing Sucker Rod Pumping Workshop in Oklahoma City, OK. Phyllis in Hauppauge, NY, recently moved his business, 78 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E APS Pension & Financial Services, to larger offices in restaurants, and visited Purity Ice Cream as much as we route to New England and Bermuda; to Bermuda again near by Melville, NY. Steve has become active in Hadassah could. Neil and I are trying to cram as much travel as we with their son and granddaughter; and from Seattle to Assocs., to the point of being a VP on their associate can into retired life. We recently visited Memphis and Miami via the Panama Canal. Rolf admits that at almost board. He writes that all their grandchildren are in college Nashville for great food and music, as well as the many 11 weeks, that adds up to something perilously close to or have recently graduated, adding that their oldest grand- Civil War sites in the area. We’re off to Cabo in Mexico in three months. Jerry Touger “finally retired at the end son is a 2015 graduate of Cornell’s Engineering college. January and then on a Cornell trip to China in April.” of May 2019 after 45 years as a physics professor at Also, one is working with him at APS. Steve would like to The days are hastening toward our 55th Reunion and Curry College. Happily, I spent my first days of retirement get in touch with Chuck Levitt, Larry Gach, ME ’68, and all of us on the class council hope that the dates of June in Castellina in Chianti (Tuscany), where my wife—mystery other Phi Sig Ep brothers. He otherwise notes, “Wish I was 4-7 are marked on your calendar to celebrate good times author Hallie Ephron—was writer in residence leading 20 years younger, life has been good,” and his family at Cornell! There is one more column before Reunion an eight-day writing workshop. Now we’re off to Brooklyn and business are doing well. and we need news! Let us know what you are doing! for a few days to spoil our grandkids.” Joe James still works at buying and selling Mexican Please let us hear from you—via e-mail is best! Thanks. Howard Sobel wrote, “In September 2019, my wife, produce, which he describes as a “great hobby!” Joe and Joan Johnson, joanipat@gmail.com; Steve Appell, Kathy, and I went on a two-week Cornell Alumni Assn.- wife Shirley still live in Eagle, ID, where he is involved in bigred1965@aol.com. sponsored tour of Greece, Crete, and Santorini. This was the Knights of Columbus and the Legion of Mary at Holy an item on our bucket list, ever since I took a Greek and Apostles Catholic Church. He’s otherwise quite active, Welcome to spring, as the days get longer Roman mythology elective course as a senior at Cornell. involved in soccer games for his grandchildren, skiing 66 and the weather gets warmer! Mary Whitley We had a great time, made some new (Cornell alumni) trips to northern Idaho, and white-water rafting on the Rogers Reese “retired as rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal friends, and went to places (the Acropolis, the Parthenon, Salmon River. Recently, Joe had a “great visit from John Church in Goldsboro, NC, on July 1, 2018, after having Delphi, Epidaurus, Mycenae, Nafplio, as well as Knossos, Bailey, fraternity brother and ex-roommate.” Michael served as parish priest for eight years.” She took a river to name a few) that were fascinating. Interesting how Graves and wife Suzanne, who still live in Fairport, NY, cruise on the American Queen steamboat for eight mythology and history can create a story that has lasted keep busy following their two grandchildren, who are very days in December of that year, cruising from New the ages. We consumed a lot of Greek food and accom- active in multiple school sports and theater. Orleans to Memphis. panied liquids, and we thoroughly enjoyed every moment That’s it for this column. I could use much more news Ralph Schwartz wrote, “I crashed my bike and and each adventure. The tour included motor coaches, (HINT, HINT), so please update me by e-mail, regular ended up in the hospital. Otherwise I was training for airplanes between the major islands, and boat trips mail using the news form or a sheet of paper, our class cross country ski racing and living a nice, calm, retired between some of the smaller islands. With winter coming website (www.cornell1964.org), or our class Facebook life. My son and his family have moved back to Saint Paul we have planned several trips to Cancun, Mexico, which page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cornell1964. from Seattle—it’s wonderful to have my granddaughter we do every year. Other travels also include visiting our Bev Johns Lamont, 720 Chestnut St., Deerfield, IL and grandson so close by. My oldest son is an attorney, three sons, who between them have seven children scat- 60015; e-mail, blamont64@comcast.net. my youngest works in fundraising for Luther Seminary—a tered between Charlotte, NC, Fairfax, VA, and nearby nice gig for a Jewish kid.” What would he do if he returned Rockville Centre, which is a few minutes from where we 65 Stuart Ross (sturossworks@gmail.com) writes, to Ithaca? Ralph responded: “We took my oldest to Cor- live. I am still working on engagements where I have been “I am board chair for Purple Tree Café, a non- nell for a tour when he was looking at colleges, toured the recommended by friends and business associates but profit organization that promotes employment for people campus, and fought off the elderly hippies downtown. not seeking additional work beyond that which comes with disabilities. I have been living in Davis, CA, near my Now I think I would just walk around the campus.” to me. I very much enjoy the interaction and helping out two sons and two grandchildren, since 2015.” Sharon Roger Burnell wrote, “Well, on the humanitarian side, with major construction projects that have reached the Hegarty Williams (sharonhwilliams6@gmail.com) has the Graduate Chair in Integrative Medicine and Technology litigation threshold with regards to over-budget and over- moved from Venice, FL, to East Greenwich, RI, to be near that we endowed at Cornell Tech is engaging its esteemed schedule. As we are all in the same class, we are all about her younger daughter, Kate Williams ’92, and family, search committee—now in their second year of scouring 75 years old. My wife and family made a little party for including Priya Sarma ’22. “Kate has been a tremendous the country (and the world) charged with finding the most me that was quite a surprise. In addition, as I write this, help since my spine and shoulder are disintegrating from qualified candidate. Cornell just held their second Burnell tomorrow, November 26, 2019, will be our 50th wedding osteoarthritis.” Many folks in the Cornell Club of Sarasota- Symposium on technical subjects (the first presented anniversary. I am a very lucky man, in many ways.” Manatee are missing Sharon, who was active in the club. news-breaking research on the human microbiome, and If you haven’t yet sent in your 2020 class dues— Frank McCreary (femccreary@aol.com) and his wife, the recent one addressed the bilateral relationship be- please do! And—share your news for this column so we Jacki, visited their daughter and her family for Christmas tween emotions and artificial intelligence). What’s also all stay in touch. Pete Salinger, peteRsalinger95@ 2019. Their 4-year-old grandson Murray attends Temple new is that we have now launched an endowment at gmail.com; Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol. Emmanuel pre-school, so they celebrated Hanukkah as Stanford (in part to “heal” the heartbreak when Cornell com; Deanne Gebell Gitner, Deanne.Gitner@gmail.com. well. Chuck Andola (Charlesandola7@gmail.com) con- won Mayor Bloomberg’s RFP to come in and build Cornell tinues to be active in the dean’s council at CALS and Tech, where Stanford only came in second): the Roger Richard Weldgen Jr. (Webster, NY; rhw8@ reports that the college is known worldwide for agron- and Joelle Burnell Chair in Integrative Medicine, Technol- 67 cornell.edu) reports: “I’m six years into my omy research. Chuck enjoys consulting and has worked ogy, and Social Responsibility. Additionally, we have just semi-retirement. I design, sell, install, and maintain low- with researchers in Australia to find the optimum growing installed a perpetual, annual scholarship in humanitarian voltage LED landscape lighting at Woodlawn Landscapes conditions for fresh apples and pears. The philanthropic journalism at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism Unlimited Inc. My granddaughter Zazie, a junior at Webster outreach of Bill Gates’s organization has given many mil- to select and produce expert reporters, in the spirit of High School, will graduate early this year. She will attend lions of dollars to Cornell with the goal of advancing Walter Cronkite and Jules Bergman, to carry out the Monroe Community College, where my son Franz is an world food supply. communicative/informative delivery that this world associate professor. My wife, Mattia, continues to provide Liz Gordon (ejgbook@aol.com) writes, “Along with health mission requires. Personally, we just celebrated me with professional quality guidance.” Re union chair Myron Jacobson, George Arangio, MD the 50th anniversary of our family company, at a large “Hope you’re well,” writes Joan Klein Cohen (Stock- ’69, and Bill Vanneman, I had a fun and productive gala event last fall. Our daughter returned to competition bridge, MA). “Just wanted to let you know I’ve embarked weekend up at Cornell helping to plan our fabulous 55th as the second-ranked US amateur in ‘Three-Day Eventing,’ on a second career as a fiction writer. My first novel, Land Reunion. Cornell welcomed us back with perfect weather the Olympic equine event, where she aspires toward of Last Chances, was published in August 2019. I’ve been and a chance to seek out the best venues, programs, making the US Olympic Team one day!” gratified to see how much readers seem to like it. I can and food for June 4-7. Hope to see all of you there. I also Class co-president Rolf Frantz, ME ’67, reports that be found at joancohenwriter.com.” Daniel Feld (New had the chance to enjoy Ithaca in August with my hus- there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that he and wife York, NY; danfeld23@gmail.com), who started his edito- band, Neil Lowenbraun, son Matthew Lowenbraun ’02, Nancy (Nystrom) ’68 attempt to spend at least 25 rial career on the Sun, is “an executive editor at Thomson and two grandchildren. It’s a really fun place to spend percent of each year on cruise ships. However, in 2019 Reuters, where I am the managing editor of two tax time with family. We hiked up to Taughannock Falls and they cruised: from Chile to Argentina around Cape Horn; journals—Taxation of Exempts and Practical Tax Strat e- around Beebe Lake, enjoyed the wonderful children’s on a riverboat in the Netherlands and Belgium at the gies.” Authors can submit proposed or completed articles science museum, ran all around campus, ate at delicious peak of the tulip season; from New Jersey on a “triangle” to Dan at dan.feld@tr.com. M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 79 Carol Lee Terry Gips (Mashpee, MA; tgips@com by the come-from-behind Nats! Richard Hoffman, See you in three months! Remember to connect to our cast.net) writes: “My husband, Ned Hitchcock, and I 2925 28th St. NW, Washington, DC 20008; e-mail, Cornell Class of 1970 website: cornell70.org. returned to Cape Cod after living in New Bedford for derhoff@yahoo.com. Our classmate Diana Christopulos (dchristop@ three years. We made a big move to a small condo in earthlink.net) has reported exciting updates regarding Mashpee. I continue to work as an artist, and a book 68 By now I hope you have received the annual her many and continuing years working for the environ-of my photographs was published in July: http://www. News and Dues mailing from your class. If you ment and conservation. In October 2019, she won the coldmeadow.com/book.html. We attended a wonderful haven’t responded yet, you can pay your dues online at: national Cox Conserves Heroes award for work with the concert of the Sherwoods in Barnstable in September. https://alumni.cornell.edu/alumni-life/classes/. While Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) and other environ- It was a treat to see my old friend Geoff Hewitt ’66.” you’re at it, please send your news, either directly to me mental groups, including the Blue Ridge Land Conser- Jeffrey Rose (Las Vegas, NV; vegasmuse@gmail.com), at the e-mail below, or via the online news form: http:// vancy. This meant a $60,000 check for ATC, and Diana based on his regular postings on Facebook, travels alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. Chuck Levitan, received front-page coverage in the Roanoke Times. The around the US more than anyone else in my limited clevitan22@comcast.net. funding came from the Pew Charitable Trust and the purview. He writes, “I’m still working part time at due Cox Foundation. She won the State of Virginia through Cox diligence on alternate investments for retail securities Our class co-president Greg Baum sent us staff selection and then went up against eight other state broker-dealers. I volunteered as a Black Rock ranger at 69 this news: “On November 9, 2019, I attended winners (including California) in an online vote. Diana Burning Man for the 20th year. No reason to quit as long a large memorial service in Portland, OR, for one of our and ATC won! She was photographed holding the $60K as I’m having fun and can walk. It’s the most interesting classmates, Dennis ‘Denny’ Hubel, who died on Sep- “check” that went to ATC, which will be used to protect place I can think of during the last week in August.” tem ber 16. Just a few years after his retirement as a land along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia (which has Tom Loane, MBA ’68 (Willow Street, PA; tloane1@ federal magistrate judge in Oregon in 2014, Denny’s over 500 miles of the 2,200-mile trail). In addition, she gmail.com) reports that wife Nancy and he “have moved health began to fail him. Despite all of his medical diffi- is presi dent of the Blue Ridge Land Conservancy, which from Valley Forge to Willow Valley, an adult community culties, Denny was determined to be in Ithaca for our holds over 70 easements in 16 counties in Virginia, and near Lancaster, PA.” He’s retired from TSL Analysis LLC. 50th Reunion and he made it. He was so happy to be thus is protecting over 22,000 acres of rural land from Tia Schneider Denenberg (Red Hook, NY; tdenenberg@ able to show his wife the campus and to visit with so development. Diana continues to reside with Mark aol.com) was re-elected town justice for the Town of many of his Alpha Tau Omega brothers. Six of the ATOs McClain in Salem, VA, where they retired in 2003. Congrat- Gallatin, Columbia County, NY, last November. I heard traveled to be at his memorial: John, ME ’70, and Pat ulations and thank you for your exceptional efforts on the campaign report while catching up over Thanksgiving Rees from Oregon/Arizona, Tom and Gayle Allen from behalf of the environment. weekend with her and fellow arbitrator Marcia Green- California, San Eigenbrode ’70, PhD ’90, from Idaho, Remember to connect, or reconnect, with classmates baum ’62 (Essex, MA). Mike and Marcia Madden from Washington, George and ask them to join you at our 50th Reunion this June. I didn’t get to see the great upset football victory over and Ann Mavko from Arizona, and Charlie Smith from Our class VP of affinity groups, Tom Newman (tnewman Dartmouth in Hanover, or the win a week later in Ithaca Pennsylvania/Florida.” 1207@gmail.com), is a great resource for classmate over a resurgent Columbia to end an all-too-usual season Marianne Goodman tells us “the great advantage contact information and much more. Connie Ferris with some huzzahs. An exceedingly wonderful interlude of having switched to psychiatry out of general surgery Meyer, cfm7@cornell.edu; tel., (610) 256-3088. from the ongoing politics here in the nation’s capital is that I need never retire. Short of a massive stroke that was the amazing run to and triumph in the World Series wipes my memory banks clean, I can continue until the Just as this column was being finalized, we day I fall silent. This is a wonderful prospect, as I love what 71 received the following e-mail from class pres- Coe back to the I do.” She is a busy lady, a patron of the arts, involved ident Barbara Brem Noveau: “It is with great sadness in animal rescue, saving the planet from environmental that I write to inform you all of the news that Jan Roth- Conell we all loe abuse, traveling with her family, and “most of all, spend- man passed away on December 17, 2019. As some of ing time with family and friends.” Her older daughter you knew, Jan was battling a recurrence of cancer for remains in the fashion business manufacturing hand- the past year. He never gave up hope, approached every bags; her younger daughter is in her second year of setback with an irrepressible optimism, and was looking general surgical residency. Husband William Norden is forward to seeing classmates in New York City in March a trusts and estates attorney and balances work with 2020. Jan was dedicated to our class and to Cornell in their garden. Enjoy spring and send your news and notes a way that very few are able to match. He served as to: Tina Economaki Riedl, triedl048@gmail.com. class president, Reunion chair, and I’m sure a number of other roles before I got to know him. He was our 70 Here is a special message from our Class of number-one cheerleader and a true friend. I will miss 1970 50th Reunion chairwomen, Sally Anne him terribly, as I’m sure you will too.” Levine, JD ’73, and Cathy Forster Hogan: “Come back Michael Kubin, who is now the executive vice presi- to Cornell for our 50th Reunion. This will be a grand dent of INVIDI Technologies, delivered a presentation, event! The Reunion committee has planned a great “Transforming television and building a billion-dollar schedule of class events along with Cornell’s famous business,” at a Cornell Enterprise Engineering Colloquium Reunion lectures, tours, activities, concerts, and more. in October. The announcement of that event noted that Reconnect with your classmates and encourage them he “acts as the evangelist for addressable television to to meet you back at Reunion. The Finger Lakes area and agencies and advertisers to get them to adopt address- the campus are so beautiful you will fall in love with able television as part of their media plans, and is involved them all over again—especially when you are not wor- in the company’s global expansion, in particular to Latin rying about studying and exams! Watch for registration America and Europe.” Michael has managed a “string materials in late March. We only have one 50th Reunion. of successful entrepreneurial ventures. At his first media Please don’t miss it!” We have only one buying company, Corinthian Media Buying, he was in-As you know, the Class of ’70 has a designated 50th tegral in the creation and growth of its direct response 50th Reunion Reunion e-mail address: Cornell70Reunion50@gmail. subsidiary, Corinthian Direct, which grew to over $100 com. Use it to connect directly with Sally Anne and Cathy million in billings in just three years.” Next, he became June 4-7, 2020 as they are anxious to hear from you with questions, presi dent of Club Med Inc. Then, with Club Med as his ideas, concerns, and suggestions regarding our 50th. first client, “Michael co-founded Media Inc., which, along And, of course, they want you to volunteer to help with with its direct response subsidiary, Media Direct Part ners, Registration materials any part of Reunion, both before and during. Many of you was sold to IPG (the Interpublic Group).” In addition to coming soon have memorized the dates, but just in case: Thursday, his Cornell degree in Opera tions Research, Michael June 4, 2020 at noon until Sunday morning, June 7, 2020. earned an MBA from Harv ard Business School and a 80 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E master’s in journalism from Columb ia. His articles have York Folklore from October 2019 until early January 74 This is my first column for our class, and I, been published in the New York Observer, the New York 2020. For more information on the show, go to: https:// Molly Miller Ettenger, send you sunny greet- Times, and the New Yorker. nyfolklore.org/new-exhibition-wood-carving-by-mary- ings from Tucson, AZ. We moved here from Pennsylvania Class correspondent Jim Roberts reports that in michael-shelley/. Mary has been making art for 45 years this past summer to enjoy retirement without aid of snow mid-November, he and Arthur Mintz did a presenta- and has produced more than 2,000 works. Collections shovels, and to be just a few miles from our younger tion at the Cornell Club-New York on their book, Forever that contain her work are: the National Museum of Women son, Kolb Ettenger ’07. I’m pleased to report that there Faithful: Celebrating the Greatest Moments of Cornell in the Arts, Washington, DC; the Smithsonian Institution is a very active Cornell Club here, which sort of makes Hockey (Cornell University Press). If you haven’t read it White House Easter Egg Collection; the American Folk up for no longer being a half-day drive from Ithaca. yet, it’s a terrific book! Jim and Arthur “were joined for Art Museum; the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, The packet of messages and Share Your News forms the talk and a dinner that followed by John Hughes NY; the High Museum in Atlanta, GA; the American that arrived in the mailbox today contained plenty of news ’70, MBA ’71, JD ’74, tri-captain of Cornell’s undefeated Museum in Britain; and the Women’s Rights National to share. For starters, Sandy Sears (sls83@cornell.edu) 1969-70 NCAA champion hockey team, and his wife, Historical Park in Seneca Falls, NY, among others. reports, “I’m now a doctoral student at the Neag School Amy (Pasternak), MBA ’74. Also on hand were class- Roger Dube recently retired as assistant dean for of Education, specializing in positive behavioral interven- mate Richie Halpern and his wife, Ellen.” undergraduate research and professor at the Rochester tions and supports.” Also in academia, Elizabeth “Betsy” Dipping further into class correspondent news, this Inst. of Technology. Shortly afterward he was surprised Moore (emoore@cazenovia.edu) continues to manage past summer Gayle Yeomans built a horse barn (with and honored to receive the 2019 Ely S. Parker Award from the interior design program at Cazenovia College and lots of help), fenced in two pastures, and moved her the American Indian Science and Engineering Society says, “I’m thinking I will delay retirement for another year quarter horse, Sage, to her home in the Catskill Moun tains. (AISES) in recognition of his lifelong work to increase or two—partly because it will take that long to clear out She had a wonderful summer and fall riding in and around Native American and First Nations representation in the my office.” When that happens, she’s looking forward to the mountains and just hangin’ with Sage. Soon after Sage sciences. This is the highest award given by AISES, and more reading and gardening plus traveling back to the arrived, her husband, Dick Bowden, said he wished he Roger was humbled by this recognition. He continues to UK. In the meantime, Betsy has been attending family could ride. Before he could change his mind, she signed work on native issues in science and is currently provid- weddings and has become a great-aunt. Paul Mayne, him up for riding lessons. Since then, they have purchased ing guidance to Canadian universities as they seek to PhD ’91 (paul.mayne@ce.gatech.edu) is a professor of another horse so they can now go riding together. establish programs to increase First Nations student par- geoengineering at Georgia Inst. of Technology and has Please send us your news; otherwise, you’ll have to ticipation in science programs. He is living in Rochester, been there for 30 years. He’s doing a fair amount of continue reading news about the two of us! Gayle NY, with his wife, Jeri, and their two dogs. travel and lecturing including delivering the Cross-USA Yeomans, gay2@cornell.edu; or Jim Roberts, jhr22@ I was searching through the Cable TV Guide one eve- lecture for the American Society of Civil Engineers Geo cornell.edu. Online news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/ ning and spotted that the Turner Classic Movie channel Inst. One of the first people he met at Cornell was Solo- class-notes/. was showing Knute Rockne, All American starring Pat mon Cady Hollister, “who was my advisor when I started O’Brien as the Notre Dame coach and Ronald Reagan my freshman year in 1970. Even though I was Class of 72 Happy 2020 to everyone. I hope this year as legendary halfback George Gipp. After the end of the ’74, I took two years off to play guitar and finished my brings happiness to you and your family. The film, the host usually tells the viewers more about the BSCE in ’76, my MEC in ’77, and eventually my PhD in following classmates immersed themselves in a Cor- movie and the actors. This night, after the movie, the ’91, all at Cornell.” He was in Ithaca in May 2019 visiting nell’s Adult University (CAU) class on campus last July host had a guest join him, someone with a background CEE professors Tom O’Rourke ’70 and Harry Stewart, and/or joined one or more study tours to destinations both in sports and in acting—none other than our own as well as Gloria Kulhawy, who was married to the late around the world in 2019. These non-credit courses, Ed Marinaro. Ed talked about his breakthrough role as Prof. Fred Kulhawy. designed and led by some of Cornell’s most gifted fac- Officer Joe Coffey on the TV series “Hill Street Blues.” Two new careers to celebrate for classmate Jim ulty, allow alums to enjoy the educational life of our He related how he was originally signed for just three Connor (jconnor3@cox.net), who after 36 years as a tax exceptional university in the company of other bright, shows but was kept on for the whole season. When Ed attorney reports, “I retired and am now a full-time high curious, and warmly engaged adult learners. Gwen Vail asked the producers about their plans for him for the school math teacher at Bishop O’Connell High School in Cukierski, MA ’74, participated in the book making course; next season, he was told that it was up to him and his Arlington, VA. I am also head track and field coach.” He Peter McCarthy was a participant in the American agent. So, the producers filmed Ed’s big scene two ways. has two grandchildren and finds much satisfaction in Humor course; and Judith Harrod Strotz studied in the Officer Coffey was shot in both versions; in one version teaching and coaching. Bill Oppelt (William.Oppelt@ happy life course. Taking part in the study tours around he survived, while in the other version he died. Fortu- gmail.com) is working part time at Change Inc., hiking the the world were Kathy Price Chiron (Rome), Bruce Euzent nately, contract negotiations went well, Officer Coffey Appalachian Trail, and very active in the Church of Jesus (Costa Rica), Lydia Kernitsky Tedeschi, MD ’76 (Basel/ made a miraculous recovery, and Ed’s career took off. Christ of Latter-day Saints. Lynn Allinger (lallinger1@ Amsterdam), William Medina (Switzerland), and Deb- Send news to: Alex Barna, ab478@cornell.edu; or cox.net) recently made a career change, becoming an orah Resnick (NYC theater). If you would like to read Gary Rubin, glr34@cornell.edu. Online news form, actor after a 20-year career in teaching. She partici- more about CAU, you can do so at www.cau.cornell.edu. http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. pates in a SilverSneakers fitness program twice a week Bedford Magazine and Houlihan Lawrence hosted the but finds the most satisfaction these days from “seeing 2019 Bedford 25 reception and ceremony on November 73 Greetings, Class of ’73. We’re short on news my two children thriving in this crazy world.” She also 7. The evening began with wine, beer, soft drinks, and this month—as in none—so I have a sugges- notes, “Learning acting is broadening my point of view hors d’oeuvres provided by the Wine Connection and the tion. Since a lot of us are at retirement age, consider of life.” If she could have a day in Ithaca now, she’d Market at Pound Ridge Square, followed by a ceremony sending along a paragraph or two on how you made the “take in the view from Willard Straight Hall, re-visit Wait recognizing the 2019 Bedford 25 honorees, who per- transition. Was it uplifting? Depressing? How long did Avenue Co-op, walk over some gorgeous gorges, go formed great work and services for the town of Bedford. it take to find a new groove? Are you still looking? Did down into Colleget own, and then go downtown and to One of these honorees was our own Deirdre Courtney- grandchildren help? Cayuga Lake.” Batson, MA ’75, who has worked tirelessly for Bedford I’m pretty sure that any story, no matter how ordinary There is quite a bit going on these days with Ken since the 1980s as the president of the Katonah Histor- it seems to you, will interest someone. I am personally Brown (kenbro74@gmail.com). He and his wife have an ical Museum, chair of Katonah’s Historic District Com- not retired as of this writing, but with our first grandchild, art business in Delray Beach, FL, so they divide their time mission, and chair of the town’s planning board. As chair, it gets more tempting. I’m also surrounded by more and between Delray Beach and their ranch in Colorado, while Deirdre guides the board through difficult and complex more retired friends, like my sister (seven years younger), also doing a lot of travel “to the world’s most remote matters that require the adept application of their zoning who sent in her notice and was off with her (also retired) places for photography and painting. We’re hoping to code. Bedford would be a different town without her husband trekking in Nepal before the door slammed. reach our goal of 100 countries visited by the 2024 efforts to protect and preserve its semi-rural character. Like a jailbreak. Is that normal? Reunion!” Ken is working on writing several different Deirdre has also been very active and successful in We look forward to hearing your stories. David Ross, biographies and finds “the writing process difficult but planning and organizing our class Reunions. dave@daveross.com; Phyllis Haight Grummon, phg3@ ultimately rewarding.” In addition, Ken and colleagues Mary Shelley (maryshelleyart@gmail.com) wrote cornell.edu; Pamela Meyers, psmeyers73@gmail.com. have formed a new private equity partnership, Blue Key that she had a retrospective show of her work at New Online news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. Equity Partners. He recalls his best day at Cornell as “any M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 81 cool fall evening on Cayuga Lake with the crew, watching lately and gather friends with whom you’d love to relive ’78’s selection of Gorgeous Gorges of the Finger Lakes the sun light up the windows of the Hill like fire.” fond memories on campus, and we’ll see you all there and Susan Linz’s choice of Bike the Finger Lakes led them Wendy Schwartz Wein (wendyswein@gmail.com) in just a few short weeks! through beautiful Upstate New York during the best sea- is also traveling quite a bit; she’s still working part time Cornell members of Delta Gamma and Kappa Psi son of the year. An in-depth exploration of the Science but also relishing spending time with children and grand- classes from the early 1970s enjoyed a fabulous, fun-filled of Climate Change and the Question of Our Response children. Daughter Lauren Wein ’09 married Jonathan reunion trip to Delaware’s Brandywine Valley in October. was pursued by Kathryn Noel Phillips. Class corre- Feldman ’08 in 2018 in Park City, UT, and there were Organized by Diane Kopelman VerSchure ’74 and Mary spondent Mitch Frank traveled from Florida to attend lots of Cornellians in attendance! Raymond Kase Jr. Vane ’73 (a Delaware native), we celebrated renewed two courses, including How to Live a Happy Life and (rkasejr@comcast.net) was bound for Alaska for a month friendships with Mary’s special “taste of Delaware” at her American Humor from Mark Twain to Jon Stewart taught at the time he wrote and is also keeping busy with doctor home, tours of Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, and Old by popular professor Glenn S. Altschuler, PhD ’76, appointments and enjoying his first grandchild. Florence New Castle, and, of course, the best of food and bever- while Mary Kate Owens expanded her writing expertise Higgins, DVM ’81, recalls her best day at Cornell as the ages that Wilmington had to offer. Class of ’75 attendees with Personal Essay 1: A Writing Workshop in July. day she started Vet college in 1977. She gets the most included Karen Leung Moore, Eileen Nugent,Christine Some of the CAU classes involve travel outside the satisfaction these days in diagnosing and treating a Curran Williams, Elyse Byron, and Joan Pease. The US. Under the guidance of instructors Julia Thom-Levy difficult case and is currently busy training a new border theme of discussions between special events appeared and Stephen Levy, Heinrich Hellfeld, MS ’81, and Neil collie puppy for obedience and agility. This puppy joins to be “retirement” as many of our group had recently Hemphill spent a week in Switzerland enjoying CERN, two other border collies and a cat. If she could be doing given up their full-time jobs or were planning to do so Einstein, and Art. Paul Higdon enjoyed a ten-day jour- something else, Florence would be swimming in a lake or within the coming months. Elyse celebrated the end of a ney of Walking the Eternal City—Rome Across the Cen- ocean—which sounds tempting to me too. rewarding career in medical sales in the Chicago area in turies, experiencing the sights, sounds, culture, and Many thanks for your news and please keep sending fall 2019 and was planning to spend more time traveling cuisine of Italy. in more! Molly Miller Ettenger, molly.ettenger@gmail. the world. Eileen’s legal career in NYC and Chris’s well- Please take a few minutes to send us highlights of com; Lucy Babcox Morris, lucmor1433@gmail.com; Jim ness consulting in nutrition counseling and diabetes your life after Cornell, college friends you’ve seen, and Schoonmaker, js378@cornell.edu. education in the metropolitan Washington, DC, area are memorable moments on campus, and we’ll share the still occupying much of their time, although travel and news in our upcoming columns. Joan Pease, japease 75 Where did the years go?! Join the Class of family are also top priorities. Visiting from St. Louis, 1032@aol.com; Deb Gellman, dsgellman@hotmail. 1975 at Cornell for our 45th Reunion, June Karen was able to piggyback a visit with her son’s fam- com; Karen DeMarco Boroff, boroffka@shu.edu; Mitch 4-7, 2020, a memorable weekend of old friends, new ily in nearby Princeton, catching a day with her adorable Frank, mjfgator@gmail.com. sights, educational programs, and social gatherings. 7-year-old granddaughters. Susan Fulton, our Reunion chairperson, and her team Also keeping close contact with many of his Cornell It’s springtime, which means you’ll soon be have planned special class events to complement the friends is Dave Pritchard, gathering frequently with folks 76 hearing from your class about renewing your extensive offerings made available by Cornell across the around the world since he retired early from a 30-plus- dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the accompanying campus including music, insightful lectures, a wine and year career in biopharmaceuticals. His retirement theme news form so that we can stay up to date with your cheese tasting, sports, Greek receptions, and other great has been, “Be with people you love and go to amazing activities! Whether it be a growing family, a change in gatherings. Reach out to classmates you haven’t seen places,” in part driven by the fact that he is the oldest your work, or a newfound passion, we want to hear about male Pritchard in his family to live and the first to retire. it! Send news to: Karen Krinsky Sussman, Krinsk Dave has organized reunions and adventure travel to 54@gmail.com; Pat Relf Hanavan, patrelf1@gmail. Register Online over 25 countries with friends and family, including a com; or Lisa Diamant, Ljdiamant@verizon.net. Online week-long Grand Canyon river raft trip in May with Stan news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. 45th Reunion Gross, Mort Bishop ’74, and Brian Beglin ’74, all Sigm a Chi brothers, enjoying amazing nature and great 77 Our class must be in hibernation or on vaca-companionship. They had so much fun that they are con- tion. We have a sparse amount of news for June 4–7, 2020 sidering expanding the group and doing another active this column. reunion trip next year. Dave is currently president of two Mark Newberger, JD ’77, is of counsel at Foley & nonprofit boards, one a Silicon Valley startup school for Lardner LLP. He was recently appointed co-chair of the dyslexic children using tools developed from the latest firm’s cannabis industry team. He assists in coordinating research at UCSF and Stanford and applying it to the the firm’s multi-disciplinary practice across 24 offices classroom. They are considering a virtual classroom to to advise clients in the cannabis industry on all aspects teach dyslexic parents/grandparents the new high tech of the business, including navigating the complexities of tools the students now use routinely. He’s inquired as to federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Mark will whether any dyslexic Cornell alumni would be interested likely be dealing with the highs and lows of the cannabis in benefiting from that concept. business, given changes in federal, state, local, and The Delta Upsilon fraternity is another group that international (i.e., Canadian) laws. remains in close contact since graduation. Mark and Hopefully, everyone is well rested and can contribute Christine “Ting” Magill Kamon visited the Washington, lots of news in the New Year. Please keep all of your news DC, area in December to share a holiday concert and and views coming in via the online news form (http:// dinner with fellow DUs Scott Keenum ’76 and Kevin www.alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/) or write directly Bruns ’79, as well as Diane Sislar, Matthew Bruns ’13, to either of us. Howie Eisen, heisen@pennstate BS ’16, and Joan Pease. Mark and Ting had retired to the health.psu.edu; Mary Flynn, maryflynn1@me.com. small town of Kennedyville, MD, several years ago and are now building the home of their dreams on the Sassa- Three cheers for two of our classmates, who fras River. Capturing the sunrise view each morning, they’ll 78 were among the seven alumni honored with the For more information enjoy a large dock for their boat, a new textile studio for Outstanding Alumni and Faculty Award from the College visit our class website: Ting, and plenty of space for their three children and of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Assn. last year. http://classof75.alumni.cornell.edu seven grandchildren. Peggy Koenig is chair of Abry Partners LLC, a private Cornell does an amazing job of offering interesting equity investment firm focused on investing in the media, and our Facebook page: and challenging Cornell’s Adult University (CAU) courses communications, information, and business services in- CornellClassof1975 for alums during the summer, and several folks from ’75 dust ries. She is a member of the Cornell Board of Trustees, have taken advantage of these classes. Exploring the where she chairs the research and innovation committee. outdoor environs near Ithaca, Norman Greenberg, MS Mark and Lisa Preger Sellew ’79, MBA ’82, run Prides 82 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E Corner Farms, one of the largest nurseries in the North- Palatnik Simoncini, and lots of friends and family. The Boston U., with the Big Red winning 2-0. Had I known east. With more than 500 employees, they are the largest evening was capped off with the Big Red defeating BU the game was the great, spirited fun it was, I would have agricultural employer in the State of Connecticut. The (yes, they did the cheer!) 2-0, maintaining their unde- started attending years ago! Among the classmates I annual awards recognize alumni who have achieved feated status. noticed sharing in the revelry at MSG were Howard Lavin, professional success, demonstrated leadership on be- At the other end of the Big Apple’s cultural spectrum, Elizabeth Kutcher Rosenstein, Rich Friedman, Lon and half of the college and university, and made significant Bill Cavanaugh shares highlights of the class-sponsored Lisa Barsanti Hoyt, and Larry Bunis. As in past years, contributions toward the betterment of society. “At CALS, off-Broadway play event, Einstein’s Dreams. The very there was a pre-game gathering at a local restaurant, but we strive to leave the world a better place than we found Hamilton-like musical, based on the 1992 book of the while our class has generally combined with all classes it,” said Kathryn Boor ’80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of same title, is a “what-if” of how a twilight muse might of the ’70s, this year we joined only with the Class of ’78 CALS. “These alumni reflect that mission, contributing have inspired the scientist in his personal and scientific at Haymaker Bar and Kitchen. It was great to catch up their time, resources, and invaluable expertise to help life. The first of what may become an annual event (open with my freshman year High Rise 1 suitemate Deb Seid- improve their own communities and the world at large.” to all class members) was organized by Angela DeSilva man, who now resides in Forest Hills, Queens, and relayed On an inkling 20 years ago that a group of naturally and Mary Bowler Jones and was preceded by a recep- that she recently sold a lithograph at an exhibit at a Brook- occurring fat molecules produced by cows could improve tion at Cornell’s Midtown ILR center. Other theater-going lyn art gallery. She also mentioned that she has joined human health and revitalize the dairy industry, Doug Cornellians included Jeanne Arnold Schwetje, Bruce the consulting team at Kotter (Change Leadership Con- Young has launched an exciting new product called Berkman, Vickie Hartman, Barbara Cook Jacobs, sult ing), where she is “helping clients transform their Cowffee. It’s a cold brew made from milk from his dairy Cynthia Kubas, Mike Reiner, Kent Sheng, Nina Silfen, organizations for the future.” cows at Spruce Haven Farm, about 40 minutes north Martha Kadlubowski West, Leslie Lewit Milner ’79, I also chatted with fellow grandparent Janet Goldin of Ithaca, and coffee from a farm in Guatemala sourced and Doug Young, along with other partners and friends Rubin of Short Hills, NJ, who reported being “busy” with through his employees. These are not just any cows, but of the class. 2-year-old Benjamin Lee. Janet said, “I am looking for- cows that are fed a special diet, developed with the help Did you know you can enjoy Ithaca in the summer- ward to attending Cornell’s Adult University on campus of Doug’s longtime friend and collaborator Dale Bauman, time during week-long CAU classes on the Hill? Offerings this summer and invite other ’79ers to join us back at professor emeritus in Animal Science at CALS, to increase include the Science of Climate Change and the Question college—with no tests!” Margie Wang and her husband, the concentration of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in their of Our Response, American Humor from Mark Twain to Bill, of Madison, NJ, were also in attendance, and re- milk. CLA has been found to reduce the risk of cancer, Jon Stewart, Bike the Finger Lakes, and the Wines ported that daughter Marlene ’11 and Tom Hudson ’11 heart disease, diabetes, and obesity in animal studies, Course. Throughout the year, choose from study tours were married in September 2018 at the Brooklyn Botanic and a team of scientists stands ready to implement a of various lengths and destinations such as Silicon Garden. Marlene is completing her third year as an oph- protocol to measure the effect in humans. Cowffee is Valley: A Cornell Insider’s Tech Tour, River Cruise from thalmology resident at Columbia’s Harkness Eye Inst. being marketed in the Northeast (and available every- Basel to Amsterdam: Legacies of the Roman Empire and looks forward to a two-year retina fellowship next where on Amazon) under the brand name Pursue Hap- and World War II, and Costa Rica: An Ecological Family- year. Tom is a partner at Locke Careers. The Wangs’ son, piness. It carries the FDA-approved slogan: “Working Friendly Adventure. Learn more at: sce.cornell.edu. Alexander ’14, is a finance manager at Coty in NYC. toward the highest nutrition with the lowest environmen- And, lastly, a friendly reminder to pay your class dues Margie added that she and Bill celebrated their 35th tal footprint.” Says Doug: “We are trying to serve people and send back your “Share Your News” forms so we have wedding anniversary in July in Brussels. She is looking in a way that can improve happiness through a tasty plenty to write about! Ilene Shub Lefland, ilene.lefland forward to more travel, including a CAU trip to Patagonia drink, good nutrition, and human health, while improving @gmail.com; Cindy Fuller, cindy@cindyjfuller.com. On- in 2020 with classmate Wendy Schaenen, MD ’83, and environmental sustainability through innovation.” line news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. her husband, Anand Jagan nath, MD ’83. As many of us contemplate—and actuate—retirement, My Manhattan “neighbor” and high school class- Mick Rogers went back to school! He successfully Greetings, classmates! After five years of mate Nancy Sverdlik reported to me that she and defended his clinical social work PhD dissertation on 79 authori ng our class e-newsletter, I (Danna Beth And ers on ’80 “set our hiking boots in the direc- “Teaching Advocacy to Second Year Master of Social Levy) have swapped responsibilities with fellow class tion of Hokkaido, Japan, this past September, climbing Work Students in Clinical Field Placements” from the officer Kathy Zappia Gould and have joined the class up trails to active volcanoes and ever-mindful of replen- Smith College School for Social Work. He took the leap correspondent rotation along with fellow scribes Linda ishing our fluids—with sake!” Nancy’s previous hiking when Sutter Health closed down the Child Guidance Moses and Cynthia Ahlgren Shea. By way of personal adventures have included trips to Machu Picchu, the Clinic, which he led. “It took a little longer than expected,” update: Since leaving Ithaca, I have happily resided in Himalayas in Nepal, and summiting Kilimanjaro at he says, “but it was an intellectually invigorating experi- NYC, where I attended NYU’s Stern School of Business 19,341 feet. Other classmates enjoying the Haymaker’s ence.” Mick now teaches second year practice, group (MBA ’81) and embarked on a career in advertising and wings and fries in cluded Debbie Zimmerman Frankel, therapy, and a field seminar at Smith and serves as a brand consulting. In recent years I have segued into Jeff Ford, Cynthia Green, Stacy Buchler Holstein, field faculty advisor for students in the San Francisco medi cal writing and pharmaceutical branding and am and Matthew Frisch. Thanks to Leslie Lewit Milner Bay Area. currently freelancing. Along with my husband, Jeffrey for organizing the event. Having studied apparel and costume design, Candace Riback ’75 (now retired, but a former assistant general Jeri Roberts Appel, MBA ’81, writes from Stamford, Warner Herring is still working as a costume designer counsel at Consolidated Edison), I am well into a “bucket CT, that she is retired from the software training business and is also now a professor. “Do anything long enough, list” journey of visiting all 30 Major League Baseball but is a “very dedicated volunteer” with the Boy Scouts, and they let you teach others!” she remarks. Kidding stadiums—seeing the Yankees play whenever possible. Jewish Family Services, the local food bank, and has aside, Candace says helping others learn and grow brings Our daughter, Jaclyn, and son-in-law Michael, both exec- been the treasurer of her temple’s sisterhood for the her the most satisfaction these days. The day she figured utives in the telecommunications industry, provided us past 22 years. She reports that her son Joshua ’22 is out what career to pursue was her best day at Cornell. One with granddaughter Ella Jade in March 2018. the seventh family member to attend Cornell—a tradition of Candace’s daughters has been hiking the Appa lachian On the topic of bucket lists, class president Mary that began with Jeri’s grandmother, Rosalie Ulrich Trail, taking time off from her job as a pastry chef. The Maxon Grainger, MPS ’87, shared with me that she and Rosenberg, LLD 1921. Jeri says her greatest satisfaction other just received her master’s in agricultural extension, husband Brad are involved in a similar project to ours. these days comes from “seeing my sons succeed in just like her grandpa, Richard Warner, PhD ’51. Brad, a lifelong Yankee fan, has set the goal of seeing college.” When asked about her best day at Cornell, she Our class held two events in NYC last November. the Yankees play in every American League ballpark. recalled scoring concert commission tickets to the 1977 Cynthia Kubas writes that the Red Hot Hockey event Perhaps we will see them in Dallas this April! I would Grateful Dead concert, which afforded her early entry was the best ever! The pre-party at Haymaker Bar and love to learn about the bucket list plans of other class- and therefore great seats! Kitchen included alumni from the classes of ’78 and ’79 mates. Please provide them to the e-mail below so they Please continue to send us your news. Your class- and was buzzing with excitement about the undefeated can be shared with the class. mates want to hear from you. Danna Levy, Danna men’s hockey team as they shared wings, fries, and a few Living in NYC comes with the added benefit of being GOA@gmail.com; Linda Moses, lindakmoses@gmail. adult beverages. Cornellians attending included Angela surrounded by legions of Cornell alumni. For the first com; Cynthia Ahlgren Shea, cynthia.shea@sothebys DeSilva, Jeanne Arnold Schwetje, Pat Valletta Riley time this year, I attended the Red Hot Hockey game at homes.com. Online news form, http://alumni.cornell. ’81, Roger Anderson, Kent Sheng, BA ’82, Sharon Madison Square Garden. This year’s contest was versus edu/class-notes/. M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 83 80 I beg your indulgence, dear reader, as this Happy spring to all! Life has been unbelievably named after Phil’s catch phrase, “You need to meet . . .,” will not be a column of the usual pithy style 81 busy for my family. As an annual giving officer as he effortlessly networked to bring people together, for which the Class of 1980 correspondents are well for Hadassah Medical Organization, my team just finished both in business and as friends. known. As you read this, our 40th Reunion will be mere up a banner year in fundraising. My daughter, Ella, just Out in Iowa, Sally Wilson is professor of biology and weeks away, June 4-7, 2020, and it is the wish of your had her bat mitzvah—she actually had it “twice” as the teacher of environmental biology, human anatomy and scribe to convey to you that many classmates have hurricane that never hit Delray made an enormous threat, physiology, horticulture, and applied systems thinking volunteered their time and creative talents to make this so we celebrated on two weekends! Ella and her brother, at Marshalltown Community College. The best aspect of a weekend that will linger in your memory. Unless your Brayden, are busy applying for high school and middle her job, she says, is meeting so many interesting people memory is like mine, in which case you may sneak a school; we are keeping our fingers crossed that they get and helping students who may have had limited success peek at the cover of this magazine to reassure yourself into performing arts schools! We took a ten-day road trip in their studies in the past to learn that they can learn. It that you are not currently reading the Shouts and in Russ’s van and traveled to Charlottesville and NYC, is a wonderful reward to see a student succeed both in Murmurs section of the New Yorker. where we had dinner at Wo Hop with Susan Levitt, who the classroom and in life, when previously they struggled. This column was submitted to CAM editors in mid- I hadn’t seen in a long time, and lunch with Eric Mes- She also loves to hear back from her graduates that they December 2019, so the list of both planned events singer ’83 on the Upper West Side. are continuing to learn and grow and use the skills they and volunteers is certainly not complete. The takeaway Restaurant veteran Nick Vojnovic has been induct- developed at MCC to help them succeed in life. from this column is that there will be no shortage of ed into the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Assn. Hall of “If you come to Ithaca every year, call yourselves the opportu nities to reconnect with familiar classmates Fame. Nick, who is president of St. Petersburg, FL-based ‘Old Guys,’ and engage in enough tomfoolery at Lynah and meet new ones, learn more about the most beau- Little Greek Fresh Grill, has been honored for his commit- Rink, it turns out you can become local celebrities,” the tiful campus in America, and participate in the resur- ment and service to the hospitality industry. In addition, Daily Sun reported last November, writing about class- rection of an icon that was last seen on East Hill during he was named the association’s 2019 Restaurateur of mates Gary Thompson, David Dilzell, Mark George, our freshman year. the Year. Since joining Little Greek Fresh Grill in 2011, he ME ’82, MBA ’83, and Dan Metsa (the conductor of the On Thursday night we will take over the Ithaca Farmers has led growth of the fast-casual concept to 44 locations band back in the day). The four come from all over the Market downtown—i.e., we will co-opt the co-op. Class- in five states. Prior to Little Greek, Nick served as pres- country—two from New Jersey, one from Virginia, and mates will join some local vendors in displaying their ident of Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Family Sports Pubs for 12 years, one from Chicago—but make sure to come together wares, and for those still tense over the commute to where he helped the company grow from 30 locations every year to cheer on the Big Red. They always have a Ithaca, a yoga session will be offered (in fact, classmate- to 260 in 23 states. He received his MBA from the U. of good weekend for the group; last year they watched the led yoga will be available each day throughout the South Florida’s business school. Steve Ritchey was back Cornell football team blow out Columbia and saw wins weekend). We will partner with the non-Reunion year in Ithaca for a semi-annual adult Cornell Educational Fund over both Quinnipiac and Princeton at Lynah. gang in this effort. If you have never been to the market, meeting on October 25 and 26. While there, he cele- Everyone likes to reconnect, so please send us your plan to join us on Thursday. brated the 150th anniversary of the founding of Alpha news! Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@comcast.net; Friday mid-day will feature a women’s panel forum— Delta Phi at Cornell with classmates Tom Starr and Tanis MacKay-Bell, TanisMBell@gmail.com; and Steven the working title as of this writing is “Any Woman, Any John Tuttle, among many others. Barre, scbarre@aol.com. Online news form, http:// Study.” Classmate panelists will discuss the challenges Paula Kaplan Reiss writes that she’s grateful to be alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes. women students encountered in the late 1970s and the alive—after falling 75 feet off a cliff in a hiking accident cultural changes precipitated by activism in our time on in Massachusetts. Incredibly, she was found by an Ithaca 82 Another spring is upon us, a great time to re-campus. Table facilitators will promote small group dis- College freshman who was also hiking in the area and connect with friends and update us with your cussion as well. This will happen in the Straight Memorial heard her fall. “Fifty people were involved in my rescue,” latest life events. Last spring, I reconnected with a class- Room, with lunch to follow on the Terrace. Paula writes, “which was managed by the Great Barring- mate after nearly 40 years. Mark Mandel contacted me If you want to see Cornell as you never have, we have ton Fire Dept.” After suffering a concussion and numerous after seeing my daughter on the streets of Collegetown. arranged fascinating classmate-led tours. Cornell’s secret broken bones, she was airlifted to the hospital—none of Mark noted that I was one of the first people he had met gardens, architecture, and world-class library system will which she remembers. Happily, she is recovering well. at Cornell during summer 1978. He is now a busy pedia- be featured in separate tours on Friday and Saturday. Her story was covered by the Berkshire Eagle, the Boston trician in Woodcliff Lakes, NJ (in a practice that includes On Saturday we will dedicate a group of newly planted Globe, and the Cornell Daily Sun! Paula is hoping to hike several fellow Cornellians), where he lives with his wife, American elm trees on the Arts Quad. We have estab- again soon. Congratulations to Celia Rodee and Peter Patti (Rose) ’83, MBA ’85, a professor at Ramapo Col- lished a Class of 1980 Tree Fund to, along with others, Cooper ’80, who received the 2019 Frank H.T. Rhodes lege. Patti also serves as visiting lecturer at Cornell. Mark bring back elm trees to the Cornell campus. The last of Exemplary Alumni Service Award! This award recognizes writes that he is incredibly proud of his three daughters— the Dutch elms was removed from campus in 1976, and alumni who have demonstrated extraordinary service to Molly ’17, Marissa, MBA ’18, and Natalie, who re- it is our hope that the disease-resistant American variety, Cornell through long-term volunteer activity. ceived a PhD in applied behavioral analysis from the U. when mature, will restore a former glory not seen for In November, about 20 of our classmates went to of South Florida in 2019—as well as his numerous Cor- several generations. Red Hot Hockey at MSG in NYC, where they saw the Big nell connections. Speaking of the iconic, the May 1977 Grateful Dead Red trounce Boston U. 2-0. A fun time was had by all! As you may be aware, Cornell’s Summer College is concert at Barton lives on not only in Cornell lore, but Mary Flannery Climes has just completed thirty years available to high school students who have completed in American musical history as well. Saturday night will as a librarian at Middletown Thrall Library, the public their sophomore, junior, or senior year and have the feature a live Dead tribute band (yup, I just wrote that) library in Middletown, NY. She loves her job and hopes academic ability, maturity, and intellectual curiosity to play a set from that concert. Even if you don’t know her work does good in the world. One of the highlights necessary to undertake college-level work. It’s an amaz- Jerry Garcia from a pint of Cherry Garcia, you should of 2019 was a day spent with her dear classmates Lori ing program and you can learn more at: http://www. check it out. Leipold Doughty and Liz Orfan in the Catskills. They summercollege.cornell.edu. Liana, daughter of Richard These events are over and above everything that the had a lovely hike and meal together. Rego and Carol Stabile, was one of the many talented university provides for all classes during Reunion week- A number of Cornell Delta Chis made a bittersweet high school students who attended the 2019 Summer end, so boredom will not be an option. If you haven’t journey back to Ithaca on August 30, 2019, for the memo- College program. registered for our 40th, it’s not too late. For the most rial of Philippus Miller III ’83, who died of a massive On November 5, 2019, Mark Masler, JD ’93, was current Reunion news, go to https://alumni.cornell. stroke earlier that month. Attendants at the beautiful but elected to a 14-year term as a New York State Supreme edu/come-back/reunion/ and click on the Class of sorrowful ceremonies at Sage Chapel included class- Court Justice. He served for the past 11 years as a law 1980 link. mates Dave Martens and Steve MacDonald, many of clerk to recently retired Supreme Court Justice Phillip Thank you to all who have volunteered as of Decem- their brothers in nearby classes, and a full complement Rumsey, whose seat he was elected to fill, and formerly ber 2019, and to those others who have since joined the of Glee Club and Hangovers members. A phenomenal practiced law as a partner in the Ithaca office of Harris 40th Reunion team! Dana Jerrard, dej24 @ cornell. reception followed at the Statler, where Phil devoted so Beach PLLC. Mark lives in Cortland, NY, with his wife, edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky @ aol.com; Dik Saal- many years. Phil’s wife, Yasamin, has established a memo- Bernice Potter-Masler. Mark and Bernice have four feld, rfs25 @ cornell.edu. rial charitable foundation (https://youneedtomeet.org/) adult children and one grandchild. 84 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E Three years ago, with no prior military service, Ernest Gianna attended Yale, earning a BS in biology, and is equal employment opportunity, an aging workforce, occu- Block was approached to join the US Navy Reserve Med- curr ently an MD-PhD candidate in neuroscience at UC pational safety and health, and the gig economy. Susan ic al Corps. Ernie, a career trauma surgeon, joined up and Irvine. Son Adam graduated from George Washington U. is most proud of the successes of her students. “I teach writes that working with Marines and sailors has been a School of Business and resides in Manhattan, working at a school that prizes access—we admit students with new experience for him. As of the time of his writing, he for Yelp. Dom loved the visits of John Stewart and Ben- fewer options for legal education. Many are racial/ethnic had not been deployed and has been spending most of jy Goldman and welcomes any Cornellians for as long minorities, many the first in their families to attend college his time training corpsmen. as he and Becky are holding down the fort in Malibu. and graduate school. And we’ve had some wonderful We were delighted to learn that our classmates Teri Bayer, Alfred Cowger Jr., Lisa Potkewitz, DVM ’88, and Carol Huntress Gilmour immersed themselves in Cornell’s Adult University classes last summer. These ‘ We have established a Tree Fund to bring non-credit courses, designed and led by some of Cor- nell’s most gifted faculty, allow alumni to enjoy the back elm trees to the Cornell campus.’ educational life of Cornell in the company of other bright, curious, and warmly engaged adult learners. If you would D A N A J E R R A R D ’ 8 0 like to learn more about CAU, you can do so at: www. cau.cornell.edu. One of our Florida classmates recently wrote about Super to hear from Benjy Goldman (zbabygiver@aol. successes—students who have become incredible advo- her many Cornell connections and contacts. Beth Ber- com), who continues to practice ob/gyn at North Shore cates, judges, and policymakers.” Susan and freshman- man Zipper is a retired nutritionist. She writes, “I recent- U. Hospital on Long Island, where he is also assistant year sweetheart and husband Charles Bisom-Rapp ly brought my daughter, Jamie ’21, to campus and had professor at Hofstra Medical School. In 2017, Benjy was (charles.bisomrapp@gmail.com) live in Southern Cali- a wonderful visit. Other family graduates include sons one of five physicians out of thousands in the Northwell fornia. Son Skylar and daughter-in-law Molly McNamara Brandon ’13 and Harrison ’10.” Beth noted that she has Physician Partners Network to receive the Patients’ Choice are both architects in NYC. Son Ezra is a pre-med senior remained in contact with Vickie Gladstone Dubin and Award based entirely on patient feedback: “These phy- at UC Berkeley. Niece Hannah Ritter ’22 keeps Susan Meryl Seltzer Jacobs and that Karen Bedor Baker and sicians truly embody our commitment to continuously close to the Hill. Stewart Glickman, stewartglickman Betsy Silverfine ’81 are fellow Boca Raton residents. raising the standard of care for our patients.” Benjy and @gmail.com; Kim Todt, krt5@cornell.edu; Jon Felice, Enjoy your spring, and when you have a few free min- wife Sara live in Lattingtown, Long Island. Son Daniel ’14 jbfelice@jbfelice.com; Tom Helf, tomhelf@aol.com. On- utes please complete and send us your “Share Your News” is starting his own B&B in the Bahamas; daughter Jessi line news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. forms. Take care. Doug Skalka, dskalka@npmlaw. ’16 graduated from Boston U. Law School and works for com; Mark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu; Nina Kondo, Sullivan and Cromwell in NYC; and rounding out the busy Hello all! Since our last column, our class coun- nmk22@cornell.edu. Online news form, http://alumni. Goldman clan are children Sammy, Jonah, and Gabriel. 84 cil is off to a great start! So first, let me get cornell.edu/class-notes/. Offering much-needed services in healthcare, Steve you up to speed on what your class officers have been Novak (steven_novak@urmc.rochester.edu) continues working on “behind the scenes.” 83 What a special time to write this column, having to build adolescent and addiction medicine practices at The Class of ’84 has been quite busy getting the new just cheered with 10,000-plus screaming Lynah the U. of Rochester Medical Center, where he has been officers established in their roles and responsibilities. Faithful at the terrific tradition of Red Hot Hockey at recognized for excellence in education including the Our president, John Toohey (jrt67@cornell.edu), got us Madison Square Garden. Shout-outs to our awesome recent Mary Lou Meyers Award, given by the Dept. of all started at a phone conference in which we discussed class attendees including Glennis Barr, Michael Psychiatry, for outstanding medical student teaching. our vision for an engaged class council. There is a lot of Brody, Jon Felice, Nancy Gilroy, Susan Wasserman Steve and wife Dawn enjoy time with their twin girls, energy and enthusiasm among the officers, and many Guerin, Jean Parker Hill, Lynn Leopold, Eric Messinger, Danielle and Stephanie. Steve loved seeing Sigma Pi ideas sprouted for the coming year and beyond. In partic- Maureen Saunders, DVM ’87, Matt Sirota, and so mates Gerry Leape ’82, BA ’83, Carlos Santiago, and ular, some of the best ideas included expanding our many more! Michael Vernick, ME ’84, at the recent wedding cele- social media interactions and presence, possibly launch- We have some fabulous news and stories from our bration of Emily Kern, daughter of Steve and Jennifer ing a newsletter, and perhaps laying the groundwork for classmates. After many years of running multi-billion- Hughes Kern. Also attending were Alyson Burleigh a periodic series of classmate profiles in the months dollar food businesses with Cadbury, Mondelez, and then and her husband, Mike Dege. Big congratulations to leading up to our 40th Reunion in 2024. Please contact Kellogg’s, James Cali (james.v.cali@live.com) is now a newly weds Emily and Timothy Nielsen! one of your class officers if you wish to support making partner at a venture capital firm investing in and mentor- James and Shelley Macklin Taylor (jtaylor@abarta any or all of these ideas a reality, and if you have any ing small disruptive snack, beverage, food tech, and food energy.com; staylor@innovation.pitt.edu) write that they other ideas that the council can consider! We can always ingredient startups. Jim finds it “refreshing to do some- had a wonderful visit to campus in November, speaking use “new blood” willing to share time and talents. thing new and have more control of time.” Jim and wife to undergraduate and graduate students in the Global One significant accomplishment that may be of much Susan enjoy family time in Glen Ridge, NJ, and at their Emerging Leaders in Family Enterprise class. Jim is interest for the social media enthusiasts among us is that beach house at Barnegat Light, Long Beach Island. They chair man of the board of ABARTA, a diversified third- we have (thanks to our president) a new class Instagram had a fabulous holiday in Italy last summer in the Vine- and fourth-generation family business with interests account, which you can follow at @cornellclassof84. yards of Montepulciano. Son Anthony is studying business in Coca-Cola beverage distribution and energy. Shelley Since we are just now announcing it, we are clamoring at Fordham U., and daughter Francesca, who graduated chairs the ABARTA family council, is a family business for your pictures! You can easily follow the URLs for our from Johns Hopkins U., where she played varsity field consultant at the U. of Pittsburgh, and has her own con- class: send your photos to me, José Nieves (jmn12@ hockey, will be starting medical school soon. Jim is up sulting practice. They love traveling with family including cornell.edu), and/or Karen Ansbro Leone (kansleo25@ for an LBI beach party summer 2020—who’s in? their three daughters, Alex ’09, Casey, and Erica ’15. “It gmail.com), and we will ensure that they are posted for Kudos to Dominic Fote (dfote@cgdrlaw.com) and was fun to have a reason to visit Cornell again. The stu- all to enjoy not only on our Instagram feed, but also our wife Becky for helping to fight the Woolsey fire in Malibu, dents asked great questions!” Facebook feed (https://bit.ly/Cornell84FB) and the CA, which “destroyed almost 500 homes in the city Special accolades to Thomas Jefferson School of Law community tab on the class web page (https://bit.ly/ limit and nearly ten percent of the neighborhood.” Dom associate dean Susan Bisom-Rapp (susanb@tjsl.edu), Cornell84)! and Becky, married in 1986 after meeting at Pepperdine who received the 2019 Paul Steven Miller Memorial Award, Now for some classmate news. Our news feed is some- Law School, are active members of the ten-person Malibu a national honor recognizing outstanding academic and what like a trickle, but we would love for it to become West Volunteer Fire Brigade (Dom since its inception in public contributions in the field of labor and employment more like Taughannock Falls instead. Thus, I strongly 2012). They were able to help save their home and most law. Recipients are chosen by their academic peers. A encourage you to share happenings, milestones, and of their cul de sac. Dom has been with Chapman, Glucks- member of Jefferson’s faculty since 1996 and an inter- other life events so that I can share them in this space. man, Dean & Roeb for 33 years, a partner since 1997. nationally recognized scholar, Susan writes about trends Remember—if something is important to you, many may Becky is a criminal prosecutor in Ventura County. Daughter affecting the modern workplace, including globalization, want to read about it! M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 85 Elizabeth Suárez was on campus this fall at the Chip Barnes, ME ’86, writes, “I am currently living in Manaster was there to see it! I am also very grateful to invitation of the College of Business to talk about her Boulder with my beautiful and talented wife and two Cornell and the professors I had in the Communication bestselling book, The Art of Getting Everything. She and children. I am the chief engineer and director of opera- department for teaching me so much of what I have used her husband, Clete, visited with their freshman daughter, tions for the civil business at Ball Aerospace, continuing in business throughout my career. I have worked in the Bianca Lewis ’23, during parents’ weekend. Elizabeth my dream of working in the aerospace industry. When not publ ishing industry in sales and management for maga- also crossed paths on campus with her fellow ChemE working I am hiking, skiing, watching my daughter dance zines including Vogue. Last year, when our youngest child classmate Anne Gumkowski Pierce. Elizabeth got the ballet, or helping with my son’s marching band. I have only was leaving for college, I launched Empty Quester, my entire family together for the Thanksgiving holiday in our visited Cornell a few times since I left in 1986, and though webs ite and blog for parents who are crafting their bold next chapter after raising children. But that concept also grew into my promoting the 50-plus demographic, ‘ I recently volunteered at D.C. our cont inued vibrancy in the workforce, and our grow-ing infl ue nce on younger professionals through inter- Central Kitchen—the nation’s frst generational teams. Currently, I am building a business around speaking to companies who are interested in “community kitchen.” ’ engaging with this audience. On a personal note, we have two daughters: Jacqueline, 23, works for IBM in digital communications in San Francisco; and Catherine, 20, L I S A B U R N S G R I F F I N ’ 8 7 is spending her junior year at NYU abroad in Israel.” Donna’s TEDx talk can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/ KxFvPuWBS5A. I watched it and it’s a great mix of infor- beloved New York City. They saw a show at Radio City Boulder is a wonderful place to live, I do miss visiting the mation and inspiration! It resonated with me personally Music Hall (which they absolutely loved) and had other Ithaca area.” I fully agree, Chip; I love Ithaca! as I took on a new role in a new industry myself last year. exciting adventures. Our Reunion planning continues in full swing and we I joined Alliance Real Estate, a niche private equity firm, We also heard from our class vice president, David are so excited! We look forward to seeing all of you at as a managing director. Goodman (deg28@cornell.edu), who writes, “In what Cornell. At this writing, we were also planning a pre- Another classmate is also embarking on a new profes- has become a Thanksgiving tradition for our families, Reunion Happy Hour at the Rag Trader and Bo Peep sional venture. Karen J. Laufer sold her promotional Jeff Silver and I recently attended the Red Hot Hockey Cocktail & Highball Store in NYC for January 11. Hope products business, Birch Point Paper Products (dba TK game at Madison Square Garden. Cornell remained to see you there or at Reunion! Joyce Zelkowitz Cups-Sorg), to Gemini Industries on November 1, 2019. undefeated, shutting out Boston U. 2-0. As usual, a great Cornett, cornett0667@comcast.net. Online news form, Karen worked as an owner and president at TK for almost time was had by all. Jeff and I had our picture taken with http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. a decade after practicing as a litigation attorney in her Touchdown the bear this year as we did on the very first first career. After taking time off to travel and relax, Big Red hockey game back in 2007.” David and Jeff have 86 We heard from many classmates who gra- Karen plans to work part time as a consultant for the kept in touch with other ’84ers such as Tom Bellomo, ciously shared news and updates on their nonprofit and for-profit sectors with her new venture, Rich Lipschutz, and Gary Hindin through their fantasy lives. Betsy Mead Noel writes that she retired from Visionstep Consulting. football league fittingly named “U-Hall 2.” David shares clinical dentistry in June 2018, after practicing for 28 Lastly, I’m happy to report that many of our class- that he is very excited about being elected VP for our years in both Oregon and Ithaca. She is finding plenty mates sent their children to the Hill last summer to class and that he looks forward to working closely with to keep her happy, busy, and fulfilled. She shares: “In participate in the 2019 Cornell Summer College program. all the class officers. July 2018 my daughter and I went to Kenya and Tan- Participants included Eva, daughter of Thomas, JD ’94, And David gave me a great segue to ending this zania with friends. It was absolutely amazing! We went and Cathy Gordon Bartell ’90 and sister of Whitney column, as he wrote, “I already can’t wait for our 40th!” to Amboseli, the Laikipia Plateau, Masai Mara, and Bartell ’12; Josephine, daughter of Robert Bowman I’m willing to bet that’s a sentiment felt by most of us in Zanzibar. I have always loved all of the African animals, and Heather George; Shira, daughter of Jeffrey, MPS the class. Please remember that if you attend any Cornell especially lions, and got to see them all. Our daughter ’86, and Jessica Budzynski Brown ’87; Nicole, daugh- event and have pictures, news, or stories to share, send is now a sophomore at Ithaca High School, and while ter of Patrick ’85, ME ’88, and Pei Yee Cheng Thean them in, and they will become valuable mementos for she’s not thinking Cornell at this point, you never know. and sister of Joy Thean ’21; Tess, daughter of Ronald us all. They will also add to the (unwritten) history of our (I wasn’t thinking Cornell at her age either!) I semi- and Kerianne Piester Wisor ’87; and Teddy, son of class! Of course, this applies to any Cornell event you regularly visit Boston friends Deirdre Maltais Heisler, Nancy Keates and David Siker. Send your news to: attend, either regional, national, or international! Write Donna-Lee Gargano Selland, and Patricia Belden Lori Wagner, loriwagner86@gmail.com; Michael Wag- to: José Nieves, jmn12@cornell.edu. Kelly. All three are incredibly busy being successful at ner, mwagner123@gmail.com; Nancy Keates, nancy. work and raising their kids. I also get to see Donna keates@wsj.com; or Toby Goldsmith, toby.goldsmith@ 85 By the time this column is available for viewing, Thomas Choromanski when she visits her son who is gmail.com. we will be in 2020—the 35th anniversary of our a sophomore at Cornell, and Ellen Nord berg when I graduating from Cornell! That means . . . YES! Reunion get out to Colorado for skiing. In the summers, Jen Greetings, classmates! As I write this column, plans have already begun. Sharon Tolpin Topper, Jen Sidell Cornelssen Ellis ’85 and I meet up on Squam 87 Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Sidell Cornelssen Ellis, Roxanne Nosal, and I have been Lake in New Hampshire, where our families have had 2020 will quickly be upon us. Please know that you checking venues, menus, and events for all of you to homes for many years. Coincidentally, Patricia Belden’s are in my thoughts and have all my best wishes for the enjoy this June 4-7, 2020. Please make your plans to son Mak goes to camp on the same lake. Julie Hamon new year. be there; it’s going to be amazing! Hodges and I keep in regular touch, but Seattle is a As part of the Cornell Club of Washington, I recently Jeffrey Grayzel (jeff@jeffgrayzel.com) wrote in that bit far for regular visits. She has been a successful volunteered at D.C. Central Kitchen—the nation’s first he earned a BS in Engineering and a BA in Econ at Cornell. fitness entrepreneur and has raised two lovely chil- “community kitchen.” We peeled and chopped fruits He just finished up his first year as mayor of Morris dren. Last night I got to spend some social time with and vegetables and helped prepare meals for over 900 Township, NJ, a community of about 24,000 residents. Mike Schafer and his lovely wife, Diane (Composti). people out of what otherwise would be wasted food. Of He previously served two three-year terms on the town Occasionally I run into Jenny Graap as well!” For course, it is always gratifying to participate in community council. Jeff said, “I really loved my first year as mayor those of us who pine for our days in Ithaca, take heart; service events. But I also was very pleased to hear the and feel I am making a real difference in my community. Betsy writes that even though she spends every day in comment of one person who was part of our Cornell I have taken many of the things I learned as an Industrial Ithaca, she still muses “about the days when we were group but who didn’t attend Cornell and has no affiliation Engineering student at Cornell and applied them to all here together!” with it. The individual graduated from another Ivy League improving the quality of life in my town.” Jeff says he Donna Mandell Korren continues to do great work school and explained that, in her view, Cornell offers the would love to hear from any other Cornellian elected promoting the 50-plus age group. “I gave a TEDx talk in best alumni activities of all the Ivies, so she signs up to officials out there. Manhattan recently. I was so grateful Lisa Hellinger join Cornell alumni whenever she can. Go Big Red! If 86 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E you’re interested in connecting with Cornell alumni in Cornell and will be joining his older sister, Sophia ’21, Happy spring! First off, there are a bunch of your area, I recommend checking out the following link, in the College of Human Ecology. Andréa is extremely 89 exciting announcements. Congratulations to which pro vides information about the many Cornell proud of both of her children and is thrilled to know they Stacey Lowery Bretz, PhD ’94, for being awarded the clubs around the country: https://alumni.cornell.edu/ will be together again on campus. American Chemical Society Award for Achievement in clubs-groups/. Diane Little Sassano writes, “2019 was a busy year Research on Teaching & Learning of Chemistry for 2020. Here’s what’s in the news. After a multi-year hiatus for us! Son Antonio ’19 graduated from the Engineering Stacey has helped advance high-quality assessment in from the class column, Craig Standen sends an update college and is putting his ChemE and Food Science chemistry in hundreds of chemistry departments around from Wayne, PA, reporting, “All is well with the world.” Craig concentration to use in R&D for an Asian frozen food the country. The assessment tools she and her research says, “Family is good and kids are pretty much launched. manufacturer in New Jersey. Daughter Natalie enjoyed students developed are used in more than two dozen Son Hunter graduated from Colby College in 2016, lives another year performing in the color guard with the U. countries. She is a university distinguished professor of in NYC, and is a senior client engagement manager with of Delaware Marching Band. She is a sophomore double chemistry at Miami U. Eze Software. Daughter Madi graduated from Bucknell majoring in management of information systems and The board of directors of the Roper Center for Public U. this past May and is student-teaching biology, math, marketing. In the summer we relocated to Orlando, FL, Opinion Research at Cornell recently announced that and wilderness survival skills at High Mountain Inst. in for husband Frank’s finance job at Wyndham Destinations. Patricia Moy, MS ’93, the Christy Cressey Professor of Leadville, CO. Three words—NO MORE TUITION.” Craig’s We are settled into our new home and adjusting to life Communication and associate vice provost for aca- wife, Helen, is a horticulturist and manages the green- in the Sunshine State as Disney annual passholders. I’m demic and student affairs at the U. of Washington, is house operations at a local public garden. And in Sep- looking forward to more adventures with my KD sisters the recipient of the 2019 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for tem ber, Craig accepted a position at Vanguard as senior Wendy Zeh Whiting ’85 and Donna Rau Pierce ’87. I’ve Excellence in Public Opinion Research. This award recog- healthcare investment consultant in the firm’s institu- also been having fun locally with Amy Geller ’90 and nizes Patty’s contributions to political communication and tional investor group after a little over six months “between her family. Lori Bianco Orr and I have been able to visit to our understanding of the communication processes gigs.” During his time off, Craig had the opportunity to each other in Boston and Orlando! Jill Lundin Mayo that shape public opinion, citizenship, and political be- reconnect with many of his Phi Delta fraternity brothers stopped by with one of her daughters for a quick swim. havior, as well as her extensive leadership service to the (“Shout out to all you guys!”) along with good friends Before moving I caught up with Carol Schober Policelli public opinion profession. Patty received her BS and MS Shelby Tedesco Spak, MRP ’89, Kim Leinwand Erle, when she was visiting New Jersey. I continue to volunteer degrees from Cornell and her PhD from the U. of Wiscon- and Eric Braun. for CAAAN and am in awe of the many accomplishments sin, Madison, and worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio In October, Charles Prosper was named chief exec- of the applicants. I am super proud of my father, Ran- Liberty before joining the faculty of the U. of Washington. utive of the PeaceHealth Northwest network. Charles dolph Little ’62, for all his lifelong contributions to Congratulations to Lorette Simon Gross, MBA ’90, joined Vancouver-based PeaceHealth in March 2019 as Cornell, the College of Engineering, and the Lab of who was elected a Cornell trustee. She joins fellow class- the chief operating officer for its facilities in the North- Ornithology. He’s currently serving on the president’s mates Matthew Biben, Stephanie Keene Fox, and Lisa west. He will continue to lead its hospital operations in council, among his many activities. While I may be far Skeete Tatum (trustee emeritus) on the board. In Novem- Bellingh am, Sedro-Woolley, and Friday Harbor, WA, and away from Cayuga’s waters now, I have many memories ber, David Rosenberg, MD ’93, was honored at the CALS in Ket chikan, AK. His work will focus on maintaining of my undergraduate days and the many trips to Ithaca Alumni Assn.’s annual awards dinner with the Outstanding clinical and quality excellence, increasing employee and over the years. There are more friends I should have Alumni Award. Stephanie Gebel Silverstein wrote that physician engagement, and developing relationships in mentioned, but I hope they will visit us!” daughter Sarah ’19 graduated from Arts in May and is the Northwest communities PeaceHealth serves. In addi- Alison Minton just finished filming the pilot for the an organizer in New Hampshire for Pete for America. tion to his Bachelor of Science from Cornell, Charles reality show “The Lonely Entrepreneur.” The show chron- Stephanie is married to Adam ’88 and lives in Port Wash- holds a master’s degree in physical therapy from Columbia icles the struggles and successes of new business own- ingt on, NY. Gayle Shomer Brezicki started teaching U. and an MBA from UC Berkeley. ers as they build their businesses, and guides entrepre- photography (part time) at her son’s high school. She Please keep sending your news our way. We love neurs toward realizing their professional dreams. Alison wrote, “I love being with the students and realizing how hearing from you! You can submit a news form or e-mail features in this new series with her hybrid e-commerce much things have changed since my years at the Daily any of us at the following addresses: Lisa Burns site for fashion accessories. She explains that there will Sun.” She also works part time as an occupational Griffin, LAG77@cornell.edu; Whitney Weinstein Good- also be a charitable and social element, as well as some therapy assistant at nursing homes. Gayle wrote, “I met man, wwg5@cornell.edu; or Liz Brown, etb29@cornell. unique content. You will have to catch “The Lonely Entre- Deborah Silverman Shames and her husband, Martin, edu. Online news form, https://alumni.cornell.edu/ preneur” when it airs to learn more! This all took place in when I checked in (at Reunion), and, after hitting it off, class-notes/. NYC this past fall and she’s hoping it gets picked up for a I spent much of Reunion with them. They met at Cornell full season. Alison notes that the real TV star of the fam- and are such a great, loving, compatible couple that I’m 88 Hello, fellow ’88s! Well, winter is finally wind- ily is her 19-year-old umbrella cockatoo, a professional in awe!” ing down and I am hoping that we can all look animal actor and model whose most recent jobs include Thank you Robin Strauss Rashbaum for giving up- forward to the warmer weather that should be coming parts in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Million Dollar List- dates. Dana Post Adler has taken on leadership positions our way soon again. I was delighted to hear from all of ing New York,” and a Walmart social media commercial! with the Jewish community on a local, national, and inter- you who sent news for this edition. But before I get into John A. Zucker and wife Meg are involved in a non- national level for the last two decades through the Jewish that, I want to offer a Big Red welcome to the sons and profit that partners with Cornell called Don’t Hide It, Flaunt Federation and now serves on the board of governors to daughters of our ’88 classmates who were recently It (DHIFI). They invite alumni to participate and learn more Jewish Agency for Israel. Her community work led her to accepte d in the Early Decision round and will soon join by simply googling “Cornell Alumni Flaunt It.” In addition, go back to school for a second master’s degree. Dana is our ranks as Cornellians! Laura Bloch’s daughter, Ella, John is practicing law in Summit, NJ, and he and Meg are currently studying human rights at Columbia U. She and was accepted into Arts & Sciences and plans to major in about to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. They her family have recently moved to Delray Beach, FL. Government. Laura tells us “she’s way into politics!” In also just celebrated the bat mitzvah of their daughter Nadine Shear Weinberg wrote a book, Emerging Con- fact, Ella has been working for several years now toward Savanna (their third and final b’nai mitzvot!). In atten- tami nants: Anticipating Developments. It examines the making it possible for teens in California who will be 18 dance at the celebration were Jeff Greenberg, Bryan factors that have led “new” environmental contaminants by a national election (but not by their state primary) to Fuhr ’93, Mat Zucker ’92, Liz Zucker Barnett ’84, Sam to emerge in the past and combines the lessons learned be able to cast a vote in the primary election. She was Barnett ’19, Becky Barnett ’17, Lesley Schonberger to anticipate potential new developments. This book is even invited by the California State Assembly to introduce Arlein ’95, and Stacey Slater Sacks ’91. available through Amazon or CRC Press. Bill ACA4 when it was up for a vote in committee. It passed Thanks to everyone who sent in info for our column. Sue Guarnaschelli Collins wrote, “I’ve been to out of committee and is now one step closer to being on The column would not exist without your contributions! If Ithaca a half dozen times this fall for TCAM, Alpha Phi’s the California state ballot, where the people can decide. you have yet to let us know what you’ve been up to all house corporation, and visiting my daughter at Ithaca With that, Ella has had her hand in paving the way for these years, don’t be shy! You can contact any of us at: College. There is a great network of Cornellians who are increasing the voting rights for future teens in the State Debbie Kaplan Gershenson, dkgershe@gmail.com; past and present parents of IC students, including of California! Andréa Meadow Danziger is thrilled to let Andréa Meadow Danziger, ALM46@cornell.edu; or Whitney Weins tein Goodman ’87.” Sue also gave us know that her son, Andrew, was also accepted to Aliza Stein Angelchik, aangelchik@sonorusbrand.com. news from Cheryl Donnelly Burgess, whose daughter, M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 87 Isabella ’23, started as a freshman in the College of manner of speaking. David is currently serving in his a classmate or yourself that you’d like to share? Please Human Ecology this past fall. Isabella is a Global Public fourth term on the local school board and has set his feel free to drop us a line with your news for the class Health Studies major and a member of the Big Red March- sights on a new race in 2020. “After 13 years of adv oc acy column. Allan Rousselle, agr2@cornell.edu; Rose ing Band and Pep Band. Alyse Etelson Leiber man came for neighborhood schools, I am now running to serve on Tanasugarn, nt28@cornell.edu. Class Facebook page, up from Boca Raton to visit Sue in Huntington, NY. Alyse’s the San Jose City Council. My district (District 4) includes http://facebook.com/Cornell90/. son Jason ’19 graduated in December from Dyson. 110,000 residents of North San Jose.” For more informa- Don’t forget to submit your class dues and Share Your tion, you can visit his website at: http://electdavidcohen. 91 Greetings from Kennebunk! As I write this in News forms. You can either mail the form you receive, com. Also on the West Coast, Adrian Spidle, MS ’94, December, we are freezing up here in Maine, e-mail us directly, or submit your news at: www.alumni. and his wife, Holly Davies ’93, are raising their family in with some weather on its way. My son is hoping for a white cornell.edu/class-notes/. The more news we have, the always-sunny Olympia, WA. Their son has entered his first Christmas this year. You’ll all be reading this in March, better the column is. Enjoy your spring! Stephanie year at Western Washington U. in Bellingham, WA, while right at the start of Mud Season, Maine’s fifth season. Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com; Kristina Boro- their daughter is a freshman in high school. We heard from some of my favorite classmates this vicka Gerig, kgerig@columbus.rr.com; Anne Czaplinski Turning our attention to the East Coast, Dave Pollin— time around. First, my roommate and longtime dear friend Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Lauren Kidder McGarry, a member of the Hotel school dean’s advisory board—is Julie Welch Alvarez ’92 wrote from Central Texas that laurenkiddermcgarry@gmail.com. co-founder and president of the Buccini/Pollin Group in her oldest, Andrew ’19, graduated with a degree in Oper- Washington, DC, where he leads the firm’s hotel acqui- ations Research and Information Engineer ing from the 90 Let’s start this column with a word from your sition, development, and capital markets efforts. He also College of Engineering. Andrew has had a great experi-Class of ’90 Reunion chairs: “Hello classmates! serves as chairman of BPG’s hotel management affiliate, ence at Cornell! Julie also shared that she was able to Momentum has been building for months now and we’ve PM Hotel Group, which was recently recognized in Hotel celebrate Karen Paul Zimmer, MD ’98’s 50th in Phila- planned a fantastic weekend on the Hill. Our 30th Re- Business for its outstanding company culture. In fact, in delphia at the Rittenhouse Hotel. Also there were Georgia union, June 4-7, 2020, strikes the perfect balance between a survey of more than 1,000 people in the hospitality Bosseler Rossi ’90, Erinn Greene Ryen, Kelly Ham- planned class events, university classics, and free time. industry, PM Hotel Group performed the highest in the mond Jessop ’90, MBA ’95, MRP ’96, Tom Wolf ’90, Please join 500-plus classmates as we kick off the week- most categories, including trust development, leadership, ME ’91, Nina Weissenberger Neel ’89, Rob Lane end with a port tasting and talk presented by Frédéric and purpose. Also in the D.C. area, Shenandoah Titus, ’90, Elizabeth Bunta Haussman, and Abbe Goldberg Bouché, owner of Ports of New York. See artifacts from MPS ’01, is working as an attorney, licensed by the District Groffman. Julie also joined a lot of Cornellians on Novem- his family’s vineyard in Bor deaux and learn about the of Columbia Court of Appeals (D.C. Bar). Shenand oah ber 30 at Madison Square Garden, to see Cornell defeat makings of his exceptional specialty wines. We follow specializes in whistleblower law and protection against BU 2-0 in the Red Hot Hockey game! that with dinner in the crit space under the dome in the workplace bullying. “I am the CEO of a national office, the Tracey O’Connor Morzano, another roommate and gorgeous new Milstein Hall. Serendipity Catering will pro- Whistleblower Anti-Bullying Resource Network (WARN). dear friend of mine, wrote that her oldest, Isabella ’22, vide our exceptional food (we’ve tasted everything!) there Moreover, I am the author of the premier book The Whistle- is a sophomore at Cornell and is loving it. Isabella runs and for most of our meals including our dressiest dinner blower: Defeating Bullies, Harassers & Management track and cross country for the Big Red. I also heard from Friday night at the Nevin Welcome Center at the Botanic Gang Retaliation, which is available at Amazon.com.” my old friend Doug Fudge, MAT ’92, and caught up with Gardens and the more casual Saturday night dinner on If a book on whistleblowers seems remarkably topi- him. He is living in Culver City, CA, with his wife, Esta the Ag Quad before Corn elli ana Night. Morning meditation, cal, take a look at the news from Jessica Hausknecht Spalding, and their daughter, Gemma. Doug is an associ- yoga, group runs/walks, a campus tour, opportunities Sanderson, who joined the Volkov Law Group in January ate professor at Chapman U., and he regularly talks with for continued learning, our class meeting and photo, time 2019. Jessica represented Lt. Col. Alex Vindman in the his roommates of several years, Harry Cosmatos, who with the Hangovers, and themed late nights at our RPU recent impeachment hearings before Congress. She lives in South Pasadena, and Ian Reichenthal, who (now Robert Purcell Com munity Center) provide the notes that Lt. Col. Vindman also attended Cornell for lives in New York City. perfect backdrop for memory-making! You will not want some of his military training. Jessica and her husband, That’s it for now! Here’s your friendly reminder to please to miss this Reunion. For additional details, see our class Matthew ’87, make their home in Denver, CO. Their son pay your dues and send updates! We correspondents website (http://classof90.alumni.cornell.edu) and our is a junior at Cornell and their daughter is applying to appreciate some fodder for the column. Have a wonder- Facebook page (http://facebook.com/Cornell90/). colleges as she wraps up her senior year in high school. ful spring, everyone, and hope to see you soon. Wendy Register now at: https://alumni.cornell.edu/come-back/ When asked what gives her the most satisfaction in her Milks Coburn, wmilkscoburn@me.com; Lori Wood- reunion/. See you in June!” life these days, Jessica responded: “Family, friends, and ring, lori.woodring@yahoo.com; Joe Marraccino, Joe. In the meantime, a quick check of our e-mail inbox work. I love my Cornell friends and we are still in close Marraccino@wfafinet.com; J. Tim Vanini, lavanooche@ reveals a note from classmate David Cohen. David and contact.” If she had a day in Ithaca, Jessica says she icloud.com. Online news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/ his wife, Shelli Bodnar ’91, MD ’95, are currently raising would “hug my son, walk around campus, go on a wine class-notes/. their two kids in the San Jose area. “Our daughter, Mia, tour, and eat at the Souvlaki House. Our composite is a junior in high school and the starting guard on her picture is still adorning a booth.” Hello, Class of ’92! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the school’s basketball team. Our son, Reed, is in eighth grade, Of course, as noted above, members of the Class of 92 most recent news from our fellow classmates. is a top distance runner at his school, and plays soccer.” ’90 can spend more than just a day in Ithaca if you join Congrats to Danny Stein, managing partner at Volery Reed isn’t the only family member who is running—in a us for Reunion this year! Do you have any news about Capital Partners, who was a speaker at Entrepreneurship at Cornell this past fall. He relayed his investment experi- Register Online! ence across media and technology, digital anti-piracy technologies, and asset management. A Class of ’92 alumni.cornell.edu/come-back/reunion/ shout-out goes to Andre Carrier, the chief operating officer of Eureka Casino Resort in Mesquite, NV. Andre’s company, which also owns the New Seabrook Park in • Arrive Thursday and enjoy port tasting, a wine-making talk, Seabrook, NH, has recently been recognized as number and dinner under the Crit Dome in Milstein Hall 35 in Fortune Magazine’s 2019 list of Top 100 Medium • March in Saturday’s inaugural All-Alumni Reunion Parade Workplaces in America. More congratulations go out to Stacey Rappaport, • Taste Cornell Dairy’s new ice cream “Berry Sweet Carolyn” a partner at Milbank (NYC), who received the Champion in memory of Carolyn DeWilde Casswell ’90 of Justice Award at Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center • Rejuvenate daily with yoga, meditation, and group runs & walks 2019 Awards and Benefit Reception. Stacey was recog- nized for her dedication to social justice. Her focus involves JUNE 4 –7, 2020 victims of gender-related violence, gender equity, and 30TH REUNION pro v iding legal services to underserved populations. As a litigator at Milbank, she represents insurance companies, 88 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E financial institutions, and major corporations. Stacey is Joel Levin has been living and working in South 7, and Alejandra, 8, and knew that Stanford U. is con- also an advocate for women through pro bono work, Korea for more than 15 years, but this year he walk- sidered Cornell’s sister school. nonprofit board memberships, and the legal profession, climbed-raced up Lotte World Tower—at 123 stories, it’s Speaking of Cornell sisterhood, do you know what and she is a founding member of Milbank’s Women’s the tallest tower in South Korea, and fifth or sixth tallest year our beloved Supreme Court Justice alumna gradu- Ini tiative Committee. Dylan Willoughby, MFA ’95, building in the world—as part of a vertical fun run. He ated from Cornell? Jennifer Henderson DiSarcina did! writes in that he has poetry forthcoming in Agenda Mag- finished in 44 minutes. Since 2015, he’s been a KEB 1954 was the graduation year of “the Notorious RBG,” azine (London). His recent album, called “Fabula by Lost Hana Bank rela tion ship manager, where he focuses on aka Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54. Jennifer is pretty accom- in Stars,” continues to chart on college radio. That’s all developing and supporting the bank’s expat banking plished herself. A fifth-grade mathematics lead teacher the news for now, folks. Send your news to: Lois Duffy services, which include launching and communicating in Boston Public Schools, she is a founding teacher/ Castellano, LKD2@cornell.edu; or Jean Kintisch, jmk about products/services tailored to expats. In that role, award winner of the Sontag Prize in Urban Education 226@cornell.edu. he also shares bank information with Korea’s expat com- and has continued to work with the program as it ex- munity through online, print, and social media; updates panded from Boston to across cities in the Common- 93 It’s springtime, which means you’ll soon be and edits the bank’s English website; trains branch wealth for over ten years. Jenn began her career in 2000 hearing from your class about renewing your personnel about foreign-client products/services and in Prince George’s County, MD, and has taught second, dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the accompanying etiquette; develops and leads expat-focused tours and fifth, and sixth grades in inclusion, general education, news form so that we can stay up to date with your activ- seminars; and builds ties with expat organizations, and talented and gifted magnet classrooms. Since ities! Whether it be a growing family, a change in your companies, clubs, and schools. 2003 she has also worked with Boston Partners in Edu- work, or a newfound passion, we want to hear about it! Seth Klugherz has been with the Goodyear Tire & cation and was named their Teacher of the Year in Send news to: Melissa Hart Moss, melimoss@ Rubber Co. since 2015, but in 2019 he took on the role 2010. Jenn is a past TeachPlus Fellow and has pre- yahoo.com; Mia Blackler, miablackler@yahoo.com; or of director of retail expansion for the company’s new sented regionally and nationally for MA Kairos, City Year, Theresa Flores, taf6@cornell.edu. Online news form, Roll retail line; he’s also serving as the general man- Word Generation/SERP, and Expeditionary Learning/ http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. ager of Roll. In that position, he is directly accountable Outward Bound and has worked at the district level as for all aspects of the Roll retail business, leading a a math coach. 94 A popular meme going around lately states, cross-functional team to reinvent the way tires are And who could forget the pumpkin that sat atop “Can you believe the year 2000 was 20 years bought and installed through the launch of a new retail McGraw Tower in October 1997, making national news? ago? Which is strange, because 1980 was also 20 years proposition. Two pilots have been launched to date, with Stephanie Lessans Geller knew it stayed there for a ago.” And I will add that our high school graduation year a combined 11 stores across Pennsylvania, Maryland, whopping 158 days! Ever competitive, a Santa hat was also feels like 20 years ago. How can all of it be even 20 and the District of Columbia. found atop the tower just a few days from when I wrote years ago, much less 30 or (gulp) 40? It feels distinctly Finally, I will share a little of my own news. For the this column, making its appearance just one day before strange to be welcoming not only a new year, but a new second year in a row, I have been voted by my peers as Cornell shut down the campus during a Thanksgiving decade. The great news, however, is that a new decade one of the top 100 lawyers in Florida, one of the top 50 break snowstorm. An article in the Daily Sun (which, not brings with it the opportunity to not only reflect on the lawyers in Tampa, and one of the top 50 women lawyers coincidentally, also mentions the famous gourd of ’97) past ten years, but also really focus on a vision for this in Florida on the Super Lawyers platform. I currently serve quoted one student as saying the week was “just full of year and beyond. What is your 2020 vision? as the chair of the Florida Bar’s Intellectual Property Christmas miracles.” As for Stephanie, she founded and We have lots of news as our classmates continue to Certification Committee and was recently re-certified now runs Community Wealth Builders, a nonprofit initiative hit milestones with family and career. Many now have myself as an expert in intellectual property law. This year focused on fostering equitable, sustainable economic their own children eagerly awaiting college acceptance marks my eighth year as the owner of my own boutique development in Baltimore. She lives in the city with her letters (am I the only one who feels like I would not get law firm, DPW Legal; my practice focuses on helping husband, Jeff, and two sons, and just made a trip up to into Cornell in today’s uber competitive atmosphere?). other small business owners with branding and protect- Cornell on a snowy November day so that her oldest son Here’s just a little bit of news to help you welcome 2020. ing their intellectual property, as well as helping litigants (a high school junior) could check out the Engineering Susan Laufer Krauss is living in Weston, CT, with her navigate the appellate process. college. (Unfortunately, they were a bit too early to view husband, Jason, sons Gavin, 14, and Lucas, 11, and her Here’s hoping everyone fulfills their vision for 2020 the Santa hat tower topper.) two beagles. She writes, “I founded and run a counseling and beyond! And remember, mark your calendars for In addition to our amazing trivia winners, we have center for children and families in Fairfield County.” She June 2024, because our 30th Reunion will be here before some other pretty impressive classmates to highlight this is lucky enough to see her Cornell friends often and loved you know it. Don’t forget—send us your news! Dineen issue. Erica Chapman (rafiki.chapman@gmail.com) celebrating at our 25th Reunion this past June in Ithaca! Pashoukos Wasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; Jennifer sends news that she recently moved from Colorado to Jason McMurray is taking science teaching to a Rabin Marchant, jar1229@yahoo.com; Dika Lam, Atlanta, GA, for a new job as CFO of Oldcastle Infra- new level. Last fall he was selected to be part of the dikaweb@yahoo.com. structure. She writes, “And after 20 years as a finance NYS Mas ter Teacher Program and received a fellowship professional, I finally became official and got my CPA through the Noyce Foundation through the U. of Rochester. 95 Here we are, just months away from the big license—and in the process learned test taking gets He teaches with the East Irondequoit School District in weekend: our 25th Reunion! Have you regis- harder as my brain ages!” Erica also completed her the Rochester area and is responsible for designing and tered yet? It’s going to be an incredible event you won’t 12th (!) Ironman triathlon this past season. In Barnegat, implementing curriculum for three science classes, in- want to miss. Check out our Reunion site for all the rele- NJ, Thy Nguyen Cavagnaro (jimmythy@comcast.net) cluding IB biology and animal behavior. In addition to vant details: https://alumni.cornell.edu/come-back/ built the nation’s first and only Vietnam veterans monu- teaching, he serves on committees focused on improving reunion/classes-groups/class-of-1995/. ment (dedicated on March 29, 2018) that has been science and math education in the district. As it stands, two of our classmates, Scott Horowitz fully funded by a single Vietnamese former refugee, Karen Bierman Hirsh is now an elected official— and Heather Walsh Jakubowski, have already won receiving national news coverage via USA Today and the specifi cally, she was sworn in as an elected member of FREE Reunion registrations through the Still Red Trivia Associated Press. A former Vietnamese refugee who the Greenwich Connecticut Board of Education after No- contest we’ve been running on our class Facebook page came to the US in 1975, Thy founded a movement called vemb er’s election. She campaigned on her more than (link below)—not to mention all the great Cornell swag “Thanking Vietnam Veterans in Barnegat,” and now decade of advocacy within the school district, as the being given away monthly to our Instagram followers hosts annual commemoration events for this group of parent of two current students. Her platform included (search for Cornell Class of 1995, look for the Big Red veterans in her town, fully funds group dinners for them, advocating for strong use of technology, health and Bear logo, and click to follow). and has inspired others across the nation to do similar wellness support for students, and ensuring school facil- Meanwhile, here are some of the latest winners who things for their own Vietnam veterans as well. ities are ADA compliant. She comes to the board role have not yet been mentioned in a class column. Carla Scott Sanderson is a neurosurgeon who is saving after many years leading and volunteering with PTAs at Bravo is a bilingual territory sales manager for the Eaton lives every day. After completing his surgical internship the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Now she Corp., responsible for increasing market share and rev- and residency in neurological surgery at New York U. gets to up her devotion to the schools to another level enue growth in the Southwest region. She lives in Dallas, Med ical Center, he was chief resident in neurological by working to set meaningful policy. Good luck, Karen! TX, is the mother of two beautiful daughters, Samantha, surgery at both Bellevue Hospital and the Veterans Aff airs M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 89 Hospital in Manhattan, where he operated on complex And while you’re at it, please send news, either directly Ithaca and the surrounding area. Taughannock Falls State brain tumors, intracerebral vascular malformations, to us at the e-mails below, or via the online news form Park is on the list for my hiking-happy family. Jocelyn cerebral aneurysms, and extensive brain and spinal cord at: http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. Sarah Getgen Kestenbaum, JD ’07, has planned her Reunion traumatic injuries. He uses computerized navigational Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; Erica Broennle weekend well and has many spots to visit, both on software to aide in the safe dissection of and removal of Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu. campus and off. She lists, “Botanic Gardens picnic, hike brain tumors and treatment of intracranial diseases. In the gorges, pitchers at CTB, ice cream at the Dairy Bar, addition to seeing patients in Connecticut, Scott is an This May, I will attend Commencement not sunset at Sunset Park, hang out on the Commons, night assistant clinical professor of neurosurgery at New York 98 only as a Cornell alumna, but also as a “Cornell at Hazelnut Kitchen or Moosewood, trip to Dinosaur U. Medical Center. Recently, he saved the life of a man Aunt,” when Alexa Parulan ’20 and Kaitlin Parulan ’20 BBQ, and live music at the Rongovian Embassy.” Though with a severe traumatic brain injury; you can read the full graduate with their class. How fitting that they attended the Rongo has permanently closed its doors, perhaps story at: https://www.westernconnecticuthealthnetwork. our graduation 22 years ago at the tender age of five you’ll enjoy a visit to Garrett’s Brewing Co., the new org/newsroom/article-listing/head-injury-patient-story. months! Have you been back to campus since gradua- establishment in that location. Congratulations and thank you to our classmates! tion? What are some memories you hold dear from your My #reuniongoals include all of the above, and, as Hope to see you all at Reunion, June 4-7! Got any fun Big Red years? If you have any news to share, please one of those backwards walking tour guides you used alumni stories to share? Reach out to us. Alison access the online news form at http://www.alumni. to see leading groups around campus, I would love to Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu; Scott Lajoie, scott cornell.edu/class-notes/ or you can e-mail me at udj1@ go on a campus tour and see what has changed in the lajoie@hotmail.com. Class website, http://classof95. cornell.edu. last 20 years. I’m looking forward to catching up with alumni.cornell.edu. Class Facebook page, http://bit.ly/ Here’s some good news from our classmate Kelly all my CIVR friends—I think it’s safe to say we had more CU95FB. Online news form, http://www.alumni.cornell. Jackson. Kelly co-authored a new book, titled Multi- fun than most other campus jobs. edu/class-notes/. racial Cultural Attunement, published by NASW Press. For all of us, a highlight of Reunion is catching up The book presents research on multiracial people and with old friends. I’m sure we all have a long list of people 96 Joshua Mendell (MD, PhD, U. of Texas South- families and the challenges they face today, including we’re hoping to see and reunite with during Reunion western Medical Center) was named one of racism, bullying, and separation. It also shares a model weekend. I hope to see you back on campus the first three winners of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s (MSK) Paul for attunement that leverages the strength and resilience weekend in June! Christine Jensen Weld, ckj1@ Marks Prize for Cancer Research, which recognizes prom- of multiracial people. Kelly is an associate professor in cornell.edu. ising investigators for their efforts in advancing cancer social work within the Watts College of Public Service research. He received a medal and an award of $50,000 & Community Solutions at Arizona State U. After Cornell, 01 How did “My Favorite Things” become a Christ-for his research on noncoding microRNAs. A com mittee she earned her master’s degree from the U. at Albany mas carol? Sure, it mentions “warm woolen of prominent members of the cancer research com- and her doctorate in social welfare from the U. at Buf- mittens,” “sleigh bells,” “snowflakes,” and “silver-white munity selected the winners. Craig Thompson, MD, MSK falo, SUNY. Uthica Jinvit Utano, udj1@cornell.edu. winters”—but those are just four of Fraulein Maria’s 14 president and CEO, stated, “Each of the recipients is favorite things. The rest are either seasonally agnostic conducting investigations that will have a major impact Amy Shah writes, “I did my own major in the or more common to other times of year. And “raindrops on cancer care in the years to come.” 99 Nutrition department, which was paramount on roses” are definitely not happening in December, Joshua’s lab studies noncoding RNAs, which lack the in my career now as a wellness speaker and double unless we’re confusing Austria with Australia, no? Do instructions for making proteins. Much of his research board-certified MD. I have spoken at large venues, and you hear what I hear? Just saying, people. We have Ivy focuses on a class of very small noncoding RNAs called my upcoming speaking events include the Harvard Club League brains, you know! microRNAs. “Over the years, my lab has investigated how of Boston and Brave Enough (a women’s empowerment In case that didn’t give me away, I’m writing this in these small noncoding RNAs contribute to tumor forma- conference of over 500 people).” Amy’s new book, Why mid-December as Christmas music fills the air—even tion and how they become dramatically reprogrammed the F are We So Tired, comes out in 2021 with Simon & here in Delhi, where Salil Gupte and I recently enjoyed in cancer cells,” he says. One particularly important con- Schuster. You can join her more than 44,000 followers on our son’s performance with the Austrian Embassy’s Mozart tribution from his lab was the discovery that MYC, a gene Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/fastingmd/. Choir of India. (To my earlier point: our drivers often take that’s overactive in many human cancers, promotes You’ll soon be hearing from your class officers about us to the Australian High Commission when we mean the cancer in part by reprogramming microRNAs to favor renewing your dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the Austrian Embassy, and vice versa. Can’t wait to see what tumor growth. Not all microRNAs in cancer cells have the accompanying news form so that we can stay up to date happens when we get invited to the embassy of Switzer- same function: some act to drive the formation of tumors with your activities! Whether it be a growing family or a land vs. Swaziland!) There are hundreds of religious or while others are tumor suppressors. This means that when newfound passion, we want to hear about it! Class festive songs for this time of year; does “My Favorite levels of the microRNAs go down, tumors are able to form. of 1999, c/o Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State Things” really need to be one of them? We have so many “We’re interested in finding therapies that change the St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850; e-mail, abb83@ other uses for it, such as organizing Class Notes columns. activity of these microRNAs,” Joshua explains. “For those cornell.edu. Online news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/ Keep reading if, like me, your version of the song would that act to drive the formation of tumors, it could be class-notes/. go something like this: “Classmates and veterans / beneficial to inhibit their activity. On the other hand, for Embracing the FOMO / Christmas, Manhattan / And those that act as tumor suppressors, we are working to 00 What are your #reuniongoals? Our 20th Re- plenty of cookie dough / Parades and new babies, ex-restore their activity or increase their levels in cancer union is coming up in just a couple of months, changing of rings / These are a few of my favorite things!” cells.” Research in his lab has expanded to include the on June 4-7, and there is so much to look forw ard to! Combining at least three of the above, we’ve got big study of other types of noncoding RNAs. “Other classes Our fabulous Reunion chairs, Cheryl Stanley and Beth news from Lauren Bettman Gershengorn (married of noncoding RNAs are much more mysterious, and their Sullivan Walkenbach, are putting in loads of hours to to Brian ’00). She and her sister, Brittany Bettman mechanisms are more diverse compared to microRNAs,” make this event a success. Baker ’10, have launched FOMO Baking Co., making he says. “We want to understand why our genome is Many of us are looking forward to showing our chil- 100 percent allergen-free cookie bites and cookie cakes. producing so many RNAs that do not encode proteins and dren the Cornell campus and maybe inspiring a future According to fomobaking.com, the former attorneys what role they may have in diseases, including cancer.” generation of Cornellians (though I don’t envy the accept- “spent countless holidays, birthdays, and special occa- Congratulations to Dr. Mendell! We wish him continued ance rate today’s applicants face!). Anna Gravino sions missing out on delicious desserts that everyone success in his lifesaving, pioneering work! Send your news Salerno will be bringing her four daughters to Reunion. else was able to enjoy. When they would try to eat desserts to: Lee Hendelman, LeeH1818@hotmail.com. On- She says, “My son, Matthew, was almost 2 for our 5th that were labeled as ‘safe,’ they would often get sick line news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. Reunion. Although we’ve been back a few times over the because of hidden ingredients or cross-contamination. years, my husband, Matthew ’98, and I are so excited Today the marketplace is filled with vegan-friendly treats 97 By now we hope you have received the an- to share Reunion with our five children.” or with gluten-free treats, but there is very little that is nual News and Dues mailing from your class. I think many of us didn’t leave campus as much as fresh-baked, delicious, and safely enjoyable for both of Haven’t responded yet? You can pay your dues online we would have liked during our undergraduate years, and us.” By perfecting kitchen safety practices and delicious at: https://alumni.cornell.edu/alumni-life/classes/. Reunion provides a great opportunity to explore greater recipes, their company now provides “a safe space where 90 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E people, like us and so many others, suffering from aller- Greetings and happy spring! We heard from time, she worked as a luxury hotel and fine dining res- gies and other food intolerances could safely enjoy a 03 Dan Galbraith recently. After working in vari- taurant inspector for Forbes Travel Guide for four years, fun and delicious dessert—and no longer have the ‘Fear ous operations and sales leadership positions at Cintas traveling the world in the process. Her writing and recipes Of Missing Out.’ ” Corp., Dan joined BRP Group Inc. in early 2019 as chief have appeared online and in print publications such as You know who’s not suffering from FOMO? Jennifer operating officer. He was part of a team to lead the firm The Kitchn, Epicurious, TASTE, Bon Appetit, Serious Eats, Radi! Our Facebook friend enjoyed a glittering Christmas to its initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq Global Food & Wine, and others. She currently lives in NYC with visit from Rochester to Manhattan (Idina Menzel in con- Select Market in October. He says, “Taking BRP public previous stints in London and Los Angeles. Her first cook- cert! Rockefeller Center Christmas tree! Cirque du Soleil! was a huge accomplishment for our colleagues and a key book, Keeping it Simple (Hardie Grant, February 2020), Bryant Park skating rink! Wedding dress shopping! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!) with a sparkling new ring finger. We’ll let her tell you the rest herself—perhaps in an upcoming column? ‘ Zach Iscol served as grand master Just a few weeks earlier, Jen could have caught an- other impressive NYC sight: Zach Iscol serving as grand of the Veterans Day Parade on master of the Veterans Day Parade on Fifth Ave., repre- senting veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Fifth Avenue.’ (Thanks to proud dad Ken Iscol ’60 for sharing this news.) The parade featured more than 25,000 partici- N I C O L E N E R O U L I A S G U P T E ’ 0 1 pants from nearly 30 states, including veterans, military members, service organizations, youth cadets, and marching bands. From his event bio: “Iscol was commis- sioned on August 11, 2001 as a US Marine Corps officer focus of my time in 2019. The complexity of executing the is full of uncomplicated and beautiful weeknight dinners following his graduation from Cornell. His wartime service IPO while operating our business was certainly a chal- meant to encourage busy cooks to get in the kitchen. began just one month later, following the 9/11 attacks lenge, but the grit, skill, and teamwork of our colleagues Congratulations, Yasmin! on New York City. Iscol served two tours in Iraq as an is what enabled a successful outcome. When BRP listed Hilary Johnson King welcomed her second daugh- infantry officer and fought in the second battle of on Nasdaq and rang the opening bell in New York City, ter, Josephine Melissa, on October 1, 2019. She joins Fallujah, considered to be the heaviest urban combat it was truly an amazing experience both personally and proud big sister Caroline and looks forward to wearing involving US troops since the battle for Hué City during professionally.” Dan and his wife, Liz, live in Tampa. They all of her Cornell hand-me-downs! the Vietnam War. He also served in the Marine Corps’ have three children and another one on the way. Joining Know of any classmates whom we could feature in Special Operations Command, with assignments through- BRP has allowed him to work at the headquarters of a a “Classmate Corner” or in future columns? Let us know! out Africa and the Middle East. Since leaving the military, world-class organization and spend more time with his As always, we would love to hear about your life updates. Iscol has founded three different organizations dedi- family. In addition to spending time with family, Dan enjoys Stay connected with our class through social media: cated to serving and giving voice to veterans: Headstrong, exerc ise, racquet sports, and fishing. Congratulations, Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Cornell2005/; a nonprofit healthcare company partnered with Weill Dan, on this accomplishment! Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/cornellclassof Cornell Medicine that builds and manages networks of Classmates, we encourage you to pay your class 2005/; LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12 world-class mental healthcare providers in 25 cities dues and send in your Share Your News forms! We look 200422/; and Twitter, https://twitter.com/cornell_2005. around the US to provide effective cost- and bureaucracy- forward to hearing from you! All the best. Candace You can send news to your class correspondents: free mental healthcare to veterans suffering from PTSD, Lee Chow, cjl24@cornell.edu; Jon Schoenberg, jrs55@ Hilary Johnson King, haj4@cornell.edu; Johnny Chen, MST, and other hidden wounds; Hirepurpose, which helps cornell.edu. Online news form, http://alumni.cornell. jc362@cornell.edu; or Michelle Wong, mrw29@ companies build talent acquisition pipelines to hire mili- edu/class-notes/. cornell.edu. tary experienced talent; and Task and Purpose, a military and veteran-focused digital media platform that reaches 04 Hello, Class of 2004! Adil Ahamed has great Happy spring, Class of ’06! You’ll soon be millions of readers each month. He is also active as an news to share. He was recently recognized as 06 hearing from my fellow class officers about advocate and supporter of a wide range of other veterans a “Top Forty under 40” by Business in Vancouver. As the renewing your dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the causes.” UWVC Executive Director Mark Otto writes, “We managing director and co-owner of Destination Auto accompanying news form so that we can stay up to date are proud for him to represent not only our post-9/11 Group, Adil led his family’s automotive business through with your activities! Whether it be a growing family or a generation of veterans, but all those who actively con- a major organizational restructuring, increased revenues newfound passion, your classmates want to hear about tinue to serve, even after hanging up their uniform.” by 63 percent and vehicle sales by 42 percent in 2018, it! Tory Lauterbach, VML8@cornell.edu. Online news And lastly, congratulations to Beth Bornstein Kehoe guided the build-out and opening of two new dealer- form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. in Mineola, NY, on the birth of baby Caroline Jane in ships, and hiked the staff from 275 to 410. For addi- October. We hope to see her toddling around the Arts tional details, you may find the article through this link: Hello, 2007! I hope everyone has settled into Quad at our next Reunion! https://biv.com/article/2019/12/adil-ahamed. Cornell 07 the rhythm of the new year. Just a few up- That 20-year milestone is coming up fast: June 10-13, gave Adil his start and an opportunity to work on Wall dates below from our fellow classmates—always happy 2021! Save the date—and if you’re available to help our Street after graduation. He believes that Cornell was an to get more! My contact info is at the bottom if you’d Reunion committee plan this exciting event, please e-mail integral enabler of this achievement and recognition. like to contribute to future columns. classof2001_reunion@cornell.edu. Otherwise, keep in Please continue to share your personal and profes- As of this past fall, Morrison Cohen LLP in New York touch by sending your news to me, visiting our website sional news with the class. You may reach out to me has added Theresa D’Andrea to the firm as an associ- (www.classof01.alumni.cornell.edu), liking our Facebook directly or via the online news form at: http://alumni. ate in its labor and employment department. She most page, and following us on Twitter (@Cornell2001). cornell.edu/class-notes/. Cheers! Jessi Petrosino, recently was with the New York State Athletic Commission. Nicole Neroulias Gupte, NicoleMN6@gmail.com. jessi.petrosino@ey.com. After graduating with us in 2007, Theresa went on to receive her law degree from the U. of Michigan Law 02 It’s springtime, which means you’ll soon be Hello, Class of 2005! We hope you had a won- School in 2012. Congrats on the new job! hearing from your class officers about renew- 05 derful winter season and are gearing up for Former class president Shane Dunn and his wife, ing your dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the accompa- spring and our 15th Reunion, June 4-7! Elizabeth Bernardi, welcomed their second child, Eleanor nying news form so that we can stay up to date with your We got exciting news from Yasmin Fahr, who is pub- Miriam, on October 13, 2019. Eleanor joins her big activities! Whether it be a growing family or a newfound lishing her first cookbook! After graduating from Cornell, brother, Liam, who was born in August 2017. Shane— passion, your classmates want to hear about it! she completed her master’s degree from NYU in food who in April 2019 began a new leadership job as senior Carolyn Deckinger Lang, cmd35@cornell.edu. Online studies and then wrote a weekly one-pot recipe column director of development and alumni relations at Brandeis news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. for Serious Eats for two and a half years. During that Int’l Business School in Waltham, MA—and his family M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 91 live in Boston, MA. They are already looking forward to Congratulations to Mario Rivera, who was Morgan’s other lines of business (i.e., investment bank, bringing Eleanor to Ithaca for her first campus visit in 11 recently named one of the 2019 Ten Out- commercial bank) and finds it a tremendous value-add the near future! standing Young Leaders by City Awake, a program of the to guide founders of these disruptive companies through I was lucky enough to watch Big Red hockey dominate Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Mario is the fundraising, in preparation for IPOs and strategic exits, over Boston U. at Madison Square Garden in November. assistant market head at UBS and president-elect at and in facilitating introductions. I happily ran into classmates Omar Gonzalez-Pagan the Assn. of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA). Hayley was recently invited to join the Human Ecology Dean’s Advisory Council as president of the Human Ecol- ogy Young Alumni Council and found herself surrounded ‘ Amanda Anger started a new position by what she felt were the greatest minds and decision-makers behind the college. She believes the classes to as a policy advisor at the US Dept. of come are in good hands with the foresight and passion of these individuals, and she is thrilled to be joining them Health and Human Services.’ and seeing the college’s future evolve. Additionally, Hayley shares that she surpassed the halfway mark in her endeavor to get an MBA on a part-time basis at NYU P E G G Y R A M I N ’ 1 2 Stern. During this last year she plans to study abroad for two weeks in New Zealand. Send your news to: Peggy Ramin, mar335@cornell.edu. Online news form, and B.J. Siasoco, MILR ’17. Who else was there? Let Mario was also awarded the Outstanding Service to http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. me know if you’re planning to go this coming fall! I’m ALPFA award last year, and in 2016 he was named one happy to add that my family and I had a chance to stop of El Mundo’s Latino 30 Under 30. over in Ithaca on our way up to Toronto this past fall. We You’ll soon be hearing from your class officers about 13 By now I hope you have received the annual News and Dues mailing from your class of- were only in town briefly, so I—obviously—took my son for renewing your dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the ficers. Haven’t responded yet? You can pay your dues a bagel at CTB and a photo in front of the clock tower. It ac companying news form so that we can stay up to online at: https://alumni.cornell.edu/alumni-life/ was cold-ish for October, but there were still students date with your activities! Whether it be a growing fam- classes/. And while you’re at it, please send news, either in flip flops and shorts. So some things haven’t changed ily or a newf ound passion, your classmates want to hear directly to me at the e-mail below, or via the online news too much since we graduated. about it! Send news to: Dara Perl, dmp229@cornell. form at: http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. I’m looking forward to sharing more exciting stories edu. Onl ine news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/ Rachael Schuman, RASchuman@gmail.com. with everyone. Have news to share? Please feel free to class-notes/. reach out to me or submit online! Samantha Feibush Hello, Class of 2014! One week after cele- Wolf, srf29@cornell.edu. Online news form, https:// 12 Nicole Mormilo returned to New York City 14 brating their 5th Reunion, Kristin Scillia and alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. after three years in Washington, DC. After Daniel Lowenthal were married, on June 15, 2019, deciding to leave her government job with the National at the Ashford Estate in New Jersey. Classmates David 08 Greetings, Class of ’08. We’re short on news Labor Relations Board, she joined Davis Wright Tremaine Desta, Daniel Katz, Colin McKenna, and Jeff Curran this month—as in none. So instead, here is a LLP as an associate in their employment services group. served as ushers, while many other Cornellians were in friendly reminder to please pay your class dues! We’d also She is active with the ILR Alumni Assn. and would love attendance, including parents Mitch ’78, JD ’81, and really love it if you would send back the “Share Your News” to hear from ILR alumni with ideas on how the ILRAA can Ann Zanger Lowenthal ’78, grandmother Shirley Slat- forms you received via snail mail, so we have plenty to better serve them in their recent alumni-hood. kin Lowenthal ’54, and relatives Joan Parker ’70, PhD write about in future columns. We’ll take updates around Amanda Anger started a new position as a policy ’74, and Tommy Felix ’10. After graduation, Kristin and both major life changes (new jobs? degrees? weddings? advisor at the US Dept. of Health and Human Services Daniel moved back to the New York City area and current- babies? vacations?) and those of the arcane day-to-day (HHS) in the Administration for Children and Families. She ly reside in Brooklyn Heights, while Kristin works at life variety (get the flu this season? have dinner with some joined HHS in February 2019 as the director of congres- Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP and Daniel at the Madison Cornell friends? get caught in a snowstorm?). We’d love sional relations in the Office of the Assistant Secretary Square Garden Co. Please reach out with any news you’d to hear from you and give you your fifteen minutes of for Financial Resources, and for her first three months like to share with classmates. Samantha Lapehn, Cornell fame! We’re pretty sure that any story, no matter she was the acting deputy assistant secretary for con- SRL76@cornell.edu. Online news form, http://alumni. how ordinary it seems to you, will interest someone. We gressional relations. Before moving to the executive cornell.edu/class-notes/. look forward to hearing from you! Libby Boymel, lkb branch, she served as Professional Staff in the US House 24@cornell.edu; Elana Beale, erb26@cornell.edu. On- of Repr esentatives at the Committee on House Admin- Save the date for our 5th Reunion, June 4-7, line news form, http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. istration. This will mark her fifth year working for the 15 2020! Look forward to catching up with Federal government, and she looks forward to many class mates, enjoying meals from local Ithaca favorites, 09 By now I hope you have received the annual more years of public service. and joining all alumni for the Arts Quad dance parties. News and Dues mailing from your class. Alex Fotsch, along with fellow Cornell alumnus Jona- Keep an eye out for an e-mail to register coming to you Haven’t responded yet? You can pay your dues online than Hua, MBA ’17, was selected for the inaugural in the spring. at: https://alumni.cornell.edu/alumni-life/classes/. AgGrad 30 Under 30 class. The program sought to iden- Have some news? Did you start a new job or get a And while you’re at it, please send news, either directly tify young professionals who are shaping the future of the promotion? Go on a vacation? Have other things to tell to me at the e-mail below, or via the online news form agricultural industry and are making significant impacts us? Share it all with the Class of 2015. Please send us at: http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. Jason to one of five areas including production, innovation and your updates and we will include them in an upcoming Georges, JAG243@cornell.edu. tech, entrepreneurship, education and advocacy, and column! Ariel Cooper, alc258@cornell.edu; Haley agribusiness. Fourteen judges selected winners from Velasco, hav9@cornell.edu. 10 It’s springtime, which means you’ll soon be peer and self-nominations based on contributions in their hearing from your class about renewing your career, community, and the industry at large. Happy spring, Class of ’16! You’ll soon be dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the accompanying Hayley Assael was promoted to VP at the J.P. Morgan 16 hearing from my fellow class officers about news form so that we can stay up to date with your Private Bank, where she now oversees over $1 billion in renewing your dues. Please don’t forget to fill out the activities! Whether it be a growing family, a change in client assets and credit exposure. She still specializes accompanying news form so that we can stay up to your work, or a newfound passion, we want to hear about in advising clients who have earned their wealth in the date with your activities! Whether it be a growing fam- it! Send news to: Amar Kelkar, amarhkelkar@gmail. real estate sector and have more recently broadened by ily or a newfound passion, we want to hear about it! com; Michelle Sun, michellejsun@gmail.com; or Jeff discipline to advising clients in the evolving real estate Send news to: Meghan McCormick, mcm324@ Katz, jeff.allan.katz@gmail.com. Online news form, tech space. Within this sub-sector, in addition to provid- cornell.edu. Onl ine news form, http://alumni.cornell. http://alumni.cornell.edu/class-notes/. ing private banking services, she often liaises with J.P. edu/class-notes/. 92 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E G R A D N O T E S A L U M N I D E A T H S Agriculture & Life Sciences 1930s 1950s Shanna Ratner, MS ’84 (gonuts.ratner2@gmail. ’39-40 SP Ag—Robert D. Ossont, ’50 BS HE—Margery Westlake Clauson, com) recently published her first book, Wealth Creation: Sheds, NY, April 24, 2019 Alpine, NY, October 5, 2019 A New Framework for Rural Economic and Community ’50 BA—Brita Smith Dorn, Youngsville, PA, August 25, 2019 Development. “A new approach to rural development is 1940s ’50 BA—Gerard M. Grosof, emerging,” reads the book’s description, which goes on ’40 BS HE, MS HE ’50—Rose Nardi George, New York City, October 6, 2019 to explain that the key is empowering community mem- Silver Spring, MD, August 30, 2019 ’50 BEE—Lawrence D. Hall, bers to grow assets that they own and control, “rather ’42—Jean Cummings Storandt, Wheaton, IL, April 7, 2019 than relying solely on philanthropy and government.” East Haven, CT, April 17, 2019 ’50 BS Hotel—Howard A. Heinsius, Shanna lives in rural Vermont, is the founder and princi- ’43, BA ’44—Miriam Kangas Aschim, Shrewsbury, NJ, September 1, 2019 Burnt River, OR, April 20, 2019 pal of Yellow Wood Assocs. (a firm specializing in rural ’50 BA, MD ’53—James M. Ludwig Jr.,’43 PhD—George F. Condike, Binghamton, NY, September 29, 2019 economic and community development since 1985), Granbury, TX, October 3, 2019 ’50 BS Ag—Thomas K. Nickou, and is a member of the Aspen Inst.’s Learning Cluster ’43 BA—Marjorie Hunter Drummond, Liberty, NY, August 31, 2019 on Rural Community Capacity Building. She was se- Auburn, NY, October 4, 2019 ’50 BS Ag—James W. Overfield, lected by the Ford Foundation to conceptualize and ’43 BA—Muriel Blum Lipman, Fort Worth, TX, April 30, 2019 support implementation of a new approach to rural Hamden, CT, September 22, 2019 ’50 BCE—Richard A. Pearce, economic development—a project that eventually be- ’44 BEE—Anthony J.G. Prasil, East Greenbush, NY, August 27, 2019 came WealthWorks. Irondequoit, NY, April 1, 2019 ’50 BS HE—Amy Sun Shen, ’45—Henry J. De Nicola, Anacortes, WA, October 2, 2019 Carylanna Bahamondes, MS ’03, is an anthro- Denver, CO, May 20, 2019 ’51 BA—Harold I. Bloom, pologist and filmmaker. Her first fiction film, ANYA, was ’45 BA—Jean Hall Dinsmore, New Haven, CT, October 14, 2019 released on Apple TV, Amazon, DVD, and more last Atlantis, FL, August 26, 2019 ’51-53 SP Ag—Melvin K. Chubbuck, No vemb er. ANYA is a contemporary sci-fi love story ’45, BME ’46—John W. Gibbs, Vestal, NY, May 1, 2019 Maineville, OH, April 6, 2019 ’51 MD—Hyman L. Gildenhorn,grounded in real anthropology and genetics about a ’45—Thomas J. Hayden, Las Vegas, NV, August 23, 2019 newlywed couple whose determination to have a child Wilton Manors, FL, July 22, 2019 ’51, BME ’52—William R. Hamilton Jr., leads them to a cutting-edge geneticist, an ancient ’45, BS HE ’44, MS ’47—Alice Ross McCarthy, Naperville, IL, August 12, 2019 outlier community hiding in plain sight in New York City, Evanston, IL, September 18, 2019 ’51 BS ILR—Kenneth J. Jones, and a veritable Pandora’s box of consequences involving ’45—Virginia Tedeschi Morales, Shelburne, VT, March 22, 2019 genetic testing, gene-editing, and invasion of privacy. Sarasota, FL, April 9, 2019 ’51 BCE—Norman F. Kirchner, Notes Carylanna, “It’s provoking discussions about gene ’45 BS HE—Jeanne Krause Thompson, Cumberland Foreside, ME, September 16, 2019 editing as well as the relationship between researchers Wisconsin Rapids, WI, April 14, 2019 ’51 BA—Richard A. Manion, and participants or doctors and patients.” ’46 BCE—Jules A. Gagnon Jr., Palm Bay, FL, May 5, 2019 West Babylon, NY, July 19, 2019 ’51 BFA—Jo-Ann Mayer Mullen, Johnson School ’46 BS Ag—Charlotte Fry Poor, Grand Junction, CO, May 5, 2019 Peoria, IL, October 14, 2019 ’51 BS HE—Doris Stilwell Rowe, Bruce Lasko, MBA ’02, is the new managing direc- ’46, BA ’45, JD ’47—Phyllis L. Read, Orono, ME, August 5, 2019 tor and head of human resources at LandrumHR, a Horseheads, NY, April 23, 2019 ’51 BS Ag—Edward S.J. Walsh, ’46—David A. Scott, Mendham, NJ, September 28, 2019professional employer organization and human capital Dallas, TX, May 26, 2019 ’51 MS HE—Helen Voorhis Webster,services firm. In his new role, Bruce will be responsible ’47 BS HE—Elsie Hendrickson Becker, Schenectady, NY, October 19, 2019for the corporate HR function including leading the HR ’51 BA—W. Peter Williams, department and overseeing all HR policies, compliance, Sea Cliff, NY, June 1, 2019 ’47 BEE—Rosemary Williamson Colgate, Columbus, OH, October 5, 2019 compensation, and benefits programs. Prior to joining ’52—Henry L. Clark,White Rock, NM, April 19, 2018 LandrumHR, he served as the vice president of corpo- Newfield, NY, September 9, 2019’47, BS HE ’46—Elizabeth Garnsey Gilbert, rate human resources with TriNet. Additionally, Bruce held ’52 BA, MBA ’55—Herbert A.P. Doree,Owego, NY, May 7, 2019 Barrington, IL, May 11, 2019 executive positions leading HR, finance and corporate ’47 BA—Muriel Swezey Snider, ’52 BA—George F. Gershel Jr., services functions in the financial services, healthcare, Greenport, NY, September 5, 2019 Rougemont, Switzerland, September 20, 2019 and telecommunications industries. He writes, “I can ’48 B Chem E—David C. Benedict, ’52, BCE ’53—Donald E. Henn, directly correlate the trajectory of my career acceleration Fremont, CA, August 26, 2016 Southold, NY, September 8, 2019 to my Cornell MBA.” ’48 MS—Louise Williams Bennett, ’52 BA—Gayle Raymond Kennedy, Severna Park, MD, September 17, 2019 Minneapolis, MN, March 27, 2019 ’48 BME—Robert Jorgensen, ’52 LLB—John F. Kennedy, Williamsville, NY, September 30, 2019 Wheaton, IL, September 3, 2019 ’48 BME, PhD ’59—Ben-Ami Lipetz, ’52—Alice MacMillan Moll, Share Your News! Schodack, NY, October 9, 2019 Raleigh, NC, May 18, 2019 ’48 BS ILR—Harriet Morel Oxman, ’52 BS Nurs—Elizabeth Dupeza Mosheim, Sarasota, FL, October 25, 2019 Brockport, NY, June 6, 2018 ’48—Mary Stow Sergeant, ’52, BA ’53—Robert E. Ostrander, We would love to hear from you! To Canton, NY, September 2, 2019 Romulus, NY, September 10, 2019 be included in a future Grad Notes ’49 BA, MD ’52—Irving M. Blatt, ’52, BS Ag ’53—Jean Stubbs Zaharchuk, section, please send your news to Schriever, LA, May 25, 2019 Hickory, NC, August 10, 2019 abb83@cornell.edu, or fill out a news ’49, BS Ag ’51—William S. Grover, ’53 BS Ag—Melvin G. Atwater,Sarasota, FL, October 12, 2019 Olympia, WA, August 18, 2019 form at: cornellalumnimagazine.com/ ’49 BA—Alan K. Jamison, ’53, BCE ’54—David S. Borglum, grad-news/. Ithaca, NY, August 7, 2019 Wilton, CT, September 17, 2019 ’49 BFA—Helen Osborne Jenkins, ’53 BS ILR—David M. Kopko, Akron, OH, August 21, 2019 Nantucket, MA, July 31, 2019 M A R C H | A P R I L 2 02 0 93 Class Notes MarApr20.indd 93 2/11/20 10:35 AM ’53 BA—Mary Royce Severns, ’57 BA—Donald D. Crane, ’60 BS HE—Gale S. Jackson, Great Falls, MT, October 28, 2019 Milbridge, ME, October 8, 2019 Morristown, NJ, September 28, 2019 ’53 BA—Joan Stracks Steiner, ’57, BME ’58—Charles F. Feledy, ’60 BA—Eric W. Peniston Jr., Louisville, KY, August 5, 2019 San Jose, CA, March 2019 Vero Beach, FL, September 25, 2019 ’53 BS Ag—William R. Swirbul, ’57, BME ’58—Donald M. MacKay, ’60, BCE ’62, PhD ’66—Richard M. Shane, Perrysburg, OH, October 16, 2019 Charlton, MA, September 21, 2019 Austell, GA, August 19, 2019 ’53 PhD—Ernest W. Terwilliger, ’57 BS HE—Patricia Noecker McDonough, ’60, BS Ag ’62, MS Ag ’69—Frederick D. Stone, Ithaca, NY, October 8, 2015 Lake Toxaway, NC, August 20, 2019 Kurtistown, HI, May 29, 2018 ’54—Samuel J. Abate, ’57 BA, MBA ’59—Robert W. Menger, ’60 BS Ag—James C. Thomas Jr., Mt. Pleasant, SC, September 22, 2019 Powhatan, VA, May 6, 2019 Dallas, PA, October 24, 2019 ’54 BS HE—Margaret Bundy Bramhall, ’57 BS Ag—Bruce W. Merrill, ’60—Edward F. Winser, Libertyville, IL, September 7, 2019 Nashville, TN, September 13, 2019 Newburgh, NY, September 2, 2019 ’54 BA, LLB ’58—Gilbert Henoch, ’57 MA—Virginia A. Pratt, ’61, BME ’62—Garrett R. Codrington, Rockville, MD, May 29, 2019 State College, PA, September 11, 2019 Chester, NJ, November 10, 2018 ’54 BA—Ronald A. Kent, ’57—John S. Pulver, ’61, B Chem E ’62—David J. Dittmann, Richmond, VA, September 26, 2019 North East, NY, May 31, 2019 Kingston, NY, September 25, 2019 ’54 BA—Carol McNeill Kirchheimer, ’57 MBA—Richard K. Sullivan, ’61 BA—Roy S. Flack, New York City, September 9, 2019 Prospect Heights, IL, June 2, 2019 Palm Beach Gardens, FL, October 22, 2019 ’54-55 GR—Edward R. Lekawa, ’58 LLB—James A. Cashen, ’61 BA—Thomas W. Gittins, Orange, CA, August 11, 2019 Hudson, NY, October 3, 2019 Falls Church, VA, July 6, 2019 ’54 BS Ag—William H. McKinney III, ’58-59 SP Ag—Clifford E. Cordell, ’61 BS Ag—Donald L. Jayne, Inver Grove Heights, MN, August 7, 2019 Suwanee, GA, September 13, 2019 Waverly, TN, October 20, 2019 ’54 LLB—T. David Mullen, ’58—George W. Crockett, ’61 LLB—Richard T. Spriggs, Quogue, NY, October 21, 2019 Falmouth, ME, August 17, 2019 Denver, CO, October 21, 2019 ’54 BS Ag—Marian Trerise Nandal, ’58 BS Ag—Charles J. Howlett, ’61, BEE ’62—J. Clifford Wagoner, Louisville, NY, September 18, 2019 Adams Center, NY, October 7, 2019 Davidson, NC, September 21, 2019 ’54—Allen E. Nichols, ’58 BS Ag—Jerome F. Lake, ’62 MST—Lewis D. Addlesperger, Briarcliff Manor, NY, April 1, 2019 Maricopa, AZ, September 17, 2019 Lorain, OH, March 26, 2019 ’54, BEE ’58, PhD ’61—Gerald E. Sacks, ’58 BS Ag—Robert W. Martenson, ’62 MD—Richard A. Davidson, Falmouth, ME, October 4, 2019 Schuyler Lake, NY, May 18, 2019 Arlington, WA, April 25, 2019 ’54 BA—George G. Sampson Jr., ’58 PhD—Francis H. Raven, ’62 BS Ag—Priscilla Tutton Dyer, Oxford, NY, October 14, 2019 South Bend, IN, September 12, 2019 King Ferry, NY, September 9, 2019 ’54 BA—Harry C. Shepard Jr., ’58 BS ILR—John T. Sowada, ’62 MPA—Frederick A. Hough, Spring Hill, FL, August 19, 2019 Hyde Park, NY, October 21, 2019 Beulah, MI, October 22, 2019 ’54, BA ’55—Virginia Beamer Weinhold, ’58 BS Hotel—William J. Wentz, ’62 BS Nurs—Barbara Graeff Parr, Worthington, OH, May 16, 2019 Cincinnati, OH, September 28, 2019 Palmyra, PA, September 27, 2019 ’55 MS—George J.L. Coltart, ’59-60 SP A—Kerstin Westman Codrington, ’62 MS—Alfred A. Schlorholtz, Edinburgh, Scotland, February 21, 2017 New York City, October 4, 2015 Dunedin, FL, March 31, 2019 ’55 BA—Alice O’Neil Guilfoos, ’59 LLB—Betty Bregman Friedlander, ’63 BS Ag, PhD ’71—Rudolf G. Arndt, Auburn, NY, September 18, 2019 Ithaca, NY, October 24, 2019 Galloway, NJ, September 29, 2019 ’55 BA—Joseph P. Gulia, ’59 MBA—John J. Funsch, ’63 BA—Thomas E. Fink, Scarsdale, NY, September 10, 2019 Eagle Rock, MO, July 14, 2019 Hot Springs, AR, September 28, 2019 ’55—William S. Haney, ’59, BME ’61, MBA ’62—Richard A. Gatz Jr., ’63 PhD—Earl W. Prohofsky, Parkville, MD, August 28, 2019 St. Louis, MO, August 29, 2019 Lakewood Ranch, FL, September 22, 2019 ’55 BEE—David J. Maxwell, ’59—Van Ness D. Hough, ’63 MS HE—Carmen Luz Santiago Ramos, Fairfax, VA, October 11, 2019 Winchester, VA, September 5, 2019 Rio Piedras, PR, September 2, 2019 ’55 BS HE—Jean Keller Miller, ’59 LLB—Lawrence E. Larson, ’64 PhD—Herbert R. Carleton, Bronxville, NY, May 11, 2019 Greenwich, CT, July 22, 2019 Mesa, AZ, August 24, 2019 ’55 BS Ag—James Pietropaolo, ’59 BS HE—Jacqueline Grant Lewis, ’64 BS Hotel—Carolyn Davenport Chapman, Queensbury, NY, October 13, 2019 Upper Providence, PA, August 16, 2019 West Deptford, NJ, October 9, 2019 ’55 BA—Leonard J. Porcello, ’59 MA—Lionel S. Lewis, ’64 MS—Spencer Hayes, Yorba Linda, CA, April 24, 2019 Williamsville, NY, October 1, 2019 Meigle, Scotland, August 31, 2019 ’55-56 GR—Louis A. Preli Jr., ’59 PhD—Lawrence G. Morrill, ’64, BEP ’65, MEP ’66—Philip E. Lindquist, Glastonbury, CT, August 24, 2019 Neola, UT, August 24, 2019 Pasadena, CA, March 30, 2019 ’55, BCE ’56—C. Edward Walter, ’59 BS Hotel—Robert E. Nelson, ’64, BME ’65—J. Donald McCarthy, Queenstown, MD, September 14, 2019 Niantic, CT, April 10, 2019 Santa Monica, CA, September 15, 2019 ’56—Charles L. Blander, ’59 MS Chem E—Harold B. Reisman, ’64, B Chem E ’65—James J. Melnyk, Swampscott, MA, August 24, 2019 Carlsbad, CA, July 29, 2019 Walnut Creek, CA, September 23, 2019 ’56 BA—Bruce J. Bloom ’59 BS Hotel—H. Sharpe Ridout, ’64 BA—M. Nour Naciri, Southold, NY, October 18, 2019 Cary, NC, August 29, 2016 Nashville, TN, September 30, 2019 ’56 BS Hotel—Paul F. Coon, ’59 BS HE—Kathryn Ripp Sisley, ’64 PhD—Francis D. Roberts, Newport News, VA, August 30, 2019 Lady Lake, FL, September 1, 2019 Dover, MA, October 15, 2019 ’56 BS Ag—Judith Combs Gallinger, ’59 DVM—Albert G. Wooding, ’64 DVM—Avery L. Smith, Plattsburgh, NY, September 4, 2019 Clay, NY, September 19, 2019 Kingston, NY, October 16, 2019 ’56 BA—Doris Zacker Hoffman, ’65 BS Ag, MBA ’66—James C. Altemus Jr., Bronx, NY, September 21, 2019 1960s Bloomfield, NY, September 24, 2019 ’56, BCE ’58—Michael D. Nadler, ’60 JD—Morton L. Bittker, ’65 MME—Allen C. Bieber, Corona Del Mar, CA, September 8, 2019 Rochester, NY, September 29, 2019 Millcreek Township, PA, September 15, 2019 ’56 MILR—Thomas R. Shepherd, ’60-62 GR—Robert L. Hinshalwood, ’65 DVM—Richard C. Lange, Stow, MA, March 19, 2016 Otisville, NY, January 13, 2019 Douglaston, NY, July 27, 2019 ’56 DVM—William A. Sumner Jr., Kinston, NC, October 29, 2019 ’57 BA, MD ’61—Theodore V. Boroian, Danville, CA, October 12, 2019 ’57 MRP—Donald W. Clifford, To access the expanded Alumni Deaths section, go to: cornellalumnimagazine.com Salisbury, NC, October 6, 2019 (“Alumni Deaths” under the CURRENT ISSUE tab). ’57 BA—James D. Cockcroft, Montreal, QC, April 16, 2019 94 C O R N E L L A L U M N I M A G A Z I N E ’66 PhD—John J.B. Anderson, ’75 BS Ag—Robert C. Fisher, Chapel Hill, NC, August 21, 2019 Newtown, CT, August 1, 2019 C L A S S I F I E D S ’66 PhD—Stanley M. Bemben, ’75 MS HE—Nadine Albrecht Hays, New Britain, CT, October 5, 2019 Camarillo, CA, August 25, 2019 Employment Opportunities ’66 DVM—Paul D. Kennett, ’75 MBA—Edward P. 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