CORNELL ALUMNI MAGAZINE ARTICLES FOR 2006
Some of you may have friends or relatives who had to deal with all the hurricanes that came through the south last year. Dennis put Adele Petrillo Smart and Burt'55 out of their Destin, FL home. A huge sinkhole appeared at the front door and decks with stairs which had been replaced after Ivan in '04 were washed away. While Katrina missed their Lafayette, LA home Rita hit them hard - no power for3 days. Their house was spared a huge tree that fell - it hit the neighbor's house instead. But 2005 had its bright moments for the Smarts as they welcomed their sixth grandchild last June.
With one of their twin sons living in Australia and the other in Germany Chuck (nc) and Jeanne Waters Townsend spend time traveling that they always enjoy. In April they had a marvelous birding trip to Bhutan before embarking on a three-week trip to Europe in June. Last September friends and family celebrated Jeanne's 70th at the Townsend's home in Woodstock with her Cornell roommate Alice Brunner in attendance. In October Chuck and Jeanne were off to Churchill, Manitoba to see the polar bears.
Ann Stevens' music career is keeping her busier than ever. She is the writer/musical director/pianist for a cabaret show she created featuring the best of Broadway and presented at the Northport, Community Theater. In addition she is part of a trio that performs in libraries, cultural centers, and concert halls throughout Long Island with bookings into '06. Ann's three children are working not far away - in Poquott, Stony Brook, and Manhattan. Ann took a first time trip to Italy at the end of September with the Cornell Alumni Holidays.
An e-mail from Olga Duntuch Krell chronicles her activities as a magazine publisher in Brazil. Olga recently launched another one and has been busy selling ads and the magazine's concept. She is traveling as well - to the Dominican Republic and Hong Kong.
Carol Cobb Diver and David '54, MBA'55, have been enjoying warmer winters and the active community at the Landings on Skidaway Island in Georgia. Carol is becoming quite involved with the "art of the needle". In addition to doing Japanese embroidery and needlepoint she has traveled to China to study double sided embroidery and the techniques of the Miao Chinese people. Carol recently returned from her third trip to China where she traveled the Silk Road in western China.
As many of us are experiencing, Bob Watts enjoyed
a string of family celebrations in conjunction with his 70th birthday.
It started in Tucson in March, visiting with some favorite first
cousins, proceeded to Antwerp, Belgium in April for his granddaughter's
first birthday, on to Martha's Vineyard in July, where Linda organized
a week in a rented house with all children, spouses and grandchildren
(the house was near what the locals call the "Kennedy car
wash"), then to New Hampshire's White Mountains in August
for a sentimental hike with two sons, a grandson and an array
of chums from the Cornell years' summers, when Bob worked in those
mountains. More hiking in September preceded a two week
trip to New Zealand in October. (Pardon me for a minute
while I take a quick nap). He also enjoyed visits with Judy
Madigan Burgess, Sue and Joe Henninger, Phil McIndoo and Adelaide
and Ed Vant (on the way to Ed's 40th reunion at Harvard Business
School). When Bob was commanding officer of the Naval Air
Station in San Diego, Phil Monroe was commanding officer of the
adjacent Naval Aviation Depot.
When Phil retired, he moved to Coronado CA, served five years
on the local planning commission, and is currently in his 2nd
term on the City Council, "having a ball."
Paul Tregurtha reports that his 70th birthday was marked by a
Labor Day week end visit by all four children (all Cornellians),
spouses (2 Cornellians) and 14 grandchildren. Paul is currently
Chairman/CEO of Moran Transportation Company and Vice Chairman
of Interlake Steamship Company. If you are a fraternity
brother of Paul, expect a call encouraging you to attend our 50th
(my bet is that it won't take a lot of arm twisting).
Brad Howes attended his brother Ray's 50th wedding anniversary
last summer in Hamilton NY. Ray's wife, Mary, attended both Cornell
and Colgate.
Bob Bond ('55) and wife Nancy Stewart Bond ('57) were also there.
Brad and Jackie recently hosted a Phi Psi reunion in Greensboro
NC, and mentions that Clayt Chapman (Hilton Head) and Ed Burdick
(Wilmington NC) didn't have far to travel to get there.
The CAU program seems to get stronger each year. Paul Rookman
studied Natural History last summer, and Tony and Gail (Lautzenheiser)
Cashen churned up the waters of Lake Cayuga in the rowing program,
skulling around in eights, fours and singles.
Your correspondent enjoyed catching up with Tony and Gail as well
as Dominick and Debra Pasquale and Tony ('60) and Carolyn Murray
at Homecoming in October. Friday evening was highlighted
by swapping lies over a few adult beverages, with the stories
getting more accurate as the beverages became more numerous.
Milestones were reached last year and continue on into 2006 with 70th birthdays, 50th reunions, and golden wedding anniversaries. Mabel Klisch Deal had a family celebration in Stanley last summer and in November the Deal clan all got together on Hilton Head Island. Also marking the occasion of her 70th at Hilton Head in November was Betty Ann Rice Keane. Kids, spouses, and grandkids joined in the fun. Sue Sutton Moyer writes that she and Bill '54 are "aging gracefully and healthily". The Moyers took a 50th wedding anniversary cruise to Italy, Tunisia, Malta, Greece and Turkey. A family party took place last summer in New Hampshire with children and grandchildren enjoying swimming, outdoor grilling, and of course - champagne.
Adelaide Russell Vant and Judy Richter Levy celebrated their birthdays in style with a trip to London aboard the Queen Mary II last summer. Judy is still practicing law in New York but does find time to visit her granddaughters in Tucson, AZ. It was a Disney cruise for Martie Ballard Lacy on her 70th. The whole family was on board as well and presented Dick and Martie with a beautiful album of letters and photos, some from way, way back, and others more recent. Among the contributors were Jackie Byrne Lamont, Sue Shelby Schurmeier, Sheri Flynn, Sue DeRosay Henninger and Ginny Elder Feldman. Martie recently went back to teaching as a long-term sub in the Syracuse area..
Nancy Kressler Lawley, a Prudential realtor near Philadelphia, welcomed her ninth grandchild last year and in September Dee Heasley VanDyke became a grandmother for the fifth time. (She also has three great grandchildren.) Dee's 70th was acknowledged in a rather interesting way. She was part of an art piece on aging women. "The artist did a body casting of my upper self, from navel to neck..quite an adventure". Only Dee's very close friends received a snapshot of the "masterpiece". Dee is finally using her BFA degree - she had four sculptures accepted in the annual Hawaii Craftsmen Show in October and now has her work on view at the Bethel Street Gallery in Honolulu.
Sue Westin Pew enjoyed a super 7-OH on Martha's Vineyard last July. Then she and Dick '55 spent a week touring Prince Edward Island. Sue continues her volunteer work at the hospital, school, and church, in her Belmont, MA community. Another longtime volunteer - for Children's Center for the Visually Impaired - is Ela Oudheusden Shacklett of Shawnee Mission, KS. Ela took a trip to Alaska for her big birthday and has some advice for us going into the next decade: " Keep active. Despite decreased vision and loss of driving privileges, I still swim regularly and am active in school and social activities." Ela is looking forward to the '07 Reunion and hopes to see Flo Spelts Booth and Sue Hitz Magnuson there.
Elaine Meisnere Bass finds herself rather busy running two houses with non-stop house guests - in the Berkshires and in Jupiter, FL. Last summer she had a visit from Ellen Derow Gordon. Ellen Stekert moved from a huge 15 room house in Minneapolis, MN into a more manageable one in Brooklyn Park, MN. The new place will be perfect for her antique business and to house her inventory. Ellen is a retired English professor from the University of Minnesota.
Betty Starr King's 2004 was full - with both joy and sorrow. She and Bob (nc) celebrated Betty's 70th in Hawaii, visited family and friends on the west coast, and welcomed their third grandchild in September. But sadly, Bob passed away in October. Although Bob was a University of Maryland grad he was supportive of our class and Cornell as well. Our sympathies are extended to Betty and her children.
Beach Kuhl reports from San Francisco that he is still involved in the practice of law and the practice of platform tennis, serving on then board of the American Platform Tennis Association and president of the western region of that organization. He more than holds his own in the national championships in ascending age categories. He keeps in shape by trying to keep up with 3 grandchildren under the age of 2, and another about to jump the net.
Lee (Deacon) and Ginny (Glade '54) Poole are also keeping busy, involved in putting a new roof on a number of buildings on their Vermont property. Lee is also refinishing Vermont Maple furniture, which he refers to as "Vermont Gold" when a piece sells. He passes on an experience (I'll handle this gingerly) of sitting next to a "lovely young" heart surgeon on a plane recently who explained how she excises potential death out of heart tissue and arteries. Deacon countered with tales of a streetwise hometown chaplain. I trust the open middle seat served as a buffer.
Howard Greenstein is still serving as Rabbi of the Jewish Congregation of Marco Island in the fall and winter, and is now a visiting lecturer for Holocaust studies at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers. He and Lenore (Brotman '56 treated each other to a Scandinavian cruise last June to Celebrate their joint 70th.
While most of us are 70 or so, Chuck LaForge has hit 75, and claims the air is fine up there. His regimen is golf in New Hampshire in the summer and in Florida in the winter.
Ted Engel continues to raise and race standard bred horses. He is 72, and reports 2 of 5 sons are unmarried. Potential spouses should be able to cook, clean, and have boat and motor - please send picture of boat and motor.
Steve Laden is active as a trustee of Curtis Institute of Music, and is currently chairing the capital campaign. He also serves on the advisory board of a capital management company in Devon PA. Roger Soloway is still hitting it full time as a professor of medicine, senior hepatologist and chief of staff of University of Texas branch hospitals. Marilyn has retired after 18 years as a real estate attorney. They have grandchildren from 11 down to 1, and celebrated Roger's 70th last November in Philadelphia.
Roger Jones is retired, but still living in
the Spruce Creek fly-in community in Port Orange FL, and he and
Peg keep a boat in a nearby marina. They recently saw Ted Raab,
Peter Wolf and Jay Schabacker. Their recent travels include Greece,
Turkey, Italy, Slovenia and France.
A large contingent of classmates attended the CACO weekend in Philadelphia last February. Bert Grunert DeVries arranged a Friday night dinner at a local restaurant for the group which included Walter and Dixie Davis '56 Curtice who made the short drive from Washington Crossing, PA. Locals Bill and Jan Charles Lutz, who had recently returned from a Caribbean cruise with the whole family, had a chance to compare travel notes with Marcia Wishengrad Metzger who celebrated her 70th birthday with a trip to Costa Rica. Jan Nelson Cole was just back from skiing in Beaver Creek, CO where she found that having reached a certain landmark age is beneficial when it comes to season passes. The class meeting on Saturday was largely devoted to plans for our 50th - just a year away - and Connie Santagato Hosterman is volunteering once again to help get things underway, joining co-chairs Paul Gladstone and Dori Goudsmit Albert.
Ruby Tomberg Senie continues with her project in cancer research while teaching two classes at Columbia University School of Public Health. Barbara Kaufman Smith has reunion on her calendar for 2007, along with plans to use this year to tackle some long neglected projects. And now that the Smiths have sold their hardware store, Barbara has more time to spend with her 3 year old granddaughter. Robert JD '57and Carol Elis Kurzman's oldest grandchild (and son of Marc Kurzman '80) started college last fall. There's a new granddaughter, their first, for Bob '55 and Vanne Shelley Cowie, who spent Christmas in Rhode Island before heading off for a much anticipated trip to Jumby Bay, Antigua.
Besides 50 being the number of years since we graduated (as of next June), news notes now include reports of 50th wedding anniversaries being celebrated. For M.O. "Bus" ' 54 and Carmen Lovre Ryan it was a trip to New Zealand and Australia in late January. This summer they'll get away from the heat of Atlanta and head to their place at Lake Toxaway, NC. Saranac Lake, NY is where Dick '56 and Bobbie Redden Leamer will be spending their time from late May to early October. The Leamers undertook a major project last year when they "rebuilt" their old house at the lake. All of Dick and Bobbie's children and grandchildren visit for a good part of the summer enjoying long days in and on the lake.
I received a "Happy New Year" call from Steve Weiss, in which we recalled having survived the rigors of Government 101 and Professor Suchman's admonitions, delivered with a smile the width of which was limited only by his ears. I went on to write mediocre satire while Steve founded and managed a Wall St. firm and served the University in several capacities, including an outstanding tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees - sounds like a career standoff to me.
Pete Blauvelt checks in from Fair Haven NY, where he is still Board Chairman of Cayuga College and the presiding judge in the area east of Rochester. I sat in on one of his sessions a few years ago, and can vouch for both his humor and bench demeanor, giving the term "frontier justice" new meaning.
Our outstanding 1957 crew had a reunion in Washington recently, hosted by Carl and Danielle Schwarz. In attendance for the 3 days of merriment were Clayt and Kristin Chapman, Bill and Amelia Schumacher, Phil and Shirley Gravink, Bob Staley, Brenda Davis and Betty Simpson.
Mark Levy, full-time opthomoligist and sometime cabaret performer, took his act to Mohawk Mountain House, where Pete Gogalak (‘64), sometime place-kicker and full-time cabaret enthusiast, was in the audience. If you're near MMH at Thanksgiving, you'll be able to enjoy an encore performance.
Roger Jones and Peggy Haretos continue the pleasant life in the Spruce Creek fly-in community in Port Orange FL, housing the airplane there and the boat at the nearby Halifax Harbor Marina. Roger has spent time with Ted Raab, Peter Wolf and Jay Schubacker in the last year, and recent travels have included Greece, Italy, Turkey, Slovenia and France.
Eric Zitzmann has been practicing orthopedics in Westchester NY for 37 years, and is currently president of the local White Plains Orthopedic Association. After skiing in Vermont to celebrate his 70th, he spent time cruising around Croatia and Greece. He plays tennis with Roy Glah when their schedules allow, and often sees Dick Weiss, respected internist at White Plains Hospital.
I'll bet no classmate with the exception of Bill HoBlock has had a horse race named after him. That happened at Saratoga last summer. Bill is of counsel to the NY State Legislative Bill Drafting Commission and active on the Town of Colonie Planning Board. Joe and Wilida Leinbach enjoyed a cruise up the Nile, and said that it seemed to be just like the National Geographic pictures indicated it would be.
ONE YEAR and counting to the BIG ONE (Our 50th)!
Ed '54 and Joyce Dudley McDowell had a very busy 2005. In addition to celebrating 50 years of marriage with friends and family at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA they traveled from the Arctic to the Antarctic, viewing polar bears near Baffin Island and penguins in the Ross Sea. And after a Snuff Bottle convention in Beijing they journeyed to Tasmania, enjoying the wildlife and several wineries.
Janice Littell, Cornell Nursing '58 turned 70 the day after Christmas and celebrated aboard the Norwegian Crowne as it made its way down the east coast of South America and around Cape Horn. Stops for Janice included Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires and Ushuaia in Argentina. Janice describes it this way: "in all it was a bang-up 70th birthday". She plans on attending Reunion and hopes Mary Lou Hennekens Mahan will be there too.
Joyce Edgar Schickler , Nursing '57, had two big celebrations for her 70th last year. A trip to Disneyland with three children, their spouses, and 8 grandchildren and then a summer gathering for a clambake/lobster roast in Rhode Island. Joyce gets together with nursing school classmates: Kay Hitchcock Bailey, Yohanna Casalini, and Carolee Gordon Stray.
Sue Davidson Braun should be fully recovered from cataract surgery and hip replacement by the time Reunion rolls around. Although Sue has retired from the San Diego Board of Education she continues to volunteer her services by working to implement universal preschool in California.
Efforts continue here in South Carolina to get a Cornell Club going. There was a gathering of Cornellians of the Low Country last March organized by Jim Vaughn '72 assisted by southeast regional director Karen Weinreich '89. Drinks and finger food preceded a short talk by Life Sciences Provost Stephen Kresovich followed by a Q and A session. Among the attendees from '57 were Joan Jeremiah Reusswig, Tom Paterson, and Don Fellner. Ruth Ann (nc) and Henry "Hank" Parker '59 were also there as well as Henry and Valerie Johnson Vaughan, both class of '60. We do manage to have a small group that meets the first Friday of the month for lunch at the Yacht Club of Hilton Head (fancy name but just a simple little place) so when you snowbirds or part-timers get down this way in a few months join us. Marj Nelson Smart visited me in early spring and we played golf with Kevin (nc) and Betty Ann Rice Keane here in Sun City. Getting our games in order for Reunion time - less than a year away!
Chuck Loppacker, who used to daily update the statistics of each Baltimore Oriole, moved on to a more frivolous career of home inspector for home-purchasing clients. Now retired and living with Betty in the Williamsburg VA area, he still gives seminars on the art of inspecting to national and local chapters of the American Society of Home Inspectors. He and Betty are within 3 ½ hours drive of 3 of 4 children and 6 of 9 grandchildren. Sanford Kaiser liked retiring so much that he did it twice, the first time in 1979 from the Air Force and again in 1997 from the Naval Air Systems Command, where he functioned as a senior logistic engineer. Also leading the good life are Walter and Birgit Wills, who report on a delightful Italian trip from Sorrento to Rome and spending time walking through history, then flying to Gothenburg, Sweden, to continue the adventure with family and friends. Don and Mary Singer went to Israel last summer (first time for both) and saw most of the country in a whirlwind 10 days. Don milked his 70th birthday pretty well, extending it for 4 days, with family and office pals passing off the baton. Not sure if John Brooke is a professional driver or simply has a lot of cars, but he spends his time driving cars south in the fall and north in the spring. I doubt that he drove to New Zealand to congratulate his daughter's fiancee, who lived in Auckland, but now lives in Pueblo CO after the wedding this spring. Gonzalo Ferrer has purchased a new home in VT and has come across a ditty concerning the thoughts that went through (and probably still do today) the minds of the engineers as they relaxed on the east wing steps of Sibley's. Not surprisingly, it involves their assessment of the coeds who passed in review.
Eph McLean reports that he is having too much fun as Regents' Professor and G.E. Smith Eminent Scholar's Chair at Georgia State Univ. in Atlanta to contemplate retirement. He is active in both teaching and research. Leighton Klevana has a fascinating job as president and CEO of Advanced Global Investments, with offices in Prague and Tampa. He shuttles back and forth in search of a myriad of investment opportunities. Bob George, my old lacrosse buddy, spent time in Ithaca last fall watching the Big Red football team dispatch an opponent and gawking at the size of the hotel school and other changes on campus. He also mentions the good times after graduation spent at Lackland AFB with another lacrosse stalwart, Bob Hoffman (‘58).
A plea - my eyesight might be a little suspect, but I couldn't read a few of the news items and thus couldn't report them. If possible, typing and especially e-mails ease the pain considerably.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 - WOMEN
"Oh, we are the seniors, a-taking our ease, We cut recitations whenever we please: We go to the theatre and cut quite a swell, For soon we'll be leaving this school of Cornell." Remember those words? Fifty years ago this month we were singing them and fifty years ago this coming June we gathered on the Quad to parade off to Barton Hall on a beautiful sunlit day. Here's hoping it will be another sunny day next June when many of us return for our 50th, June 7-10. Kathleen "Dede" Brennan Daly is planning on it and Jane Marcus Chetron is still thinking about it. Jane has been in touch with Barbara Freid Conheim, Donald Kane, Jerry Greenspan, Nancy Astor, and Gerry Kravitz Loeb so perhaps they'll help her with the decision. Sue Breslow Dillon is already getting organized by inquiring about our accommodations. Sue always enjoys Reunion with her daughter Eleanor Dillon Petigrow'87. This past June the Merrick, NY Chamber of Commerce honored Sue as Woman of the Year for her 35 years of community service. Having retired from teaching 6 years ago, Sue is presently working part time for a County attorney.
Charles, "Sandy" '58ME and Barbara Baltzel Burton will probably make it back for the 50th. As Barb writes: "It seems appropriate that having gotten this far in life and having attended quite a few reunions that it would be a shame not to." Sentiments shared by others out there? The Burtons are enjoying their five grandchildren, singing in the church choir, and participating in Project Feederwatch. The latter activity is sponsored by the Cornell Ornithology Lab and Sandy and Barb have been avid backyard birdwatchers for many years. Olga Duntuch Krell has marked Reunion on her calendar. Olga, grandmother of six, celebrated her 70th birthday in Sao Paolo, Brazil, with 80 guests.
Elsewhere in the magazine you can read about Reunion which took place this past June. Some of our classmates, married to '56ers, had a preview of coming attractions. Marilyn Way Merryweather, Anita Wisbrun Morrison, Marilyn Hester Ridgley, Jane Wedell Pyle, Sue DeRosay Henninger and Susie Howe Hutchins were spotted at the '56 tent. That class had 50 first-timers at reunion. Hopefully we'll beat that number at our Reunion. Co-chairs Dori Goudsmit Albert and Paul Gladstone along with Connie Santagato Hosterman were on hand and busy taking notes to facilitate our own 50th, to make it a glitch-free one.
Judy Bird Williams played tour guide to Ruthe "Skip" Hewlett Gorman and Judy Richter Levy earlier in the year on the big island of Hawaii. "Bird" has relocated to the rain forest in Hilo where she lives in a three level house that she calls her tree house. Judy used her pick-up truck to drive her guests around Volcanic National Park. Traveling last April on the Cornell Alumni Holidays tour of the Adriatic Riviera were Ed and Carla Mills Boardman (nc), Lee and Yoshi (nc) Blakeslee, Larry and Marilyn Zeltner Teel'58, and Ken'59 and Eva Stern Steadman. The group visited Slovenia, Croatia, and Venice by ship, train, and hydrofoil.
Watch your mail for the latest updates on Reunion plans.
I once again had the pleasure of experiencing the wonderful hospitality of Rod and Liz Beckwith at their magnificent home in Keswick (VA). The pre-dinner conversation touched on Rod's recent kidney transplant, the donor being his son-in-law, and, just to keep his doctor's from falling asleep, his broken back, which happened shortly after the transplant. I'm happy to report that the next morning saw Rod back on his daily routine of cartweels and back flips, and is scheduled for a cameo appearance on "General Hospital."
It's been two years since John Wolper became Professor Emeritus at the Technion in Haifa, but he still teaches on a voluntary basis when his golf schedule allows. Five years after retiring from the Leiden (Holland) University Medical Center as Chief of Neuro-Anesthesia, Barry Cohn has decided to step down, after 25 years, as President of the Jewish Community of Leiden. In conjunction with his 70th birthday, the Dutch Queen awarded him with a Knighthood in the Order of Oranje-Nassau (sic). He and Annelies relaxed in Italy over the summer, and look forward to our 50th next June.
Ted Raab sent along the sad news of the death of Fred "Shape" Jones, his dear friend and Sig Ep fraternity brother. After Cornell, Fred received his Ph. D in metallurgical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and went on to secure 4 patents for processes he invented involving earth permanent magnet materials during his career with General Electric and Hitachi Metals. His battle cry was, "There comes a time in the life of every project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin producing results." In addition to working and traveling around the world, Fred had time to enjoy fishing, taking care of his dogs and teaching the wonders of magnets to his granddaughter's second grade class.
Myron Green is still unemployed (retired) after many years as director of Unemployment Insurance Adjudicated Services in the New York State Dept. Of Labor. He continues to serve as a director of the southeast U.S. region board of the Red Cross Society of Israel. Brooke is also retired, but active in Elmira College alumnae news reporting. I wonder if she missed a meeting, also, and was "elected" to serve in that august capacity.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2006 - WOMEN
After returning from his 50th reunion in June, Bob '56 and Susie Howe Hutchins got the golf clubs out for some rounds in Longmeadow, MA when the July northeastern heat wave didn't interfere. Since their kids have all settled in the area they are able to see the grandchildren and attend lots of baseball games where the older two play. And this past year Susie has taken up playing the piano again. "I had forgotten how much I enjoy it," she writes. The Hutchins plan to be at our 50th.
August brought some cooler weather to New England and Sally Ann Blake Lavery decided to make use of her screened porch in Amesbury, MA instead of traveling this summer. Sally did go out west in February to visit relatives in Phoenix, Sedona, and the Gold Country. She is involved with historic and community organizations and ushers at the Firehouse Center for the Performing Arts in Newburyport. Sally also serves as a docent at the Historical Society of Old Newbury and the John Greenleaf Whittier Home in Amesbury. "Looking forward to seeing everybody at our 50th. It's coming too quickly!" comments Sally.
Updates came in via e-mail from Eleanor Meaker Kraft and Virginia "Jinny" Elder Flanagan. Ellie passed on her law genes to some of her children with a daughter practicing law in Eureka CA and her oldest son, Rudy '78 a lawyer in San Luis Obispo, CA. Her other children are all on the west coast making it possible for Ellie to see her 7 grandchildren. She is still working in the area of criminal appeals and reports that there is no retirement in sight. But she does have her sights set on flying east for our 50th along with her sister Virginia Meaker Kleinhans. Jinny Flanagan also has seven grandchildren and just celebrated a super 70th birthday with good friends on an overnight in a cabin at Bear Mountain. She is practicing psychotherapy three times a week. "And yes, I will attend reunion".
Barbara Flynn Shively started her choral career at Cornell and is still going strong with the Morris Choral Society in Morristown, NJ. In June she participated in a Summer Sings program sponsored by the Masterworks Chorus with about 150 other singers from various choruses across the state of New Jersey. Barb describes rehearsal: "The conductor was the eminent David Randolph, 92, who had the pianist play a few chords from the very beginning of the Brahms Requiem. The phrase sounded like, with a slight tuning, the beginning of Far Above Cayuga's Waters. Mr. Randolph stopped the pianist, looked up at the choristers, and said 'I think Brahms must have been a Cornellian.' There was a ripple of appreciative laughter. I think there are a lot of Cornellians in the choruses who 'got it' as well. A wonderful moment!" Perhaps Barb will be joining Mary Hobbie Berkelman and Marj Nelson Smart, among others, at the reunion chorus/glee club concert next June when we "tread the hill once more".