Jeanne Allen was recently awarded the Eileen Hayes Mentoring Award by the Massachusetts Coalition of Nurse Practitioners. Shortly thereafter, the Dean announced a visit by a potential donor, Mr. Ellis L. Phillips, president of the Phillips Foundation, who wished to speak to members of the EE faculty about their plans for use of a new building. In this context, a group of startup founders in New Delhi launched an ambitious initiative, Mission Oxygen. Inara is particularly missed by Mike Duffy and others who shared classes with her at Cornell. Also inspiring me is my daughter, Charlotte, 27 (dad is John Treadwell), whos home for a bit after finishing her dual masters degrees in history and information science at the U. of Maryland. Sheldon loved billiards, which he viewed as an art of controlling motion. David and Christine Dickieson Pesses sent news from Gloversville, NY, where the pandemic has them doing much more walking, which is keeping them in great shape. She will be terribly missed by her family, classmates, colleagues, and friends. Joans takeaway from the pandemic: Boredom. This is a great time to share what youve been up to and generate some excitement for our 35th Reunion next June 912 (how is that even possible?)! Heres the link to the SPJs information on the COVID winners.. His older son is a senior at Cornell and his younger son just started as a freshman. Bruce Hazen (hazen@threequestionsconsulting.com) and wife Jennifer Shirley live in Portland, OR. I also help with people understanding Medicare, and I highly recommend this as a retirement activity. Mike has been in one book club for ten-plus years, and now, since the pandemic started, is also in a Zoom reading group that has helped keep him connected. As I go through the many responses I have from all of you, what strikes me is how each one reflects so well the instantaneous mood when written, and how they have changed as the US goes through the various ebbs and surges of the pandemic. When not walking in the woods, she enjoys watching Hallmark movies with happy endings and being with grandchildren. with our Manhasset neighbors and look forward to some vacation time at the beach in late August. Within a week, the first 1,000 oxygen concentrators arrived in India, each saving a few lives every single day. Performing opportunities have disappeared. Desire is a trustee in the village of Olympia Fields, IL, where the Watkinses reside, and she ran for mayor in spring 2021. His biggest takeaway from the pandemic is to value friendship. Son Eric 18 (CALS) works for an investment fund in Washington, DC, and daughter Anjali 19 (ILR) lives in New York City and works for a consulting firm. Had to give up my car. She is taking one day at a time! Of her children, she writes, One in Afghanistan, one a research doctor, one an architect, and one unemployed. Satisfaction? We would love to hear from you! As luck would have it, Im writing this installment of our class column from a beautiful house on Cayuga Lake. Jim serves as an ad hoc member of the CALS deans advisory committee and is farming Cornell fruit, including SnapDragon and RubyFrost apples, with his sons, Kevin 04 and David (Purdue 08). Watch out for the new DOE chief, Jennifer Granholm, a real ball of fire. Joel and I became grandparents on March 31! I also talk about once a month with Mary Ellen Berger McDougal, who lost her husband, Dick 58, MS 63, in March but keeps busy collecting fabric and making beautiful quilts. To that end, our leadership team (listed below) is focused on connecting via communications and (both virtual and in-person) events, but with personality and flair befitting Cornell and the Class of 2011. I am also chairman of the environment committee of Concerned Citizens of Laguna Woods Village. It is fortunate that he has the time to help with care for his wife, Ruth. Life moves so quickly; it is up to us to make it slow down. Bridgets takeaways from the pandemic? He now only has to constantly pick up pine cones. Also on the Upper West Side is Fran Hoffinger. . Wilfred Wege (fwege@sccoast.net) and his wife, Maureen, have relocated from New York to (slightly warmer) Conway, SC; Wilfred is still serving on the board of directors of Security Mutual Insurance Co. of Ithaca. He graduated from high school in 2019 and has since been working in grocery stores and restaurants (Ill miss his beet salad) and taking community college courses. Friends, music, and the care and feeding of two cats, she writes. We have a lot of news to share. Learn how Dawnwho is known for her work on projects like Sharp Objects, The Gifted, and Cloak & Daggerwas able to find success despite graduating during one of the worst recessions in our countrys history, how she was able to persevere through depression and sadness, and her thoughts on whether film school is really necessary. In retirement, Judith Locker Adelson writes from Los Angeles, My daughter and 6-year-old granddaughter have been living with me during the pandemic. We had a great little U-Hall 1 reunion dinner also, attended by Mike Durand and his wife, Ann. Now we live less than an hour apart, so our friendship continues. Bruce can be contacted at biwaxman2@aol.com. As a US Fulbright professor, I taught for a semester at ITAM in Mexico City. Robert Efron, DVM 75 (Bobyak2@aol.com) of West Hartford, CT, is semi-retired, working about 15 hours per week doing relief work for a veterinarian. This lab space houses a laser cutter, 3D printers, drill press, tabletop saw, adhesives, and a wide assortment of extra hand tools. David is still working three days a week as a family practice doctor. Healthcare, communications, consumer electronics and many other fields are creating tremendous new opportunities for innovation in circuits at every level. About COVID, Susan writes, Fortunately, my community has lots of safe places to walk, including conservation areas, so I have seen a great many birds and an occasional turtle on my daily walks. Susan says she finds the most satisfaction keeping up with my four children and my 11 grandchildren. Her nearby granddaughter added twins to the household of three little boys, and one of the twins was a girl! If I dont answer, leave a voicemail, and I will call you back. Members typically become engaged in one or more personal or group projects. Well, hes still touring, and his band, Doctor Dans Music Show, recently performed at two legendary Los Angeles clubs (the Cinema Bar and the Viper Club). After finishing her pediatric residency at Westchester Medical Center earlier this year, Kelly relocated to Plymouth, MA, where she and Sean recently purchased a house. Liebes family adopted a rescue cat and a Cavalier King Charles spaniel during the pandemic. If you sent us your news in the fall, look for it in an upcoming column! Online news form. In the 70s, Dick became chairman of the Antitrust Society of the American Bar Assn. All restrooms are single occupant with locks. They also stay connected in a Zoom book club. While we continue to be physically apart, our class supports you and welcomes you to share your news for future columns to maintain our connections during this challenging time. Sally Weisberg Goldberg Elam, MS 71, of Fountain Hills, AZ, has a Zoom course called Wellness, Parenting and You! She says, Another name for it is Immunity with Impunity (without punishment). She writes, teaches, and presents about helping parents make the most of their time with their children. She advocates teaching about how the body works as part of basic education. Hes focusing on talking with friends, working out, and cooking. Post-vaccination I am planning trips to Spain (with Cornell roomie Karen Snider), Panama, Zimbabwe, and Ireland. I have been working with the Major League Baseball Players Assn. Patricia invites one and all Cornellians to heed the challenge call for upcoming intercollegiate fun at Heritage! Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@comcast.net. My Sigma Phi fraternity brother John Gaines and his wife, Bonnie Cohen, moved back to Brooklyn in July after more than 20 years in the Bay Area. Three cruisesCaribbean, Great Lakes, and Bermudaare planned! Faculty members now employ electronic media in teaching, combining video, real-time computer output and 3-D presenters. In most cases, weve all been experiencing change. Walter also reports that his first wife died in 2018 after 52 years marriage, and he remarried last April. When asked how her life has changed recently, Amy Parsons Jeffries (asp4@cornell.edu) similarly shared that her oldest, daughter Savannah 24, is a Cornellian! We even found a mask with pictures of honeybees.. Charles Efflandt (cefflandt@foulston.com) writes that he and wife Patti moved to Sarasota, FL. She attributes her long, healthy life to enjoying gin martinis at 5 oclock every day with cheers to Cornell! Now that is impressive! She also serves as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Yale U. Bridget and her husband, Edmund Chung, are based in Guilford, CT, and she is excited to establish a footprint out West with a new home in Wyoming. With each spoonful of soup she ate, I winced, thinking of my baby brother swimming for dear life in that cauldron called her stomach. Cornell Maker Club resources are for personal projectsonly. Scott currently works as sales director for Pepsicos Quaker Division out in California, and he enjoys riding his road bike and listening to audio books in his spare time. He speaks of connection from elementary school through Cornell, working life and retirement, finding it very interesting!. Kathy Dixon Leone (kathydleone@aol.com) has been mentoring teens living in group homes/foster care and working toward the reform of the Palm Beach County foster care system. I very much hope to come to a Reunion one of these years. He loves his daily bike ridegood for the body and the brain! Sharing meals at home, seeing Charlotte develop each day, and seeing our sons off to their activities have been my highlights. Barbara Weed Poetzsch says that after practicing medicine for 41 years, she finally retired last year. Both were UPenn grads. Our classmates have been sharing news of their pandemic activities, professional accomplishments, and volunteer activities. Jean Williams Peters writes from Evanston, IL, that she and her husband, Phillip, MRP 64, worried most during the pandemic about their isolated grandchildren. Last September, his Evidence of Things Unseen, a volume of fiction comprising four stage plays, was also published. I know I have had a very busy few months traveling. Wishing I had more news to share this round. Laurance Fuller Professor Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering This is not to diminish the news we have this time: thank you to our classmates who sent us updatesand please, everyone else, join our party. Last year, the pull of family and growing grandchildren called us back to North Carolina, where we have moved to the Cypress of Raleigh Life Plan Communitywhich is full of neighbors with fascinating backgrounds. Anger at those who refuse to follow needed precautions and directions to get rid of COVID-19.. I have a mango tree in the backyard in full bloom; it will have to be supported or it will fall over. Her husband, Walter Bud 49, BEE 50, PhD 54, died. Cathy says, Im so fortunate not to have been touched closely by the pandemic. On the same path, Mary Machamer in Toronto is about to retire. (The book can be found on Amazon.) 131 Phillips Hall +1 (607) 255-6303 sja4@cornell.edu (as of Dec 01, 2007) If you have a disability and are having trouble accessing information on this website or need materials in an alternate format, Contact web-accessibility@cornell.edu for assistance. Solid-state electronics completely superseded vacuum-tube laboratory activities. I am happy to connect individually to hear your thoughts and ideas. He became a council life member last year. Its good to hear from so many mates as we come out of this past unusual year and a half. In mid-July she passed away. She began working as a pediatrician in a primary care clinic earlier this fall. Wife Carole advises that the food is pretty good. The faculty member in question might be in Engineering; he was mentioned along with CU professors David Daiches, Milton Konvitz, PhD 33, Vladimir Nabokov, and Harold Bloom. My wife, Wendy, and I have gotten into a large pattern of encouraging each other in reading and writing. Our combined Kindle library is 1,400 books. Bob says that these days, its all about his two children and four grandchildren. Available 24/7/365. We were so gratified to receive so many updates from you via our email solicitation in September. He was a virologist who did his masters thesis on RNA and could have explained fully the antiviral developments leading successfully to the vaccines (based on messenger RNA). Nan is happy to be back gardening around our villa and in the community vegetable garden. Tierney 21 (Hotel) is working in D.C.; Nikki 18 (Arts) is in medical school in London, Ontario; and Max 16 (Arts) works in Toronto. He wrote that the town is like a time machine: miniature golf, go-carts, unfancy food.. Find nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels. In his senior year he was a finalist in the national Westinghouse Science Talent Search. After Cornell, he succeeded brilliantly in his graduate work at Harvard, where he earned his PhD in physics in 1958. Wed love to hear from you and give you your 15 minutes of Cornell fame! Johns next stop via the friendly skies: the Princeton suburbs, to see my pal Sameer Desai and his lovely clan. You may contact me directly, at my email or phone below. Phillips Hall closes off the east end of the Engineering Quadrangle and boarders Campus Road. We are also planning weddings for our two oldest boys during the next six months. Watching pelicans dive in the Caribbean and playing golf four times a week at 81 years old. From Minnesota, Mike Hoffman (myflightplan@gmail.com) stayed close to home for a year, following the science, and paid close attention to Dr. Fauci. More power to this one and all those other Cornell circles of friends. My wife, Christobel (Lorie), and Ia Cornell 01 couplewelcomed our third child into the world in March: Charlotte Fay, a happy baby girl who gets a lot of attention from her big brothers, Will, 7, and Max, 10. It would thus be possible, for example, to have an experiment in progress in a laboratory, and, in a classroom in another part of the building, to receive a description of the activity and measure resulting data. Barb Pirson Foisy just retired after 16 years at IBM and 19 years teaching math. Jenny Tesar, jet24@cornell.edu. After 67 years of marriage, Stephanie passed in April after a battle with cancer. The most special ones changed my life in wonderful ways. By earning this award, Carly will be the New York State nominee for National Teacher of the Year and will serve as an ambassador to teachers throughout the state. Im trying to keep up with friends and former neighbors. What brings her the most satisfaction these days? The original seats were removed, refurbished and reinstalled in a staggered pattern for uninterrupted sightlines. Wow! Scott Peer has been working from home for Virgin Orbit. Congratulations to all! Schneider Social Sciences Hall (SSS) 26. Frederic has sadly gone through a divorce and is adjusting to his new life. Additionally, after 15 years as a principal at Fish & Richardson, he recently joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner as its head of high-tech patent litigation. My husband, Rob Benedetti (Stanford 73, U. of Washington School of Medicine 77), retired from his nephrology practice. Libby Boymel, lkb24@cornell.edu; Elana Beale, erb26@cornell.edu. Its about ALL of us. With the pandemic and the ensuing economic shakeups, many of our classmates have been confronted by profound challenges while others have found opportunity. As I write this, its the dog days of summer in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, and Im getting ready to send my youngest to college and transition to empty nesthood. He and wife Sharon have a close, loving relationship with each other and the family. Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu. We look forward to hearing from you! I cant emphasize enough the value of working for the Sun, even if youre not going to be a journalist. Consequently, the EE Building Committee gave serious consideration to Sage as the site of choice for the new structure. We also hope that you plan on ending 2021 on a high note by supporting Cornell and our class by paying your class dues and checking out Ways to give. He and James got together in NYC in June, when James was visiting from Chattanooga. She enjoys an active schedule of concerts featuring both operatic and art song repertoire. Phillips Hall closes off the east end of the Engineering Quadrangle and boarders Campus Road. Aaron was one of the running coaches, and it turned out every running coach had a Cornell connection: Cornell Triathlon Team coach Tom Giannettino, and Triathlon Team members Avery Voehl 21 and Warren Blood 21. Joe Basralian, who lives in New Jersey with his wife and daughters, shared that he spends his spare time working for conservation and appreciation of our natural world through nonprofit work, and Im deeply involved in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts as well. Joe also proudly announced that his daughters recently completed their BSA Eagle Projects! On July 26, the New York Times published a full-page obituary describing his extremely significant contributions to physics. He is a veteran and current artillery officer in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Phillips Hall, Room 305 pd83@cornell.edu Claudia Fischbach Stanley Bryer 1946 Professor of Biomedical Engineering Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Weill Hall, Room 157 607/2554547 cf99@cornell.edu Shaoyi Jiang Robert Langer '70 Family and Friends Professor Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering sj19@cornell.edu Alex Kwan Associate Professor Please submit an online news form or send your news to: Dorothy Mulhoffer Solow, 50 Grant St., Wellsboro, PA 16901; tel., (570) 948-9107 or (412) 215-1435; email, winspeck@yahoo.com; or Class of 1949, c/o Alexandra Bond 12, abb83@cornell.edu. Jessica Marcus was scheduled to participate in the 112th running of the Race to Mac, a sailing race from Chicago to Mackinac Island. The pandemic has necessitated living with fewer social contacts, but we are staying healthy and keeping up on world affairs. They are fortunate to have their daughter and family nearby in Kirkland, WA, with one son in Austin and the other with a new job remotely working from Orlando. Online news form. I knew her stomach was really big, but was it big enough to hold a baby and all that hot soup? So begins a recent essay by Tom Golden, available on his blog, which can be accessed via his website. Online news form. Jeff is an entertainment lawyer who works in music, film and television, fashion and branding, and the digital media space. She particularly misses the opportunity to have been with her late husband, Albert, PhD 51, during this viral pandemic. Ive been on the podium and hope to do so again this year. The pandemic taught Nancy to be thankful for having a roof over her head, food on the table, and good health. He also works as a professor of management at Fairleigh Dickinson U. in New Jersey. Joan Falconer writes, I moved into a cooperative building two months before the pandemic hit. Some of us have started families and are raising children. Wed love to hear what has been happening in your world lately! The details of the award include Tom having taken a number of ideas and turned them into projects, which developed into major Wall Street situations or closely held successes. Phillips Hall, Room 325 607/255-3998. Elyse Frank celebrated her marriage to Jonathan Peterlin on July 31 at the Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland. Congratulations to our very own Cari Hills on being inducted into the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame in September 2021! Online news form. Lets begin with news received in March. Katherine gets the most satisfaction from traveling, gardening, reading, relaxing with husband Virgilio Sanchez, playing and visiting with grandkids, and volunteering in her community, including administering COVID vaccines. Alyosha Christopher Molnar. So many of you answered the recent call for news that Ive got enough now for at least two more columnsthank you for that! Pam is also working part time as a manager for the Central Toronto Athletic Club. Please look forward to other CMC events! Dianne has been doing sewing/craft projects and jigsaw puzzles. The new building was to be a modern edifice, complete with state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities, that would offer relief from the existing cramped quarters, encourage pedagogical benefits from the presence of most of the School divisions under one roof, and provide adequate space for future expansion. John recently began working for Boston-based healthcare administration startup Cohere Health as VP of marketing. Once the contribution period has finished, the book will be frozen, and the file will be available to all classmates. Thank God all are well. News has come to us of the death of classmate Virginia Ginny Lucie Marshall on June 14 this year. She is survived by her husband, Stephen Koval, and their son, Luca 22. (Jeffs wife had the good sense to fly.) Bob Beringer (beringermcb@yahoo.com) in Topsham and Ken Wing, PhD 66 (wingke58@gmail.com) in Brunswick. Jeffrey Spector writes that his son graduated from high school in June and is attending the U. of Maryland, and his daughter graduated from Colby College in May with a BA in psychology. I do a lot of art workmainly mosaic art, some painting, and photography. With the help of friends and of people they have never met, orbisculate has appeared in poems, in a crossword puzzle, and even on a warning sign surreptitiously placed in a grocery store, cautioning customers that citrus fruits are known to orbisculate. Jeffrey wrote in July that hed been working from home since March 2020 and was using the time he used to spend commuting to sleep more (Im imagining a few others can relate!). The sculpted linear metal ceiling with acoustical backing is suspended in scalloped sections, with fabric fascias covering audio speakers at the column lines. Our 10-year-old daughters have done their fifth-grade year virtually. Rachel Bennett shares that she has joined Northwell Health Fertility. He enjoys visits by a great-grandchild who lives 15 minutes away and expects the arrival of more great-grandchildren. The upper stories are framed in limestone panels. Nina French Glover (St. Petersburg, FL) is living in downtown retirement housing, which she says is conveniently near everything for her. He published something relevant to what became known as electroweak theory (the unification of electromagnetism and the weak force). (You can see why a non-scientist must rely on the Cornell authors. Now I am doing lots of gardening and woodworking, as well as plenty of reading. 7 Week 2 Drop/Change Grading Basis Ends . What a great idea! Very happy about that! It gave her more time to tend to things on their small farm. On the minus, Ive forgotten the names and faces of many friends., Richard Tunick (Palm Beach, FL) writes: Usually spend approximately seven months in Palm Beach and five months in Greenwich, CT. Because of the pandemic, I spent 14 months in Florida, only returning north in late April 2021 to finally see family, friends, and my business partner. Retirement paved the way for even more frequent and extended trips. If you didnt, please take a moment to submit an online news form or send a message or holiday letter directly to: Peggy Ramin, mar335@cornell.edu. Richard Weir III and his wife, Paula, live in Oyster Bay, NY. By year-end, I had been promoted to managing editor, but I still write. Rather than going out, we have become facile users of Zoom. Marrying her passions for science, technology, and communications, she has built a career dedicated to opening the field of space science research to involve and include all people. Enjoying autos and audio as hobbies, time with his wife, and extended family Zooms for the past year, Howard says that most of his joy comes from walks and playing with best buddy Bosco. Pam grew up in Connecticut and hasnt been able to visit the US to see her parents and other relatives in over a year. John Grocki (arc.jmg@gmail.com) moved to golf heavenHilton Head, SCto avoid the annual chores of shoveling and raking leaves. (Yes, its a thing!). Phillips Hall frames Cornell University's Engineering quad on the north side and houses the School of Electrical Engineering. Loren and Dana are planning an East Coast trip to Lenox, MA, and Newport, RI. We havent done such a collection in several decades, and we hope that everyone will share something of where they are in their lives, some highlights of how they got there, and perhaps what their retirement future (or present for some of us) will look like. So beyond my clinical work, I very much live with this beyond the usual day-to-day exposure to pandemic news. During the early days of the pandemic, her daughter and her two grandchildren sheltered in with her, which was wonderful. COVID actually kept Rich quite busy. He finds that most satisfaction these days comes from teaching and coaching, and his biggest takeaway from the pandemic has been that distance learning at the high school level is not successful in the majority of cases. Lisa Morse (askprk@aol.com) lives in Mission Viejo, CA, where she is in semi-retirementkind of! She works both as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and as a mental health attorney, and she is also enjoying the beautiful weather and year-round access to the beach and hiking trails. The vacuum-tube manufacturing and analysis facility in Franklin Hall was designated for transfer to the fourth-floor north wing of Phillips Hall. When I was a child, my family spent some vacations there, so we shared our numerous photos and memories with my father, Dr. Arnold Moses. A public defender, she writes, Work has gotten harder because of the workaround with the pandemic and people teleworking or staying at home. The most satisfaction in life for her is found in people continuing to be kind to each other. The pandemic caused her to furlough starting in May, which was just two months prior to a planned retirement, so it all worked out! These are not for the public. Hes excited to finally get the away-from-home college experience. Anne Hoskins (aehoskins15@gmail.com) and her husband, Robert Zdenek, have bought a home in San Luis Obispo, CA, with hopes of retiring there someday. Herbert Neuman (herbneuman@aol.com) writes: 2020 was a tough year. He reports that after in-person meetings were dramatically curtailed during the pandemic, there is now a slow return to travel, dinner with friends, and shopping while keeping safety restrictions. From Mount Horeb, WI, we heard from retired nurse Catherine Lott (cathlott@mhtc.net). Day by day, she is caregiving for her aging partner, an NYU grad. As if this werent enough, can you believe that this gifted physician couldnt get access to N95 masks back when COVID-19 began? After six separate plans had been considered and discarded, a seventh design was finally adopted in early 1952, and the architectural firm of Perkins and Will was commissioned to draw up preliminary designs. Alan Miller (astanley92@gmail.com) recently finished a book with two co-authors, Cut Super Climate Pollutants Now!, which is currently available. Hear Darnells fascinating and inspirational story about taking the wrong path in life, lessons learned, and coming out the other side. You can also check out Darnells op-ed in the New York Times. Rob and I spend two to three months each winter in our home near San Jos del Cabo, Mexico. Online news form. Her takeaway from the pandemic? Check our next column for more news from our classmates! On the way other end of the time spectrum, as I was working in my garden in March, I found what turned out to be a fossil imprint of a brachiopod, some 400 million years oldthat is 150 million years BEFORE dinosaurs roamed the earth.
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