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e back—had my first heart attack Sept. 23<br />
and see the error of my ways."<br />
Henry T. Reynolds, 422 Parkview Dr.,<br />
Wynnewood, Pa., has moved his insurance<br />
agency, Reynolds Insurance Agency, Inc.,<br />
into "our own building at 23 Hampstead<br />
Circle, Wynnewood."<br />
Herbert A. Lewis reports he is "still at the<br />
same old stand—Bell Laboratories—after<br />
40 years." Herb's address is 17 Cross Way,<br />
Murray Hill, N.J.<br />
Received back in November was the<br />
following message from Harry Hoff Jr.,<br />
"We have had a good summer at our cottage<br />
on the St. Lawrence, Morristown, N.Y.,<br />
fishing and boating. Starting back to New<br />
Jersey tomorrow along with the 'Canada<br />
geese' which are in the river this morning."<br />
Harry's winter address is 357 Lincoln Ave.,<br />
Orange, N.J.<br />
Irving J. Bland, 201 Main St., White<br />
Plains, penned in December, "Occasionally<br />
take time out of law office chores to assist<br />
in the secondary school program at the<br />
<strong>Cornell</strong> Club of Westchester, which I find<br />
interesting and stimulating, especially the<br />
competition with other well-known colleges<br />
for outstanding candidates. Usually manage<br />
to attend the club's monthly luncheons in<br />
White Plains, frequently with Elmer Fingar.<br />
Recently acquired No. 5 grandchild, James<br />
Andrew (perhaps <strong>Cornell</strong> '88), part of the<br />
Seattle branch of Blands. Looking forward,<br />
for about my 15th year, to my <strong>Cornell</strong> Day<br />
trip to Ithaca next spring, with a contingent<br />
of Westchester's top-line juniors selected<br />
from secondary schools in this area. I<br />
want to thank Hunt Bradley for sending<br />
me the color snapshot taken by our photogenius,<br />
Larry Samuels, at our Class Reunion.<br />
He's so skillful at it that my wife wanted<br />
to know when Spencer Tracy, the guy in<br />
the photo, entered the Class of '26."<br />
Last fall Robert H. Stier, 4858 King<br />
Richard Rd., Jacksonville, Fla., was elected<br />
chairman of the board of Ryder Truck<br />
Lines of Jacksonville, the country's fifth<br />
largest motor carrier. Bob joined Ryder in<br />
March 1963 as vice president and general<br />
manager. He advanced to the presidency in<br />
February 1965 and continued in this capacity<br />
after the company was purchased<br />
from Ryder System of Miami by International<br />
Utilities—a Maryland corporation<br />
—in August 1965. Bob was formerly president<br />
of the Philadelphia Transportation Co.<br />
He is active in the Florida Trucking Assn.<br />
as treasurer, member of the board, and<br />
chairman of the regular route common<br />
carrier conference, and is also a member<br />
of the board of Jacksonville-Duval County<br />
Safety Council. The news came with Bob's<br />
note, "Enclosed news release brings the record<br />
up-to-date. Sorry to have missed our<br />
40th but a long-delayed vacation promise<br />
finally caught up with me and I made my<br />
first visit to Europe."<br />
'26<br />
Women: Grace McBride Van<br />
Win<br />
49 Ft. Amherst Rd.<br />
Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801<br />
Beatrice Benedicks Wille writes that she<br />
is teaching Spanish at the Dodge Vocational<br />
High School in New York. She has<br />
three children and six grandchildren. Her<br />
daughter Joan is doing research in medieval<br />
art and art conservation in New York.<br />
Another daughter, Clare, is getting her PhD<br />
in social science at Berkeley. A son, Dr.<br />
John J. Jr. '59 is in micro-organic research<br />
at the Argonne Laboratories. He recently<br />
appeared on WNBC television discussing<br />
biological "clocks"; he showed that our<br />
"clocks" are reactions within the DNA of<br />
our cells.<br />
Your correspondent pleads for news!<br />
Write to me at the above address.<br />
^ ^"7 Men: Don Hers hey<br />
/ I 5 Landing Rd., S.<br />
** ' Rochester, N.Y. 14610<br />
Here we are at the threshold of our 40th<br />
Reunion. We are elated by the continued<br />
progress of <strong>Cornell</strong>. The beautiful campus<br />
remains unspoiled even with the addition of<br />
many fine new buildings. The renovation of<br />
the old buildings we once occupied adds<br />
to our enthusiasm. Even Willard Straight<br />
Hall, after 40 years of wear and tear, looks<br />
no different than our classmates remember<br />
it and has that added charm and stability<br />
acquired only by age and use. Some of our<br />
classmates won't be with us because of<br />
death, illness, and distance, or important<br />
business assignments. We offer our condolences,<br />
our sympathies, and our best<br />
wishes to all. Two of our absentees, "Bud"<br />
and Dot Trefts (picture), are now located<br />
in a new assignment as treasurer of the<br />
United Presbyterian Church in Ethiopia,<br />
supervising a million-dollar building, equipment,<br />
and hospital fund. We wish them<br />
much happiness there. Their new address is<br />
Box 1111, American Mission, Addis Ababa,<br />
Ethiopia.<br />
Now for '27 shorts: Dan Dalrymple, 55<br />
Delmar PI., 12054, Delmar, is asst. commissioner<br />
of agriculture, N.Y. State. Youngest<br />
son Ross is '69. This makes the fifth<br />
Dalrymple <strong>Cornell</strong>ian—Dana '54, Douglas<br />
'58, and Anne '64. Wes Pietz, RR 1, Kettleby,<br />
Ontario, Canada—Wes, your editor<br />
hopes you keep sending those fine Canadian<br />
hockey players to <strong>Cornell</strong>.<br />
Bob Hobbie, 203 Third Ave., South, has<br />
retired to that lovely west coast town of<br />
Naples, Fla. Bob is a three-star grandpa.<br />
Joe Martinez, Paseo de la Reforma 2125,<br />
Mexico City 10 DF, is a four-star president,<br />
just elected again to head up Automagneto<br />
S.A., Toluca, Mexico, and Stuttgart, West<br />
Germany. Jerry Lanterman, 7340 E. Valley<br />
View Rd., Hudson, Ohio, is a neighbor of<br />
Jim Hand. Jerry is district manager of<br />
Lamson Corp., Cleveland.<br />
Ralph Munns, 2616 Arlington Ave., Independence,<br />
Mo., is still happy and in good<br />
health. He visited Howard Dayton at Daytona<br />
Beach and Morton Bright at Coral<br />
Gables last year. Gabriel Zuckerman, 487<br />
W. 22nd St., New York, has a son in Yale.<br />
Gab deals in New York City brownstone<br />
houses and owns three of them. Last summer<br />
he toured the beautiful and exciting<br />
national parks of America and the Canadian<br />
Rockies in a 'camper.'<br />
Gil Lamb, 100 Walworth Aye., Scarsdale,<br />
continues his many travels. This time to the<br />
canyon country of Arizona, New Mexico,<br />
Colorado, Utah, and Las Vegas! They are<br />
heading to Reunion via Asia Minor. Gil is a<br />
four-star grandpa.<br />
Ed Krech, director of purchasing for<br />
J. M. Huber Corp., Menlo Park, N.J., was<br />
the recipient of the coveted Harry L. Erlicker<br />
Award for 1966. This award is given<br />
for outstanding leadership enhancing the<br />
stature of purchasing in the business world.<br />
Congratulations, Ed. Elwood Pittenger,<br />
630 <strong>University</strong> PI., Swarthmore, Pa., continues<br />
as supervisor of industrial sales,<br />
Philadelphia, Pa. Pitt visited Ray Angle and<br />
wife Betty on their Pocono Triangle Farm<br />
last summer. Jacques Mandelbaum, 425 E.<br />
A PORTRAIT of Mrs. Arthur L. K. (Margaret Hicks) Volkmann '78, BArch '80, done<br />
in pastels by Gabrielle D. Clements '80, was presented to <strong>Cornell</strong> <strong>University</strong> Archives<br />
by Mary Dana Hicks Prang of Syracuse. Margaret Hicks was the first woman in<br />
America to make architecture her profession. Mrs. Edith Fox '32, MA '45 (left), <strong>University</strong><br />
Archivist, receives the portrait from Mrs. John (Helen Bull) Vandervort '26<br />
(right).<br />
56 <strong>Cornell</strong> <strong>Alumni</strong> <strong>News</strong>