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daughter Julia Hardin Foote to Alan Bursley<br />
Shaw, and a spring wedding is planned.<br />
Julia graduated from the College of Wooster,<br />
having spent her junior year studying<br />
in Paris. In 1965 she graduated from the<br />
San Francisco Art Institute. She teaches<br />
art in Washington.<br />
Sara Jane (Scary) Wilder Silcox (Mrs.<br />
Hampton G. Ill) wrote last year that she<br />
wasn't making Reunion because it was<br />
Hamp's 30th at Princeton and they would<br />
be heading that way. Daughter Marcia,<br />
Connecticut College '64, married a law student<br />
and is in Seattle, Wash, (her permanent<br />
home), and there is one grandson who must<br />
be nearing 2 by now. Son Hampton IV is<br />
a student at Norwich U in Vermont and<br />
must be a senior.<br />
Blendy has sent me some news, bless her<br />
heart, so I'll pass some of it on to you.<br />
Ruth Ryerson Codrington '35 (Mrs. Ned),<br />
170 West End Ave., Apt. 20D, New York,<br />
went with son Chris, 14, to London last<br />
summer to visit Garry (elder son) and his<br />
family. Then on to Sweden to meet her<br />
daughter-in-law's family; she had the best<br />
time she's had in years.<br />
Eleanor Elste Gump (Mrs. Charles), 325<br />
Mohawk PL, Dearborn, Mich., toured the<br />
west last summer for the first time and had<br />
her eyes opened to the many wonders of<br />
this beautiful land. Daughter Carol was<br />
graduated last April from the U of Michigan<br />
and worked at nursing in Ann Arbor<br />
during the summer, then took off in September<br />
with a friend for five months of<br />
wandering through Europe. Daughter Nancy<br />
is a sophomore at Ann Arbor majoring in<br />
art.<br />
Mary Tillinghast Nigro (Mrs. Louis),<br />
10654 Flora Vista Ave., Cupertino, Calif.,<br />
says their Rosemary is working in New<br />
York, and Norma at Calif. (Davis). Mary<br />
is going back to school at Stanford studying<br />
architecture and finding that it's hard<br />
work!<br />
Doris Hendee Jones (Mrs. Lloyd), 123<br />
Parkwood Dr., Buffalo, has been going to<br />
New York City occasionally with Jonesie<br />
and Barry, combining some gay social life<br />
with their business trips. In June, daughter<br />
Barb, with husband Dave and little daughter<br />
Wendy, moved back to Buffalo. Dave<br />
is now on the staff at Goodwill Industries<br />
and Barb is going back to school, along<br />
with her other duties of wife and mother.<br />
Harriet Bennett Strandberg (Mrs. M. W.<br />
P.), 295 Harvard St., Cambridge, Mass., says<br />
that her Jo married a <strong>Cornell</strong> girl, and<br />
Ann Sunstein Kheel was at the wedding.<br />
Benny sees Kay Stainken Horn quite regularly.<br />
More next month. How about helping me<br />
out? Just drop me a postal card.<br />
'36 AM, PhD '39 - Seymour B. Dunn<br />
has resigned as dean of the College of<br />
Liberal Arts at Alfred U. He taught at<br />
Hobart and William Smith colleges from<br />
1938 to 1956, when he became academic<br />
dean and director of development at Gettysburg<br />
College in Pennsylvania. He went<br />
to Alfred as dean and professor of history<br />
in 1963.<br />
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Men: Robert A. Rosevear<br />
80 Banbury Rd.<br />
Don Mills, Ont., Canada<br />
With Reunion time only weeks off, Doug<br />
King's "box scores" of returning classmates<br />
indicate a possible record-breaking attendance<br />
for the 30th. Don't miss this chance<br />
to meet old friends and see how <strong>Cornell</strong><br />
has prospered while we've been away!<br />
Here's a sample of those coming back<br />
'36 Women, No. 55<br />
• The Women's Class of 1936 started a<br />
group subscription to the CORNELL<br />
ALUMNI NEWS with the April issue and<br />
became the 55th class using the plan.<br />
Class dues pay for the subscription.<br />
At present, all but four men's classes<br />
between 1913 and 1964 have group subscriptions.<br />
The exceptions are 1922,<br />
1933, 1958, and 1959. In addition, the<br />
Women of 1920, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1954,<br />
and 1957 are in the Plan. The Men of<br />
1916 and 1917 send the NEWS to the<br />
women of their class as well.<br />
in June: from the Midwest—Roy Sawyer<br />
and Charlie Danis from Cleveland; Shirley<br />
Hulse from Western Springs, 111.; Walt<br />
Hardy, Chicago; John Weidman, Valparaiso,<br />
Ind.; Bob Menges, Munster, Ind.;<br />
Frank Parsons, Indianapolis; John Rockwood,<br />
Barrington, 111.; Howie Mandeville,<br />
Cincinnati; Roy Norton, Chicago; Vic Martin,<br />
Detroit. Howard Robison and Jim Brew<br />
will be up from Washington, Bob Aranow<br />
from North Carolina, Sam Groner from<br />
Maryland, and your correspondent from<br />
Centennial Year Canada. Bilal R. Kutlug<br />
regrets he can't make it this time—from<br />
Istanbul, Turkey—but that's quite a trip<br />
even for a Reunion!<br />
World traveler Harvey R. Wellman<br />
(thanks to his association with the US Foreign<br />
Service) is now counselor and deputy<br />
chief of mission, American Embassy, Lisbon,<br />
Portugal. Previous to this overseas assignment,<br />
Harvey was director of personnel<br />
for the Department of State in Washington.<br />
Friends can address him c/o American Embassy,<br />
APO 09678. The Wellmans have two<br />
daughters in college—Karen in second year<br />
at Carleton and Judy in first year at Lake<br />
Forest.<br />
Rolf Hemnierick writes from 14 Alden<br />
Rd., Larchmont: "There is still a possibility<br />
that a second-generation <strong>Cornell</strong>ian will hail<br />
from my family as we have one more to<br />
go, an 11-year-old, Robert. The odds are<br />
getting dimmer, however, as our other three<br />
boys are attending Penn State (graduate<br />
work in meteorology), Stevens Institute of<br />
Technology (engineering), and U of Denver<br />
(business administration)."<br />
Upgrading our squib a year ago about<br />
Richard Steele, his firm, Salem Co., has<br />
opened a third plant, this one in Elkin,<br />
N.C., to manufacture ladies' and children's<br />
classic sportswear. Daughter Margaret is<br />
now at Abbot Academy and sons Andy and<br />
Phil are at Princeton and Phillips Exeter.<br />
The William Pitt Inn on Rt. 24 in Chatham,<br />
N.J., an old landmark dating back to<br />
1760, has been purchased by E. Oliver<br />
Natunen. Oliver would be delighted to play<br />
host to <strong>Cornell</strong>ians and particularly classmates<br />
passing that way. He lives at 7 Portland<br />
Rd., Summit.<br />
M. Wayne Stoffle has practiced architecture<br />
(Stofrle & Finger) in New Orleans since<br />
1948. Son William Wayne has completed a<br />
year's service with the Navy Sea Bees while<br />
daughter Sheryl Lee is a sophomore at<br />
Metaire Park Country Day School. Wayne<br />
writes, "My better half, Margie, is keeping<br />
herself busy with the Crippled Children's<br />
Hospital Guild and other civic activities. All<br />
I do is work, hunt ducks (in season), fish,<br />
and completely enjoy this wonderful interesting<br />
and fattening city." Home is at 730<br />
Gravier St., New Orleans, La.<br />
John Kelly got his spring catalog (Kelly<br />
Bros. Nurseries) out of the way in time to<br />
put his staff on " '37 alert" to get out some<br />
Reunion reminders for Doug King. Thanks,<br />
John, and see you in Ithaca! Incidentally,<br />
John's Reunion news form was sent from<br />
Alcapulco, Mexico, during a mid-winter<br />
vacation. He reports he caught a sailfish and<br />
had a hard time leaving that wonderful<br />
climate.<br />
A Reunion in miniature was held in<br />
Kalamazoo, Mich., last fall when Jack Ser-ι<br />
rell's plane had engine trouble and he spent<br />
the night with the Preston Carters (415<br />
Thomas St.) there. Pres will be coming to<br />
Reunion with his wife and 6-year-old<br />
daughter Celinda. Jack, in turn, will be<br />
leaving Coopertown Rd., Haverford, Pa. for<br />
Reunion. Let's hope he doesn't have engine<br />
trouble over Mauch Chunk or some other<br />
glamorous place!<br />
Another nurseryman, Edmund V. Mezitt,<br />
Frankland St., Hopkinton, Mass., reports<br />
that although he is "busy helping Lady Bird<br />
beautify America," he'll find time to come<br />
to Reunion with his wife. Ed, owner of<br />
Western Nurseries, is currently interested in<br />
another kind of nursery with the arrival of<br />
grandson Peter William (father, Robert<br />
Wayne Mezzitt '64 and mother Ann Elizabeth<br />
Pickering Mezzitt '65.<br />
Dr. Carl Kellman, who is conducting the<br />
Veterinary Small Animal Hospital in the<br />
Bronx, will be at Reunion with his wife.<br />
Their daughter Sarita is conducting the<br />
orthopedic clinic at North Shore Hospital,<br />
Manhasset, while younger daughter Hera<br />
has just started as a freshman at Long Island<br />
U. Carl's home address is 1144 Pelham<br />
Pkwy., S. Bronx.<br />
ROTC instructor since last August at<br />
Indiana U is Col. Robert E. Conine. Bob<br />
and his wife Tali have one son, 4Vi, born<br />
in Japan.<br />
Edwin R. Webster, who returned to<br />
Ithaca in the fall of 1961 to carry on the<br />
work of his father, Dr. C. H. Webster '04,<br />
representing New York Life, will be attending<br />
Reunion with his wife Rhoda (Dunham)<br />
'41.<br />
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Women: Carol H. Cline<br />
3121 Valerie Arms Dr.,<br />
Apt. 4<br />
Dayton, Ohio 45405<br />
Last call for Reunion! By now you have<br />
sent your class dues to Maggie, your questionnaire<br />
to Gert, your contribution to the<br />
<strong>Cornell</strong> Fund, and have mailed your Reunion<br />
reservation. There is one more item<br />
on that Reunion checklist: Your alumni<br />
trustee ballot. There is a woman candidate<br />
this year—Patricia Carry '50, a gal very<br />
well qualified to serve <strong>Cornell</strong> and Corneϊlians<br />
everywhere. A few years ago, another<br />
well-qualified woman candidate was not<br />
elected because too many alumnae did not<br />
bother to vote at all. You have to be a<br />
pretty special <strong>Cornell</strong>ian to qualify as a<br />
candidate for alumni trustee, and we all owe<br />
it to those who are willing to serve to mark<br />
our ballots and mail them back to the university<br />
on time. (Read the instructions carefully<br />
before marking the ballot and signing<br />
the envelope—it is appalling how many<br />
brilliant <strong>Cornell</strong> alumni fail to do this<br />
properly each year, and the committee has<br />
to throw out their ballots!) Remind all your<br />
<strong>Cornell</strong> friends to vote too.<br />
Yours truly was in Florida (visiting my<br />
parents) from Feb. 10 till March 17. One<br />
evening I had dinner and a delightful chat<br />
with Helen Dunn at Jamaica Inn on Key<br />
Biscayne. Helen, after her sabbatical trip<br />
around the world, is back at Coral Gables<br />
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