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humanities and French literature
discussions (all of the French lit
courses considered an extension
of Humanities A); I continue that
practice for five weeks each summer.
During the autumn, winter
and spring months I also devote a
full academic year to a single major
project, such as the Proust novel
(again!) and Hugo’s incomparable
Les Misérables (for the first time).
I recently completed a painfully
slow and happily most rewarding
reading, with the help of two excellent
dictionaries, of Doctor Zhivago.
As for September … Something
will turn up. The Janáček operas?
You never know.”
Bill Tanenbaum and Ira Jaffrey
spent several weekends together
hiking and enjoying the Colorado
outdoors in Aspen, Glenwood
Springs and Beaver Creek. Bill
continues his mountain conquests,
gaining an altitude of 10,200 ft. on
Beaver Creek Mountain; then white
water rafting on the Arkansas River,
a nine-mile ride in category 4–5
rapids, water at 55 degrees breaking
over the bow. Bill attended a wedding
in Arkansas and met a friend
for lunch in Tulsa, Okla., and that
now closes the ring, visiting every
state.
At the memorial service for
Joe Coffee ’41 held at the campus
on April 28, three members of
the class were in attendance: Bob
Berne, Richard Friedlander and
Art Delmhorst. “Joe,” Art writes,
“was the first or nearly the first
director of alumni relations and
founded the Columbia College
Fund, the Alexander Hamilton
Medal, the John Jay Awards for
distinguished professional achievement
and CCT. I thought it was
neat that he had touched three
members of our class in different
ways. In my case, he was a fellow
trustee of the Columbia University
Club Foundation.”
We mourn the passing of Dr. Robert
J. Capone and Ronald Kane.
Robert, who was diagnosed with
leukemia in 2008, died peacefully
on June 29 at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn
in Albany, N.Y. He earned his M.D.
at Cornell, did his internship at
Vanderbilt and completed his residency
at the University of Vermont
in Burlington. Robert served in the
Navy as a lieutenant commander
and practiced at the Oakland Naval
Hospital from 1968–70. Thereafter,
he spent two years at UC Davis, 19
years as a professor of medicine at
Brown and a cardiologist at Rhode
Island Hospital, and four years as
a cardiologist at Strong Memorial
Hospital and a professor at Rochester
University. In 1994, he became a
cardiologist at Albany Medical Center
Hospital and was a professor at
Albany College of Medicine until
2008, when he retired due to his
diagnosis. Robert is survived by his
wife, Emilie, whom he married in
1964 and with whom he celebrated
more than 46 years of marriage, two
sons and four grandchildren.
Ronald was a certified appraiser
of antiques and real estate. He was
a generous benefactor of museums,
to which he donated antiques. He
died on May 30 and is survived
by his sister, Louise Trotman, and
nephews Adrian and Julian.
The class sends its sincerest con-
dolences to the families and friends
of Robert and Ronald. Please for-
ward your recollections of our late
classmates for inclusion in Class
Notes.
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Michael Hausig
19418 Encino Summi
San Antonio, TX 78259
mhausig@yahoo.com
Dr. Jeffrey Rudell’s book was published
in August: Exercise Physiology
for Swimmers & Divers: Understanding
Limitations. It is available on
Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Rich Mace’s granddaughter
Ahrielle Felicity Mace is appearing
as a principal dancer in Footloose, the
1980s movie remake that came out
this fall. She also appeared at halftime
at the Atlanta Falcons’ September
17 game. Parents Richard Riurik
Mace and his wife, Jen, are rather
proud, as is Rich. Rich spends his
time playing piano ensemble music
with a fine bunch of pros, playing
bridge twice a week under the tutelage
of a grandmaster and tending
to every wish his still–hard-working
United Nations International School
teacher wife, Ingeborg, requires to
be fulfilled. Of such pleasures is
the stuff of retirement made. The
couple recently returned from a
two-week vacation to Norway’s
four major cities, where the people
are still in shock from their own
particular brush with tragedy. The
scenery was magnificent.
Joyce and Stuart Newman celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
in June. They married weeks
after their respective graduations
from Barnard and Columbia. Joyce
maintains her ob/gyn practice in
Manhattan, and Stuart is as busy as
ever practicing corporate law, also
in Manhattan.
Gerry Brodeur’s wife, Judy, died
on April 1 after a long illness. A
memorial service was held at St.
Jude Parish, Londonderry, N.H.
Gerry visited with Sue and Jack
Kirik in Moline, Ill., on the drive
from Las Vegas to New Hampshire
with Judy’s ashes. Bob McCool and
Wayne Hatfield attended the service
with their wives, Pat and Fran.
Wayne and Gerry developed
a close friendship while playing
football at Columbia. Wayne flew
to Las Vegas to provide company
on the drive to New Hampshire,
a great act of friendship. He also
rode back to Las Vegas with Gerry
and his dog and then flew back to
Leominster, Mass., via a side flight
to Denver to see his brother.
Harold Cohen was a regular
attendee at class reunions but
missed our 50th. Stuart Newman
attempted to track Harold down
after the reunion but couldn’t reach
him by phone or email. In July,
he received a letter from Harold’s
wife, Karen, informing him that
Harold passed away on March 12.
Harold was an All-State basketball
player in high school, an active
member of AEPi and one of the
most enthusiastic scholars in our
class. He sought out the best lecturers,
inhaled their courses and was
transformed by professors such as
C. Wright Mills.
REUNION MAY 31–JUNE 3
ALUMNI OFFICE CONTACTS
ALUMNI AFFAIRS Robin Vanderputten
robinv@columbia.edu
212-851-7399
DEVELOPMENT Allen Rosso
ar3152@columbia.edu
212-851-7947
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WINTER 2011–12
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John Freidin
1020 Town Line Rd.
Charlotte, VT 05445
jf@bicyclevt.com
You will receive this in December.
But as I write on September 20,
the late summer sun is glowing on
Vermont. A week ago, my sweetheart,
Kathryn, and I returned
from a sensational bicycle tour in
Hungary with my old firm, VBT.
The highlight of the trip was being
infused with the sad history of
Hungary, especially the recent history
of Hungarian Jews. Time and
again I stumbled onto local citizens
and places that impelled me to see
and feel more about those heartwrenching
times. During the trip
I read Joseph Kertes’ fine novel,
Gratitude, about the Hungarian
Shoah. I am still filled with visions
of that horrendous time.
The most important news is that
our 50th Alumni Reunion Weekend
— Wednesday, May 30–Sunday,
June 3 — is only a few months
away. Your classmates are working
to create a wonderful experience.
But the key to the occasion is your
participation. The more of us who
attend, the more each of us will
enjoy it. Take a look at the reunion
website (reunion.college.columbia.
edu) and mark your calendars
now. More information will start to
arrive during the spring, so be sure
Columbia has your correct postal
and email addresses.
I have an idea about our reunion
I’d like to ask you about. To me it
is most important that the reunion
provide uninterrupted opportunities
to talk and laugh with classmates.
But I worry that the enticing
attractions of Morningside Heights
and NYC will tempt us to scatter.
(The usual events, such as formal
dinners, lectures and campus tours,
often do not lend themselves to
casual interaction.) So it occurred to
me that we could have a wonderful
time together by chartering a boat
and taking a cruise for two or three
hours, during which time we could
mix and mingle and also enjoy
unique views of Manhattan. Other
classes have done this. Does this
idea appeal to you?
Hal Watson (halprof39@aol.com),
Horace Spaulding, Carl Rauh and
Richard (Dick) Evans had a oneday
reunion in 2008 in Denver and
resolved then to attend our 50th.
In 1961–62 they lived together on
Riverside Drive. Hal advises us to
wear our reunion nametags. “None
of us look like we did in 1962,” he
says. [Editor’s note: All reunion
attendees and guests are provided
with lanyards and nametags.]
Hal has retired from Southern
Methodist University, where he
was a professor of mechanical
engineering. He consults on cases
involving patent disputes. Horace
is a retired investor in TV cable
programming and lives in California.
Carl practices law in Washington,
D.C. Dick is a retired Air Force
colonel and aerospace engineer;
he now works in private military
contracting and lives in Denver.
Howard Felperin (hfelperin@
live.co.uk) is “keen to attend our
50th class reunion.” He recently
moved to the Isle of Wight. From
1977–95, Howard taught English
literature (mainly Shakespeare) at
two Australian universities, the
University of Melbourne and Macquarie
University. In 1996 he retired
to England, where he’s lived
ever since. He’s published several
books on Shakespeare and literary
theory and now spends much of
his time walking the beach and
writing poetry — both his own
and translations from Latin, most
notably the Aeneid.
Barry Leeds (bhleeds01@snet.net)
writes that he, too, is “looking forward
to seeing many old friends” at
our 50th.
Anthony Valerio’s new e-books
include Lefty and Her Gangsters: A
Novel of Sex and Power; The Little
Sailor; Toni Cade Bambara’s One
Sicilian Night; and BART: A Life of
A. Bartlett Giamatti.
In early August, John Boatner
wrote, “Here in Tennessee we are
living in hell after hell with recordbreaking
temperatures.” John
recently produced five new CDs of
his compositions: a concerto for cello
and orchestra, two choral works,