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JUNE 1994<br />

Departments<br />

CORNELL<br />

22 Food Fight!<br />

BY MARA BOVSUN<br />

Scientists say bioengineered foods are perfectly safe to eat.<br />

Consumer groups call them Frankenfoods and say you eat them<br />

at your peril. So who's right?<br />

28 Mysteries of Ithaca<br />

BY BRYAN DI SALVATORE<br />

One man's view of the place we all call home.<br />

34 Sher's List<br />

4 News<br />

The Straight takeover is commemorated; the<br />

skeletons in Sigma Phi's closet; Clark Teaching<br />

Award winner dies.<br />

8 Letters<br />

Bethe and the bomb, CM picks and pans.<br />

12 Letter from Ithaca<br />

A professor wonders why so many students want<br />

to become doctors.<br />

14 Faculty<br />

Ken McClane's long road from Harlem to Ithaca.<br />

17 Research<br />

Global overpopulation is here, and now.<br />

Cover photo by Chris Hildreth / <strong>Cornell</strong><br />

BY LAURENCE ARNOLD<br />

Neal Sher '68 hunted war criminals like Ivan the Terrible and Kurt<br />

Waldheim for the justice department. But his biggest foe was always time.<br />

VOLUME 96 NUMBER 10<br />

19 Sports<br />

Technological advancements are making today's<br />

crews row faster than ever.<br />

42 News of Alumni<br />

77 Alumni Deaths<br />

80 Legacies<br />

84 Alumni Activities<br />

Statements from two out-going alumni trustees.<br />

87 Alumni Calendar<br />

88 <strong>Cornell</strong>iana<br />

62 <strong>Cornell</strong> Hosts<br />

66 Professional Directory<br />

86 <strong>Cornell</strong> Classifieds<br />

<strong>Cornell</strong> Magazine (ISSN 1070-2733) is published monthly except for combined issues in January/February and July/August by the <strong>Cornell</strong> Alumni Federation, 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850-1266.<br />

Subscriptions cost $29 a year. Second-class postage paid at Ithaca, NY and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to <strong>Cornell</strong> Magazine, c/o Public Affairs Records, 55 Brown<br />

Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850-1266.<br />

JUNE 1994<br />

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