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house at Reunion with Bob's former roommate
Pete Tolins and wife Gloria (Ellison)
'45. Bob and Ed Carman vie regularly
on the tennis courts. Dave and Harriet
Wilhelm Baldwin spent six weeks in Hawaii
and hope to be in Ithaca in June. Dave
still consults and is involved in international
trade. The Rundells and Baldwins met in
1991 on a tour of eastern Europe.
Frank and Helena Nickerson Wiley
wrote of celebrating 50 years of marriage
recently and touring Alaska, Australia, and
New Zealand. Was the trip the celebration?
The family of Maryellen Severinghaus
Bowers and Wayne, PhD '43 gathered at
their home in Chapel Hill, NC for their 50th
on February 26. April 29 marked 50 years
for Mary Claire Pfeiffer Vanderploeg and
Ruard '43 of Hickory Corners, MI. And, at
their winter apartment in Bonita Springs, FL
last spring, they had a 50-year reunion with
Edwin "Bunny" Mullens and wife Barbara,
who have a winter home in Naples, FL.
Miriam Linberg Grishman, BS Nurs
'44 writes that she is interested in the "Real
Cornell," pays her dues, and enjoys Cornell
Magazine, has even written an article that
appeared in the September 1989 issue. The
nursing class met for a 48th Reunion in Tucson
in April 1992 and plans a 50th in San
Francisco in May. She won't get to Ithaca
in June. And Sam Caudill, named "Architect
of the Year" in the State of Colorado,
says "Have a great Reunion!"
John Haines Gridley and Patricia
(Gulick) of Sanibel, FL traveled to Ithaca
last spring, wandered around, got lost, and
pined for the "old Cornell," but are coming
back for the 50th. Jeanne Copeland
Johnson and Phil '43 had a great time last
year at his Reunion and hence eagerly await
'44's. They moved to West End, NC from
Hawaii when Phil retired in 1991. They designed
and supervised the building of their
home on Seven Lakes and are delighted
with the area and the super-friendly people.
Victor Acer and Harriet left Beaver,
PA for full-time residence in Stuart, FL.
They journey to Ohio to visit children and
grandchildren and planned to come to Cornell
in June.
Word has come of the recent deaths of
some who hoped to be with us: Priscilla
"Pat" Fulton Jung of 505 S. Williams St.,
Johnstown, NY 12095; E. Adrien Orteig,
108 Bayberry Rd., New Canaan, CT 06840;
Charlotte Burton Sparling, PO Box 117,
W. Leyden, NY 13489; Walter Baran, 600
Churchill Ct, Fayetteville, NY 13066; William
Basse, 20110 Village Dr., Beverly
Hills, MI 48025; Meredith Cushing, 6909
Partridge Lane, Orlando, FL 32807; Samuel
McCune, 125 Evergreen Rd., Pittsburgh,
PA 15238. You may want to offer
condolences to the families. • Nancy
Torlinski Rundell, 1800 Old Meadow Rd.,
#305, McLean, VA 22102.
J Ψ* Should you retire while still
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¥^ l l have moved to a life-care retire-
^ ^^ ment facility at Heron Point
(Chestertown, MD) on the Chester River
of the Eastern Shore and love the "stΐmula-
CLASS NOTES
My 1943-44 roommate,
Florence
Parsons Eikenberg
'44, and husband
visited in summer
1993. We hadn't
met since a brief
visit in 1945.
—BARBARA SIMPSON
ROBERTSON '46
tion of a variety of people with fascinating
backgrounds and careers, and the constantly-changing
vistas and wildlife." Dr. Richard
Zimmern (Delray Beach, FL) is also
happy. Dick finds it rewarding acting as a
guardian for the courts and thinks all retirees
should seek out similar work and keep
busy. Marjorie Marks Boas (Great Neck,
NY) keeps up the good work she and Bob
did at North Shore University Hospital in
Manhasset. She was co-chair of a gala ball
at the Waldorf-Astoria celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the hospital's founding and
honoring two "giants of philanthropy," one
of them our departed classmate Bob. She
was presented with a suitable memento,
richly deserved.
You probably read in the last issue of
Cornell '94 the story about Jane Knauss
Stevens (Pittsford, NY), who spoke at the
the November Alumni-in-Residence Program
about her work experiences in New
York, Rochester, subsequent involvement in
planning and politics in Monroe County, and,
of course, in Cornell. She received a letter
from her second cousin, Don Knauss (Acworth,
GA), who is planning to attend our
big 50th despite a 15-year absence from
campus. He visited Russia in the middle of
the October uprising, which he watched on
CNN in a Moscow hotel, then went on to
St. Petersburg—despite the US State Department's
warnings—with his Russian
friend Serge who had never been there before.
Don found it impressive, the Russians
a stoic lot, and enjoyed the whole experience,
but found that "St. Petersburg is to
Moscow as Atlanta is to New York." A native
New Yorker, I'm not sure what that
means, but I don't know those foreign lands,
Russia and Atlanta.
Another world traveler is our Reunionpusher
Eleanor Dickie Richardson (LaPorte,
IN), who by now has returned from a safari in
Zimbabwe where she intended to find H.
Carl Whitman (Framingham, MA), reportedly
accompanying his wife who's teaching at
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a university there. Eleanor planned to meet
him at Victoria Falls with a "Mr. Whitman, I
presume" greeting. Stay tuned.
On the Reunion subject, groups are
gathering for mini-reunions: our Lexington,
MA duo, George Rautenberg and Burt
Smith, cooked up a gathering for Bostonians,
while Ina Hundinger Wolf (Larchmont,
NY) and Carol Baum Greenbaum
(Mamaroneck, NY) hosted one to celebrate
Spring Day on Long Island Sound. Bill and
Isabel Mayer Berley '47 plan another in
their 72nd St, NYC digs, if they finish traipsing
around on Adult University (CAU) trips
(most recently Alaska, Gettysburg, and
Stratford, Ont., Canada). George Irey (Ocala,
FL) wrote a welcome note asking for
more details on the Reunion, at which he
will be present, along with Al L. Brown
(Southern Shores, NC), who's still hoping
some '45er will visit him and wife Margaret
(Smith) '48 on the Outer Banks before
hurricane season.
Indefatigable Bill Monaghan (Hawthorne,
NJ) went to Bermuda to mark his 45th
wedding anniversary with his family of 15, including
their three lawyer-children and seven
grandchildren. Bill is still unable to speak
or care for himself without help, but is making
progress from the brain injury suffered
from a gunshot wound in a 1987 mugging.
We are grateful for wife Eleanor's tremendous
efforts. • Prentice Cushing Jr., 317
Warwick Ave., Douglaston NY 11363-1040.
M ^\ Barbara Simpson Robertson
#1 LJ (Seattle, WA) wrote, "my 1943-
/• l^k 44 roommate, Florence Par-
^Λέ I I sons Eikenburg '44, and hus-
W I I band visited in summer 1993.
^ ^J We hadn't met since a brief visit
in 1945. Great time touring parts of the Pacific
Northwest for three days. We took up
where we'd left off, as if we'd never parted—great
reunion." Lou Carmody Wiley
(Englewood, FL, winter; Naples, NY, summer)
retired from teaching in 1973. In 1983
she moved with Ken, her husband of 47
years, to Florida but spends summers in the
Finger Lakes area. "We have four children
and seven grandchildren. Enjoy camping,
traveling, crafting, and retirement living."
Arthur '49 and Jean Davis Hinman
(Hummelstown, PA) wrote, "Main hobby is
traveling and Elderhostels. Trip highlight,
1993, three weeks in China—wonderful trip.
Cruise planned over 1993 holidays to Central
and South America. We have three children
and three grandchildren who have
many activities but all are honor students."
Cynthia Whitford Cornwell (Tequesta,
FL) wrote, "Enjoyed a circuitous trip
from New Jersey to Florida, covering 16
states, over 4,000 miles, visiting relatives
on the way." Jan Bassette Summerville
(Sackets Harbor, NY) welcomes Cornellians.
She lives on Lake Ontario, close to the
Thousand Islands. Helen Newton Waiters
will be moving to 8 Creek Side Way, Rome,
GA. Ethel Handelman Mayrsohn calls
Miami, FL home in winter and Purchase,
NY home in summer. Helen Mattin's permanent
address is 201 E. 79th St., NYC.
Beverly Smith Whitehead (Tuscaloosa,
AL) volunteers at the Children's Hands-On
Museum. "The deep South was so hot last