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summer that I went to Maine for a month."<br />
• Elinor Baier Kennedy, 503 Morris PL,<br />
Reading, PA 19607.<br />
I am elated about the number of new correspondents<br />
we have with this year's dues<br />
reports. Robert Williamson, Savannah, GA,<br />
spent four months in Australia, where he grew<br />
up, visiting old friends. He now does extensive<br />
volunteer computer work for the Savannah<br />
Science Museum and, in October<br />
1993, was appointed to its board of directors.<br />
He now teaches Autocad (that great<br />
computer mystery) at a Savannah technical<br />
institution in summer quarter. Frank Weissbecker<br />
of Weston, MA retired in 1992 as<br />
director of dining services at Harvard U. He<br />
enjoys horses, due to the encouragement<br />
of wife Joan and son Mark. Golf, tennis, traveling<br />
on cruise ships, and an apartment in<br />
Kauai take up his time, too. Aloha, Frank,<br />
I'm writing this column on Maui.<br />
I wish I could share all that Walter E.<br />
Boek, PhD wrote on his news form. At the<br />
November 1993 Celebration of Democracy<br />
at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in<br />
Washington, DC, two of Walter's books were<br />
featured: The Evolution of a Democracy and<br />
How to Establish a Democracy or Improve the<br />
One You Now Have. Chief Justice Berger<br />
and former President Jimmy Carter wrote<br />
the books' forewords and other notable persons<br />
made statements. Walter and wife Jean<br />
have two daughters (Duke graduates), one<br />
a lawyer, the other a geochemist. Walter<br />
says the books are available from the College<br />
of Democracy, 1101 N. Highland St.,<br />
Arlington, VA 22201. Bart Snow retired<br />
from General Electric in 1991 after 44 years.<br />
He has 15 issued US patents and now lives<br />
in Cincinnati, OH. He received his degree<br />
in January 1948, but requested to be placed<br />
with the Class of '46 at that time. Welcome<br />
Bart, and thanks, Robert, Frank, and Walter,<br />
for writing. P&H. • Bill Papsco, 3545 Clubheights<br />
Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80906.<br />
A Jfm Sitting here on the last day of<br />
Λ m March, wondering about our<br />
/I I John Ayer. 'Way back in Feb-<br />
LΛά I ruary one NY assemblyman, two<br />
I • senators, one congressman, and<br />
^ three just plain guys recommended<br />
John for appointment to the NY<br />
Solid Waste Management Board. The majority<br />
leader in the NY Senate added his OK,<br />
too, in passing ... off to Governor Cuomo<br />
for his action. No one has told us yet if John,<br />
in fact, is now solid-waste boarded. Well, he<br />
has the proven talent.<br />
Front page stuff in a recent Communique<br />
issue, the list as of Feb. 24, '94: leadership<br />
endowment challenge gifts: 1. Arts & Sciences,<br />
Isabel Mayer Berley with husband Bill<br />
'45; and 2. Engineering, H. R. "Dick"<br />
Johnson. You'll recall that President Frank<br />
Rhodes announced this new challenge last fall.<br />
A tip of the cap to these thoughtful folks.<br />
News from '47ers Vera Hakanson<br />
Fox and Ray indicates that some health<br />
problems have kept them Ithaca-bound, not<br />
wintering in their Brevard, NC home. They<br />
got to know the Ellis Hollow birds and animals<br />
up close and personal, were actually<br />
unable to get out of the house for five days<br />
during our biggest snowfall. Ray advised us<br />
of some real tough news after a late March<br />
phone call from Alice Schrader Warner,<br />
Box 87, Rainbow Lake, NY: she and husband<br />
Lee went out for dinner on a Sunday,<br />
only to return and see the home inherited<br />
from her father in flames, everything lost<br />
but clothes being worn and the car. Ray says<br />
Alice would really enjoy a spare garden book<br />
or so, and a replacement for her 1947 <strong>Cornell</strong>ian.<br />
What a devastation, even as Alice<br />
and Lee go about the strains and stresses of<br />
rebuilding. We speak for the class in expressing<br />
our sympathy.<br />
Evelyn Weiner Barrow: "Moved to<br />
Farrington Village. Beautiful country just<br />
south of Chapel Hill, NC. Taking advantage<br />
of what U. of North Carolina and Duke have<br />
to offer." Connie Foley Ferris and Carl:<br />
"Same oΓ thing. Our travels—between Naples,<br />
FL and Rock Hall, MD—always with a<br />
suburban full of things!" Bob Flickinger<br />
says that 809 Crossfield PL, Venice, FL address<br />
is winters only. Virginia "Jinny" Logan<br />
Jones was another one iced-in this past<br />
winter in the Washington, DC area. Broke<br />
out and got to Costa Rica, that bird-rich land.<br />
"Do you remember those war-time winters<br />
in Ithaca when women were bare-legged?"<br />
(We do.) Tom Kiley: "Plan to go to Brisbane<br />
in fall for belated centennial of younger<br />
portion of family from County Waterford<br />
who sailed to Brisbane instead of Boston as<br />
the result of a flip of a coin." Keep the news<br />
coming. ••• Barlow Ware, 55 Brown Rd.,<br />
Ithaca, NY 14850.<br />
^ Lee "Bud" Friedman, Sands<br />
I Point, NY: "Volunteered as apyt<br />
parel industry consultant in Soj<br />
fia, Bulgaria for Citizens Dem<br />
mocracy Corps (US State Dept.<br />
J and private industry). Spent<br />
two months helping state-owned company<br />
with 1,400 employees and came out with<br />
rating of nine out of a possible ten. Bonus<br />
was a trip to Istanbul, Budapest, and<br />
Prague." Dr. Bernard Yablin, Fairport, NY:<br />
"Remarried, 1986. Created two more daughters,<br />
1990 and 1993. Helps keep me tuned<br />
in on needs of young families in my pediatric<br />
practice. Joined National Society for Adolescent<br />
Psychiatry and presented paper at<br />
Chicago meeting. Two older daughters: one<br />
teaches at Drew U. and writes on child care<br />
for TIKKUN; the other is a high school guidance<br />
counselor. Favorite professors at <strong>Cornell</strong><br />
were Gordon Fairbanks (Dept. of Modern<br />
Languages) and Perry Gilbert (zoology)."<br />
Rosita Roybal Press, Santa Fe, NM<br />
and Greta Adams Wolfe, Lake Stevens,<br />
WA: "Thank you! We are both very happy<br />
with our 1994 calendar date books sent to<br />
us by THE CLASS." Phyllis Dean Arrison:<br />
"Sold house in snowville and moved permanently<br />
to Bradenton Beach, FL. Everything<br />
is fine. Was slaving less a year ago<br />
than today but watching Buffalo beat Dallas<br />
eases the pain."<br />
Lillian Soelle Austin: "Ted retired. We<br />
moved to Chapel Hill, NC. Play at Ocean<br />
City Beach with two grandsons. Enjoyed<br />
45th Reunion and Adult <strong>University</strong> (CAU)<br />
session at Appledore Island, on Colonial history<br />
and archeology. Take it one day at a<br />
time." Pete Baum, Manhasset, NY: "Retired<br />
from Hazeltine in 1987. Recently elect-<br />
CORNELL MAGAZINE<br />
52<br />
ed director, Roosevelt Savings Bank in Garden<br />
City, which went public this year."<br />
Art Behrer, New Bern, NC: "Golf,<br />
bridge, Civitan Club meetings, church, TV<br />
sports and catching two bass have kept me<br />
busy. Today's problems are solved by looking<br />
away." Eric Carlson, Manhasset, NY:<br />
"Son Eric R. '93 now in law school at the<br />
U. of Tennessee, where 96,000 watched the<br />
Volunteers beat Georgia Tech on a Saturday<br />
night. Very unlike Ivy crowds." R. O.<br />
"Bob" Case, Portland, OR: "Took entire<br />
family—three generations—on 55-mile canoe<br />
trip with 32 portages on Minnesota<br />
Boundary Canoe Waters. We water-ski at<br />
Northwoods cabin near Mt. St. Helens. I'm<br />
on the board at our new condo, 20 feet from<br />
the ocean at Otter Crest, OR. I'm in charge<br />
of water upgrade, sewage repairs, fire protection,<br />
building repairs, etc. Lots of fun."<br />
Gordon Cummings, King Ferry: "Paying<br />
estimated tax to IRS, playing golf, and<br />
volunteer community service keep me busy.<br />
Begin to feel 90 million Americans are functional<br />
illiterates. Solution is reading Etzione's<br />
(spelling?) The Spirit of Community<br />
and Pres. Frank Rhodes's address to the<br />
Class of '93 and his other remarkable choices<br />
of words on education. Dr. Leroy Dalheim,<br />
Akron, OH: "Finally retired from<br />
part-time pediatric practice."<br />
Leonard Marsak, Santa Barbara, CA:<br />
"Retired from history professorship. Broke<br />
shoulder and was thereafter treated to two<br />
operations for other matters. Conclusion: retirement<br />
is hazardous to your health." Bob<br />
McKinless, Alexandria, VA: "Bike trip, 840<br />
miles in two weeks, over Cascades in Washington<br />
and down Oregon coast. Washington<br />
Men's Camerata, with which I sing, has released<br />
a CD of Christmas music for men's voices<br />
(Gothic Records)." (Bob, the entire class<br />
still raves about the job you and Amy Clark<br />
Spear and Jean Genung Pearson did for us<br />
all at the 45th Reunion.) • Bob Persons, 102<br />
Reid Ave., Port Washington, NY 11050.<br />
λ(\<br />
i I ! • Even as you read, our 45th Re-<br />
^Λέ ^Έ union is in progress or a recent<br />
Γ i l memory. The Reunion report<br />
^ ^^ will appear in the September<br />
issue. After that, the new, duly elected class<br />
correspondent will take over this space. This<br />
presents a grand opportunity for all forgetful,<br />
non-duespayers to register a loud protest<br />
against these last five years of ramblings.<br />
Take pen in hand, pay your dues<br />
today, send in news, and strike a blow for<br />
freedom of information about your class.<br />
Give the new "kid" your support!<br />
The news is laden with "See you all at<br />
Reunion" comments which we edited out<br />
as fact or best intentions. The old, old news<br />
has been put to rest wherever old news<br />
goes, but we apologize to those people we<br />
failed to mention. Something like trying to<br />
put five pounds into a one-pound bag made<br />
it impossible.<br />
Ralph Coryell, Gainesville, FL: "Retired<br />
real estate broker. Built new home<br />
here and bought a motor home for touring—<br />
both good moves. Note my dues check is<br />
#4194—which means Ί'm Four One helluva<br />
Reunion in '94!' " We'll buy that! Law-