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ore than ten years ago,
Dr. Terry Baker, a San
Francisco ophthalmologist,
went on a trip to
Nuevo Progresso, Guatemala.
The trip was not a vacation, nor
was it for pleasure. But it wat>
something he'd remember hib
whole life. Baker had joined a
medical team that was bringing
badly-needed medical care to a
remote village. Baker was, in
effect, offering the gift of sight.
"About 500 people showed up
over ten days for examinations,"
he recalls, "and 1 (Kl about 30 to
35 operations. Some of these people walked for several
days to get to this village for a chance to geΐ medical
care. There was no doctor within 50 miles, and
most couldn't afford a doctor if one had been available."
The experience was so strong and so moving,
Baker says, that "we now have a team of three ophthalmologists,
two nurses---my wife is υne of them- -
elusive of room charges) to the classmate
who contacts the most people to attend. Ellie
Browner Greco offered to check benefits
that might be available for reconnecting
to Cornell.
Meanwhile, what benefits would you
like from this column? The information superhighway
is now open for delivering complaints,
comments, or the opening lines of your
next novel to this bi-correspondent. • Allan
Metcalf, 212 Brookside Dr., Jacksonville, IL
62650; e-mail AALLAN@A0L.COM.
There's more news than meets
the eye due to space limitations
for this column. We have more
space as we have more duespayers,
so pay those dues and add a
note on the back! Did I ever tell
you about the great photo sent by Kris Kerrick
Murphy of her beautiful Bernese
Mountain dog, Chutz, along with his two dog
housemates and two people housemates,
Kris and Marcel? They own and operate the
Golden Stage Inn in Proctorsville, VT, a picture
of which also came. It looks wonderful
covered with snow, and they welcome cyclists
in summer, skiers in winter, and relaxers
anytime.
Floridians in the news include Dr. Marion
Balsam, who recently became com-
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manding officer at Pensacola Naval Hospital.
She would enjoy hearing from Cornel-
Hans in the panhandle area. Marion is a Navy
captain and pediatrician. Orthopedic surgeon
Capt. George Telesh is with the Orlando
Naval Hospital; his new address is 504 Puerta
Ct., Altamonte Springs, FL. A new Florida
resident is Bob Hastings, who has
moved from Australia to 740 Brightwaters
Blvd., NE, St. Petersburg, FL. Bob is with
First Union National Bank in Tampa. You'll
find Sue Peery Moore in N. Palm Beach.
Boca Raton resident Humberto Cordero
'61, BEE '62, MEE '63 was recognized as a
"Man of the Month" last year by a local magazine
for his work with the Palm Beach
blood bank. He is a vice president with IBM.
Beth Streisfeld Tavlin, a CPA reports
from Bay Harbor Islands, FL that Ed '59
has been elected mayor. Beth and Ed's
daughters were all married within 18 months
of each other. The youngest just finished
Miami law school. Also celebrating nuptials
of offspring are Bob and Betty Kreps Zielinski.
Son Rob (lieutenant, USN) was married
with military swords, etc. at Ft. Monroe;
Julie and her husband are working and
living in Louisville, KY, near Betty and Bob.
Endodontist Dr. Gary Gross has relocated
to 10711 NE Weidler, #105W, Portland,
OR. He's with Oregon Dental Special-
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and an assistant. We've gone on
three trips together so far, and plan
for more in the future."
Baker has been involved with
projects in Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador,
Brazil, New Guinea and Borneo, Malaysia.
"We bring our own equipment
and supplies, often donated by drug
and surgical supply companies. We pay
our own air fare, but the sponsoring
organization gives us room and board."
In New Guinea, for example, Chevron
Oil, which was doing petroleum exploration
in the area, supplied the team
with a helicopter.
Baker was a sociology/anthropology
major on the Hill. Son Jonathan '92 was a government
major.
Why travel such long distances and work under such
difficult circumstances? "The appreciation of patients,"
Dr. Baker says. "People the world over are extremely
grateful for the chance to see again. And to observe the
smiles on their faces when the bandages come off makes
all the effoits seem very worthwhile/'
—Paul Cody, MFA '87
ists. Welcome to the Great Northwest,
Gary! Empty-nesters Dick and Carolyn
Veith are heavily involved in volunteer
work: Dick chairing the board of Boys and
Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Philadelphia and
Carolyn with AFS. Dick is director of trust
investments for Sun Co. in Philadelphia;
they live in Devon, PA. Pat Yoder Arney
is a reporter for the Atlantic City Press. She
has fallen in love with Sicily and planned to
rent a villa in Mondello for a month's vacation
last year.
Bill Coggshall's new company, Pacific
Media Associates, is almost two years old.
It provides in-depth analysis of the "fascinating,
but turbulent, multimedia business."
Bill lives in Mountain View, CA and adds,
"Cornell sure has a high profile. I was wearing
an old Reunion hat at the San Diego Zoo.
A man spotted it and said he'd just been to
a wedding with the family of Kenneth '61
and Marjorie McKee Blanchard. Small
world!" Innkeepers in our midst include
Charles Slutsky, manager of the Fallsview
Hotel in Ellenville. His daughter Lisa '94
was in Arts.
Life is bustling in the Hannan household
in New York. Ken (Yale '64) is in the
shipping business. Yvonne (Schot) is so
busy with volunteer school and charity work
that she's had little time for nursing. Yvonne