Cornell continued to operate its on-campus nuclear reactor as a research facility following the close of the program. He graduated from high school in 2019 and has since been working in grocery stores and restaurants (Ill miss his beet salad) and taking community college courses. Also, be sure to stay tuned for news of great upcoming class happenings and events via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. He writes, Look for the silver liningsthere are lots of them there if you search.. Online news form. Together they taught the young athletes running techniques and drills and assisted them out on the racecourse., Dean Miller submitted the following update: The Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Awards for 2020 included several prizes for COVID coverage, and Im one proud former Daily Sun staffer. He speaks of connection from elementary school through Cornell, working life and retirement, finding it very interesting!. 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He also has substantial experience representing borrowers on a broad range of finance-related matters. During the past year, due to the pandemic, spay and neuter clinics were closed. Continue, my fellow Cornellians, to be kind to one another, to take care of one another, and to mask up, wash your hands, stay six feet apart, and vaccinate. Both live with us here in Juneau. Most satisfaction: Playing classical guitar and enjoying the grandchildren and the beautiful outdoor attractions around Juneau. Takeaway from the pandemic: On the plus side, I finished my memoir. Phillips Hall, Room 423 607/254-8257. No . Phillips Hall. Good friends, travel, and laughter following an isolating pandemic just what the doctor ordered for sure! Im now working on a nonfiction book on the bleak outlook for our world: threats to survival. He adds, We are alive and in good health. When asked about his biggest takeaway from the pandemic, he wrote, We wont know till its over!. Alyosha Christopher Molnar. Still in the same house and town. Dana Johnson (Pittsford, NY) wrote, I have been playing clarinet and baritone sax in three bands for 30 yearssince retirement. In a new note, Ann Coffeen Turner checked the box that lets me share her email: harann52@yahoo.com. Faculty members now employ electronic media in teaching, combining video, real-time computer output and 3-D presenters. Keeping occupied is my secret to longevity!, Neil Jones has finally been able to retire from church financial work and is happy to slow down and enjoy family and home. We have fingers crossed that we can fulfill postponed travel plans to Spain and Hawaii this year and to Athens in 22., Bob Kehr (rlk42@cornell.edu) sent us this video. Sally now lives half the year in Ecuador but returns to the States periodically, traveling coast to coast to visit family and friends.. Vik Kohli, MBA 10, was recently promoted to VP of safety and reliability at Enbridge, working on company-wide safety, environment, and lands services for both operations and projects. How are you planning to spend the holidays? Most of us were no longer in the beautiful environs of Ithaca surrounded by the close friendships we had formed in our prior four years on the Hill. Born in Latvia, she spent five difficult years at German displaced persons camps in the aftermath of WWII, before her family was sponsored to move to Brooklyn, NY, when she was 8 years old, with two chests of belongings and little else. She earned a scholarship to Cornell and throughout her life loved theater and the arts. About COVID, Susan writes, Fortunately, my community has lots of safe places to walk, including conservation areas, so I have seen a great many birds and an occasional turtle on my daily walks. Susan says she finds the most satisfaction keeping up with my four children and my 11 grandchildren. On the way other end of the time spectrum, as I was working in my garden in March, I found what turned out to be a fossil imprint of a brachiopod, some 400 million years oldthat is 150 million years BEFORE dinosaurs roamed the earth. Phillips Hall at Cornell Get or Share Directions To Phillips Hall. Colleen, who lives in Ithaca, has also devoted her time and expertise to helping the Cornell community and students navigate through the anxiety and depression that have come with the pandemic. Facilities and Campus Services We look forward to hearing about the great things our classmates are doing via news and notes submissions; until then, all the best. His older son is a senior at Cornell and his younger son just started as a freshman. Jessica Marcus was scheduled to participate in the 112th running of the Race to Mac, a sailing race from Chicago to Mackinac Island. Now for our classmate news. They are lucky that many of their outdoor activities continued including golf, tennis, pickleball, biking, and hiking. 2) President Jim Brandt and treasurer Ben Williams are working on plans for a 2022 Reunion to replace our lost 70th Reunion. Jack celebrated his 30th wedding anniversary with his wife, Chris, in a retro Airstream trailer park along a rail-trail bikeway on Cape Cod. Two years ago, Barbara reunited with friends from her time at Cornell who now live in Rhode Island, very close to one of Barbaras daughters. The human resolve and fortitude is strong; we are resilient and resourceful. Just a hop, skip, and jump from there to Bonita Springs, FL, is Saurabh Patel, the visionary who (cymbal crash) practices (well, perfects) ophthalmology as a vitreous retina macula consultant and surgeon, John enthusiastically relays. We provide tools, workspace, and acommunityfor all interested members of Cornells campus. She constantly inspires me as she recently completed her first-ever triathlon (at age 63; woot, woot!) Its the newest edition of our digital column, and initial reports from the July/August column are positive. Jessicas takeaway was that early development experiences wouldnt just happen on their own; she had to create them. Jessica will be a speaker at the Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit, hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, in New York City in mid-November. Please send an email to any of our class correspondents so we can include your news in future columns. Today we did a little craft project, which is an homage to Agriculture and Life Sciences. Stephen Kohn (healtheap@gmail.com) is continuing to work hard on his business and enjoys his time with his three grandchildren. She survived her freshman year on campus pandemic style and is excited to go back and have a more normal Cornell experience as a sophomore living in the AXO sorority house. As was my sudden, unexpected promotion from zilch to class officer. Last year, his 96-year-old mother passed away due to COVID and dementia. Phillips Hall Events Calendar, powered by Localist Event Calendar Software . My French bulldog shares my life with me. Online news form. It would thus be possible, for example, to have an experiment in progress in a laboratory, and, in a classroom in another part of the building, to receive a description of the activity and measure resulting data. Widows dont have a big social life! These days she finds the most satisfaction in Florida sunshine, reading, gardening, and this great house, but she misses travel and seeing my two [other] adult children and grandchildren. Joan Schmeckpeper Richards Torelli (Boynton Beach, FL) sends tough news. Im working from home but have a landing space at my hospital for the time when I can resume face-to-face meetings with surgeons and anesthesiologists. How are you planning to spend the winter months? He connects with Cornellians through the Cornell Club of Sarasota-Manatee. Thank you! He is a veteran and current artillery officer in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Her youngest son is getting married in September and her oldest grandchild, Samantha, had a Zoom bat mitzvah last February. Box Score PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania softball team closes out the season with a three-game series at Cornell. In 1994 he retired as senior managing partner from Jones Day, one of the largest law firms in the US. I have been working with the Major League Baseball Players Assn. The current news form asks as its last question, What has been the biggest takeaway from the pandemic?. She also gives Zoom color psychology/numerology classes that teach people how to dress to bring out who they truly are. If anyone is coming this way or that way, I would be delighted to get together. From Bill Coggshall: I belong to the unusual Los Trancos Woods Community Marching Band, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in January. Friends, music, and the care and feeding of two cats, she writes. On the other hand, my time in the military and later activities made it clear to me that the people who serve are not the elites but ordinary working people for whom military service often is an opportunity for self-betterment. I dont know about any of the rest of you, but being 90 and post-pandemic (?) Katherine gets the most satisfaction from traveling, gardening, reading, relaxing with husband Virgilio Sanchez, playing and visiting with grandkids, and volunteering in her community, including administering COVID vaccines. Susan Shapiro Prohofsky, who lives in Sarasota, FL, sent the sad news that her husband, Earl, PhD 63, who was a professor of physics at Purdue U. and to whom she had been married for 59 years, died in late 2019. As I wrap up my first six months post-50th, I can honestly say that Cornell featured in many highlights. Margaret Monteith Edelman, BA 45, has been spending time at the doctors office. Jeffrey Spector writes that his son graduated from high school in June and is attending the U. of Maryland, and his daughter graduated from Colby College in May with a BA in psychology. Weill Cornell Medicine yw233@cornell.edu. Lisa and her husband, Lawrence Riso, are raising their three teenagers (one of whom is already in college) in Virginia, and the entire family adores their rescue cat adopted at the start of the pandemic. Their children are all engaged in trying to improve the worldone in Africa, one in grad school in international environmental policy, one a writer, one a social enterprise entrepreneur, and one a special needs teacher. They also have three grandchildren. Neil Watkins, MD 86, reports that he is still enjoying working in his solo medical/surgical practice as an ophthalmologist, and he particularly enjoys working with his wife, Desire, who is the administrator of Neils practice. I hope the start of winter has been treating you well. And as Charlotte arrived home, my youngest, Ethan, was preparing to leave; hes matriculating at the College of Wooster, in Ohio. To share news, please email either of us, visit our class website, like our Facebook page, join our Facebook group, and/or follow us on Twitter. We would love to hear how you have spent the last five decades and how you are doing these days. UPDATE: Since publication of this article in 1994, Phillips Hall has been further upgraded as part of the planning and construction of Duffield Hall. This is not to diminish the news we have this time: thank you to our classmates who sent us updatesand please, everyone else, join our party. The beauty and simplicity of an early morning at home brings Bridget the most satisfaction these days. For those of you who still have school-aged children, I hope you and your families had a smooth beginning to the academic year and a safe and healthy learning environment. Some of our alumni have been living out of the country, including Sean Alexander, MBA 01, who just celebrated his 20th year in Hong Kong. Joan Brownstein (Wiscasset, ME) succumbed to complications from Parkinsons disease in late October 2020. The son of Jewish immigrants who left Czarist Russia in search of opportunity and freedom from religious persecution, Sheldon Glashow rose to become one of the most famous physicists of the late 20th century. His father built him a chemistry lab in the basement of their house. I seized the miracle of flight to spend a few quality days with Tony Magnano and his beautiful family, celebrating Tonys birthday and even spanking the fuzz at the local tennis club. The COVID-19 lockdown made Alan and his wife work from home and interact with family and friends primarily via Zoom. Hi, everyone! Send suggestions to Jim at jabrandt2@gmail.com. Her third daughter, Sarah, is a sophomore at Connecticut College, and her youngest, Katie, is in grade ten and plays volleyball and runs. 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