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After
begging and pleading for you to send us Class Notes, something clicked. A handful arrived from our Cornell Alumni
Magazine editor giving us the content to fill this edition. Susan and I thank you for responding. We also received two last minute emails with
news from Bob Everson and Frank Cuzzi.
First from Bob Everson who also posted
on Facebook, “Greetings to all classmates on the 57th anniversary of our
graduation (and Barb's and my wedding).
After a fine dinner at Red Lobster, we came home to play some Cornell
music (Alumni Song, Cornell, Strike up a Song, Crew Song, Evening Song, and
Alma Mater). I hope you were able to catch the live streaming of Cornelliana
2018 from Bailey Hall Saturday Night. As
they say"... Oh to be twenty and back at Cornell."
And, news from Frank Cuzzi, “Hi Doug, I hope this
note finds you well! I had a great experience in May 2018 to spend a
whole day with Ken and Margie Blanchard. It started at lunch and went until
late at night. This kind of quality time is hard to find with old friends
these days. I enjoyed it
immensely. Ken was honored by the New Rochelle YMCA for his Leadership on
all levels. In his acceptance speech Ken
was fabulous as usual. On a sad note,
two good friends, roommates, and DU Brothers passed away. Warren
Sundstrom and Dick Perkins both passed during May 2018. Warren was
Captain of our football team and one of the few All-American football players
that Cornell experiences. Warren is up for the Cornell Sports Hall of
Fame if anyone wants to call the athletic department and find out more.
Call John Webster in the Athletic Department. Dick was an amazing person that
everyone loved from the first meeting. I
always respected his service to the USA as a SAC pilot after Cornell. Both
men will be sorely missed.”
Charlie Hecht (cjhecht@aol.com
) wrote that he is still practicing law full time. He is also a practicing artist and has been
invited by the Polish Government to an international art exhibition taking
place this August. Recent travels, he
writes, “Leslie and I just returned from three wonderful weeks in New Zealand
and Australia.” Charlie would like to
hear from old friend Dick Allen.
Also
writing, Jill Nagy, nagy110@gmail.com She and husband George
reside in Troy, NY, “I’ve been tutoring Math for Literacy Volunteers. Ask me anything about fractions. I’m still on the boards of Rensselaer County
LWV and Troy Chromatic Concerts. Holding
body and soul together with regular exercise.”
A quick note from Doug Dedrick drdoug316@aol.com . “ I am enjoying
retirement with winters at The Villages in Florida and summers in E. Aurora,
NY.” Willard Reed reports from Ocala, Fl. that he is doing volunteer
work on the Florida Trail and is active in his church, Fort King
Presbyterian. Sadly, he lost his wife
Helen last October. He would like to
hear from Donald Dean.
Leleand Bookhout lmbookhout@gmail.com writes from Staatsburg, NY. “I am
still engaged in real estate consulting but most of my time is spent in the
woodworking shop at home. We celebrated
out 55th wedding anniversary with our family of two children, six
grandchildren and two great granddaughters.
Everyone is healthy and employed (except the youngsters). I’m still looking for the place where the
bass are bigger and year-round.”
Two brief
updates. One from Frederick Marcus m.fris47@westelcom.com
who has moved north to Westport, NY and is working toward becoming a master
gardener. The other from Peggy Thomas peg10@mac.com residing in Ridgefield, CT.
Francis Shapiro Ivker drfbi1@gmail.com
has a permanent residence in Alabama and writes, “I see patients in outpatient
gynecologic practice for 3 weeks in New Orleans, see my friends then return to Birmingham for 3 weeks. We toured Tasmania/Australia and New Zealand
in late ’17 then a week in New Orleans with the kids to celebrate my daughter’s
50th birthday and Mardi Gras.
We are committed to more traveling while we can still hike.” (a thought echoed by most of us!)
The marriage
of Prince Harry and Meghan in May is no longer front page
news but Bobbie Horowitz wrote an
interesting rememberance on Facebook following the ceremony that I found
interesting. I am posting it here with
her permission. “ It's a day for cheering. I felt such joy watching Prince
Harry's wedding on TV. One of the
warmest and most positive experiences I've had in my life was befriending
Princess Diana when I was in London producing a musical at The Jermyn Street
Theatre. She came to see the show and we
totally "hit it off!” It would be
hard to meet Princess Diana and not love her.
I was thrilled to be invited to and to attend young Prince Harry's
surprise birthday party. I think it was
his 15th. Diana's loss was a true loss
to the world. It's hard to get in touch
with the prince now-and I can understand why that needs to be. I'm sending my best blessing to him for his
marriage through cheerful prayer.”
Our closing message hasn’t changed. If you want to see a ’61 Class Column and catch up with your classmates we need your input. Emails are quick and easy. Susan will produce the next edition in two months. Send us your news. sastevens61@gmail.com and dougout@attglobal.net