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Henrik
Dullea reported
from Ithaca. “Volunteer opportunities abound in Ithaca. I have just finished
chairing the legislative redistricting commissions for both the City of Ithaca
and Tompkins County. Sally and I presently co-chair the Love Living at
Home senior group, providing a wide range of services and programs for local
elderly as part of the national Village to Village network. Our son, Erik '88,
has just begun his latest public service engagement as Associate Counsel of the
National Security Agency; grandson Joe '19 is serving as an Army helicopter
pilot in Hawaii; and granddaughter Kaitlin '23 DVM just received her White Coat
in a College of Veterinary Medicine ceremony. Sally's son Peter Ziegler Ph.D and his wife Kim Niewolny Ph.D. are both on the faculty of Virginia Tech.”
Peter
Greenberg sent
an email update as follows. “Our classmate, Bill Kornblum, who is
a professor emeritus and taught for many years at the Graduate Center of the
City University of NY (CUNY) wrote a terrific new non-fiction book entitled
"Marseille Port to Port.” Bill was a fraternity brother of mine at Tau
Delta Phi. We (about 15-16 of us) have been meeting for an hour via
"zoom" every month and most of us have found the conversations to be
a lot of fun. We tune in from California, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, New York,
New Jersey, Florida and from Pennsylvania. Lew Rothman is our
"zoom master." Happy to report that a fourth generation Cornellian
from our family, granddaughter Ariana Greenberg, joined the incoming freshmen
in the College of 1Arts and Sciences this fall.”
Barbara
Eckelmeyer writes from her home in Skillman, NJ. She is
now retired but is keeping fit with hiking, yoga, bocce, and aerobics. In
addition to volunteering at the library she is involved at a farm owned by her
sister and brother-in-law. Also, May Lee Ling, living in
Laguna Woods, CA, is retired but volunteering weekly as a church
counselor. May Lee enjoys travel with her family which includes 10
grandchildren.
Another
class note from Phyllis Mark Turner who sends best wishes
to Carol Gittlin Franklin. Phyliss
is splitting her time between Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Setauket, Long Island,
NY. This followed by Sheila Trassman noting
her Friday Boca breakfasts each winter with a list of classmates
including Dale Abrams Adams and others.
John
Sundholm is
retired from the USAF Civil Engineering Office residing in Eldred, NY.
“I’m still playing trumpet in two concert bands with big summer seasons.
Karol and I still take short camping trips with our travel trailer. Too
busy for new hobbies at this time.”
Diane
Baillet Meakem continues her shuttle between Jupiter, FL
(6 ˝ mo.) and Greenwich, CT . “I enjoy plying the piano, golfing, walking, reading for 2 book
clubs and for my personal enjoyment. I’m into gardening but no Bridge
playing. I’d rather be active outdoors. My family includes four
grand kids at Cornell, one at Harvard, one at Tufts and three already
graduated. Two are still in high school and 5 in grade school.
Grand total of 16!”
Ken Blanchard remains
unretired. “I’m helping run a 42 year old
company that has been successful in helping people be better leaders around the
world. My tile is Chief Spiritual Officer. I am the head
cheerleader! I leave a morning message for everybody every day, praising folks
and giving them some inspiration to keep up the good work. This June
Margie and I will be married for 60 years. We met at Cornell and still
consider it our home base. Son Scott is a 5th generation
Cornellian. We are working on our 16 year
grandson to be the 6th generation. Wouldn’t that be
special!
And
finally, we owe a special thanks to Marshall Frank, our ex-president, for his significant efforts in making the Meinig Memorial a reality. Marshall has been tireless
in his commitment to both Cornell and our class for many years.
Please
keep your news flowing to us. ❖ Doug
Fuss (email
Doug);
and Susan Williams Stevens (email Susan)