Central New York Road Trip Following 9/11 Faces
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Central New York Road Trip Following 9/11 Faces
scene Summer 2011 News and views for the Colgate community Central New York Road Trip Following 9/11 Faces of Fitness scene Summer 2011 24 Central New York Road Trip Visits to five regional alumni-owned businesses sketch a picture of imagination, optimism, perseverance, and enterprise 30 Following 9/11 Through the lens of 9/11, Professor Christopher Vecsey examines how the New York Times helps us understand the many dimensions of religion 34 Faces of Fitness Colgate people build more than muscle at the new Trudy Fitness Center 3 Message from President Jeffrey Herbst 4 Letters 6 Work & Play 13 Colgate history, tradition, and spirit 14 Life of the Mind 16 Arts & Culture 20 Go ’gate 22 New, Noted & Quoted 40 The Big Picture 42 Stay Connected 43 Class News 56 Reunion award winners 73 Marriages & Unions 73 Births & Adoptions 74 In Memoriam 76 Salmagundi: Puzzle, Rewind DEPARTMENTS On the cover: Flash mob, ’gate style. One lunch hour in Frank Dining Hall last semester, music started playing and dancers appeared out of nowhere. Watch the video at colgate.edu/ news/videos/flashmobvideo. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13. Left: Memorial Chapel. Photo by Andrew Daddio News and views for the Colgate community 1 scene team Contributors Volume XL Number 4 The Scene is published by Colgate University four times a year — in autumn, winter, spring, and summer. The Scene is circulated without charge to alumni, parents, friends, and students. James Leach (“Central New York Road Trip,” pg. 24) retired in 2005 as vice president for public relations and communications after 25 years at Colgate. He has redirected his energies to a second career as a higher education communications consultant, freelance writer, and nature photographer. Religion professor Christopher Vecsey (“Following 9/11,” pg. 30), has taught at Colgate since 1982. The author or editor of a dozen books, he has dedicated his scholarly life to understanding American Indian religion, history, and culture. For the past decade, he has incorporated an analysis of journalism into his religion courses, as featured on PBS Thirteen/ WNE’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly in 2004. As one of our communications interns, Kate Hicks ’11 (“Jewish author adds flavor,” pg. 9, and “Get to know: Andy Peng ’12,” pg. 45) wrote numerous pieces — from event coverage to news stories to profiles — for www.colgate. edu and the Scene. After graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she hopes to put her English and political science double majors to good use in the media. 8 scene online Listen World Affairs: colgate.edu/about/president jeffreyherbst/podcasts President Jeffrey Herbst talks with influential campus guests in four new podcasts. Watch Reunion 2011: colgate.edu/video Enjoy sights and sounds from the many activities surrounding this year’s reunion. Get connected Community: colgateconnect.org/hillathome The Hill at Home puts Colgate at your fingertips with webcasts, Reunion College classes, presentations, event information, and more — visit today. 2 scene: Summer 2011 Greg Herbowy (“Soul food, Thai style,” pg. 70), a former staff writer at Fashion Institute of Technology, spent the last six months in southeast Asia, traveling and writing. He has freelanced for Rolling Stone and Queen’s College and continues to write for Hue, FIT’s alumni magazine. And there’s a Raider in his family: his dad is Dr. Nestor Herbowy ’70. Look Success after Colgate: colgate.edu/success New microsite links alumni careers with specific majors and showcases newest graduates. Talk Tweet!: twitter.com/colgateunvrsty Join the more than 3,500 people following us on Twitter and share your news and updates. 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The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the university’s non-discrimination policies: Marilyn Rugg, University Harassment Officer, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346; 315-228-7288. Message from President Jeffrey Herbst One of Colgate’s many distinctions is the emphasis we place on our faculty, who will always be the heartbeat of our university. As I traveled the country and the world to meet Colgate alumni during my first year as president, it struck me how often alumni told me that their fondest memories involve the relationships they formed with their teachers. Lorenzo Ciniglio Over and over, they described profound and personal interactions that deepened their immersion in the liberal arts, and sometimes led to friendships and professional contacts that have lasted a lifetime. As president, one of my most important responsibilities is to further strengthen the faculty. In the years to come, we must be able to promise Colgate students that they will enjoy the same unique opportunities as previous generations to engage intellectually with their teachers. We are taking major strides toward achieving that goal. Next year, we will add five more teaching positions and also convert six visiting-faculty positions to the tenure stream. Combined with the eight new faculty positions we added during 2010–2011, this increase of 19 potentially permanent positions represents a 7.8 percent growth in teaching power at Colgate. During 2011–2012, new searches will be held for assistant professor positions in English (African-American literature), geography (ecohydrology with a regional focus on Asia and Africa), history (South Asian), philosophy (non-Western), and writing and rhetoric (communication studies and public address). These new positions will strengthen our curriculum and allow us to meet the new intellectual challenges of students who will live and lead in a much more global, ecological, and diverse society. Colgate’s progress in this area stands in sharp contrast to national trends. For the past several decades, colleges and universities around the country have been reducing the number of tenure-track faculty positions on their campuses, replacing them with part-time teachers, graduate students, and adjuncts. Last year, a New York Times story pointed out that, while 75 percent of U.S. college instructors were full time and tenured in 1960, that number stands at only 27 percent today. We have been able to afford these new opportunities because of the generosity of our alumni and the thoughtful manner in which our administration and Board of Trustees addressed the financial crisis that began in 2008. The $420 million raised to date through the Passion for the Climb campaign has greatly strengthened our finances, most notably in the faculty realm by endowing seven professorships. Making tough decisions on budget and administrative reorganizations, including the elimination of vice presidential–level positions, has also allowed us greater financial flexibility. Of course, our work along these lines is far from complete. We face challenges posed by a major upcoming transition throughout our faculty ranks. Due to a high volume of faculty hires in the 1970s and 1980s, we project that approximately 30 percent of our tenured professors will retire in the next five to seven years. The departure of so many senior teachers represents the loss of many accumulated years of experience and disciplinary wisdom. These excellent teacher-scholars and friends have rendered tremendous service to the university for more than a generation; replacing them will be one of our greatest challenges. At the same time, the prospect of hiring a significant number of new colleagues must be viewed as an opportunity. Given the number of hires we are likely to make in the next several years, we have a chance to shape another generation of outstanding professors. They will join superb colleagues — the next generation of senior faculty — in providing that deep immersion in the liberal arts so valued by our graduates. These transitions will allow us to explore new areas that are vital to the education of future students as well as energize and enhance existing subjects with new approaches and ideas. As part of attracting new faculty members, now, more than ever, it is critical for Colgate to be an attractive employer. First and foremost, we want to enhance the intellectual home professors find on our campus. Second, we want to encourage new members of the faculty to establish their family homes in Hamilton in order to foster their participation in the life of the university outside the classroom. We are working energetically to help enhance village life, with a focus on the Hamilton schools and daycare, as well as cultural and economic vitality. Our conversations on campus about the faculty of the future are truly exciting and hold the promise of advancing this great university. This privilege is due in great part to the continuing support of alumni who recognize that maintaining and enhancing the excellence of the faculty must always be the central priority at Colgate. News and views for the Colgate community 3 Letters scene A great read Received the spring Scene today, and you do not disappoint! Smiling over the “Get to know” interview with Jen Servedio, the “Page 13” on Adam and SPRING 2011 News and views for the Colgate community I could, for example, decide that the 19th Amendment (women’s suffrage) doesn’t suit the times, or a sitting president could decide that the twoterm limit (the 22nd Amendment) is inconvenient and not what we want to “live” in our Constitution today. It is hard to imagine the rule of law without a Magna Carta or a constitution with substance and durability. Is anyone thinking up there? Robert Watson ’66 New York, N.Y. Buhoma Bonds Great Reads A Supreme Victory 4 scene: Summer 2011 Mills’s story elicits pride Eve, and then “A Supreme Victory.” Very well done. I had goose flesh. Wonderful writing. Thank you. Jane Robertson (widow of Tom Robertson ’56) Unadilla, N.Y. Questioning the notion of “lived Constitution” I was disappointed to read the fawning appraisal of Robert P. Moses’s talk to the student body (“Constitution must apply equally,” pg. 9, spring 2011). To wit: “the students and faculty members who crowded into the chapel seemed to hold their breaths.” Really, or were they just quiet? Education as a constitutional right is an interesting concept, as if an education can be granted and not earned by studying and thinking seriously and analytically. Sounds like Dorothy’s friend the straw man getting his diploma. One’s education could simply materialize out of space by government or a wizard’s decree, I suppose. But it gets worse when Moses speaks of the “lived Constitution.” What on earth does that mean? The written Constitution doesn’t matter? Then why bother at all with a constitution? Certainly, then, it is a waste of time to write it down. Accordingly, each of us can have our own version floating around in our heads. I just got through reading your article about David Mills’s Supreme Court victory (spring 2011). Wow! Sitting in my bathrobe, Saturday morning, sipping coffee, watching This Old House and reading the Colgate Scene, I obviously wasn’t expecting to need the Kleenex box. I’m proud of Colgate, David Mills, Ms. Ortiz, and central New York. Take that, ROW (rest of world). We’ve got soul, dammit! David’s tenacity is a lesson to all of us. Elsewhere in the Scene, an alum calls for turning Colgate into a real university by adding a law school; I’d Steve Parker ’74 Matthews, N.C. Proposes lecture series to honor Ted Herman I was a student of Ted Herman’s (“In tribute,” pg. 75, spring 2011) in 1979–1980. I would be interested in coordinating with others (preferably on the East Coast/in the NYC area) on a geography lecture series that would pertain to areas of conflict — Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the Arab world, Turkey, or Korea, for instance — with the idea that a better understanding of the physical realities of a place makes war harder to justify, and peace making a more natural response. I believe this would be a beautiful way to celebrate Ted’s life and prolong his personal mission as well as ours. I would like for the lecture series to focus on the natural landscape. If you are at all interested, please Jim Stroup The Scene welcomes letters. We reserve the right to decide whether a letter is acceptable for publication and to edit for accuracy, clarity, and length. Letters deemed potentially libelous or that malign a person or group will not be published. Letters should not exceed 250 words. You can reach us by mail, or e-mail sceneletters @colgate.edu. Please include your full name, class year if applicable, address, phone number, and/or e-mail address. If we receive many letters on a given topic, we will print a representative sample of the opinions expressed. On occasion, we may run additional letters online. vote for schools of communications, government, and business, too. ’Gaters have left big marks in these fields, and it might be nice to “pay it forward.” Thanks for a great read. David Mills ’99 On Colgate’s Facebook page June 9/ColgateUniversity: Colgate bucks trend by expanding tenurestream faculty Mary Ellen Lane I’m going to get my checkbook now. This is good news. Way to go, Colgate. June 2/ColgateUniversity: A ‘before’ Reunion photo. The tents are up and ready! Sande Pisik ’76 On my way. Do I need a ski parka? Ted Herman contact me by phone (646-326-4910) or e-mail ([email protected]). I am open to any interpretation of the above that you would like to explore. Kaitilin Griffin ’83 New York, N.Y. What they’re saying online At www.colgate.edu In response to the flash mob video shot during the spring semester in Frank Dining Hall and unveiled on May 13 to help celebrate Colgate Day (see this issue’s cover image): Thank you for this beautiful moment. — Rico Rodriguez ’76 There’s nothing better than being at Colgate where you can see this spirit all around. GO, GATE! — Carolina Swift ’14 I’m a Class of 2015 student, and I can’t wait to arrive! I’ve been celebrating Colgate Day all day but my personal celebration has not been quite so epic! — Michelle Cohen ’15 May 2/ColgateUniversity: How did you learn about the death of Osama bin Laden? Network news bulletin? Facebook or Twitter? CNN email alert? A friend? Here on campus, students studying for finals in the library broke out into chants of USA, USA, USA, and also sang the national anthem after hearing the news. Gary Rubin Printed newspaper, believe it or not... Paige Prigel an Afghan jeweler on an ISAF base :-) Cris Edward Johnson White House app alert Katie Briggs Freeman Morning news, local NBC affiliate (DC). Took me back to my Manchester semester in ’01. Jessie Solcz A bunch of the London Study Group found out via Facebook about the excitement in the library and joined in with mini “God Bless America” music marathons before our morning finals :) Chris Wilhelm Honestly macabre chants and songs of national pride to celebrate the death of a murderer smacks more of revenge than the justice this event should represent. Call for nominations: Colgate Board of Trustees The Nominating Committee of the Board of Trustees welcomes recommendations from alumni, parents, and friends of the institution for candidates who will bring guidance and wisdom to the university’s governing board. The board seeks energetic and committed candidates who possess expertise in various important areas including, but not limited to: higher education, finance, the arts, technology, global learning, legal affairs, marketing, or media relations. Those nominated should display the ability to exercise informed, independent judgment and to act in the best interests of Colgate to properly steward the university’s academic, program, and fiscal resources. Candidates should be willing to fully immerse themselves in the work of the board. They should place Colgate as a priority in terms of time and philanthropy, and be committed to staying abreast of the changing landscape of higher education. The full board meets in Hamilton at least four times a year, and trustees must be committed to actively participating in board meetings and committee meetings that may be scheduled at other times of the year. Trustees are also often asked to attend and/or host other university-related events. Each year, the board will have opportunities for three to five new trustees for a three-year term that may be followed by two additional three-year terms. The Nominating Committee welcomes recommendations for future consideration, which may be made through the online form at www. colgate.edu/about/boardoftrustees/buildingtheboard or by mail to: Trustee Nominating Committee, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346. Correction RV Smith was incorrectly mentioned as deceased in the Class of 1958 column in the spring edition of the Scene. We apologize for the error. — The editors News and views for the Colgate community 5 work & play 6 Campus scrapbook B A C A Students were on “Cloud 9” as they joined rap artist B.o.B. on stage at the spring party weekend concert in Sanford Field House. Photo by Ashlee Eve ’14 B As the semester wound down, students put their heads together to finish papers and projects. Photo by Andrew Daddio C These hips don’t lie. The Bellydancing Club shimmied and shook things up at Dancefest. Photo by Phuong Nam Kieu ’11 D It was “time for a change” — of clothes! — after participating in Holi, the Hindu Festival of Color during which people splash a rainbow of powders on each other to celebrate the advent of spring. Photo by Phuong Nam Kieu ’11 E Geology professor Bruce Selleck ’71 led fellow alumni on a tour of energy collection facilities around Madison County during a Reunion College session on June 3. The tour included stops at wind towers, a shale outcropping, and a natural gas well near Lebanon Reservoir. Photo by Andrew Daddio F Greeting old friends, introducing the new generation, reliving the glory days, and catching up — that’s what reunion at Colgate is all about. Photo by Andrew Daddio G Using the human body as a percussion instrument — as well as actual drums and sticks — Step Afrika! combined traditional African dance with African-American stepping and spoken word for two upbeat, sold-out performances at the Palace Theater in March. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13 H From saris to kimonos, students modeled cultural couture at a fashion show that raised funds for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Photo by Janna Minehart ’13 scene: Summer 2011 D E F G H News and views for the Colgate community 7 Colgate graduates are well prepared to enter an increasingly media-centric world because of their formidable liberal arts education and mentorship with alumni who are already playing key roles in this digital age. That was one of the messages delivered at the university’s 190th commencement exercises — in person and through a live webcast — by Howard Fineman ’70, editorial director of the Huffington Post Media Group. The veteran journalist, a wellknown analyst for NBC News and MSNBC and the former deputy Washington bureau chief at Newsweek, provided a “crash course” in journalism to the 698 graduates of the Class of 2011, several of whom were live-tweeting images and impressions during the event in Sanford Field House. The baccalaureate speaker was Rev. Maria A. Scates, the visionary founder and CEO of Johnson Park Center in Utica, which offers safe and supportive housing for homeless families with special needs, youth programs, mentoring, advocacy, food distribution programs, and community development. While restoring hope and transforming the Cornhill neighborhood since 1995, the center has welcomed Colgate tutors, Upstate Institute interns, and other volunteers. Both Scates and Fineman received honorary degrees during the com- mencement ceremony. Other honorary degree recipients were: Irene Brown, founder of both the Community Action Partnership of Madison County and the Lifelong Learning Program; J. Christopher Clifford ’67, outgoing chair of Colgate’s Board of Trustees and a passionate supporter of the university through decades of service; Frans de Waal, author, Emory University professor, and researcher on the social intelligence of primates; Robert H.N. Ho ’56, former Colgate trustee and supporter of the science center that bears his name as well as an endowed Asian studies professorship and an endowment that supports the China study group; and Gen. Thomas R. Morgan ’52, USMC (Ret), Colgate’s most celebrated and highestranking member of the U.S military. At the senior awards convocation, Kiki Koroshetz was honored with the 1819 Award, the highest honor given to one member of each senior class. An English major, Koroshetz was cocaptain of the women’s soccer team as well as a Charles A. Dana Scholar, and she earned the distinctions of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Eta Sigma. This year’s valedictorian was Jonathan Thomas Joelson of Stamford, Conn., a double major in computer science and mathematics. The salutatorian was Radoslav Svetlozarov Ivanov of Sofia, Bulgaria, a double major in mathematical economics and computer science. Talking points Andrew Daddio work & play Commencement weekend wrap-up Rev. Maria A. Scates “For the foundation of positive change to work in and through your life, you must A) be accountable for your action, B) set clear boundaries, C) be committed and available, and D) stand firm in the decision to be a person who brings positive change.” — 2011 Baccalaureate speaker Rev. Maria A. Scates, CEO and founder of Johnson Park Center, Utica, N.Y. “Aid can be used well or it can be used poorly; it depends on the priorities of the government.” — President Jeffrey Herbst, sharing some his research and experience in Africa as part of the Doing Well by Doing Good series “If the past four years that I’ve been here is in any way indicative for the future for LGBTQ students at Colgate, I can honestly say that students will find a safe and caring community here.” Andrew Daddio — Ben Pollok ’11 in Colgate’s video that was part of the national suicide prevention program It Gets Better project in support of LGBTQ youth 8 scene: Summer 2011 An Evening to Benefit Autism Speaks and The Gillen Brewer School, held in partnership with the National Hockey League in March. A campus landmark was bathed in blue as part of a worldwide effort to raise awareness about autism when the university participated in the Light It Up Blue campaign initiated by Autism Speaks. Memorial Chapel joined buildings such as the CN Tower in Toronto and the Empire State Building in New York City to commemorate World Autism Awareness Day on April 2. Ashlee Eve ’14 Jewish author adds flavor to Faith Week The campus effort was led by the women’s hockey team and coach Scott Wiley, who together raised approximately $18,000 for autism awareness. Wiley and the team were recognized at the Face-Off for a Cure: Go figure – Reunion 2011 1,777 attendees 1941 oldest class present 10,278 miles traveled by William ’84 and Erica ’85 Higbie, who came the farthest — from Southbank, Australia 21 colorful tents decorated Whitnall Field 3,638 photos taken by the university photographer, Andrew Daddio 1,106 people stayed on campus 68 classes taught during Reunion College 13 (seriously!) golf carts transported alumni and guests 55 student workers helped the event run smoothly Having worked as a peace activist in Israel, Merle Feld is well suited to facilitate controversial yet eyeopening discussions. Appearing on campus March 22 as part of Colgate’s annual Faith Week, she met with a different kind of audience than the Palestinian and Israeli women she had been working with, but one no less interested in what she had to say. A self-described writer and teacher, Feld has published a play, a memoir, and most recently, a book of poetry, all of which pertain to her deep connection with her Jewish faith. For her lunchtime talk at the Women’s Studies Center, she read from her memoir, A Spiritual Life: A Jewish Feminist Journey, and facilitated discussion about issues she addressed in the book, including faith, food, and feminism. Feld chose a passage about preparing the Sabbath, or Shabbat, meal. She described her process, emphasizing the interplay between food and prayer, and conveyed the sacredness of the weekly ritual through her careful attention to the details of its preparation. She also reflected on her identity in connection to making the meal, musing on the seeming disconnect between her feminism and domesticity. “We are often asked, ‘What do you do?,’ indicating the way a paid occupation defines us. I had never thought of myself as a person who made Shabbat, and yet, that is so integral to who I am,” said Feld. Sammi Steinfeld ’11, a member of the Colgate Jewish Union, said that this was her first Women’s Studies brown bag, and that she attended because of the connection to Jewish life. “That’s the great thing about Faith Week — it ties in these seemingly disparate groups, so organizations can get a new and wider audience than they ordinarily would.” Additional Faith Week events included a gathering to celebrate Muslim culture and food; a dinner discussion on faith, sexuality, and gender; and group meditation and yoga. — Kate Hicks ’11 Back on campus In preparation for this year’s commencement address, Howard Fineman ’70, editorial director of the Huffington Post Media Group, surveyed Colgate alumni working in the media to ask for life advice to share with the graduating Class of 2011. Here are some of their nuggets of wisdom: “Nothing is beneath you. To the contrary: accept and excel at everything in front of you, no matter how medial or tedious — and you will excel in life.” — Jeff Fager ’77, chairman of CBS News “The single most important attribute, and most often ignored, is the ability to listen.” — Ken Schanzer ’66, COO of NBC Sports “Always pursue your goals with passion and energy. And if things get really tough, call a Colgate friend for a beer.” — Chase Carey ’76, president, COO, and deputy chairman of News Corporation “If you ever act in a movie, don’t do a nude scene on a cold day.” — Kevin Heffernan ’90, part of the Broken Lizard comedy group As for one of Fineman’s own pieces of advice: “A Skyped person is not in front of you; Google Earth is not the actual Earth. Talking to people face to face — iris to iris — is indispensible because, sadly, it is increasingly rare; traveling to distant countries and cultures — as you did on your Colgate study groups — is crucial because doing it virtually is way too easy now. You need that third dimension.” Loveless surprised with endowed scholarship Although RuthAnn Loveless MA’72 retired from her post as Colgate’s vice president of alumni affairs, her name will forever be remembered at the university. At a dinner in April, Loveless was not only surprised to find a roomful of 170 well wishers, but she was also caught off guard when presented with an endowed scholarship in her name. A steering com- mittee, led by former vice president for advancement and former Alumni Council president Ron Joyce ’73, had raised $350,000 toward the scholarship, which will give preference to applicants from Madison County. Loveless retired June 1 after 19 years with the alumni office and 27 years total with the university. Although she expected a “small dinner” at the beginning of a long Alumni Council weekend, Loveless never real- Heather Ainsworth Light It Up Blue News and views for the Colgate community 9 Heather Ainsworth The temporary Parkside Gallery in Hamilton 10 scene: Summer 2011 “Every day, I’ve been able to interact with incredible alumni who are so committed to this special institution,” she said. “What could be better?” Out with the old, Inn with the new In April, the revamped Colgate Inn opened its doors for the first time since November 2010. The extent of the renovation effort reflects both the venue’s civic importance as well as the structural needs of the building itself, which hadn’t been addressed comprehensively in many years. Every one of the inn’s guest rooms has been updated, and six new suites have been created, complete with luxurious bathrooms large enough for soaking tubs and walk-in showers. Three suites feature balconies that can be accessed through French doors. Downstairs, the tap room has been moved from the back of the building to the front along Payne and Madison streets, creating a vibrant corner with an outdoor seating area. To serve guest rooms and social spaces more Goodwill took flight at the Hamilton Public Library when several volunteers made paper cranes in support of victims of Japan’s catastrophic earthquake Village Green in March. At Massage for Japan, a two-week fundraiser in May, people could donate a dollar to write their names on the cranes, which became a growing sculpture wall. Children could donate 25 cents to make their own origami or learn to write their names in Japanese on coasters. Chikako Ikeguchi, wife of Colgate Maureen McKinnon work & play ized that the room would be packed with council members past and present, wishing to recognize her efforts on their behalf. “For thousands of alumni, RuthAnn is their lifeline to Colgate. When she is in the room, you’re at Colgate, and that’s one of the many reasons why we’ve come together to celebrate her tonight,” said council president Gus Coldebella ’91. President Jeffrey Herbst, who traveled around the world with Loveless during his inaugural tour, spoke of her profound impact on the alumni community and, by extension, the university itself. Loveless came to her position by way of the Center for Career Services and the advancement office, where she worked for eight years prior to heading up the alumni office. While serving the university, she also built her family and carved a presence in the broader Hamilton community, holding positions on the Hamilton Central School board and with other local organizations. efficiently, the kitchen was relocated to the center of the first floor. The Green Room meeting space can now be joined with the quiet tavern and the tap room to form a single, large reception space. Visit www.colgateinn.com for details. Sustainability is second nature In June, Colgate received a Second Nature Climate Leadership Award in the Baccalaureate category from the American College & University English professor George Hudson, organized the event and used her massage therapist license to raise additional funds. On two Friday evenings, she and six other massage therapists gave massages and reiki therapy to raise funds for the Japan Society, which sends 100 percent of donations straight to victims in Japan. “I was born and raised in Japan,” Ikeguchi said. “When the earthquake hit, even though my family wasn’t from that area specifically, I thought I must do something within my ability.” Local art lovers and artists joined forces to fill the vacated premises of the former Parkside Deli in May and June, creating the temporary Parkside Gallery. MAD Art member Jean Deming gathered her artist friends to set up an installation titled “Let It All Hang Out,” which ran from May 12 to June 5. The for-sale artwork on display included sculpture, pottery, watercolor paintings, and an eclectic collection of photographs. Colgate students and Hamiltonians no longer have to leave town to satisfy their cravings for Indian cuisine. India Café opened its doors on Broad Street in downtown Hamilton at the end of July. The owners’ third location is open daily for lunch and dinner. New items will be added to the menu every few weeks; lunch specials and a weekend lunch buffet will be offered. Wine enthusiasts gathered at the Colgate Inn for a tasting and book discussion led by Evan Dawson, the author of Summer in a Glass: The Coming of Age in Winemaking in the Finger Lakes. Each chapter of Dawson’s book is dedicated to a different Finger Lakes vineyard; many of those wines were sampled at the event organized by the Colgate Bookstore. Welcome aboard! Ashlee Eve ’14 Happy Birthday, Raider! More than 40 children helped Colgate’s mascot celebrate his eighth birthday on April 30 at the Eaton Street Fields. The party was complete with face painting, a Raider piñata (filled with 8 lbs. of candy), and games. Kara Bingham joined the Colgate staff as director of international programs on March 1. In addition to overseeing Colgate study groups, Bingham is charged with expanding the services provided to students by the Office of Off-Campus Study and developing new opportunities for study abroad in non-traditional destinations. Previously, Bingham was director of study abroad at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. She holds an MA in intercultural relations from Lesley University. In July, Debra Townsend joined Colgate as the vice president for communications. In addition to leading the Office of Communications, she will also serve as a strategic communications adviser to President Jeffrey Herbst and other senior administrators. As the principal of Communications on Demand, a consulting firm based in Loudonville, N.Y., Townsend advised clients including more than 40 educational institutions and an equal number of charitable and health care organizations, corporations, and marketing and consulting firms. Townsend has assisted her academic clients in developing successful alumni and enrollment management communications plans. On several occasions, she served in an interim role as head of communications at various academic, government, and corporate institutions. Over the years, she has worked with many liberal arts colleges, as well as several large state universities and technical institutes. Get to know: Gert Neubauer Andrew Daddio mental concerns, these efforts give students a number of educational opportunities. “When an organization like this recognizes our achievements among nearly seven hundred other colleges and universities, it recognizes the tireless efforts of dozens of Colgate students, faculty, and staff over the past year,” Pumilio said. Now in the process of completing a three- to five-year Sustainability and Climate Action Plan, the university is continuing to explore a number of potential projects to continue reducing its carbon footprint, including switching to a cleaner alternative to fuel oil, reforestation projects, and carpooling incentives, Pumilio explained. — Monica Dutia ’13 Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC). At the organization’s Climate Leadership Summit on June 23 in Washington, D.C., John Pumilio, Colgate’s sustainability coordinator, and Lyle Roelofs, provost and dean of the faculty, accepted the award on the university’s behalf. The ACUPCC is a network of college and university presidents and chancellors committed to eliminating net greenhouse gas emissions from certain campus operations. Colgate’s former president, Rebecca Chopp, joined 151 other presidents and chancellors in signing the commitment in 2009. Colgate’s efforts include a significant decrease in campus greenhouse gas emissions between 2009 and 2010, which has saved the university nearly $300,000 in operating costs. In addition, the university has implemented an electronic waste recycling program, a composting program, and a new online rideshare program. Colgate professors also offer numerous academic courses that focus on sustainability and climate change. In addition to helping address environ- Deputy Chief of Campus Safety What are your main areas of responsibility? I oversee daily operations — dispatch, ID cards, and whatever the officers are doing, whether it’s building security, complaints, investigations, parking, you name it — plus our 25 student workers. Do you only wear a uniform for working events? Actually, I always wear a uniform. There was a time when I didn’t, but I got back into it. I’m proud of where I work and of what I do. How did you find your way into campus safety? I got interested in law enforcement because of my husband, Don. He retired out of the Chenango County’s Sheriff’s department after 29 years. My original thought was to go into the state police, but I got hired here in 1983 and really enjoyed it. This was a job that allowed me to combine law enforcement, security, community policing, and getting to know people. Besides, it’s close to home, and I’m a homebody. What’s your work philosophy? Whatever the situation might be, it’s: be fair, be consistent, and treat people the way you want to be treated. With the students, I try to remember that we were all that age at one point, and recognize that everybody makes mistakes. What has been your most memorable moment here? I’ll name a couple. In 1997, when I was promoted to assistant director, I was fairly young, so that was a morale booster. And in 2008, I was the first recipient of the Dean of the College Award for Student Services. That was quite a shocker. I never knew who nominated me. What’s your favorite spot on campus? I would have to say between Lathrop and Lawrence, during the summer, at five in the morning when the sun’s coming up. I spent 9 or 10 years on the midnight shift, and I’d stop there on patrol. It’s just very soothing, calming, quiet. What was the most bizarre circumstance you’ve responded to? In the late ’80s when I was still working midnights, we got a call from Stillman Hall that a student was stuck in handcuffs. After trying a couple keys, we had to call maintenance to come with bolt cutters. We hear you’re from a family of nine. Where are you in the birth order? Dead last, including my twin brother. I like to say that I got tired of him [in the womb] and kicked him out. What else do you do with your spare time? Walking our 17 acres (we live in Sherburne), maintaining our property, riding my ATV. The last four years, Don and I also maintained the lawn and cemetery at Church of Epiphany. To me, it was giving back to the church that my family’s been in for many years. And we hunt — I always take the first week of deer season off. And rumor has it you’re a Harley enthusiast. Do you ride with your husband? I am not a rider — I’ve gotta be driving my own bike! I have a Harley Sportster 1200; it’s my therapy. In the summer, you can usually find us at Wednesday Bike Night at Gilligan’s Island [ice cream shop in Sherburne]. — Rebecca Costello News and views for the Colgate community 11 “Nothing human is foreign to me” By Jake Kleinman ’07 “I just can’t take it anymore.” Those words, from a 15-year-old Madison County–area high school student, made my heart pound through my chest, and my eyes start to water. They made what I was doing finally feel real. I had just spent an hour sharing my own trials in coming out to my friends and family and my metamorphosis from a scared-straight college student to an out-and-proud medical student. That this well-spoken young man had opened up to me in front of a crowd in the Colgate Bookstore touched me deeply. I had been invited back to talk about my chapter in Dan Savage and Terry Miller’s It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating a Life Worth Living. The book’s personal stories — from everyday people like me as well as President Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, and David Sedaris — were compiled from a viral video project launched in response to tragic suicides by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) teens. Andrew Daddio work & play Passion for the Climb 12 scene: Summer 2011 I’m often asked about my experience at Colgate. The truth is, I was horrified to divulge my sexuality when I discovered it before my junior year. I thought that those close to me would either be upset that I had been lying for so long or “unfriend” me because I was now “the gay kid.” I remember driving to school to tell my roommates and best friends before I left for my semester abroad in Spain. While, previously, I had been deathly afraid of the speed traps on Route 17, this time I couldn’t make it fast enough. I had prepped my roommates for important “upsetting” news for weeks. When I finally reached the Parker Apartments and divulged my secret, I was shocked that they laughed. When I asked why they were laughing, they responded, “Jake, we thought you had cancer; you being gay is just funny compared to that.” Their reaction, and the acceptance I found in my final two years at Colgate, made me realize that, while I was afraid about others judging me, I was being ignorant about judging others. Then came medical school. After being accepted to Tulane University School of Medicine, I had to face the fact that I was gay, Jewish, and from the north, attending a medical school in the Deep South. I thought I would be shoved back into the dark closet that I had come so far out of at Colgate. That was until I met Father Don, Tulane’s medical school chaplain. When I first met him, I was scared away by his black shirt and white collar. Then I heard him speak in a medical ethics course, delivering one of the most important sentences in my life: “Nothing human is foreign to me.” What does that mean? As humans, we have the ability to understand and respect decisions and actions of all others. We may not always agree, nor may we have done the same, but it is our duty — particularly those of us in professions like medicine, the priesthood, and education — to live a life free of judgment of others, a life of mutual respect and understanding. What I heard was the message that I can use my experiences as a gay person to educate and relate to my patients. Father Don continues to be a mentor for me as well as for my partner, Robert. For the last two years, he has asked me to speak to incoming medical students about the importance of respect and acceptance of diverse patients and peers. During my talk at the Colgate Bookstore, someone asked me, “How does it feel to be an advocate and activist?” I looked around the room, thinking that question was meant for someone else. While I had been called an advocate before, mainly for my pediatric patients, the word “activist” gave me a visceral reaction. I’ve always thought of activists as people like Harvey Milk and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who gave their lives for their cause — a frightening thought. Once I took a moment to collect myself, I realized that, if helping others and ensuring fair treatment is a form of activism, I would wear that title proudly. So, as this ninth-grader shared his traumatic story of being bullied after coming out at school, I saw my chance to tangibly help someone, as a tribute to the support that I received while I was at Colgate. Right then, I made a promise to myself — and, more importantly, to him — that I would no longer stand on the sidelines waiting for times to change, for someone else to step up. I vowed to work toward the goal that no student will ever feel that he or she is not welcome in school. Now, I’m working with his school district, setting up diversity and acceptance training for students, faculty, and staff so that all students can feel welcome and accepted there. They, too, realize we can no longer wait for more teenagers to take their own lives because of senseless bullying. Had it not been for my family and friends who have given me the support that allowed me to be myself, and the invitation and sponsorship of the Colgate Bookstore and the Office of LGBTQ Initiatives, I would not have been able to tell that young man “it gets better!” 8 Read more essays from our Passion for the Climb series, or see how you can submit your own essay, at colgateconnect.org/scenepfc. On your shelf Whether you’re enjoying family game night, having a midnight snack, or doing laundry, a product you use daily might have been created by a Colgate alumnus. Chilly citrus John M. Fox ’34 (1912–2003) Fox’s company, Florida Foods (later Minute Maid), made the first commercial batch of frozen orange juice concentrate in 1946. A branding maven, Fox later put the ubiquitous blue sticker on Chiquita bananas. Wash & wear Harold Selmer Jensen ’34 (1912–2003) A research chemist, Jensen held several patents for household products including Woolite, the go-to detergent for delicates, as well as Griffin shoe polish. Creamy delights Bennett Cohen ’73 Cohen and his childhood friend co-founded Ben & Jerry’s in 1978 — they invested $12,000 to open a scoop shop in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vt. Genius edition Ed Werner ’71 and John Haney ’70 These friends were among the four creators of Trivial Pursuit, which Time magazine once deemed “the biggest phenomenon in game history.” Healthy hydration Darius Bikoff ’83 After a New York City water scare in the early 1990s, Bikoff founded Energy Brands in 1996 to create the nutrient-enhanced beverages Vitaminwater and Smartwater as alternatives to tap and spring water. 13 Page 13 is the showplace for Colgate tradition, history, and school spirit. scene: Summer 2011 Dick Broussard life of the mind 14 Documenting Colgate’s past This spring, students in History 200 not only got a lesson on Colgate’s past, but they also learned how to use new media to portray the days of yore. In parallel classes taught by professors Alan Cooper and Rob Nemes, the students made brief history documentaries on Colgate topics of choice. The videos explored such subjects as the university becoming coed, the evolution of the Konosioni honor society, and the 1970s student protests against bulldozing Hascall Hall (“Old Bio”). The project started with conducting research in the archives, assisted by university archivist Sarah Keen, who laid out sample materials including photographs, yearbooks, and letters to give students an idea of what was available. Carefully combing through the belly of the archives was a good exercise for potential history majors, Cooper explained. “It’s not a matter of getting on the Internet, cutting and pasting, and cobbling it together,” he said. “You really have to systematically work through a vast quantity of stuff, and it’s good to know how to do that. It’s a different level of seriousness.” Some students, like Travis Larrison ’13, also interviewed alumni for the project. For the video he produced with partner Alexander Hong ’13 about the student protests over the administration’s proposal to demolish Hascall Hall, Larrison spoke with Dean Wise ’76. “Dean was one of the leading student supporters of Hascall Hall, and he provided me with a bevy of information,” Larrison said. For the backbone of each video, the students narrated scripts that they prepared. Once the narration was in place, they could focus on the visual and audio details needed to create a film. Sarah Kunze, instructional technology analyst, helped the students work with the editing software Final Cut Pro to compose their videos. After creating their videos, students wrote a 10-page research paper — something that Cooper said was made easier because they had to identify the heart of their stories when writing succinct scripts. “They learned all the skills that we try to teach in an ordinary history class: have a hook, know your argument, and get right to the point,” he said. “It’s one thing to learn about history through journal articles and books, but it is entirely different — and much more exciting — to learn about history by doing the investigating yourself,” said Larrison. Watch the videos at http://www. youtube.com/user/cu13video Researching NHL relocations An independent study project that student-athlete Wade Poplawski ’11 worked on with economics professor Michael O’Hara has turned out to have timely implications. Poplawski, an economics major and a member of the university’s hockey team, had approached O’Hara — his adviser and a Raiders fan who attends every home hockey game — about his interest in examining the best prospective locations for teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). The research project led to a co-authored paper that is being finalized for submission but has already drawn interest from The Hockey News magazine, for which both Poplawski and O’Hara were interviewed. “It was exciting that I was able to use some of the information and econometric techniques that I learned at Colgate and apply it to a real-world scenario, and to add to the existing literature in the field of sports economics,” Poplawski said. The Colgate researchers examined the factors that make a location most fitting for an NHL team. At the time of their research, rumors were circulat- ing of a possible relocation of either the Atlanta Thrashers or the Phoenix Coyotes to Winnipeg, Canada, because both teams at the time had the lowest potential to generate revenue. As a native of Winnipeg, Poplawski was curious to study the prospects of an NHL team moving to his hometown. The research model that Poplawski and O’Hara employed showed that Winnipeg would be a good market for a team under the current NHL structure, and that, out of all the teams in the league, either a Thrashers or a Coyotes move to Winnipeg would make the most sense economically. The Coyotes were considered the favorite to relocate, especially because the team had been a longstanding franchise in Winnipeg before moving to the Southwest in 1997. But after months of speculation, True North Sports and Entertainment formally announced at the end of May that it would purchase the Thrashers and move the team north. O’Hara said he enjoyed studying the economics of professional sports, a field he had not previously explored. He was quick to add that, despite both of their personal interests, they were careful to let the data stand on its own merits. — Monica Dutia ’13 Faculty laurels The following members of the faculty were recently recognized with new appointments. Chemistry professor Ernest Nolen was named a Presidential Scholar for July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2014. One of the organic chemist’s numerous grants allowed Colgate to acquire a high field nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer. Nolen teaches a range of courses including a First-Year Seminar called Juggling Science and Judeo-Christian Thought (he is an accomplished juggler). Roger Rowlett, also in chemistry, has been named the Gordon and Dorothy Kline Professor of chemistry. Rowlett focuses his research on enzymology (the isolation, purification, and characterization of enzymes, especially experimental kinetics) and protein engineering (the specific alteration of enzyme structure and function using recombinant DNA methods). English professor Phillip Richards has been appointed to the Arnold A. Sio Chair in Diversity and Community in the Department of English for July 1, Jennifer Cooney Vulpas Arnold A. Sio Chair in Diversity and Community 2011, through June 30, 2013. Richards’s research interests include Puritan and evangelical traditions in American and African-American culture, and African-American literature and intellectual history. Maura Tumulty, in the Department of Philosophy, received continuous tenure and promotion to associate professor. Her specialties include philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and feminism in philosophy. Those promoted to full professor include Maureen Hays-Mitchell, Department of Geography, as well as Anne Kebabian and Michael Poulin, in the University Libraries. Hays-Mitchell’s scholarly interests lie “principally in the gendered dimensions of economic development in Latin America,” where she has conducted grassroots fieldwork for the past 20 years. Kebabian’s work centers on providing the means to discover and use library resources of all types through the Colgate libraries’ online catalog. As head of digital initiatives and resources, Poulin focuses on reorganizing the management of all library digital resources that support the curriculum as well as users both on and off campus. Seniors’ sabermetrics savvy An independent study project by two seniors that examined Major League Baseball’s collective bargaining agreement has helped fuel the debate over the labor pact and led to several requests for the student researchers to make conference presentations. Ethan Levitt ’11 and Harry Raymond ’11 teamed up to study two of the most controversial parts of the current agreement: the revenue-sharing program and the draft pick–free agent compensation system. Utilizing sabermetrics, a field of advanced statistical analysis of baseball, Levitt and Raymond worked with physics professor Ken Segall in compiling data, creating and testing various models, and ultimately writing papers analyzing their results. Levitt, a mathematical economics major, found that the revenue-sharing program, which redistributes local revenue from the large-market teams to the smaller ones in order to theoretically create competitive balance, creates a disincentive for smallmarket teams to spend money on team payroll. Using a model based on three expectedly positive relationships (payroll spending and winning, winning and attendance, and attendance and team revenue), Levitt deduced that several underlying factors were damaging these positive relationships for the teams they were designed to benefit. Raymond, a political science major, noticed that the correlation between payroll spending and winning has been decreasing steadily over the past decade. Because this is the relationship that the revenue-sharing program focuses on, he decided to explore why this was occurring. He found that the current system of rewarding teams that lose free agents with premium draft picks was outdated. Raymond used sabermetric statistics to quantify in a more definitive way the relationship between the value of free agents and corresponding draft picks in terms of wins. His findings suggested that the current system significantly overcompensates teams that lose a player to free agency, which encourages teams to spend less money on free agents and focus more on developing young players. Both papers written by the seniors were featured in the conference proceedings of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference sponsored by ESPN. The authors also presented at the National Undergraduate Research Conference in Ithaca, and they pre- sented at the Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in June. Front-office personnel from the Tampa Bay Rays have reached out to the students to discuss their findings, as have officials with the NBA’s Houston Rockets. Both Levitt and Raymond hope that owners and players will avoid a player lockout, and reach a new agreement before the current pact expires in December. Live and learn Two retire from faculty On April 29, I was one of the million people who filled the streets outside Westminster Abbey for the extravaganza that was Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding. But rather than just a fan, I was a working journalist, braving the hordes to seek quotes, colorful anecdotes, and factoids. As part of the London Economics Study Group, I spent three weeks interning at the Associated Press with European news supervisor Sheila Norman-Culp ’80. I spent my first day on the job — the Tuesday before the wedding — outside Westminster Abbey, interviewing fans already camped out in the cold. I snagged the story of the morning when I got a few words with John Loughrey, a selfproclaimed royal “super-fan.” Loughrey was the first to stake out a front-row seat for the big occasion and told me the day would be “fantastic for everyone.” On Friday, I reported the latest news to anxious editors: Was that a smile on Victoria Beckham’s face? What shade of yellow is the queen wearing? Can we get a hold of dress designer Sarah Burton? These were buzzing questions that needed answers quickly. It was a busy start to the day, to say the least. The story didn’t end when the newlyweds exited the abbey. At one of 800 street parties in London, I spoke with locals who believed the wedding was a great way for people of all nationalities to come together ... and have a few pints before noon. The wedding was watched across the globe, so I had a feeling my hard work would be seen back home. The AP is the world’s oldest news agency, with a daily estimated audience of two billion people. At the end of a long day, I was proud to see my name on a contributor’s byline. Longtime professors Peter Sheridan and Marilyn Thie were both recognized at the awards convocation during commencement weekend for achieving emeritus status. Sheridan joined the chemistry faculty in 1980. As his citation read, “He pursued research projects in the area of thermal and photoinduced reactions of coordination compounds; his teaching in the areas of inorganic chemistry, general chemistry, and energy issues was superb; and he led the inaugural study group to Cardiff, Wales.” Sheridan served his profession as chief faculty consultant to the Advanced Placement Chemistry Program and as a member of the Advanced Placement Test Development Committee. Thie, who will officially retire on December 31, joined the Colgate faculty in 1974. In her scholarship and teaching, she integrated American philosophy and feminist philosophy of religion in path-breaking ways. Winner of four teaching awards and holder of the Christian A. Johnson Chair in Liberal Arts Studies, she combined learning with service. Thie introduced Colgate’s first Latin American study abroad program, co-founded and directed the Women’s Studies Program, led efforts to launch the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies minor, and oversaw the revision of the core curriculum. Her citation noted that “her commitment to social, economic, and gender justice, and her willingness to speak truth to power, have continuously renewed her own pedagogy and shaped Colgate itself.” As she leaves Colgate, Thie assumes elected office in the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. —Caroline Morrow ’12 (above, right, with Sheila Norman-Culp ’80) News and views for the Colgate community 15 Students performed They Say Her Name is Alice in Brehmer Theater before taking the show on the road. Like Alice in Wonderland, seven theater students went down the rabbit hole and came through with a different perspective after participating in the spring Children’s Theater Workshop. Directed by April Sweeney, assistant professor of English in the University Theater, the class presented They Say Her Name is Alice, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s beloved novel. After two shows at Colgate’s Brehmer Theater, the troupe took to the road and delivered four performances for children in upstate New York. From writing the script to acting to unloading the bus and setting up the stage, the students collaborated on every aspect of the play. On top of their theatrical duties, the group cooked and cleaned for each other in the cabin where they stayed. Sweeney started fostering a close group dynamic from the beginning with one of the first assignments: to come in with two special talents. “The class sees the person in front of them as vulnerable and doing something that they most likely did as a child,” she said. “It’s an entryway into the soul of that person.” Like all of the class assignments, those special talents were woven into the production. For example, Alex Heller ’13, a native of Toronto, speaks Quebecois French, so in one of his roles as the White Rabbit, he translated for the French king. and listened and communicated. It was the last time they were ever going to do the play, so they took a lot of risks.” Uhlig agreed: “We learned a lot about our characters through the trip, and that was a great culmination.” Two alumnae also worked on the production: Kat Yen ’09 was stage manager, and Rachel Vining ’07 made all of the masks and objects. Making a cameo for the Hamilton shows was 11-year-old Georgina Godfrey, daughter of art professor Dewitt Godfrey. Dressed like a mirror image of Laura Uhlig ’14, who played Alice, Georgina faked out the audience as a young Alice in the opening and closing scenes. She also gave students their first taste of what’s it’s like to perform for children, who can be both the toughest and easiest audience at the same time, Sweeney explained. “Children don’t lie,” she said. In rehearsal, Georgina “would tell us that a part was boring or ask us why we were doing something, so she put the students on guard,” Sweeney added. With the children in the audience seated on the croquet grass of the set, the actors interacted with them during the play: when the Mad Hatter first came out, he put hats on all of them, and there was a scene in which one was “kidnapped.” The performance venues were as varied as the Mad Hatter’s moods — including a two-room schoolhouse in the woods, a community center, a large gym for a K-12 school, and a theater in the Adirondacks. The last, at the Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake, was the best, said Sweeney. “The troupe really played with each other Protecting cultural property Ashlee Eve ’14 arts & culture Down the rabbit hole 16 scene: Summer 2011 The damage inflicted on Egypt’s museums and monuments during the recent chaos in Cairo, the destruction of Afghanistan’s heritage sites in the Afghan war, and the selling of Nazi plunder — issues of cultural property in times of conflict are ever present. Carolyn Guile, assistant professor of art and art history, has been researching the destruction and protection of cultural property during times of armed conflict, specifically in Poland, since her time as a graduate student at Princeton University. At the end of March, she brought together other Colgate professors and scholars from U.S. universities for an interdisciplinary look at cultural property worldwide. Derek Gillman, director of the Barnes Foundation and president of the International Cultural Property Society, was the keynote speaker. The two-day forum, Form and Content: A Symposium on Cultural Property, kicked off with a screening of The Rape of Europa, a film about the deliberate destruction and looting of Europe’s art during World War II. The symposium continued the following day with paper sessions and discussions in Little Hall’s Golden Auditorium. “Cultural property is an extension of ourselves,” Guile said. “I want to understand that relationship between who we are as societies and individuals as expressed through cultural property, by which I mean the built environment, the arts, and intangible property; and what happens when cultural property is altered and reinterpreted according to historical and political circumstances.” Participants explored the link between cultural property and human rights, in addition to the efficacy of the legislation addressing these issues — specifically the 1954 Hague Convention. “In World War II, the Bosnian War, and the Armenian Genocide, for example, we saw the deliberate destruction of cultural property as an extension of the targeted eradication of human beings. Buildings and monuments embody and represent culture. One way to degrade a culture is to dismantle its cultural property,” Guile explained. The forum was an extension of Guile’s Borderlands course, an upperlevel seminar that studies early modern art and architecture in Europe’s eastern-most frontier. After attending forum sessions, her students participated in rigorous discussion and wrote papers based on what they found most compelling. Student involvement also included co-sponsorship by STAND, Colgate’s chapter of a nationwide student genocide prevention organization. “It is rare that we, as students, are active participants in a discussion at such a high, professional level,” said Courtney Diamond ’12, who assisted Guile with the planning and organizing. “The issues and opinions posited during the forum allowed us to gain a deeper level of understanding about the issue of cultural property.” Seniors’ swan song This year’s senior art projects explored concepts of dreams, societal constructions, human excess, capitalism, and just plain having fun. From recycled material to video, students used a range of media to express themselves in their final works at Colgate. Lamont Sonds asks “Where U Goin’?” in the title of his sculpture that represents struggle and a desire to escape. “The figure is trying to get away from the wall, constrained by metal plates,” Sonds explained. “The internal struggle is evidenced by the cracks, abrasions, breaks, and crevices of wood and metal. I want the viewer to feel what the figure feels — that struggle is associated with strenuous activity, that struggle comes at the expense of some type of energy.” Julie Caroline Barraza’s interest in the portrayal of the female body in contemporary popular culture fueled her to focus on the visual power of a woman’s silhouette in Digital Vitality and Megapixel Persuasion: Digital Heroines. “The digital nature of these images achieves a delicately balanced visual complexity that exudes energy and confidence but also maintains an air of mystery,” Barraza explained. Amandine Kaya explained her piece (On Endless Discourse. On Progress.) with a poem: Staircases. / Step by step / they take us. / Where are we going / as we move through time / a change of elevation / from stage to 2011 Senior art projects Top Where U Goin’? (wood, metal, screws; 63"x 32") by Lamont Sonds ’11 Above Digital Vitality and Megapixel Persuasion: Digital Heroines (1 of 4 digital multimedia prints; 16" x 20") by Julie Caroline Barraza ’11 Right On Endless Discourse. On Progress. (tissue paper, metal, crochet thread, linen thread, plywood, mirrors, screws, paint; 11'7" x 20") by Amandine Kaya ’11 Photos by Mark Williams News and views for the Colgate community 17 arts & culture stage? / Step by step / are we climbing / or are we descending? Find a slideshow of all the senior art projects at http://merz.colgate.edu/. No loss in translation Seated in the one-room set of Waiting for Godot, audience members were treated to an intimate theater experience in Starr Rink. Performing a play in a hockey rink might seem absurd, but it actually dovetailed perfectly with the spring production of Waiting for Godot. Adding another layer of complexity, Samuel Beckett’s absurdist play — originally written in French and translated into English — was performed by famous Russian actors while English supertitles were projected onto a screen above. University Theater director Adrian Giurgea had directed Waiting for Godot in St. Petersburg, Russia, in January before recreating the professional production in Colgate’s Starr Rink this past April. Calling Godot “the most representative play of the 20th century,” he explained that it takes place in the aftermath of World War II, when “things really didn’t make any sense. The play came out of the sensibility of the postwar human experience — it was not Russian in any way, but we made it Russian,” said Giurgea, who has done most of his professional work in Russia over the last 10 years. Because no theater on campus could accommodate the 70-foot set, Giurgea and his students “did heroic work to mount the Russian set in the rink in record time [a little more than a week],” he said. The set was one large, rectangular, wallpapered room with 13 doors and a little stove in the center. The audience was seated in the room with the actors, creating an intimate experience. “The placing of chairs, being in a closed space with an intriguing décor: all this created a great deal of interest and suspense in what was going to happen,” said audience member John Gullucci, associate professor of romance languages and literatures. Because many of the well-known actors from the Takoy Theatre Company are professors at theater academies in St. Petersburg, they also led workshops with Colgate theater majors during their stay. Ming Peiffer ’11, who worked backstage as a crew member, said she thought it was an amazing opportunity to observe the professional actors. “I don’t speak Russian; however, the actors were so clear and focused in their performances that you were able to understand the action of the scene despite the language barrier.” An unexpected hiccup provided an additional learning experience: when some of the Russian stage hands were not granted visas at the last minute, students had to fill those roles. Even former theater major Kat Yen ’09 was Preview An Architect’s Vision Picker Art Gallery August 30–October 7 When Colgate’s Creative Arts Center was designed by preeminent architect Paul Rudolph in the mid-1960s, it was conceived as a two-phase project. Dana, as we know the building today, represents only Phase I; Phase II was never executed. As a result, our campus is home to an extraordinary — if controversial — building, many of whose peculiarities may be best appreciated when we understand the full original concept. This exhibition of drawings, prints, and models will illuminate a fascinating moment in the history of Colgate’s campus and offer a glimpse into the mind of one of the great architectural visionaries of postwar America. A second, concurrent exhibition will feature 24 images by Brooklynbased photographer Chris Mottalini, who documented three Rudolphdesigned homes just prior to their demolition. Heather Ainsworth 8 18 scene: Summer 2011 For information on other arts events, visit www.colgate.edu/arts hired as the stage manager. “All the challenges only reminded me of the remarkable spirit of theater,” said Yen. Finding beauty in decay Trickling streams, jutting mountains, and coastline scenes appear in watercolor paintings by Robin Jaycox ’53, MA’57. But it’s decadent barns — specifically those on Route 20 — that have become the longtime Hamilton resident’s trademark work. As Colgate’s director of student aid for 35 years, Jaycox often traveled that route back and forth between Hamilton and Albany. “One day, I counted forty barns that were no longer there or were in such a state of disrepair that they could no longer be used anymore,” he said. Jaycox is able to show the beauty in these crumbling structures as well as make a statement. Although he’s been an artist for “as long as I can remember,” it wasn’t until he retired from the university in 1993 that he was able to fully devote himself to his art. Jaycox’s palette isn’t as muted as that of his inspiration, Andrew Wyeth, but he does tend to prefer earth tones. As a member of six local art associations, Jaycox shows his paintings at area galleries like the Arts Center of Old Forge, where he exhibited some of his work in July. Also, look for his paintings next time you’re in one of Hamilton’s downtown galleries. A window into African homes Ornate doors from Nigeria, serving utensils from Côte d’Ivoire, and 800-year-old wood-carved headrests from Mali are just a few examples of the pieces that were on view in the spring exhibition African House and Home. Drawing from its own extensive collection of African art, the Longyear Museum of Anthropology displayed the array of architectural sculptures Warren Wheeler Andrew Daddio Hamilton artist Robin Jaycox ’53, MA’57, with his painting Route 20 Decadence and home furnishings from February until June. “The focus of this exhibition is permanent African architecture in which the owner has invested time, labor, and expense in order to create a home that will testify to his wealth, good taste, and standing in his community,” explained senior curator Carol Ann Lorenz. “To beautify one’s home is a gift to the community, because to make a beautiful façade increases the stature of the entire community as well as the homeowner.” There were some exceptions to the theme of permanent architecture: African House and Home also included items from Saharan semi-nomadic herders, like leatherwork and decorative tent posts from the Saharan Tuareg. In addition, not all of the pieces came from elite homes. Representing a male initiation system shared among many central African groups was a polychrome panel that is believed to be an element of the richly colorful initiation house, kikaku, of the Congolese Nkanu people. Although the architectural objects were from different eras and various parts of Africa, common images emerged: the human body, deities, and symbolic animals. In Lorenz’s African Art course this past semester, students created a companion exhibition, featuring images showing the architectural pieces in context. Case Library staff members helped by reserving a study room with African architecture books in which students could pick out the images. Launching at the same time as African House and Home, the students’ own exhibition gave them the opportunity to speak about their findings at an opening reception. Colgate’s collection of African art is also used in educational programs for local school children and loaned out to central New York museums. “We are so lucky to have that here at Colgate,” Lorenz said. “We are a resource for the whole area — including the MunsonWilliams-Proctor [Utica], the Everson [Syracuse], and the Fenimore [Cooperstown] museums.” Open mic The Rumor That The Girls At 124 Brunnerdale Go Skinny Dipping The girls go swimming in bathing suits the color of skin. The boys jump after them, splashing at these supposed angels, making water droplet designs on their shiny, polyester bikinis. The mothers do not care their daughters look naked. They are busy watching the bobbing of the boys and smoking, returning to when they were those girls, sharing cigarettes behind the shed near the pool. They cry into the lapels of their husbands tonight and go to bed with mascara circles. Watch the yellowing and curling of the wallpaper, feel the weight of the smoking habit their husbands do not suspect until the smell works into their leather briefcases. There are parties where the shrieking of the children and the firecrackers do not drown out rustling in unfamiliar beds, heavy anxious breathing and the incessant smoothing of skirts. By Katherine Rice ’13, first published in The Colgate Portfolio XXIII literary/art magazine A door from the Senufo tribe in Côte d’Ivoire News and views for the Colgate community 19 go ’gate Langel new leader of men’s basketball In April, the men’s basketball program welcomed Matt Langel as head coach. Langel comes to Hamilton after serving as an assistant coach at Temple University under the tutelage of Fran Dunphy, who was recently named the Eastern College Coach of the Year after guiding the Owls to their fourthstraight NCAA Tournament. Langel was also a two-year member of Dunphy’s University of Pennsylvania staff. There, Langel helped guide his alma mater to two consecutive Ivy League Championships. A 2000 graduate of Penn’s Wharton School of Business, Langel helped lead the Quakers to two Ivy League titles and NCAA Tournament appearances during his four-year playing career (1996–2000). The Quakers went 27-1 in Ivy League action during his junior and senior campaigns and sported a 42-14 overall record. Langel was named Ivy League and Big Five Player of the Week numerous times and received the Big Five’s Most Improved Player Award. He was also named to the Holiday Festival All-Tournament team (1998) and the University of California Golden Bear Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team (1999). Langel etched his name in the Penn record books in several differ- ent categories. He is a member of the 1,000-point club with 1,191 points. In all-time Penn basketball history, he stands second in three-pointers made in a game with eight; is eighth in three-pointers made in a season with 70; and fourth in career three-pointers made with 201. After taking over that NCAA Division II program in 2002, she coached seven All-Sunshine State Conference selections, the 2004 SSC Freshman of the Year, and three other all-freshman picks. The Monroe City, Mo., native served as an assistant coach at Nicholls State University from 2000 to 2002 and was the first head coach at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy during the 1999–2000 season. As a student-athlete, Hays Fort was a two-sport letter winner in basketball and softball at Truman State University (Mo.) before finishing her education at Culver-Stockton College (Mo.). Hays Fort named women’s basketball coach The women’s basketball team brought on Nicci Hays Fort as the new head coach. She comes to campus after five years at DePaul University as an assistant coach and associate head coach, helping the Blue Demons to a No. 9 national ranking in the final polls of the 2010–2011 season. Hays Fort honed her skills working with legendary coach Doug Bruno, who was recently selected to assist the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s National Team. She helped guide the Blue Demons to five NCAA Tournaments and a combined 112-54 record. Last season, DePaul advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in program history. The team finished 29-7 overall (the most wins by any team in DePaul’s history) and ranked in the top 10 of the national polls. Before joining the staff at DePaul, Hays Fort served as the head coach at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla. Larkin gains gold at IIHF World Championships As the youngest player on Team Italy, Thomas Larkin ’13 helped score the gold medal at the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation Division IA World Championships in overtime with a 4-3 win over Hungary on April 23. Italy held on for the win in overtime after giving up a 3-1 lead. Larkin had one shot and a minus-1 rating in the win. One of two ECAC and U.S. hockey players in the tournament, Larkin is the first Italian-trained NHL draft pick. He finished the tournament (his firstever international event) with a goal on five shots and a plus-1 rating. He netted his first international goal in a 6-0 win over South Korea during pool play, which came as a shorthanded goal. With this win, Team Italy will jump up to the top division of the next tournament and will compete against the likes of the United States, Canada, and Russia in the summer of 2012. In the April 23 game against Bucknell, Colgate’s seniors scored five of the lacrosse team’s seven goals — including a goal and two assists by Andrew Mould ’11 (#16) — in their final home game. Unfortunately, a second-half setback gave way to a loss to the Bison 12-7. The team ended its season on a high note, beating the University of Maryland for the first time in the program’s history, on the Terps’ turf in May, and closing with an 11-5 overall record. Bob Cornell Swimming Coaches Association honors Roach 20 scene: Summer 2011 Director of Athletics David Roach is the 2011 recipient of the Daktronics’ Ben Franklin Award, given by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The award is presented to the individual or organization whose efforts best promote the integrity and enhancement of the student-athlete ideal. “The sport of swimming has always been near and dear to my heart,” said Roach. “It’s something that shaped my career. To be remembered by my peers and fellow swim coaches is an honor.” Day and Brisebois make AHL debuts Two graduating hockey players made their professional debuts once Colgate’s season ended. Brian Day ’11, a draft pick of the New York Islanders, played 10 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (the Islanders’ AHL affiliate) after signing an amateur tryout contract. Day had a successful tryout with two goals and three assists for five points in the 10 games. He scored one of his two goals in his first professional game in a 5-1 win over the Portland Pirates. In his next game, he recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick, which includes a goal, an assist, and engaging in a fight, when they played against the Connecticut Whales. The Sound Tigers didn’t make the playoffs, so Day’s season came to an end prior to Colgate’s graduation, but the senior has a good chance at signing a contract after his performance in those 10 games. Francois Brisebois ’11 also signed an amateur contract, with the Binghamton Senators. He played three games for the Ottawa Senators’ affiliate. Get to know: Kathy Brawn 13 teams honored by NCAA Thirteen Colgate athletics teams were honored by the NCAA with a Public Recognition Award for their latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. These awards are part of a broad effort by the Division I to enact academic reform. Among the Colgate men’s teams recognized were basketball, ice hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, indoor track, and outdoor track; the women’s teams included cross country, rowing, swimming and diving, indoor track, outdoor track, and volleyball. These teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. High-performing teams receiving awards posted APR scores ranging from 978 to a perfect 1,000. The APR provides a current look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention, and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance. Andrew Daddio Roach spent eight years (1978– 1986) at Brown University as the women’s swimming coach, taking the Bears into the national spotlight through conference championships in 1983, 1984, and 1985. As head coach at the University of Tennessee, his women’s swimming teams won 85 percent of their meets and improved from 39th to 4th at the NCAA Division I Championship. Roach was twice named SEC Coach of the Year. — Head Coach of Women’s Soccer since 1991 — Hometown: Franklin Lakes, N.J. — Among the winningest coaches in NCAA Division I women’s soccer history; 11 Patriot League Championships, 3 ECAC Championships, 5 NCAA Tournament appearances What was your first job? When I was only 15 years old, I worked as a photographer for the local newspaper. In college, I was a photographer for Hubert Birkenmeier, goalkeeper for the New York Cosmos, when they were playing at the Meadowlands and drawing 60,000 people to a game. That gave me amazing access to the soccer world, which was relatively new back then. What was your first soccer-playing experience? I didn’t start until I was about 13. I think the statute of limitations is up on this… My younger sister’s team didn’t have enough players for a game. They asked me if I would play, but I needed a player pass. The girl I looked the most like on her pass photo was Peggy Connelly, so I was Peggy Connelly for the game. For all the news of the spring sports season, visit gocolgateraiders.com How did you get into coaching? When I was 15, a woman in town asked me to help coach her daughters’ team. I enjoyed it, and started coaching my own teams. When I was 18, I started my own camp, and it just took off from there. In college, I coached high school teams, club teams, and in the Olympic development program. My first foray into coaching at the college level was when I got a phone call from the Yale coach, who was looking for an assistant. In a twin bill against the University at Albany in early April, Colgate took game one 7-1, but the Raiders lost the nightcap to the Great Danes 8-0. The women’s softball team finished its season as the 2011 Patriot League regular-season champion and reached the championship game of the tournament — hosted by Colgate for the first time in school history — for the second-straight season. Is there a certain drill you love to work your players through? I like drills that revolve around goal scoring and goal tending. I think you get people’s rawest emotions at either end of the field. When you focus on attacking or defending and bring them together, you can see that coming out in a game. Even when I go to watch games, a lot of people like to be right up at midfield, because you can see everything, but I tend to gravitate to one end of the field or another, just off center. I’m a little off-center anyway, so that’s probably very fitting! Do you have any rituals or superstitions? I have a couple from when I played. My shoelaces are never twisted. To this day, I never step on the lines on the field. And when the national anthem is playing, I always dedicate the game to somebody important to me. What’s the most treasured thing in your office? All these photographs elicit memories. See this black-and-white picture of my first recruiting class? One of the players, Susan Meyercord [’96], actually called me recently. We got to catch up about almost everybody in her class; they’re all in touch with one another. Trophies are great, but it’s about the people. Bob Cornell Your gumball machine’s a curiosity. I go to antique auctions — I collect things that draw my eye or have a sense of whimsy. They were auctioning off two machines, neither one of which was in great shape, but I morphed them into one decent one. Do you have any hidden talents? I don’t know if it’s a talent, but I can write backward in script. When I go into Maxwell’s downtown, I’ll write stuff in the guest book backward like, “Have a wonderful time today!” —Rebecca Costello News and views for the Colgate community 21 new, noted , & quoted Books, music & film Information is provided by publishers, authors, and artists. Eat Your Breakfast or Else! Jackie Jafarian Broad ’90 (with recipes by Lauren Braun Costello ’98) (Three Puppies Press) In Jackie Jafarian Broad’s second children’s book, Jared is a little boy who would rather play with his rockets than eat his breakfast. His grandma warns him that it is important to refuel every morning or he could lose power, but it isn’t until a harrowing journey to Mars that Jared finally understands. Included are chef Lauren Braun Costello’s fun and healthy pancake recipes. Eat Your Breakfast or Else! is a recipient of the Mom’s Choice Award. Things Are Getting Better Luther Hughes & the CannonballColtrane Project (Primrose Lane Music) Colgate’s music department chair, Glenn Cashman, completes the five-piece ensemble of the LA group Luther Hughes & the Cannonball-Coltrane Project, who recently released their fourth album, Things Are Getting Better. Cashman played tenor saxophone and composed four selections for the group’s latest CD. Bassist Luther Hughes initially formed the group as an homage to revered jazz saxophonists Julian “Cannonball” Adderley and John Coltrane. With 12 songs and more than 70 minutes of music, Things Are Getting Better peaked at #2 on the Jazz Week national radio airplay charts. The Philosophy of the Western Edited by B. Steve Csaki ’89 and Jennifer L. McMahon (The University Press of Kentucky) The Philosophy of the Western examines philosophical themes in the western film genre, revealing the influence 22 scene: Summer 2011 of the western on the American psyche. Investigating subjects tHe pHilosopHy of nature, ethics, oF tHe identity, gender, environmentalism, and animal JenniFer l. McMaHon and b. steve Csaki rights, the essays draw from a wide range of westerns including the recent popular and critical successes Unforgiven, 3:10 to Yuma, and No Country for Old Men, as well as literature and television series such as Deadwood. WESTERN edited by Domestic Broils: Shakers, Antebellum Marriage, and the Narratives of Mary and Joseph Dyer Edited with an introduction by Elizabeth A. De Wolfe ’83 (University of Massachusetts Press) In 1813, Joseph Dyer, his wife, Mary, and their five children joined the Shaker community in Enfield, N.H. Joseph quickly adapted to the Shaker way of life, but Mary chafed under its strictures and eventually left the community two years later. When the local elders and her husband refused to release the couple’s children to Mary, she embarked on what would become a 50-year campaign against the Shakers, beginning with an 1818 publication. The following year, the Shakers countered by publishing a scathing attack on Mary’s character. Domestic Broils reproduces the dueling accounts of the Dyers for the first time since their original publication. Elizabeth De Wolfe, a history professor at the University of New England, introduces the book by placing this marital dispute in a broader historical context. 8 Ways to Great: Peak Performance on the Job and in Your Life Doug Hirschhorn ’94 (Putnam) In 8 Ways to Great, performance coach and executive trainer Doug Hirschhorn offers practical tools that anyone can use — regardless of profession or personal goals — to break through self-defeating behaviors and excel. These are tools that “Dr. Doug” has provided to thousands in his lectures, one-onone coaching, and media appearances including the Today show. Your Daughter’s Bedroom: Insights for Raising Confident Women Joyce Turcotte McFadden ’84 (Palgrave Macmillan) Psychoanalyst and mother Joyce Turcotte McFadden is on a mission to help mothers raise their daughters to have healthy views about sexuality. In her new book, McFadden explains how a mother’s insecurities about her own sexual identity can be a detriment to her daughter’s sense of self and how open communication about sexuality is crucial to the development of secure, self-aware women. Peppered throughout are testimonies from hundreds of women, including Colgate alumnae, who participated in McFadden’s Women’s Realities Study (see p. 52 for more). The Eternal Sea of Creativity Arthur Rashap ’58 (CreateSpace) Arthur Rashap’s The Eternal Sea of Creativity includes poems and thoughts about life and love. These views and insights, written over a span of 40 years, reflect a continuing fascination with the question “Why are we here?” The emerging answer relates to a synthesis of religion, quantum physics, experiences with past lives, out-of-body experiences, and dreams. A “renaissance man,” Rashap has had approximately 45 different career experiences. In the media Take It Like a Mom Following 9/11: Religion Coverage in the New York Times Stephanie Johnson Stiles ’89 (NAL Trade) Christopher Vecsey (Syracuse University Press) In Stephanie Johnson Stiles’s new novel, Take It Like a Mom, Annie used to be a lawyer who wore dry-clean only and shaved both legs. But things have changed. Now a stay-at-home mom, she wears cargo pants and ponytails and harbors a nearly pathological hatred toward hipster parents. With a 3-year-old and a baby on the way, Annie knows what to expect … at least, she thought she did. Faced with her husband’s job loss, pre-school politics, and a playground throwdown with her arch nemesis, Annie realizes that even with her husband and friends by her side, what she really needs is to learn to suck it up — and take it like a mom. BookCase A selection from the new titles shelf at Case Library • Proxy Warriors: The Rise and Fall of State-Sponsored Militias Ariel Ahram • Mattaponi Queen: Stories Belle Boggs • Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters Donald Bogle • Haiti Noir Edwidge Danticat (editor) • Why Marx Was Right Terry Eagleton • The Asylum: The Renegades Who Hijacked the World’s Oil Market Leah McGrath Goodman • The Life of an Unknown Man Andreï Makine • Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America John McMillian • The Devil As Muse: Blake, Byron, and the Adversary Fred Parker • Andy Warhol: Behind the Camera Stephen Petersen In Following 9/11, Christopher Vecsey, Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of the humanities and Native American studies and religion, examines the religious ramifications of 9/11 through the lens of one of the world’s primary news sources. Vecsey shows not only how the Times reported on the 9/11 tragedy and its consequences, but also how the paper presented conventional religious themes such as traditions, diversity, tolerance, institutional organization, interfaith cooperation, and ethical judgment. Vecsey seeks to perceive the ways in which 9/11 crystallized and recast concepts important to understanding the political dimensions of religion over the past decade. He also explores how the paper went beyond political coverage to the social, the cultural, the artistic, the intellectual, and the religious and, above all, showed how religion, politics, and journalism define each other in these times following 9/11. The Politics of Necessity Elke Zuern ’90 (University of Wisconsin Press) The end of apartheid in South Africa broke down political barriers, extending the formal rights of citizenship to all races, but the country remains one of the most economically polarized nations in the world. In The Politics of Necessity, Elke Zuern argues that working toward greater socioeconomic equality — access to food, housing, land, and jobs — is crucial to achieving a successful and sustainable democracy. Zuern is an associate professor of politics at Sarah Lawrence College. Drawing on interviews with local residents and activists in South Africa’s impoverished townships during more than a decade of dramatic “The emotions were so strong, I think, because the event was compacted: Bin Laden was found and killed, and it was done — done and over, just like that.” — Professor Kevin Carlsmith, an expert in the psychology of retribution, in a New York Times article about the killing of Osama Bin Laden “… As Malcolm [X] lived on through his best-selling autobiography, so will Marable, through his unmatched body of writing, his educational contributions, his illuminations on Malcolm X’s legacy and his devoted students.” — A CNN.com commentary by Maytha Alhassen, who was a research assistant for Manning Marable, former sociology professor and founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at Colgate. Marable died April 1, 2011, shortly before the publication of his book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (see In Memoriam, p.75). “There are charlatans everywhere, and it is not easy even to give money away effectively. But it is vital to remember that there are many good people doing good work for the oppressed, the poor and the uneducated, and they need your help. It’s up to you to ask the questions before you make your choice.” — Thomas Brackett, professor of computer science emeritus and president of the Brackett Refugee Education Fund, in a Post-Standard (Syracuse) op-ed about the dilemma for charities revealed by the Three Cups of Tea controversy political change, Zuern tracks the development of community organizing and reveals the shifting challenges faced by poor citizens. By comparing movements in South Africa to those in other African and Latin American states, this book identifies profound challenges to democratization. Zuern asserts the fundamental indivisibility of all human rights, showing how protest movements offer opportunities for modern democracies to evolve into systems of rule that empower all citizens. Also of note: A public defender in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, David A. Brooks ’81 reveals the characters who live there, and uncloaks some hidden truths about our justice system, in his new book Foresthill: A Public Defender’s Bedtime Reader (YourBookPlace.com). Although the characters have been fictionalized, the stories are based on actual cases and events. The Happiness of Pursuit: A Father’s Courage, a Son’s Love and Life’s Steepest Climb (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) by Davis Phinney, with Austin Murphy ’83, is a story of overcoming adversity. Phinney, one of America’s most successful cyclists, won two stages at the Tour de France and an Olympic medal, but then was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s. This is the story of how he fought to overcome the disease by reaching back to what had made him so successful on the bike. In Deane Beman: Golf’s Driving Force (East Cottage Press), Adam Schupak ’96 writes about the former PGA Tour commissioner who was once called the most powerful person in golf. Using never-before-seen documents and candid interviews with players, associates, and corporate chieftains, the book offers an intimate portrait of Beman’s shift from hardened competitor to an executive of change. News and views for the Colgate community 23 Central New Y Visits to five regional alumni-owned businesses sketch a picture of imagination, optimism, perseverance, and enterprise By James Leach Johanna Ames Coats ’98 A fourth generation for Ames Linen Her faculty mentor in geography was such an inspiration that when Johanna Ames Coats ’98 graduated from Colgate, she “wanted to be the next Ellen Kraly.” Thirteen years later, after Ames Coats cut short her plan to earn a PhD at the University of North Carolina, she has instead become the next Bud Ames, succeeding her dad as head of a central New York family business that goes back four generations and more than 90 years. By the time Ames Coats had finished her master’s at UNC, she was “a little disenchanted” with an academic life that wasn’t all she’d imagined. So, on a visit home to Cortland in 2000, when her father said the time could be right to see what she thought of working in the family’s commercial laundry business, she agreed to a one-year trial. “My first day on the job, I was here at 5 a.m., sorting soiled linens, which was a little tough to swallow,” she said. Six months later, after she had worked every job from the production floor to delivery routes, Bud gave his daughter an office and made her his customer service manager. As she took on more responsibilities, she said, her father asked, “Are you sure you want to work this hard?” When it became clear to them both that the answer was “yes,” the transition continued. Together, they bought and refitted a plant that more than tripled their space, modernizing Ames Linen Service and ensuring the business would stay in Cortland. And in 2007, father and daughter agreed 24 scene: Summer 2011 to a sale that would keep Ames Linen in the family for at least another generation. A lot has changed since great-grandfather Harry Ames started his laundry business in Ithaca, making deliveries by horse and buggy. He later purchased Cortland Steam Laundry and the downtown plant that was the company’s base for 75 years. While the business has evolved from doing local families’ wash to a full-service linen rental supplier for more than 500 health care and hospitality providers within a 75-mile radius, Ames Coats will tell you that the emphasis is still on service. “When an event starts in an hour and a restaurant discovers it under-ordered 200 napkins, or the bride changes her mind at the last minute on what color linens she wants, our customers need a partner that they can count on,” she said. With that in mind, when Ames Coats and her father designed their new $2.5 million plant, they not only outfitted it with the most modern equipment, they also provided backup at important stations — insurance against the unexpected. Converting to new equipment allowed for efficiencies that improve both energy conservation and the plant’s capacity. In what serves essentially as the engine room of the operation, water is softened, heated to 160 degrees, and recycled, and a maze of tubing delivers chemicals to the washing machines in carefully measured, computer-controlled amounts. In the adjacent production space, an operator feeds sorted linens onto a conveyor to begin a fully automated washing and drying operation, not to be touched by human hands again until they come out the far end, clean, dry, and ready to be sorted, pressed, folded, packaged, and prepared for shipping. The plant can process more than a ton of laundry per hour. Ames Coats is especially proud of her family’s record of employee relations. In a business where she says annual turnover rates of 300 to 400 percent are common, most of her staff have been on the payroll for years. “We’re like a family,” she said. The new plant allowed room for a bright and well-equipped area for employees to take a break. Recognition posters paper the bulletin boards. Incentive pay rewards special effort. The management treats to the occasional lunch or donut. And when your kids need linens for their weddings, it’s on the house. In an upstate community the size of Cortland (roughly 18,000, including SUNY-Cortland’s 6,500 students), Ames Linen Service, with its 50-plus employees and $1.1-million payroll, is an important part of the economy. Businesses in central New York don’t experience the soaring economic highs that affect other parts of the country, said Ames Coats. At the same time, that provides some insulation from big swings in the market. “We have been extremely fortunate because about half of our business is health care, an industry that tends to remain more stable,” she said. “We’ve been able to hold our own and actually see some growth.” Her biggest economic challenges at the moment are the shortage and record-high price of cotton for the linens, which, after payroll, are her greatest expense. The Ames family has a long record of service to the Cortland community. “My grandfather and my dad taught me that was an important role to play as a business owner,” said Ames Coats. “As someone who’s living here, I’m invested.” In addition to her volunteer work for the Cortland Regional Medical Center and the Cortland County Business Development Corp., she also serves on the board of the Family Health Network. “We run a series of federally funded health clinics for the underserved populations and some of our rural communities.” ork Road Trip C.V. “Major” Bowes ’41 Adirondack host and advocate From the window of his winter home at Covewood Lodge on Big Moose Lake, C.V. “Major” Bowes ’41 watched eagles feeding on deer carrion in the yard. “I’m glad I’m here. I’d like to do it all over again,” he said of his nearly 60 years (and counting) as proprietor of the historic Adirondack camp. Andrew Daddio In recognition, the Cortland County Chamber of Commerce named Ames Linen Service its Business of the Year in 2009. Central New York has always been home for Ames Coats. “I like being in a small town, that sense of community. You make those connections. I’ve had a lot of opportunities that I don’t think would have come my way if I hadn’t had grown up here.” Ames Coats and her husband, Matt (an assistant athletic director at Cornell), have a 2-year-old son, Mason. When asked if Mason might some day become the fifth-generation owner, Ames Coats didn’t make any assumptions — but she did say that the company’s service manager of 14 years gave his 25-year notice when he met Mason for the first time. Ames Linen Service, Johanna Ames Coats ’98, president, was Cortland County Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Business of the Year. Built in the 1920s by legendary Adirondack architect/builder Earl Covey, Covewood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. As other resorts in the south central Adirondacks have come and gone, Covewood has operated continuously, with only three owners over its history. The hospitality business has changed during those years, and Bowes and his wife, Diane, have adapted to keep pace. The American plan with its three meals a day in the dining room has given way to housekeeping cottages where guests have more control of their schedules. The hotel no longer does its own laundry. Summer crews once staffed by U.S. college students now draw largely from countries such as New Zealand, Scotland, Lithuania, and Colombia. “I’m from the pipe wrench generation,” said Bowes, “and I still know where all the plumbing is — more than a mile of it. But Covewood now is run by buttons — the website, online reservations, and the like — and Diane takes care of that. I couldn’t run it without her.” Still, the central character of Covewood, with its one-of-a-kind structures, game-preserve setting, and family appeal, has not wavered, as the families who have returned for three and four generations attest in stories and photos on the pages of the lodge website. A third-generation Mohawk Valley native, Bowes was introduced to the Adirondacks at the family camp on Seventh Lake, not far from Big Moose. During his undergraduate days, Colgate professors sometimes joined him there on hunting trips. He fell in love with the mountains. After graduating, Bowes joined his father’s insurance business, which served clients in New York and New Jersey. “I hated it,” said Bowes. He enlisted in the Navy at the height of World War II. “It’s ironic to say this, but the war saved my life,” he said. “I dreamed about this place every day I was away.” The options were limited, as he saw it: logging, or the resort business, “and I needed something to justify my education.” He enrolled in cooking school at Cornell, and when he graduated, his father helped him establish a business. Following a short stint operating a camp at Darts Lake, just down the road from Covewood, Bowes purchased the hotel that became his life’s work. A fellow Colgate alumnus, the late Allen Wilcox ’29, who ran the Mohawk Hotel on Fourth Lake, helped Bowes get established, even assisting with his first buffet. Earl Covey and his wife had run a spartan operation at Covewood, and the hotel’s second owner had News and views for the Colgate community 25 Ellen Griffin ’83 Andrew Daddio A running living C.V. “Major” Bowes ’41 has been operating the historic Adirondack resort Covewood Lodge in Big Moose just shy of 60 years. followed suit. When Bowes took over, he recalled, “We were offering good meals and good lodging for eight bucks a day. When I raised the rate to nine, the fellow next door asked, ‘What are you trying to do, pay for this all in one year?’” Still, the guests kept coming. Many of the names in Covewood’s 2010 guest register are of third- and fourth-generation descendants of families who visited in the 1950s. Ninety percent of his guests are repeat visitors. The late Dick Meltzer ’42 and his wife, Amy, became so attached to Covewood that they left instructions for their ashes to be buried there. And they were not alone. During the winter off-season in those early years, Bowes ran natural history tours in Cuba, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. He and Diane stopped giving tours in the 1970s when the first of their two daughters was born. That was when Covewood started its winter business, beginning by renting a couple of cottages to snowmobilers. That evolved to serving snowshoers and cross country skiers, some 50 to 60 of whom would gather at the hotel most winter weekends. As the winters have become milder (“We used to have snow until mid-April”), Covewood shut down its winter operation about five years ago. Now the season runs from May through October, with peak business in June through September. The nation’s poor economy had an effect on the resort business the past couple of seasons, although Covewood’s repeat clientele helped the hotel weather the downturn. Bowes is an advocate and proactive defender of the Adirondacks. He marshaled other landowners on Big Moose to post their property from the road 26 scene: Summer 2011 to the lake’s edge, creating a de facto game preserve that is now written into the state syllabus. When airborne industrial wastes from Midwest manufacturing operations rained down on the Adirondacks, turning some lakes (including Big Moose) acidic, he experimented by first adding limestone to his springs, and later by blasting tons of limestone into one of the lake’s bays. Major television networks, as well as Sports Illustrated, reported on the project. It worked, but was such a massive undertaking that the project was abandoned. Today, largely the result of clean-air regulations and shifting weather patterns, the lakes are coming back (“They called them ‘dead,’ but of course they weren’t”), and Covewood’s guests are once again catching largemouth bass and brightly colored native trout. Colgate geology professor Rich April and his former student Michele Hluchy ’81, now a professor at Alfred University, continue to monitor the acidity of Covewood property as part of a study funded by the National Science Foundation. And Bowes has paid careful attention to preserving the architecture of Covewood, in particular the main building, which he describes as “a collector’s item.” It is said that Covey had thought about the building for so long that when he finally started construction, he needed no formal plans, referring only occasionally to details sketched out on paper sacks. Given the economic and regulatory challenges today, Bowes said, “If you wanted to go into business for yourself, you’d probably pick a business other than this one — it would be more profitable. Yet it’s such a beautiful place to live. I can’t think of any place I’d rather be, or anything else I’d rather do. But if it were real enticing, there might be a few more of us left.” Hard as it may be to imagine that one of the country’s best running shoe stores could be found in a city that’s snow covered half the year, that is exactly what Ellen (Strohm) Griffin ’83 and her husband, Ed, have achieved with Fleet Feet Sports in Syracuse. At last November’s annual conference of running store retailers nationwide, the print and Internet publisher Competitor Group named the Griffins’ store one of the top four, and the best in the east. Stores are ranked on 20 criteria that range from community service and vendor evaluations to the in-store experiences of a team of “secret shoppers” dispatched by the judges. While the Griffins’ store is part of a national franchise, the corporation’s commitment to on-site owner-operators fosters the idea that individual stores will take on the character of their owners. The Syracuse store is one of the most successful — enough so that last year, while the U.S. economy was floundering, the Griffins moved out of the location they had leased for 10 years and into their own facility with more than three times the floor space. With 30 employees — half of them salaried, full time — and an annual payroll exceeding $500,000, the store is, as Ellen put it, “a real business.” A national wave of interest in running to stay fit has expanded the marketplace, she said, adding, “The challenge from a business standpoint has been how to reach out to people who don’t regularly run races. They’re a whole separate market from the traditional running community.” And the Griffins also serve customers beyond those with an interest in running to compete or stay fit. “We don’t even call ourselves a running store anymore,” said Ellen. “We’re a footwear fit store. We are fitting people who are doing everything from going to the gym to walking to, frankly, just needing a comfortable pair of shoes.” Area orthopedists and podiatrists refer their patients daily. “We’ll have people in their eighties in here who’ve got bunions or hammer toes or plantar fasciitis — not that footwear is always the cure, but it can relieve a lot of their symptoms.” Thus, the Griffins’ emphasis on getting their customers into the right shoes, starting with fit. There’s nothing hurried about the process. Off come a customer’s shoes and socks as the interview begins. “Any particular problems? How will you use your shoes?” For runners: “How many miles are you doing? Any events coming up? What kind of times are you running?” And, as the customer is answering, the salesperson is evaluating not only the customer’s answers, but also the condition and shape of both feet, including length, width, and arch while seated and standing. After factoring in the customer’s gait, the salesperson might recommend an insert to correct a condition such as flat feet or placing too much weight on the inside or outside of the foot. With all those variables taken into account, the salesperson heads off to the stockroom to select from the more than 6,000 pairs on hand and returns with a variety for the customer to try. The trial includes running or walking on the store’s section of indoor track, always under the salesperson’s watchful eye. At checkout, the customer is offered the opportunity to join the Griffins’ e-mail list and register for discounts on future purchases. A handshake closes the deal. And that’s what Ellen means by “full service.” The competition, which comes from big-box stores and Internet sales, “almost hasn’t been a factor,” said Ellen. While chains and online merchants may price their shoes a few dollars less, they can’t match the Griffins’ level of product knowledge and personal attention. Recognizing that service is what sets their store apart, the Griffins spend upward of two months training each new employee before turning that person loose to work the floor alone. A big investment of time, Ellen acknowledges, “but we don’t have people work for us for a month and then leave. We try to make it a place where people want to come to work every day.” As employees gain experience, they take on additional roles, in the personnel department, or marketing, or purchasing. Hours can be made flexible to accommodate the schedules of competitive runners on staff, like Fred Joslyn who qualified in February for the 2012 Olympic marathon trials. But everyone — Ellen and Ed included — continues to work on the floor, staying in touch with customers. Communication with the running and fitness crowd doesn’t stop at the point of sale. In the community room attached to their store, the Griffins are hosts to regular events such as organizing sessions for local benefit runs and training sessions for athletes, from first-time 5K runners to elite triathletes. The store’s website is a clearinghouse for information on the local running and fitness scene, and the newsletter shows up each Monday morning in the 16,000 e-mail inboxes in the database. Ellen took up running at Colgate “to lose the freshman fifteen.” She met Ed when he was broadcasting Colgate hockey for a Norwich radio station, and one of their first dates was lining up for the old Lake Moraine Run, a 5-miler. “I’m not a competitive athlete,” she said. But she, like Ed, has the trim build of a runner, sustained personally and professionally by regular outings on those central New York roads and trails that are covered in snow from November until April. Dick Najarian ’63 Made in Greene, U.S.A. Andrew Daddio Above the clatter, Dick Najarian ’63 tells a story for every pattern being woven on the 40 jacquard looms at the heart of his mill in Greene, N.Y. There’s the elegant Godiva logo woven into ribbon that will adorn boxes of the chocolatier’s finest assortments. Black ribbon with orange script and ghostly images spins out of an adjacent loom, destined for one of Godiva’s seasonal offerings. A rich gold braid developed on spec for the Navy could be a reliable long-term product if it wins approval for the trim on dress blues. Patterns that seem strangely familiar become instantly recognizable when identified as the bands for venetian blinds. Reflective tape will be applied to the woven flame-resistant day-glo lime and orange bands that will make roadside workers highly visible; the U.S. Postal Service has a fancier, personalized version of its own. And a well-known philanthropist will distribute as bookmarks the inspirational messages woven into ribbon on two of the looms. Alongside the looms, cones of colorful yarn are stacked high, waiting to be wound onto spools to form the warp and weft of the next intricate pattern. Cardboard boxes of samples arranged on metal shelves nearby make up the library of Najarian designs across the years. The ancient hardwood floor and massive wooden pillars hint at the building’s early life as a silk mill and then a warehouse. In 1937, Najarian’s father — Leon Aram (L.A.), a 30-year-old Armenian émigré from Egypt — adapted it to its current purpose. As a teenager, L.A. had learned weaving and ribbon making at the Chenango Ribbon Mill. By 1932, he had begun manufacturing his own ribbons on two looms in a rented barn. L.A. passed the skill of ribbon making along to his sons Jack and Dick. There were no spring college breaks to warm climes Despite the sour economy, Fleet Feet Sports in Syracuse, co-owned by Ellen Griffin ’83 and her husband, Ed, tripled its space last year. for the Najarian boys: “We went News and views for the Colgate community 27 “You have to adapt,” he said. “It’s always been one much the last mill in the States operating warp home to work in the mill,” Dick said. “Dad put us thing or another. In this day and age, we won’t see jacquard looms,” he said. with the employees, and we did what they told us.” a new massive user. The domestic manufacturers Fate intervened in 2000 when Najarian’s wife, When L.A. grew ill in the 1960s, recent college who’ve decided to stay here will continue — now Pat, his partner in business and in life, died after graduates Jack and Dick moved back to Greene to our thrust is to find them and determine what size a brief illness. He took time away to regroup, and help in the family business. Jack oversaw the weavthe business has to be. when he remarried in 2003, he left the day-to-day ing in those days, and Dick managed the business “What an odyssey,” said Dick Najarian, whose hismanagement of the business and moved to Hilton affairs. tory is the history of his company. Head, S.C. After their father sold the business in 1970, Dick But the market continued to decline, bottoming stayed on to help the new owners fine-tune their out a year ago, Najarian said. Last fall, it became looms and relocate their operation to Pennsylvania. Kingsley Wratten ’64 clear that the only way to save the business was to A career move to Montreal followed, to manage a downsize. And the only solution he saw that would mill for the largest ribbon maker in Canada. and Harold Davies MA’65 allow a reduction in staff and still keep the skills nec “I learned a lot in Canada,” he said, “but we still essary to operate was for him to return to what he wanted to do something else.” So in 1978, financed had been doing at the mill 15 years earlier. “I had the by a loan from the Small Business Administraskills to do any of the jobs, and I was willing to work tion, he bought a dozen looms from England and Painter Kingsley Wratten ’64 tells the for nothing,” he said. So he committed to return to reopened the family mill in Greene. He, his wife, and story of how a course at Colgate led to Greene for three weeks each month through the end his nephew were the original workforce, but the the creation of a fine French restaurant, of 2011 to redirect and reenergize the company. business grew steadily and he was soon up to a staff and how now — 35 years later — that The same optimism that motivated Najarian of 10, working two shifts. restaurant will nourish the arts. the first two times around is evident again today. He bought more looms and in 1979 began making Wratten’s sophomore core class “There’s a return to high-end manufacturing of some hatbands for a mill in Alabama. With three people brought together music, visual arts, and apparel in this country,” he said. “Being the only working one shift, Najarian said he was out-producarchitecture. All were subjects that had interested producers in this specialty, we should see an uptick. ing 28 people working two shifts at the Alabama him since high school, but he had never before And we don’t need a lot of extra business to make it plant. The Alabama mill bought Najarian out in a clearly seen the connection between them. worth doing.” profitable arrangement that assumed his loan and To make his business more visible in the 21st A year later, studio professor Arnold Herstand recallowed him to continue managing the operation. century market, Najarian is turning to a 21st-century ommended Wratten to a Yale summer program for The Alabama mill was, in turn, bought out by solution and reengineering his website. the nation’s largest ribbon manufacturer, Berwick painters and musicians that fostered his emerging Offray, with Najarian and his group’s focus on fine ribbons included as part of the deal. “It soon became obvious it wasn’t a fit,” said Najarian. “A big company automatically figures if a small guy were smart, he’d be big. I told them we stay small because we cater to small markets.” He had all the business there was to be had for his specialty. So in 1984, for the second time, he bought back the family business and started L.A. Najarian, Inc., over yet again. This time, he was literally starting from scratch. “The landscape had changed,” he said. “Our traditional customers — apparel manufacturers — had moved to other countries.” At first the competition came from the Japanese in the ’60s and ’70s. Then ribbon manufacturers followed the apparel mills to Taiwan, Korea, China, and eventually into Thailand and Vietnam. As his traditional markets moved offshore, he adapted by selling specialized ribbons and labels such as those on his looms today. “We are pretty While his competition has moved to Asia, Dick Najarian ’63 still operates high-end ribbon manufacturer L.A. Najarian, Inc., in Greene. Andrew Daddio Appetite for the arts 28 scene: Summer 2011 News and views for the Colgate community 29 Andrew Daddio being directed to creating a self-sustaining place Bankers, doctors, and lawyers travel from Utica and awareness of how the disciplines relate, but left where writers, musicians, and visual artists can from Syracuse.” Add gourmets from Cooperstown, the artist longing for more interaction with the come together to learn from one another as they Albany, Ithaca, Binghamton, Hamilton, New York musicians. practice their art. They will live and have studio City, and points in between. Back at Colgate for his senior year, Wratten found space in a collection of restored homes within walk As their restaurant prospered, they restored a a kindred spirit in writer Harold Davies MA’65, a ing distance of the restaurant. In the evenings, they nearby Italianate mansion to add four elegant guest graduate student who had spent a year studying bawill gather at the restaurant, along with the Horned rooms. The buildings are listed together as The roque art and architecture in Madrid. “We began to Dorset’s other guests, to discuss their work. Artists Wheeler House Complex in the National Register of dream about a utopia where a painter like myself, a in other disciplines may be added to the mix as the Historic Places. Years later, they established Utopia, writer like Harold, and a musician like my girlfriend colony matures. an adjacent bookstore that became both a commerand wife-to-be, Roberta, would sit down for dinner Students will be chosen based on exceptional cial enterprise and a venue to foster conversation and discuss the ideas and feelings and experiences aptitude. Scholarships will assist those who cannot about the arts. that went into their art,” said Wratten. Through graduate school and their early careers as teachers, the three remained close and kept their dream alive. At the same time, “We got tired of working for someone else,” said Wratten. A restaurant, they decided, might help to bring their ideas together. With little to invest, their options were limited, but they saw possibilities in a century-old, abandoned building across the highway from the auto repair shop in Leonardsville, a village of 150 souls about 20 minutes from Colgate. “The building didn’t even have a roof,” Wratten said. “We bought it for an offer on the overdue taxes.” Roberta continued teaching to help meet living expenses while Davies, Wratten, his brother, and two friends, funded by a loan from the Small Business Administration, began a two-year project restoring the building. “The commitment was all Kingsley Wratten ’64 and Harold Davies MA’65 are layering an art colony onto their Leonardsville restaurant, The Horned Dorset. and labor was zero,” said Wratten. “We were pretty afford the cost of a four-week residency. Professional Even as they developed their properties in Leongutsy.” They fashioned a bar and public and private artists will be chosen on the strength of their work ardsville, the partners had begun exploring sites dining rooms, a music room, and a library, accenting and their willingness to exchange ideas and experiin the Caribbean where they might build a luxury the spaces with architectural details reclaimed from ences with students in a working environment. resort. In Rincón, on the western shore of Puerto Rico, urban renewal. The Leonardsville Horned Dorset will be closed they found their setting and began construction The Horned Dorset, named for the sheep they this year as the partners visit other arts initiatives, of The Horned Dorset Primavera, which opened in raised that became one of the house specialties, explore funding possibilities including the creation 1987 with guest rooms and suites featuring private opened in 1977. Davies, who had some cooking of their own foundation, and work on the property pools and balconies on the waterfront. Condé Nast experience, was chef. Wratten was maître d’ and that will become their campus. They are determined Traveler’s Gold List describes the hotel as, “intimate, bartender. Roberta played the harpsichord on Thursto create a program that can have a lasting impact like a friend’s elegant oceanside estate, with service day and Sunday evenings. Their former students on the area and survive beyond their day-to-day that really takes care of you.” and a few Colgate undergraduates waited tables and involvement. “But it’s not like we’re retiring,” Wrat In 2011, their story is coming full circle with the staffed the kitchen. ten said, reflecting the vitality of three partners who founding of the Horned Dorset Art Colony, centered Word of mouth and the reviews were all the continue living their lifelong dream. around the properties in Leonardsville. advertising they ever needed. “Who comes to eat?” The energy and enthusiasm that has resulted in asked New York Times critic Jane Perlez in a 1985 rave: two hugely successful commercial ventures is now “A white stretch limousine idled outside one night. American Religion in These Times You can learn much more than the news by reading the newspaper By Christopher Vecsey n September 12, 2001, only two weeks into the fall semester, my colleague Tim Byrnes and I found ourselves in a classroom with our 19 students, all of us stunned by the devastation of the day before. We gathered around our seminar table, poring over coverage of the catastrophic events of September 11 in the New York Times. In our case, reading the paper wasn’t a diversion from the syllabus; indeed, this was a first-year seminar called American Religion in These Times. I had designed the course to assess the depth, scope, and slant of religion coverage in the New York Times. The students were to investigate religious developments in contemporary America in a global context by reading the paper every day, in addition to books about American religion and journalism. I wanted them to learn what was new and newsworthy in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the many other religious traditions that coexist in the United States; in the interplay between church and state; in emerging forms of spirituality, community, and ethical discourse; and in the relationships between religiousness, on the one hand, and the arts, sports, ethnicity, politics, sexuality, and secularism, on the other. In order to enhance their understanding of contemporary religious developments, the students were simultaneously examining the political dimensions of human life in another course, America as a Democracy, taught by Byrnes, a scholar with expertise in politics and religion. Little did he and I know when we devised these linked courses that an unprecedented world event would bring our investigations into such sharp focus. But there we were that morning, around a seminar table in Lawrence Hall, absorbing the grim words and images depicting the attacks. There was no lecture that day, hardly any discussion among us. I said some words 30 scene: Summer Summer 2011 Photo by John D. Hubbard On September 12, 2001, the author (center) found that his first-year seminar American Religion in These Times suddenly had taken on tremendous new dimensions. of assurance to the students, about carrying on — in their college studies, and with their lives into the decades to come. (A student in that class, who lived in the neighborhood of the World Trade Center, wrote to me recently of the catharsis she experienced that day, and that semester, as we pondered the ramifications of September 11 in our seminar learning community.) From that juncture, through the end of the semester, we studied how the Times shed light upon the complex set of phenomena that we all soon came to call “9/11.” Rarely did a day pass in which the paper neglected to run an article about the varieties of religious causes of and responses to 9/11 in the United States (particularly in New York City) and in the world among the adherents to all the major (and many of the more local) religions. A vast collection of clippings Why, you might ask, would I devote a religion course to reading the newspaper? And why the New York Times? Here is my claim: you can get an education in religious studies by reading the Times. This notion was inspired by my own personal roots and academic interests, and eventually led to a book that, to a great extent, was influenced and underscored by that very class in 2001. Both of my parents were journalists. George S. Vecsey spent almost his entire adult working life in news media, especially sports, at the Long Island Press, the Associated Press, and the New York Daily News. May Spencer Vecsey was society writer and editor at the Press until she began her career in maternity. In our New York City home, we got more than a half-dozen papers every day, and we read them; our fingers were often black from handling the newsprint. I now have in my office almost 12 file drawers — three complete file cabinets — filled with Times clippings about religion and related matters, dating to the early 1970s. My father died shortly after his 75th birthday in 1984, having just perused several newspapers before falling to sleep. My mother, whose funeral fell on my birthday in 2002, used to stuff American Religion in These Times the books in our house with newspaper articles. She clipped pieces she thought relevant — to something or other — and inserted them into what she considered the appropriate books. Today, I have most of these volumes in my office, and I am edified regularly by what I can find between the pages about Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Vladimir Nabokov, Chaim Potok, P.G. Wodehouse, and many others. I professionalized my mother’s obsession — but as an academic rather than a journalist. While earning a PhD in the history and literature of religion, and then going on to teach history and religion, my daily routine has always included more than just casual reading of the New York Times for all manner of religion coverage. I call it research, because although my scholarly focus has been on Native American Studies in general, and American Indian religions in particular, I have never lost sight of contemporary religious developments worldwide. (The fact that my oldest brother, George — now a longtime Times sports columnist — held a several-year assignment covering religion for the Times only intensified my interest in religion journalism.) Over the past four decades, I have collected, examined, and catalogued Times coverage of religion, occasionally sharing my clippings with my classes, and waiting for the appropriate moment to analyze them in full. I now have in my office almost 12 file drawers — three complete file cabinets — filled with Times clippings about religion and related matters, dating to the early 1970s. That doesn’t count the other several cabinets filled with American Indian materials. (Yes, I know: it’s all on the web now.) Having perused almost every Times article about religion from 1970 to the present — about 15,000 of them from 1970 to 2001 (available to readers on my Colgate website at www.colgate. edu/vecsey911clips) and at least as reading the Times in an encyclopedic manner, over time, with all the complexity included. Of course, 9/11 makes good copy, but what I found was that it also unveiled persistent themes in the Times’s treatment of religion. It has taken almost a full decade for that work to see print: my recently published book, Following 9/11: Religion Coverage in the New York Times. actually increased in the Times. I can offer a few explanations for this phenomenon. First, there is a sizable audience for religion news, and it is prudent to give readers what they want. A paper such as the Times has come to recognize the importance of religion and its role as a motivating factor for good and ill in contemporary society worldwide. Looking back through the latter part In the post-9/11 world, religion is constantly in the news, and the volume of religion reportage in the Times has become overwhelming. I used to clip perhaps one article each day. Now it’s religion all the time, in almost every section. On some days, several frontpage articles are focused on religion, and several full pages inside are replete with religion articles. In writing my book, my aim, much like a reporter’s, was to examine — copiously citing the paper itself with a minimum of theoretical interpretations on my part — how the Times has covered religion and its many dimensions in contemporary life in the aftershocks of 9/11. There is no question about it: 9/11 was a religion story, an event that revealed just how important a force religion could be in modern times. Contrary to the widely held notion that our nation and the world used to be more religious, and that both citizens and the media pay less attention to religion than they used to, my examination of Times coverage revealed just the opposite: from the 1970s to the early 21st century, religion coverage The Times has documented the revival of public religiousness as it has swept across the globe. The moment of the 9/11 crisis ... became a timely lens through which to investigate and analyze “religion” A 9/11 curriculum reported in the Times. many since 2001 — I have come to judgments about the paper’s definitions of religion’s dimensions over that period of time and what we can learn from its coverage of religion. The moment of the 9/11 crisis — perhaps the most galvanizing event concerning religion in our lifetime — became a timely lens through which to investigate and analyze “religion” reported in the Times. I determined to wait five years before organizing this study, in order to see how the stories played out. I set about conducting an exhaustive examination of Times religion coverage, rather than picking out a few articles on a common theme or with a common viewpoint. I was interested in what we would learn about religion, politics, and journalism by of the 20th century, we see that religion has become a powerful force in public political life in the United States and abroad, and both consumers and producers of the news are now cognizant of this fact. Whether one points to Jimmy Carter’s successful presidential campaign in 1976, the ascension of Pope John Paul II in 1978, the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, or the creation of the Moral Majority in that same year, it is clear that, since the late 1970s, religion has become de-privatized. Secularization — an earlier trend perceived as inevitable — has been overturned over the past several decades, News and views for the Colgate community 3131 American Religion in These Times and the Times has documented the revival of public religiousness as it has swept across the globe. Then came 9/11. As my brother George said to me, “My frequent role while covering religion was to assure editors: no, seriously, some people actually believe this stuff — and act on it, Jonestown just being one example [referring to the 1978 cult mass suicide there]. Then Jonestown arrived downtown.” For several years after 9/11, it seems as if most Times articles about religion — whether as tradition, institution, belief, supernaturalism, faith, ethics, ritual, or unifying or factionalizing force in communities — possessed a 9/11 subtext. For the first five years, the events made religion front-page news almost on a daily basis. Even 10 years later, the mass of religion reportage and commentary in the Times looms large. On April 12, 2011, the day I read the publisher’s proofs for the epilogue to my book, nine substantial religion articles covered perspectives on Christi- Above all, the paper showed how politics and religion can be mutuallydefiningdimensionsof human life. anity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam; civil religion in the United States, Europe, and Africa; theology, gender, meditation, ethics, ritual, personal life, politics, and the law. These articles appeared not only on the front page and the editorial page, but also in the foreign, national, and metropolitan sections and the “Science Times.” In short, the Times demonstrates a thoroughgoing journalistic discipline akin to an academic course of study. It created an extensive 9/11 curriculum right from the start, through news coverage; through features, which pro- 32 scene: Summer 2011 vide a sense of what is happening on a personal level in the culture; in the “Week in Review” summaries, which put things into context; in the “essays beyond the news” — the op-eds and magazine articles that allowed for expression of opinion; and, of course, in the book reviews, which provided the accumulating 9/11 bibliography. The Times moved beyond political coverage to the social, the cultural, the artistic, the intellectual, and the religious. Above all, however, the paper showed how politics and religion can be mutually defining dimensions of human life. Through this curriculum, the Times has provided insight into post-9/11 religious phenomena. “Religion” was now largely politicized, and the politics were those of the “culture wars” in the United States and beyond. The religion angles were interpretations of causation: What motivations brought about 9/11, and how did people respond to it? What meanings did people construct about 9/11, and how did they behave as a result? The religious foci were religion in America, Islam at home and abroad, and the wars kindled around the world by the 9/11 attacks. In addressing these topics on the pages of the paper and beyond, Times personnel pondered the significance of these galvanizing events and their portentous unveiling of a supposed “clash of civilizations” between Islam and the West. And in asking probing questions about religion news, the Times was able to inform its readers about a monumental, breaking story of religious import. Understanding religion in contemporary life That coverage serves as rich source material — tangible, relevant examples that illustrate the themes and concepts I teach in my classroom. In the Times’s view, religions are salient when their representatives attempt to define or reassess their teachings about the transcendent, spiritual world and its relationship to the material universe and people’s lives within it. People behave religiously when faced with life crises (disease, death, disillusion, scandal, catastrophe) or at times of great joy (birth, rebuilding, the seasonal celebrations of renewal and forgiveness) — in short, when facing critical, imminent concerns. In ad- Its editors and writers and photographers’ concern is to understandcontemporarylife. dition, people behave religiously when they take defined moral positions, espousing principles that entail doing good and avoiding evil, grounded in their community (conceived locally, nationally, internationally, and even cosmically). Religion is a code of ethics, a set of values, with concrete ramifications in daily life and in public policies. Times articles reveal that certain people behave religiously when they celebrate their ethnic identity as something greater than their individual selves and when they set themselves off against other peoples, absorbing themselves in their community and setting themselves against those outside it, whom they may sometimes come to perceive as enemies. Religion has the function of fostering community consciousness, providing principles of organization, and informing legal and political structures. A shared way of life, a shared set of ultimate Photo by John D. Hubbard Transfixed Kevin Meehan ’03, a student in Vecsey’s course American Religion in These Times, pores over the paper’s first coverage of the 9/11 attacks on September 12, 2001. their religious traditions of piety and reverence or in individually conceived, spiritual philosophies of life, and when, molded by ethics and in light of ultimate concerns, they act upon their moral convictions for the good or ill of concerns, shared ethics, a shared belief in God, and shared ritual activities — over time and space — are the real stuff of religion because they are shared. Religions are thus foundational in the creation of culture: the shared American Religion in These Times way of life with its common symbols and meanings. Religion is a means of forming social solidarity. Indeed, it might be argued that whatever serves to bind humans together is religious, including social and political systems. The Times is especially interested in religion’s place in these systems, both at home and abroad. Its editors and writers and photographers’ concern is to understand contemporary life. Beyond a “first draft of history” Although we speak of “the Times” as an institution or an individual, a collective examination of its coverage shows that the paper does not have a single viewpoint. In addition to several staff religion writers with a variety of backgrounds, many other reporters cover religion stories on other beats: from metropolitan, regional, national, and international to politics, science, food, and family, to arts and sports. The writers without religious studies on their résumés inform themselves and their audience by turning to academics, firsthand players in religious developments, and denominational officials for comments and angles. Experts and interested parties themselves are also called upon or volunteer to write op-ed pieces and features of all sorts. In addition, the paper commissions scholars with professional training in analyzing religious phenomena. Op-eds, obituaries, and book reviews are written by theologians, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and other observers of religion skilled in characterizing religion, its pluralism, its vocabulary, its symbols, its mystery, its faith, its wisdom, its spirituality, its quest for meaning, its connection to human needs and divine calling, its temptations, and its transcendence. Collectively, the Times brings as much expertise to its pages as most academic authors do in writing a book. Perhaps, then, Times reportage and commentary constitutes not only a “first draft of history,” but also a more accurate version of history than a subsequent, single-authored work on the same period could accomplish — because it includes these many perspectives under the same canopy. In the totality of reportage in its post-9/11 religion coverage, the Times allows multiple visions, knowledges, disciplines, ideologies, and conventions to find expression on its pages. There is a constant reaching toward other perspectives. One op-ed contradicts another; one report adds a dimension that a previous report left out. Balance comes from this range of views; however, it is balance built on its own and its readership’s conventional worldview as locally, regionally, and nationally defined. The Times is not published in Kabul or There might be no better place to learn about religion, politics, and journalism reported in these times. Baghdad. If it were, its center of gravity would be significantly different. Good journalism, former Times religion reporter Ari L. Goldman (now professor and dean of students at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism) writes, is like good Talmud. Each issue begins with a summary statement, fair and inclusive, followed by argument — one voice, another voice, expressing valid opinions, each “worth listening to and recording.” Each may be right, even though they diverge and disagree. Neither Talmud nor good journalism is willing to “set- tle for only one opinion.” For Goldman, Talmud “is the ultimate newspaper of Judaism,” striving toward “equality and justice” with “logic and perseverance.” The Times seems committed to the same goals. Not coincidentally, these are also the aims and practices of religious studies in the context of liberal arts higher education. Consequently, there might be no better place to learn about religion, politics, and journalism reported in these times, in this epoch of ours following 9/11. Teaching with the Times Through this process, we get a textured picture of our age in its contradictory details. For that reason, I have continued to use the Times in several courses over the past decade: Religion and the Quest for Meaning (a firstyear seminar in fall 2003), Religion in Contemporary America (fall 2009), and three iterations of the Core Distinction seminar, Religion and Politics in These Times (fall 2005, spring 2008, and spring 2010). In spring 2012, I shall offer the Religion and Politics class as the last Core Distinction seminar at Colgate. I think that there is much to learn in the myriad journalistic details regarding history, culture, society, and human religiousness. In recent weeks, I have heard from two Colgate alumnae who earned Core Distinction Honors in my courses. They are both developing high school curricula focused upon 9/11, employing Times coverage as source material. An alumnus who took my first-year seminar in 2003 and is now a Marine Corps captain stationed in Afghani- stan credits our course with preparing him for his present assignment: working with local Afghan communities. To understand the religious expressions of diverse peoples is crucial to effecting humane communication with populations from afar. Journalism helps us understand both our neighbors and ourselves. In recognition of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I am planning to mentor members of the Colgate Maroon-News staff in local religion reporting. In fall 2011, with guidance from Times reporters and editors, past and present, we hope to produce a series, “Portraits of Belief,” about religious life at Colgate and its environs, in the light and the long shadow of 9/11. Being a professor of the humanities, I celebrate journalism’s complexity, as well as its diversity of viewpoints and their expressiveness. There is richness in the coverage. It can educate you. You won’t learn everything you need to know about religion in these times by reading the newspaper — even if that paper is the Times. But it is an edifying place to start. — Christopher Vecsey is the Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of the humanities and Native American studies and religion. This essay is adapted from his book Following 9/11: Religion Coverage in the New York Times (Syracuse University Press). News and views for the Colgate community 33 33 Faces of Fitness BY ALETA MAYNE Building more than muscle at the new Trudy Fitness Center There’s no other spot on campus where, on a given day, you’ll find an alumnus from the Class of ’41, the president of the rugby club, a staff member from the accounting department, and a geography professor. Not only can they be found in the same building, but they’re also all sweating it out in tandem. The campus’s focus on fitness has no boundaries, and since the opening of the new Trudy Fitness Center in January, Colgate’s collective physique has been pumped up even more. These vignettes — featuring some of Trudy’s newbies, regulars, and lifelong exercise devotees — depict the newest driving force behind Colgate’s reputation as one of the fittest college campuses in America. The wellness champion As co-chair of the university’s Wellness Initiative, Mark Thompson — who is also director of counseling and psychological services — knows the strong correlation between physical and emotional health. He notes that the popularity of the Trudy Fitness Center has already begun to benefit the Wellness Initiative, which encourages balanced lifestyles within the Colgate community. Physical fitness is just one spoke in the wellness wheel, but Thompson hopes that the new fitness center will serve as an entryway into a comprehensively healthy lifestyle for campus and community members. Thompson doesn’t just preach the power of physical health — at least four days a week, he can be found on an elliptical machine or doing calisthenics, either at 6:30 a.m. or at the noontime hour reserved for faculty and staff. “When I work out, I feel more mentally focused because I’ve had the chance to discharge stress,” he said. “We know from research that when people are exercising regularly, that has a positive effect on stress, anxiety, and mood.” The coach With space-age–looking machines and a regular crowd of musclemen deadlifting hundreds of pounds, it’s easy to understand why there can be an intimidation factor on Trudy’s firstfloor weight room. But Ryan Baker, head volleyball coach, is helping people shed that notion. Baker is one of two varsity coaches who have been leading orientation classes to get people accustomed to using the new machines. The sessions have been so well received that many more had to be scheduled, and Baker has seen a boost in attendance and selfassurance in those whom he’s instructed. “It was really great to see their confidence go up — especially females, who often shy away from the weights,” he said. “I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure out of watching their facial expressions change because they could do it.” It’s also been gratifying to see those who participated in his orientation sessions working out on the weight floor on their own afterward, Baker said. All photography by Andrew Daddio 34 scene: Summer 2011 A strong proponent of pumping iron, Baker said the new Hoist machines are designed to glide with the body’s natural movements. “They take a lot of pressure off your back because your feet move with you; biomechanically, it’s much better for you,” he explained. “Strength is important, especially as you get older and need to maintain your bone density.” His efforts and the orientation sessions have clearly paid off: now, there are days when more women can be seen weightlifting at Trudy than men. The motivator Suzie Meres can attest to the empowerment of knowledge when it comes to getting familiar with the fitness center. Meres is business manager for Greek Letter Operations in the accounting office. “As soon as I walked in, I felt overwhelmed,” she said of her first time visiting the new facility. “There were a lot of monster machines, and I thought, ‘Ugh, this isn’t for me.’” But, she signed up for an orientation session with Baker, and she encouraged her co-workers to do the same. With Baker’s guidance, Meres learned how to use the machines and realized that they were something she could incorporate into her exercise regimen. “It was like a whole new thing,” she said. “I felt like I was “I used to hate working out,” said Rui Nakata ’14. Having been to in a playground.” Now, the former fitness center only once, Nakata begrudgingly went to Meres and a few of the the new facility on the second day of its opening — she and her women with whom she friends wanted to get in shape for their spring break trip to Miami. took the orientation Once Nakata saw the open space, with its shiny floors and class go through the state-of-the-art equipment, her appetite for athleticism went entire row of machines beyond getting bikini-ready. And, although spring break is together twice a week as long over, fitness is still part of her lifestyle. “My friends and I part of their workout. motivated each other to go for a week, and then it just became a A deep-water fitness routine,” she said. “Now I’m more comfortable going alone, so I instructor for faculty and go whenever I feel like it.” staff for 15 years, Meres Nakata admitted that this lifestyle change has even given has always been one to her studies a boost. “It helps me get my homework done faster foster physical activity — I plan out my days better now instead of wasting my time on in others. “I really enjoy inspiring people and motivating them to make themselves feel Facebook.” She added, “It makes me feel more accomplished better,” she said. “If someone’s feeling down, I’ll say, ‘Let’s go to the fitness center and work because I’m more productive.” out. I’ll show you how to use the weights now that I know how.’” The spring breaker– turned-perennial News and views for the Colgate community 35 A fit footprint The new Trudy Fitness Center is the most energy- and resource-efficient building on campus. The project managers and architects are striving to get the building LEED certified (an internationally recognized green building designation). To earn that certification, the building must earn points in five categories: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality. Here are some areas where Trudy is racking up points: - 2 0 percent greater energy efficiency than a typical building of its size - T he reflective white roof reduces the “heat island” effect (the rise in a setting’s temperature when dark surfaces absorb the sun’s heat) - A ir handling system (HVAC) constantly recycles fresh air ESS CENTER T R U DY F I T N - A t least 25 percent of the building’s footprint is tree/ shrub plantings to minimize ecological impact 36 scene: Summer 2011 - 3 1,595 plastic water bottles saved from 2 water fountains as of press time - 3 0 percent greater water efficiency than a typical building of its size - N ew bike racks and preferred parking for fuel-efficient vehicles The professor With this year’s seemingly endless winter, Peter Klepeis ’94 was grateful for the Trudy Fitness Center. During the academic year, the geography professor and his wife had a routine of dropping their kids off at Hamilton Central School and then going to the gym to work out together. “It helps to have a partner in crime,” he said. Klepeis particularly enjoys the new facility because it allows users to control their own experience, with individual TVs and iPod docks on the cardio machines. The allocated mat space on both floors for stretching out and doing calisthenics is another advantage, Klepeis said. On the weekends, his family also participates in Colgate’s fitness offerings (family members and local residents can join for a fee); his three children swim in the pool, or Klepeis plays racquetball with his 7-year-old son. “Having access to this is a big perk from a faculty point of view,” he explained. “It’s a top-notch facility … big, high ceilings, natural light, wood beams, and a diverse mix of machines.” - 114 windows that assist daylight harvesting (light sensors in the building read the outdoor conditions, and the fluorescent lights adjust accordingly) - Low–VOC paints - X eriscaping: use of native vegetation that does not need watering - 4 32 tons, or 89%, of the construction debris was diverted from a landfill Illustration by Katherine Mutz - Retention pond that can store and treat storm water runoff at rates of up to 800 gallons per minute The circuit trainer A father of five, Aurelius Henderson is used to running around. So, the assistant dean and adviser to the opportunity programs isn’t daunted by the stairs separating the weight room from the cardio floor. He’ll warm up on the elliptical machine for five minutes, run downstairs to lift, go back upstairs to bike, hit the weights again, and then finish his workout on a third cardio machine. “I come up with this crazy stuff,” said Henderson, who, three times a week, also organizes a group workout in Huntington Gym to the Insanity workout DVDs, a high-intensity conditioning program. Henderson is a fan of the new facility because it has helped him be able to do what he really loves: shoot hoops. His doctor told him that basketball could aggravate his old injuries, but that if Henderson strengthened his knees, he could play. “With the old machines, I couldn’t strengthen my legs the way I wanted to because of the swelling in my knees,” he explained. “But now there are the machines that move with your body, and you get strength without straining and pulling,” he added, citing the merits of the squat machine especially. Henderson’s other favorite part of the new fitness center is unexpected, but something that many report: the social scene (another dimension of the campus Wellness Initiative). He’s part of a group of people who arrive many mornings before the doors open at 6 a.m., waiting to get a jump start. “People from all areas of the community come — including teachers from Sherburne and Hamilton — so it’s a whole mixture, and we have wonderful conversations,” Henderson said. News and views for the Colgate community 37 The career exerciser Varsity basketball player Evan Librizzi ’11 is another Colgater who prefers to get to the fitness center first thing in the morning to beat the crowds — although waiting in line for a machine is no longer an issue with all the new equipment. But, morning workouts have become part of her routine and are how Librizzi likes to start her day. In fact, fitness is such an integral part of the senior’s life that she plans to attend graduate school for exercise science. “From a young age, my parents instilled in me the importance of exercise for a healthier life, both mentally and physically,” she said. “I would love to one day coach and train all types of athletes from a strength and conditioning standpoint.” The iron girl It was the university’s fitness opportunities that first attracted Vicky Stone to start working at Colgate 18 years ago. Stone is senior administrative assistant for alumni affairs. Her friend, Grace Huff (another longtime employee, who today is associate director of planned giving), had been telling Stone about taking aerobics classes during her lunch break. “She made it sound so nice,” Stone recalled. “So, my first day here, I went to aerobics and just got right into it.” She even ended up teaching the class to faculty and staff members for a number of years. Now, Stone uses the fitness center as part of her robust workout — which, in a typical week, includes power yoga at home or spinning class in Huntington Gym in the mornings, running on the treadmill or swimming laps at the noontime faculty and staff hour, and later joining the evening Insanity group. Stone has always been fit, but this year, she has kicked it up a level because she’s been preparing for Syracuse’s Iron Girl triathlon in August. The new Precor treadmills have helped Stone train for the footrace portion. “You can do so many programs, and they’re very customizable,” she explained of the options that offer changing inclines and varying speeds throughout the workout. “You can even go downhill!” Colgate people have helped her prepare, too. Bob Benson, the former swim coach (who is also Stone’s neighbor), and the current assistant diving coach, Shannon Cutting (who also leads orientation sessions at Trudy), have both offered Stone tips. “There are some great people who reach out and help you, if you just tell them what you want to do,” Stone said. “It’s nice that you can meet like-minded people with the same values, and you can strengthen friendships.” The rugger Julian Michaels ’11 had to take a couple of weeks off from lifting weights when his hand got stomped on by a cleat during the spring rugby game between alumni and students. Having just finished the season, the Rugby Club president shifted his focus from energizing his teammates to helping his girlfriend, Jackie Wakeen ’11, and classmate Maddi Love ’11, get conditioned for their summer bike trip down the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico. “I push them to go harder and faster,” explained Michaels, who got into the gym culture through working as a front desk monitor for two years. Michaels won’t be going on the bike trip because he’s conducting geology research with Professor Bruce Selleck on campus this summer. But, he has planned a long-term fitness adventure for himself: seeing the highest peaks in all 50 states. Saying he’s a firm believer in the power of physical strength and wellness, Michaels hopes this bucket list will be a way to keep him fit for life. Because of the costliness of traveling to the more distant states, Michaels said, there are some peaks, like Alaska’s Mt. McKinley, that he probably won’t ascend while he’s young. “I might not see that 50th peak until I’m 70, so I’ve got to keep working out.” 38 scene: Summer 2011 The young at heart When John LeFevre ’41 feels the impulse to miss his workout, he thinks about a quote he read: “Once you skip a day of exercise, it’s the same as telling your body that it’s OK to rot.” At 92 years young, the alumnus and Hamilton resident can be seen working out at the Trudy Fitness Center three to five days a week. On his way from the stationary bike — where he usually begins his workout — to the weight room, LeFevre says hello or stops to chat with the many people he knows. The IBM retiree worked in the Office of Admission for 13 years, but he’s gotten to know even more Colgate folks from going to the fitness center. “I have a good time when I go there, and I feel very much at home,” he said. The former hockey player recalled the evolution of fitness in his time at Colgate, starting with team dry-land practices using tennis balls on the third floor of Huntington Gym. After a hiatus from Hamilton, when LeFevre returned in the 1980s and began working for admission, student Sue Dolly Lathrop ’88 (today a senior associate dean for admission) introduced him to the small gym that had been assembled on the third floor of Huntington. The next version of Colgate’s gym, the Wm. Brian Little Fitness Center, was built in 1994 on the first floor of Huntington, atop the old pool where LeFevre had passed his mandatory swimming test as a freshman. With the Trudy Fitness Center, Colgate’s workout space has come a long way since the days when the hockey team raced back and forth on Huntington’s third floor or the football team ran up the old ski hill to get in shape. “We have to be proud of this facility because it is a first-class show,” LeFevre said. “I’m always impressed that students are taking advantage of it. That’s today’s world, and it’s a great world.” See wellness champion Mark Thompson and others, including President Jeffrey Herbst (pictured right) and the Colgate Thirteen, in the mockumentary “At the Trudy Fitness Center” at youtube.com/cuatchannel13. 8 At least four days a week, several members of Brothers — a multicultural student organization — work out together in the evenings to spot and encourage each other. They say they dig the new fitness digs for many reasons — including more space, added weightlifting options, and the new machines that are easier on the body. Pictured above (L to R): Chris Dell’Amore ’11, Javier Magana ’14, and Dave Fuentes ’11. Right: Medvis Jackson '11 spots Dell'Amore. The figures supporting Colgate’s figure 1/31/11 opening day of the Trudy Fitness Center 153 people filed in at 6 a.m. when the doors opened for the first time 50 Raider bobbleheads given to those first in line opening morning 14,825 square feet 71 Precor cardio machines 183% increase in student attendance at 6 a.m. on weekdays (comparing February 2011 to February 2010) 10 lbs this reporter lost while doing hands-on research for this article 20 orientation sessions offered to faculty and staff Bodybuilding Brothers: News and views for the Colgate community 39 40 scene: Summer 2011 Andrew Daddio News and views for the Colgate community 41 Alumni bulletin board Andrew Daddio stay connected to know: Know:Karl Name Here ’91 Get to Stewart – Alumni Council 2005–2011; career services, awards, and district clubs committees – Maroon Citation, 2011; class gift committee; member, LGBTQ Alumni Association – MFA, acting, Brooklyn College; MA, social organizational psychology, Columbia University – Human Resources Coordinator, CNN – Founder, WorkWellGroups.com The actor in HR: People respond to somebody on stage that they relate to, so I bring that to bear in orientations, training programs, and one-on-one career conversations. In improv, you’re taught to respond to your partner, so I watch people’s body language to see what they really need. Sometimes someone comes with what seems to be a basic question, but they’re asking for something different. About Work Well: I counsel young professionals, helping them diagnose what pains them in their job or job hunt. Career counselor’s insight: The people who love what they do seem to be the most successful. It’s the natural extension of who they are, so it’s very little like work. What it takes to love his own work: It has to be helping people. There are “people” people and there are “things” people. I have a split brain — I was a math major and a theater minor. Alumni Council Notes New to the council I am pleased to announce the successful candidates of the 2011 Alumni Council election: Era I: H. Gerald Nordberg Jr. ’57 Era IV: Mark R. DiMaria ’84 Era V: Thomas J. Murphy ’90 Era VII: Katie R. Finnegan ’05 These alumni join five other uncontested candidates unanimously elected on June 4, 2011: Era II: Bob Seaberg ’69 Era III: Bruce Crowley ’79 Era VI: Sara Golding Mullen ’99 At Large: Lisa Oppenheim-Shultz ’85 At Large: Joy Buchanan ’99 The following new regional vice presidents were appointed by the Alumni Council: Metro I: Joanna Allegretti ’05 Metro II: Melissa Coley ’79 New England: Travis Leach ’94 Career mistakes to avoid: Instead of fire, ready, aim, always practice ready, aim, fire. For example, you may have a brilliant idea, but the way that it’s presented can get it shot down in five seconds. Sometimes it’s more successful to check in with other people before making a proposal in a meeting. Talk not just to a key advocate, but also get feedback from a person you think is going to say, “That’s not going to work.” Congratulations to all our new Alumni Council members! Favorite Alumni Council role: Real World in January, when we talk with students about our careers. I emphasize that there are no mistakes with the first job. Whatever you end up trying, you learn something. For me, I was an actuary. I learned that I never again want to figure out whether red or blue cars get into more accidents — it requires too much separation from human beings. The nominations committee of the Alumni Council seeks recommendations for candidates for this 55-member volunteer board. From unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds, the council advises the university; opens lines of communication between Colgate and its alumni; mentors the next generation of graduates; and proudly tells Colgate’s story to the world. Each year, 11 to 13 new members are selected to represent specific eras and geographic areas as well as at-large positions. Candidates, initially identified through the nominations committee, are ultimately ratified by Pastimes: I love Scrabble. The beach — I just lie there like a shell. And my 8-year-old godson, Judah, who’s adorable — and reminds me of myself. Favorite cause: I volunteer for two places. God’s Love We Deliver brings food to people who are homebound from HIV/AIDS and other debilitating diseases. And I am usually a key player on the AIDS Walk team at the company where I work. Guilty pleasure: 75 percent dark chocolate. I have to be specific; I was a math major, after all. — Rebecca Costello 42 Questions? Contact the alumni office at 315-228-7433 or alumni@colgate. edu scene: Summer 2011 Christine Cronin Gallagher ’83 President, Alumni Corporation Call for nominations the full council. Ideal candidates exhibit several of the following qualities: • Varied Colgate volunteer service • A demonstrated commitment to Colgate over time • Meaningful personal or profes- sional accomplishments or contributions to the greater community • Readiness and willingness to become more involved on behalf of the university • A consistent history of giving financial support to Colgate The awards committee of the Alumni Council seeks nominations from the classes ending in 2 and 7 for awards to be presented at Reunion 2012. Categories include: • Ann Yao Young Alumni Award (Class of 2007) • Maroon Citations • Humanitarian Award • Wm. Brian Little ’64 Alumni Award for Distinguished Service* *All candidates having previously received the Maroon Citation will be considered. Send nominations for alumni awards and Alumni Council candidates by Sept. 1, 2011, to: Tim Mansfield, Executive Secretary, Colgate University, 13 Oak Dr., Hamilton, NY 13346. Please include a supporting statement for each person you nominate. For more information, visit www.colgate connect.org. Travel opportunity: Colgate in East Africa May 17–May 30, 2012 President Jeffrey Herbst, four Colgate professors, and the Benton Scholars invite 13 alumni or parents for a oncein-a-lifetime experience. See www. colgateconnect.org/africa for details. class news Alumni news and deadlines Class news: Class editors will be submitting their columns on Oct. 7, 2011, and Jan. 6, 2012. Please keep these deadlines in mind when sending information to your correspondents, and understand that your news may take a while to appear in print. Marriage and birth listings — please mail to the Scene, attn: Births/ Marriages, 13 Oak Dr., Hamilton, NY 13346; fax 315-228-7699; or e-mail [email protected]. For address changes, or to report the death of a Colgate graduate, please notify alumni records. If possible, please identify surviving kin and an address for condolences to be sent. If a newspaper obituary is available, we would appreciate receiving a copy: 315-228-7453 (tel.); 315-2287699 (fax); alumnirecords@colgate. edu. Should anyone up through the Class of 1934 have news to share, please contact Aleta Mayne: 315228-6669; [email protected]. 1935 George Carmichael 930 Regency Square 110 Vero Beach, FL 32967-1811 George: 772-569-6951 [email protected] 1936 Elizabeth Gallagher-Saward Apartment 513 505 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60611-3499 Elizabeth: 312-527-1492 1937 Gerald A Vernon 23 Lighthouse Way Darien, CT 06820-5612 I am able to reach 7 of our classmates; 2 others have moved, but I do not have their numbers, and 1 whose phone has been disconnected. I report on 6 of us this time. Jim Sprague in Miami, who rode a dolphin and feeds squirrels off his hand, now grows tropical fruits not including citrus. He said he would send me a mango! Dr Ed Phillips in Claremont, CA, will be going to his house in MI, where he goes every summer. He and a friend sail a 28' boat in the lake nearby. Duke Husser’s daughter returned my call, informing me that Duke is well and celebrated his 95th bday with many of his family. Dr Charles Harris in KY reports that his 1937 Packard, which he drove to reunion some years ago, is still in working order. I think he gave it to a son or grandson. George Hunt in Owego, NY, asked me a great question! Was I planning to go to reunion in 2012? As we all know, Jim Sprague was thinking along those lines as we were leaving the ’07 Reunion when he assured us, “Hey, 2012 is just around the corner!” Jerry Vernon said, “I must report that our youngest grandchild really wants to go to Colgate in 2012 and is working hard to have good marks.” 1938 Don Foley 1050 Mariposa Avenue Berkeley, CA 94707-2444 Had a pleasant phone chat with Irv Ryerson in Wilmington, NC. Sounding upbeat, he is caught up in activities at Plantation Village. He writes for their quarterly publication. He designs computer greeting cards, also helping other residents. A member of a sailing club, he’s active in Sunday races of small radio-controlled boats. I asked Irv if as class pres he’d like to pass on any thoughts to our classmates. Here’s his reply (slightly abbreviated). “Dear classmates: Unfortunately, I have no pearls of wisdom to share. With our being geographically spread, it is not possible (at our ages) to get together for a good old-fashioned bull session. But here are 2 thoughts: 1) foremost, hang in there; 2) let’s try to keep each other better informed through our class news, reporting on activities, interests, and family, and recalling any memories of our Colgate experience. Hopefully, this could lead to more direct personal communication with each other.” Ev Hanke in Brunswick, ME, now claims to be fully retired, having terminated his last investment acct in Dec. He said that govt red tape had become unreasonable. He’s looking forward to summer so he can use his new golf clubs. Ev reminds us we are just 2 years from our 75th Reunion. How many classmates will be there? We in Berkeley are enjoying lovely weather. Our backyard wisteria, now in full bloom, was never more beautiful. Katharine and I feel blessed. Don: 510-525-6983; [email protected] 1939 Jim Dickinson PO Box 910 Moody, Maine 04054-0910 If anyone in the Class of 1939 would like to volunteer for the class editor position, please contact associate editor Aleta Mayne at 315-2286669 or [email protected]. Jim: [email protected] 1 9 40 mates making it every day.condimentum The summer meadsed ligula sed ligula ows are much Sed moremattis pleasantenim than the winter bibendum. feugiat roads coated with slush. Please keep contacting felis. Quisque venenatis lobortis dolor. me about your current status. Pellentesque consequat. Bob: 540-776-2329; [email protected] nisi. Praesent feugiat fringilla nunc. Nulla placerat est in arcu. 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Duis vulputate1200 tellus Fred Tedeschi Unit 9D 2555 Youngs Avenue Southold, NY 11971-1630 1 9 41 Ted Clapp Lewis Point PO Box 579 Damariscotta, ME 04543-0579 The recipient of our Class of 1941 Endowed Scholarship wants you to know how much he appreciates our gift to him. He writes, “Being recognized for my accomplishments at Colgate is an overwhelming sensation and I can’t thank you enough for helping me!” Nice going, ’41, for being a booster! Yes, we are all growing older. I must report the death of 3 classmates. Bill Rothermel, a pre-med major, served as a radiologist in the Medical Corp in WWII for 3 years and was a merit badge examiner for the Boy Scouts at home in OH. Chuck Williams was a naval officer in the Pacific Theater in WWII. Shot down once, Chuck rose again to win the Air Medal with 2 gold stars. He was a great worker in his church in FL. His life is a great story! He is a particular friend of mine. Fred Williams, who died recently, certainly has ‘Music’ for his middle name. After graduating from Colgate, he earned a BS at Juilliard and an MA at Columbia. He served as organist and choir director at the Ossining United Methodist Church for 35 years while also composing music. It grabbed my gut when John LeFevre sent a photo of our Class of 1941 25th Reunion held in 1966. Yes, time passes, but memories are very real! Ted: 207-563-8369; [email protected] 1 9 42 Robert C. Smith Apt. 329 3804 Brandon Avenue SW Roanoke, VA 24018-7004 Heard from Henry Willcox, Art Rasi, and Dean Hatheway. Two of our classmates passed on: Raymond I. Dawson Jr in FL and Benjamin Howard Metzloff. My records show that there are 55 of our class- Duis est turpis, aliquam non, hendrerit 19 4 5 eget, ipsum. Sed convel, fermentum sectetuer dolor ut lacus. Sed vulpuBob Husselrath Apt tate1217 tincidunt quam. Cras dignissim 18755 West Drive magna velBernardo orci. Praesent nec libero. 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Maecenas a, had comThis year wasjusto not as elit, good tincidunt because Newt to be operated on — a case ofut, subdural hematoma modo vitae, rutrum felis. Phasellus (brain surgery). He thinks he may have come rhoncus magna eu nibh. Nulla odio from a duck-hunting trip with a group of friends. metus, sodales ac, iaculis non, sagittis (Dick Cheney wasn’t a member of your group, sit amet, was he?) est. Aliquam neque. Fusce sollicitudin Aliquam blandit Jim Noble passed Septmauris. 10 last year. Awarded a Purple Heart, Jim servedadipiscing in the European Theater. sodales. Maecenas rhoncus A member of Sigmatellus NU, Jimleo, is survived byac, wife libero. Quisque rutrum Anna Mae, 4 daughters, and 3 sons. Jim was on fermentum eu, euismod tincidunt, the student govt and played basketball, tennis, neque. Morbi faucibus. Aliquam sit and softball. Cras euismod. amet Johnelit. Kohnle, ATO, passed Sept 30. John served in the Marines in the Pacific and received a Bronze Star. John rose to be CEO of Monarch Marketing. He was very active in community service, serving on over a dozen groups. Richard Scheuermann, Sigma Nu, passed Dec 8. Dick spent 4 years in Europe with the OSS. He was an intramural handball and squash winner. Bob: 858-395-3213; [email protected] News and views for the Colgate community 43 1 946 Don Schaefer 45 Lydecker Street Englewood, NJ 07631-3008 It’s hard to be nostalgic when you can’t remember anything. But I do remember. I remember climbing the hill for the first time in 1942. I remember chapel with Everett N Case, Colgate’s new pres, speaking to us very slowly. Case saved Colgate by attracting V-5 and V-12 programs to our campus. He was a superb president. By the time you read this, we will have had our 65th Reunion. I hope as many as possible attended. Phil Ingle is now home, having spent several months in rehab after breaking his hip. He was disappointed because recovery has taken so long. Doc Edwards retired after 30-plus years covering VA, WV, and MD as a manufacturers rep. He lives in Arlington, VA. He is enjoying retirement. Doc was always a golfer and he still belongs to a nice club. He reminded me of our being paddled by Bat Batorski, a huge football player. We were Phi Gams. We remember (not fondly) hazing. Doc is enjoying good health. Bob Anderson lives in Wheatfield, in western NY. His wife passed away 5 years ago. He lives not far from where he grew up. Bob had a very satisfying career in the lumber and hardware business. His hobby was woodworking. After I retired, I finally went to see Niagara Falls. They are beautiful and impressive. Bob says you should see them in the winter, the frozen water makes a sensational ice bridge. You can walk across the river if you have the nerve. Bob Pierce received his MD from NY Med C and went into family practice in Clinton, NY. He retired 5 years ago. He was still working when he was 80. In the course of a long career, he delivered more than 5,000 babies and, at times, 5 a day, making sure that every mother and baby were fine before moving on. He sounds great, as does wife Maggie. Bob walks 2 miles a day with his dog. He pursues one of his keener interests — fishing for Atlantic salmon. Each year he goes to Ireland, the UK, or Norway salmon fishing. We talked about Ballynahinch, a famous fishing spot in Ireland. Bob is also a big game hunter, mostly in Canada and the NW Territory. He has bagged moose, elk, bear, and many deer — everything except a mtn lion. Some of his game were trophy size. He is a doer. Bob and Maggie have 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Bob had a very satisfying med career. Soon he will be off again, fishing for Atlantic salmon. Gale Benn lives in Westport, NY. It’s far north on Lake Champlain. At the time of this report, they still had tons of snow. He bet his wife $100 that he would be able to make a snowball June 1. Gale is doing fine. He enjoyed his career in publishing. He lived in Switzerland for 14 years. One of his books, Olympic Gold, sold 300,000 copies. He also published Business Digest Internatl; later he became a VP of the NY Times. He was a Navy fighter pilot in WWII. He continued flying after the war, and he logged 13,000 hours. He had a Beechcraft Bonanza, a single-engine private airplane. It was delivered to him in Switzerland by a 63-year-old grandmother, Louise Sockie. She flew it from Boston to Lausane. It turned out she was in Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in WWII and ferried bombers across the Atlantic. Al Norman is having some trouble with equilibrium, but hopes to make our reunion, as does Blair Vedder. I’m proud of our class. We became lawyers, doctors, publishers, teachers, businessmen, and artists. We have contributed to our communities and to our professions. Most of us 44 scene: Summer 2011 have had the same wife for over 50 years. Many of our children and grandchildren have attended Colgate. Not a bad legacy. And remember, 1 hair on the head is worth 2 in the brush. Ouch! Don: 201-568-0309; [email protected] 1947 Jack Scollay Apt. 315 95 Elizabeth Street Delaware, OH 43015-4312 Jack: 740-362-4035; [email protected] 194 8 George F Greene Jr 59 S. Hale Street Unit 307 Palatine, IL 60067-6268 George: 847-485-8578; [email protected] 194 9 David S. Davies 109 Barker Street Wellington, OH 44090-1132 This is written in a week in April when the baseball season begins, and you will read it in late summer when many Major League races are decided. It’s written also in the week when the House of Reps proposed that Medicare should be privatized for our children and grandchildren and private health policies substituted for sr citizen health care, when fright wigs are appropriate for any discussion of Social Security, when Pell Grants (remember how your kids needed those and how much your grandchildren depend on them?) are reduced, when wars are fought off budget, and when those who bribed bankers with large federal subsidies now claim that deficits should be addressed with tax benefits for the wealthy among us and expenditures cut for raising the quality of public education, for homeowner assistance, for retraining factory workers, and for medical benefits for everyone. Looking back as you read this, what came of all that April madness? And in this 3rd year of our first African-American pres, it seems appropriate to remember that 126 years ago, also in April, Abraham Lincoln was murdered, an event whose consequences we still suffer. Lincoln’s 2nd term of “malice toward none” could have set our nation on a course that accepted blacks as equals, instead of a society where pockets of racism are still prevalent. I went to a HS basketball game recently between Rocky River (where I was raised) and Bay Village, in a gym packed to the rafters. I didn’t see a single black person. The news from classmates is that we continue to live lives full of activities and hope, and nothing illustrates this better than a recent letter from R Allyn Fox, writing from Chattanooga. “I have been in good health for 84 years, playing football after Colgate. Played handball to keep in shape, worked into racquetball for 26 years, and was a football official for 20 years.” Al began his letter, written in response to a request that he tell what life has given or taken away: “The move from HS to Colgate was big and prepared me to become a man. I was a member of Delta Upsilon and played football. I entered the carpet business and stayed in it for 40 years, becoming a company pres as well as an owner of mills. “The carpet business took me all over the world, spending 5 years in Saudi Arabia. In 1964, after 10 years covering the islands, FL, and other areas, I was asked to come to Chattanooga to run the carpet operation. We moved lock, stock, and baggage and have lived here ever since.” Carpets have gotten only part of Al’s attention. He and wife Shirley have a commercial couriers company, are partners in an auto sales and parts company, and participate in the real estate market with a title insurance operation. “My wife and I will be married 60 years on Sept 11 (6 decades ago there was no foretelling the internatl significance of this date). We have 5 children, 11 grandchildren, and 6 greats. I have been lucky enough to watch 1 granddaughter become all-American in softball, and others excelling in baseball and football, and all without health problems. I am very active in the Catholic Church, holding positions of authority. We have seen no pickup in our businesses in the last 22 months, but we look forward to 2012 with great hopes. All I try to do is keep busy.” Harold Bush writes, through wife Edith, that declining health has necessitated moving into Wayside Village Gardens in Indianapolis “where we have services available as needed.” Hal says that after Colgate, military service, and a grad degree from Cornell, his life “has been blessed with good friends, a wife of 63 years, 3 children, work I enjoyed, and a strong faith.” Howard L West Jr called from Haverford, PA, to say that he has 4 children and 5 grandchildren, the 4 being Howie III (52), Jay (51), Addison (33), and Sarah (31). His 1st wife, Joyce, died in 1973 at the age of 41. He has been married to Virginia “Vinny” since 1976, and has had an active residential real estate partnership with her since then. Howie says it’s “great to catch up with classmates. I was a Merion Twp commissioner for 18 years, until 1997, am pres of the Charles Knox Independent Living Home, which has 19 residents, and am an elder in the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, where Rex Clements ’26 was minister when I joined in 1953.” Howie says that the passing years have not interfered with his tennis and golf. The Class of 1949 has something that no other class in any other US institution — educational or otherwise — can claim. Our classmate, Jack Cashin, is the nation’s oldest polo player, still up on a horse at age 85 and still running his Chukkar Farm & Polo Club in Alpharetta, GA. Eric Plasker, author of The 100-Year Lifestyle, has written, “Jack Cashin has been living the 100-year Lifestyle before it even had a name. His healthy attitude and adventurous spirit is awarding him the vitality to truly enjoy a sensational century.” Jack reports that his longtime wife and partner in the Chukkar Farm, Helen Heath, is suffering from Alzheimer’s. But, Jack is continuing to make the farm a community asset, including 20 years of the annual Colgate-Ivy Polo Match, hosted by the Colgate and Yale Clubs of Atlanta, and co-sponsored each fall by the Club of Atlanta, TeamIvy, the Atlanta Business School Alliance, and the alumni clubs of Cornell, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Bucknell, and Mt Holyoke. Jack invites any classmate passing through Atlanta to give him a call, stop by Chukkar Farm, and climb up on a gentle horse, or heave a grandchild up. Edward Hopkins, who at 95 may be the oldest ’49er, claims that “I don’t look forward to much,” but reports that he goes to the YMCA several times a week, continues his interest in reading and classical music, and sometimes travels with his wife, Lois Marie, “but not as much as before.” Ed came to Colgate from service as a sergeant in the artillery of Patton’s 3rd Army. He writes that he was not well known on campus because he commuted each day some 17 miles from George- town, where his wife taught school. He says that his interest in classical music came from several classes at Colgate. In 1967 he and his wife moved to Roanoke, where he was adult education dir of the Roanoke Public Schools. He also joined the Shrine and became active in the Marching Patrol, and later was co-chair of the Circus Committee for 8 years, “which kept me busy.” He has been active in the Northminster Presb Church, “where I have held every office and have made many friends in my various activities.” “I only speak in summary terms,” e-mails John Kendall from Vancouver, WA, “because there are too many details to write here.” He says that “having passed 83, I still look forward and hope for better times.” John retired as a Delta capt and says that although his health is not what it once was, he is “mobile enough to enjoy sunshine, nice weather, balmy air, and a weekly night out with friends.” He is politically active and keeps up with events. “You won’t be surprised, therefore, to learn I have opinions on everything and love to discuss them with anyone who can stand it! As I age, what used to be important is not, and basic things are. My thoughts are centered on the hope that the people of the world learn that problems of life are the same for everyone, and I try to be understanding and as helpful as possible. I think this is the best purpose I can serve.” Thoughts of an airline captain who has traveled the world. Donald Trischett writes from St Augustine that he and Maureen moved there in 1994 “and should have been here earlier. A great place to live. Don’t tell anybody about it.” Don says he used to talk with Frank Warren and Tom Street ’50, both deceased, and would like to be in touch with John Paul Kennedy ’50, but has lost track of him. “Certainly happy to be living in FL and not having to drive up the hill for classes with my head hanging out the window of my car so I could see where I was going.” Don says he has a son in Frisco, TX, another son in Schenectady, and a daughter in Portsmouth, NH, and loves seeing them, “but it’s always nice to get home.” He says that the next time he goes to TX he’s going to call Ken Ruether, who lives in Dallas: “Last time I saw him was at our 50th Reunion.” Don says he enjoys receiving the Scene and catching up with what’s going on at Colgate and with classmates and others from the same generation. Ross Robinson sends an update on his 4th career, 10 years as dir of tech development at Norman (OK) Economic Development, a business incubator, where he works with young entrepreneurs starting new tech companies. “I find it is a great day-to-day motivation to get to work. It is a major influence on my well-being, the stimulation of doing something new nearly every day with innovators who become friends.” Recent projects that Ross has worked on are a network of “filling stations” for electric cars, semiconductor tech for high-efficiency conversion of heat to electricity, and instruments for measuring biomolecular interactions, as well as designing the “business incubator of our future.” Ross says he has not gotten the hang of retiring and expects his gravestone to have on the back of it “my yet to do list.” Jay B Goerk writes that he and Coralie have moved from Manasquan, NJ, to an assisted-living home in Lakewood. They have been married for 62 years, “a great marriage with 4 children to prove it, including Jay Jr ’72, the oldest, who is now retired and living in NYC.” Jay says that David, the next child, went to the Philly C of the Arts, graduated in 1973, and then did grad work at IN U. Next son, Roger, was an athlete who went to IL U and was named an all-American in soccer. Daughter Jennifer went to Hood C and 1 950 Bunn Rhea 383 Clearbrook Drive Avon Lake, OH 44012-3117 Charles ‘Cheever’ Morrison, one of the most widely traveled among our classmates, has provided a splendid report for us: He, his son, and 2 of his 3 daughters went to Cozumel and Playa del Carmen over the Christmas holiday for some family togetherness. And, at the time of this writing, he had just returned from a life-changing, month-long trip to Indochina. The trip was led by a young Cambodian who lost 7 relatives in the Pol Pot genocide. “He was an outstanding guide,” Cheever says. He continues, “At the beginning of the Indochina trip I spent 2 days in SF and, with my youngest daughter, visited Stuart Miller’s widow, Valerie, on her houseboat in Sausalito. She is still very distressed over Stuart’s passing last year. “There were 6 Canadian guys on our Intrepid Travel (an Australian company with offices in CA) tour, an Aussie couple, an English couple, and a single English woman. I was the sole American. On Feb 16 I flew to Bangkok via Hong Kong. Our trip began there, after which we took the night train to Laos, where we stayed in both Vientiane, the capital, and Luang Prabang, a beautiful World Heritage city on the Mekong River. Laotians are still suffering from unexploded ordinance from the secret saturation carpet bombing of half of the country during the Vietnam War, while aiming for the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It seems that we are doing nothing to help with the problem we created. Same in Cambodia. Meanwhile, little children are losing arms and legs. “We then went to Hanoi, staying overnight in a boat on beautiful Hanoi Bay, coming back to Hanoi again where we visited the Hanoi Hilton, the terrible prison originally established by the French and where death and torture make Abu Ghraib look like a Sunday school. “After a couple of days in Hanoi, we took the night train to Hue, the old capital of Vietnam and the site of the Tet offensive by the Vietcong during the war. Continuing south through Da Nang, we stayed in Hoi An, another World Heritage city, where I took a cooking class. Then on to Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City, where the War Museum mainly depicts the atrocities committed by America during the war, including the use of Agent Orange, whose horrible effects will last for generations. We then went west by microbus into Mekong delta, stopping at the famous Cu Chi tunnels, where the Vietnamese went underground during the war and which have been turned into a museum. “In Cambodia, in Phnom Penh, we had a chance (didn’t take it) to eat dried insects outside of the King Siam’s palace and saw the results of Pol Pot’s genocide in the detention camps and killing fields, where half the population of Cambodia and nearly all of the professional class were lost. We finished the tour in beautiful Siem Reap, at Angkor, Angkor Thom, and other temples. “On the way home I spent a day in Hong Kong, where the development and transportation systems are amazing, and then a few days in Seattle, where all 4 of my children now live. I had lunch there with one of Mark Randall’s sons, DeWitt. We are planning for a Randall Reunion, mainly swimmers, in Hamilton, in June. “This trip was more than about genocide, the war and its lingering effects, and the fact that the average person in Laos and Cambodia is getting by on just a dollar a day. These are beautiful countries and beautiful people with a fantastic history. We ate wonderful food and saw amazing and interesting things. Travel there is easy. English is everywhere, and the US dollar is widely accepted. This trip skimmed the surface. I’d go back in a heartbeat to get more of it.” Phil Moses brings us up to date with the careers of his 2 talented sons. Mark continues to be the bad guy on Desperate Housewives, while Burke is between jobs, having done Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in Sacramento, and Sound of Music in Vero Beach earlier this year. Al LeBlang writes that he and Pat celebrated their 60th anniversary in Nov. They got out some of their old Colgate pictures, which brought back great memories. Among these is a fine picture of the Sigma Nu house party, all in formal attire, and almost the total house. If you would like to have a copy, you can e-mail Al (contact me for his address or check the alumni directory at Colgate Connect.org). Among those classmates who wanted to come back for our 60th Reunion, but couldn’t at the last moment, was Richard Fadil. He is a urologist in Clifton, NJ, and has sent us evidence that he is very much alive and well. Dick came to Colgate in 1946 fresh out of Garfield Public HS, where he was, among other things, active in boxing, dramatics, and debate, and an All-State Get to know: Andy Peng ’12 Andrew Daddio graduated with a major in special education. Jay is equally proud of 2 grandsons: Peter, a jr at Rumson, NJ HS, who runs track and crosscountry, excels in studies, and was selected as Outstanding Student last year; and Gus, who is a good grade-school student at Alexander Robertson School in NYC. Jay reports that he worked for many companies, the last being Abbots Dairies in Philly, where he was pres when the company had 3,000 employees and did about $350 million of business. He and Coralie had an apt in Delray Beach, FL, “which we sold 3 years ago before the market went to hell.” Jay says he thinks he went to Colgate at the best of times. “Colgate was a great school where I learned to read and study, and it’s just too bad that it couldn’t work things out with DKE, my fraternity.” Jay served as a Navy pharmacist mate and made it to 2nd class petty officer in WWII and Korea. “Coralie had polio during my 2nd tour of duty in San Diego and now has post-polio syndrome, a real downer.” Jay’s advice from an 80-year-old perspective: “Retire early if you can and stay healthy, play lots of golf, make good friends, and, most of all, have a good marriage.” Glen Gardner, the son of Robert Gardner, wrote in. Robert died at age 85 in his cottage at Cache Lake, Algonquin Park, ON, in July 2010. Glen writes that his father knew many people because of his years as manager of Callander Camp, 15 miles south of North Bay. One of those friends wrote to Glen: “Your dad was a tough cookie who lived life exactly as he wanted to, and he passed away in a land he loved.” Two deaths of classmates have been reported. Robert G Schreiber died in Jan at the Bay Regional Med Ctr in CA. Bob was a KDR. He lived in San Marcos, CA, with wife Barbara and also leaves a son, James. Henry P Brefka Jr was 86 when he died in March. Hank lived with wife Nancy in Pensacola, FL. He had 4 daughters: Cheryl Weir, Pamela Brefka, Suzanne Chambers, and Kathleen Brefka. A DKE, Hank served as a member of our class gift committee in 2001–2002 and was on the Internatl Relations Council. At Colgate, he majored in poli sci. You responded to a request to share your thoughts with a welcome shower of info. Thanks, and keep it up. I love to talk with you, but info by e-mail or letter doesn’t challenge my shaky hand. David: 440-647-5306; [email protected] — Hometown: Harrison, N.Y. — Chinese major, film and media studies minor — 2010 George W. Cobb Award winner Great gigs: My freshman year, I was in Gatehouse, and a bunch of us were into music — I play bass, guitar, and piano. We founded the Colgate Rock and Roll Association for Brothers and Sisters. Originally, it was a way for student musicians to work with each other and to play and record original music. That same year, a group of seniors created Broad Street Records, and their mission was similar. We combined forces and became more of a band than a student group. This spring party weekend, we opened for White Panda and B.o.B. Festival co-founder: We came up with the idea for Gatestock because we wanted to have a Woodstock-like music festival to give students the chance to get on stage. Part of the format involved different activity booths alongside the stage, where student groups served food or set up games. New moves: I was in Dancefest this year. Coming to college, I had two primary goals outside of academics: to learn how to cook and how to break-dance. This semester, one of my friends was in WalfPack, a hip-hop group, and he asked me if I wanted to be in it. I think my repertoire of dance moves really expanded. Cameraman: While doing an extended study program in Beijing last summer, we each had to create an original movie based on what we were studying. My friend and I made an 18-minute documentary on contemporary versus traditional music in Beijing, and used that to metaphorically portray Beijing as a place torn between tradition and modernity. We interviewed people who are well versed in traditional Chinese instruments and then explored the underground hard rock and metal music scene. CU VJ: Through that project, I discovered the video journalism program with the communications office. I film different events around campus, get student interviews, and then edit the footage down to clips, which go on the website under “CU13 TV.” Meaningful moments: This past summer, career services recruited me to be in a pilot program for the Manzi Fellowship called the Music and Youth Initiative. Another student and I went to the Boston area, where I [worked with a] group of six kids, aged 10 to 12, from underprivileged neighborhoods. It exposed me to different aspects of how kids can change through having a solid community foundation. It was one of the more real experiences I’ve had. Major-minor: My background is Chinese, but I never learned the language, so studying that as a major in college seemed like a great opportunity. I figured film studies would be a great way to get the academic grounding for stuff I’m doing outside the classroom. Senior plans: A personal goal is to finish recording a solo album through Broad Street Records. I’ve been working in the studio for the last year and a half, putting together tracks with voice and guitar, and before I graduate, I’d like to have an EP ready to be released. — Kate Hicks ’11 News and views for the Colgate community 45 Surviving the Tween Years The Scene recently chatted with David Celio ’65, author of Twelve Principles of Effective Parenting: Surviving the Tween Years (Paulist Press). A clinical psychologist for more than 35 years who practices in Seattle, Celio and his wife of 41 years have raised five children. How has parenting changed in recent years — what new challenges do parents face? I think parenting is more difficult today because the popular culture emphasizes heroic accomplishments without noting the day-today work it takes to achieve them. And our technology can instantly inflate even a minor social error into a public humiliation or dissatisfactions into cyber bullying. There are more challenges for parents to create supportive emotional conditions within the family, as well as to support stimulating activities in and out of school. So, what’s a parent to do? Build trust and confidence in your child by establishing a continuous dialogue that provides guidance and encouragement. With confidence, your child can strive to achieve in school, establish trustworthy relationships, and make healthy choices. If parents follow some basic healthy principles, they can guide their children through the maze. It means close supervision and sensitivity in responding to your child; although high expectations are good, “tiger parenting” will fail with most kids. It’s better to listen and guide with encouragement. Realize peers have a big influence, so be in the know of what is valued and apply healthy principles within that framework. Many parents are in two-career families and have lots of demands on their time. Yes, we take on a lot, but we have to ask ourselves, where is the balance in our lives? How can we achieve in a career, maintain a healthy marriage, and be a conscientious parent? It’s a matter of priorities, and couples have to discern their values and order their lives to meet their decisions. Sometimes it means deferring some opportunities in careers or at least considering the impact of these decisions on each family member. The book includes 10 situations to which parents can apply your 12 principles. Which drew the most response? One involves middle school girls expressing aggression by gossiping and excluding a girl from their sleepovers and parties. The parents are faced with how best to help their excluded daughter. So much of parenting is teaching; hopefully, parents can anticipate social challenges by establishing a foundation of unshakable love and loyalty in the family. Developing a daughter’s confident sense of self as a caring and understanding girl can anchor her against a tide of vagaries. Although she will want close friends, she need not totally depend on them for validation. Parents should encourage their daughters to develop multiple groups of friends — from school, extracurricular activities, and religious groups — to socialize with. Fallings out are usually temporary, but like so many family problems, they provide useful lessons for later life. guard in 1945. At Colgate he was a 1950 cum laude grad with honors in chemistry and German. (George Mundt was his favorite prof.) He graduated from NYU Med School, Bellevue, in 1954 and interned at St Vincent’s Hospital, NYC, 1954–55. He took a residency in genl surgery at the U of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, 1958–59, and also in urology at the same school, 1959–62. During 1958–59, he was on active duty with the USNR as a medical officer at Parris Island, SC, and aboard the USS Montrose in the Pacific Theater. Dick is an active public speaker on medical subjects. He has made numerous radio and TV appearances on panels and interview programs, and has appeared before many community 46 scene: Summer 2011 service clubs and professional groups on urological subjects. He has been an active member of Toastmasters Internatl and the Natl Assoc of Physician Broadcasters. He is a fellow of the American C of Surgeons and a diplomat of the American Board of Urology. As a clinical asst in urology, he is associated with both the C of Physicians and Surgeons in NYC and the U of Medicine and Dentistry in NJ. Among his many other staff and teaching positions, Dick is dir of urology at Beth Israel Hospital in Passaic, pres of the medical staff of Passaic Gen Hospital, and pres of the urology section, NJ Academy of Medicine. He is also pres of the Collegiate School Board of Trustees in Passaic, NJ. Wedding anniversaries are always big things. Norma and Dave Wilson celebrated their 60th on Feb 10 with the entire family in NJ. Betsy and Paul Perry did the same for #60 on March 24 in FL. The neat coincidence is that Dave was Paul’s best man and paved the way for him with a honeymoon in Bermuda, which Betsy and Paul duplicated some weeks later. Dave says he is curious about the longevity of classmates’ marriages and wonders how many can beat 60 years. Howard E Sutliff’s business card reads “Program Speaker, Educational Consultant, Colgate Representative and Counseling.” That pretty much sums up his very impressive career, which included 4 1/2 years of teaching, 6 years of guidance, 5 years as a HS principal, 14 years as asst school superintendent, and 9 years as a school superintendent. Along the way he taught chem, bio, physics, and genl sci, while now and then coaching JV basketball and varsity track. Included in all of that were 90 grad hours completed at SUNY Albany, Clarkson C, the U of RI and SUNY Oswego. He earned 2 master’s, one in guidance, the other in school admin. There was an interruption of 2 years (1951–53) when he served in the Army with the Corps of Engineers (Korean draft). Howie, who lives in Vero Beach, FL, retired in 1985. Since that time, he has turned his efforts whenever needed to Colgate: for College Nights, as pres of his alumni club (14 years), and as a member of the Alumni Corp from 2006–2010, he’s stayed active with the university 10 years after receiving the Maroon Key Award in 2000. His primary concern now, however, is as a member of the Bd of Dirs of the Gifford Youth Activity Ctr in Indian River Cty, FL, where great progress is being made through their education program working toward parity in HS graduation rates among the whites, blacks, and Hispanics. He uses his well-known skill and experience of 25 years as an informative and amusing speaker as chair of the GYAC speakers bureau for their county. Many thanks to those who wrote in. Please keep sending me your updates. Bunn: 440-933-4137; [email protected] 1951 Nels MacCallum 1915 Clark Road Rochester, NY 14625-1830 Writing this column in early April to meet the editors’ long lead time for this issue. Feels like spring is about to arrive here, but then it felt like it was happening in mid-March with 2 warm days and green, not white, grass on the neighboring golf course, and we got an all-day 6˝ snowfall. (Meanwhile, Colgate was making the natl news with 20˝.) It has been a more than usual snow-filled winter in upstate NY. The snowfall derby snows, in the normal order: Buffalo 110.8˝, Rochester 127˝, and Syracuse 178.6˝. Thinking of reunion and hoping that many of you will be there. You’ll be reading this in the summer and we’ll know how it turned out. Joe Campbell announces from Oneonta, NY: “Thank you for all you do for the Class of 1951.” (As long as you and others continue to send “news” in, it’s easy and there will be a class column, Joe.) “I think I’m retired now after 38 years of teaching, 30 years of coaching, and 50 years of commercial radio. However, I may go back on the air. I’ve enclosed an article that appeared in Hometown Oneonta in Jan. Jim Kevlin, who put it together, is the editor of the newspaper and he’s a ’73 Colgate grad. Thanks again, Nels, for all you do!” The full-page article was titled “Joe Campbell’s Sentimental Journey” (the name of Joe’s most popular program, in which he would play old favorites and spoof old radio shows), and was filled with fun stories, anecdotes, and info about his careers in Oneonta over the decades. The article closes with: Every once in a while George Wells, general mgr at CNY Radio, urges Joe to revive “Sentimental Journey.” As Joe walks around town, folks call out to him “Bring back ‘Sentimental Journey.’” Joe pauses, “I never really signed off or anything. So who knows?” Dave Cavanaugh drops a short note: “I’m still in Tonawanda, NY. Retired, I travel a lot with Maxine — she is still working. Our son, who graduated Colgate ’83, is director of HR at Cisco Systems (CA).” Forrest Clapp writes from Richmond, VA: “Betty and I have moved to a retirement facility: Westminster-Canterbury in Richmond. Health problems will keep me away from our 60th Reunion. I look forward to your report.” (In our mag format, which requires a long lead time for class columns in quarterly issues, the ’51 report on the 60th won’t appear until the autumn issue.) “We have many interesting activities available here in our new home as well as in downtown Richmond. Still rooting for the Red Sox, Celtics, and Patriots, and 2 local teams in the Sweet 16.” (Sorry about the health problems and that we won’t see you at reunion. Audrey and I plan to be there. Still a New Englander with your pro teams; we have 2 teenage grandsons, both very good ballplayers, who agree with you, especially the Red Sox. Hope you and Betty stay well and active.) Gerry Clemons briefs from Panama City, FL: “Currently chair of A/P Authority; just completed construction of a $33,000,000 new airport — very interesting, lots of problems. This was my first assignment after being the mayor of Panama City for 24 years.” (Good luck, Gerry!) Dave Conrad checks in from Bloomfield, NJ: “Nothing of significant interest. I enjoy retirement, travel, composing music and plays, and the 4 grandchildren who live here in town.” (Sounds pretty significant to us, Dave!) “I want to thank you for your diligence as class rep.” (Thanks, Dave, it’s easy to do when classmates like you are diligent respond.) Virg Conway updated from NY in March: “Even with our physical limitations, mostly problems of the advancing years, Elaine and I had a wonderful 12 months. Because I no longer drive on high-speed expressways and thus depend on my son for long-distance transportation, we spent the entire summer on our home in Montauk. This proves that for every unfortunate development in your life, there is an offsetting advantage. We had a glorious summer during which there was sunshine every day.” (How did you arrange that, Virg? You must have sent some rain up this way on the thruway…) “We love our location right on the ocean beach. Elaine and I spent the fall and early winter at our home in Bronxville. Both of us are still on several boards — in my case, the NY State Thruway Authority, where I am chair of the finance committee.” (Great that you’re both still actively involved!) “We spent Feb and early March at the Hillsboro Club in FL. Bill Edwards ’52 and his wife joined us one day for lunch, and it was delightful to catch up with them. He winters in Palm Beach. As many of you remember, he was one of our renowned golfers.” (I remember well; believe he lost only 1 match at Colgate, and he holds some course records on LI. He’s a member of the Colgate Athletic Hall of Honor. We call each other occasionally and I hear about him and Art Thompson ’52, and Rochester snowbirds Dick Merrill ’52 and Al Moore ’52, who get together with them in FL.) “We look forward to celebrat- ing St Patrick’s Day this week. Later this year, we plan to spend another delightful summer in Montauk. I look forward to seeing you at our 60th Reunion.” (That will be great, Virg.) Ralph Coxhead splashes from Clearwater, FL: “For 35 years, Marcia and I have lived in Clearwater. I still swim in the Masters Programs” (Good for you, Ralph! See below about your teammate Bob Reiners’s swim meet participation) “and am a member of Rotary, and on the advisory board of the Salvation Army.” Gene Cremins shoots from beyond the 3-point line in Saddle River, NJ. “Glad to hear you and Audrey are ‘hangin’ on.’” (We are, Gene, by our arms, not fingertips … yet.) “We are very fortunate to still be able to see the sun rise and set, even though life is full of ups and downs! I’m not going to be able to get to our 60th, but I’ll be thinking of you guys up in the Chenango Valley. Don Stichter has contacted me and, in his usual positive voice, has kept me up to date on the coming ‘bash.’ Still doing part-time consulting chores with a couple of my old financial customers. I find this work both interesting and rewarding! Best part of it is to stay close to a vibrant group of young executives and sales people. Keeps the brain working and adrenaline running even though everything else has gone to hell. Thanks for your nice note; let’s stay in touch!” (We’ll do that, old friend.) “Say hello to all my old friends for me, OK?” (Will do, Gene.) Our diligent, voluntary foreign correspondent Danny Michelson e-mailed from Spain, where Hanne and he were vacationing through April (from their home in Denmark). He described a wonderful little village, Altea la Vella, where they took their Spanish mtn dogs for morning walks with a view of great mtns facing them on 2 sides, the Mediterranean and the coastal line in the distance. He declared that these sights — the blue skies and racing clouds — and walking with happy dogs make for a contented Colgate grad (and this Colgate grad envious). Coffee, breakfast, etc at charming cafes in the village, tennis on a court surrounded by orange orchards, exhilarating drives in the mtns… sounded idyllic to this old romantic. But then Danny freaked me out by introducing unwelcome nighttime visitors: sapes are Spanish toads, all large, some venomous, some harmless; and small caterpillars that drop down from trees and form long lines, 1 right after the other (they are called processional caterpillars in English). Touching them, or the slime they leave in their wake, can cause intense irritation on a human. I replied to Danny and told him he should contact classmate Charles Tillinghast and they could have a chat about night visitors — Spanish sapos and AZ kissing bugs… Bob Otterbourg e-mailed me from Durham in Jan to ask about reunion details and also gave a brief update: “I’m well and I’m keeping busy in these trying times. Still writing regularly for a number of publications, and involved actively either on the board or doing hands-on work for several nonprofits. No more tennis — my knees have given up. Look forward to spring and another Durham Bulls season.” (My gosh, Bob. How did we get to this stage so quickly? 60th Reunion and it has been 57 years since I played a season for the Bulls.) Bob Reiners reminisced from Rochester in Feb: “Seeing the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am reminded me that I had yet to tell my classmates that I had crossed off a big one of my bucket list when my son Bob Jr and I played Pebble Beach in April 2010 (celebrating his 55th bday and my 80th). “The golf course is incredibly beautiful, and to be able to play it with my son just before the 2010 US Open was a memory I will treasure for- ever. My goal was to break 100, and I shot a 4551/96. Unashamedly, this was from the forward tees.” (Was that the red [ladies] or gold [seniors]? I was using the reds with Audrey when I stopped playing 4 years ago.) “Bob Jr had 87 from the whites. I’ll give anyone (who will listen) the shot by shot at our reunion. I hope this doesn’t keep you from coming!” Bob has another event he can reminisce about: at the final multiple college swim meet of the season, in Rochester, Bob received a long standing ovation and multiple accolades when it was announced that he was retiring from swim meet officiating after 50 years of dedicated excellence. He was honored with another medal for his trophy case. Well done, Bob! Bob Reith writes from Bethel Park, PA: “I was a bit upset to read that some of our baseball teammates had been called home to the Lord: Jennings Marburger ’50 and Blair Davis. And when I saw that Steve Kuczek ’50 was not in good shape, I called his son (Steve G) and found out Steve had passed away in Nov. Not good info. As for my update, all I tell people is ‘I’m holding my own.’” Bob went on to tell that shortly after our 55th Reunion, which Gladys and he attended, he went into the hospital for scar tissue removal from an earlier successful cancer surgery. This “simple” surgery became infected, and it led to further surgeries that continue to hamper Bob’s activities, particularly in eating/digesting and travel. And he indicated his bride of 58 years had hip-replacement surgery and is having difficulty getting in and out of cars, chairs, etc. He closed by saying, “So just want you to be aware that I don’t feel it would be possible to get to our June reunion.” It would be great to see Gladys and you, Bob, but we understand. Gladys and Bob handled their earlier difficult medical issues with strength and faith, and they are doing it in the present situation. Steve Kuczek was the captain of the ’49 baseball team, and an outstanding shortstop. In soph year, Bobby and I were backup infielders, he at 2nd and me at SS. After the last game, Steve, a 24-year-old vet with a history of injuries, signed a $9,000 bonus with the Boston Braves, a very good contract for a non-pitcher at that, and it shows how well he was rated (and at age 24, and injury prone). At the end of the ’49 minor league season he was promoted to the Braves, who had won the NL pennant in ’48. He had only 1 pinch hit experience, and he hit a double off Brooklyn Dodger ace Don Newcome. The injuries continued to hamper him and he never got back to the big leagues. So his major league statistics show — 1 for 1, BA 1.000, slugging pct .500. Bob always has cherished that ’49 year, playing with a future major leaguer who deserved a better career. (Regarding his injuries, I got my 1st varsity start and played several games at SS when Steve had to sit out, then started at 3rd base the rest of the season.) Bob e-mailed a copy of his letter to his college roommate, Jay Hodes, and Jay nicely sent me a copy of his reply to Bob from Santa Rosa, CA: “Please excuse my tardy response. I’m sorry to hear of the difficulty you’re having with your health situation, but I’m glad to hear how well you’re handling it. Your spirit is inspiring to me, and a great lesson for remembering to live 1 day at a time. Here in northern CA, spring is bursting upon us (March 31), 85°. This is wine country, and the vintners are thrilled to see buds appearing on the chardonnay vines. Soon the golf courses will dry out enough for us duffers to do our thing. Penelope and I are doing OK and pushing as much as we can against the forces of old age. In that vein, it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to make the trip to Hamilton for our 60th Reunion. My good wishes for a wonderful class get-together.” (Sorry if you didn’t make it there, Jay. Thanks so much for your good wishes!) Don Smith (New Castle, PA) phoned me on March 18 from Naples, on his yearly vacation in FL to tell about the 2011 St Patrick’s Day gettogether of available ’51ers at the Erin’s Isle Irish Pub. It was the 3rd annual celebration. The attendance at the first 2 was good, but this year, it was low. Some reasons: some “regular” snowbirds either didn’t come south this year or weren’t there at this time, and some “residents” there were hosting visitors (family, friends), more than usual apparently because of the extended miserable weather in the north. There were only two ’51ers, John Sterzinar and Don, plus Shirley and Bob Preston ’50, and PA friends of Nancy and Don. But, they had a fun, fine time and toasted the Class of 1951 and the 60th Class Reunion in Hamilton. Don is looking forward to St Patrick’s Day in Naples in 2012. Reservations? Contact me for Don’s cell phone number. Sad news: John W Peters died Dec 6 in Ft Myers. Shortly after receiving the notice from alumni records, I got a letter from John’s widow, Jean Jones, advising of his passing and a copy of the obit. I wrote a reply to Jean, expressing the deep sadness of classmates and our sympathy. Take care, be well and active. Hope to see some of you in Hamilton some football (and other sports) weekend. Nels: [email protected] 1952 Jackson T King 476 Grace Trail Orange, CT 06477-2619 I received the following note from Tom Sullivan: “I have not communicated since our 2007 Reunion, which was memorable. It should be noted that the Lambda Chis outnumbered all other groups (I think we had 4, plus 3 wives/lady friends). “I’m hoping to make the 2012 one, which is only a year away. I hope Jim Whitelaw attends so we can walk up the hill again. “I’m in good health, playing tennis about 3 times a week, mostly with younger 60- and 70-year-olds. I know you play, as does Jordy Natsch, although he’s too modest to mention the various GA Sr Tourneys he has won. My lone tourney is the obscure Lower Cape Open in Eastham on Cape Cod but they are running out of over-70 players. “When I was a sr in HS and trying to get into college with average grades, my father arranged a lunch with a friend of his who worked for John Hancock Life Insurance named Manny Camps. He had a son attending Colgate and endorsed my application. I never met Lowell Camps ’49 but was reminded of his father by Lowell’s death notice in the Scene. I was fortunate to have attended Colgate. “Retirement has been kind to me, with no major health problems and a great family of 3 daughters, a stepdaughter, a wonderful wife, a grandson learning how to play basketball, 2 stepgrandchildren versed in the Chinese language (graduates of U of IL and Carleton C, Northfield MN).” I also received a letter from Dick Merrill. He writes: “It is hard to believe that next year at this time we will be gearing up for our 60th Reunion at Colgate. Much has changed at Colgate over the years, but the commitment to excellence remains the same. “Our class is currently at $59,648 with 43% participation. Our goal is $200,000 with 75% participation. I look forward to celebrating our success at the end of the campaign year.” My picture of Colgate The image for this Colgate reunion poster was painted by Dick LaBonte ’43 in 1988 as a reunion souvenir. In his book Dick LaBonte: Paintings of the Jersey Shore and More, he recalled: “We’d get up at 6:00 a.m. daily and march around, led by some Navy Air Corps officers from a nearby airfield. The civilians reviewing the troops are Everett Case, who was president of Colgate then, and Dean ‘Kal’ Kallgren. Hup-two-threefour!” LaBonte, who created more than 175 paintings in his 30-year career as an artist, died on April 26. For more on his life, see In Memoriam, p. 74. Share your own favorite “picture” of Colgate — verbal or pictorial: [email protected] or Colgate Scene, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346. News and views for the Colgate community 47 I would certainly appreciate hearing from you by phone, mail, or e-mail. Jack: 203-795-9111; [email protected] 1953 Lou Wilcox 27 Oak Avenue West Yarmouth, MA 02673-8582 From roughneck to rig boss Oil-drilling engineer George Lattimore ’73 likens his projects to building a house. But instead of hiring a carpenter, clearing the land, and pouring a foundation, he assembles up to 30 contractors, takes a drilling rig out to sea, and plans the trajectories for holes to be bored more than a mile into the Earth. This spring, Lattimore, who is based in Indonesia, was preparing to drill 40 wells in the southern Java Sea, about 90 miles from shore. He’s helping lead the $500-million project for Kodeco Energy, a Korean firm looking to meet the growing Asian demand for fossil fuels. What lies beneath the Earth’s surface has long intrigued Lattimore. At Colgate, he studied archaeology, discovering how society has developed by unearthing artifacts left behind eons ago. He spent his junior year at the American University in Cairo, where he worked on an Egyptian archaeological dig, and savored the overseas life. In the hot African sun, however, he decided that archaeology wasn’t his professional destiny. But he still was intrigued by the science of the earth, and returned to Colgate to major in geology. After graduating, he was broke — and had college loans to repay. So he headed south to work as a roughneck (a laborer) in the oil fields of Texas. “I got interested in drilling, and never left,” he said. The work has taken him around the world — from the Colombian jungles to a remote outpost in Mozambique, where his 42-man crew included workers from 19 nations. Drilling for oil is a highly technical operation, as the tungsten-carbide bit chews up rock, and a pressurized viscous material called drilling mud gets pumped down to collect the chipped rock and bring it to the surface. The drilling team is also assembling steel pipe, in 30-foot increments, to line the hole, which can be as wide as 26 inches, and then narrow in concentric circles to 7 inches thousands of feet below the surface. Lattimore has drilled his share of dry holes, such as a recent attempt off the coast of Borneo, where the ocean floor was 1,000 feet deep, and he drilled 3,200 feet into rock before calling it quits. “That’s always a disappointment to people when it comes up dry,” said Lattimore. Oil extraction also has its environmental dangers, evidenced by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Lattimore, who prides himself on running a safe operation, said his crews follow extensive protocols, which include emergency drills and periodic testing of safety equipment, including a series of hydraulic rams called a blowout preventer that can close off a well before an explosion. There’s personal danger, too. In 2008, Lattimore was drilling in a region of Colombia contested by guerilla forces. “As we were getting people trained, a couple of our trucks got blown up,” recalled Lattimore. “Then they blew up our production facility.” Unfortunately, the community relations officer was killed. Since it was clear that security was not possible, they picked up and went on to their next project, he said. Drilling the southern Java Sea wells started in July. “It’s challenging, exciting work,” said Lattimore, who lives in Jakarta with his wife, Marcia. “And it’s a seller’s market for someone with my skills. We ultimately need the stuff that’s underground.” — David McKay Wilson 48 scene: Summer 2011 Reminder: Our 60th Reunion is in 2 years, as in 2013! Start making your plans to be there! Your classmates sure would like to see you there. Before the powers that be appoint some stout souls (or soles, whichever you prefer) to organize the reunion, why not volunteer to be part of the organizing force? I start writing each of these columns as soon as I send in the previous column, and add things as they come in, so when it comes time to send it to the Scene, the column is all but done. As I start this column in Feb, the temp is a warm 28°, it is sunny, and my daffodils are just about 2-3 inches up. So, this column will be written amidst spring of 2011. The big news for me is that for 2nd time in my son’s life, we reduced his convulsions almost to zero with the addition of a drug called Lamactil in Jan. Terry is once again laughing, smiling, and talking up a storm; what a thrill it is to see him back enjoying life without all that comes with convulsions. And, he is running the staff in his home ragged. On top of that, he is once again walking, albeit still with some assistance. Yeah for small favors! Received a wonderful phone call from Jack Fletcher. Jack and Cathy sold their home out thar in WA state, and are in the process of moving into a retirement community: a 2-phase move since their house is not ready yet. Jack says they are coming east again this year — will ride the RR and not drive their mobile home — so we will have the pleasure of visiting with them 2 years in a row. And then Jack sent me a piece that has given me many laughs: it had something to do with old men and errant gas. Norm Newman sent me an e-mail, to wit: “Yesterday, Joan and I attended the luncheon for Pres Jeffrey Herbst, which was held at the Oaks Club in Osprey, FL. When the luncheon started and everyone was seated, it turned out that all the guys at our table were from our class. Besides myself and Joan, there were Sara Lee and John Sanborn, Jeanne and Jerry Blackwood, and Al Wanamaker, who came stag. We had a good time reminiscing about the ‘good old days,’ including sliding down the hill on trays after it snowed. Jerry and I got into a discussion about our time in the Army. It turns out that we were both in the Army Audit Agency stationed in Europe. We did not meet, even though our headquarters was located in Frankfurt, Germany, because Jerry was stationed in the Paris branch office and I was in the Munich branch office. “That evening, Joan and I, Al Wanamaker, and his brother Roger ’60 went out for a seafood buffet at the Captain’s Table in Punta Gorda, FL. I am not sure whether the restaurant will ever let the 4 of us come back again. One of the items on the buffet was oysters on the half shell. Between the 4 of us, we must have worn a path on the dining room floor between our table and the oyster display. We probably kept a couple of workers in the kitchen spending all their time just opening up the oysters for us! “The daytime temp here in Ft Myers is now about 80 and will go down to the mid-60s tonight. The forecast for the next 7 days is for a duplication of today. Life sure is tough. I will be going up north to Westchester Cty, NY, and CT in about 4 weeks to help my partners with the preparation of tax returns for our clients. Fortunately, I will only be there for 10 days. Joan and I congratulate you on your engagement to Nicki and wish you both a long and happy life together.” Al Wanamaker reported in on the escapades of ’53 in Osprey, FL. He says, “Apparently, John (Venice) and yours truly (Sun City Center) are the FL residents. Norm still travels from CT and Jerry from MA, but they may be moving south. I am thoroughly enjoying retirement at Freedom Plaza. I’m so busy I don’t know how I found time to work.” Someone in the Class of ’53 sent me 6 pages of good short ones. I include 1 here with the hope that said classmate who sent them will let me knows who he is: when filing them, the page with your name and e-mail address did not make it into my files. “Manure: in the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer’s invention, so large shipments of manure were common. It was shipped dry, because in the dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, one of the by-products being methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the 1st time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOM! Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening. After that, the bundles were always stamped with the term, ‘Ship High in Transit’ on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane. Thus evolved the acronym for Ship High In Transit, which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day. You probably did not know the true history of this word. Neither did I. I had always thought it was a golf term.” Just received notice that Gerald F Giles passed away on March 5. He is survived by wife Judith and 7 children. Condolences from our entire class to his wife and children. Gene Schulze sent along a little piece of space info, Neil Armstrong’s secret: “On July 20, 1969, as commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar module, Neil Armstrong was the 1st person to set foot on the moon. His 1st words after stepping on the moon, ‘That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,’ were televised to earth and heard by millions. But just before he re-entered the Lander, he made the enigmatic remark, ‘Good Luck, Mr Gorsky.’ Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet cosmonaut. However, upon checking, there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs. Over the years, many people questioned Armstrong as to what the ‘Good luck, Mr Gorsky’ statement meant, but Armstrong always just smiled. On July 5, 1995, in Tampa Bay, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26-year-old question to Armstrong. This time he finally responded. Mr Gorsky had died, so Armstrong felt he could now answer the question. In 1938, when he was a kid in a small MW town, he was playing baseball with a friend in the backyard. His friend hit the ball, which landed in his neighbor’s yard by their bedroom window. His neighbors were Mr and Mrs Gorsky. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, young Armstrong heard Mrs Gorsky shouting at Mr Gorsky. ‘Sex! You want sex?! You’ll get sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!’” Norm Newman wrote to the Colgate’s president, Jeff Herbst, asking if Susan Herbst, the new pres of U of CT, is related to him. Jeff replied that Susan is his sister. Norm “wonders if there are any other brother-sister college presidents holding office at the same time.” Like Norm, Gene Schulze has sent me 2 pieces: this one is “It pays to be from NJ — I am: After having dug to a depth of 10´ last year, NY archeologists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a phone network more than 100 years ago. Not to be outdone by the NYers, in the weeks that followed, a CA archeologist dug to a depth of 20´, and shortly after, a story in the LA Times read: ‘CA archeologists, finding traces of 200-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 100 years earlier than the NYers.’ One week later, The Jersey Journal, a local newspaper in Jersey City, reported: ‘After digging 30´ in his back yard, Vinnie “The Salami” Manziano, a self-taught archeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Vinnie has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, NJ had already gone wireless.’ Just makes me proud to be from NJ!” And, Jack Fletcher has sent in 2 pieces this month! Jack writes that he is well established at Panorama in a temporary home. He and Kathy have looked at several homes, but have not found the “perfect house” yet. On March 29, Jack underwent a hip replacement. He did not look forward to it, but was very positive it would improve his quality of life. His doctor said he would be walking briskly in 6 weeks. Good luck, Jack! Once back up and rolling, Jack and Kathy plan to take an RV trip to southern CA to visit Jack’s oldest grandson, John III, who flies a marine Osprey, and wife Allison, who flies helos off of destroyers. When her obligated service is over, Allison plans to resign her commission and start a family. Following the CA trip, Jack and Kathy plan to take a train ride cross-country (a 1st for them) to Bristol, RI, for a reunion of Kathy’s family. No, if you wonder, Jack and Kathy will never stop traveling! Panorama provides more activities for residents than Jack and Kathy can consume. And, they have joined the Green Team (conservation of resources including recycling) and DART (Disaster Assistance Response Team). Jack says he has his backpack with supplies and a hard hat ready. I wonder if he wore his hard hat into surgery…. ’Tis now April 6, the daffodils are just about in bloom, and my tomato plants are growing just fine in my living room under lights. Pretty soon, it will be gardening time and then I wait for the 1st ripe tomato. Have a great summer; think about our 60th Reunion and start making your plans. Lou: 508-827-4080; [email protected] 1 954 Peter W Rakov 159 Edgewood Avenue Hurley, NY 12443-5406 Sad, bad news first: Don Perricone’s wife, Donna, passed away Jan 27 in Syracuse. She was, and is, truly one of our outstanding ’54 ladies — and a dear friend to many of us. In Jan, I learned that Craig Canner passed on Aug 6. Dick Robbins “always has Colgate in (his) heart” but can’t get to Colgate because of his wife’s illness. He stays in touch with Craig Rossi and Tom Vincent ’53. For the 1st time in 9 years, Alan Beals is back in the US, in Savannah, working for the USAID for the last 2 years in Kosovo and Moldova, “in hardly garden spots, but rewarding work.” He’s the volunteer pres of the Savannah Botanical Garden. They get away to Well Fleet, MA. Ann and Larry Norton are back home in Lone Tree, CO, from their 7th return trip to India. In the ’60s, Larry operated there for 5 years. No surgery there now for him, but he lectures and consults with other doctors. He wrote: “NE India is developing rapidly in many respects but it still has a huge population of extremely poor people. How this problem can be resolved is unknown. Reasonably good medical care is available to those who can pay.” Hope we all have a pleasant, safe summer. Peter: 845-340-0659; [email protected] 1955 Bruce Burke 4661 Sweetmeadow Circle Sarasota, FL 34238-4334 The news of our class activities are a little thin this quarter; except the sad news of Hal Benson’s passing. We do not have any more details than that about Hal. Many of us who knew Hal best found him to be the best of friends and we will miss him. The end of May marked the retirement of RuthAnn Loveless MA’72. She has been a strong support of our class, activities, and reunions. She has been the Colgate VP for Alumni Affairs and has served our class and many others with wisdom and vigor. Her successor is Tim Mansfield, and we wish him greetings and good luck in this important job. Our classmate Art DuBois steps down from the Alumni Corporation Board after many years of brilliant service to our class and many others. Thanks for all that you have done, Art! Good job! Hope to hear from more of you. Keep in touch! Cheers! Bruce: 941-926-3244; [email protected], [email protected] 195 6 Jerry Rhodes 101 Magerton Court Cary, NC 27511-7303 First, it saddens me to relate that Ed Johnston died on Feb 8 at his home in FL. According to his son Chris, Ed died as a result of an unexpected accident at home. We send our sincere condolences to Chris and the rest of the family. Ed was a regular at our reunions and we will miss him this year and in future years. I have also received word of the deaths of Bill Carpenter’s wife, Ann; Hilary Snell’s wife, Connie; and Phil Young’s wife, Judie. We send our sympathies to these men as they struggle with the loss of a beloved spouse. I did get a chance to talk with Phil, who lives in Burlington, NC, and he is doing well and was hoping to be able to attend our 55th Reunion. He was unable to come 5 years ago because of Judie’s illness. A note came in from Vernon Zane’s widow, Rhoda, saying how much Vernon enjoyed our 50th Reunion, renewing friendships with many classmates and DU brothers he had not seen since graduation. She said it was a memorable experience for both of them. By the time you read this, winter will be over in the Chenango Valley. Corky Steneri said it was a miserable winter, but were slowly coming out of it when he wrote in late March. The Steneris didn’t get to go to FL this year due to his health problems, but he said all is well now and he feels great. Corky is still involved with the community, Colgate, and the Phi Delts. He also reports that some of CU’s winter sports teams have had difficult times and he thinks there will be some coaching changes coming. Ben Patt sends word that he attended an alumni lunch where Pres Herbst spoke and he was quite impressed. Attending the lunch were Nicki and John Wise, Linda and Mickey Warburton, Duke Foster, and Ben’s “1st wife,” the long-suffering Judy. Frank Proietti writes that he and Larry Scharbach had their usual winter ski week at Steamboat Springs, CO, and had good weather and good snow. He had spoke with Ron Barr, who had over 47 days on the slopes. Ron lives in Telluride and goes out for a couple of hours a day. Ron also wrote to me for Frank’s e-mail, wanting to tell him, and Larry, that “the women are pretty and the children are above average.” Maybe Telluride is the real Lake Wobegon! Bruce Holran wrote to tell me that a new Charles W Tillou Scholar had been named. He is a 1st-year studying to be an MD. He is active on campus and prior to Colgate was an imaging science intern. Bruce thinks that this scholar is the 13th person since the scholarship was funded in 1959. Bruce says that all is well with the Holrans and that he is in a church leadership role in their sr ministry as well as serving as the church’s historian and as a Stephen Minister. Paul Comisar writes that he and Barb are having a good time. They went to So Am on a Tauck tour and it was great. Their son Peter ’89 was written up in Forbes mag and is vice chair of Guggenheim Partners. Paul says they count their blessings. Ed Vantine wrote to tell me of this year’s reunion plans. However, since you will read this after reunion, I’ll not go into the details. I’ll save the actuals for next time. Suffice it to say, the plans sounded great and I forwarded his note to all those on my e-mail list. If you didn’t get it, you know how to fix that! Gene Soechtig wrote to say how sad it is to learn about the number of classmates and spouses who have passed away recently. They will be missed at the varied Colgate events. Gene and Patty were heading off to DC, where she was attending a Board of Trustees meeting at the Grier School she attended for HS. The two of them were eagerly looking forward to our reunion. George Economou says that he was invited to participate in an event focusing on the modern Greek poet CP Cavafy in April. He says he was looking forward to visiting Colgate and seeing some old friends again. Ron Schaupp reiterated Corky’s comments on Hamilton’s “brutal” winter. He also said that the Trudy Fitness Ctr was completed and getting a lot of use from students, faculty, and Hamiltonians, including Ron and June. At the time he wrote, he said that the Colgate Inn’s renovation was nearly complete and it looks great from outside. Gordie Miller says that he and Heidi spent time in Vienna at a reunion with the Austrian guides who worked with Heidi at the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels. That is where the Millers met and they were married in Vienna in March of ’59 while he was stationed in Germany. He says Vienna is a great place and they even tolerate his rather basic German. The Millers have 1 grandson at Colgate and another who’s been accepted and hopefully will attend. Gordie gave the boy his “unbiased” assessment of the college and of his other options! Harris Barer answered my begging note, saying that “it was hard to resist someone who sounds in near desperation!” (It is getting harder to get up off my knees these days!) He is still practicing law in NYC, although on a limited basis, and the Barers divide their time between NYC and Water Mill, NY, near Southampton. He is active in community affairs and was CEO of a natl health org. They love to travel and took a great trip to Tanzania and wonders if Swahili was taught at Colgate! They “try to ignore the passage of time and its effect on health and are busy planning our next trip.” Way to go, Harris, keep it up! Paul Hauler reports he is still sitting up and taking nourishment and is looking forward to getting back to sailing on Lake Ontario. I told him to be careful out there and to dodge the ice floes. Todd Colvin doubted he’d get back to Hamilton from Austin, TX, for reunion. He and Virginia are enjoying life down there and have 2 sons nearby with their families. The Colvins have 2 sons, 3 daughters, 15 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. It’s a good thing TX is a big state! Todd and his partners run Bed Linens Etc, a web-based firm selling all kinds of bedding, robes, etc. If anyone is interested in checking this out, let me know and I’ll lead you to the site. Todd gets to Charlotte occasionally and hopefully we’ll be able to get together at a midway point some time. Lastly, I received a note from Ev Smethurst ’57 concerning a film produced by Bob Bleiweiss’s firm, Pomegranate Pendant Productions LLC. The Golden Pomegranate is to be released on or around Sept 15 in Israel’s Cinema City. This is the time of the Jewish High Holidays when many people are off work and the mainly secular Israeli population attends movies in large numbers. Bob and his firm are “cautiously optimistic” that the Israeli Academy Awards will nominate the film in several categories. Best of luck with the film, Bob, and please let us know how it all turns out. Joe Karaman writes that he was unable to attend reunion, but he is doing well and he hopes to see us in the near future. Dick Martin said that he and Anne regretted having to leave reunion, but had a prior engagement. They had great weather in Charleston in March and had fun getting in some golf in preparation for springtime in CT. He also reports that Hoppy Hopkins had knee replacement plus therapy but went home sounding good and feeling encouraged. Having had both mine replaced in 2004, I know what you went through, Hop, and I hope you’re back by now running around the tennis court! I can report that wearing Colgate gear on vacations really works. In April, Carole and I were in the Asheville, NC, area and while walking downtown, a man passed by and called out, “Go, Red Raiders!” He was a native Tar Heel but knew of our school. (To my pleasure, he used our “totally un-PC” nickname!) The following day, at the Biltmore Estate, I was taking photos on a porch when, who should walk up, but Phil Bisselle ’58 and wife Holly. We had a nice chat and agreed if I hadn’t been wearing my Colgate 1956 jacket, he would not have known me. So, if you’ve got gear, wear it — you never know who you’ll meet! That’s all I have for now, but I’d sure appreciate it if you’d keep all the notes, letters, phone calls, etc coming. And, as usual, if you have changed your e-mail address, please let me know. Until next time… Jerry: 919-363-1980; [email protected] News and views for the Colgate community 49 50th Reunion yearbooks for the years 1958, 1959, 1960, or 1961 may be purchased for $10 from the Office of Alumni Affairs. Please contact Vicky Stone at 315-228-7433 or [email protected] if you would like to purchase one. 19 57 Ev Smethurst 6 Son Bon Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-8601 Happy summer. We are having another great day in SoCA. It is in the high 60s and sunny. But it has rained a little, so the natives are upset. I will get to swim my laps later. I have entered the US Masters Short Course Swimming meet in Mesa, AR, later this month. I noticed that Jim Elder ’65 also entered. But, my friend Bill Grohe ’56 is not. Bill has had some health problems, but he assures me that he is competing again at age 77. So that is the whole story of elderly swimming by Colgate alums. I will probably find other younger Colgate swimmers at the big meet. By the way, Jim Elder still swims very well at the big meets, sometimes finishing 1st. Your editor swims in an “age appropriate” way. That means it does not matter where I finish: we always add the phrase, “He did OK for age 76.” On to the news: the cupboard is almost bare! I have heard from a couple of my fellow alums, Pete Bowser and Howie Lee. They have both been traveling, Pete in the US and the Lees to Sicily. We are planning to get together. We are always planning to get together. I had coffee with David Peck ’60 yesterday. He reported that it was the 75th birthday of Carl Straub ’58. Carl is retired from Bates C and still lives in Lewiston, ME. I have received welcome phone calls from Sumner Northcutt in Munich, Germany. We discussed March Madness and the beginning of Major League Baseball. I think Sumner gets better sports coverage in Munich than I do in Laguna Niguel. We did discuss our next reunion, in 2012. We plan to keep breathing until then. Finally, some sad news. I am sorry to report the passing of Frank T Bogardus, who died on March 9 in Middleburg, FL. I had a brief talk with wife Jean and passed on our deepest sympathies for her loss. Frank is also survived by 2 daughters and a son. Rest in Peace!! That’s it. See you next time. Ev: 949-495-4862; [email protected] 19 58 Bob Woodruff 3017 West Garfield Street Seattle, WA 98199-4243 As I am writing for the Scene in early April, it seems that many of you are clogging Interstate 75 and 95 heading north out of FL, having spent much time in the sun. I bet you are seeing many license plates that read “Alumni of Colgate U.” Those I have heard of from the sunny south include Mer Humes on Captiva Island, FL, heading back to Rochester; Wally Kraemer on his sailboat in Great Abaco, Bahamas, heading north to NJ; Phil Bisselle, reporting in from Asheville, NC, after spending 2 months in FL and heading back to Hamilton. While in FL, Phil noted that he connected with Dick Cheshire, Din Walker, and Pete Hubbell. I spoke with Gris Hurlbert, who just arrived home in Warren, OH, from 2 months in N Naples, FL. While in FL he saw Denni and Bob Stemmerman and Stu Lewis and his wife. Good relaxation, you snowbirds. Al Ristori writes, as 50 scene: Summer 2011 a regular, that “I’m sitting in the shade at Bud N’ Mary’s Marina, Islamorda while answering your e-mail. Released a 140-lb tarpon a few nights ago, and then a permit on the flats later that morning, and a sailfish offshore Sunday among other critters. Not great volume, but a welcome relief from winter in NJ. Back to reality tomorrow.” Ah, the great Class of ’58 migration north. With some regrets, Bill Caprio writes that he had to cancel their FL winter trip this year as he is recovering well from back surgery/bone fusion. Not everyone made it to FL. Best wishes in your recovery, Bill. Mer Humes said he didn’t have much to say for the Scene and he then proceeded to write about the pride he has that Colgate has a great awareness of the need to change to stay on top of the “fantastic explosion of info technology and the spiraling high cost of campus education.” He notes that since he took early retirement almost 25 years ago, he spends all his time learning and literally only seconds searching for info to learn. He speaks of the obsolescence of newspapers, mags, and books and how his geology master’s is virtually obsolete. He is pleased with his fantastic larger perspective and it is all about learning. He is most excited to see this taking off with his grandchildren. His message to Colgate: “Keep searching to change if you want to stay ahead of the ‘obsolete list.’” (Yes, Mer, it is all about constant learning for me, too!) My last 3 months have been or will involve 3 Colgate connections. At the start of the year I received an e-mail from Hank Chapin’s daughter Julia Bozzo announcing Hank’s visit and an invitation to me to join them at her home in Bellingham, WA. I responded and drove north on a snowy Monday toward the Canadian border, arriving at Julia’s NW Therapeutic Riding Ctr. Julia has a nonprofit riding ctr for disabled people. The horses, a sturdy Norwegian fjord horse, are fitted for the duty. She served a wonderful lunch and we engaged in rich conversation. Hank lived in Center Stillman our 1st year, as I did before I moved to the renovated West Hall. He and I spent a few minutes reminiscing about that time and our Colgate experience. We spent most of the time talking of teaching, academics, and elder care as Hank has spent the last 4 years home caring for his wife who lives with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. As reported in the last Scene, she is now in a care facility. That has allowed Hank to get away at times from his home in HI. Great lunch, Julia, and greater conversation, Hank. Ellen Percy Kraly, prof of geography and dir of the Upstate Institute, came to Seattle to speak to the Colgate Club of Seattle on the subject, “From Upstate to Uganda: How Colgate students never cease to amaze!” I was there as I am enthralled with the constant learning opportunities that are presented to us as Colgate alums in the world. She will also lead the class at Summer on the Hill 2011 titled, “The Swinging Gate: US Immigration Policy in the 21st Century.” And, as a 3rd connection, and speaking of learning, I just got off the phone from a half-hour conversation with my old roommate Bob Balentine. We discussed investing, the market, grieving for lost parents, and other meaningful topics such as the Baltimore Orioles and the Seattle Mariners. It is great to be alive and learning. Konne Perlman responds to my note of the Japanese disaster and suggests that they, as a na- tion, have had enough. He has tried valiantly to have his photos shown in a museum setting. But neither the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, nor the Baltimore Museum of Art have responded or said, “no show.” His style is of the great classic art photographers of the ’30s through the early ’60s. It is judged to be not current, yet the NY Times, he reports, sells their photos of their staff through journalism. He is not going to give up! He and wife Kathleen just returned from a trip to Barcelona, where they were particularly attracted to the architecture of Gaudi, who did “modern” churches, museums, and residences. He comments that he has been in touch with Hyde Perce, who is ferrying sick and poor people to medical ctrs in his own plane. Konne has also been in touch with Pete Stein, who is reported to be even livelier than he was as an undergrad. Bill Neisel writes from Plano, TX, that after a career with JC Penney Life Insurance, he retired and taught as a substitute in elementary school. He now appears in color guard events with the Sons of the American Revolution. He also volunteers as a tour guide at the Plano Railway Historical Museum. He married a twin, and has 2 sets of twin kids and 6 grandchildren. Welcome to TX! Gris Hurlbert earlier sold his family’s manufacturing business and has moved on to commercial and industrial real estate sales. After the death of his 1st wife, he married Therese Lussier, and they have between them 7 married children and 16 grandkids. The 2 Class of ’58ers in France, Robert Clegg and Tad Brown, are constant with their reportins. Bob reports that he is still in the wine business, doing all right with China. He reports that he has a tough assignment upcoming. He has to go to Bordeaux for the new “en primeur” wine tasting at such little known chateaux as Margaux, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild, Lafite, and Cheval Blanc, among others. “Let’s hope I survive.” (If not, maybe a few of us can fly over and administer CPR. En Francais?) He signs off with, “Avec tous mes meilleurs sentiments.” A tu, aussi, Messieur Robert. All the way to the east in France, Tad has been floating on Lac Leman, the lake that borders Switzerland and France, as he has been visiting his son and wife in Evian les Bains, the home of Evian waters. They were on vacation and attended 3 art exhibits in Lausanne, Martigny, and Evian. In his birding venture he discovered a new (to him) water bird: the crested grebe in full courting regalia. He also discovered a new demarcation line for the Roman Empire and a 2,000 person encampment. He understood the cause of the 1870 war. Ask him about it! (What do I have to do to arrange a trip to France!) The alumni office has informed me of deaths of 2 classmates. Fred Kaiser passed away just after his 75th bday in March in Yarmouth, ME. Bill Rudman, who was at Colgate for some of our 4 years, passed away after battling cancer for 6 years. Our thoughts and prayers are with their wives, Sunny Kaiser and Elaine Rudman, and their families. Finally, Cal Low responds with, “Hi, Woody: Good to hear from you. I have to give you a lot of credit for trying. Must be frustrating to eek out news from a bunch of old men!” Who’s old, Cal? No, it is an honor and a great deal of fun. Look at the responses I got! I tend to hear from the same folks who respond to my e-mail blast. Those of you not on, or not comfortable with e-mail, just drop me a line. I need to broaden my/our horizons. Thanks, all, for your participation. Bob: 206-550-6715; [email protected] 19 59 Paul W Beardslee The Riverside Retreat Rt 1 Box 59-1 Elkins, WV 26241-9711 Focus, Louie, focus! Those 3 words are “oh so” revealing! First Jim’s (Madura) quiz item received the most “hits” in recent history and, in so doing, strongly suggested that one of our “social highlights” in our undergrad days occurred in that downtown Hamilton theater! Perhaps such is a sad commentary on the quality of social life in those days, but we all must admit that the cinema was a major influence in our lives. Thanks, Louie, whoever you are/were! And thanks to Jim; today we’d have no human interaction. Rather we’d push several buttons to be told “our call is important to us!” Two mates are herein credited (there were several more later) for being the 1st to identify Louie — Frank McCarthy and Dick Hasz. Yes, we finally found Frank on Mr Bell’s apparatus! Frank had just returned from his midwinter sojourn at Hilton Head to report that he was facing heart valve work in the near future. He also wanted to give regards to Jim Madura: “The senator says hello!” Let’s pull for Frank with the hope that a follow-up report will come soon. Dick e-mailed from Hershey, PA, with his “Louie” response. Dick and Faye (married for 50 years) split their time between Hershey (Hershey Med, part of Penn State) and their Emerald Island, NC, beach house now that Dick is retired. Dick says he is redefining the term “hacker” in his golf game, but since there are 6 children and 13 grandchildren, he does have other activities to fill his day. We are hopeful we might someday see Dick in WV, since he has a daughter, a son-in-law, and a grandson who are all grads of WVU, plus a grandchild who’s currently a “mountaineer!” Dick, if you can’t make it to our hills, you must promise to make an appearance at our #55, a mere 3 years away! Speaking of reunion, we had a recent chat with our dependable and loyal “reunion planner,” Dick Lowenberg. Dick is still working, although he admits that he goes to the office late and leaves early! He and Kathy are still traveling (visiting children and their usual West Coast junket) although they were home (upstate NY) long enough to experience what Dick termed an “old-fashioned winter, reminiscent of Colgate days.” Dick also shared that Bill Schmeh has had a “rough go” in recent months — 2 of same in the hospital with a broken neck. Our latest news, via Dick, is really encouraging. Bill is out and his doctor has urged a return to the links! So, to date, Bill has weathered a storm. I have a call into him but have not hooked up at this writing. You are in our thoughts, Sandy and Bill. Also, within the past week, we had a good chat with Ted Gregory. Ted had just returned from completing a 30k, 3-day swim in the British Virgin Isles with 10 other folks. Such had to go well for, come July, Ted and 4 others are planning a “relay” swim across the English Channel (they each do 1 hour stints in relay). We will try to have a report for our next missive. Ted also urged us to check out Bill Wyman, about whom we wrote in our earlier submission. What we did not emphasize was Bill’s current mission. In Ted’s words, “Bill is changing the health care system in Rwanda,” in a project developed by Bill’s bride, Ro. Two or 3 clinics are up and running, with that Madura bonfire quiz dangling out there, and I should mention some changes on my home front. You may have noted (above) a slight change to our address. We still operate our vacation rental but we have closed our B&B. It’s been a fun 21 years and, guess what? I still have to make the beds! Please also note a phone number change (the #59 is ever present, it seems). Unfortunately and sadly, before we “retire” this round, we have 2 losses to share. In late Jan we learned of the departure of Bob Pattison following an illness of several months. Readers may remember Bob in Lamba Chi, ROTC, and the Glee Club. And on Feb 13 we lost Bob Wilson, one of our class leaders some 50+ years ago. Bob was at our last reunion and, readers may recall, Bob was assoc editor of our yearbook. If you can locate your Salmagundi, I urge you to read Bob’s editorial, found on p 256. What Bob said then clearly stands the test of time; his writings could still apply today! To the families of both Bobs we send our heartfelt sympathies and thanks. Your presence will be missed but, be assured, you’ll both be remembered on Whitnall Field in 2014. Bon voyage, mates. And so it goes. To those mates who sent holiday greetings, I convey my thanks. To those reunion attendees not yet referenced, please bear with us and continue reading your Scene. We’ll catch up next round. Note the new numbers below, be well, stay busy, and, hopefully, do some good work some place. Cheers ’til next round. Paul: 304-591-4311; [email protected] 1960 Stephen Greenbaum PH6 4242 Stansbury Avenue Sherman Oaks, CA 91423-4265 Jack Blanchard writes, “I had lunch with Phil Perham, who told me of the death of our classmate and one of our Class of ’60 golf champions honored at the 50th Reunion, Terry Van Houten, a Sigma Nu. Phil sends his best regards and continuing kudos for our 50th Reunion. It will be a while before another class surpasses our 50th gift.” I also report the death of William Bohnhoff, a history major and member of Alpha Tau Omega. If you would like a free copy of our reunion yearbook, Reflections, or if you want to have your bio added to the online book, please e-mail Vicky Stone at [email protected]. To see it online, go to http://www.colgateconnect.org/s/801/ images/editor_documents/C60_50thbk_071310_ FINAL.pdf. Fred Rosen writes: “I was interested to read the remarks of Al McDowell in the recent Scene about Skevo Soko, whom I knew quite well in the early 1960s in Syracuse, at the time of his death. In the autumn of 1961, Skevo arrived at Syracuse U after doing an MA in econ at Yale (I believe). The university at that time had expanded its intake of black and African students, but had not done very much about housing them. Most were forced to use private rented accommodation from lists provided by the university, but the university had not bothered to ensure that the landlords would accept black applicants. I was involved after helping a very distinguished black activist (Rudolph Lombard, former vice chair of CORE) who was refused accommodation to move into my apt. Skevo and a friend were also refused accommodation, and a small group of us organized a sit-in at the apt. There were about 7 or 8 arrests, but the university eventually woke up to its responsibilities. Skevo obtained his living accommodation and the university Andrew Daddio more in the offing. We’ll try to keep tabs on this as we move through the year. (Maybe Bill has a model for us to follow!) Back in Feb, a greeting arrived from Abel Merrill. Abel and Sue had just returned from sailing in the FL Keys and indicated they will be off to visit their son in Israel in April. Included will be a trip to Naples and the Amalfi Coast. Abel mentioned Chip Carlson in his missive, indicating that they were frosh roommates. Chip was 1 of several mates sending us Christmas greetings in 2010. (Readers may recall that Susan, Chip’s wife, hails from Elkins.) We chatted recently with Brad Tufts, who is not only doing well and playing golf, but has also entered the “dating” world again. We shall hope for progress reports to share in upcoming missives. We also heard from Dick Keating and I ask you to join me in sending our sympathies to Dick in IL. Dick lost Jody in early Jan, 33 months after the initial diagnosis. Dick is moving on with the help of the release of his book Colorado’s Spanish Peaks this past March. Dick calls this a new (marketing) venture of a kind, where he begins with almost no experience. We’re pulling for you, Dick. My plans to share news about reunion attendees, while desirable, causes concern. At our age and given the time gaps between reports, too much can happen — or not. Hence I am herein ramping up the process, listing a greater number of names; providing less data. In the process I urge you to review Scoop Seibert’s “Reflections.” I shall hope to have listed all before our next gathering occurs! In attendance (or on the roster) at the 2009 get-together, in addition to those heretofore cited, were the following. ‘Chick’ Biddulph, who may hold the record for the number of Colgate alumni in 1 wedding party. Bob Booher, who had 40 years’ experience providing strategic planning services. He now lives on Good Earth Farm. Renny Bowers, who joined a law firm with 18 lawyers; that firm now numbers 125. Renny was also a ranked squash player. Mike Corwin did things in reverse, chased his dream (harness racing) right out of Colgate; then found success in local banking. Jack ‘Moon Man’ Cussen entered a family business, sold it, stayed in banking, and now is an entrepreneur with 2 sons. Bob Derrenbacker joined NW Mutual Life Ins Co and never left (50+ years); his wife, Joanie, was a blind date. Bill Doescher started in Binghamton, NY, as a sportswriter and is one of our Maroon Citation awardees. Bill Donahue was in the track and field world all his working years, including Mercersburg Acad (where I took my SATs!). Vinny Eible is identified with General Motors. Do you remember his bride, Louise, visiting Colgate on weekends in her powder blue ’58 Chevy convertible?! Then there was Dick Ficke, who wound up in the Strategic Air Command and B-52 ops for most of his career; Tom Flood was in education for a short time but switched to construction, claiming a love for driving the bulldozer and “knocking things down!” John Fox started in the family textile business, becoming prexy in 1980. He and Audree now live in ME. Dave Gagliardi began his teaching career in Darien, CT, but spent 34 years in Somers HS, Westchester Co, NY, retired in 1996. Sam Giordano was a registered nurse, spent time in the restaurant and construction business, and 10 years in the NY Natl Guard. Still in West Chester, PA, is Dick Goman, who learned early on that law was not his forte, ended up with Xerox for 7 years before forming his own business. Still loyal to his roots, Dick is an avid Phillies fan. Finally, for this round, we have Gordon Granger who joined CPC/Best Foods for 38 years but now claims, “I don’t miss my professional life one bit and we are enjoying the hell out of retirement!” Stay tuned for more in subsequent missives. Meanwhile, we still have Drawn to the landscape Michele Palmer ’82 needed graduate work to understand why she chose Colgate. Only after she enrolled for her master’s in landscape architecture at Cornell University did she realize how much Colgate’s campus factored into her decision. “When I visited Colgate with my mother, it was a beautiful fall day, with the sugar maples bright red and the gold dome of the chapel above the trees. It had what I wanted academically, but I fell in love with the classic, uncluttered landscape.” Years later, she influenced that landscape herself, with her design of the wall and garden in front of Merrill House at the top of the rise above Oak Drive. The Class of 2002 gave the wall and garden as a place for reflection following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Palmer consulted with the class and others in planning her approach. “I wanted it to look like it had always been there, simple and clean,” she concluded, “and let the plants be the exuberant part.” She chose plants that would come into season in the spring and fall, when students are on campus. That project reflects her architectural philosophy, which emphasizes the use of local materials, practicality, and “designs that match the natural landscape and its place in the world,” she said. “I was never interested in creating Tuscan villas in upstate New York.” When she graduated into 1982’s shaky economy, Palmer followed a path well worn by her fellow fine arts majors: retail. “For a lot of years, I ran stores — a home furnishings design store, an art gallery, things like that.” She finished her master’s in 1996 and worked with a landscape architecture firm based in Ithaca, along the way earning her professional license and state registration. In 2004, she struck out on her own, focusing on projects for clients in higher education, the public sector, and individual homeowners, and earning certification as a Woman Owned Business Enterprise in 2007. “Some landscape architects only do planning work, and some only design for construction,” she said. “I’m in the middle, doing both. I’ve always been interested in the built world, making things. I’m more technically oriented.” Palmer’s technical abilities earned her an opportunity to teach site engineering at Cornell, which she has done since 2009. “Super-creative, right-brain people sometimes have trouble with this course because they worry about the math,” she said. “But I’m no math genius. I teach them that it’s just understanding proportion. The ancient Roman surveyors calculated grade the same way we do today — a three percent slope is still a three percent slope.” She speaks about the ancient Romans from experience. Her former professor at Cornell recruited Palmer to an archaeological project at the ancient site at Stabiae. There, in 2008, they discovered traces of a huge garden, which has become a forensic study for Palmer. That, in turn, has led to speaking engagements and an invitation to help illustrate and coauthor an essay for a new source book on garden archaeology. Late in 2010, she and her graduate assistant Tom Breiten, a landscape designer and builder, opened Templeton Landscape Architecture & Planning, based in Cooperstown. Their first project is helping a community college integrate new residential units into its rural setting. Palmer said their designs are “simple and sustainable, based on the underlying ecology of the site. Sustainability is one of those buzzwords that people are starting to cynically call greenwash,” she said. “But landscape architects have always been interested in the environment and native landscape, so for us, adopting a sustainable point of view is a minor extension of what we’re already doing.” — James Leach News and views for the Colgate community 51 For many women, their thoughts and feelings about their own sexuality often involve loneliness, embarrassment, and ignorance. That’s what Joyce Turcotte McFadden ’84 has found during 25 years as a psychoanalyst. But with her new book, Your Daughter’s Bedroom, McFadden is hoping to break that cycle. In 2005, she started an anonymous web-based initiative, the Women’s Reality Study, because she learned through leading therapy sessions that her clients were feeling shame and isolation about experiences that are, in fact, commonly shared. “I wanted them to understand that there’s a community of other women out there,” McFadden said. And although she told her clients that their experiences were not singular, she wanted to make that known to all women by creating a reference book. The ongoing study (at womens realities.com) asks women about their varied experiences ranging from body image to careers to mental health. For the book, McFadden narrowed her focus to helping mothers teach their daughters about healthy sexuality. “I’m hoping it will help women and girls feel freer in their lives,” said McFadden, who also blogs about feminist issues for The Huffington Post. “There’s this huge chasm between women being the objects of other people’s sexual desire and women being the subjects of their own sexuality.” It starts with mothers giving their daughters the facts, she said. The mother of a teenage daughter herself, McFadden said she began educating her daughter about her body at a young age. “I started just by teaching her the names of her body parts — which sounds so simple, but a lot of women don’t know [the basic terms and functions],” she explained. “When they’re young, you can get so much more information in because when they start to mature, it’s too uncomfortable and scary for them.” Your Daughter’s Bedroom is structured around testimonials from those who have participated in the Women’s Realities Study, followed by McFadden’s analysis and advice on how mothers can support their daughters as they grow. McFadden credits Colgate alumnae with helping shape the book. Wanting to disseminate the study in a grassroots way, she initially sent it to just her female friends, family, and colleagues. Looking to widen her pool, McFadden advertised the study in the Colgate Gateline e-newsletter, after which she saw a flurry of activity on the site. The topics that these women most responded to were the ones McFadden addressed in the book. “They really turned on a lightbulb that made me start to keep an eye out for what women were talking about,” she said. To date, approximately 450 women have participated. “I wanted it to be large enough to be credible and small enough to be intimate; I really wanted to remember the questionnaires that I was reading as they came through.” Publisher’s Weekly is calling Your Daughter’s Bedroom a “fascinating and empowering text for women of all ages.” McFadden is hoping her own daughter will read it, but she admits that her daughter is “sick of having sexual conversations with me.” This indicates that McFadden has been successful in normalizing sexuality for her. “It’s as if I were talking about baking all the time, she’d be sick of me talking about cookie recipes.” To learn more, visit www.joycemcfadden.com. Photo courtesy of Philippe Cheng Photography Let’s talk about sex — Aleta Mayne changed its policy. It was one of the 1st sit-ins over housing to be held in a northern city like Syracuse, was widely publicized in the media, and Skevo was a brave and heroic participant at the time. Unfortunately, later that winter he bought a car but was unprepared for driving on the snow and ice. He died in an accident, and the world lost an excellent potential leader of an African state.” Frank Crane and Bruce Goodheart reported that they and other Sigma Chi classmates got together for cocktails and dinner at Peggy and 52 scene: Summer 2011 Frank Gundlach’s home in Bonita Springs, FL. Attending with them were Gwen and Bill Cooper, and Ann and Don Gordon. They all had a great time reliving their history and toasting to the life and friendship of their dear brother, Bill Braden. Visit the photo gallery on our class page at www. ColgateConnect.org to see the group picture. Howard Hughes called. He and wife Lynn planned on attending Summer on the Hill at Colgate from June 23–25. They hoped to see others from our class there. They also hoped the trip would give them respite from spending time with their “curious” 4-year-old grandson. Jim Christopher writes: “It’s been a busy time here in the Tidewater area of VA. I’m in my 7th year of serving as pastor of Bayside Christian Church in VA Beach. Growth has been steady, sometimes dramatic, as with the development of a Children’s Learning Ctr handling an enrollment of 100 children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. My p/t job in retirement will have to wait. Meanwhile, I’ve been pres of Baypoint, our condo assoc for a couple of years. We have a new owner down the street, Michael Rudolph ’58, who commutes here from Wilton, CT, several times a year. We’ve enjoyed comparing notes of life back then. I checked in the yearbook and report that neither of us has changed a bit. I continue my retirement avocation of watercolor painting, enter several shows a year, and plan to set up my website shortly. I’ll keep you posted. Life is good.” Peter Berrall writes: “I was so glad I made it to our 50th Reunion. When I got home, I had 2 badly bruised big toes — probably caused by all those fun parades and searching for my foursome’s golf balls deep in the Seven Oaks rough! This past week, Lynn and Phil Smith dropped by for 2 days and a free night’s lodging on their way back to frosty Buffalo after a brief sojourn in FL. ‘Smitty’ was a brother FIJI and former roommate. So great to do all the catching up and telling of lies, lies, lies! The very Rev Smith probably decided that I am still beyond saving. He is looking well, but is only slowed down a little by a hip replacement. I think I could definitely take him now in 1-on-1 basketball. Selah!” Bruce Munro writes: “I missed reunion last year because we spent 5 months cruising on our 40´ sailboat in British Columbia and AK. It was a fabulous experience and we plan to do it again in 2012.” Check out the photo gallery on our class page at ColgateConnect.org to see a photo of their boat anchored in Fitzgibbon Cove off the Behm Canal in SE AK. The mtn in the background is on Revillagigedo Island, which is about the size of LI but only has 1 town, Ketchikan, population 15,000 at best. “AK is a whole different world,” he said. Dick Leland writes: “Being the great-greatgreat-great-grandson of Joshua Leland, col in Washington’s Continental Army, I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution last fall in an impressive ceremony at the Saratoga Battleground Cemetery in Stillwater, NY, with period-dressed soldiers, horseback riders, canon fire, musket fire, etc. Got a kick out of Colgate with their mediocre hockey season knocking off both RPI and Union in the ECAC playoffs! Go, ’Gate! I am looking forward to seeing Tom Kirkpatrick ’61 and Ray Boushie ’61, my former Phi Gamma Delta roommates, at their Class of 1961 Reunion. Hope everyone is well.” Lee Carter returned the double postcard and stated: “I still live in beautiful Lincoln City on the central OR coast. I retired from real estate 5 years ago, and 3 years ago I beat prostate cancer; vigilance is the key. I had lived in HI for 27 years before moving to OR, and I don’t miss it. OR is more friendly. [Ed note: I hope Honolulu-resident Doug Parks below is too busy changing diapers to rebut this. Further, I have Lee’s e-mail address — or find it yourself in Reflections or in the alumni directory online — if you wish to accept his invitation to contact him]. David Peck writes: “Thanks for the letter about Russ Speirs. I’m looking at my copy of Shouts from the Bottom of a Deep Well as I write. It’s been on my bookshelf for years now, but I cannot remember when I got it (although the 1971 publication date seems to suggest I mailed away for it from here). Although I carry plenty of classroom memories, my strongest mental pictures are of the production of Macbeth our soph year. I was asst dir, which really meant ‘prompter.’ But, oh what a cast: the mercurial Lowell Citron ’59, the ever-dramatic Don Collester ’61, the funny, funny Gordon Cloney ’61, and — the real reason all of us were in the production, I think — the beauteous pair of Mrs Mischel and Mrs Hackett. “By the way, I love the look of the Scene these days, and the [winter] issue continues to carry us back to the campus: your letter, a photo of Prof Mel Watkins ’62, mention of Krakusin, etc. Life in Laguna continues well.” In the winter issue, I submitted a Letter to the Editor that told of my obtaining a copy of Russ Speirs’s Shouts from the Bottom of a Deep Well. Bruce Barth received it from a non-Colgate friend and he sent it to me, knowing that I was inspired by this Shakespeare and poetry prof, and my faculty adviser, as well. I offer this book on loan to any classmate who wishes the pleasure of reading it. I discovered that many do read the Letters section — David Peck, above, as well as Alan Posner ’66, a cabin mate of our good Prof Speirs, who described Alan as “flitting from beautiful girl to beautiful girl,” while Russ was early to bed and early to rise to work on his autobiographical book. By the time you read this, Ruth and I will have visited Michele and Doug Parks and their daughter Jennifer and her husband Eric — and by now Doug has begun his rookie-hood as a grandfather; we will have gone to an alumni event welcoming Pres Herbst and his wife to LA on the April 12; and we will have returned from our big trip to the East Coast (Boston, Albany, and NYC for 2 weeks), then to Budapest (visiting distant cousins), and then connecting with Princess cruises for a land tour through Prague, Vienna, and Berlin. Off the bus and onto the Emerald Princess in Copenhagen to see Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Estonia, Denmark, and Oslo. After a few days in DC, we were back to LA on the 28th. Dave Maxfield writes: “50th Reunion was a blast for ’60 TEKES: 7 of us plus significant others made it back and had a 2-hour reunion with our cook/housemother, Ruthie Wallace, in the lobby of the Colgate Inn. She’s in her 80s and doing as well as could be expected. Even the TKE Internatl offices in Indianapolis have taken note and want more specifics. Also, it was fun meeting TEKES from the Class of 1970 in their reunion tent.” Keep the updates coming, and don’t forget Reflections. Steve: 818-999-2777; 788-2557 (fax); [email protected] 19 6 1 Kent Blair Quail Ridge Country Club 4535 Sanderling Circle West Boynton Beach, FL 33436-5120 It’s early April as I write this column. S FL was blessed with great weather this year, whereas Hamilton had snowdrifts 10´ high. We all remember those winters! By the time you read this, our 50th Reunion will have come and gone. A tremendous amount of work went into planning and organizing the event, and on behalf of all our classmates, I want to send sincere thanks to the reunion committee: Don Belgrad, Ray Boushie, Bill Burkhardt, Stu Cahn, Bob Cleveland, John Fornuto, Dick Hellstern, Jack Homestead, Paul Ingrey, Bob Jones, John Kirkman, Tom Kirkpatrick, Ray Londa, Carl Luecke, Clark Madigan, Carl Phelps, Don Roehm, Bud Sales, John Stockton, Gary Sullivan, Bill Swezey, Charlie Warner, and yours truly. Not as much news this time as everyone is focusing on reunion, but here’s what I have. Ed Fincke e-mailed that he is looking forward to reunion and seeing old friends. He recently retired from teaching and consulting but still occasionally appears in classrooms and boardrooms. Over the past years, Ed and Wendy have enjoyed dancing, camping in Big Sur, and skiing at Lake Tahoe. Their interests are now more directed at restaurants and shows. Priscilla and Jason Gaines will be leaving shortly after reunion on a Natl Geographic trip to AK, the only state that he hasn’t visited. They’ll be accompanied by a NG photographer, which should make the trip especially exciting as Jason has a long-standing interest in the hobby with past photo trips to New Zealand, S Africa, and Tanzania. After a year of convalescing from a broken leg, Tom Jackson was hit by an unexpected cardiac bypass operation in Jan. He’s recovering well but still gets tired easily. I had lunch with Locky Jones a few weeks ago in Ft Lauderdale. He’s well and scheduled to take 3 cruises in ’11. Carl Luecke was kind enough to call with some vignettes on several classmates. Tom Mather can’t make reunion but is enjoying retirement in TX. Ken Monroe checked in from “Country X, which is very near the Country Y border.” He had 1 more adventure in the Middle East before coming back for reunion. Can’t wait to hear his stories. I had a long conversation with Frank Morris, who’s had an extremely interesting life in the foreign service, politics (ex dir Black Caucus), education (graduate dean at Morgan St), and advocacy causes. He recently testified before the House Judiciary Committee on how the govt’s immigration policy is negatively impacting black Americans. Frank is now active with AARP, serving on its natl policy council. Talked with Peter Neisel, who lives in IN. He sold his company, which made fire-resistant filing equipment, in ’02 and is spending a lot of time with his favorite hobby — reading. For 10 years, Pete was very active as a CASA (court appointed special advocate) volunteer, representing the interests of children in foster-care situations. After 17 intense cases, Pete recently resigned from that program but has joined the board of the local Salvation Army chapter. Sam Savin sent a long e-mail detailing his life, which has been more than exciting! He received his PhD from Caltech in geochem and then taught at Case Western for 39 years, ending as dean of the C of Arts and Sciences. Along the way, he crewed a 40´ sailboat from Honolulu to LA, participated in research programs on the Antarctic ice cap and the Amazon Basin in Brazil, and took a sabbatical in HI. After retiring in ’06, he moved to Sarasota to serve 4 years as provost of New College of FL. Now, fully retired, Sam is restoring his 32-yearold trawler, on which he and Norma plan to cruise the southern waters. Jack Stovel wrote that he couldn’t make reunion as it conflicted with graduation at the school from which he is just retiring. Jack is going to “bask in the sunset of a long teaching career.” He wished everyone well. Bill Thoms was teaching at U of Ottawa the last week in May and plans to slip over the border and arrive at Colgate in style — by bus. Since retirement from practicing law, he keeps busy teaching online courses for paralegals. His ex will be taking care of his cat, Mauser, back in MN. Bill has an article in the April issue of Trains mag on the railroads of NM. Thanks again to all of you who sent in info. In the next issue, I’d like to include everyone’s thoughts about our 50th Reunion. Please send these to me ASAP, while your memories are fresh, remember to keep those cards and letters coming. Kent: 561-731-5331(winter); 908-277-3295 (summer); [email protected] 1962 Stuart Angert 179 Greenaway Road Amherst, NY 14226-4165 It is encouraging to recognize that is it is never too late to reinvent oneself. Ian Volner, a lawyer of note in DC, has a 2nd home that he shares with his wife, Martha, in the great state of WV. He has thrown his hat in the ring to run for Congress in WV on the Democratic ticket in the Eastern Panhandle, an area that is solidly Republican. He has adopted the campaign slogan from the mayor of NYC: If you are not part of the solution, you want to be part of the problem — vote Volner. “I will accept contributions, but only from PACs, so you guys need to organize one or more. I will be running against a state assemblyman who has introduced a bill at the state level opting for the Panhandle to secede from WV and join VA. I expect support from the VA delegation, which did not want WV in the 1st place and surely does not want any part of it now.” Good luck, Ian! Joe Medved shares his passion for Colgate involvement. “One of the things I enjoy most is serving as a volunteer for the Alumni Admission Program. I attend college fairs at NH HSs and talk to students who want to learn about Colgate. It is refreshing to meet young men and women who are interested in making something of their lives. They ask good questions, and it is evident that many are very bright. The fairs only take a few hours’ time. Initially, I was concerned how well I would relate to students 50 years younger than I am — it really is not a problem. They are only interested in getting the correct info. The university provides excellent materials. I highly recommend this for anyone looking for something worthwhile and very interesting.” Volunteerism and the focus on “giving back to the community” is a worthy endeavor at any age. Joe adds, “My wife and I continue to enjoy retirement. The greatest thing in the world is getting up every morning whenever I want. Our 2 grandchildren just celebrated their 4th and 1st bdays. It was a great time. “We had a ‘real’ winter in NH this year. There was over 4´ of snow on our lawn for months (Ed: in Buffalo we call that a ‘dusting’) and it was dangerous getting out of the driveway because the snow was so high you couldn’t see the road. We even had to have our roof shoveled once. We enjoy all the seasons, but this year we got a little sick of it. The only fear we have still centers on the war. My nephew, who had been wounded in Iraq, has just deployed to Afghanistan for a year. We can only pray he will be well.” We have lost another member of our class. I received word that Christopher Bell recently passed away. Our thoughts are with his son Christopher Bell ’92 and his family. Although it has been 12 years since initial publication, if you have not read Mel Watkins’s Dancing with Strangers, I would suggest that you may wish to do so. Mel provides a cultural retrospective on growing up in America in the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s. In response to my plea for updates, Mel wrote, “Nothing much to report except that I will be in Hamilton during reunion weekend in June and will return for the fall semester for the cultural history course on humor.” That’s significant! We are fortunate to be the beneficiaries of Mel’s wisdom and retrospection. Mike Fiske reports that he served on a panel at Methodist U, where he presented to grad students. “Now I have been back in Pinehurst, NC, for about 14 years enjoying retirement and lots of golf! I have been in contact with Jim Delong, Larry Stults, and Addison Woodword.” As a synopsis of the last 40 years, Mike states that, “In 1967 I was sent to Hong Kong by JC Penney to be the regional mgr for SEA. At the time, Penney was buying finished shirtings and electronics from Japan and Hong Kong. By 1972 the offices expanded to Taiwan, S Korea, and Singapore. After my assignment was over, I elected to stay in Asia and remained in the manufacturing and retail industry for over 30 years. I was involved in starting and running factories throughout Asia, including such countries as China, India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Saipan, Maldives, Vietnam, and Pakistan. On my last assignment, I forged a joint venture between a Scottish firm and Chinese group in Inner Mongolia, which was involved in spinning and weaving cashmere. It was a great time.” Ted Vaill, in the next chapter of his continuing saga to denigrate our great city of Buffalo, turns the screw 1 more time. “Yesterday, while you Buffalonians were shoveling snow, Joan (Note: this reference is to his long-time girlfriend, Joan Yang, who has an established and very successful business in Buffalo) and I were enjoying 90o weather here in LA. We plan to cruise the Baltic out of Copenhagen in June, and, after that trip, plan to be at her place on NYC’s Upper East Side from July–Nov, at least 2 weeks per month. I hope to see East Coast classmates then. After the leaves fall in NYC, it is back to the beaches of LA. Enjoying life as we near our 50th.” Dan Adams updates us from his lounge chair: “I am reclining on the deck of our beautiful place in Eleuthera. Such a wide ocean vista, we imagine we can see the earth curve. Suzanne and I have just created a website (partridge-hill.com) and store based on my family place in Barneveld, NY. All you fly fishermen, especially, should check it out as it’s on the banks of the catch-and-release section of the W Canada. Talk about perseverance, Jim Delong writes: “Well, let’s see. In no particular order, am about 90% done in the restoration of a 1932 Chevrolet Cabriolet that I started in 1964! I am now racing the Grim Reaper to the finish line. Also, I have been roped into doing some consulting work for the Academy of Sciences regarding computer applications at airports. Seemed like fun when I agreed. Now it’s a reminder of why I retired in 2003. Other than that, life continues to be good.” Michael Sullivan is now living f/t in Truckee, CA (in the Lake Tahoe area), and reports that 1 benefit of our advanced age is the fact that he can purchase truly cheap lift tickets at the ski resorts. This year they received over 60´ of snow, enabling him to be on the slopes more than at any previous time. “Life is good.” We received some sobering news from our good friend Barbara, wife of Carl Langbert ’63, that Carl is in the hospital with a malady that, to date, doctors are unable to diagnose. As you may know, we have enjoyed every New Year’s Eve and 4th of July with Barbara and Carl for the last 20+ years. They are family. It is distressing. We pray for him. Joyce and I traveled from Valparaiso, down the coast of Chile, through Patagonia to Punta Arenas and Ushuaia, around The Horn to the Falkland Islands, and up the coast of Argentina, disembarking in Buenos Aires. One comprehends the force of history when the words inscribed in the stone at the very tip, at Cape Horn, are read: “In memory of the men of the sea from every nation that lost their lives fighting against the merciless forces of nature of the Southern Ocean that prevail in the vicinity of the legendary Cape Horn.” More ships were lost at the confluence of the 2 oceans than in any other region of the earth. Fabulous cruise. We then spent 6 weeks in Naples, FL. In Dec our son and daughter-inlaw in MT blessed us with a new grandchild. They joined us in FL along with our daughter Meredith ’94 and son-in-law Alex ’91 and their 3 daughters, and my sister and brother-in-law. It’s all about family. When you read this column, we will have attended the retirement party on campus for RuthAnn Loveless MA’72, dir of alumni affairs. It should be a special event. We will have also hosted the reception for admitted Colgate 1st-year students at our home. We have had the pleasure of conversing with students and their parents for many years. Based on the caliber of current HS grads who will be attending Colgate, it is plainly evident that, predicated on my historical academic acumen, my chances of matriculation today would be slim to none. Let’s continue to live our lives by the words, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.” Keep in touch. From Jim Fewlass: “Spring has sprung in Columbus. We had the best of northern winters — never had more than an inch or 2 of snow on the ground at one time with respites in between. I keep busy as treasurer at church, church volunteer office work Wednesdays and Fridays, swimming at the Y Tuesdays and Thursdays, and doing train shows with the Central OH S Gaugers (S Gauge is based on American Flyer). I have my own 12 x 9 layout in our condo. Other than that, I look forward to sitting in the summer evening breezes on our 14th-floor terrace looking out over Franklin Park and the Columbus skyline.” Rob Sullivan wrote in: “Busy right now, but wanted you to know: life is great. Sitting on the front stoop, puffing on my pipe, bib overalls, contemplating the status of the north 40. E-mails welcomed ... not an intrusion by any stretch! Thanks for your work.” Larry Stults sent an “Aloha” from Honolulu: “Just recently, Sigma Nu brothers Mike Fiske and Jim DeLong made contact with me by e-mail; 1st time in decades! Mike’s alive and well and living in Pinehurst, NC, obviously playing a lot of golf. I wonder if he can beat our ole golf-team player, Stu Benedict. Jim retired from his career in airport mgmt, during which he opened and managed Denver’s magnificent airport and fell in love with the ‘Front-Range’ of the Rockies. His photos showed a lovely retirement home apparently near the Palmer Divide (splits eastern CO N and S), between Denver & CO Springs. He says he may attend our class’s 50th — me too. My wife’s mother was visiting us for a month from Urawa, Japan, when the triple ‘whammy’ hit. Fortunately, all our extended family and several friends potentially endangered are all OK and have only inconvenience — damage in their homes. On the other hand, hardly mentioned in the news, HI, especially the Big Island, had substantial tsunami damage, closing indefinitely the wonderful Kona Village Resort. We were and are OK, alive and well, and living in paradise. Best wishes.” I received the sad news from Ken Kerr that we lost another great classmate, Max Levine: “Max was a good friend. When I think of my years at Colgate, it seems that Max was always there as a part of the good times from the football field to the fraternity house. At our 40th Reunion, Max gave me a framed picture of a 1960 DU spring party. I have this picture hanging in my office, and, of course, Max is front and center. When I News and views for the Colgate community 53 look at the picture, I am reminded of the many friends that I made at Colgate. Max was one of the best. I will miss him.” Demi Read closes the column: “Tina and I were in Chile for a couple of weeks in Jan and Feb to reconnect with some friends in Puerto Varas whom we hadn’t seen in 5 years and do some trout fishing on the Rio Cisnes about 100 km east of Puerto Cisnes in the XI Region in Patagonia; also on the Petrohue River and Lago Todos Los Santos about an hour and a half drive from Puerto Varas near the Osorno volcano. Great fun, weather, and fishing. It is such a beautiful area — unspoiled and friendly. Hope that you are well after this long winter and that you will make time to go fly fishing soon. Five years ago, we spent a week on a 50' Hatteras yacht, trout and salmon fishing with another couple in the fjords. We started at Puerto Aisen and moved daily circumnavigating Isla Magdalena (a national park) looking for new rivers to fish. Not a road or a house in sight and wonderful aquatic and bird life.” Stuart: 716-913-7772; [email protected] 1 96 3 Carl G Langbert Princeton Manor 46 Edgemere Drive Kendall Park, NJ 08824-7000 Due to medical reasons, Carl was unable to submit a column for this edition of the Scene. Should anyone desire to reach out to his family, feel free to contact Carl’s son, Brett ’95, at blangbert@ optonline.net. We look forward to Carl’s catching up with the next issue. Carl: 732-422-0556 (H); 247-0630 (O); 545-1934 (fax); [email protected] 1 96 4 Richard J Johnson 22 Goose Point Lane Box 1825 Duxbury, MA 02331-5120 OK, so I was wrong again. Your beloved Patriots had the most disturbing of losses — to the most annoying of teams. So, there is no justice, and who among us could be surprised at that? Just wait until next year. Brady will get a haircut and be back with a vengeance. Bud Hilton e-mailed me not too long ago and managed to slip in another Marilyn Monroe reference. This time he threw out the “do you want me to scan and e-mail her autograph” gambit. Actually, I was hoping for something even more illustrative of their relationship, but perhaps an autograph will have to do. By the way, I have Steven Tyler and Joe Perry’s autograph — so I’m cool! Michael Schoenwald writes from sunny FL that he is still practicing urology and managing to find time for plenty of travel with wife Susan. In the last few years they have been to Italy, France, England, Croatia, Turkey, the Greek Isles, the Black Sea, Russia, the Ukraine, and Asia Minor. In Dec Dr Mike met with Colgate football coach Dan Hunt while he was on a FL recruiting trip. Joining the coach and Mike at the Marriot in Ft Lauderdale were Jim Wasserman ’54 and Kevin Ryan ’82. Mike is wondering if anyone has heard from his freshman roommate William Laubach? Which reminds me, how is my freshman roomie, Frank Barnett, doing? Frank, where are you? Let us here from you. Lastly, Mike is already looking forward to Reunion 2014. Don’t forget your cow54 scene: Summer 2011 boy hat, Mike. Dr Edward ‘Biff’ Jones sent along some info as to how things are going with the Jones family in Greenwich. Son Charlie, 8, is playing hockey, and his coaches are Mike Richter and Mark Messier. Biff says Charlie likes the hitting and is looking for fights (Biff says he takes after his mother). It certainly makes it tougher to complain about how lousy and clueless the coaches are, doesn’t it, Biff? Biff and Mary’s boys go to the Brunswick School (with the Richter and Messier boys), and Mary and Veronica Richter are good friends. Biff says there is a feeling that Mark may be the next Rangers coach (remember, you heard it here first). Biff says the boys are pretty “free-range” when it comes to sports, and play everything — hockey, flag football, lax, baseball, basketball, tennis, squash, sailing, and wrestling (hey, you forgot golf). Mary and Biff had dinner with Debby and Rich St Pierre ’66 recently and found that the St Pierres are moving from NJ to Boston’s South End to be nearer to their son Greg, who lives in Hingham, MA. Thank you, Priit Vesilind, for so rapidly responding to my request for an autographed copy of one of your histories of Estonia, The Singing Revolution. I was telling one of my friends, who is a history buff, about Juho’s storied career and about how Estonia sang its way to independence, and, since his bday was coming up, it seemed like a good gift idea. Juho came through in heroic fashion and now hopes you will all start the same tradition — books by Juho for every/any occasion. Remember, Juho, if it becomes huge, I want my usual cut. Blake Smith moved his Guardian Angel Program from Wachovia to Comerica last Aug and reports that while it was difficult to move 15 years of court-restricted guardianship accounts, the good news is that most of the judges, attys, and guardians are staying with WBS. Blake invented the Guardian Angel Program in the state of FL to handle certain accounts that were being neglected because financial institutions either didn’t understand them or were afraid of the liability that went with handling them. WBS has opened about 6,000 accounts since he started the program. Way to go, WBS, performing a public service for your fellow man, and actually getting paid for it. Pete Halstead sounds great: I know, he has a great voice, so why is that such a surprise. We spoke recently and he was dog sitting for one of his kid’s Labs and was getting arm weary from trying to throw a tennis ball out of the dog’s reach. Pete has had some health issues, but he is feeling good and thinks that things are under control. Lin and Pete have 7 grandchildren — 4 around the Princeton area and 3 in Duxbury — so he is spending a lot of time in and around hockey rinks and athletic fields. One of his grandsons, who is 13 1/2, is already taller and heavier than Pete — and Pete weighs 175+, so that is saying something. Hopefully he will concentrate on hockey and lax and lead Colgate to victory in 5 years or so. Pete said that Biff Jones has had some medical difficulties over the last few years. Apparently, Biff sounds like he is now nearly bionic, with 2 new hips, a shoulder that required 3 surgeries to get right, and most recently, a broken leg. None of it seems to slow Biff down though, since he does have those young kids to keep up with. Gary Ripple reported that Robin Jaycox ’53, to whom so many of us owe a debt of gratitude, made his annual visit to Williamsburg and stayed with the Ripples. They did play golf, but the scores were either unreported, unreportable, or both. Thanks to Fred Von Zuben ’63 and Phil Howlett ’66 for checking in to see how I was doing. Ralph Verni and I touched base and are going to get together for lunch once the weather gets better in Boston (whenever that might happen). Mike Foley and Kurt Brown are in touch nearly every day in some form or another, and it is good to hear from them so often. Dan Baird, Biff Atwater ’63, Wayne Rich, and Doug Stay ’67 also seem to have a nearly endless supply of amusing e-mails that they send along on a very regular basis, and it is great to get things to laugh about. Your input is appreciated; please keep it up. Take care of yourselves — exercise more, eat better, and laugh a lot. Stay healthy! Dick: 800-829-9199 x5148; [email protected] 1965 Garner Simmons 22126 Providencia Street Woodland Hills, CA 91364-4133 A couple of days ago, I attended the LA reception for Colgate’s president Jeffrey Herbst — very impressive with a good sense of humor and a vision for the future. At the same time, I had a chance to catch up with Randi and Peter Desnoes who drove up from their home in Indian Wells as well as Debbie and Jim Eppolito ’66 and Ted Vaill ’62. I gave Casey Knobel a call. Spent time catching up on the finer points of a snowbound MN. Last Sept, Casey played his last tournament in the goal for the MN Old Timers. Traveling to Vancouver for a seniors tourney, they made the finals against another over-60 squad from London, Ont, eventually losing in overtime. After more than a half-century blocking everything that came his way, Casey decided the time had come to listen to his knees while they still actively connect femur to tibia. Also caught up with another Phi Gam, Bob Negley, who is still teaching HS in San Antonio, TX. On March 27, Bob Cranston wrote: “Just saw Rocky Willard in Savannah this morning. He’s doing well. He said to say ‘Hi’ to everyone and that he’s looking forward to walking down Broad St with all of us when the Class of ’65 turns 50. He’s serious – intending to make it all the way to the athletic center with his quad-cane. When I told him he’d have classmates on either side of him, he broke out in a grin.” On to 2015! After reading my snow report in the last column, George Johnson couldn’t help recalling: “All this chatter about snow makes me nostalgic about being ‘stranded’ in Sugarbush during the famous first Jan Plan of the ’60s. A group of guys from ATO had gone there for some weekend skiing and were forced to stay several additional days due to massive snow dumps in upstate NY and VT. Dean Griffith was not amused, but only chastised us for lack of good judgment, since we were covered under ‘Acts of God.’ I had the best skiing of my life following Andy Warner. Staying with him on the slopes and trails allowed me to ski way beyond my skill level and really enjoy it. “Snow is extremely rare in Thailand but I have heard rumors of it in the mountains to the North. Here, on the Gulf, it rarely gets below 70. Life here continues to stimulate and interest me. My progress in the Thai language has been painfully slow of late, but I am renewing my efforts since the locals really appreciate any attempt to communicate in their language. The more I learn about it, the more I understand that Thai is truly a language of the heart, whereas English is a language of the head, and therein lies the communication gap. They do not think like we do. Thus, one of the better ways to understand them is to learn their language.” Lifelong Philadelphia Phillies fans Bic and Joe De Luca are headed for Clearwater, FL, the site of spring training to kick back, catch some rays, and watch a little baseball. Bob Chatelain still manages the Rite Aide franchises in Albany, NY. Works out at the Y 4 times a week. His greatest sight this spring – the snow melt. How much snow was there in New England, you ask? So much that Klaron and Andy Warner turned down a chance to join Lynn and Bud Eisberg for skiing at their cabin in Tahoe and opted for the beaches of FL instead. Had a great call from Ev Egginton, who has finally stepped down from his admin duties as vice provost at NM State and is back in the classroom. Ev’s wife, Wynn, retired this past year, and Ev’s looking forward to doing the same between now and 2012 so that they can spend more time traveling. This coming Oct, Ev is planning to attend the 3rd Annual Peter Schaehrer Memorial Lecture at Colgate by the Peace & Conflict Studies program. He keeps his close ties with Riall Nolan, who continues to teach anthropology and international relations at Purdue. Ken Roffe was back on campus in April: “I had the privilege of attending this past weekend’s Alumni Council Meeting, which was highlighted by celebration surrounding RuthAnn Loveless MA’72, who is retiring after 25 years of service. RuthAnn received all the accolades you’d expect – plus Lee Woltman’s presentation of a commemorative plaque containing a Phil Karli original and signifying RuthAnn’s status as an honorary member of the Class of 1965. We have also established a $350K scholarship in her name to help finance the cost of a Colgate education for Madison County students. At the same time, this weekend, the university dedicated the new campus fitness center.” Geoff Craig’s verse novel The Brave Maiden published by Wilderness House Literary Review has been nominated for this year’s prestigious Pushcart Prize, awarded annually to the best poetry, essays, and fiction published by America’s small presses. At the same time, his one-act play “Do You Take This Man?” will be performed as part of the F.U.D.G.E. (Friends United Developing Genuine Entertainment) 2nd Annual Short Play Festival in Watertown, MA. Geoff writes: “Inspired by Ken Kramer’s example, I’m starting meditation training at the end of April and will be, hopefully, working on a number of programs. Also, I’ve begun working 2 days a week as a salesperson in the Cotswold Furniture Gallery in Great Barrington, MA. Will continue writing (currently working on a new play and a novel) but perhaps a little less intensely.” Don Messinger has recently received a number of accolades for his community service in the Cleveland area. First, his firm, Thompson Hine LLP, presented him with their distinguished service award. Then, Cleveland’s United Way recognized Don at its annual meeting for his volunteer service; and, finally, ORT America (Organization for Rehabilitation through Training) is presenting him with its Jurisprudence Award for his continued professionalism. With his usual dry wit, Don notes: “This year seems to be remarkable for the number of times I’m being recognized considering I am neither retired, planning retirement, or dead (at least I don’t think so). Nevertheless, these honors are much appreciated, and I remain grateful to Colgate for starting me on my career path.” After 11 years of living in the mountains, Rick Bailey and Ginny have moved from Evergreen, CO, into Denver proper. With the U of Denver a mile away, they’ve been able to see some firstrate hockey. Rick continues to substitute teach while Ginny works as a volunteer. Good news: Lee Woodward’s back operation passing. We were acquainted in HS in Utica, but I became much closer to him when we lived in the same dorm freshman year and later both pledged DKE. John and I explored many of the haunts of the Utica area and the adjacent Adirondacks during our days at Colgate. John McGonagle joins me in remembering him as a man you could count on and who was always of good cheer. I will remember him fondly.” Anyone else who remembers John Liddy and would like to share a memory, please send them along for inclusion here. That’s it for now. Please take a moment to jot down whatever’s shaking in your end of the world and send it along. Until then, take good care. In friendship, Gar… Garner: 818-713-1353; 1392 (fax); [email protected] 1966 Robert Malley 322 Shore Road Westerly, RI 02891-3904 I am sorry to pass along the sad news that Marty Juredine passed away on Feb 1 after a bout with cancer. I want to extend our sincerest sympathies to wife Nancy and 2 daughters. I remember Marty as we shared a class or 2 together. He was a good guy and very active in Phi Delt and Colgate athletics. In early Feb, I received the following e-mail from Alan Posner in Boston: “Just finished reading your class notes. Your reference to Steve Howlett reminds me that early (I think it was still dark) one morning several months ago, I bumped into Steve and Phil as they were getting off the Hingham commuter boat at Rowes Wharf and I was heading into my office. Had a nice chat with them. Driving from Boston to Rochester, I also had a chance to see (and stay with) my old roommate Bruce Loveys last summer at his mountaintop home in Richmondville, NY. He is a retired school administrator. Bruce and wife Kayellen were great hosts. I continue to make the world a better place through litigation. In my spare time, I babysit for 4 grandchildren, play trumpet in a Klezmer band, and chair the board of a mental health org.” I also received an e-mail from John Golden, who said he attended the Colgate-Columbia men’s basketball game in Dec with Muni Saltoun, and ran into Brad Anderson there. Brad owns a winery on the North Fork of LI. Many of the potato farms on the North Shore have been converted (and saved from development) into wineries and vineyards and they are certainly fun to visit. Brad, if you’ll e-mail me the name and location of your winery, I’ll give you some free publicity in my next column, and if we visit friends on the North Shore this summer we’ll be sure to stop in and sample your products! Alan Hall was in touch to say that Mike Berger has been approached to be a guest speaker at our reunion and that he believes Mike will agree to this. Alan said that Mike is waiting on the publication of the research papers regarding the cancer drug AlloStim, which he is working on in 2 journals. Now that I’ve retired from Colgate, Barbara and I spent the month of March in Delray Beach, FL. We had a very nice lunch with Susan and Richie Palmer in Palm Beach on March 16, and then Richie and I played golf 2 days later at the lovely and challenging Palm Beach Municipal, an 18-hole par 3 course redesigned by Raymond Floyd and bordering the Atlantic. Needless to say, we both challenged the flags on every hole, but I admit that Richie won the “big bucks.” He is planning to retire from the investment business Kicking stupid cancer She’s eaten dinner with Bette Midler, flown to London to interview Paul McCartney in his office, and sat face to face with the King of Pop. Although she’s grateful for such extraordinary experiences, Lisa Bernhard ’87 said that those who have blown her away more than any celebrity are the young adult cancer survivors whom she’s met through her talk-radio webcast The Stupid Cancer Show. Bernhard co-hosts and co-produces the weekly show with Matthew Zachary, the founder of the I’m Too Young For This! cancer foundation. While children and mature adults with the disease get plenty of attention, young adults are often neglected, Bernhard said. “People don’t realize — and that includes many in the medical industry — that you can get cancer from 15 to 40, so one of the reasons [for the organization’s name and focus] is because those of us who were diagnosed in that age range heard ‘You don’t have cancer, you’re too young for that,’” she explained. “So, tragically, what happens is, a lot of young adults get misdiagnosed or diagnosed at a very late stage.” Bernhard was 29, climbing the ladder in the New York City media world, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She calls herself “one of the lucky Matthew Zachary and Lisa Bernhard ’87, co-hosts of The ones” for a number of Stupid Cancer Show reasons. It took more than a year for Bernhard to be diagnosed, after her gynecologist twice told her that a lump in her breast felt like normal tissue and the initial test by a breast surgeon came back inconclusive. Fortunately, despite the time lag, Bernhard was still at stage 1. The oncologist told her: “You have an older woman’s cancer, and that’s a good thing” — meaning that the tumor was slow growing, which was rare for someone her age. After researching her options, Bernhard underwent a mastectomy as well as breast reconstruction. (Her informative article about her experience, and the available options that many women aren’t told about, appeared in the October 2009 issue of Self magazine.) Following treatment and recovery, she was back on track with her career, working as deputy editor of TV Guide, a Fox News entertainment correspondent, freelancing, and making guest appearances. But Bernhard always had in the back of her mind that she wanted to do something “to help the next ‘me’” — because when she was diagnosed, she didn’t know a soul her age to whom she could relate. In 2009, Bernhard appeared as a guest on The Stupid Cancer Show, and in January 2010, she officially teamed up with Zachary. With Bernhard on board, the show has exploded from 30,000 to 660,000 listens. Episodes can be heard through stupidcancershow.com or downloaded for free through iTunes. Bernhard’s celebrity contacts have helped her arrange guest bookings including Patrick Swayze’s widow, Lisa Niemi, and Darlene Hunt, creator of the Showtime series The Big C, starring Laura Linney. The show and I’m Too Young for This — or i[2]y, as it’s abbreviated — keeps their programming fresh for their audience. “We’re irreverent but always informative,” Bernhard said. “We have fun because, as you can imagine, talking about cancer day in and day out can take its toll. So, we want to give people a place where they can laugh, have some levity, have community.” The show has been nationally recognized by media outlets like the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, as well as given an award by Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong organization. Counting 16 years without a recurrence of cancer, Bernhard hopes the worst is behind her. She’s still a freelance writer and video reporter, and her favorite assignments are those allowing her to intersect her “ridiculous amount” of entertainment knowledge with health topics. She recalled that her hair stood up on the back of her neck as McCartney told her about writing songs with John Lennon in his dreams — but, it’s the empowering survivor stories of her listeners that serve as Bernhard’s continuous inspiration. — Aleta Mayne News and views for the Colgate community 55 John Sabia was a howling success. Rehab has been taking a bit longer (guess our bodies don’t bounce back the way they did when we were 50), but he is up and walking and on the road to full recovery with wife Joan his main support. Home from the hospital and looking for things to do, Lee happened to notice an item in the local paper announcing that they were holding a contest to publish the best love letter for Valentine’s Day. So, without telling Joan, Lee entered. His letter is a truly touching account of their first kiss back in jr high under the mistletoe more than 50 years ago — and obviously they haven’t stopped since. Needless to say, Lee’s letter won and was published as his Valentine’s surprise for Joan. Talk about knowing how to still sweep your wife off her feet 5 decades later. Way to go, Lee. Heard from Steve Glasser asking for Charlie Veley’s e-mail address: “Charlie and my wife, Lynn, were HS classmates in Williamsport, PA, and she wants to contact him to see if they are having a 50th Reunion this year. Meanwhile, we are still going strong here in NJ despite 4 operations in the last 4-and-a-half years including open heart and lung surgery at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC. Our Sandpiper Partners consulting firm continues to serve many blue chip clients. Of our 4, we have 2 kids in LA — including Laura ’93, who has a writing career in TV (including a good run on West Wing. Lynn and I took all 11 of the family over Christmas to the big island of Hawaii to celebrate our 45th.” Noting Bob McCord’s passing and his long-standing relationship to the children of Turkey, former US ambassador to Latvia Jim Holmes writes: “I have only the vaguest recollection of Bob McCord, but noticed the reference to Turkey and the plans by a group known as ‘The Bridge to Hope’ to do something in his memory in rural Turkey. If you would put me in touch with the group, I’d be interested and willing to see if I could be of assistance. As the president and CEO of the American-Turkish Council, I am always looking for productive ways to strengthen U.S.-Turkish relations.” I put Jim in touch with Kathy McCord in the hope of making something happen. Having also helped reconnect Steve Glasser and Charlie Veley (above) as well, if I can do the same for you, just drop me a line. After a long and courageous fight against MS, John Patrick Liddy passed away. Appropriately, the date was March 17th — St. Patrick’s Day — which means that somewhere John is raising hell with the angels and hoisting a celestial pint or two. An econ major, John worked for Kemper Insurance for 32 years rising to head of marketing for the NE. He and his wife, Sharon, lived in Manlius, NY, just up the road from Colgate where he devoted himself to helping the Juvenile Diabetes Assoc, the Oxford St Inn Shelter for the Homeless, and St. Andrew’s Church. Back in late 2006, I called John to see how he was doing. The MS had taken its toll, making speech difficult. But, he never lost his sense of humor and we spent the better part of an hour while he reminisced about everything from Colgate to the DKE House to Hickey’s as well as a trip he took to Ireland with his family to visit his ancestral home and play a little golf. Following our 40th Reunion, Lewis Knapp, John McGonagle, Brian Edgerly, and John Leader took time to drive up to see John and spend the afternoon. He never forgot. He leaves behind his wife, Sharon, his son, John, 2 daughters, Suzanne and Jennifer, and 4 grandsons. Ken Roffe, Bob Cranston, Ev Egginton, and George Johnson all wrote to extend their condolences. And, from the Island of St. Croix where he was visiting John McGonagle, Lewis Knapp wrote to say: “I’m saddened to hear of John Liddy’s Andrew Daddio (6) 2011 Reunion awards: recognizing dedication and service The Alumni Corporation Distinguished Teaching Award was given to Susan Cerasano, Edgar W.B. Fairchild Professor of literature, and Robert McVaugh, professor and chair of art and art history. Robert Fenity ’06, Amy Dudley ’06, and Ivan Kara ’06 (not pictured) were honored with the Ann Yao ’80 Memorial Young Alumni Award. later this year and can’t wait to spend more time in Palm Beach. Richie is in “infrequent” contact with Brooke Dudley, Ben Sibley, and Jim Rand but doubts that he will be coming back for our 45th. He is planning to come back for our 50th, though. A couple of weeks later, I caught up with Gerry Wald for lunch in Boca Raton, where he was involved in an arbitration. Gerry is still in the trenches at his law firm, but he and Bobbi had just returned from a weekend in NYC, where they attended the wedding of Munie and Jane Saltoun’s son Andrew at the Brooklyn Museum. They were joined by Suzanne and John Golden. Gerry said that it was a wonderful wedding, that both Jane and Munie were “glowing” throughout the evening, and that Munie gave a wonderful toast to the newlyweds. Hearty congrats, Jane and Munie, on this wonderful occasion. Congrats also to Gerry and Bobbi on the arrival of their 1st grandchild, a girl. Gerry did admit that they were happy to leave the low 30º weather in the city for warmer Miami. He isn’t sure if he will be attending our reunion. That’s all from here. This column will appear after our 45th Reunion, so you’ll have to wait to read about our reunion until the autumn issue of the Scene. Have a great summer! Bob: 401-322-0908; 322-7411 (fax); [email protected] 19 67 Edward A Ryan 69 Portland Road Summit, NJ 07901-3011 The Humanitarian Award was given to Louis Pizzarello ’71, chairman of Vision 2020/USA and vice chairman of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, North America Region. John Nozell ’81 (left), Robert Kindler ’76 (right), and E. Virgil Conway ’51 (not pictured) were recipients of the Wm. Brian Little ’64 Alumni Award for Distinguished Service, the highest honor given by the Alumni Corporation. Maroon Citation award winners included: (front, from left) Raymond Boushie ’61, Christine Chao ’86, Jeffrey Oberg ’76, Mark Nozette ’71, and Stanley Krohn, athletics volunteer; (middle, from left) Brion Applegate ’76, Edward Werner ’71, Victoria Chun ’91, MA’94, Todd Brown ’71, and Daniel Hurwitz ’86; (top, from left) Barry Small ’76, Stephen Solomon ’76, Lyle Roelofs, provost and dean of the faculty, John Brennan ’81, Karl Stewart ’91, and Jung Pak ’96. 8 For more coverage of Reunion 2011, from complete award citations to photos and video, visit www.colgateconnect. org/reunion. 56 scene: Summer 2011 Pete O’Brien sent the following: “As we all get older and body parts start to break down, I am happy to report that a new right hip in Nov was successfully tested on various golf courses in Naples, FL, in Feb and March — 7 straight days of golf, some 27- and 36-hole days, and no problems. My orthopedic surgeon in Greenwich was more anxious to talk about Colgate, where his daughter recently graduated and he loved to visit, than about my hip. With my wife, Patti, retiring from teaching preschool this year, we will probably spend a little more time in Naples next winter and I’ll follow up on my promise of trying to organize a few rounds with old fraternity brothers on the west coast of FL. It’s hard to believe that we are closing in on our 50th HS Reunions and that Colgate’s will be right behind it.” Former laxers Doug Magill and Charlie Peake were delighted to see the nationally ranked men’s lax team win a big game at Army. In a follow-up message to Charlie, Rick Stege ’65 wrote: “Are you the same guy who used to room up on the 3rd floor, back corner? Sort of a prepschool sort of guy, but not all that bad of a dude? Are you in touch with Surfer Joe? Is the Count alive or did I hear that he bit the dust? Have had some limited contact with Concilus over the years. He’s still in S Korea, I think. Still working my butt off out here in OH. Trying to slow down just a tad. Will root for the good guys from Butler (naturally) in the finals. Have been going back to Colgate pretty regularly for the Schaehrer lectures in Oct. They are kind of on the intellectual side for you, but hell, it’s never too late to teach an old dog new tricks. If Art Clark ’69, CB Blackshear, and Ken Schanzer ’66 are on board, they must be pretty good.” Also heard from Wayne Johnson: “I read your column this evening and was pleased to see your comments about Andy Rooney and Hank Evans, Class of ’42 fathers. One of the last trips I took with my own father, Gerald Johnson, also ’42, was in 1992 to attend his 50th Reunion and our 25th. As I remember, Andy showed up with a 2-seat convertible MG and everyone hovered around enjoying the moment. I attended with my brother Bruce ’69 and the 3 of us had an enjoyable, nostalgic time. Considering how difficult my transition into Colgate was, I have always admired my father’s 3.9 GPA and salutatorian outcome while he worked in the Student Union to make ends meet. Only Bert Ryder ’42, a good friend of my dad, and whom I later met at Colgate, had a higher GPA (4.0).” Wayne, a trustee for the Wentworth Institute of Tech in Boston, is a strong advocate for lifelong learning. He recently gave the keynote address at the 2011 Wentworth symposium, in which he provided a framework for thinking about the future of education and what must be done to ensure graduates are prepared for lifelong learning in careers that combine professional challenge, mastery, and purpose. In addition to serving as trustee for Wentworth, Wayne is a member of the Franklin W Olin C Pres’s Advisory Council, a member of the Natl Academy of Engineering U Industry Demonstration Partnership, the Kauffman Fndn iBridge Strategic Advisory Board, and Chair of the U of TX El Paso I-STAR External Advisory Board. Most recently, Johnson was VP of university relations worldwide at Hewlett-Packard, and for 33 years he held a variety of leadership positions at the Raytheon Company in Waltham, MA. Speaking of lifelong learning, Colgate is offering its 2nd annual Summer on the Hill program in early June. Will try to provide a report on that program next time. Also, in case you missed it, Colgate canceled classes when the Hamilton area received over 2´ of snow on March 7. I’m sure this is not an indication that today’s students are pampered and otherwise not as rugged as we were. I’m just saying they actually canceled classes due to an abundance of snowflakes. Lastly, Joan and Price Varty ’00, and son Jackson, visited Kelly and Tom Houston ’00, and son Joshua, at the home of Tom’s parents, Diane and Robert Houston ’67, in Venice, FL, over Easter weekend. Ed: 908-277-4128; [email protected] 1 96 8 Jay Benedict 333 Brampton Court Lake Forest, IL 60045-3410 Well, it’s that time of year again in Chicago — cold, rainy, and after 3 games, Cubs fans are saying, “Wait ’til next year.” Got a nice note from John ‘Hank’ Dow, who writes: “In the fall, wife Roz and I visited the widow of Prof Downie. He was in my father’s graduating Class of ’33. She is well into her 90s and is still living in her own house in Hamilton. She enjoyed showing us some pictures of faculty when they were very young. “Roz and I also took my son John ’11, and some friends to the Syracuse-Colgate football game. I was astonished by how rude Syracuse was, at one point playing clips of great Syracuse plays when Colgate finally had managed to score. “We went to the recent hockey win over Harvard and sat with our son and friends. That surely brought back memories of going with the fraternity and heckling the opposition goalies. What fun those days were.” John also pinged me and asked whatever happened to our ATO house dog, Lunch. I reached our Jim Locke, who is living in Louisville, semiretired, and doing a bunch of volunteering with the VA. Jim is also just starting mentoring of business students at the U of Louisville grad school. Jim last remembers that Lunch went on to grad school, but not sure where. I asked if he has heard from his roommate Mike Bonfils, who also cared for Lunch, but no word in about 20 years. Mike, if you read this, please forward an update for the next Scene. Peter O’Neill writes that he and wife Ann traveled with Michele and Cal Trevenen and their respective children and grandchild to the FL Keys for a week in March. Pete is happy to report that it did not snow and they had to settle for temps in the 80s, total sun, and gentle breezes. Per Pete: “Given how we were toughened up by the winters at Colgate, we managed to survive. It was a great trip as Ann and I joined Cal and Michele with our son Michael ’00 and his wife, (Cal’s daughter) Brittany ’00, and their 3-month-old, Abigail ’XX, at Hawks Cay, Duck Key, Mile Marker 61 in the FL Keys. The Trevenens’ son Matt, a Princeton grad, and his wife, Hilary, another Tiger, and their 2-month-old, also joined us. Sipping cooling drinks poolside, riding bikes around the island, playing tennis, and eating wonderful, fresh fish was quite relaxing. By the way, Cal can still hit a mean tennis ball as he took on the resort tennis pro. Cal does admit to having been totally exhausted after 40 minutes of hitting with the pro, though. Age has both advantages (I was smart enough not to hit with the pro) and disadvantages (Cal was “all in” after his experience). We even traveled 1 day to Key Largo to play golf at the “tony” Ocean Reef Club. One of the overall highlights was having lunch at a local “joint” and watching a squall come across the water from the NW and slam into us. We were safe, but the speed and forcefulness of the storm were actually quite impressive. A temporary temp drop of some 15° to 20° was equally impressive, but as we were leaving the next day, the temporary change in the weather was not an impediment to our high spirits.” Also heard from Phil Goetz, who is winding his business career down. Phil owned a sales agency dealing with the denim jeans industry for the last 11 years. Phil and wife Arlene spend a lot of time skiing in the Aspen, CO, area. Ned Frey and wife Gail visited in the fall. Phil talks to Russ Jones several times a week. Russ owns a hearing aid business (maybe we can get Colgate rates) and visits Phil in S CA several times a year. Russ is doing well and in great shape. Phil’s bones creak on occasion, but other than that, his health is good. Karl Borden writes: “I’m still teaching at the U of Nebraska (prof of financial econ). I took a sabbatical 2 years ago as a sort of ‘trial run’ at retirement and drove myself crazy. Finally determined that I am in no way ready to call it quits. I just plain love what I do too much. Where else does someone pay you to hold an audience captive and pontificate for 3 hours every week? My wife continues to practice medicine as an independent-practice family nurse practitioner and also has no intention of stopping any time soon. Let my classmates know that I live just 3 miles from I-80, smack dab in the middle of the country (the 1733 Ranch is just down the road from us, so named because it is 1,733 miles from Boston and 1,733 miles from SF). Anyone passing by is welcome: we’ve got a big house, kids grown and gone, and the best Scotch bar in central Nebraska.” Jim Smith is a 1st-time contributor to the Scene. He and wife Kathy live in semi-retirement in Hendersonville, NC, where Jim still practices commercial real estate law. They have 2 daughters, Jennifer ’03 and Kelly. Both were recently traveling together and were unlucky enough to arrive in Christchurch, NZ, about an hour before the recent earthquake and may have snapped one of the last pictures of an undamaged Christ- church cathedral. They were lucky enough to escape Christchurch relatively quickly and relatively unscathed. Bob Locke writes: “Without boring you and everyone else with the details, I have been very fortunate. I have a wife of 40 years, Sherry (Wells ’71), 2 kids, 37 and 35, a son-in-law, daughter-inlaw, and 4 grandchildren aged 4 to 9. After starting out as a school teacher in NYC, I switched to banking. My banking career was highlighted by 3 years in Mexico City, and in the late 1980s by being fortunate enough to start a community bank with a group of others here in MD. Today I am semi-retired and am focused more on interacting with grandchildren and exotic travel. We plan on traveling now while we still can.” Bob recently traveled to India with Sherry. As Bob goes on, “The trip to India was fantastic, but not for the fainthearted. We are still suffering from sensory overload. The US seems very calm, clean, orderly, and somewhat boring in comparison. Tom Carpenter ’66 and wife Bonnie were on the trip. You might remember Tom as a star halfback at Colgate. Since retiring from the FBI, he has spent his time becoming both a 1st-class punster and photographer. Needless to say, he got many fine pictures of our trip. “One of the things that I found somewhat frustrating is that it is hard to capture the essence of India with a camera. Urban India, complete with cows, camels, elephants, and monkeys, not to mention rickshaws and assorted overloaded modes of transport, was chaotic to say the least. How our bus driver negotiated the mayhem was nothing short of a miracle.” See a picture of Bob and Sherry in front of the Taj Mahal at our class page photo gallery at Colgate connect.org. Bob went out of his way to say his Colgate education was a great preparation for the business world. And, in spite of living just 5 miles from where he grew up, his best friends are the friends he made at Colgate. Andy Weiss is an administrative law judge with the Social Security Admin and is located in the LI, NY, office. Andy recently volunteered to conduct hearings in Utica (because of case overloads) so he could sneak down and visit Colgate. In Nov 2010, Andy wrote an article for the Maroon-News, which is great reading and brings back more than a few memories. (www.maroonnews.com/commentary/alumni-column-what-astrange-long-trip-it-s-been-1.1746764) Sue and Merritt Weisinger have been married 32 years. They live in Danville, CA, where Merritt is a principal with Walnut Creek Family Law Ctr Inc in Walnut Creek (specializes in high-conflict divorce). He is a board-certified family law specialist certified by the State Bar of CA and is in court 4– 5 days a week. Merritt and Sue have 3 children. Their oldest, Aaron, is 27 and was to be married in Santa Barbara in June, middle son Ethan, 26, works for their firm as an atty, and Elizabeth, now 22, is in a PsyD program in LA. She started the program at 20 1/2 and was the youngest by 5 1/2 years. They spend a lot of time at their house in Lake Tahoe skiing in the winter and jet skiing, fishing, etc, in the summer. As Merritt says, “It’s our escape from reality.” Heard from old roomie John Boardman. “My youngest daughter is in Burlington, VT, so I get to visit with Bill James (our other roommate), who lives across Lake Champlain, from time to time. School marches on, and I hope to sell the house soon, and have already moved to Philly. Finally heard from Kevin Gleason, who is in FL for the moment, but often in CT. Driving through Saratoga Springs reminds me of our visits to Skidmore and a band out of Animal House, Otis Day & the Nights. Stay well. Rock on. Still have the Skyliners and Chuck Berry, and Little Richard albums!” Jill and Alan Frumin traveled to Westport, CT, to join classmate Andy Roffe and wife Anna, as well as Andy’s brother Ken Roffe ’65 and wife Val, at the wedding of Andy’s son Michael ’02 to Randy Nozik. In Jan 2011, Alan spoke to the Colgate DC Study Group (headed by Prof Michael Hayes) at the Capitol. Later that day, he visited with many of the students and Prof Hayes (and his wife) and again at the University Club for the DC stop on the inaugural tour of Colgate’s new Pres Jeffrey Herbst. Alan’s daughter Allie ’07, a newly minted member of the MD Bar, attended, as did Elizabeth Oblinger ’10, now working on Capitol Hill for 1st-year senator Rob Portman of OH. At the event, Alan chatted with George Abramowitz ’67, Pat and John Gillick ’67, Doug Bregman ’71 and his daughter Lauren ’04, the Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman ’70, and Colgate’s VP for alumni affairs, RuthAnn Loveless MA’72. When asked how he is doing, David Vanderwerken writes: “Same ole, same ole — for 40 years. In April I will receive a mantle clock for my 40 years in the Dept of English at TCU (That’s Rose Bowl Champion TCU!) at the Service Awards Ceremony.” Bruce Calvert and wife Marjie are enjoying semi-retirement. He retired from Alliance 6 years ago. They live in Chicago 6– 7 months of the year. “I am spending some time with my oldest son on a fledgling investment business, so I have an office to go to, which gets me out of the house most days (Marjie is grateful). We still spend summers in Southampton and take a short winter weather break, this year Sea Island, GA. Our younger son is working in Beirut, which makes him happy and us nervous.” Bruce says he loves reading the Scene to hear what everyone is doing now, so please take a few minutes to send in your updates for the next issue. John Blackmore reports that it’s been nearly 5 years since his return to Hamilton, and says it’s the best move he’s ever made. He’s recently uncovered classmates David Hughes and Paul Hadley living in the area (David being a Colgate librarian and Paul the Madison County public defender). John’s father Robert Blackmore ’41 was honored in March for his gift of the Blackmore Jazz Archive to the university. Daughter Caroline Blackmore ’08 plans to open Good Nature Brewery, Hamilton’s first microbrewery, in Sept using locally grown hops and barley. Fellow ATO Larry Anderson writes: “Richard Cunningham, Cory Ferguson, and I had a mini class reunion in Aspen earlier this month during our annual ski trip. Cory is still very active in real estate in Snowmass, and Richard is back in the OR with United Health Services in Binghamton. It is very convenient having an in-house doc to tend to the damages these ski trips inflict. Also joining us was Chum Landers (Yale ’68), who was a regular attendee at our ATO parties, including the memorable linen closet party of 1967.” After 30+ years with Phillips Petroleum/ Conoco/ConocoPhillips, Bill Hakes has retired to become a consultant to the petroleum industry. He has been having a great time working with a software company for the industry. Has relocated from Aberdeen back to London and enjoys spending time in the south of England. Heard from my other Stillman roommate, Bill James, who provided a great update: “John Boardman and daughter Molly dropped by a couple of months ago. Molly lives across the lake, in Burlington. We’re hoping to see John again this summer. News and views for the Colgate community 57 “Your note prompted me to find Kevin Gleason. He was at the beach in CT — having gone up to make sure things were battened down for ‘Earl.’ After that, he spent several weeks in NZ and Australia, and then back to FL. Since then, I think he took a trip to Sardinia, just to burn off some expiring air miles. “My daughter Marion began college at ColbySawyer in New London, NH. She played on the women’s soccer team and enjoyed it. Since the college is only 2 3/4 hours away by ferry and I-89, we were able to go to many of her home games. “My wife, Kenda, spent several weeks this year on Navy duty in Korea doing very interesting work. She flies to CA monthly for her weekend regular drills. Right now, she’s in Norfolk, VA, working on a special project that will continue through the summer. We have an apt there and trade weekends away. She’s a captain (0-6, equivalent to colonel in the other services) in the Supply Corps (as I was when I retired). “I’m continuing in my law practice in the North Country. I closed the SF office last year and am working from Willsboro. With all the new technologies, I ‘see’ my clients in CA now more than I did when I lived there, and either they or I had to travel through traffic. This past semester I’ve been teaching a course in labor history at the local community college. I took it on for the experience and find I enjoy it. I’m no Doc Reading, but I do a pretty good job. Most of the community projects I had a hand in starting when I came here (local fife & drum corps, Champlain Valley Film Society, etc) have reached maturity. I’m looking around for something new. Haven’t settled on anything yet. Right now, the front-runner is a short film. “With my daughter heading off to college, I began to think about the books we had to read in preparation for orientation and, later, in our classes. So, I started reading them again. What a revelation! I understand and enjoy them far more than I did when I was 18. Perhaps that shows some sign of growth in the past 45 years. I hope so.” Jay: [email protected] 1 96 9 C James Milmoe 1700 Verrazzano Place Wilmington, NC 28405-4040 My winter was brightened by some happy personal news. Our daughter, Anne Milmoe ’97, called in late January to announce her engagement. A few days later, Denis Cronin paid a surprise visit to Wilmington. Denis reported that his daughter is also getting married. This led to many rounds of father of the bride toasts. Denis sat in a Manhattan bar while his wife and daughter took a limo to visit reception venues. I stayed close to home and watched NCAA basketball while my wife and daughter visited Colorado Rocky Mountain venues on skis. I saw Cronin again at Colgate in early April at a dinner honoring RuthAnn Loveless MA’72 who retired in May. Mike Martin, Bob Seaberg, and Ron Burton were also there. Denis’s term as a trustee is over. He did a great job as a leader of the successful capital campaign, and in selecting our last 2 presidents. He confessed some disappointment at Rebecca Chopp’s somewhat premature departure, but expressed confidence that new pres Jeffrey Herbst would be an outstanding president. I was able to meet briefly with Pres Herbst and was favorably impressed. We discussed several topics, including how long the explosive growth on international student applications will continue and what the implications 58 scene: Summer 2011 might be. International students, now mostly Asian, are very bright, most are full pay, and very few play football or (except for the Canadians) ice hockey. Also at the dinner was Paul Bradley ’67, who participated in a musical evening at the Madison Restaurant in Long Beach, CA, with Mark Miller, Bud Hedinger, and other Vintage Thirteeners. The debate between Barry Spitz and Barrett Katz about who was the youngest person in our class has ended. The Spitz-Katz debate ended in a draw when Spitz conceded the honor to Katz for our class, but claimed it for the Class of ’68, the class he actually graduated with. It is a good thing Spitz settled. NY Appellate Judge Tom Dickerson, who remembers Katz well as a “very bright, very young” classmate, might have taken the case for decision in his appellate division court in Brooklyn. Tom thinks he may have been the oldest in our class having joined us in 1966 after a tour in Vietnam. I figure he is now Medicare eligible. Internet Connections Dept: Like just about all of you not named Barry (Spitz or Katz), I will become eligible for Medicare next January. This past January, thanks to Facebook, I got birthday good wishes from Jep Possee, Tom McTaggart, Don Kinsella, and Nick Brill. I also got good wishes from several purveyors of products promising to protect my health against what TS Eliot called “the cold friction of expiring sense.” More Internet connections … a business associate of mine was in a meeting to put together a proposal for an international energy project. She recommended that “CJ” Milmoe be on the team. One of the proposal managers asked if that was “Jim” Milmoe, from Colgate. She said, “No, his real name is ‘Cornelius.’” Then Jim Christensen fired up his laptop, went to his Facebook page, and found my picture among his friends. Within minutes, I got e-mails from both of them saying I would be a good addition to the team. Our class vintner Hank Skewis wrote that he was at his local health club wearing a Colgate T-shirt and he was accosted by the twin brother of Jim Weaver. Hank stays in touch with track teammate Greg Leroy, who works for the Oklahoma Dept of Human Services. Hank, Greg Costich, and Bill Miles sent notes expressing their sorrow at Tony SantaCroce’s death. Greg reminded me that Tony was instrumental in the renovation and restoration of the Earlville Opera House just after graduation, saving it from demolition in 1971 and restoring it as a historical landmark. Costich also found the promotional material for our 40th Reunion that included a Howard Cosell interview of Tony. Barnet Kellman attended the SantaCroce memorial service in January in LA. It was held at a large theater on the Paramount lot, and it was moving and very well attended. Tony’s family had flown in from the East Coast; his brother, nephew, and son all spoke lovingly about the “big brother/paternal” impact Tony had on them. They were followed by many of Anthony’s show biz collaborators including Tony Shalhoub. Many people, old and young alike, credited Anthony with giving them their breaks, for generous mentorship, loyalty, and a big, loving heart. Barnet himself said “a few words to represent all of us from Colgate. When I said I knew him since 1965, jaws dropped. Hard to believe.” NY broker Keith Radhuber wrote that he had participated in 2 sleepovers for Paul Schneider ’70. Paul and Keith roomed together (along with Bill Holbrook) in the London Borough of Chelsea and Kensington near the Royal Albert Hall in 1968. They saw The Doors perform a second time, along with the Jefferson Airplane, in an all-night concert at the Roundhouse. Paul and Barbara visited Janice and Keith at the Jersey Shore in late spring and the Radhubers returned the visit last fall. They are exchanging info about Southern living as a possible venue for retirement. Schneider figured in another Colgate deal I brokered. Rob Gunther ’72 was eager to get a copy of the 1970 Beta composite. I had entrusted that long-missing treasure to Schneider last year so he could take it to his reunion. Paul is making digital copies of the composite for Rob and other interested parties. Contact me or check the alumni directory for his e-mail address. I got grateful reader fan mail with little news from Ted Schaefer and David Bailey. Bailey requested that Arizona contractor John McCaleb get in touch with him (John, please contact me for Bailey’s e-mail address). David may need work done on his home in Kiawah Island, SC, or his home in Arden, NC. John Higgins spent an extraordinary amount of time organizing people to go to see the ragtag Colgate hockey team during the regular season, before their remarkable playoff run. He corralled, at one time or another, Frank Gasparini, Dave Knauer, Mike Brown, John Gibney ’72, Jep Possee, Bill Reitzell ’74, Al Frank, Art Clark, Pete Lewine, and Nick Brill. Gasparini attributes success of the endeavor to the 6 main ingredients of a road trip: good people, a car that doesn’t break down, music, women, beer, and pizza. They sent a picture of the group taken at the Yale game, which I will post on our website. It looks as if beer and pizza are the primary ingredients. Al Frank put in a plug for burgers at Louis Lunch for the New Haven trip. Proving that he is not just a hockey fan, Art Clark asked me to mention the 3rd annual Schaehrer lecture at Colgate on Oct 13. More sports news… CJ Milmoe was a big winner in John Gillick’s ’67 NCAA Final Four Bracket tournament for the 2nd year in a row. Winning is not that difficult, since participation is mostly Hibernians who foolishly expect teams like Notre Dame, BC, Villanova, Marquette, and St Johns to win and go deep. Several Colgate friends, including Don Kinsella and Jim Molt, who know I am in the nuclear industry, asked me for reassurance that the Fukushima incident was not as bad as it seemed on TV. I was able to say at that point, the economic loss to TEPCO will be severe, but with no casualties from radiation, the losses from Fukushima pale in comparison to the loss of life and property damage from the earthquake and tsunami. Molt was particularly concerned because he was retiring from his post managing regulatory affairs from a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Effective March 22, he planned to be consulting, taking it easy, and hoping his pension fund is not entirely invested in TEPCO stock. Contact me for his new e-mail address. Jim: 910-256-5522; [email protected] 1 970 George Murphy Jr 1510 Ocean Avenue Mantoloking, NJ 08738-1516 Charles Wilson sent the following e-mail just before our publishing deadline: “I’ve been consulting now for 10 years and enjoying the variety and challenge very much. While not a consummate sales person (pretty typical for many consultants), I really enjoy making clients’ lives easier and less stressful. I’d be pleased to connect with interested classmates via LinkedIn (Charles T Wilson, CMC) or Facebook (Charles T Wilson) and my business page (RiskSmart Solutions). We are in the SF Bay Area and our son’s family, with wife and 2 grandchildren, live close by. His 1st 2 years were spent in Hamilton, first above the drugstore right downtown then house-sitting Prof Nicholl’s home a bit out of town. Our daughter’s family, with husband and 1 grandson, is near Pasadena, CA. Hobbies continue to be work (!), fly-fishing, and road cycling. I just had a hip replacement 7 weeks ago and am waiting to get back on the bike soon.” Bob Engelman just missed the deadline for our last issue when he sent me his updated family info: “Danielle is a 1st-year at the U of Central FL in Orlando. She’s livin’ large and lovin’ it. She has a lot of friends from HS there, including her boyfriend, and that made the transition easy. She had a B average her 1st semester, which is waaaay better than my 1st one at Colgate. Diana is happy she chose UCF over FSU because she’s only 4 hours away instead of 8. Joey is a HS jr. He stopped playing baseball (broke my heart) to concentrate on his passion for producing videos. He’s making good bucks each month from YouTube. His channel is uncuthashbrown, and he mostly does comedy shorts. He is now working for www.ubeea.com hosting a show aimed at teens called Real High School Life. Good buck there, also, and if Google TV takes off and the web and TV viewing kind of blend, he stands to have a real career while still in his teens. The boss thinks he has the “It factor.” It turns out he would have easily made his school team, and everyone was kind of surprised he didn’t go out. He was getting hitting lessons from former Marlins outfielder Bruce Aven, and when I told him that Joey might not play, he went and spoke with him since he was really impressed with his hitting, smarts, and attitude, but he had lost the passion for baseball. I really miss watching him play, but I’m proud of what he’s accomplishing with the video work. “Diana and I are doing well. She keeps the home fires burning while I’m off flying the 777 for United Airlines, mostly to Shanghai and Beijing, China. I was on the larger 747-400 for 4 years, but the flying got lousy, with only 5– 6 day trips to Asia, and I like the 3-day type, so I bid down to the smaller plane for the better routes. “I recently had the good fortune of being introduced to 2 ’Gate ATOs at their annual spring break brunch at Peggy and Bat’s Beach House in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ. Kenny Hale ’74 and Phil Gunn ’74 and spouses provided plenty of old ’70s Red Raider stories and good-natured jousting with each other about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry etc. “That’s it for now, hope everyone is enjoying a great summer with family, friends, and relatives.” Ed O’Donnell wrote in with the following: “Blair Davis ’51 embodied the ‘spirit that is Colgate’ as much as any grad ever. He was pres of Colgate Club of DE and held beautiful events in Hotel Dupont, where he worked for Dupont Company. I can still taste the food at the 1st event 40 years ago. He made me pres of the local alumni club as his successor. In later years, whenever I needed a lift, I would knock on the door of the house where he and wife Pat lived. He would always give me donations for my charitable fndn. Food, rides, friendliness, and vintage Colgate positive thinking. When he was sick, once I visited him in St Francis Hospital and took him a beautiful rosary. He was a devout Catholic. He loved Colgate with a passionate love and exemplified Colgate’s best values! “Joe Dilts ’46, football captain under Andy Kerr, had the strength and discipline of his Aug football training camp days. When he was at Dupont Company he made people rewrite anything that lacked grammar, syntax, diction, spelling, and proper sentence structure (good thing I did not work for him!). He bought former DE gov Russell Peterson’s autobiography from me and made a financial donation to my charitable fndn. He loved the Kiwanis Club and did much good work for it. He and his wife had delicious food at their DE and Colgate football tailgates!” Murph: 732-892-0217; 7806 (fax); [email protected] 1 97 1 Richard C Beck 4290 SE Augusta Loop Gresham, OR 97080-8435 As you read this column, our 40th Reunion will have come and gone. As of this writing, 21 classmates have signed up to attend our June celebration. My next column will have something on the reunion. But, for now, this is what I have to report on our class. Barry Spodak writes that in the aftermath of Rep Gabrielle Giffords’s assassination attempt in Tucson, he made his 4th appearance on 60 Minutes. He was interviewed about the threat assessment work he does with the Secret Service, the US Marshals Service, FBI, Capitol Police, and numerous college campuses. By coincidence, at the time of the interview, he is scheduled to visit Colgate in May to help the university set up a campus threat assessment team. Marc Black teamed up with artists John Sebastian (The Lovin’ Spoonful), Eric Weissberg (“Dueling Banjos” — Deliverance), and noted pianist Warren Bernhardt to perform “No Fracking Way” to raise concerns on the use of hydrofracking to mine natural gas in NYS. The artists performed at NYC’s Great Hall of Cooper Union on April 14. Proceeds from the program will help raise money to produce a music video on the topic. I am saddened to report that Dr Alan M Gewirtz passed away last Nov after losing his battle with lung cancer. A researcher of cancers of the blood, he was affiliated with the U of PA School of Medicine. He headed the school’s hematologic malignancy program at the Abraham Cancer Ctr, where he spent his career working on novel therapeutics for the treatment of leukemia. After graduating from Colgate, Alan attended SUNY Buffalo, earning his MD in 1976. He performed his residency at Mt Sinai in NYC. After spending the 1982–1983 academic year as an instructor at the Yale School of Medicine, he began his Philly career at Temple U School of Medicine. He was an asst prof from 1983–1989 and an assoc prof in 1989–1990. With the move to Penn, he held an assoc professorship until 1996, when he was promoted in 1998 to full prof. In 2004 he became the C Willard Robinson Prof of Hematology-Oncology. Since 1993 he had been a member of Penn’s Institute for Human Gene Therapy, where he became a leader in stem-cell biology and therapeutics research. Alan’s scientific contributions were published in numerous scientific journals, and he was recognized for his professional contributions by the Doris Duke Fndn, the American Soc of Hematology, and the American Soc for Clinical Investigation, among others. Besides being a gifted researcher, he was a talented physician, being recognized multiple times as one of Philly’s “top docs.” Colleagues viewed Alan as a true “renaissance man,” who had a sense of grace, life, and whimsy. He was a passionate pilot who never failed to bring smiles and laughter to those who met him, and who was even known to bring his dog Sparky to a conf. Alan is survived by his wife, Joanna Opalinska; son Jamie and daughter Emily Stiebel; 3 brothers (Elliot ’69, David, and Henry ’67); a granddaughter; and former wife, Elizabeth Bien ’72. I have also learned that John K Leonard died peacefully this past Feb at his home in Wayne, PA, after battling a brain tumor for 7 months. Upon leaving Colgate, John had a long and successful career in the insurance business from which he retired as pres of CIGNA’s group insurance in 2000. Since that time, he remained active as a consultant. Outside of work, John had 3 passions. He devoted time and energies to his community, volunteering as pres of the congregation at the United Church of Christ Valley Forge; chair of the board at the Lancaster Theological Seminary; and chair of the board of Philly Academies. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hiking, river rafting, and kayaking. John had a special love for Blue Mtn Lake in the Adirondack Mtns, where he realized a childhood dream by purchasing Thatcher Island in 1989. John was dedicated to protecting the beauty of the lake by participating in the Blue Mtn Lake Water Watch. His 3rd passion was for owning and racing thoroughbred horses. He was a founding partner of both Marchfore Thoroughbred Enterprises and Lionheart Stables. He was also a partner in West Point Thoroughbreds. John is survived by his wife of nearly 40 years, Linda; his 2 daughters, Sarah and Jennifer; his mother, Marjorie H Leonard; his sister and brother-in-law, Janet and John O’Loughlin; and a niece, nephew, and 2 cousins. Mark D Nozette notes that a number of classmates reached out to him in the wake of Michael Michael’s death. Regrettably, he and Michael lost touch with each other over the years, so Mark was shocked as anyone to learn of Mike’s passing. In talking to Carol Michael, Mark learned that Michael had been diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer on New Year’s Eve 2009 and died the following Oct. Mark remarks: “As we approach our 40th Reunion, Michael’s loss brought back a flood of memories: the enormous contributions he made to the school while we were there and also the daily examples of his kindness — and good humor — that made him so popular and that enriched all of our experiences at such a formative age. I am grateful to have known him.” Until next time… Richard: 503-512-8085 (H); 986-3375 (W); 504-8431 (C); [email protected] 1972 David M Brockway 201 Lincoln Road Horseheads, NY 14845-2267 Well, as I write this in early April, there is still snow piled in store parking lots. It’s been a long winter. I drove through a snow squall the other day on my way to Norwich, 25 miles south of Hamilton (more on that later). As I was driving, I seemed to recall some actually very warm April days in Hamilton back in the ’70s. Must have been later in the month, but I especially recall a few such April days when dozens of us would be playing Frisbee, catch, or whatever on Whitnall Field, with someone having The Beatles’s “Here Comes the Sun” blaring out of a window nearby. No MP3s back then. Just good old scratchy vinyl. On Harman-Kardon turntables. With things called “needles.” Via Frank Barrie, about whom I wrote in the last column, I received news regarding Tom Bennett, who’s been teaching history and social studies at Jamesville-Dewitt HS (near Syracuse) for the past 37 years. Tom and wife Renee Bennett (MA ’74) reside in Manlius. Tom was recently given the Distinguished Service Award from the NYS Council for the Social Studies (NYSCSS). Tom adds this to his other accomplishments, including the CNY chapter’s Distinguished Service A helping paw As a child, Kelly Connolly ’96 was the “Dr. Doolittle” of her street. At Colgate, after an experimental psychology course, she rescued what became her pet rat, Ralph, from euthanasia, making him an unlikely popular resident of her sorority house. So, it’s not surprising that Connolly continues to both support animals and use animals to support people. Currently a student at Vermont Law School, Connolly was named an Albert Schweitzer Fellow last May. The fellowship is a national program that aims to develop graduate students into “leaders in service” by helping them design and develop a community service project dedicated to the health needs of underserved communities. Connolly is building a pet therapy program for the assisted-living center at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt. The project is in its infancy, but is quickly gaining momentum, even among Connolly’s busy classmates. She has built a core group who regularly volunteer their time — and pets — to visit the folks at Gifford. “Pets are becoming increasingly prevalent in people’s lives,” Connolly explained. “Their emotional and physical benefits can only help when you have someone in a facility who can’t speak, who doesn’t necessarily recognize their own family, or who may feel isolated. That’s why I decided to implement the program at Gifford.” Connolly’s familiarity with the benefits of therapy pets stems from her volunteer and career experiences. From 1996 to 1998, while working as a paralegal in New York City, she volunteered at night to gather data about the effectiveness of a pet therapy program at St. Vincent’s hospital. “That experience cemented my interest in helping people with pets,” Connolly reflected. Connolly then earned a master’s in public policy with a focus on animal welfare from Tufts University in 2001, and her pet therapy involvement rose to the next level when she took a job with the Humane Society of the United States as an issues specialist for companion animals. There, she promoted the benefits pets confer onto their caregivers, including lowered blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and increased levels of endorphins, which lead to feelings of well-being. Connolly noted that “pets help maintain mental acuity. If someone is with an animal, they are more likely to interact with the environment around them.” Additionally, pets are proven to reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation. “It’s kind of like having yoga with paws,” she said. Even with Connolly’s background, building the program at Gifford had its obstacles. “It’s tricky because people always think that therapy animals have to be certified, but [in fact] there is no universal therapy program,” she explained. Initially, she hoped to use animals from Humane Society shelters, “but it’s difficult to analyze the behavior of a pet that has just been dropped off or rescued by a shelter. It became a little bit of a liability issue I had to work around.” Instead, Connolly’s program relies on volunteers’ pets, including one of her own cats, Paddington. Of course, she, too, experiences Paddington’s therapeutic benefits. Connolly’s pets have helped her manage the stress of returning to a busy school schedule. “They’re my own therapy animals!” she exclaimed. Connolly also might call her animals “career counselors,” because they helped give direction to her law career. “I always knew that I wanted to go back to law school and work on public policy issues,” she said, “but working with pets in a hospital setting has led me to pursue a career in health care and insurance policy reform. It’s a great way to combine my two greatest passions: public policy and animals.” — Jason B. Kammerdiener ’10 News and views for the Colgate community 59 Get to know: Barry Small ’76, Colgate Trustee – Board of Trustees since 2005; chair, finance and endowment committee; vice chair, athletics committee – Athletics Hall of Honor, 2008 (soccer and baseball) – Chairman of the Board, Weeden & Co. LP What’s your most memorable experience at Colgate? There are two. I met my wife, Laurie (Feeney ’78), at Colgate. We didn’t start dating until later, but we met on her first day as a freshman. The other is my relationship with my soccer coach, John Beyer, which continues today. He still lives in Hamilton. Every time I come to town, we get together and have dinner. We hear you once challenged the men’s soccer team to a footrace. Back in 1998, the coach, Mike Doherty, asked me to make a donation to the team. I said, “I’ll race the entire team in a 60-yard dash before the alumni game. For everyone who can beat me, I’ll contribute $1,000.” Here were all these 20-year-old kids looking at this 45-year-old man saying, “There’s no chance I’ll lose.” I had a quick step out of the box, so after 20 yards, I was near the front. Then they started catching up. More than half beat me, so I still had to write a good-sized check to Colgate, but we had fun, even though a lot of the players weren’t too happy with me. They didn’t know you’d played professional soccer! Those two years were my MBA in life. I got drafted out of Colgate by the Dallas Tornadoes. Soon after, I switched to the New York Apollo in the American Soccer League. The team only had one other American, and the goalie didn’t speak English. The different cultures and perspectives were a tremendous education. Tell us about your work. I’m one of those rare people who’s been at his job his entire career. I started at Weeden & Company — an institutional broker-dealer specializing in equities trading and research — in 1978. The trading desk is an exciting place. News is disseminated immediately, so you have to adapt quickly. And you’ve got to study — there’s a lot of information out there to be synthesized. As the board’s finance and endowment committee chair, could you explain how Colgate’s endowment is managed? Our committee of about 10 people makes the ultimate decisions. Outside consultants help us consider asset allocations and manager selections, and the talented Colgate staff reporting to David Hale ’84, financial vice president, and led by J.S. Hope ’97, director of investment, helps us frame the challenges and sift through opportunities. Our portfolio is structured to hopefully do well in almost any market environment. There is a conservative element that we think is very important and appropriate for the size of Colgate’s endowment. The real goal of an endowment is intergenerational equity. We not only have to provide for students today, but also tomorrow. What would you do with an unexpected afternoon off? I’m gonna read, read, read. I have a book on my desk, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, so I’ve got a long list. I’m reading Ted Conover’s The Routes of Man. My son, Colin, who’s 23, gave it to me for Christmas. Would you go parachuting? I like adventure, but heights are not my thing. I like speed, so I’d go 200 miles per hour in a car. What advice would you give yourself 35 years ago? There’s a voice deep inside you, which is your moral compass. Listen to it. — Rebecca Costello Award and the SS Teacher of the Year award. He has also served for 12 years as VP of the CNY NYSCSS and ran the professional development program. For over 10 years he has helped lead State Sen Lorraine Hoffman’s Civil Rights Connection trip to MI and serves on the board of the Natl Abolition Hall of Fame in Peterborough (NY). Both Bennett sons attended Colgate, Ethan ’06 and Jeremy ’09. Ethan has been contributing restaurant reviews to Frank’s knowwhereyourfoodcomesfrom.com website. I was reminded that I truly failed my editorial duties last year by neglecting to report on a mini-reunion that I, myself, had even attended in July. Becky and Dave Bliss, along with sons Orrin and Reyer, hosted a long weekend gathering at Newfound Lake in central NH. Among those making the trip were Robin and Harry Mullin from HI, Terri and Alan Chipperfield from Jax Beach, FL, Peter ‘Luke’ Lukacsko from Westchester, Joyce and Jeff Bliss ’75 (and son Garret) from Alexandria, VA, and Bill Webb, who wandered over from his Inn on Golden Pond located on Squam Lake. (Visit our class page photo gallery at ColgateConnect.org to see a group photo.) The weekend included wonderfully warm weather, great food and appropriate libations, as well as swimming, tubing, and boating captained by Dave. We also pored over old pictures, Colgate paraphernalia, and what was left of our memories. A number of us had spent a month living on the Navajo Reservation in Seba Dalkai, AZ, for our ’72 Jan Plan, so we also pulled out the vintage Kodak slide projector and marveled at how little we had aged in 38 years. Speaking of Harry Mullin, he recently sent me a picture taken during one of his ocean kayak trips. It is an amazing photo of Harry with a few other people sitting in a kayak in the middle of the ocean as a whale jumped up out of the water some 50´ from their kayak, close enough to see the barnacles attached to their bellies. Meanwhile, I had occasion to exchange some electronic hellos with Dr Paul Russo ’75, a classmate of Jeff Bliss ’75. Paul’s eldest daughter, Grace, is a pre-med student at Dartmouth, and Paul was able to get up to at least one Dartmouth-Colgate hockey game in Jan (looks like Dartmouth won 7-3 that night). He also saw an earlier game at the Prudential Ctr (Newark) where Cornell edged out the ’Gate 4-3. In March, I hosted a regional child welfare court improvement gathering for judges, lawyers, and social workers in Elmira. Our guest speaker was Michele Cortese ’83, who is an atty and dep dir of NYC’s Ctr for Family Representation. Also in attendance at the conf was Judge Julie Campbell Fein ’84, who is a county judge in Cortland, NY. Now, about that Norwich trip. That was for a judicial meeting. Colgate connections were around the courthouse. Julie Campbell Fein was in attendance, and I also had occasion to visit with Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dowd, father of DC atty Kristen Dowd Calic ’98. Chenango County Judge Howard Sullivan was also present, father of Denver atty Charles Sullivan ’90. Given the hour, I’m going to wrap things up for now. Keep me posted and best to you all for an enjoyable summer! David: 607-739-0267 (H); 737-2901 (O); 737-2961 (fax); [email protected] 1 973 Marc Gettis 43 Summit Avenue Gillette, NJ 07933-2007 Dick Weiss became a grandpa. His eldest, Emily — now living in Ft Lauderdale with her husband, 60 scene: Summer 2011 Nate (an editor for CBS Sportsonline) — gave birth to a daughter. Dick is a contributing editor for the St Louis Beacon, an online nonprofit journal founded by a group of people who left the St Louis Post-Dispatch in 2005. The journal has attracted millions in grants and is considered one of the leading online news sites of its kind in the nation. Dick also operates WeissWrite LLC (website listed on our class web page), which offers writing, editing, and coaching services to students, journalists, and businesspeople nationwide. He recently met up with fellow ’73 alums John Menard, a dentist in Clinton, NY, and Tom Murano, a marketing exec with Panasonic, living in NYC. While I will not disclose the source, it was reported that since 1973 Dick is slightly heavier, Tom has slightly less hair, and John looks exactly the same. Already a grandparent, Jennifer Smith Linck is pretty much retired these days, but remains active in dance classes, a nearby Bible study, and visiting her 2 children. Jennifer’s son, Brett, is a flight surgeon in the Air Force (major), though formally trained in pediatrics, and is stationed in Germany with Jennifer’s grandchildren, Erin, 6, Anna, 2, and a newly born grandson (whose name was unavailable at press time). Jennifer’s daughter Kimberly is married and works as a critical care nurse in the neuro ward (all spinal cord/head injuries) in Salt Lake City. After years as a partner in a large law firm and later heading his own small firm, Rob Besanceney has limited his practice to assisting land conservation orgs, mostly on a volunteer basis. A significant part of his efforts has been on farmland protection projects with federal, state, and local funding and involvement. “Since NYS is behind many states in these efforts, the work has been challenging.” Rob’s youngest daughter, Christen ’04, is in a doctoral program at Albert Einstein Medical School in the Bronx. Rob’s oldest daughter, Laura, is the upstate public affairs specialist for Empire State Development. Because Rob’s wife, Laura, and Christen’s husband all attended St Lawrence, things get a little touchy in the household around the time of Colgate vs St Lawrence hockey games. David Michonski’s book, Unlocking the Gate: Power Marketing for Luxury Real Estate, (see winter and spring columns) got 5 stars (out of 5) from Clarion Reviews, an independent reviewing service. When David checked in, he was headed to Colgate to attend a Thirteen concert and the annual Thirteen banquet at Brae Loch. David’s son, who recently completed his jr year, is a member of the Thirteen. Scheduled to join David on this outing was Anne Eddy Beaty ’76. Also among the authors in our class is David Rasch, who lives in Carmel, CA, and works as the ombudsman for Stanford U, where he does conflict resolution and mediation with faculty, staff, and students. David recently wrote a selfhelp book for blocked and procrastinating writers (which he says took him years to finish), The Blocked Writer’s Book of the Dead (see our class web page for info about the book and David’s blog). For enjoyment, he’s been writing songs the past several years, which recently led to the creation of a rock band, The Droolers, consisting of David and his 3 nephews. “I know I was supposed to do this in my 20s, but evidently I am a late bloomer.” David married Ixchel Leigh in June 2010 in Carmel, CA, with Gene Morrison and Kevin Smith in attendance. I will dispense with the usual plug for our class web page, as it has numerous mentions in this article (just a reminder, our class web page is now located at www.colgateconnect. org; open the alumni menu, go to “clubs, classes and groups,” and select “Class of 1973” on the pull-down menu). If you’re not receiving my periodic e-mail blasts, please adjust your settings (or check your spam folder) so as to allow e-mails from my address and from noreply@imodules. com. Gabe Schechter took time out from freelance editing, researching, and writing the 1st draft of the best thing he’s ever written to make the drive to Hamilton with wife Linda for the dedication of the Robert Blackmore Jazz Alcove in the library, and filed this report: “The reception (with a 3-piece jazz combo, very fittingly) included speeches by John Blackmore ’68, Pres Herbst, and Prof Jane Pinchin. I enjoyed talking with profs emeriti Donald Berry and Tom Brackett; even though I didn’t have any courses with them, it was good to make the connection with people who were at Colgate when I was. After the reception, we got a tour of where the collection is stored, a remarkable apparatus called LASR, in which 17,000 of his jazz records are stored in 40 bins containing 425 albums apiece. The alcove, on the 3rd floor, is a fitting tribute to Blackmore, including lots of photos, and featuring the historic Duke Ellington concert at Colgate on Dec 12, 1940. I got a special kick out of the photo of the man who later introduced Ellington, described as Colgate’s ‘biggest swing fan,’ making Ellington crack up backstage. The swing fan with the jutting chin? I give you… Dr Douglas Kugler Reading.” During our time at Colgate, I remember hearing stories that Prof Blackmore’s floors had to be reinforced to sustain the weight of his LPs, but assumed this was more urban legend than fact. However, Gabe reports that, according to John Blackmore in his talk at the reception, the foundation of the Blackmore house was reinforced not once but twice. Apparently, Prof Blackmore did not go for passing format trends such as 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, mp3s, etc, as it is believed his entire music collection consisted of LPs. “His entire album collection numbered about 40,000, so less than half of his collection was jazz. He had lots of blues, rock, and classical, too.” For info on 3 of Gabe’s books, which have already been published — Victory Faust, Unhittable!, and This Bad Day in Yankees History — see our class web page. This issue’s award for the most succinct summary of accomplishments goes to Ted McLyman, who wrote, “I’ve recently started 2 new companies, completed a couple of triathlons, and written a book, Money Makes Me Crazy! A Prescription for Money Sanity.” (See our class web page for more details about the book and Ted’s websites.) Kathy Burns was kind enough to check in, primarily in response to my plaintive e-mail blast soliciting material for this column. She’ll have more news in a subsequent column, but for the time being, mentioned that she had met Pres Herbst at one of the West Coast stops on his tour. Jim Kevlin and wife MJ proudly report that their son Joe, who graduated from Cooperstown Central School in June, has been accepted and will be attending LaSalle U in Philly beginning in Sept. He has received LaSalle’s Presidential Scholarship. Jim’s older son, John, is a real estate lawyer in SF. Sean Hallahan received an invitation from Pres Herbst to the dedication of the new fitness ctr and promises a review. In Feb, Sean again joined Colgate students and ALANA administrators on their annual NYC tour of Harlem. The tour focused on Spanish Harlem, but included visits to Sugar Hill, the Abyssinian Baptist Church where congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr ’30 was pastor, dinner at Amy Ruth’s, and a private tour and mini-amateur night at the Apollo Theatre. A fascinating and very detailed account of the entire tour, with significant historical context, provided by Sean, is posted on our class web page. Sean was recently in contact with Hon Patrick ‘Hopi’ White, a judge of the US District Court, S District of FL, about plans to visit Colgate students. “Hopi had addressed the Colgate summer OUS program when we met on campus some years back. He’s a terrific, inspirational speaker. The kids were riveted. We had a great catch-up. We spoke about maintaining a state of grace in our lives, and being present for wisdom, and maintaining our health and vitality for decades to come.” Colgate’s ALANA has expressed considerable interest in meeting Judge White and possibly bringing him to campus, which Sean hopes works out. When Fausto Miraglia checked in, he had just spoken to Bill Barnaskas, whom he’s planning on catching up with at the Jersey Shore this year. The inclusion of Rick Eytel will make it a small Phi Psi reunion. Fausto assures us that the cast of The Jersey Shore will not be included, as he finds the show to be “a big slur against Italians and the stereotyping should hear loud protests from all of us.” Fausto also heard from Bill Cornachio, who had just celebrated his 60th bday and sounded very happy on the phone. Marco Caviglia, who is still practicing law and is still a bachelor, has told Fausto that he may take a trip to MD on his motorcycle. Fausto occasionally speaks with Steve Worthy, who is still involved with music and who Fausto says “is one of the most talented musicians I ever had the pleasure of playing with during my time at the ’Gate.” Fausto traveled to Italy again in May for his niece’s wedding in Rome by the Lake Bolsena area. Rob and Laurie Allison ’75 Gunther live in Narberth, PA, outside of Philly, and have raised 3 terrific kids, who all went to great small liberal arts colleges: Russell ’04, Paul (Kenyon ’06), and Allie (Bowdoin ’10). In what is now his 4th year as a class agent, Rob has been in contact with a number of classmates including Dennis Martin, with whom Rob worked at Keating Building Corp in the middle of the previous decade. Russell recently became engaged to Meg Lyons ’06, adding another Colgate couple to both the Colgate and Gunther families. Laurie is a partner with Alexander & Pelli, a boutique trusts and estates law firm in Philly. Rob has a solo law practice concentrating on software licensing, commercial agreements, and general corp and real estate matters, and is a member of GenCounsel LLC, a consortium of former in-house attys supporting the needs of corp legal depts. Rob notes that GenCounsel attys often serve as p/t “in-house” counsel much the same as employed counsel do (although without the great benefits package). He attended a Marc Black ’71 house concert hosted by Tom Mauceri in Holland, PA, in Jan. In March he caught up with former English prof Janet Francendese, who taught at Colgate in the late ’60s and early ’70s and is now a sr editor at Temple U Press. Rob sings with the Orpheus Club of Philly, a men’s choral group formed in 1872 (of which, he hastens to add, he is not a charter member) and will be heading off to the 50th Philadelphia Folk Fest in Schwenksville, PA, in Aug as the kick off to his 60th bday celebration later that month. Rob would love to hear from classmates. A few correspondents have mentioned 60th bdays, and I assume the overwhelming majority of us have reached or will reach this milestone this year. Any thoughts or words of wisdom? Is it the new 40? Is it the new anything? Marc: 908-580-1414, 580-1946(f); [email protected] 1 974 Gregg McAllister 21 Ross Street Batavia, NY 14020-2307 I enjoy writing class news, but there has to be some news to write. Send it my way. Any little news is good; don’t think it’s too trivial. Hope everyone has a great summer. Gregg: 585-345-6154 (O); 343-9796 (H); [email protected] 1 975 Carolyn Swift Apt. 514 2022 Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC 20009-1316 Summertime greetings to one and all. Not much news this time, so I’m hoping to hear your summer plans for vacations this year. I’m hoping they bring you all to the DC area so we can get together and chat! I heard from classmates saying that the video link I had in my last column didn’t work: the correct link to the 2010 Reunion (for those who missed it on the updated electronic column) is http://offices.colgate.edu/Video_Console/Console.asp?VideoID=737. I was really happy to hear from Amani Ayers, asking about Colgate events in S FL, where she lives. She unfortunately missed the Thirteen when they were there, and then missed another Colgate event because her mail came late. She says she reads each issue and is always excited to hear all the positive contributions grads are making in the global community. HEAR! HEAR! Makes me very proud to be a Colgate alum! Meanwhile, my HS class has been planning a 40th Reunion this summer, and it’s really making me wish I had a Colgate get-together coming up, too! Are you having a 40th HS Reunion? If so, tell me about it and we’ll compare notes! I also finally managed to get together with Kathy Rohn LeDain in March and we both have heard classmates saying they wished classmates saw each other more often. We are thinking of ways we might be able to do that, and if you have any ideas, either of us would love to hear them! We are both really looking forward to the Colgate WAC Book Club meeting here in DC. And that’s it for the summer issue. Until fall, enjoy and take care! Carolyn: 202-483-0809 (H); 752-7169 (O); 752-6158 (fax); [email protected] 1 976 Valerie Avedon Gardiner 40 St Andrews Road Severna Park, MD 21146-1439 Reunion 35 is 2 months away as this column is being written. Frustrating for this editor, as by the time this Scene is in your hot little hands, you will be eager to read of Hamilton highlights and that issue but those won’t be along for another few months. In the meantime, let’s catch up with Joelle Procopio Taylor in Rome, NY, reporting that daughter Rachel has accepted an invitation to join the Peace Corps, stationed in Burkina-Faso, a French-speaking country in sub-Saharan Africa. With a 2-year commitment, the Taylors are already planning an African adventure to go visit. Very cool. Already overseas, Gail Cohen Zamri shares that she is working on a real estate license, continues teaching seniors exercise classes, and that her youngest, son Adam, is commanding a course in his stint in the Israeli Navy. The rest of her “kids” are working and thriving in various corners of the world. Maybe they’ll run into Kevin Glynn, who recently shared some Facebook news that he has been recalled to active duty by our Dept of the Navy and was due in for a physical as of this writing. Yikes, stay safe, K. More military-ish news: Jeffrey Jay Johnson proudly announces that though it’s not CU for his son Max, he did receive an appointment to the Air Force Academy. Congrats to the Johnsons. Happy to report that Lawrence Marceau, who — although he lives in New Zealand, is very connected through marriage to Japan — said his friends and family were not directly affected by the deadly tsunami. Hallelujah. It was good to hear so quickly back from him after I posted a Facebook query as to his well-being. Love Faceboook. And speaking of social media, our own HS admissions counselor extraordinaire, Lee Shulman Bierer, was selected as a member of the Unigo Expert Network, along with other top admissions experts throughout the US. Lee’s advice will be found each month in places such as US News & World Report, Seventeen mag, The Huffington Post, and more. I’d like to personally thank her for her advice and support as my HS sr went through the process. Times have certainly changed in the college admissions world and it was great to have a go-to gal. Gracias, Lee. Our class update continues with proud parent scoops: Both Rob Collum ’75 and Chris Carsky have super swimmers in the news. Daytona Beach, FL’s, News Journal’s “Male Swimmer of the Year” is one of many kudos for Rob’s son David, a sr at Deland HS. And Cece Carsky-Bush, a Saratoga Stingray, nails the 100-yard butterfly, which has landed her more than 15 minutes of fame and press coverage in upstate NY’s Saratogian. Andrew Rubin’s son Matt has chosen a musical path and dad updates us via Facebook on a regular basis. Google “Mikey Jr and the Stone Cold Blues,” fresh off their stunning success as semi-finalists in the Memphis Internatl Blues Challenge, and check to see if they are coming to a venue in your town. Hats off to all these sons, daughters, and the ’76 parents who support their endeavors and achievements. Parents Mike and Cathy Schneider Dowgin took their kids (CU Classes of ’06 and ’09) along with them and uber-couple Harry and Sue Shibel Horwitz and Jeff Grossman ’75 and his wife on a NYC Alumni Pub Crawl where Cathy reported that they were by far the “oldest” group. HA! All the crawling tired them out after only 2-and-a-half pubs and they all found themselves continuing their gettogether in the peace and quiet of a fine Italian eatery instead. Can’t say you guys didn’t give the pub crawl the old college try. Ha! Putting this column together continues to be a thrill for me — and so many of you have encouraged me to take up “real” writing. I am doing just that for Patch.com, as a contributor for the Severna Park edition of this AOL-sponsored daily online “newspaper.” Interviews, photos, and several columns under my belt, I truly enjoy my new work, much of which I can do from the comfort of my couch, computer in lap. Friend us on Facebook to see my stuff. Check online, too, for a Patch in your hometown. A great new resource for local happenings, it’s all about keeping in touch — something our class does well, so I’ve had excellent training. Look for news on Reunion 35 next time around. Can’t wait to CU ’76ers. Valerie: 410-987-8808; [email protected] News and views for the Colgate community 61 1 97 7 1978 Carl P Barone 176 Reilly Road LaGrangeville, NY 12540-9530 Linda Pattillo Suite 230-271 245 N. Highland Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30307-1936 Now that everyone has made it to another summer season with time to unwind and kick back, hoping some of that spare time allows you to send in some news for the column. True to fashion, received holiday greetings from Carolyn and Ladd Connell around Valentine’s Day this year. That is one way to make your greetings stand apart from the rest! Carolyn continues to sell real estate in northern VA and enjoys participating in the New Dominion Chorale. Ladd has completed his 2nd year with Conservation Internatl, as dir for multilateral relations, having retired from the State Dept in 2008. Conservation Internatl’s focus is on using innovative finance to incorporate ecosystem services into sustainable development strategies. His work has taken him to the Asian Development Bank in Manila, the African Development Bank in Tunis, the UN Food & Ag Org in Rome, and most recently, to Conservation Internatl’s office in Madagascar, to co-lead a workshop on donor relations. Ben is in his 3rd year at VCU, majoring in econ, while Mollie graduated from George Mason U with a double major in global affairs and French last spring. Paul Florentino, MD, FACP has been elected governor of the VA chapter of the American College of Physicians. Paul is the deputy commander for the National Naval Med Ctr in Bethesda, MD, and future Walter Reed Natl Military Med Ctr Bethesda. He’s also an assistant prof of med for the Uniformed Services U of Health Sciences. Paul lives in Alexandria, VA, and his main areas of expertise are internal and executive med. Enjoy your summer! Carl: 845-227-1854; [email protected] I hope all are having a relaxing summer and spending time at their favorite beach, lake, mtn, or other serene place. Congrats to classmate Michael Jenkins, who was profiled in the spring Scene. Michael won the prestigious Skoll award for his foundation, Forest Trends. Michael sent in this note: “I spent 10 years in Haiti, Paraguay, Brazil working in tropical forestry. Would be great to appeal to any grads who run businesses interested in sustainability that would want to partner with Forest Trends.” It was great to receive an e-mail from my former next-door neighbor at Newell Apts, Shelly Orenstein. She is living in Toledo, OH, writing grants for her local science ctr. Shelly’s daughter is a jr at Middlebury and her son is spending his jr year of HS in Australia. A last-minute appeal for news sent to Manny Bonnesen produced a quick and welcome update: Manny writes that her son is graduating from U of Richmond this spring and Ginny McColough Keeshan’s daughter is graduating from Tulane. “So how old does that make us?” asks Manny. Reports are that Lindsay Mather Forgash, Maureen O’Connor, Robin Flam Salzman, and Caroline Davenport Johnson had a NYC meet-up. Must get details of that one! Linda Upsall Feuss sent a text from Colgate, where she was attending the Alumni Council meeting and hanging with Bruce Morser ’76 and Karl Sparre ’77. Through LinkedIn, I got to catch up with one of my favorite former W Andrews buddies, Randy Pickard, who wrote: “Listening to a Barry White song the other day brought back memories of W Andrews.” So true. Randy is in wholesale now, having launched a new website, shoppingbasketsplus.com, and he is still in Chicago. After hearing from more than 30 classmates on LinkedIn, I started a new LinkedIn group called Colgate 1978, so please join, share news, and pass on an invite to other classmates. We also have a Facebook group called Colgate 1978 that needs members and updates! As the Scene is published quarterly now, there is a lag from when news is sent to when it is published. The Facebook and LinkedIn groups are a way to share news on a more immediate basis, and I will repost in the column as well. So reach out via Facebook, LinkedIn, or e-mail and send news! Linda: [email protected] 1 979 Kimi de Murga Apt. 1A 227 E 66th Street New York, NY 10021-6413 I received this news via Facebook after my last deadline. Susan DeVico continues her work as a communications consultant in the solar industry. She has been very focused on the efforts to make this renewable energy technology mainstream. She represents several key solar companies, and chairs the communications committee for the Solar Energy Industry Assoc. Last summer Susan had a great time with Amy Vecchione and Claudia Kuhnlein Eaton when they visited the Bay Area. The day after Thanksgiving, Goldie Blumenstyk enjoyed seeing Kenny and Patti Binder Spindel, Claudia Dricot, Ivy Epstein Austin, Tammy Payne, Walter Steinmann, and Mary Jo Ashenfelter, along with various spouses and their musical children. Although Goldie was not able to take advantage of DC’s record snowfall last year, due to a tendon injury, she was able to hit the slopes this winter. Bob Feeley and Tammy Payne are thrilled Patrick will be graduating from college this year, so they will be down to only 3 college tuitions! If you haven’t had a chance to buy Gary Hughes Bender’s book, From Grief to Celebration: How One Family Learned to Embrace the Gift of Down Syndrome, it is available at down syndrome teenager.blogspot.com. It truly is an inspirational and touching story. Kimi: 212-517-6776; [email protected] 1980 David H Alvord 424 Washington Avenue Oneida, NY 13421-1906 Shirt tales Wellness wardrobe: From “Colgate Runs on Wellness” to “Why Not?” to “What’s in Your Tank?” The three iterations of T-shirts for Colgate’s Wellness Initiative encourage healthy, purposeful, and balanced lifestyles. 62 scene: Summer 2011 Your editor has a niece and great-nephew who were sitting in the Tokyo airport when the earthquake hit. They escaped unscathed but the baby has had to be evacuated here to Oneida due to the environmental hazards. Dan Kobrin reports that he and wife Marj overnighted in NYC around the time of his bday in March. Mark Williams helped his mother up in Rochester celebrate her bday and visited with his father in Alberta. Betsy Olum has been appointed gen mgr of beauty and merchandising strategy at HSN, where she began consulting in January. Previ- ously, she spent 10 years at Sephora as SVP of marketing. I’m hoping to visit the Big Apple sometime this summer. In the meantime, I’m happy to get any news you have. David: 315-363-2117; [email protected] 19 81 Nancy Horwitz 77 Islington Road Auburndale, MA 02466-1009 By the time this column appears in the Scene, our 30th Reunion will be in the past. I’m sure that it was a great event with lots of memories and stories of 1977–1981 told (and retold … and retold) and laughed about. I am also certain that quite a few new stories/memories were created during the great weekend. Many were unable to make it to Hamilton for reunion, so please don’t hold back … drop me a note or e-mail me so I can update our class on your news! Looks like more and more of the children of our classmates are following in our footsteps. Lucas Meyer’s older daughter will be attending Colgate in the fall, which prompted him to write the following: “It’s been many years since I’ve written something to the Scene. As you know, life sort of happens. But since my older daughter was admitted early decision to Colgate’s Class of 2014, I wanted to say that a) I am renewing my commitment to the university, and b) I’m overjoyed that Alexandra (Ali) is going to follow in her old man’s footsteps. Colgate was the first school she visited, and it was love at first sight. I remember feeling the same way back in the fall of 1976 when I visited for the first time; mother lent me her new Mercury for the trip.” For many of us, we can relate as our first trips to Colgate were quite special as were the years that followed. Although our life journeys have taken many differing paths in the years following our graduation, those 4 years were, for all of us, the starting point. Keep the e-mails and letters coming so that we can stay connected to one another as those journeys continue on… Nancy: 617-558-9781; [email protected] 19 82 Margie Jiampietro Palladino 37 Boulder Road Wellesley, MA 02481-1502 This is yet another difficult column to write. After reporting in a recent Scene column the deaths of 2 classmates (Eric Schoenlein and Lennox Sterling), I am sad to report the passing of Jeff Warlich. Jeff spanned the classes of ’81 and ’82. Colgate alums from our class as well as ’80, ’81, and ’83 were present at his memorial service. Some ’82 attendees included Paul Leesman, Ted Trautwein, Lee McConaughy Woodruff, Lauren Potter D’Onofrio, Meg Heffron Fraser, Mark Miller, and Pete Palladino. Jeff loved life and his passions — golf and athletics, friends, work, and most importantly, his daughters and family. His Colgate friends said Jeff had “not a bit of arrogance and a mellowness that is rare in such an accomplished man.” Jeff, who lived in Rowayton, CT, spent 25 years at JP Morgan in NYC, most recently as executive dir. He was a strong role model for his work team, and his competitive nature ensured he excelled. His family and many great friends will miss Jeff’s tremendous warmth, generosity, sense of humor, and love of life. He lives on in his 3 daughters, in the successes of his JP Morgan team, and in many strong and lasting memories he made with his family and friends. A catalyst for keeping good friends connected, Jeff held an annual Retro Day Party, which became legendary among his Colgate friends, and was an avid participant in the annual JS Golf Tourney at Seven Oaks. Ted Trautwein, now mourning Jeff’s passing, had previously written to me about his memories of Lennox Sterling. Ted writes, “The summer before I entered Colgate, I, like all of us, received a letter or postcard — can’t remember — stating our new roommate’s name. The name typed on my letter was Lennox Sterling. ‘What the hell is a Lennox Sterling,’ I asked myself. Evidently, it was a Canadian hockey player. That fall, we met in Eaton, the 1st day of 1st year — just he and I in this shoebox of a room. We shared those cinderblock and linoleum quarters for 3 days and 3 days only. I played a practical joke on him, which evidently did not go over very well; he moved out the next day to room with Ky, a fellow teammate on the hockey squad. Before I really understood what had happened, he was gone. Over the course of the next 3 years, things reversed themselves; we became very good friends, pledging the same fraternity and sharing more than a beer or two together. Graduation came and went, and we subsequently followed the individual courses of our lives. I did not know what had become of him, nor him of me, I’m sure. But he is an indelible part of my memory, in the same way any college roommate becomes a thread in life’s fabric. In my mind, he remains as he always was, as I knew him in 1978, this chubby-cheeked, curlyhaired hick from Canada, eh, whose nickname perfectly captured his personality: ‘Harpo.’ I am saddened by his death, which is remarkable because I knew him, in the grand scheme of things, so briefly. If I think about it, that’s probably a testament to the incredibly gentle and kind guy he was. And I can only imagine that his family and friends are diminished by that loss. I guess why I’m ultimately writing is because Lennox’s death reminds me of the sudden, random nature of life (or is that death?). I find myself sitting down at my keyboard, watching the years evaporate, and pondering the fact that Lennox was just here, just moments ago. And before I knew what had happened, he’s gone (again).” Thanks, Ted, for sharing those memories with us. Although I have other news, I will reserve it for the next column in honor of Jeff, Lennox, and John. I just want to leave you with the thought of our 30th Reunion, which is coming up next year, May 31 to June 3. It would be great to see all of you back under the tent. The years are going by, so let’s make the most of the present. Margie: 781-235-9386; [email protected] 1 983 Gwen Tutun Campbell 22 Old Hill Road Westport, CT 06880-3016 Hello all! I received an e-mail from Steve Boulay out in UT: “My company (I am 1 of 5 partners) produced 2 profitable shows on Broadway this year: a limited 4-week run of Donny & Marie: A Broadway Christmas in Dec and an ongoing run of Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, which just replayed tonight at the Brooks Atkinson theater after a 3-week hiatus. We produce and present a number of other touring shows, including the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas tour, Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles on tour, The Magic of David Copperfield, and Lord of the Dance, and produce Broadway seasons in Salt Lake City, Akron, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Boise, Albuquerque, Fresno, Eugene, CO Springs, and Honolulu with shows like Wicked, Lion King, etc. Our website is www. newspaceentertainment.com if you want to see all the shows and markets we currently have running.” Mark and Wendy Matthews Kluge had much news to report! “Wendy and I haven’t reported any news for a while, but we’ve been emptynesters for a few years now. Our oldest son, David, was married in July 2008, and he and wife Holly live in the Rochester area near us. Our daughter Carolyn was fortunate to be hired as a music educator in Buffalo last fall after spending her final semester studying violin in Seville, Spain, and our youngest son, John, is finishing his undergrad degree in music, studying the cello while applying to grad schools for composition. No grandchildren! Wendy went back to college about 10 years ago and earned her music education undergrad and grad degrees and is the 6th-grade band director in the town we live in and loving it! I have been a partner in a wealth and risk mgmt firm that I co-founded over 20 years ago.” Finally heard from Austin Murphy, who, in his unique fashion, writes: “Trauma of recent 50th bday party ameliorated from Neil Torpey ’82 — having flown from Hong Kong. Surprised by my parents, Patricia and Austin ’51, who flew to the Bay Area from Rhode Island. In 29th year at Sports Illustrated, 4th book coming out in May — The Happiness of Pursuit — a collaboration with Davis Phinney, pioneering US cyclist (1st American to win a stage of the Tour de France), who is now suffering from early onset of Parkinson’s. The book is a memoir of hope.” Katy Badt Frissora wrote in about an April weekend gathering with Class of ’83 gals in Cazenovia for a 50th bday celebration: “We danced to music that brought us back to evenings playing pool at the Jug, including The Police, Squeeze, and Marshall Tucker Band. The weekend included a wistful look at the old Hickey’s bar, now used as a cosmetic counter, and ironically, seeing Arthur on the movie theater marquis (wasn’t the original Arthur playing back in 1981 at the Hamilton Theater?).” Visit the photo gallery on our class page at Colgateconnect.org to see a photo of the group: Nancy Cox McSorley, Kristen Peth Klawitter, Laurie Schmall Kedersha, Kathie Deasy Kinney, Paula Chestnut, Christina Kelly, and Katy Badt Frissora. (Out in Seattle, Nancy Pratt Hawkes received a late-night phone call from her partying pals. If you’re ever in Seattle, visit the Woodland Park Zoo, where Nancy is general curator.) In other news, John Hooper is in NY and recently was named one of five 2011 BTI Client Service All-Stars by BTI Consulting Group. An atty, John’s practice includes defending companies in complex litigations, including a variety of commercial, product liability, financial services, intellectual property cases, and consumer class actions. Thank you to those of you who wrote in. Would love to hear more! Happy summer! Gwen: 203-226-2608 (h); 203-856-2922 (c); [email protected] 198 4 Diane Munzer Fisher 4356 Stilson Circle Norcross, GA 30092-1648 As I am writing this column, I am getting ready to attend a congratulations reception for the new members of the Colgate Class of 2015. Anyone from ’84 with a child heading to Colgate in the fall? Time does march on. In the news of just how old we are, David Rosenbloom writes: “I was playing hockey at the Park City ice arena when I spotted a 20-something woman with a Colgate hockey jersey. Turns out she played for the Colgate women’s team in 2007 or so. Complicated mathematical calculations revealed to me that she wasn’t yet born when I attended ’Gate, which caused me to feel very old.” If you can’t remember what Colgate was like back in the day, check out the Colgate 1984 Video Yearbook that Bob Connelly posted on the Colgate Class of 1984 Facebook page. Lots of memories to relive! Class news is a little thin this issue, mostly because I didn’t send out my usual call for info via electronic means. I am happy to report that Michael Michalski won a natl quilting competition with his entry, Prairie Window. Michael, who studied costume production at Yale, has had a successful career working on Broadway shows. John Chin is working at Verizon Wireless in Basking Ridge, NJ, as a user experience design manager in the device marketing dept. Last fall, he traveled to Boston with son Matthew to see the Museum of Science and other points of interest. While there, John met up with Elizabeth Hinkelman for dinner near Harvard Square. Elizabeth is the VP of development for Galactic Village Games. Virginia Grote McAllister’s company, Iron Horse Architects, was selected as part of a team lead by Anderson Mason Dale Architects to work with Santiago Calatrava as the architect of record for the New South Terminal at Denver Internatl Airport. Enjoy the rest of your summer. Looking forward to hearing from more of you next time around! Diane: 770-209-9341 (h); [email protected] 1985 Michael Yardley 18806 North 95th Street Scottsdale, AZ 85255-5562 It’s difficult to believe that a whole year has passed since reunion. It seems like only yesterday we were under the tent in Hamilton, catching up on old times and listening to the curious musical selections of the most sought-after DJ in Madison Cty (or so we were told), EJ the DJ. Interestingly, though, the song selections didn’t seem to deter Glenn Sandler from asking girls to dance. What a refreshing reminder that even after 25 years, some things haven’t changed a bit. On to the news: I’m still trying to get more people to visit our class page on Facebook. I saw recently that John MacDonald checked in from faraway Madrid. John said he was “thinking about old friends, and last reunion” and he would love to hear from classmates via Facebook. He appropriately signed off his post by saying, “Big Saludos to all!” I also got a note indicating that Jeffrey Issacs is now COO of Goldman Sachs’s legal dept in the NYC area. I was sent a recent newsletter article from Orthopedics This Week that featured Dr Jeff Goldstein, who is dir of spine service at NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases. The article went into detail about Jeff’s area of focus in his orthopedic practice and also touched on many of the research initiatives he has led in his field of medicine. Lastly, I got a nice note via e-mail from John Fountain, who passed along lots of classmate news. According to John, “I met up with Tim Yates a couple of weeks ago in Tahoe. Tim is the risk manager for the Northstar ski resort, which was just recently bought by Vail Resorts. Tim put myself, my daughter, and her friend up Colgate seen The spirit of alumni sporting their Colgate gear is seen here, there, and everywhere around the globe. Where was your latest spotting? On a Machu Picchu trek? At a mini-reunion in Pocatello? An election polling site in Houston? We’re collecting photos of Colgate sightings around the world. Send them to [email protected]. Alison Fraser Heisler ’89 and children Amelia, Thomas, Honor, and William at the Grand Canyon on a family road trip out West. “Our Suburban will never be the same!” Heisler said. Julie Puchkoff ’87 is triumphant in maroon after completing the 71 km (with 3,553 meters of elevation gain) Queen Charlotte single-track mountain bike ride through Marlborough Sound, New Zealand. News and views for the Colgate community 63 1986 1988 PeacePlayers International for now. Please send me an e-mail, or go out and post on our Facebook page! Michael: 480-301-4459; [email protected] Owen and daughter Emerson Kate. Mike recently caught up with Jim Ruggeri, who is a partner at the law firm Hogan & Lovell in DC and lives in VA. Jim’s oldest daughter, Courtney, is graduating from HS this year and will be attending Colgate in the fall! Mike saw Mike Capuano, who is working at Cisco and enjoying life in sunny CA. Mike spoke with Jim Digan, who is doing well and working as the head of development for Rochester Hospital. Jim travels a lot and has continued to race in a number of marathons and half marathons. Jim also recently bought a ski house in VT. David Shaw writes that he is still primarily a sculptor and has been exhibiting his work internationally since 1989. Last year he taught Advanced Projects in Sculpture, a grad seminar, as adjunct prof at NYU. He is represented by the gallery Feature Inc in NYC, and is included in the traveling museum exhibition Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the ’60s, which is presently at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, GA. Jim is working toward another exhibition at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Ctr in June and an exhibition at Gallerie Astuni in Bologna, Italy, in May. Jim has been married for 12 1/2 years to Jennifer Sirey (SVA ’90), who is also an artist and an educator, and they live in Brooklyn. Jim and Jennifer have a son, Cook, who is 10. You can check out David’s artwork at www.inuverse.com. Kim Kirkman Krueger texts that she saw Laurie Ward Burke, who “looks exactly the same!” Kim will be up at Colgate this year celebrating her dad’s 50th Reunion. Kim is frequently in touch with Maria Lazarra Tetzlaff and Laurie Martin Ward (the other Laurie Ward, Nick’s wife), and Liz Stookey Sunde. Dave Johnson and Neal Durant met up in DC for a Capitals game. Neal, or Dr Neal as he now prefers, works for Geosyntec Consultants and travels the globe “fixing” corp environmental problems. Dave is with MeadWestvaco in Richmond, VA, and works with commercial teams to establish market pricing for their global packaging businesses. Thanks again to everyone for keeping in touch. Again, you can see the class notes online at our class page at ColgateConnect.org, Colgate’s new alumni website. If you’d like photos posted on the website, send them either to me or the alumni office ([email protected]). Adam: [email protected] Managing director Gareth Harper leads a team at the Spring Jam, PeacePlayers International–Northern Ireland’s largest annual event. Royally chosen The question of “What to give the couple who has everything” took on new meaning when Britain’s royal couple was married in April. In lieu of wedding gifts that the public might want to send, Prince William and Kate Middleton set up a charitable gift fund, and a Colgate alumnus’s nonprofit organization was one of the fund recipients. PeacePlayers International, the global nonprofit group co-founded by Brendan Tuohey ’98 and his brother Sean, was the only U.S.-based charitable organization of the 26 selected. PeacePlayers uses the game of basketball to unite and educate people in divided communities. It works to overcome sectarianism through a range of integrated sports activities, peace education, and leadership development. Launched in 2001, the group has reached more than 52,000 individuals worldwide. During their visit to Belfast on March 8, the royal couple met representatives of the Northern Ireland branch of PeacePlayers International, which works with young people between the ages of 8 and 25 in Protestant and Catholic communities. “Prince William told our managing director [that] as soon as he saw PeacePlayers and what we did, he said, ‘I knew this had to be part of our big day,’” Brendan told The Today Show. “Is there a bigger wedding in history to be part of than this? I don’t think so. We were both thankful and shocked.” at his house. He also hooked us all up with lift tickets for the week. While we were there, they got over 7´ of snow throughout the week. It was a skier/boarder winter wonderland. When Tim and I were at Colgate, we talked about a crosscountry motorcycle trip. Although we did not get that to happen, we did do a trip out to Sturgis, SD, a few years back. We got the juices flowing again, checking out some bikes and talking about a trip from AK to Costa Rica. On my family, my daughter is in her 3rd year at Marist, where she is starting to take some grad courses. The Marist women’s swim team won their conf championships, and she got a few school records. My son will be heading to Annapolis in the summer to start his plebe year at the US Naval Academy. Wife Donna is a systems analyst for financial medical systems. I am gearing up for another season teaching kite boarding out in the great south bay on LI. With all the snow we got here, I managed to get out on my snowboard with my kite on the various open fields and golf courses LI has to offer, for a bunch of snow-kiting sessions this past winter. I also went to the Stony Brook/ Colgate men’s basketball game. Although Colgate lost, the turnout for the ’Gate was amazing, and we all got together before the game for some food and drinks.” John also told me that Albert Ingrassia (who used to be my partner on security duty at Colgate) got married and that his wife Lisa gave birth to Vincent Matthew. That’s all 64 scene: Summer 2011 Michele Radin 681 Indian Ridge Drive Palm Desert, CA 92211-7485 Michele: 706-641-6357; [email protected] 1987 Adam Weiss 54 Alan Lane New Canaan, CT 06840-2001 Congrats go out to Christian Wolfe on his recent appt as VP of business intelligence & strategy for CCH Group, a global provider of tax, accounting, and audit info, software, and services based in Riverwoods, IL. Margo Burnham is moving from DC to SF with husband Kenneth Kornfield and 2-year-old son Phineas. She still works for The Nature Conservancy on internatl projects. Mike McCarthy reported in. He is the chief legal officer for a Silicon Valley tech company, but lives in Bethesda, MD, and commutes coast-tocoast. Mike and wife Jennifer have 2 kids — son Jack Kearney Sarah Bowen Shea 2508 NE 24th Avenue Portland, OR 97212-4830 Greetings from Portland. April 9 was a big day for Sarah, who celebrated the 1st anniversary of Run Like a Mother, with nearly 80 running mothers at a Portland fitness club. Sarah read from the book, chatted with moms, and led them on a group run. Sarah and co-author Dimity McDowell ’94 have opened a new website called anothermotherrunner.com, where running moms (heck, even non-running moms) can get engaged and encouraged to run like a mother. Jack continues to follow Sarah’s running zeal from afar. He enjoyed watching the upstart Colgate hockey team make it to the ECAC semis before falling to eventual-champion Yale. Jack took the twins to Seattle during spring break, where they stayed with Will Shaw ’78. The family is planning an East Coast swing in the summer to visit grandparents and friends in NY and CT. On to the news. Facebook meets Incunabulum: It’s interesting to watch the weekly Facebook updates to see who is turning 45. It seems like there are 3 or so per week. I broke out the Inky the other day to see what we looked like when we were 17/18. Lots of big hair (aside from the Flock of Seagulls hairdos), wide lapels and ties, cheesy Western backgrounds for senior pics, etc. We sure have grown up since 1984. Movin’ on Up: We received a press release on Drew White from Anlyan & Hively Asset Mgmt, an investment advisory firm located in Wilmington, NC. Drew is now running their new office in Raleigh and will specialize in managing assets for high net-worth individuals, endowments, and privately held businesses. Congrats to Drew on the new position. That’s all for now. Until next time, Go, ’Gate! Jack and Sarah: 503-288-7874; [email protected] 19 89 Dan Bornstein 3 Everett Drive Newtown, PA 18940-1655 Alison Fraser Heisler From Brent Goldstein: Hello, classmates. After 17 years and some 96 columns, I am finally passing the class-notes torch and happily receding into relative Colgate obscurity. It’s been a great run reporting our news, and I feel privileged to have done it for so long. Thank you for your submissions over the years. And more importantly, thank you for your kind words of appreciation. With that, I now welcome our fellow classmates Dan Bornstein and Alison Fraser Heisler as our new class co-scribes. They are excited and eager to share your info, so be sure to help them out. Cheers, everyone! Take it away, Alison. Thank you, Brent! Wow — 17 years. Let’s hope that with 2 editors, we receive twice the news! Fellow classmates, we look forward to hearing from you. Here’s how it will work. Dan and I will alternate writing columns, but you are welcome to contact either one or both of us with your updates. And before we let Brent recede into relative obscurity, we want to wish him luck as he competes in his 5th Leadville 100 mtn bike race in CO in Aug. Brent will be leading a team of 20 riders for the 1st Descents cancer fndn (for which Brent is chair of the board). As the lead editor of this column, and in the spirit of reconnecting to Colgate, here is a quick update on my “doings.” (Not sure if any of you noticed, but in the last issue of the Scene, my name, Alison Fraser Heisler, was listed in the “If You Know the Whereabouts” section of the mag … ouch!) A year and a half ago, my husband, Matt, (Princeton ’87) and I, and our 4 kids, aged 13, 12, 10, and 7, set out on a 2-year adventure to Aspen, CO, from Westport, CT. Matt has been working remotely from home, and I’ve been working p/t at a local mag and teaching yoga. In addition to enjoying all the great stuff Mother Nature has to offer, we have been able to reconnect with many Colgate friends who live in the area or have come through to ski some powder: Jeff ’87 and Kim Calise Veber, Peter Maguire ’88, Warren Adams ’88, John Hayes ’88, Geo Tamblin ’90, Chuck Sullivan ’90, and Kevin Zimmerman ’90, and, of course, some ’89 classmates, including Dean Gregory, Susan Gegan Fleming, and Mary Cohn Liddicoat. I am happy to report all are well. I’ll let them write in with their own more detailed updates (hint, hint). Before coming out to CO from CT, my family spent some years in London and then Chicago. Whilst in Chicago, I reconnected with Peter Luglio, who recently e-mailed. He and wife Candice lovingly welcome daughter Sabine to their family (joining 3 brothers). Congrats, Pete! Welcome to the “4 kids equals chaos” club! Now a quick word on my co-editor Dan Bornstein. Dan’s been busy keeping the state of NJ clean as dep atty genl. He is assigned to the Gangs & Org Crime Bureau and the Appellate Bureau of the Div of Crim Justice, prosecuting all kinds of criminal cases and loving it! Dan lives in Newtown (Bucks County), PA. This spring, Dan can either be found in Yankee Stadium or hitting the pavement as he trains for his 1st half marathon. Go, Dan, go! The following is some recent news from fellow classmates forwarded to me by Brent before he signed off. Connie Pantone Oehmler, who just so happens to have been my housemate on College St during our soph year, shared some great news about the startup company that she launched in 2009, Verity Wine Partners. Connie is co-founder and CFO/COO of this booming venture. If you are in the NY area, keep a lookout for Connie. She was recently asked to speak at a Harvard B-School event in the city and has been approached by a freelance writer interested in writing an article about her. Cathy Halliwell also checked in with news about herself and fellow classmates. Cathy reported that Nichole Bernier Ahern, who lives in Wellesley, MA, with husband Tom and their 5 beautiful kids, has signed a contract with Crown/Random House. Look for her novel, The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D, due to hit bookshelves in 2012! Cathy also noted that Kelly Linehan looked stunning at her wedding this summer to Jack McDonough in Schenectady, NY. Kelly is a Spanish teacher at Niskayuna HS. As for Cathy and her husband, Russ Mayes (Duke ’89), she reports that their big adventure of the past year and a half has been fostering dogs with the help of their boys, Will, 11, and David, 9. They have had 15 dogs in and out of their home over the past 18 months. Cathy still resides in Richmond, and is looking forward to taking a break from the “Petting Zoo” to summer in Lake Anna, VA. A shout-out to Eric Berger, a fellow survivor of the 4th floor of KED, who was recently highlighted in an industry-specific publication for his promotion. Eric now holds the title sr VP, Digital Networks, Sony Pictures Television. Congrats, Eric! Finally, while this space is most often a place to update each other on good tidings, sadly, from time to time, it must also be a place to share tough news. So, it is with a heavy heart that I report the passing in mid-Feb of our classmate Justine Bouldin Swaim. Justine’s husband, Jeffrey, wrote to Colgate to let us know of her peaceful passing at home after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She leaves her husband and 3 children — Katherine, Laura, and Matthew. Obviously, those of us who knew Justine and shared fond Colgate memories with her are deeply saddened by this news. In celebration of her life, listed are just a few of Justine’s Colgate experiences. Justine majored in mathematical econ. She was a member of the London English Study Group and the Maroon, as well as being active in career advising/seminar. I am sure I can speak for all of us in wishing Justine’s whole family our condolences and support. In closing, I’d like to thank you all in advance for giving Dan and me the opportunity to serve as co-editors for our class. We wish you all a warm and wonderful summer. Please keep in touch! Alison: 203-858-6631; [email protected] Dan: 215-860-3744 (home); 808-7238 (cell); [email protected] 1990 Julie O’Leary Muir 48 Barr Farm Road Bedford, NH 03110 [email protected] Greetings, Class of ’90! Once again, I am a chronicler with no information. The well is dry, my friends. So, in an effort to spin this column out of thin air, I thought I’d put my money where my mouth is. For months I’ve been telling my tech-adverse husband that the main reason I joined Facebook was to connect with Colgate classmates to make my column writing easier. Ummmm, yeah. That’s it, that’s why I joined. Yes, I am strangely ashamed of my Facebook habit … it feels so, well, voyeuristic. Let’s not mince words — it IS voyeuristic. And slightly addictive. And wonderful and terrible at the same time. In my hour of need, I sent a plea to all of my Colgate Facebook friends for information — ANY information — and sadly only 2 replied. So, true to my word, I have mercilessly mined some of your FB pages for shreds of information for this edition’s column. I warned you, didn’t I, my pretties? I’ll mine your FB and find pictures of your little dog Toto, too! But I digress. This month’s incredibly well thought-out thesis is: What I’ve Learned on Facebook. I will lead off with the heroine of my quest. Kimberly Nierenberg Gild, you are a rock star. Kim took pity on me almost immediately and sent me a fabulous update. She lives in Atlanta with her 2 lovely daughters, 7 and 10, and is recently engaged to Dr Doug Josephson (Swarthmore ’92). Doug has 2 boys, 7 & 8, so they’re adding on to his home to accommodate their Brady Bunch. Kim manages social events at the Georgia Aquarium — galas, weddings, mitzvahs, etc. Based on the pictures that she’s occasionally tagged in, it looks like a super fun job, and honestly she hasn’t changed a bit from our Colgate days. Best wishes to you and your family, Kim. I can’t thank you enough for your speedy reply! What else can Facebook do, besides deliver sweet acts of mercy? It can keep faces from the past fresh in your mind. Imagine me, fully enrobed in ski gear and helmet, looking my absolute best and hanging out on a random couch in a ski lodge at Sunday River. Imagine one Chris Murray, similarly attired, zipping by me and all I could muster was “Hey — Colgate!” and boom, a reunion was born. We were both enjoying the slopes with our families, and we have since learned — via Facebook — that we were leading parallel skiing lives at Sunday River and Sugarloaf this past winter. Chris lives on the North Shore of MA with his wife and 2 daughters. He enjoys skiing, beach life, Parrothead weekends, and golfing with cronies Marty Nagle, Joey Pizzarelli, Chris Brown, and Brit McAdams. Speaking of skiing, I would be remiss if I did not celebrate Andrew Sheppard ’89 and his skiing career, which I have enjoyed following all winter. Andrew and Team Sheppard (4 adorable kiddos and wife Maggie) live in Park City, UT, where they ski 24/7 — or at least it seems that way to me. Yes, I am jealous. Yes, I drool with your fresh powder reports. But, seriously, this family can ski. At the Nat’l Championships at Winter Park, CO, in March, all 6 Sheppards came in the top 10 of their divisions. Andrew skis the Grand Slalom, Super G — in short, he’s simply amazing. And maybe more so for the fact that he skied with a broken arm after a bad fall on black ice. Apparently, Sean White was there for the fall, and was helping Shepster up and remarked, “Dude that was a bad fall.” Bad fall indeed. Andrew skied and competed for the rest of the season with a cast I dubbed The Fist of Triumph, and it certainly didn’t slow him down. What else have I learned on Facebook? That Nicole Wetzold Daw and husband Michael rang in the New Year by welcoming daughter Kylie Michele on January 2. Kylie grows more adorable each week, and I have to say that I have loved keeping up with Nic and her dry wit, enjoyed her exceptional Halloween costume creativity, and I take delight in watching Miss Peapod grow — all because of Facebook. Nicole and family live in NYC, where she is a proud mama and is director of marketing at BBC America. And speaking of adorable babies, Lynda Dennen Costello and husband Brian welcomed son Denny in early November. I don’t have the proper words to express how deliciously cute Lynda’s son is, but if he and Kylie go to the ’Gate together in the future, well, it’s a match made in my Facebook heaven. Lynda and Brian live in Boston, MA, and appear to be thoroughly enjoying parenthood. Another reason I love Facebook is that I feel like Michael Sippey might be living down the street from me, when he is really living in much cooler Berkeley, CA, with his wife, Katrina Traywick, and 2 adorable daughters. Through Michael’s posts, I keep up on his running, his facial hair progress, I’ve discovered that he has a penchant for good wine and food as I do, I was reminded that he has great taste in music, and learned that he’s an avid blogger. It is perfectly delightful keeping up with you virtually, Michael, and I agree, Sunday IS for pancakes! He is VP of Artist Development at SAY Media, and from what I gather, he is a fantastic dad. Marty Johnson is to be commended. He is the hero to Kim’s heroine. Marty J came to my aid with a delightfully worded post that I’ve had to severely edit (sorry!). Marty J lives in Rochester, NY, and is a Health & Benefits Practice Leader at Rose & Kiernan. He recently spent time with Tom Flynn at a BC/BS breakfast seminar in Rochester. Tom is a local benefits expert who was there along with 12 other insurance professionals sharing their insights at the meeting. The business partner of Bob Relph ’78 was another invitee, “so it was kinda cool to think that of the 13 invited insurance brokers, 3 are Colgate alumni.” Mary J enjoys watching his 401K rebound, cheering for the Bflo Sabres, golfing, and spending time with his manly dogs Kelsey and Ricki. So closes another stunningly coherent and elegant thesis, my friends — Facebook or otherwise. Like it or not, social media has absolutely made me feel as if I can reach out and touch many of you in a special way. Seriously, though, it is a great way to keep up with fellow alums as we enjoy our journeys and adventures through life. I hope to ‘like’ many of your witty remarks, pictures, or posts soon. Finally, I am signing off of this column for the last time. I fear that the tens of you who actually read this column may weary of my quarterly drivel, so I thought I would pass the torch on to a new perspective, and I found a willing taker in Marty J. I knew he was the right person to take the helm when he noted that the job “will be a great way to connect and cleanse my soul … we can celebrate the births, degrees attained, and all of the wonderful events of our classmates lives. If no one helps me, we can just make up stuff…” Ahhh. Make up stuff indeed. I’ve found my man, and you have too, Class of ’90. It has been my pleasure to massage your information lo these many years. I’ll look forward to doing it again sometime in the future, but for now please send your news to Marty. That is all. See you at our 25th! And Kenny Maroon’d… in San Diego Born and raised in San Diego, Chris Schweighart ’97 served as the president of the Colgate alumni club there for 10 years, stepping down at the end of 2010. Surf & Sand… San Diego is famous for its beach culture. Pacific Beach and Mission Beach are the two most popular in the county, and centrally located. A local favorite is La Jolla Shores, and Coronado State Beach is consistently rated one of the top beaches in the country. Sights… Visit Cabrillo National Monument, where Spanish explorers first landed in San Diego in 1542 (and where you’ll have the best view of the city); Balboa Park, with its many museums and Spanish influence (be sure to eat at The Prado); and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first California mission built by Spanish settlers. Fore!… The city’s public golf courses are second to none. Torrey Pines became famous after hosting the 2008 U.S. Open. The South Course is the most challenging, but also the most picturesque. Close to downtown is Balboa Park Golf Course, offering views of the skyline and the Pacific Ocean. A hidden gem in the hills to the east of the city is Mt. Woodson. Take a hike… Cowles Mountain is the tallest point in the city limits. Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve has a number of hilly trails, some leading down to the beach. And Seaport Village is a fun collection of shops, restaurants, and entertainers right on the bay downtown. Nightlife… The Gaslamp Quarter is the place to go at night. My favorite bars are Altitude and Top of the Hyatt. My favorite burgers ever are at Bare Back Grill. I also recommend dinner on the rooftop patio of Mr. A’s. Similar classy, high-end restaurants are Island Prime and Peohe’s; both are right on the bay. Have tips for people who might be maroon’d in your town? Write to us at [email protected] and put Maroon’d in the subject line. News and views for the Colgate community 65 Reisman, my shoulder will be available for naps at reunion. Send your information to Marty: 585-233-0490; [email protected] 19 9 1 Kathryn Dillon Marcotte 45 Ridgewood Lane Wakefield, RI 02879-1749 By now, reunion is behind us, and hopefully everyone took full advantage of a nostalgic visit to our alma mater and priceless “reacquainting” with old friends. For the fall Scene, I hope to have all kinds of info from friends far and near. I was lucky enough to hear from some amazing classmates about their lives and travels. Michael Brown has been engaging in an amazing life full of travel and immersion in some of our most tangible world concerns. He has been living in New Delhi for the past 18 months. His wife, Ameena, has a job with India’s version of Sesame Street and Michael is a sr communications manager with the Institute for Middle East Understanding, focusing on Israel and Palestine and can operate anywhere there is an Internet connection. They have 2 sons — Amrit (6 1/2) and Rayhan (4 1/2). During a trip to Tahrir Square with his octogenarian father in Dec 2009, they found themselves attacked as they tried to participate in a symbolic march to Gaza to break the siege. They did suffer injury and found it somewhat satisfying to see Mubarak run out of office earlier this year. He laments that life for friends and loved ones in Gaza, where he lived and worked off and on between 1993 and 2000, remains grim. Future plans include visiting in Canada with Ameena’s family starting in July and then moving to Asheville, NC, in Aug where he will be starting at UNC Asheville as an asst prof. Their children are amazing and will be integrating their Indian and “mtns of NC” heritage, a wonderful adventure. Family is such a big part at this stage of our lives. Tim Benedict touched base and has created a remarkable family. He and wife Chris celebrated their 10th anniversary in May, and they have 3 young daughters, 7, 5, and 2 1/2. They are in a new roomy home in Ridgefield, CT, and enjoying the ride. Scott Avanzino touched base and assured me that he has matured a lot since his days and nights in Hamilton. I’m not convinced that was the right path to take, but he finds himself in LA with his incredible wife of 16 years, Sandy. They have 2 kiddos — Noelle, 15, and Kenneth, 12. Scott is coaching boys lax at Mandeville HS and works as a geologist for Small Oil and Gas E&P in New Orleans. He recently reconnected with Andrew ‘Doc’ Halliday and Tom Flynn ’90 from men’s lax. Doc is putting together an alumni team for a men’s tourney in Lake Placid. He told them it was a long shot for him unless they promised an “Over 40” bracket. I’m guessing that by this time, Gary Opin is recovering from Reunion 2011, where he and the gang were renting a house on Payne St for the festivities. Gary is an orthodontist and lives in Milford, CT. He was able to send updates on some other friends as well. David Gould is still living in Moscow, Russia, and working for a conglomerate called Alpha Group. Dave was instrumental in his company going to market with a revolutionary product that is used for male back waxing. Crazy stuff! Other classmates who were reunion bound included Steven Simmons, Peter Oltchick, Craig Dauer, and Ed Doodian ’92. Fran lives in Ridgewood, NJ. He has 2 children, and is the general counsel for Sotheby’s Internatl Realty. Steve ‘Duts’ is living in Westport, CT. He has a 66 scene: Summer 2011 little boy, Harlan, and dog, Beckett. He is still working in the finance industry. Peter is living in NYC (2 children) and is writing children’s books while waiting for the call from the Mets to be their genl manager. Craig is living in Richmond, VA, with his 2 children, and is working for Eagle Asset Mgmt. Scott Ackerman is living in Rye, NY (3 boys), and working for Deutsche Bank on their foreign equities desk. Bruce Ferguson is living in Darien, CT (4 kids). Ferg started his own software company (aptly named FergTech) that serves the auto insurance industry. Also, I know that Fran visited with Josh Weil in Chicago this past year. Josh has a daughter and is still in the family line of business (funeral homes). So good to hear from everyone. Keep the updates coming, particularly those about the antics from reunion weekend! Kathy: 401-783-3897; [email protected] 1992 Crissy Singer Shropshire 66 Indian Hill Road Mt. Kisco, NY 10549-3827 While I spent an extremely snowy winter in NY, dreaming of escape from the tyranny of the shovel, our classmates found much more happy ways to bide their time until spring. Joel Brebbia has been introduced to the Age of Aquarius. On Jan 31, he and wife Christen welcomed baby Cal to the world (weighing in at a strapping 8 lbs and 1 oz). So far, Cal is breaking from typical Aquarian traits and is being kind to his parents, sleeping and eating well. Let’s just hope he stays that way through the teen years. He joins sister Kenzie, who turned 2 in Jan. Krista Pilot is now a married woman. On Feb 26, she married Ian Zakrocki (Holy Cross ’99) in Warren, VT. The beautiful, snowy wedding was attended by an intimate group of close friends and family. Melinda Teter Dodge did an amazing job as the couple’s officiant and earned Krista’s perpetual gratitude for flying cross-country in the midst of a snowstorm to be there. Ian and Krista have settled into a new place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and are both working in Manhattan. Krista is running the corporate social responsibility practice at DKC PR. They are planning a honeymoon in the fall. David Ganz has been named CMO at Event Support Services RX in Parsippany, NJ. ESSRX is an expert audiovisual and satellite production and support company, offering high-def broadcasts and webcasts to the financial services and pharma industry. Dave and wife Dina Cagliostro ’91 live in Montclair, NJ. Congrats to Dave. Must have unwittingly sent out a siren’s call to Daves this month, because David Johnstone also wrote in (now if only I had heard from David Allinson, the trifecta would have been complete). But, I digress… David Johnstone and wife, Heidi Splete, bought a house in Chevy Chase, MD, (formerly the home of Sen Jim Sasser [D-TN] and Bucky Harris [Hall of Famer and manager of the 1947 World Champion NY Yankees]) and are still trying to figure out what color to paint the interior and where to hang at least 3 dozen antique Colgate postcards (1908–1950 or so), which Dave has found on Ebay over the last decade. Dave is editing a lot of books, traveling with Heidi all over the place (Rome, Napa, etc), and taking lots of pictures. The Johnstone/Splete license plate says 2G892S (in case you happen upon it in the DC area). And Dave is also finally getting a chance to spread out and display his beer-can collection, which numbers north of 1,200 and has been in progress since 7th grade. On the Colgate Manchester trip in 1990, Bart Mediratta gave him the only one he didn’t empty himself — a Guinness draft. That’s what friends are for. As for myself, summer has finally arrived, though I won’t be able to enjoy it as much as I usually do. This past winter, I re-joined the ranks of the f/t employed. I am now on staff at Food Network. And no, the offices are not full of food. In fact, the pantry is quite bare except for an automated coffee machine. I was disappointed, too. Crissy: 914-864-1387; [email protected] 1993 Kaori Nakamura DiChiara 61 Mustato Road Katonah, NY 10536-3725 Since I last wrote to you all, Justin Timberlake turned 30, Heather Locklear turned 50, I witnessed a 49-year-old Ralph Macchio dance on DWTS, Britney Spears made her “come back,” Charlie Sheen lost his mind, and I have been (shamelessly) Bieberized! In addition, I recently walked into an Urban Outfitters and literally felt like I experienced a time warp — it was as if I was in 9th grade again, just saw Pretty in Pink in the theater, and was inspired to find some cool outfits that resembled Molly Ringwald’s attire in the movie. Seriously, where the *#%& did the time GO?! We are older and wiser (hopefully), and at least I’m not completely lost and clueless to what is current: when my daughter asked me who Snooki was (she saw her book displayed at the Target superstore), I was able to identify and describe the MTV reality star along with the rest of the Jersey Shore gang. They’re the spring break version of Friends … the life of GTL, partying, finding those who are DTF, and avoiding grenades at all costs. What a minute, wasn’t that our social life at Colgate — without the tanning?! OK, now back to 2011! Our class pres is now a daddy. Dan Rhynhart wrote in about his beautiful daughter Olivia (aka Rhyno Jr), who was born on Nov 4, measuring 18.5" and weighing 7.2 lbs — despite being born 3 weeks early! Luck would also have it that she inherited Dan’s awesome head of jet black hair. Wife Nicole is doing well, and he reports, “I spend my nights bouncing and running the vacuum cleaner.” Price Roe informed me of another Colgate baby birth: Matt Kaplan and wife welcomed another daughter in early March. Congrats! After reaching out to some classmates (I’m not through the class list yet), I heard back from Jeff DeMarrai, who sounded better acclimated to life in England. Last summer, the DeMarrais’ relocation started with their possessions “getting lost at sea.” They responded to that unfortunate event by taking the T-shirts, sneakers, and bathing suits they had with them and enjoyed a vacation in Spain until things got sorted out. He still describes the new life abroad as a great adventure. “This whole driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the road is even becoming normal (after I blew out my front tire taking a left turn the 2nd time I drove).” Jeff’s 4-year-old son already has a British accent and his 7-year-old son is playing in the local soccer/football league and is having a blast. When he wrote in, GE sent him on 12 internatl flights in 30 days; hopefully he has had some time at home since then! When Robin Beth Schaer, Joanne Schmitt, and Carter Walker Saeteren shared their updates with me, I started to see my busy life as pretty boring. Robin lives in NYC, where she writes, teaches, and “occasionally ships out to sea.” She’s a prof of creative writing at Marymount Manhattan C and spends the summers getting her hands salty, dirty, and wet as a deckhand aboard the 180´ HMS Bounty — a wooden 3-masted replica of the 1784 ship of mutiny fame. Her recent publications include poems in Tin House, The Awl, and Prairie Schooner. A bit fascinated by her life, I jokingly asked her if we could switch lives for a while. She shared, “It’s a little bit of a split personality for me: callouses, sailors, and cursing all summer, and then literati, books, and my best attempts not to drop the F-bomb in the classroom the rest of the year.” Joanne continues to reside in Hong Kong, where she runs a small counseling practice called The Support System. This practice specializes in substance abuse and couples counseling. This is her 2nd career and she has really loved the change. She used to run a residential program on board her houseboat, which she shares with her partner, Wayne, but now they rent out the space to those passing through HK. Their houseboat is an old ferry that they take around the various bays and islands in HK. It looks amazing! Joanne reported that “the typhoons can make life a bit exciting, but otherwise it’s great.” You can see some pictures on www.airbnb.com/ rooms/55502. Congrats to Carter on the release of her first book, Moon Montana & Wyoming, a guidebook from Avalon Travel Publishing. It took 2 years in the making, but now she and her family are very well traveled in the area! Her kids were described as “fearless road warriors.” Carter continues to live in MT with husband Bjorn and their 2 adorable daughters — Sissel, 6, and Siri, 5 — and she is the managing editor of Western Art & Architecture. The Saeterens travel frequently to Norway as well since Bjorn is from there. She also added that they were going to celebrate Easter skiing in the Norway mtns. It seriously made my plans for Easter totally lame by comparison! As for more local news, Sally Burnett Wilson, Kat Griffin McCleland, and I enjoyed dinner and drinks together in NYC. Sally was in NY on business and we were able to make this mini-reunion happen. Kat made the trip in from Bridgehampton and looked fabulous and well rested despite having a 3-year-old and 3-monthold at home. After a tough winter of snowstorms and a week of 60° weather the previous week, we got together on the day when NY had another winter snow/freezing rain warning after the official 1st day of spring! Sadly, Kim Russo Rutenberg could not join us for this reunion. Hopefully we can plan an event to celebrate our milestone bdays together! Jed Hellstrom is a person I hope to see this year. Jed travels to the N Westchester ’burbs because he is the godfather to the child of a close friend of mine. During his last few visits, I always missed seeing him by a matter of minutes. Of course, during his visit in March, he spent time with my son Chris, 6, who was having a play date with his godchild, and met my husband, who on this rare occasion, went to pick up our son before dinner! Well, if you haven’t heard from them already, there are 2 lovely classmates who will be sending kind reminders for us to donate to our alma mater. After serving as our class gift chairs for 15 years, Carrie Clifford and Sara Wolk Weiner have passed their batons over to Andy Sweet and Amy Satin Spinelli. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to an important role over the years! Amy stated that there are “tall shoes to fill, but we will try our best!” Amy also informed me that she and her family are relocating back to NYC from Hong Kong this summer and she is looking forward to reconnecting with her ’Gate gang and celebrating some big bdays! Speaking of bdays, there are some 4-0 celebrations to report: In Feb, Anne Marie Rose celebrated her 40th farm animals in your hotel suite, or encounters with Mike Tyson and his tiger... Only 1 column left in 2011 — write in! I’d love to hear from you! Kaori: 914-232-0549; [email protected] 1994 Allison Good #8 319 West 88th Street New York, NY 10024-2271 Caroline Devlin planned a Colgate reunion in NYC with Stephanie Andrews Young, Denise DiBacco Cudden, Kerry McLoughlin Johnson, Sheryl Salmons Culotta, Kim Campbell Allen, and Christine Loehr Kagan. They had a fun weekend with great dinners, some theater, shopping, and time at the spa. I joined them one night for dinner and it was fantastic to see everyone doing so well. Sean and Jennifer Buckley ’95 Clive wrote to share the news of the birth of baby #6: Jerome Andrew was born Dec 27, and joins siblings Emma, Maggie, Brigid, Seamus, and Eoin. More exciting news from the Clives: Sean co-wrote (with Dave Smith and Nick Cardilino) the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conf theme song, “Called to Glory.” They are looking forward to hearing 20,000 people sing it live in Indianapolis, Nov 2011. Joel Eisenbaum and wife Amy (U of Houston ’98) are proud new parents who are, in his own words: “Clueless, sleepless, and never happier. Jackson Five Eisenbaum was born March 8. We call him Jack. His favorite hobbies include making weird noises, trying to breast feed from his dad’s man boobs, and pooping himself moments into a fresh diaper. Amy, Jack, and I live in Houston and 2 of us work at the NBC station here.” Cat Bryant Crocker answered my desperate cry for some news with a great update: “I’m still busy teaching — chair of the math dept at Riverdale Country School, which is a lot of work but rewarding and I love it. My kids are 7 and 10, and are busy with school and other activities. I saw Christina Chen Paul last spring at a baby shower for her 4th boy and I got to catch up with Brooke Seidler Beck there as well.” Thanks, Cat! Happy 4th of July, Bastille Day, and July in general. Allison: 212-875-0751; [email protected] 1995 David A. Schreiber 1717 West Schubert Avenue Chicago, IL 60614-2993 Greetings ’95ers! All’s well here in Chicago (now that winter has finally left us...) and I hope this finds you and your families all enjoying a happy, healthy, and festive summer season. Without further ado, here is the latest news on our fellow classmates... Andrew Thomas sent a handwritten letter (Andrew, I rarely receive actual mail any longer and appreciate the personal touch!) from St Paul, where he proudly reported that his girls — Lucy, 3, Cordelia, 6, and Katherine, 8 — spent the winter season refining their increasingly impressive snow-fort construction skills while wife Angela (Georgetown ’94) helped to ensure cold weather survival for the entire family with her expert knitting. Andrew has nearly wrapped up his post-Colgate education with his recent election as a diplomat of the Am Board of Surgery. Sean ’94 and Jennifer Buckley Clive sent word from New Hartford, NY, where they recently wel- Andrew Daddio at NYC’s Sambuca restaurant. Attendees were John and Elizabeth Wort Clyde, Dan Glusker, Jen Walton, Jacqui Woods Marcus, Rob Rollins ’92, and Vicki Brakl. In the same month, Peggy and Price Roe drove down from DC to attend Scott Lisson’s 40th in Raleigh. In an homage to his days as the drummer for Captain Black, Scott rented out a bowling alley and everyone dressed up in tacky heavy metal ’80s theme. Based on the pix I’ve seen, everyone nailed the attire — except for Price, who in his button-down shirt and khakis, looked exactly how he did in the ’90s — and Scott rocked out in an awesome long-haired wig! In March, Sarah Lane Sproha wrote in about her fabulous 40th bday celebration with dear friends Kelly Lehmann Johnson ’94 and Mike ’94 and Jenn Gardner Mason. Kelly flew in to NJ from TX to celebrate with them for 13 hours. She arrived in Newark at 4pm Sat night and departed at 5am Sun morning to fly back to Dallas. Needless to say, they had a great time staying up all night! Sarah continues to be a CFO for a NJ company and has been happily residing in Wyckoff with her husband and 2 daughters (Tara 7, Amanda, 11) for 10 years. Due to her temp medical condition (hint, hint), Lili Rosenberg Siegelson celebrated her milestone bday early over a weekend with Nancy Midthun Morgan and Holly Rendle. They both flew into NYC to keep her company, and the 3 caught up with David Cenedella over brunch. Nancy lives in FL with husband David and 2 sons, and is the head of park services in the Cane River Natl Heritage Area. On her way to NY, Holly dropped her husband and daughter off at the airport as they were on their way to his native Zambia. Holly met her husband when she worked in the Peace Corps in Zambia 13 years ago. They also have a son, and they all reside in Boston, where Holly continues to teach. David is enjoying life on the Upper West Side, where he lives with his wife and daughter and teaches accounting in NYC. Lili also added that she had dinner with Sharon Kim and Jen Walton. Sharon continues to work for Christie’s and is traveling a significant amount. After living on the Upper East Side for many years, Sharon is debating the move to downtown. Jen continues to work at Country Living and often escapes NYC with husband Tim. Lili is also in touch with Elizabeth and John Clyde, who, despite having 2 young children, are described as traveling quite a bit as a family — oh, the difficulties in running a travel business! When Lili wrote me, she was in the process of moving and sent me her update via phone, so many thanks for the effort (and looking forward to hearing from you soon)! Last but not least, Dan Glusker has a new job as dir at Commerz Bank, which is the 2nd largest bank in Germany. His wife, Bethany, also a lawyer, went back to work f/t about a year ago after accepting a job at Lehman. With the job changes and changes in work hours, I watched them manage their lives with their kids (Sam, 6, Robbie, 5.5) and finally find child care that suited their needs. As he and Doug Goldberg approach their 40th year in June, they have planned a Hangover-equivalent bday weekend in Vegas with the following ’Gate friends who are expected to attend this adventure: James Birkelund, Greg Collett, Jan Frouman, Max Hirsh, Chad Hull, ‘Big Ed’ Jasaitis, ‘Mafia Mike’ Mabardy, Joe Raymond, Art Roulac, Eric Scuderi, Scott Cooke ’92, Jon Fellman ’92, Rob Rollins ’92, Chris Ackerman ’94, Patrick Convery ’95, Bill Gellman ’95, Ryan Smith ’95, and Scott Hague ’96. This story will be rehashed in the next issue. Gentlemen, I hope that by the time I am writing the next column, I will not hear of any spontaneous marriages to exotic dancers, stolen police vehicles, Sendach revealed At risk of blowing his cover, the Scene talked to Jon Sendach ’98, who leads a double life — well, for at least four weekends a year. The health care professional dons a Colgate Campus Safety uniform for special events on campus, but his real job is as associate executive director of hospital operations at Long Island’s North Shore University Hospital. Back when he was a student, Sendach had worked for Campus Safety, transporting injured students to class, dispatching calls, and acting as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Although he had turned over his badge upon graduation, he fell back into his role working for the department when he attended commencement a year later. The campus was buzzing with activity, so when Sendach dropped by to visit his former co-workers, he ended up pitching in by dispatching calls. When the director at the time called and said, “I need to see you upstairs,” Sendach thought he was going to be reprimanded. Instead, the director had recognized Sendach’s value as a certified EMT and an alumnus — plus, he was often in the area visiting family — so he asked Sendach if he would work for them on his free weekends. Sendach took a few days off from his consulting job in Manhattan to complete the state training program and has been going “undercover” ever since. For move-in day, family weekend, spring party weekend, commencement, and sometimes other events, Sendach comes north to fill in, handling criminal reports, student motorist issues, disorderly persons, and medical emergencies. There’s also a fun aspect to the job. “My favorite is move-in day,” he said. “I’m a fixture on College Street, greeting every car, saying ‘Welcome to Colgate!’” Despite his gregarious nature, Sendach has never been recognized by a classmate — or even the students he has met representing the admission office at college fairs — when he is in uniform. “It’s like Undercover Boss,” he joked. Sendach believes his experience as a former Colgate student helps him relate to current students because “I was one of them,” he said, adding, “I made a lot of the same errors and acted out in much the same way.” His perspective is also valuable to the parents he welcomes at gatherings like the ice cream social on move-in day. “Uniform aside, I enjoy the public relations side of the job,” explained Sendach, who has several years of professional PR experience under his black leather belt. “I remember how excited I was when I got here, and I think that Colgate is an unbelievably special place.” Noting that he enjoys his “on-the-scene connection” with the university, Sendach sometimes trades his uniform for a suit to talk about the health care business at Real World panels and Career Services brown bag lunches. When he’s at home on Long Island, he continues to beat the drum for Colgate, attending send-off barbecues for incoming first-years, some of whom he’s helped recruit. And at work, Sendach often hires summer interns from Colgate. Once they’ve earned his trust, he lets them in on his secret identity. They oftentimes don’t believe him, so he pulls out a photo of himself in uniform that he keeps in his desk drawer — but they usually think it’s a Halloween costume. — Aleta Mayne News and views for the Colgate community 67 Road taken Fradley Garner MA’70: freelance writer, distance runner, bass player, Denmark comed their 6th child, Jerome Andrew, on Dec 27. Jerome joins siblings Emma, Maggie, Brigid, Seamus, and Eoin. Life is certainly busy and fun for the Clive family! In other exciting news, Sean co-wrote (with Dave Smith and Nick Cardilino) the 2011 Natl Catholic Youth Conf theme song, “Called To Glory,” which they are very excited to hear 20,000 people sing live in Indianapolis in Nov 2011. Britt Norlander van der Woude shared some fun news that she and her family recently made a big move on the home front. Her husband’s job provided an opportunity for the family to relocate to India, so, with their 2 boys, they packed up their belongings and moved to New Delhi during July 2010. They expect to be in India for the next few years and would enjoy some visitors! John and Ann Marie LaCava Ferrante welcomed their 4th child, Gianna Maria, on Jan 14. Gianna joins sisters Danielle, 8, and Josephine, 6, and brother Gregorio, 5. That’s all I have for now. Please send updates. Take care and stay well. David: 773-281-8152; [email protected] 1996 Fifty years ago, I resigned as a PR manager of Pfizer in Manhattan and gave up my Greenwich Village pad to move to Denmark. Kelly Connolly Apt. 2 15 Hale Street Randolph, VT 05060-1219 Why leave a secure job to scuffle for a living abroad? I was 34 and newly married. My Danish wife, Bodil, and I were happy living in the Village. My dream was to open a jazz club in Copenhagen. When that didn’t work out, I became a foreign correspondent specializing in medicine and science — later expanding to many fields, including books for Walt Disney publishers in Scandinavia. Hello, fellow ’Gaters. Happy summer! Sure, it’s meterological spring here in VT, but there’s actually snow falling outside as I write. I remember our graduation day, where temps topped off in the 90s, causing some serious sunburn and a run on Gatorade for those of us recuperating from Torchlight. Ah, those were the days. I definitely don’t recover quite as quickly as I did when I was 21. And I’ve learned the hard way that I can’t pull all-nighters to study anymore either. Well, we can all commiserate together at reunion. And we will have to make sure our tent is the “cool” one. So in response to my numerous requests (I think I was actually begging) for news to make up for a serious dearth in the last issue, I received lots of e-mails. Thank you! See, ask and ye shall receive. So here you go: Todd Marquet married Kirstin Christman on July 31 in CA. Colgate attendees included groomsmen Pat Mikus and Gordon Lichter, and John Faith, Chris Nicholas ’95, and Billy Ivers ’98 as guests. Kirstin and Todd now live in Encinitas, CA, where they both work for the San Diego School District. Josh Liberman sent in a nice update. He and wife Lindy welcomed a baby boy on Dec 27. Nathan Beckett joins sisters Hannah and Leah, who are already spoiling him. The family lives in Milwaukee, where Josh has been in private practice as a cardiologist for 5 years. He notes that “with all the WI cheese, beer, and bratwursts, there’s plenty of business for a heart doctor here.” Josh keeps in touch with Laura and Dan McShane, who live in Glenview, IL, with 4 kids under the age of 5. Josh also mentioned that Colin Young left his law firm to work as a community college prof in Brooklyn. Christina Kennedy Davia had this report from GA: “Chris ’94 and I have had an eventful year. We moved to CT in the fall of 2009, after 13 years in Atlanta. We also have 2 additions to our family. We had identical twin boys on Dec 11, Lucas Edward and Liam Andrew. Their sister, Cora, is 3.” It was great to hear from Amanda Peel Crowley, which brings back tons of Hilton Head memories. Amanda drove me home from Hilton After our first son arrived in 1964, I came to appreciate Denmark’s national health care system, and wrote articles about it. Reader’s Digest international editions sent me to Greenland to write about Denmark’s Dogsled Patrol Sirius. I wrote for SAS Airlines’ inflight magazine, Scanorama. Ecology Today and the Washington, D.C.based monthly Environment took me on as international editor and columnist. I’ve enjoyed a side career as a voiceover narrator of slideshows, films, and videos for Danish firms: Kellogg’s, Pepsi, Stimorol; movie ads for Four Roses Bourbon; a video for Volvo — all told, some 500 “speaks,” as the Danes call them. Bodil and I parted in 1979. I’d met Hanne Ingerslev, and we’ve shared life for 32 rich years. I’m now international editor of Jersey Jazz, and a columnist for AllAboutJazz. com. Latest project: editing and translating Harlem Jazz Adventures: A European Baron’s Memoir, 1934–1969. I love New York and still fly over for recharges, but Denmark is my home. 68 scene: Summer 2011 Head during sr week, and I still don’t know how she managed to get out of a ticket from the cop who stopped us on I-95 in SC for following too closely to Reed Lewis in the car ahead of us. (I’ve certainly never gotten myself out of a ticket, thank you MA Hwy Patrol.) Anyway, Amanda and hubby Todd moved to Amanda’s hometown of Bethesda, MD, in Feb ’10, with their 2 boys — Will, 4.5, and Sam, 3. The fam’s having fun being back in her hometown and looking forward to catching up with people at reunion. That’s it from me. Keep in touch over the summer, especially with any news from reunion. Cheers, Kel Kelly: 240-686-1538; [email protected] 1 9 97 Amy McKnight Fazen 68 Pine Crest Road Newton Center, MA 02459-2118 Hi, everyone. I hope this issue finds you all well. Paul Griffin writes, “I’ve recently (Dec) uprooted the family from Alexandria, VA, to establish new roots in Broomfield, CO, where I accepted a job with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Assoc in Westminster, CO. The kids — Nicholas, 3, and Benjamin, 1 — love it and I’ve traded a 16-mile and up to 90-minute commute in DC for a 6-mile, 10-minute commute. So nice to be out West!” Laney Katherine joined Kate Johnston Reed, her husband, Mark, and sister Maggie Nov 30. Jess Salins Malloy and her husband, Mike, welcomed Marissa Francesca Malloy on December 23. On Jan 20, Courtney Conant Maunsell, husband Bill, and daughter Charlotte welcomed sister Gemma. The birth of Laney and Gemma means that all 4 sr year roommates — Kate, Courtney, Kyle Patterson Martin, and Jessica Salins Malloy — had children within 4 months of each other! 1998 Carmella Alvaro Apt. 355 3939 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh, NC 27612-4900 Greetings, ’98ers! Sue Lord Stephen here, filling in for the Prez Carm Alvaro while her new business, Melina’s Kitchen, takes off. Not surprisingly, Carm has created an incredible and successful business … and this is only the beginning. Kudos to her on her success thus far! A huge thank you to her as well in remaining our loyal pres and for writing the Scene updates for us regularly for 13 — yes, 13 — years. We have a wonderful update from 1st-time contributor Cheryl Meltz: “Lots of exciting things have been happening recently. My fiancé, Marc Kroopnick, and I live in Fairfax, VA. After over 12 years of working for Lockheed Martin, the company divested my division due to some more stringent govt regulations, so I now work for the spinoff, The SI Org Inc, where I am a sr manager doing lots of fun things I can’t really talk about. I just finished my 11th season of coaching Oakton HS’s diving team, where one of my boys just placed 3rd in the state and made all-American. Besides that, I’ve been coaching a summer diving team, Oakton Swim & Racquet, and a Jr Olympic– level club team, Dominion Dive Club, where 1 of our divers, Kim Pilka, is now a soph at Colgate and just won the Patriot League championships this year! My 4th coaching job is running my own club, where Krescent Hancock Telleen coaches with me. Yes, I’m keeping pretty busy with 5 jobs! Also, a couple years ago, I got back into diving myself and started competing on the World Masters circuit. Most recently, I traveled to Gotenborg, Sweden, in July 2010 for the FINA World Championships, where I won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard competitions. In Oct 2009, it was Sydney, Australia, for the World Masters Games, where I also won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard competitions. In April 2008, I went to Perth, Australia, for the previous FINA World Championships, where I won the 1-meter springboard. I also set an American record last year, in the Grand Masters competition, and this year, I won the USA award for most outstanding female masters diver. It’s just fun to be able to do the dives that I could in college, show up the kids that I coach ;-), and to travel around the world. I’ve turned each trip into a vacation, traveling over a fair amount of Australia, NZ, and Scandinavia. I’m taking this year off to focus on the wedding, but I’m looking forward to Italy 2012! Of course, my old Colgate coach, Matt Leone, has been very helpful with tips and encouragement. In Oct, Marc and I came back to Colgate to visit Matt and get his allimportant seal of approval before the wedding! It all turned out OK, so I’m allowed to marry Marc! Next, to teach him to dive…” Garine Serengulian Magary writes: “The DU Annex has been seeing quite a bit of each other in the last year. It has been wonderful to reconnect. In Oct, all 10 of us (Nicki Crane, Sarah Thurston McGuire, Amber Bryant DiCioccio, Tasha Doyle, Flory Wilson, Michelle Warmus Leetmaa, Elise Berenbroick Hergan, Val Cornwall Kincaid, Liza Partlow, and me) met up in Naples for a fun girls’ weekend at Nicki’s parents’ house. On March 19, 7 of us made it to Michelle’s wedding here in MD. She was a beautiful, glowing bride and everyone danced like they were back at the Jug. Amber was busy in KS having baby #2, a girl named Emma Grace. And Flory Wilson is getting married this Oct in Tucson.” Darcy Halsey recently returned from Vietnam after spending 3 weeks there building houses for Habitat for Humanity. And back in LA, she recently went to a baby shower for Dave Coggeshall and her good friend Lori, his wife … who had a baby boy. Jesse Johnston and wife Abby also attended with their new baby boy! Susanne Stallkamp adds, “Emily Hayes made partner at her law firm, Wilson Elser, as of Jan 1, and we celebrated with a party here in NY at the end of Feb. There was a good Colgate turnout, including Sarah Lopez, Natalie Volkman, Caitlin Oldham Bohlman, Deb Iorio, Lauren Galliker ’90, Steve Donahue, Greg Dahlberg, and Pete Quelch.” Matthieu Raillard was awarded tenure at Lewis & Clark C, where he is now assoc prof of Spanish. He has also been serving as chair of the Spanish Dept, and continues teaching and researching Spanish lit. “Anne Samuel and I are loving living out here in Portland, OR, though we do sometimes feel nostalgia for the East Coast!” Jill Allen Murray just started a new job with The Sheridan Group after completing a term as Congressman Dan Maffei’s chief of staff. Caroline de Oliveira got married on March 5 in NYC to Alden Burgess, and adds that “the wedding was a blast! We had a couple of Colgate friends in attendance: Caroline Westin-Garcia, Andrea Mason, Jimmy Wohl, and Mei Chiu ’97, who was one of my bridesmaids. I also started a new job at Mercer, an HR consulting firm, in Feb.” In other wedding news, Jeff Embree got married on Jan 16 to Emily Carey (Cornell ’01) in Tarrytown, NY, at Sleepy Hollow CC. Dave Shaw and Peter Lindahl were in attendance. Stephanie P May Beaumier reports, “Exciting 1 99 9 Katie Raisio Abstoss Greetings, fellow ’99ers! This spring brought a slew of new babies, and possible Class of 2033 graduates?! Tara Lyons Morley announces that she and husband Scott (USMA ’00) welcomed their 1st child just in time to ring in the New Year. Alexis Brooke was born at West Point, NY, on Dec 30, and “with all of the snow we got in NY, it was the perfect time to be housebound with a little one!” Senta Rand Wilson is excited to report that she and husband Angus welcomed their 1st, Finn Alexander, on Jan 8. Nick Pascale wrote that he and wife Natalie welcomed a daughter, Elena Rose, on Valentine’s Day; Elena joins brothers Christian, 4, and Nathaniel, 2. Julia Milona Halewicz, husband Tim, and 3-year-old daughter, Athena Johanna, welcomed Timothy Paul Jr on Dec 27. Shannon Brown Routhouska reports that she continues to work in a private dermatology practice in Rochester, and just had another baby, Paige Marie, on April 3. Erin Bradshaw and husband Dan Kleinman (Tufts ’97) welcomed Matthew on April 5. “He is doing great and we are all watching closely to see how his brother, Petey, 2 1/2, rises to the competition!” Sean ’97 and Katie Bartlett Brebbia are excited to report the birth of their 2nd daughter, Mary ‘Mae’ Collins, on Oct 15. “She joins sister Maddie, 3, and Mae got a little buddy 2 months later when Liz Kerr gave birth to Harper Louise on Dec 12!” Shannon Lundeen got her PhD in philosophy in 2005 and has since been at the U of PA as the assoc dir of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program and the Alice Paul Center. Shannon married Macavan Baird ’98 in 2006, and they have a son, Paxton, born Feb 2008, and another son, Harlan, born Aug 2010. Macavan got his JD from Rutgers Law in 2006 and works for a firm in Philly. “The irony of this update is that after being out of college for over 10 years, we still live in a dorm: we are faculty fellows living in residence in one of the college houses on Penn’s campus and we even eat regularly at the dining hall. Sounds crazy, I know! But, we love Philly and we love living on Penn’s campus with our kids.” Sasha Wiesen is happy to announce that after 5 years of being an asst DA (State’s Atty) for Cook Cty, he transitioned to state level and accepted a position at the Illinois Atty Genl’s High-Tech Crimes Bureau, based in downtown Chicago. “In the few months so far, I have been working closely with state investigators, executing search warrants to seize electronic evidence, helping to conduct computer forensics, and ultimately prosecuting these high-tech cases at trial. It’s very exciting work and I am thrilled to have this opportunity!” Jeff ’01 and Lilah Fisher Wise and their daughter, Charlotte, 2, are still living in the W Village of NYC. Jeff completed his MFA from NYU in acting and is currently auditioning, directing, and teaching. Lilah is busy with Charlotte and working on a novel, and reports that “last Oct I attended Don Parker’s beautiful wedding in Chicago, visiting with Beth McAndrews Seppala, Mike Favazzo, Vin Randazzo ’98, and Joanna Snyder! It was a great Colgate reunion.” More on the career front: Allison Ridder recently moved to West Palm Beach to join NextEra Energy Resources to trade as a senior attorney. Jacob VanRyn reports that he was recently named the assistant commissioner for Strategic Communications of the Northeast-10 Conference, and is living in Mansfield, MA. And after 4 years, Andrew Meier is leaving the NTS Atty Genl’s Office to enter private practice with the Manhattan law firm Oved & Oved LLP. Matt Lipson is looking forward to his nuptials in Sept, where he will be joined by “lots of Colgate people, including Nick and me.” Lastly, James ’98 and Tricia Keith Baione welcomed their daughter, Jocelyn Marie, on March 22: “She was 8 lbs, 2 oz of Colgate squishiness!” Hope everyone is having a great summer so far, and keep those updates coming! Katie: [email protected] 2000 Katie Tone Brock 411 Sloan Road Nashville, TN 37209-4654 Summer greetings from the hot, hot, hot South. I hope you’re all well and enjoying summer vacations, weekends by the pool, evening barbeques, and lazy golf-filled afternoons. Thanks to all of you who sent in updates — lots of great news to share this quarter: We’ll start with a Class of 2000 women ruggers mini-reunion in Vegas in Jan. Dana Smith Walsh hosted Tiffany Alvarado McKenna, Anna Richter Lee, Lesley Hall Milhauser, and Mary Thornton ’01. “We had an awesome time hitting up the Pinball Hall of Fame, the world famous Double Down Saloon (also known as the Happiest Place on Earth), taking in a Cirque du Soleil show, and working up a sweat hiking at Red Rock. It was really nice to catch up and to try and remember rugby songs from 10 years ago!” Another mini-reunion of sorts occurred at the Nov wedding of Lauren Sclafani to Ric Weisgerber. Colleen Henry Burgin shares: “It was a beautiful ceremony and reception at the Ocean Club in the Bahamas. There was a big group from Colgate in attendance, including Sarah Lohr, Thomas ’02 and Leanne Nassar Wines, Caroline Lineen, Lise Lynam, Mike Galvan ’99, Denise Hatzis, and Esty Gorman. We all had a fabulous time celebrating with Lauren and enjoying a vacation with old friends!” Also in 2010, Michelle Lent married Philip Rosenbaum (Clark U ’04) in May. Colgate alumni who attended included Brian and Jennifer Greer-Morrissey, Dana Ross, Jennifer Johns, and Jessica Biggs. Michelle also defended her PhD dissertation in clinical psych at Yeshiva U in Oct and has headed to Temple U for an internship. Colleen Fleury kicked off 2011 with exciting news: “In Jan I married Mike Moisio (Middlebury ’96) on Grand Cayman Island. There were several Colgate alums in attendance: Colleen McVearry, Kate Wissel-Fitzgibbons, Stephanie Mueller, Rachel Montague, Hilary Abell Bednarz ’98, and Daniel Moisio ’07. The wedding ended up doubling as a send-off party, as Mike and I moved to Singapore directly after that as part of a relocation for Mike’s job. We are loving Singapore so far and are looking forward to exploring this whole region.” In more good news, the Colgate Class of 2030-something continues to grow: Brian and Rachel Cherry Hudson are happy to announce the birth of their 1st, Grace Genevive, born Oct 16 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Since the family is on expat assignment in Brazil, Grace has the good fortune of automatic dual citizenship! Ryan ’99 and Judy Culhane Faubert welcomed their 2nd, Tyler Ryan, on Dec 30. Tyler joins brother James Hamilton, born June 13, 2009. Will (Syracuse ’98) and Paige Springer Candee welcomed twins Conner Patrick and Braeden Scott on Jan 5 in Vegas. Paige writes: “All the sleepless nights are worth every second. Fellow twin Lyla Bibi was able to come out to the baby shower in Orange Cty, CA, in Nov. We spent the night in Venice Beach celebrating with O’Douls and getting some great twin tips.” A Colgate boy through and through, Sullivan James was born to Mike and Kristin McHenry Collins on Feb 13! In additional good Collins’ family news, Mike was promoted to CIO at Gold Bridge Partners. Josh and Shana Berkowitz Cooper welcomed Sadie Liana in Feb. Jenn Greer-Morrissey shares double the news: “I was very sad to miss the 10-year Reunion last year, but at least Brian and I got to see many Colgaters the weekend directly before reunion at Michelle Lent Rosenbaum’s wedding. The other big news from my last update is our new addition to our family. Benjamin was born Feb 17, joining brother Adam, 3. Benjamin was born on my dear friend Kiki Hinman Lansdale’s bday. We got to celebrate with her as she was at the same hospital, down the hall with her new daughter Jane Elizabeth, who was born on Feb 16! It was so fun to be at the hospital together for such a special occasion. Jane joins brother Charlie, who is just 3 weeks younger than my Adam, and it’s wonderful to live so close to each other and have our children at the exact same age.” Also in mid-Feb, Michael and Erica Schrader Knopp welcomed their daughter Hailey Elizabeth on Feb 19. She joins brother Parker, 4. “We recently had a visit from Jackie Pirone Palumbo, husband Larry, and daughter Claire (6 months old in March).” Jamie Schwarz and his wife moved this winter into a brownstone apt in Prospect Heights and welcomed Miles Bennett on March 8. Mom and Dad are looking forward to BBQs and kiddie pools in their back yard this summer. Jay Menton shares: “We are still happily living and working in Chicago. We welcomed our 2nd child, Caroline, on March 22. Caroline joins brother, Jack, 2.5, in making our house entertaining, busy, and chaotic!” Tre and Katie Waszkiewicz McCroskey ’02 welcomed the birth of Christopher John on March 31. Chris weighed in at 9 lbs, and his 2-year-old sister Maddie is excited (sort of) to be a big sister! Melanie Randall Sanborn writes: “Everything in the Sanborn household is going well. I am loving my job as a pediatrician for military children at our local Navy base. I get the chance to do outpatient medicine, inpatient medicine, and newborn care. It is perfect for me. Adam is back from Cuba (he was deployed for 9 months), and I am sure glad to have him home. Our biggest success is that Audrey is potty trained. It seems like yesterday that I was bringing home my 4 lb, 10 oz preterm miracle baby. If anyone comes to N FL, let me know — we have an extra room.” Classmates continue to be on the move. In addition to the relocations and career developments previously mentioned, David Williams writes: “ After 3 months in India with my wife, Kathy, and 18-month-old son Bodhi (it was quite an adventure with a toddler) studying Ayurveda, I have moved to Maui and am working as a hospitalist physician. If you ever want to escape the cold, look us up.” After 7 years at Ft Bragg, to include 2 deployments to Iraq totaling 19 months, Eric Danko plans for a summer graduation from his 2-year comprehensive dentist program and a move to Ft Myer, VA. The whole Danko family, including twin 4-year-old boys, are excited for the move and fun times ahead! Answer key to the You Were Here puzzle on p. 76 1 (Madison) + 2 (Payne) = NOISY DEAN MAP 3 (Lebanon) + 7 (Kendrick) = OLD BREAKNECK INN 4 (Pleasant) + 5 (Broad) = ADORABLE PANTS 6 (University) + 9 (College) = OILY LECTURES GIVEN 8 (Hamilton) + 10 (Alumni) = MINIMAL LOAN HUT news here. My stepdaughter Zoe Beaumier was accepted into the Colgate Class of 2015 and will also be one of the 10 first-year field hockey recruits joining Coach Foto’s team this fall. (I’m guessing this probably makes me the 1st of the class to have a kid at Colgate.) We are on our way to the 2015 congratulatory reception up in Cleveland tonight to celebrate with the other accepted students from OH. Go, ’Gate!” Duncan Hughes writes, “Since I last wrote, my wife gave birth to our 2nd boy, Holland. He and brother Camden are doing well. I am finishing my genl and trauma surgery training at Cornell this June and we are moving to Durham, NC, for my specialty training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Duke. We just bought a house and can’t wait to leave the confines of NYC for a more ‘Hamilton-esque’ lifestyle!” Marion Bend Ruthig reports that “we had a beautiful baby girl last June, Anne Lucille. She is adored by her brothers, Robbie and Jackson. We are moving to Naperville, IL, this summer and are very excited!” Tracy Rinaldi Hardy also has baby news! “We had our 3rd baby last week! Thea Adriana was born happy and healthy, and bro Owen and sis Elise are in love! Dave ’96 and I are doing well, if a bit groggy...” Stacey Viola Summers adds, “I’m very excited to report that our son, Brennan Thomas, was born on Jan 17. He is beautiful and we are loving life as 1st-time parents. In Dec, we were lucky to have a visit from Beth Vuolo Gousman, baby daughter Mia, and husband Matt. I was also grateful for a visit from Carrie Ciaccia Mathews, who came bearing food and gifts shortly after Brennan’s birth, and from Lori Breier Strong, who flew all the way from Austin to Boston for a long weekend to offer invaluable support (and sleep strategies)!” And with more baby news, Kurt Mueller writes, “My wife, Megan, and I are very pleased to announce the birth of our son, Kaden Donald, who was born in Boston on March 31. I’m the last of my roommates (Tim Hawkins, Josh Decerbo, and Jay Won) to become a parent. Now what will Irene Beers Hawkins have to ask me about when I call to talk with Tim? Megan and I look forward to introducing Kaden to all our friends from Colgate and Clark U.” Sam Solovey writes, “I know you get lots and lots of baby news and would like a little variety, but I’d like to report that on June 14, Lori gave birth to a little boy we named Adam. When not changing diapers, I’m selling residential real estate and occasionally conducting auctions for charitable orgs in the DC area.” Scott Hoekman is at Colgate right now for another Alumni Council meeting. The renovations are almost finished with the Colgate Inn. My quick review: I think the alumni will be impressed. The amenities, decor and style have been upgraded tremendously. Congrats to everyone and thanks for all the wonderful updates! Carm: [email protected] News and views for the Colgate community 69 Soul food, Thai style Last fall, only days after opening his Bangkok restaurant, Soul Food Mahanakorn, Jarrett Wrisley ’02 found himself without a staff. They had all called in sick — hung over, it turned out, from a night of heavy drinking. It was the latest in a series of frustrations for the first-time restaurateur who, until then, had made his living as an Asia-based travel and food writer for publications like National Geographic and Food & Wine. First came the discovery that the space he had leased was reputedly haunted. Then there were floods and bad wiring, dishonest designers, and crooked cops. Last, and worst, was the realization that the manager he’d entrusted with keeping the books was, well, not trustworthy. “I’m fighting back bugs and sewer gas smells and furniture that is already breaking after only a month,” Wrisley wrote at the time on the Atlantic’s website, where he kept a column on his fledgling enterprise. “These are the joys.” When he decided to start Soul Food in late 2009, Wrisley shrugged off warnings from friends in the industry about the business’s risks and rigors. “Restaurant people like to say that,” he said. He likewise wasn’t discouraged by his relative newness to his adopted hometown — he and his wife had moved to Bangkok from Shanghai only a year earlier — or his “not very good” grasp of the language. He had cleared those hurdles twice before: on his semester abroad at Beijing University and after graduating, when he went back to China to find work. Growing up in Allentown, Pa., Wrisley was fascinated with Asia, passionate about food, and had “always wanted” a restaurant of his own. Little could dampen his optimism for his dream venture. “The restaurant might fail,” he wrote. “The food might stink, or the people might not come. But I don’t think those things will happen, or I wouldn’t be writing this.” Wrisley thought right. A year and a half (and several staffing changes) later, Soul Food is humming, its dining room is crowded each night, and its press coverage has included notices from the Daily Telegraph, the Thailand Tatler, and New York magazine. Named for the similarities between Thai food and America’s Southern cooking — fried chicken, slaw salads, smoked meats — and for Bangkok itself (Mahanakorn is the city’s Thai name), the restaurant is inspired by tapas and izakaya bars. Both, Wrisley explained, serve food meant to be shared over drinks; both follow “the same front-back philosophy. The dining area is casual, but the kitchen is very disciplined, very tight.” Wrisley is a constant presence at Soul Food, although, he admitted, his crew of 11 now operates smoothly enough that “I don’t really need to be here.” Sometimes he works in the kitchen, sometimes he tends bar, and sometimes he roams the floor, joking with regulars, welcoming newcomers, and offering travel tips — where to eat in Goa, beaches to visit near the Thai-Malaysian border — to all comers. He is also putting together a book of essays on the travels and foods that inspired Soul Food and already thinking of expansion: more places, new concepts, different locations. “I’ve done it once,” he said. “I can do it again. I know now to check people’s references. I know how to write a contract that will protect me. I know to trust my instincts.” — Greg Herbowy 70 scene: Summer 2011 Mike Esposito shares that he and his family recently visited with Evan Timbie, wife Janelle, and son William, who are also looking to relocate to the Westfield, NJ, area. Eric and Kasey Sudmyer Conrad also plan a near-future move: “Eric just accepted a new job as VP of sports at Univision in NYC. We will be relocating to Fairfield Cty and we’re excited to be able to spend time with our NY friends! Also, so happy that my roommate Anne Currier Michaels is now living in the Boston area! Can’t wait for lots of road trips!” Finally, 2 of us plan to be the newest residents of the Lonestar state. Devon, Courtney, and Cullen Skerritt plan to relocate to Dallas. Courtney accepted a great job at an all-girls’ school in the Dallas area. Also this summer, my husband and I are planning a move to Austin. While we are sad to leave Nashville, and I cannot believe I am moving farther south (into the heat!), Doug accepted a position at a TX-based firm where he will practice education law, and we are excited about our new TX adventure. Devon and I both plan to work in education policy and administration field in Dallas and Austin, respectively. Keep your updates and news coming. I thank you and look forward to hearing from you. Take care and be well. Katey: 615-417-9727; [email protected] 2001 Jane Seney 83 Bradford Road Watertown, MA 02472-1215 Jane: [email protected] 2002 Betsy Yates Long 445 Legacy Ct Westerville OH 43082-6032 Hi, Colgate Class of 2002! Not many people have written in, so I urge everyone to write in for the next issue with your news! Remember that I am available both on Gmail and on our Facebook page. Babies, weddings, promotions, and other news are all fair game for our column! First, congrats are in order for Dan Cappucci, who was selected as a winner of the Boston 2011 5-Star Wealth Managers with Baystate Financial. Congrats are also in order for Margaret Neill, who moved back to El Paso as the technical services manager for the El Paso Public Library System in April. Margaret’s move back home promoted her from working in a single library to managing an entire 12-library system. Congrats to both Margaret and Dan. I love to hear how diverse our career paths are! Congrats are also in order for the Schiffer-Asmussen family! Lauren Schiffer’s wedding was in the beginning of Oct to Erik Asmussen ’04. Included in the wedding party were Lauren’s sister Jen ’98, Emily Roper-Doten, Alyssa Verbalis, Whitney Baer ’04, Jesse Czecanski-Moir ’04, and Lindsey Slenger ’04, with Sarah Compter ’04 as officiant. Many other Colgaters were in attendance, including Evan Moran ’00, Doug Miller, Lori Mele ’05, Marty Dinn ’99, and Curt Doten ’03. Lauren carried a homemade bouquet of family heirloom brooches, which is such a beautifully meaningful idea! Congrats to the newlyweds! Another family has also grown. Lee and Lindsey Cohan Swad have welcomed baby Audrey Jane into the world. Audrey was just under 9 lbs and was born the 1st week of Jan. So happy to hear that the new family is doing well and adjusting fabulously! In a different tone, I wanted to let you know of the incredibly sad news of Sarah Kulkofsky’s death in Jan. Sarah’s death was a shock to many of us. In her time at Colgate, Sarah held the presidency our jr year for Tri Delta and was involved in the Maroon-News, WRCU DJ, and Student Senate. She was a prof at TX Tech U in Lubbock, TX, and had recently accepted a job at Oberlin C. She was looking forward to being closer to her family and to working at a place with educational ideals similar to Colgate. As a demonstration of the strength of her friendships, Yaeka Katsuta and Phill Ramey (married and living in Seattle), Bethany Cutts, Lea Vacca Michel (prof of microbiology at U Rochester), Meredith Vacca, Emily Taylor, Alyssa Verbalis (in Cinci doing her post-doc work), and I attended the services in Marion, OH. Many other Colgate friends, profs in the psych dept at Colgate, and members of Tri Delta also sent their condolences. The loss of Sarah was felt not only at TX Tech, who also held a memorial for Sarah, and Colgate, but also by friends from Cornell grad school and Marion HS. At the ceremony, Yaeka recounted the origin of her and Sarah’s “Pals Day,” a Feb 15 holiday for friendship, and invited the rest of us to celebrate. Sarah’s parents have started an educational fund in Sarah’s hometown and those who wish are also encouraged to make a gift to Colgate in Sarah’s memory. I can’t believe it has been almost 10 years, Class of ’02. I look forward to hearing from you for the next column. Until then, stay safe and healthy! Betsy: 614-506-0534; [email protected] 2003 Melanie Kiechle Apt. 3 7040 Chew Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19119-1846 Hello, ’03! I’m just back from a fantastic weekend to celebrate bachelorette Kelli Wong’s final days as a single lady, and class council’s old meeting break resurfaced among the many happy memories recounted. Laura Simmons Kovacs and Kate ‘Kegga’ Gallagher also shared in the wine tasting and toasting to upcoming nuptials. We had a wonderful weekend, made all the better by the well wishes that Amy Hargrave Leo sent along in her absence. Can’t wait for the wedding! But right now, on to everyone else’s news. First up is Bridget Fitzgerald Alexander, who wrote about her and Jamin’s trip to India for Arjun Mehra’s wedding to Meghna Ladha in Calcutta. It sounds like a fantastic trip: “We traveled through India with Michael Cheung and his fiancée, Kelly Keehan (they got engaged in November), for a week before the wedding. We went to Delhi, Agra to see the Taj Mahal, took an overnight train to Varanasi, and made a last stop in Bodhgaya, where I meditated under the Bodhi Tree. Mike and I both celebrated our 30th bdays in Varanasi. It was the best bday day I’ve ever had! Once we got to Calcutta, it was a nonstop week of wedding festivities! Traditional Indian weddings are multiple days long, and this was no exception! Other Colgate alums we met up with to celebrate Arjun’s nuptials included Ed Travaglianti and new wife, Amy (they tied the knot on Sept 26), and Nayma Qayum ’02. The 1st night, the Colgate crew had lessons in Indian dance, which we performed in front of wedding guests a few days later! After the wedding, Jamin and I traveled to Nepal. Jamin grew up in Nepal, and he had not been back since his family moved to the US in 1992. It was exciting for both of us — and my 1st time seeing the great Himalayas. I even went paragliding!” In everyday life, you’ll find Bridget working as a graphic designer at NEMO Equipment, a small outdoor equipment company in Nashua, NH, and Jamin is still working at Childrens Hospital Boston, managing a 7-year study on post-surgical glucose regulation in the cardiac ICU. Josh Page sent me a thorough update (with bullet points! Love it!) on the people he sees most regularly. But what I really want to know more about is Josh himself, since he reports he has earned an MS in sports business from NYU and now has a job with the NHL. Alas, we’ll have to wait until next time, because Josh thought the news of friends’ weddings and engagements was more important — I guess we can’t argue with that! “Justin Goldman is engaged to Andrea Girolamo (Sarah Lawrence ’04) and they live on LI. Ed Travagliani and Amy Vittorio (Villanova ’04) got married on LI. It was a beautiful ceremony, with Arjun Mehra and Mike Cheung standing by Ed’s side, followed by a wonderful reception. Colgate ’03 was represented by myself, Joe Henderson, Justin Goldman, Rachel and Chris Montalbano, and Colgate couple Jamin and Bridget Alexander. This past Dec, a Colgate reunion took place in Rochester to celebrate Joe Henderson’s 30th bday. His wife, Tracey Perazone Henderson ’04, threw a surprise party with Colgate friends coming from all over. Homemade food, craft beer, and an impromptu jam session kept us partying ’til all hours of the night. Colgate ’03 was represented by myself and Chris Montalbano, with Sarah Compter and Stephanie Cowles McDonald holding it down for the Class of 2004.” Maxim Wynn recently got engaged to Candice Austin and promises to keep us posted on the wedding. He also is back at Colgate as an asst football coach and had a great year coaching for alma mater. According to Max, “I have so much pride in Colgate that it’s easy being passionate about my job. I enjoy getting up and coming to work every day!” Max spends plenty of time away from Hamilton though, and appreciates everyone whom he visits on his travels. “In a nutshell, I will give a few shout-outs to friends who have been hospitable in the past. Kaleb Berhane, Aaron Morton, and Desmond Alexander always show me a good time when I’m in DC. If I make a stop in Charlotte, NC, TJ Marion Smith displays his newfound Southern hospitality (he’s a Syracuse native). I frequently visit my hometown of Atlanta; there are plenty of Colgate friends to hang out with there: Antrell Tyson ’05, Gemorial Johnson ’05, Lisa Cowan, Ronnie Millen ’06, Alexis Yancey ’05, Phaedra Tucker, Drahcir Smith ’02, Andrew Moore ’07, Will Arnold ’06, Megan Ballard ’06, etc. If I left a name out, blame my mind and not my heart. When I stop in the Bethlehem/Allentown, PA, area, Tyrone Russell and Ingrid Alvarez ’04 definitely show me the ‘happening spots.’ Barry Jones showed me around Toronto a few years back when I visited during the Caribana Festival! I had a great time and want to make it back. Kyle and Tamara Serrano Chandler, Jamal Lamb, and Antwone Porter are living the life in the Motor City. Jeremy and Khatera Abduwali Ballard keep me posted on life in the Midwest. NYC … where do I begin? Nigel Goodman, next time I’m in Brooklyn, we need to find a bar that serves that mixed drink we stumbled upon. I don’t even know if it had a name. It was a bartender’s special! There are so many people in NYC. I’ll just name a few. Brian Anderson ’05, Amir Mohammed, Meryl Ashkenazi, Rachel Lally, Keith Williams ’05, and Rich Grant, thanks for giving me a shout when I’m in your ‘neck of the woods’ and vice versa. When I cross the Hudson into NJ, I must hang with Vaughn Crowe ’02, Chris Brown ’05, Ainsworth Minott ’05, and Sean McCune ’04. Thanks to Antwaun Dixon in Syracuse for giving me an outlet while I reside in Hamilton. It is needed at times! Lastly, I must take a trip out to the Czech Republic to visit Martin Marek one of these days.” Cacula Jutte wrote with the exciting news that she married “my longtime love, Ryan Stoddard (RIT)” in Honolulu last Oct. They live just north of Seattle in Everett, WA. Vanessa Simpson is definitely keeping busy and enjoying life. In 2010, she moved from Alexandria to Fairfax, and now has finally settled in Reston, VA, where she enjoys exploring the town center and surrounding area. She also earned her certificate of accounting from UVA at the end of Dec, and now has only a few classes left to fulfill the requirements for the CPA. In her spare time, Vanessa is taking ballroom dancing and yoga lessons, and she loves them both. Lisa Chuda Witzler moved to DC last summer for an internship as part of her PhD program in dispute resolution. The internship at the Ombudsman Office of the Natl Institute of Health, where Lisa was doing mediation and conflict resolution for scientists, became a f/t position in Jan, and Lisa is still having an amazing time there. Congrats! Rachel Mascetta is loving life in Milan, where she teaches in a bilingual kindergarten and tutors primary school students. As Rachel put it, “It’s a relief to find what I think I’m really meant to do for a living,” and I couldn’t agree more. I also think I should visit! Miranda Clark, whose name is often followed by the word “photography,” reported some exciting and unique events in her life. “In 2010, I installed a chandelier in the Black Forest and hung love letters in an abandoned castle in Barcelona. 2011 brings me to Detroit and to planning my 2nd wedding for the summer.” Hopefully she’ll share the results of these endeavors in a future column. You can also check out her work at mirandaclarkproductions.com. Ruth Stothers flew to Chicago in July, where she, Kate Sibel, Chrissy Demart Woodring, Jeanne Fu, and Tess Horsky celebrated Caitlin Ostrow’s wedding to Andrew Seidler. It was a nice mini-reunion of old roommates, and they had a great time on the Wrigley Field Tour. Ruth’s home life is also busy, but very good. Read on: “I gave birth to my 2nd child, Patrick Michael Dolan, on Nov 5. He weighed 7 lbs, 12oz and was 21" long. My husband, Mike, and I are also the parents of Gweneth Marguerite, who turned 2 in Jan. Life is crazy with 2 kids, but we are happy.” Lee ’02 and Lindsey Cohan Swad also celebrated a new addition: Audrey Jane was born on Jan 5 at 2:23pm. Vanessa Kramer ’02 and Kristina Scharf Cuomo ’02 visited Lindsey in Columbus, OH, for her Nov baby shower, and I’m sure that if they haven’t already been back to see Audrey, they will be arriving shortly. Congrats! One more baby update that slipped through my fingers ’til now — but it’s never too late for great news. Edmund and Lorissa Wellenstein ’01 Durant have a baby boy! Isaiah David was born on Jan 7, 2010, and according to his mother, “is the most beautiful and best baby ever.” To be fair, Lori warned me that she might be biased, but I’m sure she’s absolutely right. I’m going to sign off by sharing some experiences from Garrett Mason, who left the US last July to teach science in Liberia as part of the Peace Corps. Though Garrett only has occasional access to computers and the Internet, he’s been sending accounts of his experiences to friends and family every month or so. Some highlights include his new Loma name, Zaza, and learning (bits and pieces of) 8 local dialects; the natural beauty and colorful butterflies of Zorzor (where he’s stationed); students who really want to learn; the Sierra Leone-Liberia Olympic–qualifying soccer match (in which Liberia prevailed!) and the stadium’s ninja security force; and everyday adventures on the streets and in the classrooms. Garrett also has encountered lots of new challenges — both expected and unexpected — that range from communication to disease to a new diet to rain, mold, and dust. Because I’m writing this sunny summer column on a rainy April day, I’m going to share a few of Garrett’s thoughts on the rain: “Despite knowing that Liberia is located in the Upper Guinea rainforest and has a rainy season, I was still at a loss as to what ‘rainforest’ and ‘rainy season’ actually entailed. Would the sky send down a light drizzle or gush water continuously? Was it going to rain every day? Should I have brought 2 bathing suits instead of just 1? All of these questions floated through my mind as the wheels of the 747 I was flying in touched down on Liberian soil. That 1st night — I won’t ever forget — it poured. It poured like I’ve never experienced before (and having lived in New Orleans for 4 years, this is saying a lot). The falling water pummeled the zinc roof of the convent like a hundred caffeineinduced teenagers let loose in an orchestra’s percussion section. I couldn’t hear my own voice over the noise — nor could I sleep through it. So I just laid there, hour after hour, listening to the violent collision of metal and water. After a week, I’d estimated that it had rained for 130 of the 168 hours I’d been in Africa. And though I’d only been in Liberia for a short time, I felt that I had a much firmer grasp on the terms ‘rainy season’ and ‘rainforest.’ And to be quite frank, I felt whoever had 1st used these words to describe the climate and landscape of Liberia really hit the mark spot on.” Garrett has adjusted to the rain, and welcomed its return after the very dusty dry season, but he always appreciates hearing about the spring rains he grew up with and other details of daily life. If you have the chance, send Garrett an e-mail to say hello; he’d love to hear from us! Melanie: 315-778-0497; [email protected] 2004 Moira Gillick Tottering Hall 2501 Calvert Street NW Apt. 705 Washington, DC 20008-2654 Hello, beautiful people. I write as I am unpacking my bags from a trip to New Orleans, where I ran into Andrew Houston in the French Quarter (he was there with his mates celebrating his bachelor party, “Moira, I am getting married! Can you believe it!” was his refrain) and I am repacking my bags for a trip to (where else but) London (but when else does my trip involve a wedding, much less a royal one?!). Did you see an article in The New Yorker about how theirs (Wills and Kate, that is) is a conventional collegiate romance?! Christine LaRusso, marrying her college beau and our classmate Rich Virginia in May, sent it to me: “So far, so conventional — a college and postcollege romance. This sort of thing is undoubtedly playing out right this very moment at Colgate and Hamilton and Skidmore and Amherst and anywhere else people smart enough and rich enough and Barbour-jackethaving enough assemble to study art history and slum it with cheap beer.” Ha! Do you really think that is Colgate?! The cheap beer seems a compliment, the art history part less so, and the Barbour jackets comment an open palm face slap (Jersey Housewives style). Here’s what I heard from the crowd this time around: Rob Anderson writes from close to the valley, “I’m finishing residency this summer in family medicine. My wife, Rachel, and I will be moving to the Finger Lakes (Penn Yan, NY), and I’ll start practicing Aug 1. We’re approaching our 6th anniversary (we never put the announcement in the Scene). Graduated SUNY Upstate Medical May 2008. In March, we got a visit from Michael Tringali, Eric Koleda ’05, and Christine Naclerio ’05 for a birthday party. Many laughs were had by all. Earlier this month attended the Colgate at Union hockey game on the Saturday of the playoff series with my wife and Robert Masters ’07. Colgate came back in the 3rd period to start their big upset and we showed up their fans. Go, Gate!” Scott Chabina writes from NYC: “I just recently got engaged and wanted to share the news!” Carrie Brummer wrote from the sand land: “I have been teaching in Dubai for 4 years now and will be staying at least 1 more. Besides teaching, I am a visual artist and have been fortunate enough to show in some galleries in Dubai. I write a blog called Artist Think, which has featured photographer Chris Conti and writer Shannon O’Hara (who is currently studying at St Andrew’s, go find your Prince William! inserts MG). I am planning my summer trip to the states to visit friends and family, including Kate Beideman, who was recently engaged to Jim Heitzenrater. I will be returning to the states next May for the wonderful couple’s nuptials. If any ’Gate alumni happen to be in Dubai, look me up. I’m happy to show you around or meet up for a drink. Best wishes to all from sand land.” Thom Lappas writes from the West Coast: “I’m finishing up a PhD in cognitive sciences from UC Irvine in June.” Barbara Stcherbatcheff writes from London, “I was reporting on the CESCO copper conf in Santiago, Chile, April 4–6. I attended the inauguration of Antofagasta’s Esparanza mine in the north of Chile, which brought together various leaders throughout the political and business worlds, including the pres of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, the Minister of Mines, Laurence Golborne, as well as various natl and regional authorities, including the Japanese ambassador to Chile, and managers and workers of Antofagasta Minerals, alongside its Japanese partner Marubeni. Antofagasta put on a show worthy of its billionaireridden audience, complete with a performance from the Antofagasta city orchestra, and a multi-media presentation of lights, music, and computer animation that transported the audience into a sensory journey of copper extraction powered by desalinated water.” Allison Taylor, aka Carmen Sandiego, writes in from who knows where: “I finished up on the Sorlandet in mid-Jan and have been hanging out in CA with my relatives, my boyfriend, and a couple boats. Next up is second mate on the Geronimo, a 70' sloop owned by St George’s School in Newport, RI; Chesapeake Bay and ME for the summer, and the Bahamas to tag turtles in the fall with crew of 3 with 7 HS students.” The commemoratives (stamps, tea towels, china), the buzz about the dress(es), the reality shows, the iPhone apps — it’s all glorious and once-in-a-lifetime stuff. However, I am not down with Prince William’s “Naked Finger” because this once-in-a-lifetime wedding is supposed to be a marriage for the rest of your life. Take note, young betrothed men, and put a ring on your finger. As always, I look forward to hearing from you, and if not, hearing about you. Best, MG Moira: [email protected] News and views for the Colgate community 71 2005 Amy Griffin Apt. 3 847 North Oakley Boulevard Chicago, IL 60622-4737 Amy: [email protected] 2006 Megan Sobel I hope everyone had a great time at reunion! There are lots of updates, including a bunch of weddings and engagements. In an effort to save space, I’ll wish all my congrats to the many happy couples here! Abby King has been hiking the Appalachian Trail since April and will be continuing her journey through Sept. Her travels are taking her from GA to ME and you can follow along on a blog she’s keeping. New Orleans was crawling with 2 groups of ’06ers this past Mardi Gras. Just as they had done many times when they were at Colgate, Brian Yellin, Phil Pearson, and Andrew Lang returned to New Orleans for a long weekend of partying before Fat Tuesday. While there, they ran into the other group of Colgate revelers, who met up in NOLA from all over the country to celebrate with Matt Drummond for his bachelor party: Charlie Pearson (who’s recently engaged) from Chicago; Mike Oliver, Sam Higgins, Scott Donohue, Brad Backenstose, Drew Lane, Jay Armstrong, and Ned Thrasher (who is finishing up his 2nd year at Brooklyn Law) from NYC/Hoboken; Mark McVeety (also recently engaged) from Tampa, FL; Tristan Kessler from DC; and DJ McLaughlin from London. Katherine Donovan, who is living in Boston, is engaged to Tristan Noyes. Dave Policano recently asked Courtney Little to marry him in Paris — how romantic! Of course, she said yes. Tiffany Gonzalez rang in 2011 aglow, as she got engaged on New Year’s Eve. She is the intern for counsel to the VP and occasionally bumps into Amy Dudley, who is deputy press secretary for the VP, at the White House. Ariel Falconer will be marrying Peter Kramer this Aug in CT. Elizabeth O’Leary, Stefanie Telvi, and Karla Yeh are all bridesmaids and will be making sure it is a fun and beautiful day! Susan Tahsler married Mike Bowser, of Gamma Phi formal fame, in a lovely PA ceremony. Abbie Bloom, Ali Sherbach, Sheila Rao, Vanessa Foreman, Hadley Debevoise, Andy Chiquoine, Mike Chase, and Simon Schwam were all in attendance. Susan is living in NY and has seen her hard work at the Today Show pay off, as she now is in possession of an Emmy Award! She produces a weekly segment on the hottest videos on the web, so if you ever see any funny new YouTube videos, send them her way! Sarah McCarthy and Mark Mushel got hitched in CT. Among the attendees were Jennifer Weisholz and Ryan Hall. Ryan will also soon be getting hitched to Colleen McCarthy this Aug; in the meantime, he continues to frequent the watering holes in the DC area with fellow DUs Bill Gaughan, Josh Wurst, and Jeremy Wurst. Alex Shindler was recently admitted to the bar of DC. This is his 4th license, joining his present admission to the NY, NJ, and CT bars. Jim Marusich has a whole slew of exciting news: “A few cool things have happened to me in the past year. I’m currently completing a 1-year dental residency at St Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse. My wife, Vanessa (Oneonta ’06), and I had a 72 scene: Summer 2011 son named Jonathan Duke on Jan 20, 2010, and he is doing very well. I was in NYC at the end of Jan for a fraternity meeting, where I saw several good friends: Jimmy Liu, Ryan Mellon, Jarman Russell, Dennis Wong, and several brothers from other years.” Jessica Winicki and Eve Soderberg, who have been roommates since graduation, have both recently completed additional degrees. Eve graduated from the U of MD School of Law and plans on moving to DC. Jess has graduated with a BSN from the Johns Hopkins U School of Nursing and has recently started as an RN at the U of MD Medical Center in surgical transplant. She’s also busy planning for her wedding that will be taking place this Oct! Steve and Rachel Cox Sheridan recently welcomed a prospective member of the Class of 2033 into the world. John Charles was born on March 13. Sounds like he’s going to have some awesome Colgate Day bday parties in his future! Brent Smith has started his own company called Fresh Mint Media and is working on a movie called SICKCARE, which is a lighthearted documentary on health in America. In his free time, he has been participating in “Tough Mudders” across the country with Tom Cassano, Breton Fischetti ’09, Will Fitzgerald ’09, Jaime LaBelle ’05, and Merissa Porter ’07. Becky Armstrong married Brian Babcock in her hometown of Auburn, NY. She writes, “There were 11 other ’06ers there: Sophia D’Addio (played a beautiful piece on the violin for the ceremony), Ethan Bennet (was one of the readers for the ceremony), Richard LeBeau, Nicola Harper and Matt Barber, Kyle Dolan, Christine Swanson, Sarah Fryc, Renate Schultz, Carolyn Collins, and Maureen Lynch. It was a perfect late summer day and I was lucky that so many of my Colgate friends were able to make the trip to CNY to celebrate the special day with Brian and me.” Matt Whipple has been busy singing and playing bass guitar in his band, Cymbals Eat Guitars. They’ve been touring throughout the US and Europe since releasing their critically acclaimed debut album, Why There Are Mountains, sharing stages with the likes of The Flaming Lips and Wilco. They are currently recording their follow-up album: look for it this fall! Rachelle Dennis recently got her master’s in counseling at Teachers C, Columbia U. She’s now pursuing her passion as an academic guidance counselor at a charter school in Boston and planning her summer 2012 wedding. Phil Munderville and Kyle Rudolph got married in an outdoor ceremony at the top of Hunter Mtn, in which guests took a chairlift up for the intimate ceremony. The wedding party included Chelsea Swank Rossman and Matt Ogden. Luke Merkel, Sean Curran, Nate Rosenthal, Sean Baumann ’08, Jeff Tufts ’08, Sam Evans ’08, Emily Oliver ’09, Mike Hanlon ’07, and Cole Aaronson ’08 all recently got together to wish Brett Merkel ’07 well as he transitioned to his new 3–5 year stint in Heidelberg, Germany, working with the Army Corps of Engineers. Megan: [email protected] 2007 Allie Grimes Apt 2B 120 East 11th Street New York, NY 10003-5311 Allie: [email protected] 2008 Sarah Greenswag 2124 Birchwood Lane Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-6683 Hello, classmates! I hope this column finds you feeling good and enjoying the relaxing months of summer. Thanks to everyone who sent in an update. I am constantly amazed at how motivated and involved our class is. There has been a lot of travel and visiting for our classmates during the spring. Erica Leffler, Jill Blinderman, Courtney Dunlaevy, and Mara Kaufman enjoyed a little too much sun in the Dominican Republic this March. Ari Hershey, Taylor Daly, and Kinnon McCall went out to California in April to visit Kathryn Everett. Kathryn is living in Venice and working for an organization called Artists for Peace and Justice. Several of our classmates are continuing to pursue higher degrees in a variety of areas. Darcy Gordon just accepted a position as a PhD student in ecology, behavior, and evolution at Boston U to study the sociobiology of ants. She will receive her MS in behavior, ecology, evolution, and systematics next month from IL State U, where she studied the evolution and maintenance of nuptial food gifts in crickets. Darcy is looking forward to returning back east and starting this new chapter in life! Mila Adamova has joined Becky Billmire, Paul Glineburg, and some other friends in Philly as she started the MBA program at the Wharton School this May. Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka is enjoying her studies at Cambridge U in England. She recently visited Ayanna Williams, who is living in Morocco while working for the Peace Corps. Colleen McCann will be moving from Portland, OR, to Cambridge, MA, in August to pursue a MEd in education policy and mgmt at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Meanwhile, Elliot Conn graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in May. And Sheila Giovannini graduated from Northeastern School of Law in May. Sheila also shared the exciting news that Matt Torti and Erin Kanetzke are engaged! Congratulations! In the working world, several of our classmates have enjoyed promotions and career changes. Jon Cornfield has accepted a promotion to regional faculty mgr for Kaplan Test Prep & Admissions. He will now manage the DC North region, which includes DC, MD, and certain parts of PA. Jon has moved to Baltimore and lives in the Fells Point area with 2 roommates. Out in Seattle, Katie Castino received a promotion at Big Brothers Big Sisters and is now the enrollment supervisor. Ben Camper is shooting a hockey movie, set to hit the big screen late this year in LA. Ben and fellow classmates Tyler Burton and Justin Kowalkoski played in a worldwide men’s hockey tournament in Tempe, AZ, over Memorial Day weekend. Michelle Wiggins became a CPA and is working at a public accounting firm in Binghamton, NY. Cassie Rotman is still enjoying living in Boston, where she works for Windhaven Investment Management. Cassie visited Ande Reisman in Seattle, where she is studying at the U of WA. Finally, Mackenzie Millar has moved to Hong Kong and is excited to host visitors! It is with great sadness that I share with you this next bit of news. Our class has suffered a great loss this spring. One of our classmates, John Kelly, passed away on March 28, 2011. It was difficult to think about how to write about John, so I am going to borrow from Cassie Rotman, who had very kind words to share about John: “He was a wonderful friend — always so full of life and energy. He was selfless and not only put others before himself and gave back to those less fortunate, but he also taught people to enjoy every opportunity life provided. He truly will be missed.” Donations can be made in John’s honor to the International OCD Foundation in Boston. Sarah: [email protected] 2009 Samantha Gillis 2000 N St. NW Apt 211 Washington, D.C. 20036 Hi, Class of 2009. Hope you all are enjoying your summer! Amanda Gilmore came through DC and writes that she was very fortunate to be a part of another Colgate reunion. She, Laura Flisnik, Kaley Zaharris, Kate Joyce, and Mark Anderson got a last-minute surprise visit from Garrett Gish, who had just returned from military training. Amanda will be moving to DC this spring. Other members of our class are moving to start graduate school programs. Emily Ha will be enrolling in the U of Iowa’s MFA in creative writing program in the fall. Charlotte Keenan will be beginning law school at the U of Tex. Alex Golden has safely returned from Japan and is back home in PA getting ready to start graduate school. Mari Jones moved from Telluride to Denver this spring. Monica Williams is in Cleveland, working as Info, please: If you know of the whereabouts — home address, phone, fax, or e-mail — of anyone on this list, please contact alumni records: 315-228-7435; 315-228-7699 (fax); [email protected]. Thanks for your help! Neale W. Peck ’41 Maurice A. Uran ’48 Walter L. Griffith ’49 David T. Ernst ’69 Barbara A. Thompson MA’69 Karl O. Kluever ’72 Leah B. Ward ’77 David N. De Tone ’78 S. Douglas Curtis ’79 Russell L. Varakuta ’81 James R. Bollinger ’85 Dan’l H. Brush ’86 Beth M. Hollander-Harris ’88 Nicholas G. Theotocatos ’88 Pamela B. Druckerman ’91 Laura R. McLaughlin ’91 Steven M. Straka ’93 Fay M. Dearborn ’96 Gabriel S. Velasco-De Armas ’97 George S. Donovan ’98 Barbara E. Kerr ’99 Teviah E. Sachs ’99 Marlene Coates ’00 Laura E. Rohrbacher ’01 Eric V. White ’01 Corinne D. Kravitz ’04 Audrey M. Thompson ’04 Jason T. Bailey ’05 Anne Gruppo ’06 Natalia Linares ’06 Ritwik Bose ’10 a coordinator for a dual enrollment high school called Design Lab. She stays active with the Colgate community there and was recently elected to serve as co-president of the Colgate Club of Cleveland. Please send updates. Sam: 207-807-4116; [email protected] 201 0 Kim Siembieda 734 Arlington Road Narberth, PA 19072 It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the Class of 2010 descended the hill, torches in hand, as a unified group. Some of us have gone back at different times throughout the year for various events. In April, many returned to partake in the various events that occur during Spring Party Weekend. Aside from reminiscing about Colgate, fellow classmates have ventured out to take on a variety of challenging initiatives. Sam Daly graduated from Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a 2nd lt in the US Marine Corps on March 18 in Quantico, VA. In attendance were fellow Colgate friends and classmates John Greenfield, Emily Bradley, and Lindsey Simpson. Sam is attending The Basic School at Quantico, where he will choose his military occupational specialty at the end of the 6-month program. He was one of the youngest in the company (he entered at 22 and the average age was 25) and excelled in the 3 major components of the program: academics, physical fitness, and leadership. On base, he recently ran into fellow Colgate graduate Jeremy Fisher, who had just received his MOS as an infantry officer. Ooh-rah! Andrew Wickerham is completing his Dartmouth MPH program with a spring health policy internship at the New America Fndn in DC. He works across the street from Mollie Reilly’s offices at Washingtonian mag and lives with Elizabeth Oblinger, just steps from her Capitol Hill desk in the offices of OH Sen Rob Portman. Joining them for weekend cocktails and cherry-blossom watching are John Greenfield Emily Bradley, Vinnie Freccia, and Mark Kelso. Emily is working for the DC bureau chief at CBS News while Mark is working at MarketBridge, a marketing consultancy. Andrew, John, and Bobby LeGaye would also like to make a plea for annual fund donations! Over the winter, John Williams moved west to Alta, UT, while working at Rustler Lodge and skiing everyday. He works with Shasheen Shah ’92 and has had visits from Jon Gimber, Rob McCary, Johnny Russell, and Teddi Hoffman. In May, John joined the Peace Corps and went to Suriname as a community econ development volunteer. Visit our class page photo gallery at Colgateconnect. org to see a photo of John Williams, Johnny Russell, and Rob McRary during a visit to Jackson, WY, with Grand Teton in the background. Stefanie Kovacic is about to finish her 1st year at St John’s U School of Law and will be interning at NYU Law’s Ctr for Human Rights and Global Justice this summer! In Feb, John Paul Ortiz moved to Columbus, OH, to work at Abercrombie & Fitch Home Office as a merchant for Hollister Male Woven Shirts. Julie Gibbons is a grad student at NW U and is expecting to get her master’s in elementary education in early Aug. Rebecca Kahn is currently attempting a thruhike of the 2,180-mile Appalachian Trail that runs from Springer Mtn in GA to Mt Katahdin in ME. She started her trek in GA on March 20, and hopes to reach Katahdin by early Sept. Rebecca Blake is living in NYC and working at UJA-Federation of NY in the planned giving and endowments dept. Greg Hadley took a job at St Lawrence U as the linebackers coach. Tara Desai got promoted at JPMorgan and moved from NY to Dallas as an analyst. Morgan Krieger got a 2-year teaching fellowship at a public charter school in DC. Carlton Walker finished his 1-year teaching fellowship in Atlanta. Carlton believes it was an incredible and fulfilling opportunity that will undoubtedly help him in his next business endeavor. This summer, Carlton is moving to DC and will be part of CIGNA Healthcare’s Sales Training Academy. Katie Garman is finishing her 2nd semester of grad school in geology at the U of FL. Also at the U of FL is Katie’s former Colgate roommate Jess Sabo, who is studying in the bio dept. Katie and Jess also meet up with Jason Kammerdiener and Ilona Matulaitis. The nice weather in FL makes Katie nostalgic for the 1st true spring day in Hamilton! Josh McLane is moving to Chicago to work as an assoc for PwC’s Diamond Advisory Services, a mgmt and tech consulting firm. Last summer, Emily Rawdon worked at Colgate’s reunion for the 45th Reunion of her father, Dick Rawdon ’65. In Aug of 2010, Emily moved to Chicago and is studying in the Performance Studies Dept at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Simultaneously, Emily is working at the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer Club in the communications dept doing press releases, club stories, special event, and game-day photography. Emily has had photos featured in MLS.com, futbolMLS.com, and the Chicago Sun-Times. She has managed to stay in touch with her Colgate roots. She lives with Adge Brodyn ’08 and meets up with Tre Vinson ’09 and Kate Betteridge. Emily also continues to keep up with Annette Goldmacher and Amanda Katz. Amanda has an art show going up in MI this summer! David Gongora ’11 is backpacking in Belize with his family. Will Griffin toured the Western Caribbean and started a new job in FL. Ty Henry and Garrington Spence started a new music group, Ivy League Kidz. In Feb, Christine Gayles celebrated her bday in NYC with Toya Powell, Gabby Jones-Casey, and Karen Assad ’09. Kismeth Caminero has been accepted to Columbia U to the Teacher’s C. Thank you to everyone for the updates. Keep them coming! Kim: 610-952-0491; [email protected] 2 0 11 Madeline Love The Scene welcomes Maddi Love as the first 2011 class editor. Please send your news and updates to Maddi at [email protected]. Marriages & Unions (2011 unless otherwise noted) Carla Macaluso ’93 and Ralph Lucci, Feb. 15, 2009 Ian Blackburn ’98 and Elizabeth Saft ’98 Colleen M. Lang ’01 and Eduardo L. Crosa, February 19 Becky Bye ’02 and James Rufus Garts III, Oct. 9, 2010 Lauren R. Bregman ’04 and Daniel B. Barrie ’05, March 12 To Lance and Lynn Hoffman ’98 Carlton: Bridger Hoffman, May 24, 2010 Rebecca A. Armstrong ’06 and Brian Babcock, Aug. 21, 2010 To Jesse R. ’98 and Jamie Rubino ’00 Moore: Natalie, Oct. 5, 2010 Births & Adoptions (2011 unless otherwise noted) To Terry O’Brien ’98 and Lindsay: Colin Mainwaring, April 1, joining Nicholas and Jason To Thomas P. DiTosto ’86 and Melissa Chuilli: Serena, January 3 To Sam N. Solovey ’98 and Lori: Adam, June 14, 2010 To Jay and Betsy Crisler ’91 Sharma: Anne Crile, February 2, joining Libby, Phoebe, and Penelope To Scott and Tara Lyons ’99 Morley: Alexis Brooke, Dec. 30, 2010 To Joel Brebbia ’92 and Christen: Cal, January 31 To Graham and Rebecca D. Minert ’99 Rule: Charlie David, Oct. 24, 2010 To Christopher J. ’94 and Christina L. Kennedy ’96 Davia: twins Liam and Lucas, Dec. 11, 2010 To Daniel and Katrin M. Peterson ’99 Moffroid: Tristan Alec, Aug. 1, 2010 To Denniston Reid ’94 and Charlene: Denniston M. III, March 9 To Andy and Margot H. Martin ’00 Angstrom: Angus Slater, Oct. 11, 2010 To Marcel and Jenna Siracusa ’94 Trommel: Keira Iris, May 25, 2010 To AJ Migonis ’00 and Jen: Drew, Dec. 28, 2010 To Kent and Heather Savoca ’95 Masden: Gillian, Nov. 17, 2010 To Seth and Dori Popkin ’00 Chait: Samara Brooke, Nov. 11, 2010, joining Zachary To Kerry A. Reynolds ’97 and Andrew J. Janocha ’98: Aiden, June 3, 2010 To Brendan Wolf ’00 and Courtney: Charles Robert, Nov. 22, 2010, joining Jeb To Edward and Betsy Doepke ’98 McDermott: Mary “Mae” Elizabeth, March 30, joining Ann and Jane To Matthew ’01 and Mary Kate Walders ’02 Coseo: Ian Matthew, January 18 Connect with Colgate Move-in day is almost here: just the beginning of what becomes a lifelong connection with Colgate. In no time at all, the enthusiastic welcome will give way to the shared experiences of the core, Willow Path, lucky 13, and Torchlight. Then it's class notes, club events, reunions, and loyal support for the Colgate Annual Fund. Please make your gift today. Online at www.colgateconnect.org/makeagift Or call 800-668-4428. News and views for the Colgate community 73 In tribute To Jeffrey D. Falciano ’01 and Rosa: Alexandra Rose, Sept. 29, 2010 To Dan ’01 and Carrie Ruggles ’01 Tarrant: Juliet Lilly, Sept. 14, 2010 To Steven and Elizabeth Wise ’01 Brown: Isabella Dean, July 30, 2010 To Sarah Baird ’02 and Bryan Dixon: Walker Graham, Nov. 17, 2010 To Mark and Lauren Moore ’02 Roche-Garland: Mairin Sylvia, July 7, 2010 To Steven C. ’06 and Rachel A. Cox ’06 Sheridan: John Charles, March 13 In Memoriam The Scene runs deceased notices on all alumni, current and former faculty members, honorary degree recipients, and staff members and others whom the editors determine would be well known to alumni. Harry C. Behler ’44, professor of political science emeritus, 89 Professor of political science emeritus and alumnus Harry C. Behler ’44 passed away at the age of 89 on March 30 in Ithaca, N.Y. An adviser to Colgate’s debate team for more than 20 years, Behler’s influence was so great that the university renamed that organization the Harry C. Behler Debate Society. Coming to Colgate in 1940 from working-class roots in rural Pennsylvania, Behler was the first in his family to attend college. Between hard work and his diligent studies that earned him a Presidential Scholarship, Behler was able to cover his tuition. His background was known to have shaped Behler’s passion for issues impacting workers, farmers, teachers, and children. With a deep respect for all working men and women — whom he considered the backbone of our country — he never lost sight of how politics affects real people, colleagues say. Behler spent a year studying at Yale Law School after graduating from Colgate. He returned to his alma mater in 1945 as a political science instructor, teaching courses in intergovernmental relations, state government, and political parties. While teaching, he continued his graduate studies at Yale and joined the Colgate faculty after receiving his master’s degree in political science. He is remembered by colleagues as a tough-minded but kind man. Behler coached the debate team through their shift from conventional to international parliamentary debate and led them to many major intercollegiate tournament wins. He received the Colgate Alumni Corporation’s Maroon Citation in 1969. While at Colgate, he advocated for minority programs and opportunities as well as opening the institution to coeducation. Behler also worked for Cornell University’s New York School of Industrial and Labor Relations, teaching extension program courses to local business leaders and labor union members across upstate New York. In addition, he acted as a negotiator and mediator with numerous labor unions, as well as advanced programs broadening union membership and training programs for minorities and women. Active in the Democratic Party, Behler worked across upstate New York on electoral campaigns for Harry Wallace, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and others. Following his retirement from Colgate in 1987, he continued to teach a first-year seminar as well as arrange internships in state government and career exploration projects. Behler is survived by Betty, his wife of 63 years; their four children, Stephanie, David, Matthew, and John; and eight grandchildren. Arthur W. Johnson ’40, February 18, 2011. Delta Phi Alpha, Commons Club, student government. US Army Air Corps, WWII. He built his career as a meteorologist with the Army and subsequently worked in the weather service as a distinguished civil service diplomat. He was predeceased by a daughter and a grandson. He is survived by his wife, Anne, 3 sons, a daughter, and 5 grandchildren. William S. Rothermel ’41, February 8, 2011. Sigma Chi, Salmagundi, baseball, swimming. US Military Service. MD, Jefferson Medical College. A radiologist, his most recent position was as associate director of the radiology department and president of the medical staff at Aultman Hospital in Canton, Ohio. He was predeceased by his wife. He is survived by a daughter, a son, William Jr. ’70, a daughter-in-law, 6 grandsons, 5 great-grandsons, his sister-in-law, and many nieces and nephews. Frederick H. Williams ’41, February 28, 2011. BS, Juilliard; MA, Columbia University. Chorus, cheerleading. He served as church organist and choir director for 46 years at Ossining, N.Y., United Methodist Church. He won the Freedom Foundation Award for writing the music for the words on the Statue of Liberty. He was granted about 200 copyrights for his musical compositions. Benjamin H. Metzloff ’42, December 22, 2010. US Army. He was president of Dickinson Lumber in New Jersey. He was predeceased by his first wife, June, and his second wife, Joan. He is survived by 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Richard H. LaBonte ’43, April 26, 2011. Beta Theta Pi, Maroon, Salmagundi, Banter, Maroon Key. US Navy, WWII. His business career included 28 years with the McGraw Hill Publishing Company in New York, as promotions director for Business Week magazine, among other positions. He took early retirement in the 1970s and began a second career as an artist. In 1978, he bought the Anchor & Palette Gallery in Bay Head, N.J., where he sold his original paintings along with other artists’. He painted more than 175 paintings and authored several books. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn, a son, 2 daughters, his sister, 3 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. Charles P. Parker ’43, January 23, 2011. Lambda Chi Alpha. MS, Syracuse University, 1967. US Army, World War II. For many years, he taught 74 scene: Summer 2011 as an English teacher. He was predeceased by his first wife, his second wife, and his sister. He is survived by 4 children, 4 stepchildren, 7 grandchildren, 7 step-grandchildren, and a greatgrandchild. Robert S. Koch ’45, February 18, 2011. Kappa Delta Rho, chorus, marching band. US Army, WWII. He began his career with Liberty Mutual before starting his own business as an independent claims adjuster. Later, he joined the Hartford Insurance Company. He was predeceased by his wife, Jean. He is survived by 2 sons, 2 daughters, 10 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and a sister. Henry P. Brefka ’49, March 13, 2011. Delta Kappa Epsilon, International Relations Council. US Navy, WWII, Air Medal Gold Star. He worked for Johnson’s Wax for 35 years. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Nancy, 4 daughters, 5 grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, his sister, and his brother. Robert G. Schreiber ’49, January 14, 2011. Kappa Delta Rho. US Marine Corps, World War II. MBA, Bryant and Stratton, 1950. He worked for Reynolds Aluminum and Anaconda Metals Co. prior to forming and serving as president of Schreiber and Co. in 1979. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and son. Robert M. Conner ’50, March 6, 2011. Phi Kappa Psi, Outing Club, Salmagundi, International Relations Council, soccer. Army Security Agency, Korean War. He began his business career with the Amstar Corporation, now called the Domino Sugar Corporation. After 35 years, he retired as general manager of raw sugar operations. He is survived by his wife, Jan, 2 daughters, a son, his brother, and 4 grandchildren. William J. Harjes ’51, December 1, 2009. Outing Club. US Navy, 1945-1946. Gerald F. Giles ’53, March 5, 2011. Alpha Tau Omega, Washington, D.C., Study Group, International Relations Council, football. JD, University of Chicago, 1956. He opened a law office in Portsmouth, N.H., in 1957. He served as judge of Rye Municipal Court from 1960–2000 and was appointed to serve on the Administrative Committee for the District & Municipal Courts by the state Supreme Court in 1967, from which he retired as chairman in 1973. In 1998, he established the Public Protection Fund with the state Bar Association and New Hampshire Charitable Fund. He is survived by his wife, Judith, 4 children, 3 stepchildren, 12 grandchildren, and a brother. John T. Stoner ’53, February 15, 2011. Tau Kappa Epsilon, soccer, swimming. US Navy, Korean War. He began his career working for his father at Stoner Mudge and retired as head of international operations for Valspar. He is survived by his wife, Gail, a daughter, 2 sons, 2 stepdaughters, 2 stepsons, a sister, a sister-in-law, 14 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and 8 nieces and nephews. Myron S. Strasser Jr. ’54, February 5, 2011. Phi Beta Kappa, Commons Club, London Economics Study Group. US Air Force. He was co-owner of Pak-Wik Corp. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Marion L. Strasser, his son and daughterin-law, a grandson, a brother, and cousins, including Emily Aronowitz ’09. William M. Updike ’54, March 5, 2011. Delta Upsilon, Masque & Triangle, Maroon Key, chorus. He was an office planner for TIAA-CREF in New York by his wife of 44 years, Paula, 2 sons including Christopher ’92, and a grandson. Harold A. Benson Jr. ’55, March 23, 2010. Phi Kappa Tau, Masque & Triangle, Maroon, Salmagundi. MS, Columbia University. He was a retired consultant and co-owner of Benson, Kramer, McAllister & Associates in Delray Beach, Fla. John P. Liddy ’65, March 17, 2011. Delta Kappa Epsilon, WRCU, student government. A longtime employee of Kemper Insurance, he retired from his position as northeast marketing manager after 32 years. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, a son, 2 daughters, 4 grandsons, a stepdaughter, a stepson, and 3 step-grandchildren. Edward L. Johnston ’56, February 8, 2011. Lambda Chi Alpha, Maroon, Maroon Key, Colgate Thirteen, University Chorus, ROTC, indoor track. He was predeceased by his wife, Wendy. He is survived by 2 sons, a daughter, 4 grandchildren, and 3 nieces. Frank T. Bogardus ’57, March 9, 2011. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Maroon, Banter. He was owner of Bogardus Reconstruction Services. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, and a daughter. William J. Rudman ’58, January 3, 2011. Sigma Nu. US Marine Corps. He taught at the Manchester Township Middle School for 30 years as well as coached football there. He is survived by his wife, Elaine, children, grandchildren, sister, and sister-in-law. Robert A. Wilson ’59, February 13, 2011. Phi Beta Kappa, Konosioni, Pi Delta Epsilon, Phi Society, Kent Memorial Scholar, Austen B. Colgate Scholar, Maroon Key, Salmagundi, International Relations Council, WRCU, Young Republicans Club. US Army, 1961-1963. MA, John Hopkins University, 1961. From 1963 to 1972, he worked for the U.S. Information Agency as research analyst and senior editor. He began working for Pfizer in 1972, and served as president of the Pfizer foundation, Inc. as well as VP of public affairs and corporate affairs division. He is survived by his wife, Marcia, 2 children, a brother, a sister, grandsons, and nieces and nephews. Daniel N. Fox ’60, August 15, 2010. Outing Club, basketball, water polo. BS, Fordham University, 1963. He had a long career as a pharmacist. He is survived by his wife, Sandy, a son, 2 daughters including Deborah Rush ’86, and grandchildren. A. Terry VanHouten ’60, March 16, 2011. Sigma Nu, Outing Club, Russian Club, soccer, basketball, golf. MA, American University; JD, Georgetown University. He practiced management labor law and served as the firm’s partner and chair of its Labor and Employment Law Department. In 1983, he became the first in-house labor lawyer for Eastman Kodak, and worked his way up to assistant general counsel, Employment Law & Personnel Relations, and VP, Legal before retirement. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Judy, 2 children, 2 daughters-in-law, 3 grandchildren, and his mother. C. Leonard Corbin ’61, January 23, 2011. Debate Society, Delta Sigma Rho, Russian Studies Club. US Army, 1961-1964. He taught English and debate at private schools in the Unite States and around the world for many years before working for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the US Department of Justice. He is survived by his mother, his daughter and son-in-law, his son and daughter-in-law, 3 brothers, 5 grandchildren, his ex-wife, 3 stepchildren, and many nieces and nephews. J. Christopher Bell ’62, March 3, 2011. Phi Kappa Psi. US Army. He worked for Wilmington Trust for 35 years and served as president of the Donner Corporation. He was also the treasurer of the Historical Society of Delaware. He is survived Martin E. Juredine ’66, February 1, 2011. Phi Delta Theta, football, lacrosse, wrestling. He owned the Barking Spider Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Nancy, 2 daughters, a sonin-law, and a granddaughter. George R. Reid II ’68, July 31, 2008. Sigma Nu, Colgate Thirteen, Outing Club, Washington, D.C., Study Group, student government, chorus. JD, Columbia University, 1973. He was an attorney. He is survived by his wife, Debbie, and children. Alan M. Gewirtz ’71, November 17, 2010. Maroon, Salmagundi. SUNY Buffalo: MA, 1973; MD, 1976. Having dedicated his career to the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of leukemia, he held 9 patents. He was the C. Willard Robinson Professor in medicine and pathology at the University of Pennsylvania and headed the Hematologic Malignancy Program at the Abramson Cancer Center. In addition to being widely published, he also served on 2 editorial boards and edited a book. He is survived by his 2 children, brothers Henry ’67 and Elliot ’69, and nephew Eric ’02. Catherine Kane Whitbeck ’71, January 26, 2011. Phi Beta Kappa. She worked for Questar III as a counselor and advocate for high school students for 30 years. She is survived by her husband, Carl, 4 children, 3 brothers, 2 grandchildren, cousins, and nieces and nephews. Jeffrey C. Warlich ’82, March 18, 2011. Lacrosse, soccer. He worked for J.P. Morgan Chase. He is survived by his wife, 3 daughters, mother, 2 sisters, and nieces and nephews. Noel W. Kaufmann ’86, January 26, 2011. MDiv, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1991; PhD, Emory University, 1995. He was a piano technician by trade. He is survived by his parents and his brother. Justine A. Bouldin Swaim ’89, February 17, 2011. Maroon, London English Study Group. MBA, Boston University School of Management, 1995. She held positions with the American Express Shareholder Services Group, the Prudential Insurance Company, and in marketing for UMASS Memorial Health Care. She is survived by her husband, Jeffrey, 2 daughters, a son, her parents, a brother and sister-in-law, a niece, and her grandmother. Manning Marable, April 1, 2011. BA, Earlham College; MA, University of Wisconsin; PhD, University of Maryland. Having joined Colgate’s sociology and anthropology department as a professor in 1983, he taught a range of courses. He also was the founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program. In 1987, he left Colgate for Ohio State University, and subsequently worked at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Columbia University. He was a prolific author, most recently publishing a biography of Malcolm X. He is survived by his wife, Leith, 3 children, a sister, 3 grandchildren, and 2 stepchildren. In tribute John M. Longyear III, professor of anthropology emeritus, 96 The man for whom Colgate’s Longyear Museum of Anthropology was named passed away on March 27. At age 96, John M. Longyear III, professor of anthropology emeritus, died at home in Kennebunk, Maine. Joining the university in 1948, Longyear founded the anthropology museum using many of his own artifacts and oversaw the construction of the gallery in 1965. It was conceptualized as a teaching museum where students would learn from handson involvement in curatorial work and, in turn, visitors would learn from viewing the exhibitions. Longyear served as the curator from 1968 until his retirement in 1978, and the museum was named after him in 1981. In addition, Longyear cofounded Colgate’s interdisciplinary program in Native American studies with Professor Anthony Aveni and Flora Clancy. He also was chair of the Department of Social Relations on two separate occasions: 1961–1965 and 1976–1979. Remembered by colleagues as a Maya scholar of the first order, Longyear wrote his doctoral dissertation, Copan Ceramics: A Study of Southeastern Maya Pottery, in 1940. That work established a chronology for Maya ceramics from Copan that is still in use today. Longyear’s teaching specialties included cultural anthropology, American archaeology and ethnology, old world prehistory, and human evolution. Known for his dedication to students, he conducted off-campus research with them through several January Plan programs in the 1960s. Born in Houghton, Mich., Longyear earned his AB at Cornell University in 1936. During World War II, he was a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s radiation laboratory, developing radar applications for the military — several were patented in his name. In 1940, he earned his PhD in anthropology at Harvard University, where he was a graduate assistant and research fellow at the Peabody Museum before coming to Colgate. A distinguished anthropologist, he had conducted archaeological excavations and reconnaissance in the American West, Honduras, El Salvador, and Panama. In addition to teaching and research, Longyear’s other loves were ornithology and music. A vocal performer, he starred as the comic lead in the annual Gilbert and Sullivan productions of the Hamilton Lyric Opera Company. He continued his love of bird-watching until his passing, submitting bird counts to Cornell University’s ornithology lab and regularly contributing to the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle’s bird column. His wife, Marian, daughter Carol, and grandson Christopher predeceased him. He is survived by his daughter and son-in law, Joan and Bob Wuerthner, of Kennebunk, Maine; grandchildren Robert Wuerthner, Jr., Eric Wuerthner, Peter Clothier, and Melissa Clothier; seven great-grandchildren; his sister, Marion Sonderegger; and several nephews and nieces. News and views for the Colgate community 75 Dick Broussard City for 38 years. He is survived by a daughter, a son, 2 grandchildren, and a sister. Ten familiar local street names on the Hamilton map detail below have been replaced by numbers. We’ve taken those 10 names (without their St., Ave., or Rd. indicators) and paired them, then scrambled together all the letters in each pair, resulting in the five signs shown. Can you unscramble the two street names that make up each sign? For example, OAK and MONTGOMERY might be scrambled to spell TOOK ANGRY MEMO. The letters of each street name on a sign appear in a consistent color. See page 69 for the answers. Eat on St. 2 1 s St. Charle Montgomery St. salmagundi You Were Here St. John 5 6 3 St. Pine Ave. Maple 4 7 Oak D r. 8 Newell Dr. 9 10 When I cracked the spine of my new Colgate Datebook, volume XII, this year, I reminisced how these little calendars have helped me organize my life. Each year since 1999, I’ve ordered a new one from the university bookstore. The daily glimpse of the Colgate seal reminds me of those fond years, and a quick glance reveals what’s on tap for my day, the following week, or the next month. As a visual thinker, the ability to see Sunday–Saturday on the page offers me clarity. I occasionally glance back at 10 years of my life: first dates, wedding planning, birthday gatherings, client meetings, tae kwon do tournaments, family vacations … all documented in these little books. Each winter, I count the number of ski/telemark/ snowboarding days I enjoyed (record: 32 in 2001–2003). Come tax season, when I’m calculating my travel mileage, the process takes less than 30 minutes as I flip through my datebook, reminded about fun engagement sessions and compelling conferences. Tax stress melts away. Take that, Microsoft Outlook! I’ve considered digital calendars; however, the process of writing it down forces me to remember it. Batteries don’t die, operating systems don’t crash, and I can still read and plan my time after the flight attendant says, “Please turn off all portable electronic devices.” Thank you, Colgate Datebook, for making my life easier! Do you have a reminiscence for Rewind? Send your submission of short prose, poetry, or a photograph with a description to [email protected]. Puzzle by Puzzability scene: Summer 2011 My Colgate Datebooks — R.J. Kern ’00, a wedding photographer, dedicated a longer version of this post on his blog, kern-photo.com, to his grandfather Jim Quigley ’48, who he said “continues to inspire my entrepreneurial spirit.” . Ln lly a L 76 Rewind Above: Homework, en plein air. A perfect spring day to bring the laptop out on the Quad. Back cover: An unusual profusion of yellow irises sprung up around Taylor Lake this year. Both photos by Andrew Daddio News and views for the Colgate community scene: News and views for the Colgate community Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346-1398 colgate CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Colgate University