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Class of 1970 Accomplishments
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• Many Classmates teach and do research as professors at Cornell and other
schools
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• There are many successful lawyers practicing corporate and private law, plus
many who have gone into government service including judges and Counsel to a Governor
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• Classmates have been effective doctors and nurses in many specialties, helping
thousands medically
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• Co-invention of the insulin pump and other implantable medical devices
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• Appointments to several positions by the Hong Kong government
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• Credit for over 500 patents and winning the Draper Prize, the Engineering
equivalent of the Nobel, for developing biomedical solutions to medical problems
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• Founding many companies, including SoBe soft drinks and The Water Initiative
which aims to obliterate water pollution
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• Receipt of the Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Award
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• Leadership in the fight for the rights of the terminally ill to die with
dignity
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• Provision of the lead gift ($5M) to launch Cornell’s Faculty Renewal Initiative
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• Writing and production of many television shows including the Law & Order
series, Blue Bloods, JAG, and receipt of an Emmy
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• Oversight of the well-endowed Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation
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• Development of CUInfo, a proto-web, and co-creation of “Uncle Ezra” which
still answers students’ questions
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• Coaching the Big Red Hockey Team to 230 victories over 12 seasons
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• Leading the Marine Corps University after rising to the rank of 3 Star General
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• Development of the first computer to switch laser light instead of electronic
current
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• Managing the Santa Monica Farmers Markets, one of the biggest and busiest
in America
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• Election to Congress for 9 terms (1975 – 1993)
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• Many Members of the Class of '70 are published authors or editors (a partial
list of titles: Nurses on the Move, The Nanny Murders, Behind the Walls, Pilgrim
Cat, Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Biggest Bangs, Hunger, Please
Don’t Kiss Me At The Bus Stop, Activists Beyond Borders [winner of the Grawemeyer
Award], Cryptic Crosswords and How To Solve Them, Mommy Near, Mommy Far, The Transformative
Power of Crisis, Lost Boys, Mompreneurs: A Mother's Practical Step-By-Step Guide
to Work-At-Home Success, Christ Church's Churches Purely Reformed, Broken Patterns:
Professional Women and the Quest for a New Feminine Identity
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• Service to Cornell as University Trustees, Presidential Counselors, Members
of the Cornell Council and the President’s Council of Cornell Women, CAAAN Ambassadors,
and Regional Club Officers
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