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from our May/June 2018 Class Notes column:
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In just two years we will
celebrate our 50th Reunion during a fun- and event-filled-weekend party
in Ithaca. The dates are June 4-7. 2020. Be sure to regularly
check out our various '70 sites: our class website,
cornell70.org our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Cornell70 and our Twitter page,
www.twitter.com/CornellClass70.
James Collyer and
his wife, Tuty, continue to live in Asia. He asks, "Retired? Is that
a word?" Presently, he is supporting an education initiative. James
is working to connect theory to practice outcomes. He has also been doing
some writing and finds that he is "still leaning heavily on E.B.White 1921."
(That is wonderful, James. Elements of Style by our
famous fellow Cornellian is one of my favorite high school graduation gifts. His
trilogy of classic children's books is a good idea for new baby gifts too.) James
and Tuty are still chasing their two teens. The older daughter is in
Ithaca.James muses: "How did that happen?!" He add "Living the cliché:
never stop learning!" and notes that this give him great satisaction in his lief. If
he had a day in Ithaca, James would "relish the diversity, sit in a lecture, take
in the view from the HFJ, cruise the Botanic Gardens, find a bench in Sapsuker Woods,
and count cars with a double scoop of Purity."
...Please read this notice. [read the whole
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from our March/April 2018 Class Notes column:
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The annual Class of 1970
dues mailing for 2018 has begun! Please join in by paying dues and, most
importantly, sending in your news, whether it's about family, retirement or a new
career, info on '70 classmates and friends, or memories from our years at Cornell! Thanks
for being an active and involved member of the Class of'70. A reminder
that our 50th Reunion weekend will run from Thursday, June 4, through
Sunday, June 7, 2020. Check out our various sites: class website, cornell70.org;
Facebook page; and
Twitter page.
Jack Salberg, MBA '71,
and his wife, Susan, continue to live in Nashville, TN. For over ten
years now, they have been enjoying retirement and feel fortunate that they remain
physically active. Jack is a proud member of the local men's over 65,
level 4.0 tennis team. They have won the Tennessee state championship
two of the last three years. Last December, they played at the USTA Southern
Sectional tennis tournament in Hilton Head, NC. Recently, Jack and Susan
celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary. They dated throughout
most Jack's Cornell days. He notes that Susan "suffered through her share
of toga parties and other events at Cornell in the late '60s". For the
last six years, the three-week summertime "Camp Grandma and Grandpa" for two exclusive
campers, grandkids Joshua, 11, and Elsa, 9, has taken place in Nashville. Jack
and Susan love this great, if tiring, tradition. Seems the kids' parents
do too!
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from our January/February 2018 Class Notes column:
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A new day and a new year,
2018! When we were all thinking (and perhaps worrying, too) about the
New Millenium, I was not imagining how swiftly the following 18 years would go by. We
are now two and a half years until our 50th Reunion at Cornell. Now,
that is amazing! So often, these days, I seem to feel and see the signs
that our time on the Hill was so long ago. However, at the same time,
when I think of our undergraduate years, I can quickly be transformed back to a
much younger version of myself -- at least in my mind! Our 50th
Reunion weekend is June 4-7, 2020. Please be sure to check out our various
sites: Class Website, Cornell70.org;
Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Cornell70/;
and Twitter page,
www.twitter.com/CornellClass70.
Classmate Jomarie Alano, MBA '82
has written and published a new book, A Life of Resistance: Ada Propero Marchesini
Gobetti, 1902-1968. Her book was published by University of Rochester/Boydell
& Brewer. Ada Gobetti was a writer, translator, teacher, and women's
rights activist who began her lifetime of resistance and her fight against fascism
in the early 1920s. She organized other Italian women (whom she viewed
as a political force) against German occupiers and fascist oppressors. Ada
fought for the ideals of grassroots democracy, women's rights, and democratic education
for the rest of her life, in addition to writing. Jomarie is a visiting
scholar at Cornell's Inst. for European Studies. She is also the translator
and editor of Ada Gobetti's Diario Partigiano, which was published by
Oxford University Press as: Partisan Diary: A Women's Life in the Italian Resistance.
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from our November/December 2017 Class Notes column:
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As 2017 is drawing to a
close, I wish you all a very tasty and happy Thanksgiving and wonderful holiday
celebrations in December. May you all enjoy a healthy, happy, and less
stressful New Year in 2018!
With the turning of the calendar to 2018, we are getting even closer to our 50th
Reunion in June 2020. Our ’70 leadership team and core 50th Reunion committee
is moving ahead with plans for this special celebration weekend, June 4-7, 2020. However,
we are always on the lookout for and in search of any and all classmates who want
to join the committee. Committee work can be in a very specific way or
in a general manner. We welcome suggestions and ideas, as well as questions
and comments from all of you. Please contact me at: conimae2@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing
from many of our fellow classmates from the Legendary Cornell Class of 1970. Please
read more on our three sites: class website, www.cornell70.org; Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Cornell70;
and Twitter page, www.twitter.com/CornellClass70.
Drew Copeland,
PhD ’77 (Westlake Village, CA) is currently consulting for a small laser company,
which is modeling solid-state disc laser performance. His two daughters,
26 and 28, were both married in 2017. Drew would like to be spending
more time reading and studying math and physics—”my real loves in life.” Two
Cornell professors had a great impact on Drew: AEP professor Arthur Kuckes, who
he worked for for two summers while at Cornell; and Prof. Chung Tang, MA
’76, who was his PhD thesis advisor in 1977. Elliot Kronstein is a prosthodontist and founding partner
of the Restorative Dental Group of Cambridge. Presently he is one of
nine dentists in the practice that specializes in restorative, implant, and cosmetic
dentistry. Elliot has a special interest in cosmetic tooth support and
implant restorative dentistry. He has led and been involved in numerous
colleges, academies, study clubs, residency and education programs, and societies,
all of which deal with his practice and knowledge of prosthodontics. He
is also the chairman of the board of the Precious Project (www.preciousproject.org), a US 501(c)(3) and a Tanzanian
NGO. Elliot and the Precious Project are working to halt the recurring
cycle of poverty that exists in a small Tanzanian village of 3,000. A
residence for 14 abandoned or orphaned children and a much-needed primary school
for 180 children have both been established by this organization.
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