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March 1980

CCT polls the students

on the draft

and the presidency

Sovern is named
University President

Marcus report on
the arts and sciences

The Brethren
as seen from below,
by Gerard E. Lynch 72

Richard Rodgers ’23
(1902-1979)

Cross-Country’s foray
to Oxford,

by Coach Pete Schuder

Plus Alumni, Faculty and
Campus News, Letters,
Books, Sports ...

Letters

Jogging Memories

TO THE EDITOR:

I read with interest Lawrence Shain-
berg's "Going Nowhere Fast" and
thought that he, T. Krishna Murphy,
"Baba" Limbic, and your readers might
like to know of early pioneering efforts
in Slow Distance running conducted by
me and several classmates at Columbia
College in 1942.

World War II had terminated such
options in Physical Training as golf,
bowling, and tennis; instead, as part of
our military preparedness, the adminis¬
tration hired several Swedish instruc¬
tors in gymnastics. These pleasant but
incredulous men, having seen our lack
of conditioning, took stem measures to
improve us. Among the measures was
the following: each student would run a
mile and be clocked; he would then run
a mile each week thereafter and be
clocked, to check his improvement.

Unfortunately, they let word of their
plan get out, with almost predictable
results. Limbic's theory of "ambition-
centers" needs modification, for ambi¬
tion can be made of stuff less than stern
and still be ambition. Fear, as the poet
says, contends with desire. Among our¬
selves, we agreed, in our sophomoric
wit, to exploit the peculiar nature of
Columbia's indoor track, which at that

Volume 7, Number 1
March 1980

EDITOR: James C. Katz 72

MANAGING EDITOR: Phyllis T. Katz

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time ran through steam tunnels and be¬
hind walls, so that the runners could not
always be observed. We would, we de¬
cided, run so slowly and establish such
slow distance records that it would be a
cinch to improve. I remember vividly
that I ran my first mile, in a group of
about eight, and that it took me twenty-
two and a half minutes—and I did not
finish last.

Murphy took 16 minutes per mile on
his fifteen-mile run, and to reduce (in¬
crease) that time he required special
equipment—"the no-stride belt." It is
clear that Columbia men were tougher
in our day and had greater endurance
than do the members of the Robert
Wilson brigade.

John Crossett '45

Professor of Classics

Cornell College

Mount Vernon, Iowa

TO THE EDITOR:

Lawrence Shainberg's "Going Nowhere
Fast" [November 79 CCT] gave me
pause. Drum tight all the way through,
the progression of Zennish concepts
doubles back on itself with the Neuro-
wilsoners. Their seminal statement is
". . . the ultimate ambition of a dam¬
aged brain is to cure itself of brain dam¬
age." Everybody's reasoning makes
sense until this statement. It sounds
true, and is reassuring to his readers,
hyperkinetic career people. But the
ambitions don't equate. The desire to
reduce the need to move is indeed an
ambition, but of another order than the
need to move itself. So saying that the
"problem at its source" is "ambition" is
simply taking advantage of the aqibi-
guity in his use of the word.

Other than that, real cute, Shainberg.

Peter M. Basch 77

New York, N.Y.

No Solo Flight

TO THE EDITOR:

As an active and interested alumnus
and one who has long been involved
with intercollegiate athletics at Colum¬
bia, I am delighted to see attention
given to sports in Columbia College
Today and its companion publications.

I was somewhat taken aback, how¬
ever, by a comment in the December,
1979 Alumni News Edition under the
headline "Campbell Resigns as Football
Coach." The assertion in question was
"Coach Campbell's own spirit was so
infectious that his presence on campus

On the cover: Pro-draft and anti-draft stu¬
dents converge at Alma Mater on January
30. Photo by Phyllis Katz.

has been widely credited (emphasis
added) for the remarkable turnaround
in Columbia's athletic fortunes."

As most other members of the Co¬
lumbia community who are interested
in its athletic activities, I was pleased
and excited when Bill Campbell
accepted the football head coaching
position six years ago. I remain an
admirer of his and recognize the
contributions he has made with regard
to the athletes that he had coached.
That he did not achieve success as
measured in terms of wins and losses is
unfortunate and ultimately led to his
decision to resign. Let us, however,
accept his performance realistically,
and in the context of the football
program, as I am certain he himself has
done.

Little purpose can be served by ac¬
knowledging an absence of success in
the arena within which he was charged
while at the same time assigning him
credit for the achievements of others.
To do the latter is misleading at best and
insulting to those coaches who have
taken over moribund programs and
reached heights that their sports at
Columbia have never experienced. No
one denies Bill Campbell's popularity,
but the recent achievements of the
swimming, soccer, cross-country, bas¬
ketball and tennis teams are the result of
a great deal of effort and intelligence on
the part of dedicated coaches.

Let me cite the first three sports as
examples. Don Galluzzi inherited a
swimming program that was an embar¬
rassment. Through incredibly long
hours of devoted effort he established a
recruiting system that has brought
many talented swimmers to Columbia.
This combined with his coaching abili¬
ties has turned a once anemic team into
an Eastern powerhouse.

John Rennie began with a soccer team
that could win only one game in three
years. Through his intelligence and or¬
ganization he recruited remarkably
gifted athletes and in his last year at
Columbia won the school's first Ivy
League championship. Dieter Ficken in¬
herited Rennie's athletes this season and
quickly demonstrated his coaching and
leadership skills in not only repeating as
Ivy champs but reaching the NCAA
final 4, an accomplishment rarely
matched in Columbia's recent athletic
history, by any sport.

Cross-Country's improvement began
after Pete Schuder arrived at Columbia
as an assistant coach. In his third year at
the helm, his team won the Heptagonal
Championship for the first time in the
41 years that the event has been con-

Michael I. Sovern Is Named
17th Columbia President

On January 7, Trustees chairman Arthur B. Krim '30 announced the appointment of
Michael I. Sovern '53 as the successor to Dr. William J. McGill, who will step down
after 10 years as Columbia's chief executive on June 30.

Mr. Sovern, the noted labor mediator and former Law School dean, was unani¬
mously chosen by the Trustees following the recommendation of a presidential search
committee. For the past year he has served as Columbia's Executive Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost. "I have spent most of my life here," he said in an
official statement. "1 love Columbia and could not have asked for a better fate."

tested. That victory did not come
easily; it required dogged recruiting
with outstanding coaching as the top
nine runners included six who were
highly regarded high school performers
plus three others who were Columbia
walk-ons.

I am sorry to lose Bill Campbell, but
let us keep his contributions in perspec¬
tive, and not deify him at the expense of
a crew of highly motivated and talented
coaches who are relatively unknown
outside of their respective sports.

Herman W. Kane '61
New York, N.Y. Q

News/Faculty

Sakharov Invited toColumbia

Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov,
abruptly exiled from Moscow by Soviet
authorities in January, has been invited
to join the Columbia University faculty
as a visiting scholar in the physics de¬
partment.

At a January 25 rally in John Jay
lounge, called in support of the dissi¬
dent scientist. University Provost Mi¬
chael I. Sovern announced that the
chairman of the physics department
had asked the University to extend the
invitation.

"We cannot know whether his capri¬
cious government will ever allow
Sakharov to go, but we who live in free¬
dom must try," Mr. Sovern said.

At last report, the University had
received no reply from Dr. Sakharov.

Marcus Panel Reports

In a comprehensive 264-page study of
the arts and sciences departments,
released in December, a blue-ribbon
faculty commission called for the
University to pursue a program of
"selective excellence," in which Colum¬
bia will "do only what it can do superla¬
tively."

Analyzing the long-range needs of
Columbia's departments of instruction
in the humanities, social sciences and
natural and mathematical sciences, the
commission declared:

"Columbia is one of the most impor¬
tant universities in the world, but it can¬
not take its continued distinction for
granted." Safeguarding Columbia's
standards of excellence will require
strong measures, the commission

wrote. "It implies a major and, perhaps
in its conscious manner, an unprece¬
dented search for new talent."

The panel—comprised of 19 tenured
professors chaired by Steven Marcus
'48, Delacorte Professor in the Humani¬
ties—was appointed by President
McGill and spent 18 months preparing
its report. It recommended that Colum¬
bia:

• unify the 28 arts and sciences depart¬
ments under a single academic leader
with the rank of vice president.

• devote an increasing portion of its re¬
sources to the natural and mathematical
sciences—including the addition of
some 17 lines of tenure, and new or up¬
graded facilities for chemistry, physics
and astronomy.

• establish a "continuing faculty body
whose function is to attend to academic
planning."

• create new interdepartmental bodies,

such as a "federation" of European lan¬
guages and literatures.

• involve senior faculty in elementary
language courses.

• further exploit the advantages of its
New York location by forging new rela¬
tionships with other institutions.

• continue to improve its physical
facilities and surroundings—Hamilton
Hall was termed "under-maintained to
the point of scandal."

The report, which many outsiders
considered surprising in its candor, was
frank about the shortcomings of several
departments and critical of the Univer¬
sity's administrative leadership "in the
decades that preceded 1971." In the
1950's and 1960's, the panel observed,
Columbia "expanded and diffused its
programs beyond its means and beyond
its ability to remain excellent every¬
where." The commission projected the
retirement, resignation or death of

COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY 3

Commission chairman Steven Marcus: An

unprecedented search for new talent.

about 70 of the present 120 tenured
professors in the humanities. It believes
that 12 of these positions could be
gradually eliminated, but proposed that
savings in this area be allocated to
assistant professorships.

The report noted several environ¬
mental or "quality-of-life" problems
affecting faculty morale, such as the
high cost of schooling for faculty chil¬
dren and the "virtually moribund" con¬
dition of the Faculty House. Calling life
on Morningside Heights "not commo¬
dious or particularly entertaining," the
commission grumbled: "Shopping is
terrible, decent restaurants few; there
isn't a major bookstore, a quality movie
house, or an art gallery in the neighbor¬
hood." Columbia was criticized for fail¬
ing "to make the most of its nearly
unique ability to control in part the
quality of its own neighborhood"—a
contention which community activists
are certain to dispute; nonetheless, the
report calls for Morningside Heights to
aspire to "the attraction of Greenwich
Village, the animation of the Latin
Quarter, the ethnic excitement of a
Chinatown."

President McGill, in a letter of thanks
to Professor Marcus, noted that prog¬
ress is already being made in several
areas addressed by the commission re¬
port. These include: faculty pay raises
averaging 11 percent next year; the re¬
cent appointment of three prominent

scholars in economics and history;
active plans for a new chemistry build¬
ing; improvements in maintenance, li¬
brary, laboratory and computer pro¬
grams; reorganization of neighborhood
real estate management; and plans for a
major capital fund raising campaign.

Yale Campaign Director
Named Alumni VP

Terry M. Holcombe, who was execu¬
tive director of Yale University's suc¬
cessful $370-million capital fund drive,
was named Columbia's Vice President
for Development and Alumni Relations
in October. He succeeded Howard A.
Rusk, Jr., who resigned in March.

The Campaign for Yale raised $374
million over a five-year period, the larg¬
est such effort ever undertaken in higher
education. Eighty percent of the funds
raised came from Yale alumni.

Mr. Holcombe will head University¬
wide fund raising efforts at Columbia,
which receives more than $35 million
annually in contributions from alumni,
foundations, corporations and others.
In 1977-78, Columbia led the nation in
the amount of bequests, and ranked
third in total gifts to colleges and uni¬
versities, with $49 million.

Mr. Holcombe, 37, graduated from
Yale in 1964, and received an M.A. in
international relations from the Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
University. Prior to joining the Yale
campaign in 1975, he spent eight years
with accion International, a non-profit
corporation involved in Latin Amer¬
ican development projects, and three
years as vice president for college
advancement at Whittier College in
California.

News Bulletins

• Died: John Gorham Palfrey, 60, Dean
of Columbia College from 1958 to 1962,
in Boston on October 28, 1979. A Co¬
lumbia law professor for 28 years, Dean
Palfrey was a graduate of Harvard
College and Harvard Law. A specialist
in the legal and political aspects of
nuclear energy, Mr. Palfrey was ap¬
pointed to the Atomic Energy Commis¬
sion in 1962 by President Kennedy, and
served for four years. After his AEC
term, he was a fellow of Harvard's Insti¬
tute of Politics and later was a fellow of
the Woodrow Wilson International
Center and the Brookings Institution.
Survivors include his wife, Clochette
Roosevelt Palfrey, a son and a daughter.

John Gorham Palfrey

(1919-1979)

• Appointed: International economists
Jagdish Bhagwati and Padma Desai,
who are husband and wife, each as Pro¬
fessor of Economics. The appointments
represent a major step in the
University's commitment to upgrade
the economics department.

Professor Bhagwati, currently the
Ford professor of economics at M.I.T.,
has written extensively on international
trade and has edited the Journal of
International Economics since 1971.
Professor Desai, a specialist in Soviet
economics, is currently teaching at Bos¬
ton University and is a research asso¬
ciate at Harvard's Russian Research
Center. She is an authority on economic
policy and development in her native
India, and on the role of women in eco¬
nomics.

• Appointed: Yosef Hayim Yerush-
almi, 47, one of the world's foremost
Jewish historians, was named Colum¬
bia's first Salo W. Baron Professor of
Jewish History, Culture and Society
and Director of the University's Center
for Israel and Jewish Studies, effective
July 1. Dr. Yerushalmi will leave Har¬
vard University, where he holds the
Safra professorship in Jewish history
and Sephardic civilization and serves as
chairman of the department of Near
Eastern languages and civilizations.

The Salo W. Baron Professorship
was established by the University last

Alumni

International economists: Professors Jagdish Bhagwati (left) and Padma Desai will join the
Columbia faculty on July 1.

Incommunicado: Columbia's favorite ape, Nim Chimpsky, managed to acquire a 125-word
sign-language vocabulary during a 5-year project headed by psychologist Herbert Terrace;
however, Nim showed no evidence of "mastering the conversational, semantic, or syntactic
organization of language ," Dr. Terrace recently concluded.

La Via del Tren es Peligrosa

It's fast, noisy, filthy, and almost
broke. And quite possibly the world's
most complex and unruly transporta¬
tion system.

But to Richard H. Ravitch '55, New
York's Metropolitan Transit Authority
is another in a series of monumental
public management problems he has
been called on to solve.

Mr. Ravitch, who was appointed
part-time MTA chairman in October by
Governor Hugh Carey, brings a strong
track record to his new post. A 1958
Yale law graduate, he has had a success¬
ful career as a builder and is widely
credited with having rescued the state's
Urban Development Corporation from
financial collapse in 1975, when he
served as UDC chairman. The MTA,
which runs New York's subways,
buses, and commuter railroads, is in a
similar predicament.

"The immediate problem is obvi¬
ously the financial problem," Mr. Ra¬
vitch noted at the time of his appoint¬
ment. Upon taking charge, he was im¬
mediately faced with a rebellious transit
union at contract time, and the public's
wish to save the 50<t transit fare—both
political issues of the highest order in
the city.

Criticizing the MTA has become one
of New York's favorite sports, but the
system's new chief brings first-hand
knowledge of what is inevitably called
"the straphanger's plight."

"I take the subway at least twice a
day," affirmed Mr. Ravitch. "I expect to
use them a lot."

April to honor the man who has been
called "the dean of American Jewish
scholars." Professor Baron taught for
33 years prior to his retirement in 1963.

• University cleared: A New York City
Building Department board of inquiry
has ruled that Columbia was not at fault
in the tragic death of Barnard freshman
Grace Gold, who was struck and killed
on May 15 by a piece of masonry which
became dislodged from a University-
owned building at 601 West 115 Street.

• Final sale: The 11.6 acre Delafield
Estate in Riverdale, N.Y., one of the
city's last intact private estates, has
been sold by the University for an

undisclosed sum to a private developer,
it was announced in November. The
firm plans to build 33 single-family
dwellings and to subdivide the 19th cen¬
tury mansion itself into apartment
units.

Since it was bequeathed to Columbia
in 1966 by the late Edward Delafield,
the estate has been used only intermit¬
tently by Columbia. Former University
President Grayson Kirk resided there
for a time after 1968, and the biological
sciences department used the estate's
greenhouses. More recently, the estate
housed Nim Chimpsky, who has since
moved to Norman, Oklahoma. Mr.
Chimpsky declined to comment on the
sale. O

A Critical Vote

William W. Golub, Frank E. Karelsen
III, and Ann Sulzberger Sand have been
selected as candidates for a six-year
term as Alumni Trustee of the Univer¬
sity, in an election which will determine
whether the alumni at large will con¬
tinue to exercise a vote in the trustee
selection process. Ballots will be mailed
to the 133,731 University alumni in
mid-March.

According to several alumni officials,
the board of trustees has decided to end
the expensive procedure of polling the
alumni body unless this year's election
(continued on page 7)

COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY 5

CCT Survey:

A Shift to the Center?

Campus poll shows backing for Carter
and draft registration, but
misgivings about the draft itself

The draft, U.S. foreign policy, and the presidency—matters
given a new urgency by the events of this winter—were the
subject of Columbia College Today's latest survey of student
opinion, conducted on January 31-February 1.

Our findings show that: 1) a majority favors draft registra¬
tion—and equal liability for women in that event—but has
pronounced misgivings about a peacetime draft; 2) compared
to their student predecessors in 1976, today's undergraduates
are far more inclined to support American military interven¬
tion abroad; 3) Jimmy Carter is the leading presidential can¬
didate, although at this early stage, a large number of stu¬
dents are still making up their minds.

1) The Draft: While 57 % of the respondents supported Presi¬
dent Carter's proposal to reinstate selective service registra¬
tion, any move to reinstate the draft itself was considered
premature by a large majority. On this question—the draft
itself—the breakdown was: 16% in favor, 14% undecided,
7% unalterably opposed, and 63% conditionally opposed,
that is, unless certain conditions existed. Asked to indicate
which circumstances would lead them to condone reinstate¬
ment of the draft, 76% of the conditionally opposed group
specified “Only after a formal declaration of war;" 41%
checked off "After a direct request for military assistance

The results:

Students favor draft registration ...

Yes 57%

No 39

Undecided 4

An end to isolationism ...

"If (country listed below) were attacked
and requested U.S. military intervention,
would you support this request?

Country

Definitely or
Probably YES

Definitely or
Probably NO

Not sure

Canada

94%

West Germany

Japan

Israel

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Pakistan

Yugoslavia

South Korea

Thailand

from a U.S. ally;" 40% would change their view if personally
convinced "that the volunteer army is inadequate (in quan¬
tity or quality) to insure national security;" 30% "if provision
were made for student and other deferments;" and 25% if
personally convinced "that the draft would be administered
equitably." (Percentages add to more than 100 because stu¬
dents were allowed to indicate as many circumstances as they
felt they agreed with.) By a margin of almost 7-to-l, students
felt that women, too, should be included in any draft
registration.

2) U.S. foreign policy: As a rough test of opinion currents
in this broad area, CCT repeated a question on military aid
that we had included in a survey of Columbia students in
1976. This year's answers showed a markedly increased will¬
ingness to commit American aid to foreign nations; for
example, the support levels for West Germany, Israel, and
South Korea jumped 27, 18, and 19 percentage points,
respectively.

3) The Presidency: From a list of presidential candidates,
students were asked to check off three favorites; to mark
those they considered "totally unacceptable;" and to indicate
their first choice, if they had one. While 44% had no current
first choice, the clear front-runners were Carter, Bush, Ken¬
nedy and Anderson. The most egregious candidates were
judged to be Reagan, Connally and Dole.

The survey was based on a sample of 100 students, using an
unscientific cluster sampling technique: they were accosted
by interviewers at selected heavy-traffic locations on the
south campus, such as Hamilton lobby, John Jay dining hall,
and Butler Library. Only U.S. citizens enrolled in Columbia
College were eligible to participate in the 2-page written sur¬
vey. The poll took place on January 31-February 1, not long
after the President's State-of-the-Union address and Sen.

A landslide vote for including women in
any draft registration ...

Yes

74%

Undecided

... President Carter wins straw poll:

Among 3

Totally

Candidate

favorites

Unacceptab

Carter (18)*

69%

Bush (13)

Kennedy (9)

Anderson (8)

Brown (3)

Baker (1)

Ford (0)

Reagan (2)

Connally (1)

Crane (0)

Dole (0)

No current

first choice (44)

Other (2)

—

‘First choice votes in parentheses

Kennedy's Georgetown University
speech opposing draft registration. On
January 30, the Columbia campus was
the scene of an anti-draft rally which at¬
tracted counter-demonstrations and led
to a few scuffles and widespread news
coverage. About 800 persons endured
icy temperatures to attend the rally. A
week later, the student council voted to
conduct a poll on the issue; if the results
differ markedly, CCT will report on the
later poll in the next issue. Q

Alumni (continued)

returns exceed 17,500, roughly 13 per¬
cent of the electorate.

To become an Alumni Trustee, can¬
didates pass through several procedural
gates: ordinarily, candidates are first
proposed by representatives of the sev¬
eral alumni associations comprising the
nominating committee of the Univer¬
sity Alumni Federation. After screening
the proposed candidates, the committee
places three names in nomination for
the general election which decides the
alumni trusteeship, subject to the
board's final approval. Mrs. Sand was
originally proposed by representatives
of the School of Social Work alumni;
Mr. Karelsen by the Federation's Gen¬
eral Alumni Group; and Mr. Golub by
the College Alumni Association and the
School of Law Alumni Association,
jointly.

William W. Golub '34, '37L is a senior
partner in the law firm, Rosenman,
Colin, Freund, Lewis and Cohen.

Frank E. Karelsen '47 is a 1950 grad¬
uate of Yale Law School and a partner in
the law firm of Kurzman, Karelsen and
Frank.

Ann Sulzberger Sand '54SW is a
graduate of the University of North
Carolina and a member of the Advisory
Council of the School of Social Work.

All three candidates live in New York
City.

Alumni Bulletins

• Political alternative: Biologist and
author Barry Commoner '37, long
known as a spokesman for environmen¬
talism and other social causes, has
founded the Citizens Party, a newly-
registered group which, Dr. Commoner
hopes, will be able to get on the ballot in
20 or 30 states during the 1980 elections.
Launched last June, the Citizens Party
has evoked enthusiastic response from

Jose A. Cabranes '61

thousands of people most of whom. Dr.
Commoner told The New York Times,
are "people frustrated with the failure of
the two conventional parties to discuss
real alternatives, to discuss a new ap¬
proach on issues like productivity or re¬
newable energy sources."

• Trade places: Erwin A. Glikes '59,
publisher of the trade book division of
Harper & Row and president and pub¬
lisher of its subsidiary, Basic Books,
was named publisher of Simon &
Schuster's trade-book division in No¬
vember. A former assistant dean of stu¬
dent affairs at the College, Mr. Glikes
began free-lance writing and editing for
Basic Books while still at Columbia.

• Sworn in: Jose A. Cabranes '61, as
U.S. District Court judge in New
Haven, Connecticut. Mr. Cabranes, 39,
is the first Puerto Rican-born federal
justice to serve within the continental
United States. A 1965 graduate of Yale
Law School, Mr. Cabranes has been
general counsel and director of govern¬
ment relations at Yale since 1975. He
will step down from his chairmanship
of the board of the Puerto Rican Legal
Defense and Education Fund, but will
continue to teach a Yale seminar in the
international law of human rights.

• Honored: The NAACP Legal Defense
and Educational Fund paid tribute to its
director-counsel Jack Greenberg '45 at a
November 29 dinner at the Hotel Pierre
in New York. The celebration marked
Mr. Greenberg's 30th year of service to
the fund, which he has directed since
1961. A 1948 graduate of Columbia
Law School, Mr. Greenberg worked
under Thurgood Marshall, now a
justice of the Supreme Court, on the

Barry Commoner '37

Brown v. Board of Education suit which
led to the Court's landmark ruling in
1954 barring racial segregation in the
nation's public schools. An adjunct
professor of law at Columbia, Mr.
Greenberg is the author of two books.
Judicial Process and Social Change and
Race Relations and American Law, and
is currently collaborating on a third,
The Liberated Man's Guide to Fine
Cooking.

• Mercy mission: Dr. Theodore C. M.
Li '73, a senior resident at The New
York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center,
is coordinating a project for the center
and the International Rescue Commit¬
tee to aid Cambodian refugees in Thai¬
land. Dr. Li is among the first of those
volunteers who, on a rotating basis,
will set up field hospitals, first-aid train¬
ing courses, and possibly a public
health program.

• Died: Richard Franko Goldman '30,
educator, composer and conductor, in
Baltimore on January 19,1980. The son
of Edwin Franko Goldman, founder of
the world-famous Goldman Band,
Richard Goldman succeeded his father
as conductor in 1956 and served for 24
years. During that time, Mr. Goldman
is credited with having elevated the sta¬
tus of band music in general by commis¬
sioning new works and reviving little-
known compositions ranging from Ber¬
lioz to early American popular music.
Thousands of New Yorkers became
acquainted with the Goldman Band
through its annual free concert series in
the city's parks, sponsored by the Gug¬
genheim Foundation. A former compo¬
sition student of Nadia Boulanger in
Paris, Mr. Goldman was prominent as a
music educator at the Juilliard School

COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY 7

from 1947-60, as well as at Princeton,
Columbia and N.Y.U. He was also
active as a composer, translator, libret¬
tist, collector, and critic, and wrote or
edited several texts, notably Harmony
in Western Music. Mr. Goldman was
named director of the Peabody Conser¬
vatory of Music in Baltimore in 1968
and president the following year.

• Died: The Hon. Murray I. Gurfein
'26, judge of the Second U.S. Court of
Appeals, at 72, on December 16, 1979,
in New York City. A former aide to
Thomas E. Dewey and a prosecutor at
Nuremberg, Judge Gurfein practiced
law in New York before being ap¬
pointed by President Nixon to the fed¬
eral bench in 1971. Shortly thereafter,
he ruled against the government's at¬
tempt to suppress The New York
Times's publication of the Pentagon
Papers, which, he wrote, "would [not]
vitally affect the security of the nation,
except in the general framework of em¬
barrassment. A cantankerous press
must be suffered by those in authority
in order to preserve freedom of expres¬
sion and the right of the people to
know." Survivors include Judge Gur-
fein's widow, Eva Hadras Gurfein, and
two daughters.

• Honored: Raymond D. Mindlin '26,
the James Kip Finch Emeritus Professor
of Applied Science, was one of twenty
Americans chosen to receive the Na¬
tional Medal of Science, awarded by
President Carter in a White House cere¬
mony on January 14.

Professor Mindlin is celebrated for
his work in the mathematical theory of
elasticity and its application to complex
technological problems. The high-fre¬
quency quartz crystal oscillators used in
fine watches are based on equations de¬
vised by Dr. Mindlin some thirty years
ago. His many awards and honors in¬
clude the Great Teacher Award of the
Society of Older Graduates and a 1946
Presidential Medal of Merit, presented
by President Harry Truman for work
which aided the U.S. military effort in
World War II. Dr. Mindlin retired from
teaching in 1968 but continues to con¬
duct research at his Ridgefield, Connec¬
ticut home.

Since the award was created by Presi
dent Kennedy, seven Columbia scien¬
tists (including Professor Mindlin) have
won the National Medal of Science: the
late Theodosius Dobzhansky (1964),
Leon Lederman (1965), Louis Hammett
(1967), the late W. Maurice Ewing
(1973), Erwin Chargaff (1974), and
Chien-Shiung Wu (1975). O

Guest Column:

The Brethren:

As Seen From Below

How are we to judge those law clerks

who breached the Supreme Court's confidentiality?

by Gerard E. Lynch 72

The publication in December of Bob
Woodward and Scott Armstrong's
much-publicized reportage, The
Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court,
has provoked fierce reactions from the
legal community and others.

My perspective on The Brethren is
different from that of most reviewers,
because I've worked inside the Supreme
Court—as law clerk to Justice Brennan
three years ago. As such, I am acutely
aware of the extent to which this book is
based on the opinions and observations
of the Court's law clerks. To me, there¬
fore, evaluation of the book is impor¬
tant largely as it bears on a private
moral concern: How are we to judge the
actions of those law clerks who pro¬
vided confidential information and
documents to Messrs. Woodward and
Armstrong? Since the authors did not
persist when I declined to be inter¬
viewed, I have the luxury of hindsight
in considering the question. Since the
consequences of an action are clearly
relevant to its moral status, hindsight is
no small advantage.

What, then, will be the impact of The
Brethren? The conventional response of
the legal establishment—that the book
will undermine the stability and dignity
of our Supreme Court—seems a bit
overwrought. The book contains no
shocking revelations. Instead, the
Justices appear as human beings,
working hard to arrive at well-reasoned
and just solutions to complex and
emotionally charged legal problems.
Obviously, they do not always succeed;
obviously, tempers occasionally flare;
at times, personal relations strain over
petty matters. (Imagine yourself locked
up nine months a year, year after year,
with the same eight strong-willed in¬
dividuals, asked not only to debate but
to resolve the legal issues raised by
capital punishment, affirmative action,
school integration, and abortion.)

No one who knows anything about
the law, about the history of the Court,
or about human relations could have
expected anything very different. I
don't believe that such knowledge has
been or should be confined to an elite,
or that the larger public has only now
learned that the Justices do, after all,
put on their robes one arm at a time.

Nor would I expect the operations of
the Court to be much affected. The
Justices will go on talking to their
clerks, because they have to, and argu¬
ing with their colleagues, because that is
their job. There may be some hard feel-

Gerard E. Lynch '72 served as law clerk
to Supreme Court Justice William J.
Brennan, Jr. in 1976-77. Raised in
Brooklyn, N.Y., Mr. Lynch was vale¬
dictorian of the Class of 1972, and grad¬
uated first in his class at Columbia Law
in 1975. Currently an Assistant Profes¬
sor of Law at Columbia, where he
teaches both constitutional and crimi¬
nal law, Mr. Lynch is planning a leave
to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney
in the Southern District of New York.

ings among the Justices, but anyone
who has sampled the hate mail that
flows into the Court knows that what¬
ever personal weaknesses may affect
the Justices' work, egos too weak to
withstand others' low opinions are not
among them.

I doubt, however, that this defense
will be entirely welcome to the authors
of The Brethren. The claim that their
work will do lasting harm to the Su¬
preme Court—by "demythologizing" a
priesthood whose efficacy depends on
an aura of saintly infallibility—cannot
be wholly unwelcome to the authors
and their sources, since it puts the argu¬
ment on high ground, inflating the sig¬
nificance of their book as it exaggerates
its threat. Moreover, it is a criticism
journalists have a ready defense to, for
they are accustomed to being told that
the public is better off not knowing cer¬
tain things, and to replying that "The
truth shall set you free." But if the
sensational expose turns out to be an
almost unreadably quotidian, uncom¬
promisingly detailed account of exactly
who said what to whom about the first
drafts of opinions, some of which even
a law professor is hard put to recall,
then the value of the book is lessened
every bit as much as the harm it
threatens.

This is not to say that The Brethren is
without value. Trivial gossip is indeed
the stuff of which the book is made, but
the same relentless, painfully unstruc¬
tured accumulation of detail that makes
the book so dull ultimately redeems it
from insignificance, by creating a re¬
markably accurate depiction of life at
the Court. True, the Court must in the
end be judged by the justice of its deci¬
sions, and not by the Justices' private
reactions to pornographic cartoons.
Still, The Brethren, by its attention to
the details of the Court's daily opera¬
tion, brings home in a particularly vivid
way some important truths about the
human dimensions of legal institutions,

Trained to respect legal craft
rather than moral leadership,
too many clerks are smugly
confident that they could do a
better job than the Justices they
serve.

and the role of moral choice in the
making and interpretation of the law.
Not new truths, to be sure, or truths
unobtainable elsewhere, but important
truths nevertheless.

But that, I am afraid, brings me back
to the question I began with. Granted
that The Brethren poses no threat to the
nation, the Court, or the law; granted
even that the benefits from its publica¬
tion, though small, outweigh the incon¬
veniences. Is that enough to justify
breach of confidence, personal be¬
trayal, and theft? I can only conclude
that it is not. On this issue, the particu¬
lar ethic of the legal profession seems to
be in rough accord with more general
ideas of personal morality.

Just as the journalist is accustomed to
rejecting the idea that "the public is
■ better off not knowing," so is the lawyer
accustomed to the uncomfortable posi¬
tion that "even if the public is unques¬
tionably better off knowing, I may not
reveal what is told to me in confidence."
At some level this may represent a
strictly utilitarian judgment by society
that, in the very long run, our institu¬
tions of justice will work more equi¬
tably if clients can have absolute assur¬
ance that what they tell their attorney
will go no further. But whatever the
basis for the obligation of confiden¬
tiality, it must be felt by the lawyer as a
moral claim of great urgency. And in
any given instance, the lawyer-client re¬
lationship is based on a simpler, more
familiar moral relationship: the at¬
torney promises her client confidential¬
ity. She gives her word.

For most of us, such moral claims are
not unconditional. If a law clerk ob¬

served a Justice engaging in plainly un¬
ethical Conduct, one might well argue
that the clerk would be justified, or even
obligated, to break his word, or even to
pilfer the document that proved his
case, for the good of the nation. But the
violation of a professional undertaking
of trust is a significant moral decision
requiring extraordinary justification.
For me, providing a detailed account of
what is already known in a general way
is not sufficient justification; nor is
puncturing the reputation of a Chief
Justice believed by a law clerk—justly
or not—to be vain and petty.

I have to conclude that, despite the
real value of The Brethren, those clerks
who served as its sources seriously mis¬
judged the moral implications of their
actions. And I am afraid I have a pretty
good idea why they did.

The clue, readily apparent to the
reader of The Brethren, is the intellec¬
tual arrogance of many of the law
clerks. Selected on "merit," trained as
outstanding law students to respect
legal craft rather than moral leadership,
too many clerks are smugly confident
that they could do a better job than the
Justices they serve (and, apparently, are
eager to prove it by showing a reporter
what the boss wrote before they
polished it). Some of them seem to have
thought that revealing to the world that
the Justices are not as bright as the edi¬
torial board of the Harvard Law Review
is sufficiently important to justify
breaching the trust that had been placed
in them.

A careful reading of The Brethren
against the background of how it came
to be written may teach a very impor¬
tant lesson after all: that given the
nature of the Supreme Court, rich
experience in life, political and moral
sensitivity, and strength of character
are as important in a judge as intelli¬
gence and scholarship. Better the
Brethren than the Best and the Bright¬
est. £3

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COURTESY. THE SUPREME COURT

Bookshelf

Beyond Broadway by Julian Olney '22.
Behind the scenes with the noted con¬
cert, lecture and theatrical producer,
whose clients included Paul Robeson,
Charles Laughton, and Sir Winston
Churchill, (Dorrance & Co., $8.95).

Prefaces to the Experience of Literature
and The Last Decade by Lionel Trilling
'25. The seventh and eighth volumes of
a planned twelve-volume uniform edi¬
tion of the works of the late Columbia
teacher and scholar. Prefaces reas¬
sembles Professor Trilling's essays from
a 1967 anthology The Experience of
Literature. The Last Decade, edited by
Diana Trilling, is a collection of essays
and reviews written from 1965 to 1975,
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, $12.95
and $9.95).

Devil Take Him by Ralph de Toledano
'38. The author's nineteenth work; a
fast-moving suspense novel with a su¬
pernatural twist. (G. P. Putnam's Sons,
$11.95).

To tour midwest: Professor of English
George Stade, author of Confessions of a
Lady-Killer, will address members of the
Cleveland and Detroit Columbia Alumni
clubs in April.

Harvard Guide to Contemporary
American Writing, edited by Daniel
Hoffman '47. A comprehensive critical
survey of post-war American fiction,
poetry, drama and literary criticism.
Contributors include Leo Braudy, Jose¬
phine Hendin, Nathan A. Scott, Jr., and
Gerald Weales '49, (Harvard University
Press, $18.50).

Cell Receptor Disorders by Theodore
Melnechuk '48. An introduction to new
biomedical research on abnormalities
of the molecules that bind hormones
and neurotransmitters; associated dis¬
orders include breast cancer, diabetes,
obesity, and possibly schizophrenia,
(Western Behavioral Sciences Institute,
$ 10 ).

On Semantics by Uriel Weinreich '48,
edited by William Labov and Beatrice
S. Weinreich. The complete writings on
semantics by the late educator and lin¬
guist, (University of Pennsylvania
Press, $28.50).

Breaking Ranks by Norman Podhoretz
'50. A political memoir, by the editor
of Commentary magazine, (Harper &
Row, $15).

The Sacred Hoop by Bill Broder '52. A
fictional account of momentous events,
from prehistorical North Africa to the
American frontier, (Sierra Club Books,
$12.95).

Vibrations, or, It Seemed Like A Good
Idea At The Time, by Maxwell E. Siegel
'54. A comic novel, by a former Jester
editor, about a Connecticut business
executive and widower who is startled
to find himself falling in love with his
daughter-in-law, (William Morrow,
$7.95).

New Dimensions 8, edited by Robert
Silverberg '56. The latest of a series of
science fiction collections assembled by
the award-winning writer, (Harper &
Row, $9.95).

Free to be Muhammad Ali by Robert
Lipsyte '57. For younger readers, a
sensitive portrait of the world's favorite
boxing champ, (Bantam, paper, $1.75).

The Catfish Man by Jerome Charyn '59.
The author's 14th novel is "a conjured
life"—set in the West Bronx in the
1940's, (Arbor House, $10).

The Food Connection: How the Things
You Eat Affect the Way You Feel—And
What You Can Do About It by Drs.
David Sheinkin and Michael Schachter,

'61. A guide to detecting and combating
one of the most common yet least recog¬
nized causes of malaise—the brain's
sensitivity to certain foods, (Bobbs-
Merrill, $10).

Mathematics: A Topical Approach,
Courses I and II by Richard Klutch '62
and Douglas R. Bumby. An alternative
to the algebra-geometry-algebra "sand¬
wich" for average junior high level stu¬
dents, integrating several branches and
theories of math, (Charles E. Merrill
Publishing Co., Course I, $9.60; Course
II, $9.90; teachers' guides, $3.90).

Confessions of Summer by Phillip Lo-
pate '64. The author's first novel, about
a summer love triangle in New York
today, (Doubleday, $9.95).

The Art of Playing the Recorder by

Daniel Waitzman '65. A mini-encyclo¬
pedia of recorder technique, by an
award-winning performer, (AMS
Press, Inc., $11 cloth, $4.95 paper).

Taking the Fifth by Mark Berger '66. An
analysis of the Fifth Amendment privi¬
lege against self-incrimination focusing
upon its historical evolution, policy ob¬
jectives and application by the U.S. Su¬
preme Court, (Lexington Books, D.C.
Heath and Co., $23.95).

Milestone: Elizabeth McCaughey's biog¬
raphy of first Columbia president William
Samuel Johnson became the five millionth
volume to be acquired by the Columbia Uni¬
versity Library.

Richard Rodgers
( 1902 - 1979 )

The Legend of Job in the Middle Ages

by Lawrence L. Besserman '67. A study
of representations of Job in medieval lit¬
erature, art, and theology, (Harvard
University Press, $12.95).

Winners and Losers: Campaign Songs
of the Critical Elections in American
History by Peter Janovsky '68. A two
volume recording of campaign songs
for elections from 1800-1976, with ex¬
tensive notes, background and lyrics,
(Folkways Records, $8.98 ea.).

Psychological Development from In¬
fancy: Image to Intention by Marc H.
Bomstein '69 and William Kessen. A
collection of essays on the growth of the
young child as a perceiving, thinking,
and feeling human being, (Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, $29.95).

Day One by David Lehman '70. A chap-
book of new poetry. Illustrated by
Stefanie Green, (Nobodaddy Press, 100
College Hill Rd., Clinton, N.Y. 13323,
$2.50).

From Loyalist to Founding Father by

Elizabeth P. McCaughey. The political
odyssey of William Samuel Johnson
(1727-1819), the first president of
Columbia College, (Columbia Univer¬
sity Press, $22.50).

The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels,
Professor of Religion (Barnard). Exami¬
nation of the long-suppressed texts of
gnostic Christianity and their historical
importance, (Random House, $10).

The Question of Palestine by Edward
W. Said, Parr Professor of English and
Comparative Literature. An impas¬
sioned discussion of Palestinian na¬
tional aspirations, with detailed consid¬
eration of both historical and current
aspects of the issue, (Times Books,
$12.50).

Confessions of a Lady-Killer by George
Stade, Professor of English. A Naboko-
vian murder story in which the protago¬
nist, a manager of the Columbia book¬
store, takes aim at the consciousness-
raisers, (Norton, $10.95).

Renaissance Thought and Its Sources

by Paul Oskar Kristeller, Frederick J. E.
Woodbridge Professor Emeritus of Phi¬
losophy; edited by Michael Mooney,
Associate Provost. A systematic ac¬
count of major themes in philosophy,
theology, science, and literature, by a
preeminent intellectual historian of the
Renaissance, (Columbia University
Press, $25). o

Richard Rodgers '23, the world re¬
nowned composer of “South Pacific,"
“Oklahoma!" and dozens of other
works, died in New York on December
30 at the age of 77.

In his remarkable six decades in the
American theater, Mr. Rodgers came to
be regarded as one of the premier
melodists of the 20th century. One eve¬
ning shortly after his death, the theaters
of Broadway dimmed their lights in
tribute, an honor accorded only once
before—to the late Oscar Hammerstein
2d 16, Mr. Rodgers's celebrated musi¬
cal collaborator.

“Melody flowed out of him spon¬
taneously," wrote the distinguished
theater critic Brooks Atkinson in The
New York Times. “He was in the de¬
lightful tradition of Kern, Offenbach,
Johann Strauss, Lehar and Herbert. It
was his intention to write music that
would please ordinary people. To that
extent, his ability as a man of the theater
kept his genius in check. The beauty he

created was solid and substantial."

Bom in Manhattan in 1902, Richard
Rodgers grew up near Mount Morris
Park in Harlem (where, in 1970, he built
a theater and recreation center). He at¬
tended Townsend Harris and Dewitt
Clinton High Schools and was already
an active songwriter in his teens; Mr.
Rodgers entered Columbia in 1919,
having been preceded at the College by
his brother, the late Dr. Mortimer
Rodgers '19. He was strongly influenced
in that choice by two other College stu¬
dents who had dominated the Colum¬
bia musical stage in that era, Oscar
Hammerstein 2d and Lorenz Hart '18.

The Rodgers and Hart Varsity Show
of 1920, “Fly With Me," impressed a
producer so much that the team was in¬
vited to write for the Broadway stage.
The successful and prolific partnership
of Rodgers and Hart lasted until 1942,
and saw such Broadway triumphs as
"Babes in Arms" and "Pal Joey," as well
as permanent contributions to the

Richard Rodgers '23 (left) with his famed collaborator, Oscar Hammerstein 2d '16.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY 11

American songbook: 'Thou Swell,"
"My Funny Valentine," "It Might as
Well be Spring," "Bewitched, Bothered
and Bewildered."

The failing health of Larry Hart
caused Mr. Rodgers to seek the talents
of his longtime friend, Oscar Ham-
merstein 2d: together they wrote "Okla¬
homa!" in 1943, now considered a turn¬
ing point in the evolution of American
musical theater. Over the next 16 years,
the Rodgers and Hammerstein partner¬
ship yielded an extraordinary series of
hit shows, including "Carousel,"
"South Pacific," 'The King and I,"
"Flower Drum Song," and 'The Sound
of Music."

After Mr. Hammerstein's death in
1960, Mr. Rodgers continued to com¬
pose for the Broadway stage. Alone and
with others, he created "No Strings,"
"Do I Hear a Waltz?" 'Two by Two,"
"Rex," and, in 1979, "I Remember
Mama," a musical version of a play he
had produced in 1945. His composi¬
tions included music for television (the
scores for "Victory at Sea," 'Winston
Churchill—the Valiant Years," and
"Cinderella," with Oscar Hammer¬
stein), a ballet, and a nightclub revue.

Highly interested in the development
of the arts and theater in America, Mr.
Rodgers at various times served as
president and producing director of the
Music Theater of Lincoln Center, a
director of The American Theater
Wing, the Philharmonic Symphony
Society of New York, and the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, among other groups. Among

numerous honors and tributes, Mr.
Rodgers earned the Pulitzer Prize twice
(for "Oklahoma!" and "South Pacific"),
an Oscar (for "It Might as Well Be
Spring"), and seven Tony Awards. In
1978, he was honored by President
Carter at a White House reception; in
the same year, Mr. Rodgers joined
Artur Rubinstein, Marian Anderson,
George Balanchine and Fred Astaire as
the first recipients of the aAnual
Kennedy Center Honors.

Mr. Rodgers enjoyed a long and fruit¬
ful relationship with Columbia Univer¬
sity, although in his 1975 autobiog¬
raphy, Musical Stages, he expressed
disappointment that his dream of estab¬
lishing an arts center at Columbia had
not generated more interest on the part
of the University. Mr. Rodgers served
as a trustee of Barnard College, and was
a patron of the John Jay Associates of
Columbia College. In 1961, he shared
the Alexander Hamilton Medal, the
highest honor of the College Alumni
Association, with Mr. Hammerstein.

Whether composing before the lyrics
were written, as he did with Lorenz
Hart, or after, as he did with Oscar
Hammerstein 2d, Richard Rodgers had
the extraordinary ability to fashion un¬
forgettable melodies of universal ap¬
peal. "People have an emotional need
for melody, just as they need food or
personal contact," he once wrote. The
degree to which Richard Rodgers was
able to fill that need may never be
equalled. "There is," observed Brooks
Atkinson, "a little of Rodgers stored
away in the subconscious of every
American." a

Fund News

Fund Correction

The report from the East Campus Cam¬
paign published in the 28th Annual
Fund Report omitted the names of an
important group of college alumni and
friends who contrubuted $204,804.78 in
the 1978-79 year, bringing the annual
total collected for the East Campus
Campaign to $340,265.23. To these
most generous individuals, the College
Fund extends heartfelt gratitude:
Benjamin J. Buttenwieser T9
Mrs. Gertrude Schweitzer, Fr. '21
Lawrence A. Wien '25
William E. Petersen '27
Arthur B. Krim '30
Arthur V. Smith '31
Judson A. V. Hyatt '34
Daniel F. Crowley '36
Connie S. Maniatty '43
Mark N. Kaplan '51

28th Fund Tops Million

The 28th Columbia College Fund has
exceeded $1 million in total gifts re¬
ceived as of December 31, 1979, more
than twice the amount logged at the
same time last year. 3,787 alumni, rep¬
resenting 13% of the total body, and
365 parents and friends have contrib¬
uted $1,042,438 so far to the fund,
which is scheduled to close on June
30th. Over $700,000 of that amount is
in the form of vital general purpose
gifts.

Fund staffers attribute the strong
showing to an earlier start and better
organization among staff and volun¬
teers.

Fund Bulletins

• Little's legacy: Lou Little, the legen¬
dary Lion football coach who died at 85
last May, bequeathed the bulk of his
$300,000 estate for scholarship aid to
Columbia College students, it was an¬
nounced in October. The funds were
earmarked for the Lou Little Scholar¬
ship Fund, which was established in
1977 by Coach Little's former players at
a Baker Field ceremony in his honor.
Coach Little also left many personal
items to Columbia including his
correspondence with President Eisen¬
hower, photos, plaques, and trophies.

Rodgers Revival

A revival of the 1920 Varsity Show,
"Fly With Me," will be staged on
campus by members of Columbia's
School of the Arts Theatre Division
in late April.

Originally produced in the
Grand Ballroom of the Astor Hotel,
"Fly With Me" was one of Rodgers
and Hart's first collaborative ef¬
forts.

In agreement with the currrent
producers that the original book
"was not very good," Mr. Rodgers
had approved major re-writing of
the script. Since his death, how¬
ever, the Theater Division has
decided to stage a production that is
as faithful as possible to the
original, as the University's
memorial tribute to Mr. Rodgers.

Other memorabilia, including the foot¬
ball used during the 1934 Rose Bowl
game, have been loaned by Columbia
to the national collegiate Hall of Fame
in Kings Island, Ohio, to which Coach
Little was elected in 1960.

• Cosmic generosity: The College Fund
recently received a $2,500 general
purpose gift from the Cosmos Soccer
Club, presented in the name of its star
midfielder, Franz Beckenbauer, and in
recognition of Columbia's outstanding
soccer program. In accordance with
NCAA regulations, gifts to the College
from professional sports organizations
are earmarked for general scholarship
purposes.

Razed, but not fazed

A charred envelope recently arrived at
the College Fund office, bearing the re¬
turn address of Edward M. Lawton '43.
Blackened around the edges, the letter
caught the immediate attention of Ne-
gash Abduraman, an international af¬
fairs student who is currently working
as gift recorder for the Fund. He read us
the class note on the flap:

"As you can see from the soot on this
envelope," wrote Mr. Lawton, "we
were burned out of our home in the
early morning hours of Nov. 3, but we
are going to rebuild on the same site. As
usual, I am sending you a few hand¬
picked seniors from Williston Academy
[where Mr. Lawton teaches] for the
Class of '84."

The near-ashened envelope also con¬
tained Mr. Lawton's annual gift—in
this case, some legal tinder for the
College Fund. O

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Sports

New Football Coach_

Robert J. Naso, an assistant football
coach at Rutgers University for the past
21 years, has been named to succeed Bill
Campbell '62 as Columbia's varsity
football coach.

The appointment of Mr. Naso, who
had served as the Scarlet Knights' defen¬
sive coordinator since 1967, was an¬
nounced at a Low Library press confer¬
ence on December 18th, and culminated
an intensive search.

At the press conference, Mr. Naso in¬
dicated that the Lions' offense will
switch from its veer formation to the
multiple "I", "with lots of shifting and
motion.” On his own coaching style, he
remarked: "I'm very thorough—com¬
plete and demanding on the field from a
mental standpoint. I want the team's
complete concentration. But I'm very
sympathetic to other individual needs,
both on and off the field.”

Mr. Naso also stressed the need for "a
year-round program at Columbia—we
will recruit twelve months a year.” He
added, "I think Columbia has enough
strength within its reputation in other
areas that we can adequately recruit
student athletes without a new
stadium."

Sports Bulletins

• Fall honor roll: The Ivy League cham¬
pion Columbia soccer team (14-4-1),
which advanced to the NCAA final four
this year, also paced Lion sports in post¬
season honors.

Sophomores Steve Charles and Barry
Nix both earned first team All-America
honors as well as placing on the all¬
region and All-Ivy first teams. (Charles,
who set an all-time Columbia scoring
record and was named Ivy League
player of the year, has since withdrawn
from the College to play professionally
for his home town club in Sheffield,
England.) Seniors Shahin Shayan and
John McElaney also made first team
All-Ivy, while Kurt Swanbeck and
Giovanni Vitale drew honorable men¬
tion. Shayan was later named offensive
MVP in the Soccer Senior Bowl in
Tampa, Fla., and was drafted by the
New York Apollo of the American
Soccer League.

The football varsity (1-8) contributed
two players to the All-Ivy first team:
senior Mike Brown, the Lions' all-time

Top: Junior forward
Kurt Mahoney is Lions'
leading scorer in
rebuilding year.

Bottom: Heavyweight
Jay Craddock has been
almost invincible, as
Columbia earned at
least a share of the Ivy
League title. (Photos by
Nick Romanenko, Co¬
lumbia Daily Spectator.)

interception leader, and junior offen¬
sive guard Sean Cannon. Defensive
tackle Rico Josephs, a junior, made sec¬
ond team.

Sophomore Wally Collins, who led
cross-country to its first Heptagonal
championship, was also selected as All-
Ivy.

• Mid-winter briefs: As CCT went to
press, the varsity teams were conclud¬
ing their seasons and priming for post¬
season competition . . . Varsity wres¬
tling had already nailed down a share of
its first Ivy championship since 1961,
led by Jay Craddock and Dave Galdi
... A freshman-dominated basketball
team, after a quick start, got bogged
down in a streak of close losses. Stand¬
outs included Kurt Mahoney and Richie

Gordon, a freshman starter out of Boys
and Girls High in Brooklyn, where he
was All-City last year . . . Don
Galluzzi's swimmers enjoyed a victory
over Princeton, their first in many
years, and prepped for a high finish in
the Easterns. Freshman Tony Corbi-
siero was ranked #1 nationally in the
1000-yard freestyle.

•Top trainer: Mike Capetto, head
athletic trainer at Columbia for the past
six years, has received the Thomas
Sheehan Award from the New York
State Athletic Trainer's Association.
The award is given annually to the indi¬
vidual "who has exemplified the
qualities of athletic training and has
done the most for the profession of
sports medicine in the state." G

‘You chaps beat us
at our own game’

Cross-country's adventures
in the hills.of Oxford

by Pete Schuder

The Columbia cross-country team
stood on the bluff of Shotover Park, a
beautiful country setting overlooking
the Oxfordshire Valley. Or so we were
told.

"Well, chaps, here it is," said Domi¬
nic Golding, the Oxford University
cross country captain, indicating the
course we would race over in three
days. We had to take his word for it, as
we peered through an eerie fog which
prevented our seeing beyond ten feet. I
expected to hear the Hound of the Bas-
kervilles in the distance.

Joining the team for a "dry run" over
the course, I began to run on a field that
was rutted and sodden from a three-day
rain. Then, without warning, we went
sharply downhill. The path was
extremely narrow and slippery, lined
on both sides by thorny mulberry
bushes. After two abrupt turns we lost
sight of each other, but quickly em¬
ployed a system of shouting through the
fog to stay in contact. The shouts also
came in handy as the somewhat solid
ground gave way, first to sludge and
then to quicksand. There was no such
thing as ankle deep mud here; if your
knees were still showing, you were on
terra firma.

At the bottom of the hill we ap¬
proached a plowed clearing which we
hoped would allow our team to employ
the pack running tactics that had been
so successful in winning the Heptagonal
Championship earlier in the month.
How wrong we were.

A muddy field allows movement all
right, but very little of that movement is
forward. I had the sensation of running
through a field of chocolate ice cream.
My feet seemed to get heavier and
heavier as I slid from side to side. Since

Pete Schuder is Columbia's varsity
track and cross-country coach and an
avid reader of Conan Doyle. A 1968
Rutgers graduate, with an M.A. from
Teachers College, he runs 50-60 miles a
week in Central Park.

we had only come about IV 2 miles, I
knew I couldn't be that tired yet. I
looked down and saw two huge chunks
of mud where my feet used to be: there
was no sight of my running shoes. I
didn't have to worry for long, because
the next half-mile was pure swampland,
a regular wading pool.

Now that my shoes were again
visible, I was ready for the next
challenge. Or was I? Up we went, and
went, and went. We climbed so high
that ice crystals began to form in our
hair. Suddenly, we were back on the
open field where we had started. At
last, the finish line.

"For the actual race," explained
Dominic, "we do this loop three times
and finish at the other end of the field."
Thanks, pal, just what we wanted to
hear. If we don't drown the first time
around, we get two more chances. Oh,
to run on a golf course again, where the
biggest puddle is around the ball
washers.

Three days later, when we returned
to Shotover for the formal competition,
the fog had finally lifted and for the first
time we actually saw Shotover Park.

It was beautiful. Castle-like farm¬

houses dotted the rich, green hills and
valleys throughout the area. Off to our
right was the valley we had blindly run
through the previous Wednesday. To¬
day, it looked peaceful and inviting, un¬
like earlier, when it was covered by that
eerie, menacing fog.

The two teams lined up, the gun
sounded, and the competition between
England and the States was on. I de¬
cided the best job I could do as coach
was to head straight for the swamp in
case anyone got swallowed up.

Through the first loop of the course,
the Oxford "lads" took a commanding
lead. They seemed to fly across the mea¬
dow, hardly getting their feet muddy.
The Columbia team seemed to watch in
awe as it oozed along behind.

The second lap was better. Charles
Miers, Wally Collins and Paul Loomie
began to make inroads on the Oxford
lead. As they moved up the valley, the
Lions had even conquered the slippery
terrain of the plowed fields.

The knees began to come up higher,
with the stride becoming shorter to
compensate for the poor footing. Paul
Hoffman, Jim Hannon and Rick Mc¬
Nally also mastered the course and
moved past the tiring Oxford squad. As
it reached the top of the final hill, the
Columbia team had gained total control
of the race. One of the Oxford runners
put it best after the competition.
"Blimey, you chaps beat us at our own
game."

The Columbia squad was just com¬
pleting its warmdown as the sun began
to set over Shotover Valley. A feeling of
accomplishment radiated from the
team. Slowly, the fog began to roil in
again, blanketing the entire area. Far in
the distance, I thought I could hear the
howl of a hound. a

By the Beautiful “C”

In response to many inquiries from
our readers, CCT is pleased to offer
8x10 glossy prints, suitable for fram¬
ing, of the photo which appeared on
the back cover of the November, 1979
Columbia College Today.

To obtain your copy of the photo¬
graph by CCT staff photographer
Nick Romanenko, send $3.50 to
Columbia College Today, 100 Hamil¬
ton Hall, New York, N.Y. 10027. Addi¬
tional prints, $2 extra. Postage and
handling are included.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE TODAY 15

The Amsterdam Gate

Second class postage paid at NewYcxk, N.Y.

100 Hamilton Hall
New York. N.Y. 10027

Alumni News Edition

Notice

to the Members of the
Columbia College Alumni Association

The ANNUAL MEETING for the election of
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
and such other business as
may properly come before the meeting

will be held Saturday, May 24,1980 at 6 p.m.
at Arden House, Harriman, New York

Business Before
the Meeting:

The Nominating Committee proposes the following persons as
Directors of the Columbia College Alumni Association for a term
ending in 1982:

President:

Joseph B. Russell ’49

Vice Presidents:

Lawrence H. Rubinstein ’60 (1st Vice-President)
Robert J. Senkier ’39 (Vice-President for the
Annual Fund)

Albert Dwyer ’42 (Vice-President for Student
Albert Dwyer ’42 (Vice-President for Student
Affairs)

Eric D. Witkin ’69 (Vice-President for Academic
Affairs)

Marshall B. Front ’58, Chicago (Vice-President for
Recruiting)

Treasurer

Gerald Model I ’56

Secretary:

Michael A. Stone ’62

As Directors for a 3-year term ending in 1983:

Robert Brown ’55
Dean Gamons ’65
Joseph B. Kelly, Jr. ’43
Frank Lewis ’51, Phoenix
Bruce H. Nagle 70, Pittsburgh
Clifford Ramsdell ’39
Charles I. Silberman 70

Rye Town Hilton,
Here We Come...

Join the fun at the gala reunion weekend for all five-year anniversary classes,
May31-June 1 at the Rye Town Hilton in New York’s Westchester County. If your
class year ends in “0” or “5” (i.e., 1960, 1975) you should have mailed in your
reservation by now. If you haven’t, there’s still time — so don’t put it off! Contact
Rose Brooks, Columbia College Alumni Association, 100 Hamilton Hall, N. Y.,

N. Y. 10027(212) 280-5537, for details.

Inside...

• Summer job listings
• Announcements
• Class Notes
• Features

Reservation Form and Proxy Ballot

Please use this form as your proxy vote, whether or not you choose to attend the Annual
Meeting; sign and mail to: Columbia College Alumni Association, 100 Hamilton Hall, New
York, N.Y. 10027. For further information, call (212) 280-5537.

Reservations

□ Please reserve__ places for me at the Annual Meeting, Dinner, and Reception

dance. I have enclosed $20 per place.

□ I cannot attend, but have signed the proxy ballot.

(name)

(address)

(city, state)

Proxy Vote

I wish this to be my proxy vote for the
nominees for the board of directors,
listed above:

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(date)

(Make checks payable to C.C.A.A.)

(zip code)

Class Notes 1

Class Correspondent:

Norman H. Angell ’10
108 Dumbarton Road
Baltimore, Md. 21212

' 00-10

Class Correspondent:

Ralph E. Pickett
20 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10011

'18

Class Correspondent:

Sidney S. Bobbe
25 West 54th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019

' 11-15

Russell V. Burkhard, class of 1913,
reports that he is confined in a
wheelchair, and that he lives in an
H.U.D. complex in Annadale, Virginia,
but still rejoices in the challenge he
finds there in the interchange of varied
and interesting viewpoints of his fellow
tenants, of many ethnic backgrounds,
as well as in their kindness to him.

Louis Bernstein, class of 1914, who
lives in Hollywood, Florida, reports that
he is already looking forward to his 70th
reunion, after just having passed his
65th!

Class Correspondent needed — if you
would like to serve, write or call:

Columbia College Today
100 Hamilton Hall
New York, N.Y. 10027

'16

Class Correspondent:

Charles Steiner
25 Sutton Place South
New York, N.Y. 10022

'17

Donald F. Sealy, emeritus professor at
Brooklyn Law School, from which he
retired after forty-five years, also
ceased his active practice of law at the
same time. He has been enjoying life in
Scarsdale, playing a bit of tennis once a
week (indoors in bad weather) thus
keeping his weight below what it was
when he was released from the Navy.
Wow! When the occasion warrants, he
manages to get in some traveling,
always with his wife. In addition to
casting a reflective eye upon the two
textbooks he wrote and the five or six
books of cases that he edited, he can
think back to the L.L.D. that was
conferred upon him by Brooklyn Law
School in April of 1972.

Those of you who remember that fine
article in CCT last year by Dr. James
Gutmann, Professor Emeritus of
Philosophy at Columbia, may wonder
what more a man like that can do in the
service of his fellow-men. Add these two
items and rest assured that an
esteemed emeritus professor doesn’t
just suddenly stop all activities. Jim has
been appointed Honorary Director of
the University Seminars, having served
as director for six years following the
death of Frank Tannenbaum, who
founded the Seminars and was their
director for over twenty years. In
addition, he has continued to represent
the ACLU in the field of human rights
before the United Nations Trusteeship
Council — a service that he has been
engaged in for many years. In this

connection he travelled to Micronesia in
1972 when he was in his 75th year. It’s
nice to know that one of the big men of
our class is still in there pitching!
Incidentally, he has been one of the
most frequent and liberal of all the
contributors to the funds.

In the obituary column will be found
the names of four more members of our
class — Ross A. Abel, Charles S.
Ascher, Sydney Hunter, and Byron E.
Van Raalte. A few additional words
about two of them are in order. Charles
Ascher had written to your
correspondent early in January, just
before his last fatal illness, and we had
been considering how best to cover the
many facets of his varied career. The
column in the Times did the job far
better than we could have done it.

Byron Van Raalte continued his
interest in Columbia affairs all his life,
in addition to being one of the most
generous contributors. His wife, Peggy,
used a beautiful line in the last
sentence of her letter of January, 1980:
“Next to me, he loved Columbia College
most.” Can you put it more poignantly
and concisely than that? He served the
class in many ways — class treasurer
among them — and we shall, indeed,
miss this stalwart!

California. “Siggy” is in San Francisco
and Hubert in Rancho Santa Fe. Here in
New York I bumped into Percy Cowan
on the street one day not long ago.
Percy, I am happy to say, is doing fine.

I suppose that at our age, there is not
much news of things like promotions,
marriages, career changes and the like.
But if we heard from more of our
classmates about what is going on in
their lives, we’d have much more to
report. Let’s hear from you, please!

Class Correspondent:

Arthur A. Snyder
16 Court Street, Rm. 2504
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11241

'20

Class Correspondent:

Stanley Jacobs
1130 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10028

'19

While it may not be news, it is
nevertheless nice to report that I had
pleasant telephone chats recently with
S. Marshall (“Siggy”) Kempner and
Hubert Larson, both of whom live out in

The 60th Anniversary Reunion
Committee, chaired by your
Correspondent, met at Dick Conant’s
office and was attended, in addition to
myself and Dick Conant, by Carl Misch
and Jules Singer.

Plans were discussed for making our
reunion at the Rye Town Hilton Hotel on
May 31 and June 1 a memorable affair,
and an all-out effort will be made to
secure a large turnout.

Our classmates realize that a 60th
reunion only comes once in a lifetime.
Snyder reported that, based on
reservations already received, and
verbal promises also made, that, as of
early February, about twenty of our
classmates, with five wives, will
definitely attend. These are mainly from
the New York metropolitan area. It is
believed that the big event will attract
classmates from all over the U.S., in¬
cluding far-away California.

Our second vice-president, Dick
Conant, is busy winding up his

Oh-Jay Neugeboren...

When the bantamweight novelist

turned on the juice... by William C. Greenburg '59

Steven Goldleaf’s piece on Jerome
Charyn and Jay Neugeboren in the
December 1979 Columbia College
Today triggered a memory.

I knew that Neugeboren had become
a successful author. I read a recent
short story of his in the Atlantic,
although I have not read Parentheses,
which Goldleaf tells us is an
autobiographical treatment dealing, at
least in part, with literary life and the
absence of political activism at Colum¬
bia during the 50’s. I wonder if there is
mention in Parentheses of a brief
moment in Neugeboren’s sojourn at
Columbia. A moment that is completely
out of character with what Goldleaf
tells us about Jay Neugeboren. Call it a
footnote. That’s an appropriate literary
term of sorts. Perhaps it was a caper, a
lark, an adventure. I wasn’t sure then, in
the fall of 1958. And I’m not sure now.

In the fall of 1957,1 was playing guard
on the 150-pound football team. It was a
good club, and we were enjoying a pret¬
ty good season. Penny Vann, the Texas
Tornado, was at quarterback. Dick
Dorazio, the Western Pennsylvania
bulldozer, was creating mayhem on the
line The wild bunch from the Islands:
the Sakuda brothers, Ray Fujii, and Ir¬
ving Chang. (I always wondered where
he got Irving from.) The Confederate
contingent: Hank Hankins and Mike
Johns, the terrors of Little Rock, and the
Carolina flash, Sam Tindall. Chet
DiLallo, who came down the Hudson
with the tide and got hung up on a rock
off Baker Field. And others.

In the fall of 1957, Jay Neugeboren
was a student in Andrew Chiappe’s
Shakespeare course. I occupied a seat
next to Neugeboren. The distinction
was considerable. He always had a
cheerful hello before class started,
punctuated with a broad, innocent, but
a bit devilish grin. He appeared to me as
fragile, physically. But perhaps that was
because I resembled a Pit Bull. He
seemed like a hell of a nice guy. There
was one thing I was sure of and it was
that he was smart as a whip. In our brief
exchanges he would talk football, and it
was obvious that he followed the
progress of the 150’s. Among the books,

note pads and other paraphernalia of
learning that he carted around with him
was this thick sheaf of typewritten
papers. One day I asked what the
papers were. They were his novel. I
thought that was great. I was quietly in
awe of such an undertaking. To me it
was like conquering Everest. He told me
what it was about, and I have forgotten.

I don’t even know whether that first
work was ever published. No matter.

During one of our before and after¬
class talks, Neugeboren announced to
me, the captain of the 1958-150’s, that
he was coming out for the team next
season. I told him he was nuts. And af¬
ter ascertaining that he had never
played organized football, I advised him
that one just did not embark on a
gridiron career in one’s senior year in
college. He was adamant and serious,
and he flashed that damned grin.

We became pretty friendly, ex¬
changing greetings on campus and
every now and again stopping to shoot
the bull. I didn’t give much thought to
his upcoming football career. As a mat¬
ter of fact, I didn’t give any thought to it.
He went about his scholarly and literary
pursuits, and I continued my four-year
quest to locate Hamilton Hall.

The fail of 1958.

Upon returning to campus after the
summer, I hit the subway and headed
for Baker Field. We were suiting up and
telling the usual lies about summer
conquests when I noticed a scrawny
figure in the doorway, clad only in gym
shorts. You couldn’t see his face
because it was hidden by the huge pile
of athletic gear he was carrying —
pads, cleats, helmet and the rest — the
necessary attire of the sport of football.
It wasn’t until the scrawny figure let go
of his mountain of junk that I saw
who it was. I had forgotten about Neu¬
geboren’s intention to play football,
but there he was, flashing that damned
grin. I didn’t think he would last. I gave
him a day. Two days at most.

He lasted more than a day or two. He
lasted the whole season. He did more
than just last.

The fall of 1958 was not a glorious
season for the 150’s. Neugeboren mer¬

cifully spent the first few games on the
bench. Then, on one particularly dreary
afternoon against whom I cannot
remember, Coach Furey sent
Neugeboren in at halfback. I knew for
sure he was going to get killed. No more
novels. No more essays, paragraphs,
phrases, nothing, zilch. A halfback dive
was called, which meant that the ball
carrier was Neugeboren, and he was
going to run right over my butt. I felt I
had to do everything I could to keep
every jersey of a different color from
touching him. The ball was snapped,
and I cleared out as many bodies as I
could. I turned for an instant and didn’t
believe what I saw. A madman. A
demon. A weightless wonder barreling
through the line with the abandon of a
whirling dervish. The scrawny kid, who
had written a novel, hit the line as
quickly and as tenaciously as any
running back I had ever seen. Unhes¬
itatingly, he hit again and again.

And he got hit again and again, hard. He
didn’t play very much, but when he did,
he ran for daylight with the best of
them.

I can’t explain this experience of
Neugeboren’s. Only he can. So why try?

But I can’t help feeling tht some¬
where deep within that sensitive
writer has always lurked a closet half¬
back. And for his brief moment in the
fall of 1958, that halfback came out of
the closet.

William C. Greenburg ’59 is a freelance
writer living in San Bernadino, Califor¬
nia.

For

D.C. Alumni Only..

The College’s regional alumni program
has been forging ahead this winter. A
very big step forward will be taken this
May when the College alumni in
Washington D.C., the largest body of
College alumni outside of New York
City, will organize themselves into an
active group.

A steering committee of about twenty
alumni, co-chaired by Ed Leavy ’64 and
Herb Zaslove ’43, has met twice since
January and is now planning the
arrangements for a June 10 luncheon to
which all College alumni in Washington
are invited. The featured speaker will be
Associate Dean Michael Rosenthal,
who will bring the alumni up to date on
the College and answer questions. In¬
formation concerning the organization
of the group and a questionnaire about
possible club activities will be included
in the invitation. It is asked that
Washington alumni please return the
questionnaire whether or not they are
able to attend the luncheon.

Volume 7, Number 2
May 1980

EDITOR: James C. Katz '72
MANAGING EDITOR: Phyllis T. Katz
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Nick Romanenko'81
DESIGN: Linda KaytesJosefowicz

Published bi-monthly by the
Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs
and College Relations
DIRECTOR: William Oliver '64
for Alumni, Faculty, Parents and Friends of
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, founded in 1754, the
men's undergraduate liberal arts college of
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

Address all editorial communications to:

100 Hamilton Hall
New York, N.Y. 10027
Telephone:^ 12) 280-5538

Class Notes

business affairs for his scheduled
retirement on April 1st. An excerpt from
his article, “The History of the Class of
1920,” was published in the December
1979 Alumni News Edition, and con¬
tained many nostalgic incidents of our
freshman and sophomore days at the
College in 1916 and 1917.

On November 18,1979, Harry Gold¬
man, together with your correspondent
and his wife, participated in a
phonothon at The New York Times’Di¬
ttoes and phoned classmates all over
the country for the College Fund and
also for our 60th Anniversary Reunion.

We phoned Hastings Dietrich in Nor¬
folk, Va., who has been acting as nurse
for his dear wife Dorothy, who we wish
has a prompt recovery. Also Milton
Turk, in Tucson, Arizona; and Sidney
Seltzer, in South Palm Beach, Fla., who
is coming to New York on June 15th and
who needs a little persuasion to come
north for our 60th reunion. Try and make
it, Sid! Also, Joseph Kaufman in
Washington, D.C., who has retired as an
Administrative Law Judge for the
federal government. Joe has diabetes
and will try to come to our 60th but can¬
not eat everything.

Bill Matthews in Florida writes:

“Sorry the 1500 mile distance prevents
my attendance at our 59th reunion. I
hope to make the 60th. My very best
regards to each of my attendant
classmates.”

Lawrence L. Levy of N.Y.C. writes that
he is preparing a brief note for our an¬
niversary book, as requested. He is still
practicing law. We hope and trust that
each of our classmates, whether able to
come to our 60th reunion or not, will
forward his biographical sheet to your
Class Correspondent, letting his
brethren in the class know of his current
activities and those nostalgic
reminiscences of those good old days
when we were students.

Dr. Harold A. Abramson is still in the
practice of medicine, and is the director
of psychiatric research at the South
Oaks Foundation, Amityvilie, N.Y.

Members of the Class of 1920 are
urged to send in their reservations and
check deposits for our 60th Reunion to
Rose Brooks at 100 Hamilton Hall, New
York, N.Y. 10027.

Class Correspondent:

Nicholas M. McKnight
The Cupola

W100 Ridgewood Avenue
Paramus, N.J. 07652

Class Correspondent:

George G. Shiya
One World Trade Center, Suite 1345
New York, N.Y. 10048

Charles M. Brinckerhoff, retired
chairman of the board, chief executive
officer and chairman of the executive
committee of the Anaconda Company,
was named the 1979 recipient of the
Hoover Medal of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers. Founded in 1929,
the award was instituted to commemor¬
ate the civic and humanitarian
achievements of Herbert Hoover, with
the first award presented to him in 1930.
Charles received this coveted honor at
ceremonies during the Institute’s 109
annual meeting, held in Las Vegas.

Charley, as we knew him at the Delta
Chi Fraternity House, then on 113th
Street, was one of Carl Merner’s leading
track men in 1922. We then voted him
the most likely member of the Chapter
to succeed. We were supported in this
view by the fact that when he received
the degree of Metallurgical Engineer
from Columbia, he was the first recipi¬
ent of the George Vincent Wendell
Award for outstanding “character,
scholarship and service.”

Among the other awards he has
received are the Order of Merit of the
Government of Chile, the Distinguished
Achievement Award of the Holland
Society of New York, and an honorary
degree of Doctor of Science from the
University of Arizona. Charles and his
wife are donors of an international
fellows program — the Charles and
Florence Brinckerhoff Scholarship.

Rexford Guy Tug well:

An Appreciation

by Leon H. Keyserling '28

[Editor’s note: Rexford G. Tugwell —
former professor of economics at
Columbia, member of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Brains Trust, ”
and influential economist and historian
— died last summer at the age of 88.
Among Professor Tugwell’s students at
the College in the 1920’s was Leon H.
Keyserling, a young man from
Charleston, South Carolina who went
on to become a leading economist in
his own right as Chairman of the Coun¬
cil of Economic Advisers to President
Harry S. Truman from 1950-53. Dr.
Keyserling, who is now president of the
Conference on Economic Progress in
Washington, D.C., wrote this ap¬
preciation of his late teacher last fall.]

Entering Columbia as a freshman in
1924,1 signed up for the first-year course
in economics, but was told by the in¬
structor that it was only open to
sophomores. So I climbed to the 6th
floor of Hamilton and walked unan¬
nounced into the office of Professor
Rexford G. Tugwell. He asked only how
old I was, said that “a man who is 16
years old can do anything in life he wants
to,” and permitted me to take the
course. In this first moment, Rex
Tugwell conveyed to me his faith in the
young and the importance of their
making up their minds about what they
wanted to do in life.

His emphasis upon economics as an
instrument for improving the well-being
of people, rather than as an abstract or
theoretical discipline, was almost
unique in classrooms at that time, and
would be unusual even if he were
teaching today. The main text was one
of Tugwell’s books, entitled American
Economic Life and the Means of its
Improvement, a shining example of
how economics should be taught. All
the young men who sat around the table
with him for two hours twice a week
realized that they were enjoying
something very special.

For my own part, although I gained
much from other teachers I was close to
— such as Harry J. Carman (later Dean),
Arthur W. MacMahon ’12 (later
president of the American Political
Science Association), philosophers
Mortimer Adler ’23 and Richard McKeon
’20, and English teacher Raymond
“Buck” Weaver — I was more inspired
by Rex Tugwell than by any of my other
mentors at Columbia, and more
activated toward selection of public-
service economics as my life work
during the past 46 years.

Tugwell’s inclinations were also
illustrated by his interest in the student
as a citizen rather than as a potential
specialist. It was the custom then, as it
still is, to leave the teaching of
undergraduate economics largely in the
hands of young instructors earning
their way to a Ph.D., without these
undergraduates getting to know or be
taught by the economics luminaries in
the graduate schools. But Tugwell
believed that the economic thinking of
the citizens at large was even more
important than what the specialist
thought; unfortunately, his insistence
that some of the luminaries should
teach in the College did not meet with
the approval of the powers that were.
This is one of many reasons why, even
today, undergraduate economics
courses often alienate or discourage
students. None appreciated this more
than Tugwell in his time.

Tugwell gave much to Columbia, not
only as a teacher, but as a thinker about
teaching. A very few years before I
entered the College, he was one of the
leading movers in the establishment of
the course in Contemporary Civilization,
required of freshmen — a course which
on the average probably added more to
the “education” of the undergraduate
than any other single course at
Columbia, and which gave impetus to
the initiation of similar courses
throughout the United States.

Rex Tugwell was far more than a
member of the original “Brains Trust”

(about which he wrote a fascinating
book). In the official positions he held
during the early years of the New Deal,
as Under Secretary of Agriculture and
head of the Resettlement Administra¬
tion, he displayed a creative initiative
which still influences farm and land
policies and planned suburban com¬
munities. And he would have accom¬
plished far more, had he not attract¬
ed the usual opposition to the inno¬
vator. He also became a “whipping
boy” because of his advocacy of im¬
provements in the Pure Food and Drug
Act; i ndeed, whenever Tugwel I was em¬
broiled in policy conflict within the ad¬
ministration, he was always on the side
of those who heeded help most. Some
of the attacks upon him foreshadowed
the McCarthy era: one of the shabbiest
spectacles I have ever witnessed in
Washington was his “cross examina¬
tion” by Senator Josiah W. Bailey of
North Carolina prior to confirmation as
Under Secretary of Agriculture. Tugwell
bore this inquisition with his ingrained
equanimity, although he was not at his
best in this kind of burlesque.

But Tugwell’s work in his two official
posts was far less significant than his
influence upon thought and policy
throughout the Roosevelt administra¬
tion. Without being a radical, he was
far ahead of his time. In view of his
emphasis upon looking at the whole
picture and preparing for the future, our
national policy today is better off to the
extent, although inadequate, that his
views were put into practice.

After leaving Washington, Tugwell
rendered conspicuous service as head
of the New York City Planning Com¬
mission. Later, during his years as
Governor of Puerto Rico, he was a won¬
derful force in the development of a
country whose problems he described
in an excellent book, The Stricken Land.
His prime protege was Luis Munoz
Marin, his immediate successor as
Governor.

A prolific writer until his 87th year,
Tugwell produced more than a dozen
major books. Among the most impor¬
tant of these was The Industrial
Discipline, an examination of how
government and business could join
forces to overcome the Great
Depression and establish a strong and
just economy under freedom. There was
also The Democratic Roosevelt, which
persons so qualified to judge as
Dorothy and Sam Rosenman ’15 (he
being perhaps FDR’s most important
adviser in the long run) told me was the
best of all biographies of the most im¬
portant President of this century.

Still another among his seminal
projects was the 1934 book, Redirecting
Education, of which Tugwell and I were
co-editors. Contributors included
Jacques Barzun ’27 (later Columbia
Provost and then University Professor),
Charles W. Cole (later president of
Amherst College and an American am¬
bassador), and Joseph McGoldrick ’22
(later comptroller of New York City).

After a number of years at the Univer¬
sity of Chicago, Rex Tugwell became a
resident scholar at the Center for the
Study of Democratic Institutions at
Santa Barbara, which provided a
congenial setting for his study and
writing, by then more in the political
science field than in economics. Thus,
he demonstrated the versatility of his
gifts. He seemed drawn irresistibly to
studies of the Presidency, because he
had known it so well, and because the
Presidency has the greatest single
bearing upon what happens to the
America he loved.

Columbia men and women of all
times may learn much by looking into
some of Tugwell’s permanently
valuable books, the imperishable
monument to the man. And they may
take pride in the achievements of Rex¬
ford Tugwell as a teacher throughout
his life, and as one so intelligently
devoted to the public service whether
inside or outside the government._

S. W. Antoville reports that when he
left the College at the end of his junior
year, he took a summer job with the U.S.
Plywood Company and remained there
for 45 years. He retired as chairman of
the board and served another 10 years
thereon before moving to Laguna Hills
in Southern California.

Alvin P. Meyers was elected
president of the Beverly Hills Charitable
Foundation in October. He is now
engaged in writing the history of the
Nixon-Douglas 1950 Senatorial cam¬
paign for the Bancroft Library of the
University of California at Berkeley.

Class Correspondent

Joseph P. Brennan
65 Central Park West
New York, N.Y. 10023

'23

Class Correspondent:

Joseph W. Spiselman
873 East 26th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210

'24

On January 21,1980, Class President Al
Robison hosted a luncheon for class of¬
ficers and past presidents at the Yale
Club to continue our activities for this
year and the coming years. Present, in
addition to Al, were vice-presidents Ed
Farlow and Dave Cort; treasurer George
Maedel; secretary Joe Spiselman; past
presidents “Watty” Watkins, and
George Jaffin, and guest Rose Brooks.
Plans for the Dean’s Day private lunch¬
eon were made and a separate mailing
will be sent out. By this printing
it is probably old news. Our treasurer
reported some money in the class ac¬
count and the class is solvent. Plans for
the Annual Dinner (our 61 st since our
Frosh Dinner) were formalized. The
class will be the guests of the Robisons
at their home in Teaneck, N.J. on May 3,
1980. Classmates will be notified in the
Dean’s Day letter.

A proposal was made that the class
make a commitment to the “Campaign
to Assure the Quality of Life” at Colum¬
bia University through construction and
rehabilitation on the East Campus.
Specifically, the proposal was for a
pledge of $250,000 to be used preferably
towards Hartley Hall and Livingston
Hall rehabilitation, with the sum to be
raised by the time of our 60th reunion. It
was so moved, seconded and
unanimously passed. The class now
has a real goal to meet! More on this at
the Annual Dinner on May 3rd, so
please come!

Rouel Casanjian was appointed ad¬
junct professor of electrical engineering
at Polytechnic Institute of New York
and cited for authoring two textbooks
and contributions to periodicals. He
keenly recalls his days at Columbia,
both the good and the bad, and relishes
the memories.

Mod (Dutch) Groothius and
Josephine have just returned from
another freighter cruise to South
America’s west coast. When they
sailed, this writer and wife Florence
visited them on board to find them well
and exuberant. Dutch is well now; a
shoulder injury kept him from our 55th;
and Dr. Sid Bernstein attended him.
Believe it or not, the Groothius’s were
aleady planning another trip!

Spear Knebel lives in Canaan, N.Y.
and is retired from the ministry and
from the N.Y.S. Employment com¬
mission. He now helps operations at a
New Jersey airport.

Dick Fairbanks wrote a few months
ago from Deerfield Beach, Fla., that he
and Amby Day and their wives are often
together when Amby is in Florida. They
also continue to see Bill Dillingham’s
widow during the winter. Dick and his
wife travel to Montana to be with their
children. The indestructible Dick has
gone through major ailments, but is
now swimming, golfing and boating.
Maybe Dave Cort could re-do the Tom
Swift series with Dick!

Bob Cortell wrote from California that
he suffered a stroke a year ago, but is
improving gradually and is now walking.
He is retired.

Sam Schnierson is still active as Ac-

Class Notes

ting Chief of Medicine at the Veteran’s
Administration Hospital in Montrose,
N.Y.

Dave Ackermann sent greetings to
the meeting above; and at that same
meeting we were told that Syd Wein-
stock in Miami is ailing. Get well soon,
Syd!

Bill Koppers and wife Serena had
their photos on the front page of the
September, 1979 CCT Alumni News
Edition. Bill asked me to get some
copies of the photo and in turn I asked
managing editor Phyllis Katz for help.
She sent Bill copies and spoke with
him, and in a subsequent memo to me
said — “He is a marvelous man, and I
was happy to do him a favor.” Typical
reaction to Bill, wasn’t it?

Also in that issue, a photo of Ted Gar-
fiel and wife Terry was captioned as
Class ’34. We don’t begrudge his being
made 10 years younger, but we don’t
want to lose our past president from our
class of 1924!

Hamill Kenny wrote quite a while ago
from Annapolis that he was readying a
book explaining Maryland Indian place
names. How about letting us know if it
was finished!

Bill Offenhauser, now that the lid is
off many government secrets, can justly
brag about some of his work on
proximity fuses and other electronic
devices.

Pete Di Brienza lost his battle with
osteoarthritis and had to give up his
practice of medicine completely. He
also had a coronary, but it did not keep
him from attending his 50th reunion at
P&S last year. He sent regards from Joe
Fries.

Lee Perry is still active as an ar¬
chitect and lives in New Rochelle, N.Y.

Fred Hnat wrote a nostalgic letter on
his college days and the classmates he
knew. He is looking forward to this
year’s annual dinner. He particularly
spoke of Fred Smith, who visited with
him on several occasions in recent
years. It is a sad note — Fred Smith
died shortly after Fred Hnat wrote that
letter.

And on that sorrowful note, the loss
of these classmates must be recorded:

Max Savelle, Ralph Trisman, and
Joseph Rebholz.

Class Correspondent:

Julius P. Witmark

215 East 79th Street, Apt. 9B

New York, N.Y. 10021

At a dinner meeting held at the Prin¬
ceton Club on December 11, the
following were elected class officers for
a three-year term: Joseph A. Lillard,
President; Richmond B. Williams, Vice-
President and Historian; Harry R. Lea,
Henry Rapaport, and Lee Sharp, Vice-
Presidents; Henry E. Curtis, Secretary;
and Hallett Dolan, Treasurer. Julius P.
Witmark continues as President
Emeritus and Arthur Jansen, who
remains Fund Chairman, was appointed
55th Anniversary Year Chairman. Shor¬
tly after this occasion, the outgoing of¬
ficers of the Class held a luncheon in
honor of John W. Balet, to mark his ef¬
fective leadership as President in the
term just concluded. On this occasion
he was presented with an engraved
pewter mug.

In continuation of the custom of
naming a Classmate of the Year, Mor-
timor S. Gordon was selected, and was
given a plaque by Johnnie Balet,
testifying to this honor. Earlier, mem¬
bers of the Class had been given an
outline of Morty’s interests and accom¬
plishments and at the dinner, the
designee touched on all these matters
in such a lively, entertaining manner
that the guests were alternately silent
in attention or roaring with laughter.

For the third time since his advent on
campus, Dean Arnold Collery joined us
at the annual dinner. He spoke with
pride of the College’s academic of¬
ferings and level of academic stan¬
dards, and then described the present
efforts to rehabilitate the College dorms.
He not only referred to the munificent
gifts which will ensure the complete in¬
terior rebuilding of Livingston and Hart¬
ley Halls, but described the activities
which will result in a new dormitory

complex on the East Campus. (The
Class has set as the goal of its 55th
Anniversary gift the collection of at
least $50,000 toward the completion of
one of the two seminar rooms in the
complex.) Of some 670 new beds in the
new dorm, 500 will be reserved for
College students. And, the Dean
assured us, the campaign will not end
until all the dorms have been modern¬
ized.

Before the evening ended those
present were assured that they would
receive full details of the activities in¬
volved in our 55th Anniversary
celebration and the goals which have
been set for individual and class gifts to
Columbia.

Class Correspondent:

Edward S. Lynch
30 Bedford Road
Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570

Our last column ended with
“Classmates, please write!” Classmate
Rev. Fred Meyer’s warm and interesting
reply herewith:

“Dear Ed Lynch: Yesterday’s mail
brought the Alumni News Edition of
CCT which included your report for our
class of 1926 and your admonition:
‘Classmates — please write!’ So I am
acting upon a good impulse and got out
the old typewriter to tell you a bit about
myself as one of your classmates.

“My wife and I have lived here in
Atlanta for eighteen years now. This
past year we celebrated our fiftieth
wedding anniversary, first with a trip to
Hawaii and then, in Cambridge, Mass.,
with our son and his family including
our grandson, Matthew, aged eight.

“After graduation I spent three years
at Union Theological Seminary, across
the street on Morningside Heights. I
was ordained as a Congregational
Minister in 1929 and followed that with
forth-two years of regular pastorates.
There were just four of them in that
time, and they boxed the compass. Nor¬
th: Newport, Vt., 6 miles from the
Canadian border. East: Rockville Cen¬
tre, LI., six miles from the Atlantic
ocean. West: Minneapolis, Minn, (west
of the Mississippi River anyway), South:
Atlanta, Ga.

“In 1972 I ‘retired’ from regular
ministry; but since that time have had
six ‘Interim Pastorates.’ Two were in
Florida, two in Minnesota, one in New
Jersey, and the most recent one in
Lakewood, Ohio. Wish I had known
what your column reports about Nor¬
man Gabrielle living in Lakewood. I
surely would have looked him up while
there.

“I was at our class’s fiftieth reunion
in 1976, and I believe I had travelled far¬
ther than anyone else to get there. This
past year I was in New York again for
my Seminary fiftieth reunion. At present
my wife and I are continuing to enjoy
our home here in the Metropolis of the
,South, where we have had five
snowfalls of one inch each in the last
ten years.

“I hope this finds you and your family
in good health and enjoying your
Golden years as we are. If you should
get down this way be sure to give us a
call.

Yous most sincerely,

Fred Meyer

P.S. While in Lakewood, Ohio, near
Cleveland, I attended an enjoyable
Columbia luncheon at a downtown
hotel. About 30 there.”

We do want to hear from you about
your golden years, and the ones bet¬
ween, any memories, and what you will
about your days at Columbia. Take pen
in hand.

Class Correspondent:

William Heifer

445 Park Avenue, 5th FI.

New York, N.Y. 10022

'27

Dick (Hoyt) Reed ’35B, ’46TC, writes
that, after a decade of teaching at what
is now Fairleigh Dickinson, and
Rutgers, he went to Michigan State in
1945 to teach Social Science in its
general education program. Until 1968,
he was editor of the Proceedings of the

National Institutes on Police-
Community Relations, and since then of
the on-going Michigan State-wide PCR
quarterly conferences. Upon his official
retirement in ’68, he spent three years
co-authoring The Police and the Com-
rmvn/fy (Glencoe-Macmillian) with Louis
A. Radelet (3rd edition just published).
Since 1971, he’s back as “half-time”
librarian in the Michigan State School
of Criminal Justice. Keeps him from
going stir-crazy, says he, (he ought to
know) and helps his five grand¬
daughters through college. He has
“fine memories of the warm and superb
teachings of John Erskine, Mark Van
Doren and Roy Nichols” — and ap¬
preciated this column for keeping us all
in touch these many years.

Just heard from Bob Kinzel who lives
in Wilton, Connecticut, and is a coun¬
sellor on executive retirement planning.
He recently authored Retirement —
Creating Promise Out of Threat (126 pp.,
$12.95, American Management
Association, Amacom Div., 135 West
50th St., N.Y.C. 10020), which details the
step-by-step financial planning process
for retirement. Bob is one of three
distinguished brothers, all Columbia
graduates. His older brother, Dr.
Augustus (Gus) B. Kinzel ’19, was vice-
president for research of Union Carbide
Co., and when he retired, became
president of the Jonas Salk Foundation
in California, where he now lives. He’s
still active and practically commutes to
New York. Bob’s younger brother Otto
’32, is a well-known New York lawyer,
who recently achieved considerable
fame as counsel to the N.Y. Legislative
Commission on Pensions, and is vice-
chairman of the Manhattan Savings
Bank. Both Bob and Gus also
distinguished themselves by earning a
good part of their undergraduate tuition
at Columbia by working for Bill Heifer’s
dad, who in those days ran one of the
world’s earliest phonograph record
shops in New York’s Yorkville section.

Classmates: if you want some free
publicity, send your items to Bill Heifer
at the address preceding this column.

Class Correspondent:

Jerome Brody

39-48 47th Street

Long Island City, N.Y. 11104

'28

On December 10,1979 we had our an¬
nual Christmas party at the Union
League Club, sponsored again by John
Peddy, who, we were all most happy to
see, entered on his own power. This was
quite an achievement, and we are all
looking forward to next year when we
expect Johnny to come in dancing. He
was accompanied by his devoted
family. The buffet was up to our
requirements, which means that it was
quite scrumptious. Howard Meighan
was again our toastmaster and gave us
quite a thrilling exhibition of his great
talent. Among those present were:

Price, Brody, Veit, Meighan, Parsons,
Taxin, Harris, Lane, Thorn, Kolovsky,

Fry, DuMouiin, Siris, Umans, Wittner,
Barb, Vischi, Glassman, Cohen, Feld-
bium, Loughlin, Dorfman and Mound.
Many of the wives accompanied thier
husbands.

We were all pleased to know that
President Carter awarded Raymond D.
Mindlin a National Science Medal for
his work in mechanical engineering,
theoretical mathematics, and his
research into piezoelectric oscillators.

Got a short note from Gregory
Hawkins, who wants to know more of
what is going on. We will try to keep him
informed, both through these columns
as well as directly from the Alumni
Office. We look forward to greeting him
at Homecoming.

On December 14, President Carter
appointed Jim Reynolds to help
mediate the Long Island Railroad strike.

Lou Taxin and his lovely wife Ger¬
trude celebrated their 50th wedding an¬
niversary at a gala affair at Tavern-on-
the-Green in Central Park. They were a
charming couple then and the passing
years have contributed more of the
same. We all wish them continued
health and happiness.

On June 7,1980 we will meet at Phil
Feidblum’s in Armonk for our Annual
Spring Reunion. It will be a picnic.

Beverages will be supplied, but bring
your own lunch. We were also asked to
bring a blanket. I guess we can an¬
ticipate some fun and games inter¬
mingled with business. We hope for the
best (or worst).

Class Correspondent:

E. Arthur Hill
50 West 67th Street
New York, N.Y. 10023

Our unrivaled world travelers, Jack and
Ruth Fiske, have completed another
circumnavigation of the globe. This
time they concentrated on islands, and
made stops at such places as Easter
Island, Tahiti, Bora-Bora and Mauritius.
Where next?

Following a heart attack last June,
Arthur H. Hartley of Lake Success, N.Y.,
has retired from the active practice of
medicine.

Class Correspondent needed — if you
would like to serve, write or call

Columbia College Today
100 Hamilton Hall
New York, N.Y. 10027

'30

Frederick H. Block is counsel to the
New York law firm of Zimmer Fishbach
& Hertan, handling civil and criminal
trials and appeals. He and his wife have
four children and one grandchild.

Francis X. Egel writes: “On October 1,
19791 retired as senior income tax
examiner (Technician II) for the New
York State Income Tax Bureau. Will
continue to live in Albany.”

Alfred H. Friedman is completing his
twentieth year as teaching principal of
the Friedman School of Remedial In¬
struction in Haddon Heights, N.J. His
older son, Michael Belais Friedman ’64,
is the executive office coordinator of
the Jewish Board of Family and
Children’s Serives in N.Y.C.

Media Decisions magazine, of which
Lionel Kaufman is assistant publisher,
has changed its name to Marketing and
Media Decisions magazine.

An international meeting on the
psychotherapy of schizophrenia was
held at Yale University in April honoring
Dr. Theodore Lidz, Sterling Professor of
Psychiatry Emeritus at Yale’s School of
Medicine. A portrait of Dr. Lidz was
presented to Yale at a banquet in honor
of the noted psychoanalyst and his
wife, Dr. Ruth Lidz. A former chairman
and psychiatrist-in-chief of Yale’s
department of psychiatry, Dr. Lidz has
been a career investigator for the
National Institute of Mental Health, and
the recipient of awards for his studies in
the fields of schizophrenia and
psychosomatic medicine.

Werner Lutz writes that since his car¬
diac surgery in November, 1979, he is
“feeling better than I have in 50 years.”

Dr. Felix H. Vann, currently a vice-
president of the P&S Alumni
Association, has been in the practice of
obstetrics and gynecology for forty
years. His wife, Dorothea (B ’33; M.D.,
Cornell ’37) son Richard (C’65; E’66;
Ph.D., Duke, ’77) two grandsons, and
granddaughter, are all “going strong!”

Class Correspondent

Arthur V. Smith
Curtis Morris & Safford
530 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10036

Class Correspondent:

Arthur Lautkin
1148 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10028

'32

This correspondent has been quite
remiss in submitting class notes. It took
him two years to realize that one does
not charge for linage — no matter to
what good purpose the proceeds are
put. So with much apology, let me
capitulate some of the letters received.

Dr. Sidney Siegel continues to con¬
sult on nuclear technology for various
organizations much to the benefit of the

Class Notes

U.S. government. Because of the
vagaries of the Social Security laws the
consulting income is taxed at 110%.
Also he is a serious wood sculptor with
two pieces sold and commissions for
several more. If you need a second
opinion or can afford a work of art you
can find him in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Dr. Bernard R. Queneau is technical
director of Iron and Steelmaker
magazine. He attended the Inter¬
national Iron and Steel Institute con¬
ference in Sydney, Australia with the
comment — “great spring Down Un¬
der!” He is available to classmates who
still want to pump iron in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Arthur A. Gladstone was elected
Chairman of the Board, Institute for the
Study of Regulated Industries,
Washington, D.C., in December 1978. To
all his regular classmates he is at home
in Alexandria, Va.

Lloyd Seidman has retired from his
career as an executive and writer in the
advertising agency field. His recent
book, New York City — Retirement
Village, was published by Harper &

Row. A second book is ready for
publication. He is a member of the ad¬
vertising board of the Gerontological
Studies Office of the Graduate School
of CUNY and also of a Senior Summary,
a publication of the NYC Junior League.
If becoming a senior citizen is a
problem, call him at his NYC home.

Julius Wolfram, M.D. was host for a
Columbia College Alumni gathering
honoring Dean Collery on December 8,
1979 on his trip to Dallas — the first of
such since his installment as Dean.
Julius is raising dollars for Columbia in
Dallas — give and save on taxes in
Texas.

Sylvan S. Furman retired as Assistant
Commissioner, N.Y.S. Department of
Mental Hygiene, after 42 years in public
and voluntary health and social ser¬
vices. Now engaged in painting, print¬
making, etc., with exhibits in one-man
and group shows. Has already won
prizes for etching. He is occasional
consultant to U.S. Public Health Service
and other organizations. If you want to
be put in the proper frame of mind, he is
listed in the NYC telephone directory.

Class Correspondent:

Macrae Sykes

Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc.
100 Gold Street, 6th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10038

Class Correspondent:

Fon W. Boardman, Jr.

16 West 16th St., Apt. PHGN
New York, N.Y. 10011

Ralph Freundlich, who settled in
Bisbee, Ariz. in 1977, writes that he
loves it there and is still a functioning
musician (performing under the name of
Ray Friendly), and is also a graphics ar¬
tist. His landscapes have been
exhibited at various art shows in the
area.

Harold K. Hughes, who retired in 1976
as vice president for academic affairs at
the State University of New York at Pots¬
dam, is keeping active as president of
the St. Lawrence County Chamber of
Commerce, a member of the board of
the Adirondack Association, and in
various other civic capacities. Harold,
who earned a Columbia Ph.D. in physics
as well as his A.B., holds 18 patents and
is the author of numerous publications.
He also finds time to enjoy life with his
children and grandchildren.

H. Frederick Keiber, who took his
M.D. degree at Long Island College of
Medicine, now lives in Winter Haven,
Fla., where he practiced for a number of
years until he retired in 1976. Despite a
coronary and open-heart surgery in
1979, Fred is able to spend time looking
after land investments in Florida and
North Carolina. He has one son, an
ophthalmologist, and six grandchildren
one of whom will enter college this year

Ludwell A. Larzelere, who lives in
Livingston, N.J., and was with both the
Luckenback Steamship Co. and the
New York-New Jersey Transportation
agency in past years, is now a director,
Division of Subregional Transportation
Management, with the Tri-State

Regional Planning Commission. Lud’s
office is in the World Trade Center.

The class was saddened by the sud¬
den death a few months ago of one of
its most distinguished members, Judge
Harold Leventhal of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Hal not only was our valedictorian, but
achieved this while exercising
professional option, combining his last
year of College with the first year of Law
School.

Reporting on an Ivy League football
smoker held last fall in Northamption,
Mass., Francis P. Organ writes that
about a third of the 60 present were
Columbia alumni. Red says they were
outnumbered only by an assortment of
Dartmouth old grads.

It’s a long, long time from December
to May, but in the hope of getting you to
start planning for next December, we
want to record that a very pleasant
evening was enjoyed by those of the
class at the Rainbow Room. Present to
enjoy the food, dancing and the Art
Deco of our college era were the Norm
Alexanders, Hy Bickermans, Ed Finns,
Bill Golubs, Herb Jacobys, Howie
Kleins, Harry Richards, Phil Roens, and
your correspondent and friend.

The most recent class luncheon, as
this is written, was held February 27 at
the Princeton Club. In attendance to do
some class business and to enjoy some
general conversation were: Finn,
Gasstrom, Lawrence, Richards, Roen,
and this correspondent.

A main item of business at the lunch
concerned the class treasury (worse
than bare). If this reminder prompts you
to act, send $10 (or more) to Ewald
Gasstrom, 2 Adrienne Place, White
Plains, N.Y. 10605.

Since my last column (which was
also my first) a few more of you have
sent in brief accounts of your activities
(see above). May I hope there are more
friends in the class from whom I haven’t
heard yet?

Class Correspondent:

Allen H. Toby

122 East 42nd Street, Rm. 2800
New York, N.Y. 10017

Our upcoming 45th reunion at the Rye
Town Hilton in May has brought quite a
bit of information from classmates and
a fair number of reservations. We ex¬
pect to have as good a time as we did at
our 40th at Arden House, so plan to be
with us.

I was at Dean’s Day on March 22nd
and it was a treat to be back on campus.
The quality of the presentations was
stimulating and provocative, and it is a
shame more of us don’t get there. The
only classmate I saw was Jonas Zweig,
who is teaching at a college in New Jer¬
sey and asked to be remembered.

Herbert G. Ahrend is still very active
in his own firm as consultant in
marketing and sales promotion in New
York.

Bill Bissett has retired and lives in
Short Hills, N.J.

Jeremiah Fusco is “President of the
Virginia council of chapters of the
Retired Officers Association, [PROA].”

Ed Grieb is living in Wever, Iowa.

Albert Kay of Falls Church, Virginia,
has retired from the U.S. Department of
Defense.

Frank Ller has retired from Columbia
University as Professor Emeritus of
Biological Sciences, and lives on the
shore in eastern Connecticut.

Hunter Meighan is still practicing law
in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Morton A. Miller, after retiring from
the building business, taught English at
the University of Hartford, Conn. He has
just had a textbook, Reading & Writing
Short Essays, published by Random
House.

Thomas G. Moore retired in 1976 from
the engineering department of Monsan¬
to and spends some of his time trav¬
eling with his wife to see their widely
scattered children and grandchildren.

Joseph J. Ryan is retired and spend¬
ing winters in Florida and comes back
to South Yarmouth in the summer.

Abraham Sirkln has retired from the
U.S. Information Agency and the Policy
Planning Staff of the State Department.
He is working on a book for the World

Bank on remote sensing of Earth
resources from satellites.

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Class Correspondent:

Alfred J. Barabas
1000 Spring Hill Road
McLean, Va. 22102

Indianapolis attorney William B. Weisell
was recently honored by the Indiana
State Symphony Society upon his
retirement as president of its Board of
Directors. “Few, if any, major or¬
chestras are in such excellent con¬
dition.” noted The Indianapolis Star in
an editorial commending his
achievements. Bill was awarded a key
to the city of Indianapolis, election to
the Sagamore of the Wabash (the
state’s highest honor), and a silver
plaque from the orchestra which, he
writes, “I treasure most of all.” The
College has benefited from Bill’s in¬
terest over the years as well; he has ser¬
ved on the Columbia College Council,
has chaired the Alumni Association’s
Indiana Secondary Schools Committee,
and for many years has been a Fellow in
the John Jay Associates. I am sure I
speak for the entire class in
congratulating William Weisell on his
retirement, and commending him for his
part in keeping both the College and the
Indiana State Symphony in such splen¬
did shape.

Class Correspondent:

Walter E. Schaap
86-63 Clio Street
Hollis, N.Y. 11423

The Class of ’37 mourns the loss of our
distinguished classmate Sanford S.
Parker, who died of cancer in New York
on February 28. Sandy Parker was not
only a friend, but was of course best
known for his work as chief economist
at Fortune magazine, where he spent
the last thirty years as one of America’s
most respected economic reporters and
forecasters. Sandy actually worked out
of his apartment on East 53rd Street,
but was so well regarded by his
colleagues at Time Inc. and elsewhere,
that even Henry R. Luce was glad to
make the trip over to consult with him. A
Sanford S. Parker memorial scholarship
fund has been established at Columbia.
The class extends its sincere condolen¬
ces to Sandy’s wife, Laura, and to the
Parker family.

Class Correspondent:

John F. Crymble
22 Chestnut Street
Salem, N.J. 08079

Don Schenk and I joined with others to
help with the phonothon from The New
York Times building in early November.
After 40-plus years it was a pleasure to
talk with Bob July, Mrs. Dick Berlin,
Berwyn Force, Luis Bejarano, and
Werner Sewald. Werner, who lives ih
Monterey, California, has recently
retired from the teaching profession.

In late November, Don Schenk hosted
an informal luncheon at the Columbia-
Princeton Club. The quartet of Don, Bob
Friou, Tony Susinno, and John Crymble
enjoyed the “bull” session. Tony
reminisced about experiences in the
Naval Medical Corps during the war. He
was stationed in the Aleutian Islands
and experienced “the workings and
ways of politics.” Bob Friou left early to
defend a client in court. Although he
said his case was 19th on the docket, he
didn’t risk being late.

In January, the White Plains Reporter
Dispatch quoted Harold Meyers’s
response to New York Governor Carey’s
proposed metropolitan area automobile
“user’s fee.” Harold, president of the
Automobile Club of New York, was
against the Governor’s proposal
because it singled out motorists to pay
additional taxes after paying all the
taxes paid by other citizens.

Called Tony Susinno Feb. 15 for some
class news. By coincidence, he had just
seen “Hank” Schaffeld on Channel 4,
NBC-TV. Dr. Schaffeld, chief of the
Testing Service at New York’s
Roosevelt Hospital, was discussing
pneumonia complication in the current

flu epidemic.

I know you ’38ers know how to
manage stress in your successful
careers. But get Leon Warshaw’s new
book, Managing Stress, published by
Addison-Wesley. Dr. Warshaw is vice-
president and chief medical officer of
Equitable Life Assurance Society. He
has been on loan to the Mayor of NYC
as a health consultant.

Dr. Gene M. Allen, professor of
chemistry at Lehigh University, has
been elected to fellowship in the Op¬
tical Society of America. Dr. Allen has
served with distinction in the advan¬
cement of optics. He directs Lehigh
University’s Consortium for Color
Technology and the color science lab in
the Center for Surface and Coatings
Research. He is the author of numerous
papers on analytical chemistry, spec¬
trophotometry, optics, and colorimetry.

As Phil Wilson ’53 puts it, “Whether
tremors or trivia, let me know what’s
happening so the news can be shared
with your classmates.”

Class Correspondent:

Joseph Loeb
100 Hoyt Street
Stamford, Conn. 06905

Correspondent’s comment:
sexagenarian lethargy took hold for the
past several months, but, vitalized by
receipt of many biographical reports
and the well-attended 40th Reunion last
June, the continuity of reporting on
1939 is resumed with diligence and
determination.

One of the nicest events was Stephen
L. Snowden’s playing host to Norman H.
Angell ’10, the Class Correspondent for
the oldest alumni classes, 1900-1910, in
Rehoboth Beach, Del.

The retirement status list now in¬
cludes George Bogin in Great Neck,
N.Y., Everett K. Deane in Port
Washington, N.Y., Rev. John E. Coghlan
in Syracuse, N.Y., Harold Zaret in Silver
Springs, Md., Rev. Donald C. McEwan
in Whiting, N.J., and Dr. John
Bockelmann in Tenafly, N.J.

Lee Saunders reports on his
professional life as controller of the
Soap and Detergent Association: his
trade association is “deeply involved in
controlling eutrophication (sic) — the
pollution of lakes, rivers and streams
throughout the world.” No pun inten¬
ded, Lee, but you must be cleaning up!

H. Fred Cober is now a partner of the
Atlanta, Ga., law firm of Arnall Golden &
Gregory.

Stanley Lee, M.D. is the Dean of
Faculty, College of Medicine, SUNY,
Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn,
N.Y.

Dr. Robert J. Senkier, class chairman
of the College Fund drive, has become
president of the Industrial Gerontology
Research Institute, a non-profit cor¬
poration providing service to the aging.

Russell Hill continues as senior
correspondent of Radio Free Europe
and is serving as staff aide to U.S.
Senator Henry Jackson.

Edward Le Comte, professor of
English at SUNY at Albany, has
published his 14th book and his third
novel, The Professor and the Co-ed.

Class Correspondent:

Harvey V. Fondiller
915 West End Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10025

It will soon be forty for ’40! We
celebrate our 40th anniversary reunion
May 31-June 1,1980, at the Rye Town
Hilton, Westchester, New York. The
boys will be coming from all over: Ken¬
nedy (California); Mladinov (Oregon);
Bankoff, Edelman, Krapp and Hall from
Chicago; Tandy (Florida); Holt (Detroit).
Plus many more and the Reunion Com¬
mittee: Gardner (chairman), Baum
Lawson & Lester Bernstein, Bruce,
Dietz, Dowd, Downar, Feinberg, Feld¬
man, Fondiller, Gould, Impellizzeri,
Kayden, Kursch, Lambert, Lubar, Ric-
cardi, Shattan, and Stevenson. If you
want to see how things turned out after
four decades, join us!

Dr. S. George Bankoff is W.D. Murphy
Professor of Chemical and Nuclear
Engineering at Northwestern University,
Evanston, III.

Class Notes

W. Lance Corsbie, an attorney, lives at
3317 N. 29 Street, Waco, Texas.

Prof. Hermon W. Farweil is chairman,
Department of Speech Communication
and Theatre, University of Southern
Colorado, Pueblo, Colo.

Donald Ferens is an attorney with
Alexander & Green, 299 Park Avenue,
New York. He lives at 27 Byron Court,
Allendale, N.J. 07401. His daughter
Joyce recently graduated from Bergen
Community College.

Thomas C. Flynn reports that he has
been married 34 years to Rose Bialick
Flynn and lives at 5 Peter Cooper Road,
New York, N.Y. 10010. Their daughters
(both Barnard graduates) are Dinah I.
Flynn, an attorney, and Ellen F. Flynn,

M. D.

Harvey V. Fondiller is editor of The
Popular Photography Answer Book (Ziff-
Davis). His previous book, The Best of
Popular Photography (Ziff-Davis, 1979),
was a Literary Guild alternate selection.

Dr. Gilbert Glaser is Professor and
Chairman of the Department of
Neurology at Yale University School of
Medicine, New Haven, Conn. He lives at
205 Millbrook Road, Hamden, Conn.
96518.

Asher Hiesiger, an attorney
specializing in real estate investments,
has an office/home at 31 West 11 Street,
New York, N.Y. 10011. His son, Emile, is
a neurologist on the staff of the V.A.
hospital associated with N.Y.U. Medical
Center. Daughter Barbara, a graduate of
Bard College, is a budding actress and
works with under-privileged children at
a day-care center in Greenwich Village.

Col. Regis H. Kennedy, AUS Ret.,
lives at 18110 Rancho St.,Tarzana,

Calif. 91356. Retired since 1975, he
remains active in military associations
and as president of Tarzana Property
Owners’ Association and Los Angeles
Sigma Chi Alumni, for which he edits a
monthly newsletter.

Philip Krapp is a dictionary editor
with J.G. Ferguson Co., 111 E. Wacker
Drive, Chicago, III. 60601.

Wallace Masur is manager of the Lux,
Bond, Green & Stevens jewelry store in
West Hartford, Conn.

Alexander W. Morrison, psychologist,
is a career and organizational con¬
sultant with offices at 26 Court Street,
Suite 1209, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11242. He
lives at 23 Raymond Court, Garden City,

N. Y. 11530.

Lou Pacent writes: “We are coming to
the reunion from Palm Springs, Calif,
and sure hope to see a lot of our old
friends”. (You surely will, Lou!).

Dr. Samuel Plotnick reports: “I have
earned three degrees from Columbia —
A.B., 1940; D.D.S., Dec. 1943; M.P.H.,
1947. My wife Hermine, has hers from
Occupational Therapy courses — B.S.
1953; my mother-in-law has an M.A.

(1953 — School of Education). Son
Michael attends the joint program of
Columbia — Jewish Theological
Seminary”. Sam lives at 32 Parkside
Drive, Great Neck, N.Y. 11021.

Dr. Daniel Roth recently retired as
Associate Professor of Pathology at
New York University Medical Center. He
is concentrating on experimental
pathology in the field of chemical car¬
cinogenesis in association with the
Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Walter S. Sage is with Sage, Ayoob &
Langley, 181 Main St., Ft. Fairfield,
Maine 04742.

George T. Scharffenberger has a new

title: Chairman and Chief Executive Of¬
ficer, City Investing Company. His ad¬
dress is 4 Appaloosa Lane, Rolling
Hills, Calif. 90274.

Harry Schwartz is Writer in Residen¬
ce, Department of Surgery, College of
Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia
University.

Russell Tandy and his wife, Mildred,
have moved to Hobe Sound, Florida.
Russ took early retirement as Senior
Vice President of Marsh & McLennan,
Inc., and has started a new career as
vice-president of Bankers Trust Com¬
pany (New York) in their Palm Beach of¬
fice.

Dr. Alvin Turken, orthopedic surgeon,
has an office at 9808 Venice Blvd.,
Culver City, Calif. 90230.

Joseph Zorn lives at 784 Park Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10021.

Class Correspondent:

Mrs. Fred Abdoo
779 Schaefer Avenue
Oradell, N.J. 07649

Happy to report that Class Reunion
weekend at Arden House in December
was a huge success! Among the attrac¬
tions: slide presentation of past
reunions (all agreeing we look better
now than then), dancing and singing to
the melodies of our pianist-in-residence,
Alan Goldberg, an informative slide
presentation and lecture by Ted deBary
on his trip to China, a photo guessing
contest of our 41 ’ers, walks in the brisk
air, fireside chatting and relaxing, two
happy cocktail hours, delicious food,
and the always-present air of warm
conviviality so characteristic of these
’41 reunions. We were happy to greet
again Harry Mellins, professor of
radiology at Harvard, and wife Judy;
Semmes Clarke, director of marketing
administration and customer relations
for Hoffman-LaRoche’s chemical
division, and his wife Connie. Also
delighted to meet newcomers to the
reunions: Howard Wunderlich, a
radiologist from Port Jefferson, and his
wife, Kewpie; Hugh Barber, noted can¬
cer specialist and head of the O&G
department at N.Y. Medical College,
and wife Mary; Stanley Bedford, Judge
of the Superior Court (N.J.) and wife,

Ruth; Jack Beaudouin, VP and editor,
Reader’s Digest, and wife, Maria; Arthur
Weinstock, recently transferred from
Puerto Rico, working for Exquisite Form
Industries, Inc., and wife Betty. We hope
the new participants in our Reunion will
continue to join us in our social
gatherings. They and their wives were
great additions to an already outstan¬
ding class.

We have heard that Hugh F. Peters
has acquired controlling interest in
Lewis F. Conant and Associates,
general contractors in the L.A. area, and
is now president and chief operating of¬
ficer. Congratulations, Hugh!

Robert S. Wallerstein writes that he
has been professor and chairman of the
department of psychiatry at the Univer¬
sity of California, San Francisco School
of Medicine since 1975, and VP of the
International Psychoanalytic Assoc,
since 1977. He is also a member of the
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation’s Com¬
mission on the Present Condition and
the Future of Academic Psychiatry.

Leon Henkin was awarded a
Fulbright Travel Grant in spring of ’79 to
work in sabbatical research program at
Technion, Haifa, Israel. He was appoin¬
ted to the U.S. commission on
Mathematical Instruction, 1978-81. Now
back at the U. of C., Berkeley, helping to
organize fourth International Congress
of Mathematical Education to be held in
California in August.

W. Philip Van Kirk has been a mem¬
ber of the law firm of Lovejoy, Wasson,
Lundgren and Ashton since August,

1979.

Also have word that Ed Gray, Rector,
St. Mark’s Church-Episcopal, Denver,
Colorado, hosted a group of 60 alumni,
undergraduates, and prospective
students at a festive holiday get-
together at his home.

Please keep me informed of your ac¬
tivities — social, business, family — so
we can keep classmates up to date on
your news.

Wish all a pleasant spring. Cannot
end without a special word of thanks to
Class President Herb Spiselman for all
he did to make our Reunion such a big
success. We are lucky indeed to have a
president so able, dedicated and con¬
scientious. Thank you, Herb!

Hoelzer Scholarship
Reaches Goal_

The fund drive to endow a scholarship
at Columbia College in memory of the
late Charles F. Hoelzer ’42 reached its
goal of $25,000 in late January. More
than sixty classmates and friends con¬
tributed to the Charles F. Hoelzer
Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was
initiated by Dr. Melvin L. Hershkowitz
’42 and Mrs. Dorothy Dalton Hoelzer.

Class Correspondent:

Victor J. Zaro
563 Walker Road
Wayne, Pa. 19087

'42

Congratulations to Charles C. West on
his appointment as Professor of
Christian Ethics and Adademic Dean at
Princeton Theological Seminary.

Chester A. Bain and his wife, June
Wilson Bain (Barnard’41) are writing
together on various projects in Laguna
Hills, Calif. They have published several
travel articles, completed six
biographies on Mexican heroes for
young readers and currently, Chet and
June are working on a novel.

Also from California comes word that
William A. Levinson is now free-lancing
in Rancho La Costa after some forty
years as magazine sports and travel
editor {This Week, American Weekly,)
managing editor (Medical Economics,)
and editor-in-chief (Physician’s World).
On a recent vacation in Greece, Bill
reports that he reunioned with ex-
Spectator buddies Walter Wager ’44
and Connie Soloyanis ’45.

And from Walton, N.Y., a little town
tucked up in the Catskill Mountains, we
are delighted to hear that William F.
Dorsey is enjoying the good life to the
fullest. Also in Walton is Dick Shepard
’39 who, coincidentally, attended
William Cullent Bryant High in Astoria,
N.Y., with Bill.

Congratulations to Arthur R. Albohn,
who was recently elected to the New
Jersey State Assembly, representing
the 23rd Legislative District (Morris
County). A Republican, he has served
his home town, Hanover Township, as
former mayor and committeeman for 25
years. By profession, Art is manager of
technical services, Komline-Sanderson
Engineering Corp., Peapack, N.J. Son,
Dan Albohn, is a junior at the College,
majoring in economics.

We all enjoy reading of the where¬
abouts and doings of our fellow class¬
mates. So won’t you please drop me a
line and let me know where you are and
any other bit of information you would
like to have published. Many thanks!

Class Correspondent:

John F. Pearson
6 Eileen Terrace
Ormond Beach, Fla. 32074

Class Correspondent:

Walter Wager
200 West 79th Street
New York, N.Y. 10024

'43

'44

Dr. John Spitznagel, who was a
distinguished professor of bacteriology
and immunology at the U. of North
Carolina for 22 years, has moved further
south to Atlanta. His achievements
have led to his appointment as
professor and chairman of the Depar¬
tment of Microbiology at Emory Univer¬
sity.

Bruno Zirato, Jr. has moved to the
Sun Belt after 30 lively and creative
years in New York radio and television
broadcasting. Most recently, he was
executive producer of “To Tell the
Truth.” He has become a principal, in
N.M. Marshall Associates in Paradise
Valley, Arizona, near Phoenix. He’s
living in 5403 North 79th Place in Scotts¬
dale, and applying his wisdom and
experience with CBS and Goodson-
Todman to bring “software expertise”
to the firm that provides market re¬
search and marketing planning to the
broadcasting, cable and closed circuit
TV communities.

Arbor House will have Walter
Wager’s Blue Moon in the bookstore at
the end of April. A nursery tale it’s not,
as Publisher’s Weekly described the
saga — second in the trilogy about an
unlikely female detective — as “lush,
atmospheric, violent and exciting.” No
Barnard alumnae appear anywhere in
this story, a guileless oversight that will
be remedied in future works.

Class Correspondent:

Alan S. Medoff
185 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, N.J. 07666

Congratulations Lions of ’45! It seems

you really are out there. Please let us
continue to hear from you.

Julian Foster reports from Arizona
that he feels lonely being the only ’45
Lion in the whole of the Grand Canyon
State. How about paying him a visit and
cheering him up?

Dr. Lawrence Ross recently had a
showing of his paintings in Cold Spring
Harbor, Long island, N.Y., last August.
For a living, he is a professor of clinical
radiology at SUNY, Stony Brook. How
did the showing go, Larry?

Dr. V. Peter Mastorocco, our ’45
representative in Brooklyn, must be an
awfully busy Lion. He is secretary to the
Board of Directors of the Brooklyn
Philharmonic, on the staff of the
Methodist Hospital and First Vice
President of the Board of Managers of
the Prospect Park YMCA. Pete, when do
you have time to practice optometry?

Another Brooklyn Lion, Dr. Barnett
Zumoff, reports he is director of the
Clinical Research Medical Center and
Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in the Bronx. Would
like to hear of your research projects,
Barney. How about it?

Dr. Ralph Colp, Jr. is our psychiatrist
in charge of the College’s Health Ser¬
vice. He is there full time and would like
to hear from friends at (212) 280-2878.
With today’s problems, he must be
terribly busy.

Guess what, Class of ’45!!! Frederick
Wood Shelton was granted a Master of
Divinity degree from Bangor
Theological Seminary in Maine. Great!
We can use all the help we can get
these days. Say hello to Fred when you
are in Maine this summer.

Leon A. Gehorsam is Vice President
of Wigton Abbott Corp. He is in West-
field, N.J., and would love to hear from
other vice presidents (or any others) in
our class.

Dr. Burton Cohen runs a busy prac¬
tice in internal medicine and car¬
diopulmonary disease in Elizabeth, N.J.
He also teaches at the New Jersey
College of Medicine as an assistant
professor. I hear he makes house calls.
(What are they?)

Dr. Albert Beasley of Westport,

Conn., reports that his son, Scott, was
graduated from our College in ’72 and
attended Yale Medical School,
graduating in 1977. Congratulations
AIM! Are there any more Beasleys in the
medical pipe line?

Class Correspondent:

Fred Escherich
60 Siwanoy Boulevard
Eastchester, N.Y. 10709

'46

Paul A. Marks was a member of the
President’s Commission studying the
accident at the Three Mile Island
nuclear power plant.

The State of Michigan presented the
Legion of Merit to the Rev. Dr. Carl
Russell Sager when the National Guard
chaplain retired in 1978. Rev. Sager, a
chaplain with the National Guard for 20
years, was honored with a retirement
dinner/dance at the Flint, Michigan Ar¬
mory. The Governor’s citation praises
“Captain Sager’s foresight, en¬
thusiasm, tireless efforts, and ‘down to
earth’ approach.”

Alex Sahagian-Edwards, M.D., who is
full-time attending in medicine at the
Roosevelt Hospital in N.Y.C., will
initiate a new primary care program in
conjunction with the department of
pediatrics. It is an innovative program,
inasmuch as they will be working out of
a trailer in the parking lot of the
hospital.

Testifying before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee in September,
Steve Seadler declard, “the need for in¬
troduction of Ideological Arms Control
in arms control in general and the SALT
process in particular is clear and
urgent.” Mr. Seadler is president of the
Ideological Defense Center in New York
City, and was called before the Commit¬
tee to discuss the problem of
ideological differences between the
USA and the USSR in making the SALT
II treaty work. True to his Columbia
education, Mr. Seadler based part of his
testimony on a passage from Hobbes’
Leviathan.

Leonard Swern has been named staff

Class Notes

Class Correspondent:

George W. Cooper
489 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10017

Wait long enough and something is
bound to happen to a classmate. In¬
deed, several things happened to
several classmates, enough for the first
Class Notes since last summer. But
don’t be overwhelmed by this success.
Keep those items coming in. Mean¬
while, here’s what we have:

Dr. Henry G. Burger is Professor of
Anthropology and Professor of
Education at the University of Missouri-
Kansas City. He is a pioneer in “Tran¬
sitive Anthropology”, which he explains
as “the codification of the process of
applied social science, leading from
desired results back to effectual
means.” In 1958, Henry discovered how
to create a “taxonomy of process,
which, with substance, constitute the
two basic elements of all science.” Its
elaboration has been his major project
over the ensuing years. His findings
contest the primacy of psychology over
culture” as it had been alleged in the
universal timings claimed by Piaget; the
bad-nerves assumptions of psychiatry;
and the subhuman environment ad¬
vocated by Skinner.” Okay, let’s hear it
from all you psychologists and
psychiatrists out there, defending your
ramparts!

A bulletin from the David W. Taylor
Naval Ship Research and Development
Center (known to one and all as the DT-
NSRDC) announces that Gene H.
Gleissner, associate technical director
for computation, mathematics and
logistics at the Center, was presented
with the Navy’s Superior Civilian Ser¬
vice Award on December 10,1979 by Dr.
James H. Probus, director of Navy
laboratories. Congratulations, Gene,
and best of luck in your future en¬
deavours.

Edwin A. Kieran, a classmate of this
correspondent at Law School as well,
got some good news at the start of the
year. Effective January 1st, Ed was
elected Vice President, General Coun¬
sel and Secretary of the Inter-public
Group of Companies, Inc., succeeding
his boss who became President at the
same time. Inter-public is the world’s
largest advertising agency system,
perhaps best known for its McCann-
Erickson subsidiary. Congratulations
and best wishes to you, too, Ed!

Between issues of these Class
Notes, we learned that George L. Kline,
chairman of the philosophy department
at Bryn Mawr College, was on sab¬
batical, dividing his time between
research as a Guggenheim Fellow on
Russian ethical and social theory
(Vladimir Solovyov in particular) and a
stint as Fulbright Research Professor in
Paris. Tempus fugit and now we learn
that George is back at Bryn Mawr and
has resumed the chairmanship.
Welcome home!

Alan W. Steinberg reports that he
moved his family and business, lock,
stock and security portfolio, from the
New York area to the Miami area
(business in south Miami, home in Coral
Gables). Son, Tommy, is in the local
high school and daughter, Laura, is at
Dade College while oldest daughter,
Carol, stayed behind in the frigid North
to pursue her own career. Alan relates
that he does a “semi-commute” to New
York about every three weeks — let’s
hope Eastern Airlines (or their com¬
petitors) offer better service than
ConrailortheIRT.

Stop press! Just received a letter
from John Crossett, breaking his “years
of silence” to report that the American
Philological Association has presented
him with an award for excellence in
teaching. The award is a new one, given
on a regional basis, and John got his for
the midwestern states, in one of which
he is Professor of Classics at Cornell
College (Mount Vernon, Iowa). John’s
wife, Judith, has her Doctorate in
English and is now working on a
Doctorate in Medicine, a true quantum
leap. Their daughter attends a Mon-
tessori School in Iowa City. Next year,
John will be collaborating with Hip¬
pocrates G. Apostle ’33 on a new trans¬
lation with commentary of Aristotle’s
“Poetics”.

Class Correspondent:

David L. Schraffenberger
500 Second Avenue, L.B. #108
New York, N.Y. 10016

A recent Fund phonothon produced not
only a healthy flood of contributions,
but these bits of class information, as
well.

From New Jersey, Jim Avery (Scotch
Plains) is now in his second year with
Exxon, while Dr. John Leaman con¬
tinues his practice in ophthalmology in
Glen Ridge.

Tony Arace’s daughter, a young high
school graduate, is now a full-time
student at the Fullerton (California)
Community College at the ripe old age
of seventeen.

Richard Kitlan (Keene, N.H.) is an
assistant vice-president, National
Grange (insurance).

Dr. Jim Griffith (Fairfield, Conn.) is an
internist with the Norwalk Medical
Group, and is involved in a special
program concerning alcoholism.

With their daughter now graduated
from Kenyon College, and married,
Charles Belling and wife Dorothy are
enjoying their quiet “empty nest” in
Reston, Va.

From home base in Cincinnati, Bob
Haupt has dispatched one daughter to
Kansas City as a physical therapist;
another, to a Swarthmore degree in
library science; and a son, to Texas
A&M.

The arrival of Amanda Brainin y
Padilla, 11/21/79, makes David Brainin a
grandfather for the third time. David has
recently formed a new law firm, Brainin
& Goldstein (150 E. 58th St. in Manhat¬
tan), offering services in labor law, cor¬
poration and commercial law,
municipal law, and general practice.

Ted Melnechuk (La Jolla, California)
was the technical adviser on the
National Geographic’s TV feature,
“Mysteries of the Mind,” shown on
public TV in February of this year.

After seeing his daughter through
Smith, and his son to his senior year at
Harvard, Vincent Pascucci (Phillips
Academy, Andover, Mass.) recently
completed his own Ph.D. in Classics, at
Brown. In retrospect, Vincent offers
“praises to the great H’s of Columbia:
Professors Householder, Hadas, and
Highet.”

Department of Things We Were Well
Aware of But Thanks for Reminding Us
Anyway: Actor Doiph Sweet, in a recent
communication, notes that his stage
name is Doiph Sweet.

Dr. Grant Dellabough, Duck Pond
Rd., Demarest, N.J., writes: “I’ve
changed occupations and am now run¬
ning my own oil and gas exploration
and drilling venture through an office in
Dallas.” With six full-grown offspring
now dotting the landscape, Dr.
Dellabough believes he also qualifies
for this dubious distinction award: he
now receives fund-raising appeals not
only from Columbia, but from Hobart,
Bennington, NYU, the University of
California at Berkeley, the University of
New Hampshire, the University of
Miami in Florida, the University of
Texas, and the Universities of Paris,
Grenoble, and Stockholm. Good luck
with the oil and gas exploration, Grant.

Additional notes: followers of Ken¬
neth M. Bernstein may stick the latest
pin in the map of Brazil, where Ken is
doing “the Berlitz book” on that
massive nation.

Nancy (spouse of David) Schraffen¬
berger, on her return from a recent visit
to England ( not courtesy of The New
York Times) returned with tales of in¬
flationary horror, and warm gratitude
for the hospitality lavished on her by the
Marshall Mascotts, in their fashionable
Cadogan Square residence.

She brought me a tie.

Class Correspondent:

Richard C. Kandei
523-B East 85th St., Apt. 1-C
New York, N.Y. 10028

’49 news is good and bad, as always,
and in alphabetical order, as always.

Dr. Charles H. Bauer reports he has
had to give up his practice of pediatrics
because of his continuing multiple
sclerosis. We are certain he must still

get many calls from his classmates
whose kids he treated over the years in
New York. ,

N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Frederic
S. Berman enters his 22nd year as Ad¬
junct Professor of Law at New York
School and a faculty member of the
National Judicial College between
Criminal Terms of the Manhattan court.

Early-teen kids of ’49-ers were correct
when they reported “Boss Hogg” was
seen on a visit to New York. Sorrell
Booke, currently starring as this
scheming kingpin on CBS-TV’s “Dukes
of Hazzard” will make several in-person
appearances while criss-crossing the
country between shooting schedules in
Hollywood.

February 1980 saw the world premiere
in New York of an opera composed by
Thomas J. Flanagan, Jr. “I Rise In
Flame, Cried the Phoenix” is from a
one-act play by Tennessee Williams.

John O. Kessler of Tucson, Arizona,
reports he spent six months of 1979 as
Visiting Professor of Physics at the
Technical University of Delft (The
Netherlands).

Byron A. Nilsson continues “alive
and well” in his post as Chief Engineer
of NTN Bearing Corporation in Des
Plaines, Illinois despite a mistaken en¬
try in the obit column last year. He
reports there was a redeeming factor
since several old friends called his of¬
fice to confirm the story and thus were
able to renew acquaintances from
campus days and earlier.

Professor of French W.E. Thormann,
who also serves as chairman of the
department of modern languages at
Goucher College, was honored this year
by the French government. To his many
awards and his all-Columbia degrees he
has now added “Chevalier in the French
Order of Academic Palms.” This last
item thanks to the continuing Colum-
bia-news-interest of Baltimore’s Nor¬
man Angell, Class of ’10.

’49 joins the many alumni who raved
with enthusiasm over the excellent
program and deserving turnout for this
year’s Dean’s Day. Here’s hoping the
East Campus will provide facilities to
resume the Class Luncheons that are
presently limited to Anniversary years.

Class Correspondent:

Mario A. Palmieri
33 Lakeview Avenue W.
Peekskill, N.Y. 10566

We’ve heard from a number of MDs, so
let’s keep the medical group together:

Dr. Budd Appleton is retired from the
Army and is ophthalmology professor at
the University of Minnesota. Budd lives
in St. Paul.

Dr. Roger Duvoisin is chief of the
neurological service at Middlesex
General Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J.,
and beads the department of neurology
at the Rutgers Medical School. Roger
and wife, Winifred, and four children live
in Cranbury, N.J.

Dr. Milton Levine is practicing in
Valley Stream, N.Y., and is assistant
professor of medicine at SUNY, Stony
Brook. Eldest son Benjamin is at Har¬
vard Medical School (whence dad
graduated) middle son Daniel is a
senior at Brown, and Arthur is in high
school.

Dr. Martin Malachowsky is attending
physician, obstetrics-gynecology,
Monmouth Medical Center in Long
Branch, N.J. Martin lives in Oakhurst,
N.J.

Dr. Frank Miller is a urologist in
Plainview, N.Y. Frank is director, depart¬
ment of surgery, Central General
Hospital in Plainview.

Ernest Thiesing writes from Spring
Valley, N.Y., to tell us he is in hospital
sales with Abbott Labs. Daughter Mary
Anne earned an MA from Fordham and
is pursuing her Ph.D. in biology; son
Christopher is a senior at SUNY in New
Paltz; son Paul is studying at N.Y.

School of Visual Art.

Norman Dorsen is a professor of law
at NYU School of Law and served re¬
cently as president of the Society of
American Law Teachers. Norman is
chairman of the board of directors of
the American Civil Liberties Union and
was chairman of HEW’s review panel on
new drug regulation.

Leonard Kliegman, president of

Kliegman Bros. Inc., received the 1979
“Man of the Year” award from the
Laundry Cleaners Allied Trades Assoc.,
and also the 1979 “Tzedaicah” Award
from the Federation of Jewish Philan¬
thropies. Congratulations to Lenny on
his honors. Lenny and Edith live in
Roslyn, N.Y., and have three sons.

We hear from Bert Solomon that he is
Exec. VP of Hometown Mfg. Inc., a
division of Cluett Peabody, located in
Georgia.

Constantine (Connie) Ballos has

founded his own firm — Ballos and
Company, Inc. — in Morristown, N.J.
Connie is an executive search con¬
sultant.

Your correspondent reports that he
has been appointed Asst. VP in the
Corporate Communications Dept, at Ir¬
ving Trust Company in New York City.

Okay... this was our best column to
date. Keep it coming!

Class Correspondent:

Richard N. Priest
Llewelyn-Davies Associates
130 East 59th St., 9th FI.
New York, N.Y. 10022

Class Correspondent:

Robert N. Landes
McGraw-Hill

1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, N.Y. 10020

Joe Rothschild has recently been ap¬
pointed Class of 1919 Professor of
Political Science at Columbia Univer¬
sity, as noted in an earlier CCT.

Dick Meyers has opened a new office
at 12860 Biscayne Boulevard, North
Miami, Fla., for the practice of internal
medicine.

Dick Gardner continues as an
Associate Clinical Professor of Child
Psychology at P&S.

John Mullaney was recently made
President of the Neuropsychiatric
Society of Virginia.

John Benfield is Chairman of
Surgery, City of Hope National Center,
Duart, California, and is also Clinical
Professor of Surgery at the UCLA
School of Medicine.

Dr. John Rhinehart has formed a
holistic health group in Newton,
Massachusetts called the “Deep Brook
Holistic Medical Association.” Accor¬
ding to John, the holistic movement at¬
tempts to inform people about a total
body program which is a form of preven¬
tive medicine. Holistic health care in¬
cludes such concepts as the use of
biofeedback machines and clinical
medical laboratories, plus treatment
like acupuncture and yoga.

Class Correspondent:

Phil Wilson

150 Paradise Road

East Amherst, N.Y. 14051

Mike Sovem, when he became
President-Designate of Columbia
University a few months ago, left us
with a tough act to follow. We are ex¬
tremely pleased for Mike and at the
same time immensely proud that a
classmate will assume the top ad¬
ministrative position of our Alma Mater
in July.

In December Dick Bernstein was
named T. Wiser Brown Professor of
Philosophy at Haverford College, Penn¬
sylvania. Dick earned his first
bachelor’s degree from the University of
Chicago in 1951, his second from the
College, and M.A. from Yale in 1955, and
a Ph.D. also from Yale in 1958. After a
teaching stint at Yale (1959-65) Bern¬
stein joined the faculty at Haverford as
a full professor. Dick has books and
honors too numerous to list in this
column; suffice to say we hope he con¬
tinues to share his learning and insights
with students for many more years.

Allan Jackman, M.D. of Tiburon,

Calif., last fall had Josh Darsa as an
overnight guest at his home in
“hedonistic Marin” county. Josh was
recovering at the time from acute
pericarditis, whatever that is, so we
presume he was unable to do as the
hedons. Better luck on his next visit.

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We will put you in touch with the student(s) you wish to interview for summer
employment.

CALIFORNIA MISSOURI

PRE-MED, CHEM major, prefer work in
related areas. Available most of the summer.
LA area. Thomas K. Chang.

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO, NORTH SIDE. Have varied in¬
dustrial experience in welding and
machining. Looking for any work. Electrical
Engineering freshman. Jon Kawamura

; MASSACHUSETTS

ECO MAJOR, avail. May 20-Aug 15. Business
or Law related work, Economic research, too
Boston area. Harvey Cotton

STRONG BACK. STRONGER MIND. In¬
terested in government. Will/can do
anything. St. Louis area. Call me. Howard
Hoffman.

NEW YORIMETRO AREA

PRE-JOURNALISM student, masterful
political operative and rhetorician, seeks
campaign work, NYC area, 5/15 to 8/15. Ex¬
perience since 1974. Louis Antonelli.
ECO/HISTORY major, avil May 25-Aug 30.
Would like business related work, NYC area.
Know some accounting. Kevin L. Be st.

HOPEFUL JOURNALIST, would like a job
related to writing. Avail June-August, prefer
NYC area. Eager and experienced. Roger B.
Blumberg.

ECONOMICS-INDUSTRIAL engineering
major. Speak Chinese and Japanese —
prefer related work, interested in int’l trade.
NYC area, June-Aug. Gregory Chen.

MAY 1980 COLLEGE GRADUATE available
for entire summer in Manhattan. PolSci
major attending law school in September.
Peter Clarkin.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE junior, interested in
house sitting in Manhattan during summer
vacation. Mature, responsible. Ted W.
Cohen.

POLITICAL SCIENCE major, avial May 26-
Aug 15. Prefer work in law office, but open to
all offers, NYC area. James S. Connolly.

GEOGRAPHY M.A. Jan 1981, need 3 day/wk
job in specialty of facility location planning
or related work, NYC area, avail June 1980.
Bernard Duer.

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS major, some
CPCU training, available May 15-August 30.
Prefer work related to insurance or real
estate, but will accept almost anything in
NYC area. Gregory Fields.

LOOKING FOR a jack of all trades? Poli/Sci
major will do anything NYC area. Avail May-
Aug. Sean T. Finn.

COLLEGE SENIOR, attending Law School in
fall, seeks law or public service-related job.
Avail, May-Aug 31, NYC or Westchester area.
Richar d Gans. _

GOOD WRITER and clear thinker, speaks
Spanish; some legal experience, seeks in¬
teresting work. NYC area: 6/1-8/31 Jeff
Gracer.

BIO MAJOR, avail May 15-Aug 30. Experien¬
ced bio-lab technician. Other interests:
astronomy and anthropology. Will do
anything, prefer NY area. Geoge Grills.

MATH MAJOR, avail. May-August. Prefer
programming or related work, but would
agree on anything. Native knowledge of
Russian. NYC or Long Island. Yarkov Kar-
pishpan.

EXPERIENCED COMPUTER or economics
major. Avail June-Aug, references available.
Will do anything. NYC area. Stuart Levi.

BIO-CHEM major. Avail May 10-Aug 30.
Prefer related work but will do anything. In¬
terested in Photography. NYC Leric
Nicholas.

CHEM student with chem and bio-chem lab
experience looking for related work between
5/12 and 7/31. NYC area only. Robert
Orlowski.

ECO MAJOR - avail May 20 - Aug 30. Am
looking for business related work in N.Y.
area. Ian M. Parmiter.

PRE-LAW SENIOR, Phi Beta Kappa, seeks
law related work, NYC. Have some experien¬
ce. Avail mid-May-Aug. Bruce Pottash.

CENTRAL QUEENS RESIDENCE-Would like
any job near home. Avail. May 19-Aug 15.
Ricky Saltzman.

PSYCH MAJOR avail June-Aug (negot.).
Prefer related work but will do anything (esp.
science). NYC/LI area. Cary Schwartzbach.

BRILLIANT STUDENT needs job between
May and Aug. Looking for an interesting job
(TV, lumberjack, etc.) Can do anything.
Gardner B. Semet.

TENACIOUS, INTELLIGENT willing worker
with literary, musical, athletic interests
searching for stimulating, tiring job, 5/19-
8/29. Prefer NYC area. Jordan Shapiro.

ENGLISH MAJOR seeks job with magazine,
newpaper, or publishing firm in NYC area6/t
8/15. Types 55 wpm. Michael Sittenfeld.

ECONOMICS MAJOR, avail May 12-Aug 30.
Prefer work with bank or other financial in¬
stitution. Statistics, math, computers, NYC
area. Stephen Stone.

COMPUTER SCIENCE and math-good
background and exp. Prefer related work.
Avail may 12-Aug 22. NYC area. Jeff Wein¬
berger^

Class Notes

Ed Robbins, counsel to the law firm
of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and
Flom, was recently elected a trustee of
the Associated YM-YWHA’s of greater
New York. Ed is also president and CEO
of Highland Capital Corporation, N.Y.C.
(Is counsel to a law firm like an umpire
at a referees’ convention?)

Jack Sherwin of New York City ad¬
vises us that he is not the only active
Columbian in his family. His wife, Judy
(Barnard’58), in addition to bestowing
three daughters, has written six
volumes of poetry and a book of short
stories. Meanwhile, Jack, an executive
vice president of GAF Corporation,
finds himself as recently elected pres¬
ident of the American Chess Foundation
and vice president of The International
Rescue Committee.

While most of us at this age in life try
to admire our dry hands and sleep-filled
nights, Bob Walzer of Redding, Connec¬
ticut, reports that he had a son, Eric,
born August 8,1979. From those of us
who believe (hope) we have it all behind
us, our best wishes to go to the Walzers
for many joyous, Eric-filled years.

Last but not least, your esteemed
secretary was made President last fall
of the Columbia Club of Western New
York, and has been invited to Arden
House, May 24-25, for workshop
sessions, by the College Alumni
Association. Zowee, keep turned!

Class Correspondent:

Bill Berry

1300 Midland Avenue
Yonkers, N.Y. 10704

If the Class of Destiny were typical of
the country at large, Prez Jimmeh would
have no problem with burgeoning
bureaucracy. Out of three Bicentennial
B...s on the federal payroll, two are buz¬
zing out in favor of (presumably) private
enterprise. Now, if we can get the word
across to our brethren at Harvard-

Lee Abramson is the sole respondent
to our plea for news who seems to feel
that D.C. hasn’t replaced T.V. as the
vast wasteland; he replies only that he’s
statistical adviser for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission. As in, Three
Miles into Pennsylvania don’t go.

Dave Bardin replies equally tersely
that he’s cuttin’ out of the Department
of Energy “where I’ve served as the first

administrator of the Economic
Regulatory Administration.” He might
be the guy to tell all about the price of
home-heating oil.

Pete Ehrenhaft, befitting his stature
as deputy assistant secretary of the
Treasury Department, started adding up
the dollars and figured he’d do better as
a partner in the Washington office of
the highly respected law firm of
Hughes, Hubbard & Reed. (Whatever
happened to Blair?) On leaving
Treasury, he received the Exceptional
Service Medal, which is a lot heavier than
a gold watch. He got a pretty good send-
off in The New York Times, but his
proudest moment in reading the article,
he reports, was being called a “ young
trade lawyer.” “How could I argue?” he
asks... Milt Edelin, who prefers the ur¬
ban to the federal role, reports that he’s
“presently deputy director of planning
for the city and county of San Fran¬
cisco.” Given the rash of recent quakes
along the Fault, Milt, I think that’s one
hell of a vote of confidence in the future.

Reflecting what has to be the current
national balance — three working in the
private sector vs. four on the public
payroll — three of our illustrious troupe
report significant progress in their (I
hope) chosen careers. Bill Tucker Jr.
has been promoted to the assistant to
the director of environmental control at
Republic Steel in Cleveland (we all have
to pay a price for success) and lives
where all good Columbia grads hang
out, Shaker Heights.

Tom Tencza has advanced to director
of product development at Bristol-
Myers Products Division... Richard J.
Rudolph is now manager for Latin
American Sales at Huntington Alloys,
Inc. in Houston... And would you believe
it? No doctor-doctors and only one law¬
yer in this haul!

Personal note: Any of you guys have
any financial/i.nvestment expertise in
the travel/tourism/leisure industry? I’m
working on a book in this general area,
and if you have anything of true value to
my six or seven panting readers, I can
make you famous, baby. (Would you
believe that line still works?)

Class Correspondent:

Gerald Sherwin
181 East 73rd Street
New York, N.Y. 10021

With the 25th Anniversary Reunion

almost upon us, there has been a
groundswell of responses from our
classmates — both in terms of saying
they hope to attend the May 31/June 1
get-together at the Rye Town Hilton
plus what they’ve been doing over the
past few years.

The geographical dispersion is quite
interesting considering that a good por¬
tion of the class came from the East
Coast and the Greater New York area.

From the West Coast, we’ve heard
from Harry Scheiber and Jeff Broido,
both of whom are residing in La Jolla,
California. Harry has been named a
“Project 87” Fellow for research on the
history of the U.S. Constitution. Chair¬
man of this endeavor is Columbia
Professor Richard B. Morris. Jeff, who is
manager of R&D for Breeder Reactors
of the General Atomic Company, was
upset in the 1979 Boston Marathon by a
fellow named Bill Rodgers.

From the South, Dr. Colin Clarendon
has promised us he will travel from
Memphis, Tennessee to be at the
reunion. We are also in hope of seeing
Richard Knapp, Professor and Chair¬
man, Department of Anesthesiology,
West Virginia Medical Center, at the
festivities.

A little further north, in Bethesda,
Maryland, the Chief of the diabetic
branch of the National Institute for
Health, Dr. Jesse Roth informs us that
he has won numerous prizes and has
been lecturing as far off as Madrid.
Another lecturer is Dr. Stuart Kaback, a
research associate for Exxon in Linden,
N.J. who has addressed various groups
on patents.

A surprise visitor to the Columbia-
Penn basketball game in Philadelphia
this past February was Dr. Jerry Plasse
with his wife and sons. Jerry, who prac¬
tices in Maryland, almost received two
technical fouls for his vociferous sup¬
port of the team.

The Midwest claims Dr. Tom Evans,
who is “looking forward to seeing...
classmates... after 25 years.” Only the
pictures have gotten older, Tom. Also,

Ed Francel, in Elkhart, Indiana, who is
manager of marketing research, Ames
Division, Miles Laboratories. Ed’s
oldest daughter is a soph at Notre
Dame. His wife is associate professor
of nursing at Goshen College.

In the East, the much-travelled Jack
Armstrong, after spending a tour for

Merrill Lynch in Pittsburgh and Los
Angeles, is now manager of the Merrill
Lynch office in Morristown, New Jersey.
Jack, his wife and seven children make
their home in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

Stan Blumberg who is a partner and
practicing law in New York City for
Olnick, Boxer, Blumberg, Lane & Troy
lives in Great Neck, Long Island with
his family... as does Dr. Warren Good¬
man, psychiatrist. Warren’s wife is a
child psychiatrist. Their oldest daughter
is a freshman at Barnard.

Actively working the Columbia
College Fund Phonathon was Dr. Allen
Hyman. Allen, his wife and their off¬
spring live in New Jersey. He is Direc¬
tor of Surgical Intensive Care Unit,
Presbyterian Hospital.

In New England, Hal Kushner,

(reliving his days at WKCR as a sports
announcer) has informed us that he has
a weekend radio program in Natick,
Massachusetts with over 80,000
listeners. Hal is a Rabbi at the Temple
Israel of Natick, and has written three
books. He will be at the reunion.

Dr. Richard Carr, our All-American
football player, who was one in a series
of great Columbia quarterbacks, tells
us he would find it difficult to do what
he did in 1953... play every minute of
every game (offense and defense). Dick
will try to make it to the reunion.

Dr. Norman Goldstein is this repor¬
ter’s author of the Quarter. Norman has
written The Skin You Live In, now
working on The Skin You Love In. His
exhibit, “The World of Tattoos” is now
touring medical meetings and the
world. Norman, we hope to see you May
31st.

Let me hear from you... what you’re
doing... what other classmates are up
to... student-athletes you’ve seen who
would be interested in Columbia.

Let’s not wait another 25 years.

Class Correspondent: 'kC

Victor Levin W \

Hollenberg Levin Marlow & Solomon
170 Old Country Road
Mineola, N.Y. 11501

J. Philip McAleer, associate professor
of architectural history at Nova Scotia
Technical College, has recently
published A Catalogue of Sculpture
from Appolonia, a part-city of ancient
Cyrene in the course of various ex-

BIO-MAJOR, avail May 19-Aug. 29. Prefer
research (5 years experience) laboratory
work, but will do any managerial office work
or anything else. NYC area - Raymond Yee.

_ NEW YORK STATE

(L.L and upstate)

PRE-MED, avail two summers. Interested in
hospital or iab work, with prespect of re¬
search. Syracuse. Joshua L. Cohen.

ECON. MAJOR, avail. May 12-Aug 30. Prefer
related work — flexible, Orange County, NY
area. I can type. Scott R. Coleman.

AMBITIOUS College soph, pre-law/business;
want experience. Avail May 10-Aug 30.
Smithtown, L.I. Limited typing. Martin Guiry.

OHIO

ECONOMICS MAJOR, Avail May 19-late Aug.
Prefer related work but will do anything. In¬
dustrial & landscaping exp., Columbus, Ohio
area. Tom Bow.

LEGAL WORK desired, but will do anything.
Cleveland area. Avail May 14-Aug 30. Scott L.
Gutterman.

BUSINESS MAJOR, avail May 19-late Aug.,
prefer related work, but have some industrial
experience. Dayton-Cincinnati area. Jim
McGrath.

PENNSYLVANIA

PITTSBURGH, Pa., need summer job. Can
type. June 2-August 14. Will do almost
anything. David A. Blaustein.

BIO MAJOR, avail May 15-Aug 20. Emergen¬
cy Med. Tech, nurse’s aide, welcome any job.
Philadelphia area. PeterS. Oh.

TEXAS

PRE-LAW/POLI SCI major, avial May 19-Aug
22. Prefer related work or business oriented.
Dallas area. Light typing. Don W. Joe.

EXPD BUSINESS office, Biochem lab worker,
attending Southwestern Medical School,
moving to Dallas after graduation. Needs
sophisticated job. Ralph Schapira.

WASHINGTON, D.G

ECONOMICS MAJOR, available 5/12-8/15.
Will do anything. Big and strong; 6’3”, 220
lbs. Baltimore-Annapolis-Washington area.
Joe Duckett.

MOONLIGHTER wants part-time/evening
position. Downtown Washington D.C. Will do
anything. Experienced clerical/security.
Available May-August. Karl G. Olson.

CHEM MAJOR: lab exp., dependable —
seeks chem, bio, or math related work. May-
Aug. Washington D.C. area. John Yin.

AREA OPEN

I’D LIKE to spend the summer as a roadie.
Have had experience with small acts and
want to go big time. Can travel, not a screw-
up. Tom Boston.

PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR, 4.0 average, avail
May 22-Aug 22. Interested in research, lab
work (especially physiology psychology).
Anywhere. Andrew B. Bush.

PHYSICS MAJOR, avail may 14-Sept 4.
Prefer computer programming or hardware
related jobs. Know seven computer
languages. Will also consider physics
research related job. Mikhael Bykhovsky.

AVAILABLE May 19-Aug 27. Prefer outdoor
work. Will do anything, anywhere. Min. $1000
above room/board. Geoff Cohen.

COLO. HISTORY major, avail May 15-Oct 1.
Legal, sales, graphic design, office skills. In¬
dustrious, creative, started own business;
summer 1980. Anywhere in US, abroad, Colin
M. Crawford.

ECONOMICS MAJOR, avail May 20-Aug 20.
Practical business exp. desired. Any area.
David J. Fein.

FILM/POLITICAL science major, avail mid-
May-Aug 25. Prefer related work, but will do
anything. Location unimportant. Office
skills, references. Charles Fink.

SUPPORT FUTURE Horatio Alger. En¬
thusiastic, enterprising young man needs
breaks. You won’t be sorry. Like traveling.
Alan Lessoff.

MECH. ENGINEERING, physics, avail June
1-Aug 30. Prefer renewable energy field and
“hands-on” exp., or HVAC. Anywhere. Victor
Magnotti.

ECONOMICS, computer science major with
MBA goal. Interested in any business ac¬
tivity, anywhere. Available May 15-Aug 15.
Robert Muska.

ECONOMICS MAJOR, pre-law, graduating
5/80, seeks law-related work, but will con¬
sider anything. Bkpg, typing skills. Conver¬
sant Portugese. Anywhere. Avail May 19-Aug
23. Curtis G. Robbins.

PHILOS. MAJOR, available May 20-Aug 1 21.
Will thrive at any challenging position (in¬
door/outdoor). Prefer West of the Mississip¬
pi. Resume avail. Elliott M. Rosenstein.

PHOTOGRAPHY and filmmaking
background. Want work in related field —
anywhere. Avail May 15-Sept 1. Tom Ross.

NEW YORKER will do anything and go
anywhere in U.S. to work for you from May
12-Sept 1. Try me. Teddy Weinberger.

DUAL/SPECIAL LOCATIONS

ENGLISH MAJOR, hard-working, looking for
law related job for the summer, NYC or San
Francisco area. Robert Bard.

POLI SCI major, avail late May-Aug 30. In¬
terested in law, gov’t, related fields. Albany
or NYC area. Can type. Gary I. Bergel.

POLI SCI major, avail June 1-Aug 30. Library,
office work, photography. Can type and
speak French. SF or NY area. Jeffrey Braker.

WANT a human computer? Can type and do
anything else, NYC or DC. Avail May 10-Aug
31. John Davis.

MATH/PHIL major, avail May 10-Aug 31. Exp.
bicycle mechanic, will do anything in¬
teresting or challenging. Boston-NY. James
M. Doona.

URBAN STUDIES/Economics major. Prefer
work related to my major. Will be available in
either Pittsburgh or NYC area from May 21 to
mid-Aug. Paul Flood.

ART HISTORY/English major, May 15-Sept 1.
Prefer publishing, law gallery work — or any
other. NYC or Milwaukee area. Kirby Gookin.

PREFER COMPUTER programming job.
Avail throughout summer. Know Basic, For¬
tran, Assembly language, PL/1. Can speak
Japanese. NY, Japan. Yuji Hakeda.

POLITICAL SCIENCE major interested in in¬
ternational relations. Can handle cars, bars,
computers, Francophiles... Avail May 15-Aug
30. New York or D.C. Allen I. Klus.

DEPENDABLE WORKER, Bio major
w/various job experiences. Prefer related
work but will do anything between May 19-
Aug 22. NY/Long Island. David Ko.

POLITICAL SCIENCE major, avail May 26-
Aug 30. Prefer legal work but will do
anything, San Diego or D.C. area. Can type
and-file. Victor McNeil.

CHEM MAJOR, avail May 12-Sept. 1. Prefer
related lab work but will do anything, NYC or
northern N.J. Type 50 wpm. Steve T. Min.

PRE-LAW, proficiency in English, Spanish
and Mandarin. Avail May 19-Aug 30.
Anywhere in the world, but preferably in
NYC. Douglas L. Wong.

SENIOR, TRILINGUAL, desires work in law
upon graduation. D.C., NY and midwest. I
plan to go to law school. Richard Prieto.

Class Notes

cavations.

From our doctors, we learn that
Robert B. Erichson is in the practice of
hematology in Stamford and is the
director of hematology at Stamford
Hospital.

Philip R. Liebson is chairman of the
admissions committee and director of
the pathophysiology course at Rush
Medical College in Chicago. He is also
chief of cardiovascular and an
associate professor of medicine.

Martin I. Surks is working at Mon-
tefiore Hospital and Medical Center and
is a professor of medicine at Albert Ein¬
stein College of Medicine.

Among my legal colleagues reporting
this month is Newton Frohlich from
Jerusalem where he is practicing law
and writing .Discovery, his new novel,
will shortly be published here by Stein &
Day.

Russell B. Raymond has become a
member of the law firm of Molfetta &
Raymond in Panorama City, Cal.

Irwin Gertzog has opened another
dental office at 30 Central Park South in
Manhattan.

Alan Broadwin has been appointed
assistant to the general manager of the
Laseronics Division of Cavitron Cor¬
poration, in Stamford, Conn.

Steve Easton’s wife Anne gave birth
to a son, Loren Scott, on June 19,1979.

The 25th reunion is just around the
corner and we’re going to need lots of
help in organizing it. Please drop me a
line to indicate your particular interest
in getting it off the ground. We need a
chairman and a committee. Please
write to me today.

Class Correspondent:

Jerome Farber
414Tearose Lane
Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003

'57

Class Correspondent:

Barry Dickman
Esanu Katsky & Korins
500 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10036

Among the finalists for the prestigious
position of U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of New York was Ber-
nie Nussbaum. The National Law Jour¬
nal also included Bernie in the im¬

pressive list of lawyers contained in
“Who’s Who in the White Collar Defen¬
se Bar.” Bernie is a member of the ad¬
visory council of the Lionel Trilling
Seminars of the Columbia School of In¬
ternational Affairs.

Carl Frischling has become a partner
in Spengler Carlson Gubar and Brodsky,
and admiralty lawyer Mike Martocci has
formed the firm of Martocci and Camp¬
bell, also in New York City.

Paul Gomperz is now president of
Planned Equity Corp., which specializes
in the sale and administration of finan¬
cial programs (such as life insurance,
stock pruchase, mutual funds, etc.),
sold to employees on a payroll deduc¬
tion basis.

Steve Jurovics is doing timely resear¬
ch in energy conservation at the IBM
L.A. Scientific Center. Steve is also a
member of the L.A. County Energy
Commission and a director of the San
Fernando Valley Fair Housing Council.

Jim Bast has become Senior VP-
Finance and Administration for Pitney-
Bowes, and a member of the advisory
board of the Hartford National Bank’s
National Division.

Dr. Jim Sternberg, who lives in Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., is a nationally-ranked
bridge expert.

Capt. Stu Huntington has returned
from a naval tour of duty in Japan to the
Pentagon, where he is deputy to the
National Security Agency’s represen¬
tative to the Defense Dept.

Bemie Einbond’s first book of poetry
is entitled The Coming Indoors and
Other Poems, and is in haiku style. Ber¬
nie, who has just completed a three-
year term as chairman of the English
department at Lehman College of
CUNY, has served as president of the
Haiku Society of America.

Gordon Gidley is co-owner and
publisher of a new publishing company,
AAR/Tantalus, as well as editor-in-chief
of the National Education Laboratory
Publishers.

Bob Waldbaum has been promoted
to Clinical Associate Prof, of Urology at
Cornell University Medical College. Bob
is also president of medical staff at
North Shore University Hospital,
Manhasset, N.Y.

Class Correspondent:

Edward C. Mendrzycki
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
1 Battery Park Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10004

'59

When last heard from, Gene and Linda
Appel were planning to become farmers
— in their spare time — in Eugene,
Oregon. When Gene is not farming, he
spends his time as Chief Engineer for
Brown and Caldwell in Eugene. The Ap¬
pels’ son Mark is following in his
father’s footsteps by studying
engineering (at Cornell), and their
daughter Heather intends to become a
doctor.

Louis Stephens writes from Mexico
City that he is changing professions —
gradually — from the business of
chemical manufacturing to art. Louis
intends to publish a book on art.

Dr. Joel B. Solomon is director of
medical education, Boston University
Affiliated Community Hospital
Residency Program (Brockton
Hospital). Joel is also an associate
professor of medicine at Boston
University School of Medicine.

R. Chandler Nelson recently opened a
practice in internal medicine in Mount
Vernon, N.Y. Dr. Nelson also serves as
medical officer for the Mount Vernon
Fire Department.

John Ehrlich is the co-author of
Strategies of Community Organization,.
3rd Edition, recently published by F.E.
Peacock (Ithaca, Illinois).

Harris Brodsky, who is administrator
of the David Minnin Rehabilitation In¬
stitute, has been appointed to the State
Home Health Care Council of New York
by Gov. Hugh Carey.

Jerry Wacks writes that George
Grunwald and he are over-achievers in
the Class of ’59. Jerry’s note comes
from Lexington, Mass., but he intended
to do his musing while walking in
Yosemite.

'60

Class Correspondent:

Rabbi Stephen C. Lemer
709 Morton Avenue
Franklin Square, N.Y. 11010

Class Correspondent:

Brian Milesi
70 Sherwood Road
Ridgewood, N.J. 07450

'61

Former Yale University General Counsel
and Director of Government Relations
Jose A. Cabranes was sworn in as U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut on
December 21,1979, at the auditorium of
the Yale Law School in New Haven, at a
ceremony involving other federal and
state judges and public officials. From
1973 to 1975 Mr. Cabranes was Special
Counsel to the Governor of the Com¬
monwealth of Puerto Rico; and prior to
that an Associate Professor of Law at
Rutgers. He has been prominent in civic
affairs in NYC, serving most recently as
chairman of the board of directors of
the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and
Education Fund; he has also been ap¬
pointed to a number of part-time
positions by the Carter administration.
In 1977, he was one of twenty members
of the President’s Commission on Men¬
tal Health. Mr. Cabranes, whose
nomination by President Carter was
approved without opposition by the
Senate, is the first native of Puerto Rico
appointed to the Federal bench in the
continental U.S. Judge Cabranes was
delighted that two of his best friends
from Columbia College 1961 were with
him on December 21 — Dr. E. Samuel
Rofman of Newton Center, Mass., now
chief of psychiatry at The Veterans
Hospital in Bedford, Mass., and Stuart
A. Smith, Assistant to the Solicitor
General of the United States. Our
distinguished classmate resides in
North Haven, Conn., with his wife, the
former Susan Beth Feibush, and daugh¬
ters Jennifer Ann and Amy Alexandra.

Joseph G. Rosenstein, answering our
pleas for current alumni information,
writes that he is professor of
mathematics at Rutgers University. Joe
and wife Sandy are parents of two
daughters, Mira, and (I couldn’t
decipher your handwriting, Joe).

Dr. Edward B. Sanders has been ap¬
pointed manager of the chemical
research division at the Phillip Morris
Research Center in Richmond, Va., Dr.
Sanders has made significant con¬
tributions in the area of organic syn¬
thesis, and has been published
widely.

Dr. Jeffrey H. Rudell, a specialist in

Class Notes * 1

family practice, now resides in Daphne,
Alabama. Jeff reports that the use of
liquid nitrogen in treatment of various
conditions is becoming more prevalent.

David Karp is a nationally known
medical malpractice claims manager
and claims prevention specialist.

Having worked in the medical insurance
area for a number of years, David has
developed an aggressive claims preven¬
tion program which is implemented by
his firm, David Karp Associates of San
Rafael, Calif., and is tailored to
physicians, nurses, medical assistants,
hospitals, insurance carriers, clinics
and blood banks.

Your correspondent would like to
make clear that items concerning
classmates who are not lawyers, doc¬
tors, professors nor celebrities will also
be published herein.

Class Correspondent:

Michael Stone
8 Seymour Place West
Armonk, N.Y. 10504

Dr. Michael A. Bleicher is chief of
pediatric surgery and associate
professor of surgery at the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine in New York City.

He and his wife Laurie had a new son,
Laurence, in April of last year.

Mark Feldman has been appointed
associate general counsel of Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Assn, and
College Retirement Equities Fund.
These are non-profit service
organizations providing retirement and
insurance plans for educational in¬
stitutions. Mark and his family live in
Eastchester.

Daniel Fife writes from Boston that
he is married, with two children, and
has just finished a fellowship in clinical
epidemiology and allergy.

An update on John Freldin, who has
published a book: Twenty Bicycle Tours
in Vermont. It covers 800 miles with
tours ranging from one to three days.

I got a note and a request from John
Golembe. He is currently working in
Heidelberg, Germany for the University
of Maryland’s European Division. This
branch provides undergraduate
programs to over 35,000 people an¬
nually in American military com¬
munities throughout Eruope. He asked
to have his address published so he can
hear from classmates. It is: University
of Maryland, APO New York 09102.

Alan Harris is an assistant professor
in the speech communications depar¬
tment at California State Univ., North-
ridge, specializing in linguistic program-
atics and language use.

Robert Kaminsky lets us know that
he and his family moved to Houston
from Florida last year where he is in
private practice in obstetrics and
gynecology at the Houston Northwest
Medical Center.

In Vancouver, British Columbia, lives
Crawford Kilian, teaching at Capilano
College and writing furiously. He has
had three published books in the last
year and a half: Go Do Some Great
Thing: The Black Pioneers of British
Columbia; The Empire of Time, a scien¬
ce fiction novel; Icequake, a disaster
novel. He has two other novels in
progress.

Peter Kindlmann is currently dividing
his time between an independent con¬
sulting practice in electronic products
and instrumentation and teaching at
Yale where he is an adjunct associate
professor of engineering and applied
science.

Charles Nadler writes that he has
helped to found the history and
philosophy of science section of the
Iowa Academy of Sciences.

Phil Orlick coaches singers in jazz
and blues styling in his own voice¬
training studio in Manhattan. He is also
a coordinator of Identity House, a gay
and bisexual counselling service in
Greenwich Village.

Out in Los Angeles, Melvin Scheer is
an infectious disease consultant and a
marathon runner.

Carl Schubert lives in Pittsburgh now,
where he is a senior project engineer for
D’Appolonia Consulting Engineers,
managing geothermal and other
engineering projects.

Allen Young writes that he has his

first regular job in twelve years as a
reporter for the Athol (Mass.) News. He
is a member of the Board of Health and
Conservation Commission in the Town
of Royalston, Mass., where he lives
without electricity or television in a
handmade octagonal house.

Thanks to all of you who wrote to me,
and thanks to the rest of you who will
write so I can fill up the next column.

Class Correspondent: - J

Robert Heller w w

Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Soli
919 Third Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022

Some of you actually read this column. I
know because you have told me so.

How reassuring — not to be a tree
falling inaudibly in an empty forest.
Buoyed by this thought, I bring you our
Spring 1980 career notes.

Walter Stein called a while ago to
report that he is now administrative
assistant to the president of the Inter¬
national Ladies’ Garment Workers’
Union. Based here in New York at the
Union’s headquarters, Walter lives in
Englishtown, New Jersey with his wife,
Ellen and two children (Rachel, 7 and
Michael, 1). although he has to travel a
lot on business, he reports that life in
New York is far more settled than it was
a few years ago when he spent three
years living in Zaire.

When last heard from, Stephen M.
Cahn had completed 7 years as chair¬
man of the department of philosophy at
the University of Vermont and was
beginning a one year term as program
officer at the Exxon Education Foun¬
dation. Steve now reports that he too
has settled in New York as associate
director for humanities at the
Rockefeller Foundation. Also of in¬
terest, his most recent book, Education
and the Democratic Ideal, published by
Nelson-Hall, contains a number of
references to the faculty and curriculum
of Columbia College during the early
1960’s. He tells me that the book has
received an excellent response from
educators around the country.

Conrad Kottak is Professor of An¬
thropology at the University of Michigan
and lives in Ann Arbor. He and wife, Bet¬
ty, who recently began a full-time job as
social worker, have two children, Juliet,
11 and Nicholas, 8. Conrad’s books, An¬
thropology and Cultural Anthropology
were published by Random House in
1978 and 1979. A third book, The Past
and the Prevent: History, Ecology and
Cultural Variation in Highland
Madagascar, is to be published in 1980
by the University of Michigan Press.

More faculty notes: Updating an item
which appeared here a few months
back, David Josephson writes that in
July 1979 he was promoted to associate
professor of music and chairman of the
music department at Brown University.
Stephen A. Feig is professor of
radiology at the Thomas Jefferson
University School of Medicine in
Philadelphia. His research activities in¬
volve development of low-dose mam-
mographic systems for early breast
cancer detection.

David B. Cohen reports that his book,
Sleep and Dreaming: Origins, Nature
and Functions, was just published by
Pergamon Press.

Elias Rosenblatt has transferred from
his flight surgeon job with a patrol
squadron to “the more sedate life” of
an ophthalmologist at the Naval
Regional Medical Center in Jackson¬
ville, Florida.

Gus Sayer is now assistant superin¬
tendent for curriculum in the Weston,
Massachusetts public schools.

Ira Epstein has joined the law firm of
Goldberg, Previant, Velman, Gratz &
Miller in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

And last, but by no means least, as a
measure of our collective rites of
passage, William Goebel reports that
he is now in his third season as soccer
coach of his son’s little league team.
Apparently, on the third try he got it
right — Bill says that this year the team
went undefeated. I had the same ex¬
perience three years ago with my son’s
basketball team and did the only logical
thing to cap my success — retired.

Class Correspondent:

Gary Schonwald

919 Third Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10022

Michael Belais Friedman, TOMA, is the
executive office coordinator of the
Jewish Board Of Family and Children’s
Services in New York city. His father
Alfred H. Friedman ’30, ’33MA, is now
completing his twentieth year as
teaching principal of the Friedman
School of Remedial Instruction in Had¬
den Heights, N.J.

Arthur L. Schwartz of Potomac, Md.,
was appointed chief of the Glaucoma
service of the Washington Hospital
Center.

Bruce M. Hyman, M.D. of New York
City is practicing ophthalmology and
eye surgery at 133 East 64th Street.

Albert Reft of Marina Del Rey,
California, is in practice as an or¬
thopedic surgeon in that city, sub¬
specializing in reconstructive surgery
and joint replacement.

John Velonis of Lusby, Maryland, is
working for Sperry Uni vac on ASW
programs, living on Chesapeake Bay
near Solomons Island.

Class Correspondent:

Robert J. Reza

120 South Gillette Avenue

Bayport, N.Y. 11705

The reunion questionnaire yielded a
huge pile of class notes. For those of
you who submitted information which is
not included here... don’t worry: it will
come up on later reports. For those of
you who haven’t submitted information
to me, hurry up and send it in!

Ethan Geto states that he is now
executive assistant to the attorney
general of the State of New York. Ap¬
parently, he was a campaign manager
for Attorney General Bob Abrams ’60 in
1978 and helped or organize the “Draft
Kennedy” movement in New York State.

A. Thaddeus Perry is now a deputy
prosecutor in Indianapolis. He was the
editor of an estate planning looseieaf
service. Good luck to you...

My old friend, David Berke, reports
that he is in cardiology practice in
Fremont, California. His wife Iris (Polk,
B’66) and he now have two daughters,
Elizabeth and Anne.

Continuing in the medical theme, Bob
Modlinger is now chief of hypertension
at the V.A. Medical Center in East
Orange, N.J. Apparently, he is a
teaching consultant at the Mountain¬
side Hospital in Montclair, also. He was
recently promoted to associate
professor of medicine at the College of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,
and to fellowship in the American
College of Physicians.

I, myself, have recently been named
the Director of the Medical Intensive
Care Unit at the new SUNY Stony Brook
University Hospital. I find this an ex¬
citing addition to my professional
responsibilities. If any of you would like
a tour of the facility, come on out, call
me up at University Hospital extension
1767.

Robert C. Kolodny was co-author of a
Textbook of Sexual Medicine. He is
finishing the term as chairperson of the
Ethics Committee for the American
Association of Sex Educators, Coun¬
selors and Therapists. He is currently
the associate director of training at the
Masters & Johnson Institute in St.

Louis.

William I. Brenner is presently
assistant clinical professor of thoracic
surgery at the University of California,
L.A. He was appointed director of car¬
diac surgery in the Southern California
region for the Kaiser-Permanente
Medical Care Program.

Walter Reich is now research
psychiatrist and program director for
the Staff College, National Institute of
Mental Health. He is also lecturer in
psychiatry, Yale University School of
Medicine, and chairman of the medical
and biological sciences at Washington
School of Psychiatry. He is presently
residing in Chevy Case, Maryland.

Daniel Roses is now Associate
Professor of Surgery at New York

University Medical Center and Atten¬
ding Surgeon at the University Hospital
at Bellevue. He is married (Helene) and
has three children, Arthur Lawrence,
Robert Edward, and Rebecca Jill.

Robert J. Szarnicki states that after
two years in San Francisco he almost
qualifies as a native. His practice in
pediatric and adult cardiovascular
surgery is growing nicely. He is for¬
tunate to be part of a superb team with
an outstanding history at the
Presbyterian Hospital in San Francisco.

I know this column was mostly
medical. Next report we’ll try to share
the wealth. I look forward to meeting
you at the Ryetown Hilton in West¬
chester County at the spring reunion.

Class Correspondent:

Bruce LaCamibba
LaCarrubba, Mattia & Meltzer
42 Trinity Street
Newton, N.J. 07860

A note from Dr. Joseph H. Albeck: “Ex¬
pect to move to Boston area in the
spring of 1980 to take position as direc¬
tor of occupational psychiatry at
Charles River Associates. Wife and 3
children looking forward to return to
snow country.”

Alexander Auerback, formerly a
financial writer for the Los Angeles
Times, has been named editor in chief
and associate publisher of Boxoffice
magazine, a business weekly covering
the motion picture industry.

Boxoffice is an affiliate of Vance
Publishing Corp., Chicago.

Mark Berger writes: “After Columbia,

I attended Yale Law School and served
as New Haven Police Attorney. Present¬
ly I am an associate professor of law at
UMKC Law School. I’ve just had a book
published on the self-incrimination
privilage titled Taking the Fifth, (D.C.
Heath & Co., Lexington, Mass.). I still
keep up some effort at fencing (the
sport, not stolen goods) as does my
wife, Kathy (sister of Joseph Nalven
’65C). In fact, we were Kansas Division
men’s and women’s saber champions
before the recent arrival of our second
daughter.”

Jim Furman is the founder and
president of Furman Sound, Inc.,
engaged in the manufacture of
specialized accessories used in large
sound systems, recording studios,
broadcasting and “in the homes of
dedicated hi-fi nuts.”

Dr. Herbert A. Hochman is now prac¬
ticing dermatology in New York City
and was just elected treasurer of the
Dermatologic Society of Greater New
York.

Perry Ketchum is a writer and editor
specializing in the economics and
politics of the developing world. Curren¬
tly U.S. Editor of Mideast Markets, a
biweekly newletter owned by the Finan¬
cial Times of London, he has covered
major economic stories of Middle East
development from the U.S. and abroad.
Concurrently, as managing editor of
Creative Associates, a Washington-
based consulting firm, he is designing
and managing a publications group for
the Agency for International Develop¬
ment.

Robert A. Klein reports that he is now
living in Beverly Hills, California and
has joined the legal staff of American
International Pictures, Inc.

At last report, Mark Levine had just
established a publishing house, Scarf
Press. His first book is Picture Stories
from the Bible: The Old Testament in
Full-Color Comic-Strip Form for
children. Mark organized Scarf Press af¬
ter spending nine years practicing cor¬
porate and securities law at a Wall
Street law firm, White & Case, and one
year at Columbia’s Graduate School of
Journalism.

Frank B. Newell is now ad¬
ministrative assistant to the Governor
of the State of Arkansas.

Anthony F. Starace is an Alexander
von Humboldt Fellow at Albert-Ludwigs-
University in Freiburg-im-Breisgau,

West Germany. He is on sabbatical
from the physics department of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, doing
research in theoretical atomic physics
and “enjoying the cross-country skiing
in the Black Forest immensely.”

Dr. Walter Vom Saal is professor of
psychology at Millersville State College,
Millersville, Pa., and this year was
awarded a Commonwealth of Pen¬
nsylvania Distinguished Teaching
Award.

Steve Weinberg is Director of Com¬
munity Action Services doing com¬
munity and economic development
consulting in Scranton, Pa.

Pete Wemick and his wife are living
near Niwot, Colorado where he works
on his music, writes pro-environment
propaganda and plays in his band “Hot
Rize.” Pete first gained national
recognition with his former group
“Country Cooking,” a leading exponent
of innovative approaches to bluegrass
during their five years together (they
recorded four albums). He writes
“things have progressed since the
Junior class folk concert. Our group has
been together 2 years, been to 24 states
so far, with an offer for a European
tour...”

NOTE: Will those of you I contacted
during the recent Columbia College
Phonothon be kind enough to jot down
and send in the biographical infor¬
mation you conveyed to me for in¬
clusion in our next issue. I very much
enjoyed talking with people I’ve neither
seen nor heard from in 13 Vi years!!! If
you would like me to include your phone
number in future Class Notes to
facilitate communication, please send
it along.

teaches history at Columbia. Their
daughters, Judith (6) and Adina (3), are
“currently experts in the playgrounds of
Riverside Park.”

The best-story-of-the-issue award
goes to David Rubin who (apart from
being original enough not to be prac¬
ticing law or teaching medicine) was
recently op leave from the Journalism
Department at NYU to be on the
President’s Three Mile Island Com¬
mission! David claims not to glow in the
dark.

Eugene Schwartz asks to hear from
alumni who can assist with advice on
“the humane care of the aged and han¬
dicapped.” Gene lives in Spring Valley,
N.Y.

John Shayner went on from the
College to complete a Ph.D. in Classics
at Stanford in 1973 and now teaches
English at Centenary College for
Women; John lives in Belvidere, N.J.

A resident of Studio City, California,
trying to convince his Eastern friends
“to drop their Woody Allen view of the
West Coast” is CBS record producer
Tom Werman. And a partner in the law
firm of Soloman & Zimmerman in Den¬
ver, Colorado is Steven L. Zimmerman.

Not on the mailing list for CCT or
not mentioned in Class Notes? Write in!

Class Correspondent:

Edward Rosen

38 West 31st Street, #1106

New York, N.Y. 10001

Class Correspondent:

Kenneth L. Haydock
11 South Ferris
Irvington, N.Y. 10533

Your correspondent is happy to report
that Chet Stone is alive and well and
practicing medicine in Randolph, N.J. In
response to an inquiry in this column a
few issues back as to his whereabouts,
Chet wrote in to report himself married
to the former Donna Greenfield of
Riverdale, N.Y., and the father of Eric (8)
and Michael (5). Still no word on Frank
Chin, however.

Two other classmates with M.D.’s
and families of four are Andrew Barcan
(married to Marcia, father of Jessica (5)
and Abigail (3) and practicing pediatric
and adolescent medicine in Thousand
Oaks, California), and David Bessman
(who went from P&S to USC to the
National Institutes of Health to John
Hopkins and now teaches medicine in
Galveston, Texas) who is married to
Joan and has two children, one of
whom is “partial to the pastries at the
Green Tree.”

Anne and Elliot Bien have moved,
with son Jordan (15 months) from
Chicago to San Francisco; Elliot is an
attorney with Cullinan, Brown & Helmer,
Chris and Rick Bullen report the arrival
of Valerie Christine Bullen on October
18,1978; they live in Woodside, Califor¬
nia.

Your correspondent thoroughly en¬
joyed dinner recently with Phil Greco
during a trip by Phil to New York: he is a
psychiatrist now involved in family
therapy and biofeedback work in
Alexandria, Virginia, where he lives with
his wife and family. Brant Fries, an
Associate Professor at Yale’s School of
Organization and Management, reports
that Kyra Heather Fries, the Fries’ first
child, was born July 2,1979.

One of five members of the new
Washington, D.C. law firm of Becker &
Chameides is classmate Tom Fortuin.
Kent Hall now lives in St. Louis and is
translating Beowulf into Kurdish.

Mary Ellen and Roger Hartman
brought back a remarkable “import”
from a recent assignment in Melbourne,
Australia: a daughter, Katherine Ann.
Roger is now with Crocker National
Bank, handling Asian firms with
facilities in Southern California. The
Hartmans live in Los Angeles. Jeff
Nightingale now practices
opthalmology and oculoplastic surgery
in New York City. Karen and Marty
Oster live in Armonk, N.Y., with their two
daughters; the second, Michelle Rae,
was born October 15,1979. Marty, an
oncologist, teaches at P&S.

Stan Rosenbaum also teaches at
P&S — anesthesiology — and performs
cardiac surgery. His wife, Paula Hyman

Lawrence Stallman’s dad, Irv, reports
that Larry is a director of the Huguenot
Center of New Rochelle, N.Y., an out¬
patient clinic of Harlem Vajley State
Hospital of Westchester County, N.Y.,
after getting a Ph.D. in psychology from
Temple University. Larry lives and plays
in Yonkers, N.Y. Thanks, Irv; please ex¬
cuse the delay, your original letter was
misplaced.

Donald L. Liberman is a free-lance
producer and director, directing “The
Glass Menagerie,” and co-directing a
short subject series, “The Folkbook,”
for WPNE-TV of Green Bay, Wisconsin,
which has won awards both in the U.S.
and abroad. Currently living in Evan¬
ston, Illinois, he’s also artist-in-resi¬
dence at Lake Forest College in Lake
Forest, III.

Bob Kaye is a school psychologist in
the N.Y.C. public schools; very happily
married, he lives in Bayside, N.Y.

Dr. Charles I. Jarowski is an assistant
attending physician at the New York
Hospital, specializing in medical on¬
cology and hematology. Living in
Manhattan, he is an ardent Columbia
basketball fan; he and wife Joan have
two sons, Charles Leo and Peter
Damian.

Alan H. Seplowitz, M.D. is an
assistant professor in clinical medicine
at Columbia P&S, and has a private
practice in internal medicine in New
York City.

Steve Ross of New York City has
been elected executive VP of the Inter¬
national E.D.P. Auditors Association.

Nigel Paneth, M.D. is teaching
epidemiology at the Columbia School of
Public Health; living in New York City.

Glen I. Reeves, M.D. will have a job
with the department of oncology at
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel,
in 1980. He and wife Jane have visited
Israel twice before, have a son, Michael,
and a daughter, Sarah.

Jan Kalicki is foreign policy advisor
to Sen. Edward Kennedy, and
presumably would have an important
position in the government, should
Senator Kennedy be elected president
in 1980; living in Alexandria, Va.

Neil H. Goran, M.D. is an internist in
Oakland, California; living in Berkeley.

Dr. Steven James Taylor, after
graduating from P&S in 1972, was a
family practice resident at the Medical
University of South Carolina Teaching
Hospitals in Charleston to 1975; now
has a private practice in Logan, Utah.

Class Correspondent: Q

Michael Oberman ** w

Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Soil
919 Third Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022

Reunion (Reprise): Inspired by the suc¬
cess of last Spring’s tenth reunion
brunch, our class held an eleventh an¬
niversary dinner on Dean’s Day.
Eighteen classmates (plus 12 wives or
dates) attended at the Kings Table: Jim
Alloy, Richard Altabef, Johan Andersen,
Fred Bartek, Ira Cohen, Steve Ditlea,
John Fogarty, Jerry Gliklich, Mark
Leeds, Jim Liana, Joe Materna, Dick
Menaker, Jerry Nadler, Michael Ober¬
man, Irv Ruderman, Dan Weingrad,

Stark Whiteley and Eric Witkin. The
food, table settings and service that
night proved once again that the Kings
Table is one of the very best dining
spots in John Jay Hall (even if, appar¬
ently, the university heating system is
not connected to it).

Dean Collery joined us for dinner and,
in his amiable but forthright manner,
discussed a range of current College
topics: campus housing (very tight); co¬
education (still unlikely); fund raising
(going well, but more money is needed);
today’s student (“happy”); student
government (active again); quality of life
on campus (biggest issue). And in other
news...

Personals: Eric Witkin, a tireless
worker for Columbia (vice president of
Alumni Association; 1960’s Decade
Fund Chairman) and one of the class’
most eligible bachelors, will soon
become ineligible. He’ll marry Regina
Bilotta in June. Mark Leeds and wife,
Marian, joyfully announce the birth in
January of Elizabeth Rachel Demeny
Leeds.

Publication: Hoffer Kaback’s article,
“Behind the Balance Sheet: A Case
Study in Accounting Analysis,” ap¬
peared in the January 1980 issue of The
Accounting Review. Hoffer, who is with
Ivan F. Boesky & Co. (a firm specializing
in securities risk arbitrage), demon¬
strates the nature and extent of infor¬
mation that can be generated from
purely public sources.

Positions: William Handelman is
currently assistant professor of
medicine and clinical director, medical
service, at the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center, in Denver.

Barry Hamilton is Assistant State’s At¬
torney for Montgomery County,
Maryland. He has been directing music
for a local community theater; recent
productions include “Kiss Me Kate,“
“Starting Here, Starting Now,” and “On
a Clear Day.” Jerry Nagler is an internist
and gastroenterologist in private prac¬
tice in Manhatten, and on staff at New
York Hospital — Cornell Medical Center
and Lenox Hill Hospital. Robert Mueller
is editor of Office Products Dealer, a
trade magazine for office equipment,
furnishings and systems industry; he
lives in La Grange, Illinois. Robert
Rabinoff writes that he is associate
professor and chairman, department of
physics, and dean of faculty at
Maharishi International University, Fair-
field, Iowa. He is doing research on the
nature and dynamics of consciousness,
especially as manifested in physical
sciences.

Participation: Our class steering
committee is planning to sponsor future
get-togethers like last year’s brunch
and this year’s dinner and would like to
develop a mailing list of those
classmates interested in attending
reunion events. If you would like to
receive notice of future events (or to
help to plan them), please advise me or
class president Joe Materna (90 Park
Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10016).

And remember, you, too, can be
featured in CCT. Just let us know your
news.

Class Correspondent:

Peter N. Stevens

12 West 96th Street, Apt. 13D

New York, N.Y. 10025

Class Notes

Class Correspondent:

Jim Shaw

3611 T Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20007

Bob Arant, who received both a B.Arch.
and M.S. (Urban Design) from Pratt In¬
stitute in Brooklyn in 1977, was an ar¬
chitectural designer-draftsman with
David Paul Helpern Associates for two
years but recently switched to Swanke
Hayden Connell & Partners. He’s
working on the design of the new of¬
fices of Shearson, Loeb, Rhoades
stockbrokers, on the 101st through
106th floors of the World Trade Center.
Speaking of Shearson, also involved in
financial firms are two recent history
Ph.D.’s: John A. Carey (Harvard ’79,
dissertation on judicial reform in
France before the revolution), is a secur¬
ity analyst for the Pioneer group of mu¬
tual funds in Boston. Philip Bartolf,
finishing his dissertation now, is a com¬
mercial insirance underwriter for Chubb
&Son in California.

Mark Allen is back again at Caltech,
this time as a research fellow in the
Division of Geological and Planetary
Sciences. He researches the chemistry
of the atmospheres of Earth and the
other planets, e.g., the depletion of
terrestrial ozone by halocarbons and the
question of what makes the Great Red
Spot of Jupiter red. David Ellis, mean¬
while, is now working on software
development projects for Bell Labs in
Holmdel, N.J.

“After eight years of a 9-5 job, the
relative freedom and irresponsibility of
student life proved too attractive to
resist” to Julio Rivera, who is now a
student in Yale’s School of
Organization & Management.

Also in New England is Robert Pu, a
lawyer in Brattleboro, Vermont, and
appointed by Governor Richard Snelling
to serve as chairman of the District II
Envirnomental Commission. It conducts
hearings on prospective construction
to ascertain whether a developer’s
plans meet the criteria set by the state’s
environmental laws (Act 250).

Other lawyers include Jett Fowley,
now with Orrick, Herrington, Rowley &
Sutcliffe in San Francisco. But several
classmates have started their own firms:
Roger Leifer and James Randel
have formed Randel & Leifer, for the
general practice of law in Westport,
Connecticut. They specialize in real
estate, litigation, corporate and enter¬
tainment law. Michael B. Kusin, for¬
merly in-house counsel for Kaneb Ser¬
vices, Inc., has founded a firm
specializing in corporate and related
matters, at 1500 Lummus Tower, 3000
South Post Oak Road, Houston, Texas
77056, (713) 850-1092.

A trio of psychiatrists report: Stanley
N. Caroff is a research fellow in the
department of psychiatry at the U. of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and
happily married to Rosalind Berkowitz
Caroff, M.D. Milt Erman has moved to
Dallas, where he’s assistant professor
of psychiatry at Southwestern Medical
School, U. of Texas. And Howard Dolin-
sky, having completed a residency in
psychiatry at UCLA, is in private prac¬
tice and doing a part-time fellowship in
psychiatry at UCLA.

But not all our doctors are
psychiatrists. Vincent R. Bonagura is a
second year fellow in immunology at
Columbia P&S. Marc A. Borenstein has
been accepted for fellowship training
beginning in July in hematology-
oncology at the Mayo Clinic Graduate
School of Medicine.

Norman Corenthal reports: “My wife
(Deborah Abramson) and I ecstatically
announce the birth of our daughter,

Kate Elizabeth Corenthal, on September
5,1979.” Norman still practices criminal
law.

Keep your letters coming.

Class Correspondent:

Dr. Paul S. Appeibaum
1648 Massachusetts Ave., #56
Cambridge, Mass. 02138

Mike Gerrard, whose name evokes
memories of Spectators past, wrote to
say that he is now practicing law with

the Manhattan firm of Berle, Butzel,

Kass and Case, specializing in en¬
vironmental law. He is also chairman of
the Permanent Citizens Advisory Com¬
mittee to the Metropolitan Transpor¬
tation Authority, and does an oc¬
casional piece of writing for such
publications as Esquire and The New
York Times.

Brian O’Neill, having earned an M.A.
with distinction from the University of
Essex, is now completing his Ph.D. in
anthropology at the London School of
Economics. His master’s thesis
described the literature and folklore of a
Spanish village, while his doctoral tome
will be based on two years of field work
in Portugal, supported by a fellowship
from the Gulbenkian Foundation.

Scott Beasley received his M.D. from
Yale in 1977. Now completing a
residency in pediatrics at the U. of Calif.
Center for Health Sciences, he will soon
be returning to Yale for a fellowship in
neonatology.

Bernard Fishman, a doctoral can¬
didate at Penn, is now in Luxor, Egypt
as an epigrapher for the Epigraphic
Survey of the Oriental Institute of the U.
of Chicago. When he completes his 6-
month tour of duty recording inscrip¬
tions from the ancient monuments in
the Luxor area, he will be moving to
Chicago to continue working with the
Institute.

Class Correspondent:

Barry Etra

209 East 59th Street, Apt. 2R
New York, N.Y. 10022

Jeffrey Gross is currently finishing his
second-year medicine residency at the
Univ. of Pennsylvania Hospital; he will
begin a three-year neurology residency
there in July.

Ray Kania is non-medical director of
the Kennewick (Washington) General
Hospital Emergency Dept.

Let me hear from more of you,
please? It only takes a minute to let me
know what is happening — thanks.

Obituaries

1900

Melville H. Cane, lawyer, poet, editor, New
York, N.Y., on March 10,1980. Believed to be
Columbia College’s oldest alumnus, Melville
Cane enjoyed a dual career as legal counsel
to such writers as Sinclair Lewis, Thomas
Wolfe, T.S. Eliot and William Saroyan, and as
a published poet in his own right. A founding
partner of the law firm of Ernst, Cane, Berner
& Gitlin, and a board member of Harcourt
Brace for over 40 years (continuing a College
friendship with Alfred Harcourt and Donald
Brace of the Class of 1904), Mr. Cane also
wrote some 13 books of poetry and essays
and edited several anthologies. Last April,
shortly before his 100th birthday, he visited
the Columbia campus to open the Melville
Cane Centenary Exhibit, in Butler Library. A
member of the John Jay Associates, Mr.
Cane received the University’s medal for ex¬
cellence in 1948 and the Alumni Medal in
1933. Survivors include two daughters,
Katherine Detre and Mary Robinson, both of
Denver, Colo., and a brother, William G. Cane
’09, New York, N.Y.

1903

Henry K. Heyman, lawyer, New York, N.Y., on
October 3,1979.

1906

Charles O.C. Sloane, management engineer,
West Orange, N.J., on October 31,1979. For
over 25 years, Mr. Sloan worked for Emerson
Consultants in New York City. He is survived
by his daughter, Miss M.S. Sloane and his
son, Charles O’C. Sloane ’37.

1908

Hyman Cohen, physician, New York City.

Edward Curtis Rouse, lawyer, New York, N.Y.
A1910 graduate of the Law School, Mr.
Rouse was for over thirty years a member of
the New York firm of Cromwell, Rouse &
Varian.

1909

Rhys Carpenter, archeologist, writer, and
classics scholar, in Devon, Pa., on January 2,
1980. A leading authority on the study of an¬
cient Mediterranean civilizations, Mr. Car¬
penter spent over forty years as head of the

Class Correspondent:

Fred Bremer

532 West 111th Street

New York, N.Y. 10025

Since the 86-page Class Directory went
to press, I have received over a hundred
returned questionnaires and notes from
our regional class correspondents.

There is no way to even quickly cover
everyone, so you’ll have to wait for the
forthcoming Class Newsletter for the
complete story.

While in Israel, I had a chance to
speak with David Katz and found that
his doctoral dissertation on 17th cen¬
tury Jews in England will soon be
published by Oxford University Press. I
was reminded that two other
classmates have written on similar
topics: Jeremy Cohen (our class
salutatorian who is now a professor at
Cornell) and Leon Wieseltier (one of our
Kellets who is doing a Ph.D. at Harvard).

A lot of letters have come in from
classmates who have become clerks for
judges around the country: Noam
Stampfer (Salem, Oregon), Dewey Cole
(Beaumont, Texas), Don Koblitz(D.C.),
and Paul Diamond (Philadelphia). I also
heard that Abbe Lowell was recently
appointed by Attorney General Civiletti
to be one of his special assistants.

I’m sure you all are curious to know
which of our pre-meds went into
gynecology: Burt Rochelson is delving
in this area at Long Island Jewish
Hospital. Jules Allen and David Man-
delbaum (both at P&S) are
pediatricians, David Lessing is an or¬
thopedic surgeon at NYU, and Michael
Handler is doing general surgery at
Bellevue. Among the many residents in
internal medicine are Harry Staszewski
(North Shore Hospital on Long Island)
and Peter Meyers (working for the Navy
in San Diego).

There seem to be a number of
classmates working in the economic
development field. Richard Arthur is at¬
tempting the impossible as a project

archeology department at Bryn Mawr
College. In 1925, he announced the discovery
of the first known Greek settlement in Spain,
dating from 700 B.C. In addition to more than
20 works on classical archeology, Mr. Car¬
penter authored three volumes of poetry and
several travel books. There are no immediate
survivors.

1911

William Newton Best, retired Marine Corps
officer, La Jolla, Calif. Entering the Marine
Corps in 1916 as a 2nd Lieutenant, General
Best advanced through the grades until his
retirement after World War II as a Brigadier
General.

W. Barton Eddison, inventor, mechanical
engineer, yachtsman and banker, in
Bridgeport, Conn., on January 1,1980. Inven¬
tor of the quick-timing alarm clock and con¬
tributor in the creation of high-speed
machinery for the packaging industry, Mr.
Eddison was also active in banking and
yachting; he was a commodore of the North¬
east Harbor (Me.) sailing fleet and pre¬
sident of the Irvington National Bank and
Trust Company in Irvington, N.Y. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mary Corbin Eddison.

Peter Grimm, real estate expert, civic leader,
New York City, February 16,1980. President
of William A. White and Sons, Mr. Grimm
assembled the properties that became the
entire site for Rockefeller Center and helped
found the Citizen’s Budget Commission, a
non-partisan association of business and
real estate interests. A member of the John
Jay Associates, Mr. Grimm was a president
of the New York Real Estate Board and the
New York Chamber of Commerce, and ser¬
ved in a variety of roles under mayors from
Jimmy Walker to Robert F. Wagner, Jr., and
under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Dwight D. Eisenhower. Survivors include
his son, Peter Grimm, Jr., of Wilton, Conn.

1912

Julius V. Bunzl, lawyer and retired New York
City official, New York, N.Y. After working for
more than twenty years with the Department
of Finance in New York City, Mr. Bunzl
retired in 1963 as a city tax investigator. Sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie Poliak Bunzl,
New York, N.Y.

manager for the South Bronx Develop¬
ment Office. Out in Ann Arbor, Michael
Wolkoff has a HUD grant to research
the effects of tax abatement policies on
urban economic development. On the
academic side, we find Richard Per-
niciaro teaching urban and regional
economics at Stockton State College in
Pamona, New Jersey. Arthur Ambrose
is working for a consulting firm in
Lowell, Mass, doing economic
feasibility studies of government con-

For The Graduate in the 1960s,
“plastics” might have been the
booming field, but for the early 1980s
the field seems to be computers.

Sal Lanuto is developing new computer
terminals on Long Island, Mark Gold¬
stein is designing computer systems for
Standard Oil out in San Francisco, Tom
Eccardt is a computer analyst in
Manhattan, and Ted Markowitz is a
computer programmer for Columbia.
Even in one specific area — electronic
funds transfers — we have a large
representation in Manhattan alone: Ken
Cirillo (Citibank), Don Ferruggia (Irving
Trust), and John Makar (Morgan
Guarantee).

If you think you have to deal with a lot
of crazy people, think of our classmates
who are psychiatrists and
psychologists. Jeff Rosecan (at P&S),
Jon Berlin (at the University of Colorado
Medical Center) and Bernard Rosenberg
(at Baylor College of Medicine in
Houston) are all psychiatrists, and
Steve Schiff (Adelphi) and Greg
Kuhlman (CUNY) are both doing Ph.D.’s
in clinical psychology. Ira Packer tells
us that he is also a clinical psychologist
(in Ann Arbor), and occasionally give
psychological evaluations of defend¬
ants in court.

Lastly, some miscellaneous notes.
Steve Silberman has moved from Wall
Street to Chicago to start his own firm
— he tells us he’s a “market-maker on
the Chicago Board of Options.” Alan
Hecht (Manhattan) is no longer making
records — he’s into video productions

for cable syndicates. John Harrington
has completed his Ph.D. in English at
Rutgers, and is currently teaching there.
Arthur Schwartz (Brooklyn) is a labor at¬
torney “representing only unions and
employees,” and soon will open his own
firm. And yes — Zev Stern continues his
doctoral research at Brooklyn College
on “the effect of ethanol on lipogenesis
in mouse liver.”

You’ll have to wait for the next
newletter to find out who has recently
been married, who has had their first,
second, and — yes — third offspring,
and the seemingly infinite number of
job and address changes. In the mean¬
time, please send in additions and
corrections to the directory.

Class Correspondent:

Gene Hurley

1380 Riverside Drive, Apt. 5C
New York, N.Y. 10033

David Goldberg, now in the auction
business in New Orleans, wrote in to
say he was “shocked” at the dearth
of Class of ’75 news in the last issue
(the column didn’t appear). The truth is
more complicated, as usual. I was
moving at deadline time and in the shuf¬
fle lost the one piece of correspondence
I had received, a letter from a Navy en¬
sign. Ensign, if you recognize yourself,
please write again. In any case, this
time ’round there’s plenty of news.

George Robinson continues his
tenacious climb to the top of the
publishing ladder — he’s now a full
editor with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
Inc.

Marc Kozinn is now Dr. Marc Kozinn
of Euclid, Ohio. Marc graduated from
SUNY-Downstate Medical School in
May ’79, and is presently a fellow in in¬
ternal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
He’s also engaged to be married to Bet¬
sey Rogers of Buffalo, N.Y. The wedding
is scheduled for this coming August 2.

Neil Selinger is an associate with the
New York law firm of Lowey, Dannen-

Arthur W. Macmahon, retired educator,
public policy consultant, in Kennet Square,
Pa., on February 4,1980. An influential
teacher and leader in the development of
public administration as an academic
discipline, Dr. Macmahon lectured on
academic and public issues throughout the
nation and taught American government at
Columbia for forty-five years, retiring in 1958
as Eaton Professor of Public Administration.
He was a consultant to many governmental
bodies, and served on numerous academic
and public commissions. Survivors include
his wife, Mrs. Edna Macmahon, his son, Alan
Macmahon and his daughter, Gail Cornara.

Charles W. Person, retired association of¬
ficial, New Rochelle, N.Y. Mr. Person worked
from 1920 to 1953 as advertising manager of
the American Gas Association in New York
City.

1913

William L. Berk, retired lawyer, Northport,
N.Y.

1914

Harold J. Miller, retired banker, University
City, Mo. For many years, Mr. Miller was vice
president of the corporate trust department
of the St. Louis Union Trust Company in St.
Louis.

Solo S. Roth, real estate executive, Yonkers,
N.Y. Mr. Roth was for many years a partner
with the Sherwood Real Estate Company in
New York City.

1915

Robert Ogden DuBois, retired physician,
Redding, Conn., in September, 1979. Sur¬
vivors include his wife, Mrs. Robert O.

DuBois of Redding, Conn., and his brother,
Arthur M. DuBois of New York City.

Ernest H. Edinger, lawyer, Richmond, Va., on
January 15,1979. Survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ernest H. Edinger, Richmond, Va.

1916

Henry Starr, New York, N.Y. Survived by his
wife, Mrs. Madeleine B. Starr, New York, N.Y.

Carl Condit Van Ness, retired book
publisher, Scottsdale, Arizona, on November
17,1979. For many years, Mr. Van Ness was
an editor and executive for Appleton-Cen-
tury-Crofts, Inc. in New York City, retiring in
1962 as vice-president.

1917

John P. Knox, lawyer, Greenwich, Conn., on
January 5,1980. A former Greenwich Town
Court judge and justice of the peace, Mr.

Knox was a senior associate in the firm of
Knox and Miller. He is survived by his
brother, Robert Kenneth Knox, Bronx, N.Y.

Henry Pleus, lawyer, Brooklyn, N.Y.

John U. Wegener, retired air force colonel.
Tampa, Fla., on February 2,1980.

1918

Ross A. Abel, Sr., Thompson, Conn.

Walter C. Adams, retired business executive.
Mr. Adams was a former assistant treasurer
of Airco Inc. in Montvale, N.J.

Charles S. Ascher, lawyer, city planner,
political scientist, New York, N.Y., on
February 4,1980. An early leader in
progressive housing planning, Mr. Ascher
gave up his law practice soon after he began
it to pursue what became a life-long interest
in city planning. He played a role in the
creation of two communities — Sunnyside
Gardens in Queens, N.Y. and Radburn, N.J.

— now considered among the boldest
models for urban and suburban community
planning in the 20th century, forerunners of
later plans for the New Deal “Greenbelt”
towns; for Osaka, Japan; for Chandigarh, In¬
dia; and for Brasilia. The town of Radburn
recently honored Mr. Ascher’s contribution
by renaming its main park after him. In the
1930’s and 1940’s, he directed several dif¬
ferent housing and planning agencies in
Chicago and New York. After World War II,
he was named executive officer for
programs of UNESCO, in Paris. Upon his
return, Mr. Ascher joined the political scien¬
ce department of Brooklyn College, where he
was named chairman in 1949 and continued
to teach until his retirement in 1966. A much-
admired lecturer and consultant, he also
helped to found Syracuse University’s Max¬
well School of Public Administration. Mr.

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Class Notes

berg & Knapp, specializing in securities
litigation. His wife Judy (B’75) is in her
third year at NYU Law School. The
couple lives in Brooklyn.

Philip Roth will complete the Ph.D.
part of an M.D.-Ph.D. program at P&S
this spring, and return to the school in
the fall for two years of M.D. training.

He writes: “Essential to my surviving all
these years has been my marriage to
Ruth Tepler (B’76) three years ago.”

Bob Schneider received his J.D. from
Penn Law School and his MBA from
Wharton Graduate School in May 79. He
is now an associate with the New York
law firm of Hawkins, Delafield & Wood.

Joshua Tropper is also lawyering, for
the firm of Seward & Kissel, New York.

Kenneth Scherzer is “still a graduate
student” and teaching fellow, working
on his doctorate in American history at
Harvard. He and his wife Georgina
(B76) are resident tutors at Harvard’s
Mather House.

Dov Fisch is a rabbinical student at
Yeshiva University, doing graduate work
in Jewish history. His community ac¬
tivities include executive committee
work at the American Zionist
Federation, and New York City Area
Policy Board #7.

David Weiner is a resident at Mon-
tefiore Hospital Medical Center in the
Bronx. David received his M.D. from
Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Michael Dwyer received a master’s
degree in architecture from the U. of
Penn in 1979 and is presently an ar¬
chitect with Moore, Grover, Harper, in
Essex, Conn.

“August has been a good month for
me,” writes Michael Dulberg. Michael
became an Assistant District Attorney
for New York County in August 78, and
in August 79 married Marcy Morgan.

Anthony Wayne is interning in
pediatrics at Buffalo Children’s
Hospital. His address is 175 North St.,
Buffalo, N.Y. (This reminds me: if
anyone would like his address printed in
this column, please write to say so, or, if
writing to the College for any reason —

like contributing to the College Fund
— designate your address to appear
here.)

Who is this? J.D. Harvard Law 78,
M.A. American history, Columbia 79,
now assistant corporate counsel. You
forgot to sign your name.

Finally, Warren Goodell is “alive and
well in Hadley, Massachusetts and
working hard for the Smith College
School of Social Work.”

Happy Fifth Reunion.

Class Correspondent:

Dave Merzel

5 East 98th Street, Apt. 916
New York, N.Y. 10029

Judging from this and past groups of
responses, graduates of the Class of 76
are achieving much success in the
professional, academic, and business
communities. And we’re having fun,
too!

Proof positive is Peter Honerkamp,
who is the “Page Six” reporter for The
New York Post. He is planning to write
television screenplays which deal with
historical subjects (“God bless Jim
Shenton’s history class.”) “All is well,
though I still feel friends, women, and
beer” (in that order?) “are more critical
than my career. I’m also manically
depressed that when I drop by Colum¬
bia I can’t suck a few down at the Gold
Rail. The Columbia students of today
must be slipping if they let that place
turn into a non-alcoholic joint. Alas, the
youth of today are indeed misguided.”
Awright! But let us not forget The Pub,
The Lion’s Den, CDR, 6 Jay, 13 Car¬
man...)

John Mekras, one of the standouts on
the lightweight football team during his
four years at Columbia, is having a
“blast” down in sunny Miami. He
misses all the guys and requests that
anyone from “the gang” get in touch ( c /o
Dept, of Microbiology, U. of Miami).

When he is not out on his boat, he is
working on his Ph.D. in microbiology.

As evidenced and aided by yours truly,

John can still pack ’em away with the
best of them.

Bob Goodlow is back in Cleveland
working in personnel management.

He’s doing his best to keep in touch
with old friends and anyone going to
Cleveland has a hearty welcome
awaiting him at 1088 Parkside Rd.,
Cleveland, Ohio 44108; (216) 681 -2960.

Ira J. Cooper of East Meadow, N.Y. is
back. “I may be leaving my heart here in
San Francisco, but my soul lingers in
New York.”

Allan J. Leon is living in Silver
Springs, Md., while working for Uncle
Sam in the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration. He and co¬
workers administer a nationwide
program of grants for labor, industry,
universities, etc. to develop
educational, safety, and health
programs and services.

Tony laquinta of Pelham Manor, N.Y.
is attending the NYU School of
Business.

Richard Katz is an associate of the
law firm of Ullman, Miller & Wrubel in
NYC, where he is currently living.

Steve Fiamengo and his wife Alison
are expecting their first child. By the
time this column is published, Steve
should already be a father. Steve is in
his last year at Cornell U. Medical
School and is planning a career in sports
medicine. He is hoping to be in Seattle
or L.A. for his residency training. A long
distance runner while at Columbia,
Steve still runs at least five days a week
and races occasionally.
Congratulations and good luck!

As the four-year mark since 76’s
graduation draws near, many of our
classmates, especially those in medical
and graduate schools, will be finishing
their studies and moving in pursuit of
their careers. In the next issue, I would
like to list as many ’76ers as possible
who will be starting new jobs and
careers upon graduation or who will be
settling in new areas. If you are one, or
if you know of someone who is, drop me
a line. Even if you are still in the same

old rut, drop me a line anyway.

Yours truly, soon to finish at the
Mount Sinai School of Medicine in N.Y.,
will be heading out to Ann Arbor, Mich.,
to start a residency in pediatrics at the
C.S. Mott Childrens’ Hosp. of the U. of
Michigan. Until the next issue, “Take ’er
easy.”

Class Correspondent:

Jeffrey Gross

1909 Wynnefield Terrace

Philadelphia, Pa. 19131

I am very proud of the fact that the
trustees have selected Michael Sovern
’53, the father of our classmate Jeffrey
Sovern, to be Columbia’s new president.

I am also pleased to note that our new
grid coach, Bob Naso, has selected
classmate Tom Masso to be one of his
assistant coaches.

On another front, Jim O’Toole has
been instrumental in forming the Union
of Recent Eastern Colleges Alumni
(“URECA”), which is a social
organization for Ivy League alumni in
the Philadelphia area. To find out about
URECA’s events, call Jim at 215-MU 6-
2922.

I wish good fortune to my fellow law
students who will be taking the bar
exam for the first time in July. Among
these are Steven Teitelbaum, who will
soon be an associate at the
Washington, D.C. law firm of Melrod,
Redman & Gartler; Marshall Donat,
who will be with Kieffer & Hahn in New
York City; and Scott Morgan, who will
work at Martin, Clearwater & Bell in
New York City. Howard Gutman will
clerk for Judge Irving Goldberg on the
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Dallas
upon graduation from Harvard Law
School.

Efrain Agosto is a theological
student at Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass.

David Gorman, at work on his Ph.D. in
comparative lit, is an adjunct lecturer at
Baruch College. Larry Moss received an
M.A. in Jewish history from the Jewish

■Obituaries

Ascher is survived by a son, Dr. Robert C.
Ascher ’45 of New York City, and a daughter,
Joan Kardon of Wheaton, Md.

Leopold Duskis, retired teacher, New York,
N.Y. Mr. Duskis taught French at Thomas
Jefferson and at Lafayette High Schools in
Brooklyn, N.Y., for 36 years.

Sydney Hutner, physician, Brooklyn, N.Y. on
December 15,1979.

Byron E. Van Raalte, manufacturing
executive, Lawrence, n.y., on November 27,
1979. Mr. Van Raalte was president of Walter
B. Stevens & Sons, a textile manufacturer in
New York City, until his retirement in 1976.
Active in alumni affairs, he was a life mem¬
ber of the John Jay Associates. Survivors in¬
clude his wife, Mrs. Peggy Van Raalte,
Lawrence, N.Y.

1919

Ira E. Goldstein, real estate executive, New
York, N.Y. Mr. Goldstein was a vice-president
and director of L.V. Hoffman & Co. of New
York City.

Henry Herman, Los Angeles, California. Sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Miriam Herman, Los
Angeles, Calif.

Mark L. Thompson, lawyer, West Point, Ind.
on October 6,1979.

1920

William R. Quattrocchi, Delray Beach, Fla.,
on Marcy 31,1979.

Edgar W. Wooiard, Bullhead City, Ariz.

1921

Norman B. Kuklin, retired attorney, Pelham
Manor, N.Y., on October 18,1979. Survivors
include his son, Anthony B. Kuklin, Larch-
mont, N.Y.

Harry D. O’Brien, Staten Island, N.Y., in June,
1978.

1922

Morris K. Bauer, attorney, New York, N.Y. on
September 1,1978. Survived by his wife, Mrs.
Morris K. Bauer, New York, N.Y.

Philip L. Brandstein, New York, N.Y.

Morris G. Cohen, teacher, Brooklyn, N.Y. Mr.
Cohen taught history at Thomas Jefferson
High School in Brooklyn for 32 years.

Irving E. Ferris, Jr., retired builder, Union
Springs, N.Y., on December 26,1977.

Harvey L. Gardner, attorney, New York, N.Y.,
on September 2,1978. Survived by his wife,
Mrs. Celia Gardner, New York, N.Y.

Allen G. Strand, on January 17,1980.

1923

Isidore Abramowltz, New York, N.Y.

George L. Daniels, physician, Hartsdale, N.Y.
Dr. Daniels practiced medicine for many
years in Port Chester, N.Y.

Edgar N. Grisewood, physicist, Brick Town,
N.J. Professor Grisewood taught at N.Y.U.
for many years.

Richard Rodgers, composer, New York, N.Y.,
on December 30,1979. The world-renowed
composer of South Pacific, Oklahoma! and
dozens of other works, Mr. Rodgers shared
the 1961 Alexander Hamilton Medal, highest
award of the College Alumni Association,
with Oscar Hammerstein 2nd ’16. Survivors
include his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Feiner
Rodgers, New York, N.Y. [See obituary,
March, 1980 CCT].

Jose R. de la Torre Bueno, retired editor,
Haddam, Conn., on January 15,1980. A
senior editor at Wesleyan University Press
from 1958 until his retirement in 1972, Mr. de
la Torre Bueno also wrote two books, Gilbert
and Sullivan Songs for Young People, and
The American Fisherman’s Guide, and was
actively interested in dance. In 1972, the
Dance Perspectives Foundation established
an annual prize for the most distinguished
unpublished book in the field of dance, in
honor of Mr. de la Torre Bueno. Survivors in¬
clude his wife, Mrs. Emily Daughtry de la
Torre Bueno.

Carl M. Lange, retired aircraft inspector,
Elizabeth City, N.C., on October 29,1979. Mr.
Lange was with the Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corp. of Bethpage, L.I., for many
years.

Harold H. Marshall, New York, N.Y., in June,
1979.

Joseph T. Rebholz, retired educator,

Flushing, N.Y., on January 5,1980.

Fred F. Smith, physician, civic leader, New
Haven, Conn., on July 23,1979. A prominent
physician and civic leader in New Haven, Dr.
Smith served on local health, housing and
police commissions, chaired the organizing
committee for the Urban League of Greater
New Haven, and founded the “Freddy Fixer”
improvement program and parade. Dr. Smith,
a graduate of Howard University School of
Medicine, also served in World War II as a
captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in
North Africa and Italy, and was emeritus
assistant professor of clinical medicine at
Yale. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Lin¬
da Wallace, Dallas, Texas, and a son, Fred
Smith Jr., Milford, Conn.

Ralph Demarest Trismen, insurance
executive, River Edge, N.J., on October 24,
1979. Mr. Trismen worked with the Royal Ex¬
change, Ltd. and Chubb & Sons, Inc. of Short
Hills, N.J. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Eleanor L. Trismen of River Edge.

1925

Axel W. Berggren, Jamestown, N.Y., on
December 10,1979. Survivors include a
niece, Mrs. Berger H. Tulen of Jamestown,
N.Y.

George K. Coggeshall, retired investment
banker, Barnstable, Mass., on June 15,1979.
Mr. Coggeshall was a director of
Schoellkopf, Hutton, & Pomeroy, Inc. of New
York City.

Paul R. Hays, judge, New York, N.Y., in Tuc¬
son, Arizona on February 13,1980. The
senior member of the United States Court of
Appeal for the Second Circuit, Judge Hays
was known for his strong views on judicial
restraint and a strict adherence to the Con-
stition. Prior to his appointment to the
Federal bench by President Kennedy in 1961,
Judge Hays was Nash Professor of Law at
Columbia Law School, where he had
graduated in 1933 and had taught since
1936. Among the more contoversial
decisions — in the nearly 14 volumes of legal
opinion Judge Hays authored — were his
1971 extension of a restraining order tem¬

porarily barring The New York Times from
publishing the Pentagon Papers; a 1968
ruling that found the Swedish film “I Am
Curious-Yellow” not to be obscene; and a
1971 decision sustaining Con Edison’s
license to construct a power plant at Storm
King Mountain. Before his judicial appoin¬
tment, the Iowa-born classical scholar had
distinguished himself as a labor arbitrator —
as a member of the State Board of Mediation
and other bodies, and as a private con¬
sultant. He was active politically, heading
the New York chapter of Americans for
Democratic Action, serving as state chair¬
man of the Liberal Party, and speaking out
for the American Committee for Cultural
Freedom. Survivors include his wife, Elinor
Rice Hays.

Sidney A. Schreiber, New York, N.Y., on April
6,1979. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Belle W.
Schreiber, New York, N.Y.

1926

John J. Gentleman, on August 3,1969. Sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. John J. Gentleman,
New York, N.Y.

Murray I. Gurfein, judge, New York, N.Y., on
December 16,1979. A former aide to Thomas
Dewey and prosecutor at Nuremberg, Judge
Gurfein was appointed to the Second U.S.
Court of Appeals by President Nixon in 1971;
he later ruled against the government’s at¬
tempt to suppress The New York Times’s
publication of the Pentagon Papers. Judge
Gurfein was a member of the John Jay
Associates. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Eva Hadras Gurfein, New York, N.Y. [See
obituary, March 1980 CCT].

August J. Harms, Bradenton, Fla., on Sep¬
tember^, 1979.

Thomas F. O’Grady, retired advertising
executive, Englewood, N.J., on December 15,
1979. A member of the John Jay Associates,
Mr. O’Grady was a vice-president of the J.
Walter Thompson Co. of New York. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Marion O’Grady,
Englewood, N.J.

James D. Prince, chemist, Wilmington, De.,
on December 2,1979. Mr. Prince was a
researcher with the E.l. DuPont Company.
Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Mildred P. Prince,
Wilmington, Del.

Class Notes™

Theological Seminary, and is currently
pursuing a J.D. at the University of
Chicago.

Wedding bells have tolled in the past
few months for Sheldon & Rebecca
Deluty, William & Laurie Hirsch, and
Michael & Bernadette Hodinar.

As noted in our newsletter, Russ
Behrman is sports director of the CBS
affiliate station in Fort Pierce, Florida;
Dennis Aye is working for Texas In¬
struments; Daniel Kottke is employed
by Apple Computer in Cupertino,
California; and John Gummere is
teaching art and music at Gesu
Parochial School in Philadelphia.

Peter Basch says that he is studying
acting with John Stine and getting nib¬
bles in the theater scene. John Fraser, a
stage director and researcher/writer for
WCBS-TV News, tells of meeting Ten¬
nessee Williams at John’s revival of
Williams’ “Orpheus Descending” in
January. Williams, it is reported, wanted
the production to continue, saying that
it was better directed than the original.

Not all our classmates are living in
New York City. Michael Bornstein’s
mom writes that “Michael is a
paratrooper in the Israeli army and is
earning about $40 a month. I know he
will want to contribute to his alma
mater as soon as he is solvent.”

Michael Young writes in from Tokyo
with “best regards to the splendid.”

Class Correspondent:

Matthew Nemerson
545 Orange Street
New Haven, Conn. 06511

Two years and counting, our class
marches on. Fewer notes confirming your
continued existence have been coming
in of late, and our coffers are in need of
more post-graduation generosity. On
the brighter side, the first class
newsletter is in the works and you
should have it before the summer. To
help guarantee that you receive your
copy, please send all address updates

Obituaries™

Howard W. Rogers, retired physician,
Newburyport, Mass., on May 2,1979. A1930
graduate of Columbia P&S, Dr. Rogers had a
general practice in Newburyport for roughly
four decades. Survivors include his wife,

Mrs. Elizabeth Rogers, Newburyport, Mass.

1927

Dewitt Edward Untermeyer, importer,
Houston, Texas, in Corpus Christi on
December 11,1979. Mr. Untermeyer was
president of Demagu of Houston, Inc. Sur¬
viving is his wife, Mrs. Marguerite Graves Un¬
termeyer, Houston, Tex.

1928

Frank W. Landsiedel, retired mechanical
engineer, Pompano Beach, Fla., on Septem¬
ber 19,1979. A1932 graduate of the Architec¬
ture School, Mr. Landsiedel held patents for
control tools for cranes. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Alice D. Landsiedel, Pompano
Beach, Fla.

Lawrence M. Lynch, Jersey City, N.J.

1929

William T. Bockes, North Caldwell, N.J.

Harold Brown, musician, teacher,
Massapequa, N.Y. in September, 1979. A
former member of the Baltimore and the
New York City Symphony Orchestras, Mr.
Brown later taught at New York’s High
School of Music and Art, at Mansfield State
College in Pennsylvania, and at Bayport
(N.Y.) High School. He was the organizer and
director of the Renaissance Chorus of New
York. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Nancy
C. Brown, Spokane, Washington.

Charles E. Donovan, business executive,
Montclair, N.J., on February 11,1980. Mr.
Donovan was a corporate planner on the
board of several companies.

James W. Hampton, High Point, N.C., on
November 23,1979. Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Mary F. Hampton, High Park, N.Y.,
and a brother, Vernon B. Hampton ’23 of
Staten Island, N.Y.

John L. Olpp, physician, Tenafly, N.J., on
November 6,1979. A 1932 graduate of
Columbia P&S, Dr. Olpp was a life patron of
the John Jay Associates. Dr. Olpp practiced

to the alumni office. Also, if you wish to
be included in the 1978 journal, please
drop us a line or two if you have not
already done so.

From the new school of public affairs
and administration, Fred Rosenstein
writes that “it’s good to be back at
Columbia.” Fred spent that last few
years traveling around the country,
working for the City and acting as a
consultant to the YMCA. Most impor¬
tant, according to unofficial returns, Mr.
Rosenstein leads us all in total class
fund giving. Way to go Fred! Also
studying public administration is Andy
Benesch at SUNY Albany.

If you’re in Loudoun County, Virginia,
you might want to give Gary Pickholz a
call. Gary is a senior economic officer
with the CIA and notes “I’ve become the
quintessential Washington workaholic,
putting in my 12-hour days.” Gary is
taking flying lessons (never thought a
Columbia man would end up in a U-2)
and spends a lot of time on European
assignments. Jeff Canfield seems to be
moving in the same circles — he’s at
SIA, where he edits the Journal of Inter¬
national Affairs and works in the In¬
stitute on East Central Europe.

Moving at a fast clip is Peter
McAlevey, who is now an editor at In¬
side Sports and has had cover stories in
several film magazines. Peter is a-
gainst any sort of ‘super-school’ of Arts
and Sciences,” saying, “let’s keep the
College the College.” An excellent point
and one that you all might consider
noting when sending in any con¬
tributions.

Former band leader Robert Freeberg
is at the University of Bridgeport
working on a master’s in music
education. In addition, Robert is direc¬
tor of both the Wind Ensemble at
Columbia and a jazz band in White
Plains and plays the trumpet
professionally. Proof that there is more
to the marching band than carrying a
saw and getting into football games for
free. Which reminds us of the time that

radiology in Englewood, N.J. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Olpp, Tenafly, N.J.

Leon A. Wehbring, San Diego, Cal., on
January 28,1980.

Vincent J. Winkopp, retired businessman,
Middletown Springs, Vt., on November 5,
1979. Mr. Winkopp was for many years
treasurer of his family’s business, McBride
Studios, designers of marble. He served on
the Closter, N.J. Borough Council, where he
lived for many years. He was also sales
manager for several shoe manufacturing
firms in New England. Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Aileen Pelletier Winkopp, Mid¬
dletown Springs, Vt., and his brother, Paul J.
Winkopp ’25, Deerfield, Beach Fla.

1930

Allen S. Andriette, Midland, Mich., on Sep¬
tember 11, 1979. Survived by his wife, Mrs.
Allen S. Andriette, Midland, Mich.

Richard Franko Goldman, educator, com¬
poser, Baltimore, Md., on January 19,1980.
President of the Peabody Conservatory of
Music until his retirement in 1977, Mr. Gold¬
man was for many years conductor of the
Goldman Band and a member of the faculty
at the Juilliard School of Music. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Richard F. Goldman,
Baltimore, Md . [See obituary, March 1980
CCT .]

Norman A. Greig, retired public relations
executive, Mill Spring, N.C., on March 20,
1979. Mr. Greig was president and general
manager of the Chimney Rock Co. in Chim¬
ney Rock, N.C.

James P. Morrison, insurance executive,
Great Neck, N.Y., on November 10,1979. An
active alumnus and member of the John Jay
Associates, Mr. Morrison owned the James
P. Morrison Insurance Agency of Elmhurst,
N.Y. A past president of the Class of 1930,
Mr. Morrison served as Class Correspondent
for Columbia College Today. Surviving is his
sister, Mrs. Mary E. Harms, Portsmouth, Va.

1931

Jasper A. Forestlere, Newburgh, N.Y., on Oc¬
tober 15, 1979. Survived by his wife, Mrs.
Jasper A. Forestiere, Newburgh, N.Y.

Merrill Weber almost got arrested for
doing just that at Dartmouth. Merrill is
now a journalist in Chicago.

A few more classmates are admitting
to the fact that they are in business
school. “This is a place where one
reads The Wall Street Journal for fun!”
writes Joseph Cosgriff from Harvard.

Not if you own the stocks that I do, I
must add. Bruce Utz got an MBA from
Miami and is now a marketing trainee at
IBM in Florida. Also into computers —
micro-processor software more
precisely — is Joseph Schachner, at the
Nicolet Scientific Corporation in New
Jersey. Joe was married last August to
Pearl. Bob Kerker is at SUNY Albany
getting a master’s degree in computer
science.

Mike Eisenberg waited two years to
write, and when he did it was so I could
tell all of you about a musical that he
wrote for the Barnard-Columbia Reper¬
tory Company that will be performed in
mid-April on campus. Sorry about that
Mike, I tried.

Jonathan Kahn is a manufacturer’s
agent for a commercial kitchen equip¬
ment firm and asks that each alumnus
be given a few postage-paid cards to
help them keep in touch. I guess the
kitchen business isn’t going so well,
Jon, but from here on in we pay for
everything — Columbia won’t spend a
dime.

Craig Carter is working with a trade
magazine and newspaper firm in New
York; Evan Kardon reports simply that
he is living in Brooklyn; and William
Boslego is pursuing a doctorate in
linguistics at Ohio State. William asks
how one can become a regional
representative for the College. Anyone
who is interested in forming a club or
helping to recruit freshmen, should
write to either the Admissions or the
College Alumni offices in Hamilton Hall
for information.

It’s time to find out who’s in law
school that we didn’t already know
about. An old friend Phil Vecchio from

John J. Reilly, Greenbelt, Md.

1932

Warren W. Lacey, Jr., physician, Queens
Village, N.Y.,on May 31,1979. Dr. Lacey was
medical director of the Republic Aviation
Company of Farmingdale, N.Y.

W. Wells Van Pelt, sales executive, Char¬
lotte, N.C., on January 4,1979. A retired U.S.
Army major, Mr. Van Pelt headed Van Pelt In¬
ternational Industries for 12 years before
joining the National Chemsearch Corp. in
1959.

1933

John E. Morrell, Augusta, Me., in April 1979.
Survived by his wife, Mrs. Pat D. Morrell,
Augusta, Me.

Charles W. Thorne, Jr., retired airline
navigator, Allenhurst, N.J., in November 9,
1979. A flight navigator with various airlines,
Mr. Thorne later worked with Allied Van
Lines in Red Bank, N.J. Surviving is his
daughter, Mrs. Ellen Thorne Morris of
Allenhurst, N.J.

1934

Robert W. Kretsch, teacher, author, New
York, N.Y., on November 8,1979. A professor
of modern languages at the Polytechnic In¬
stitute of New York, Mr. Kretsch was an
authority on French and Spanish literature
and the author of Alphonse Karr — Social
Critic and Painter of Manners. A graduate of
master’s and doctoral programs at Columbia
(where he received the 1935 France-
Amerique Medal), he also taught at CCNY,
Hunter College, Western Reserve University,
and Queens College.

Harold Leventhal, judge, Washington, D.C.,
on November 20,1979. Appointed to the
United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia by President Johnson in
1965, Judge Leventhal spent much of his life
as counsel for various government agencies.
After World War II, Judge Leventhal was on
the staff of the United States prosecutor of
Nazi leaders at the Nuremberg Trials. A1936
graduate of Columbia Law School, Judge
Leventhal was a visiting lecturer at Yale Law
School from 1957 to 1962, and was general
counsel of the Democratic National Commit¬
tee from 1952 until 1965. Survivors include

Five Jay writes to say that he is at
Albany Law School and is working for
the state in the Division of the Budget.

Phil is recovering from a pretty bad
hang-gliding accident, but is still
awaiting a class reunion at Saratoga.
How about Arden House, Phil?

Sci-Fi maven Marvin Ira Charles
Siegfried is a second year student at
Brooklyn Law and is clerking for a
King’s County Supreme Court Judge.
Philip Spector is at Penn Law School,
but trying to commute back to the City
whenever possible. David Cohen is at
George Washington’s National Law
Center and works as a Congressional
Liaison officer in the Labor Department.

Mark Axinn is at Fordham, has
nothing very flattering to say about the
place, but is doing his best to “punk
out.” Jeffrey Moerder, at NYU, is
engaged to Susan Berkowitz and is a
member of the Review of Law and
Social Change. “Hard,” is all Bruce
Fraser has to say about Harvard Law
School. “Easy,” is all we can say about
his law job in L.A. this summer. These
former Sundial people know where to
have a good time... and Hugh Weinberg
has given up on the journalism world of
Ohio and is now going to Cardozo Law
School in the City. I bumped into him at
the Columbia Law School Library on a
recent Saturday. I guess the Lord never
said writing a brief was really work.

We have enough future doctors to
report on this issue that we could take
off to Hawaii and have a convention.
Jeffrey Zapolsky is working his charm
up at Rochester where he is president
of his class and chairman of the
medical school senate. I didn’t know
they did things like that in medical
school. In fact, I sort of wish he’d spend
more time studying anatomy and less
time preparing to lobby for the AMA —
seriously though, Jeff says he’s actually
spending a lot of time cross-crountry
skiing.

Steven Katz married Regina Kaufer
(B’78) last summer and is now at the

his wife, Mrs. Kathryn Kumler Leventhal,
Washington, D.C.

Samuel Traunstein, retired dentist, Hallan¬
dale, Fla., on April 24,1979.

Ivy L. Norton, Memphis, Tenn., on September
4,1978, Mr. Norton was vice-president of
E.H. Crump & Co.

1936

Henry S. Flynn, Northampton, Mass., on
December 1,1978. Mr. Flynn is survived by
his brother, Thomas C. Flynn ’40, New York,
N.Y.

David P. McCullough, Woodbury, Conn., in
1968.

Walter C. Strodt, mathematician, Canton,

N.Y. A mathematics professor at St. Lawren¬
ce University in Canton, N.Y. Dr. Strodt was a
member of the Columbia faculty for nearly
thirty years, having been appointed full
professor in 1958. Dr. Strodt received his
M.A. from Columbia in 1937 and his Ph.D. in
1939.

John S. Wise, mining engineer, Tucson,
Arizona, on October 20,1979. A graduate of
Columbia’s graduate engineering program,

Mr. Wise worked for various mining com¬
panies throughout the Rocky Mountain
states, including the Magma Copper Co. of
San Manuel, Ariz. Surviving is his wife, Mrs.
Margaret C. Wise, Tucson, Ariz.

1937

James Barton, retired chemical engineer,

Sun City, Ariz. Mr. Barton worked for the
Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y., for
many years.

Sanford S. Parker, economist, journalist,
author, New York, N.Y., on February 28,1980.
As chief economist for Fortune magazine
and editor of that publication’s “Business
Roundup” section, Mr. Parker employed a
rare ability to interpret and explain economic
trends for a generation of avid readers.
Before joining Fortune in 1950, Mr. Parker
had worked for the Works Progress Ad¬
ministration, for Business Week, and
McGraw-Hill, and for the National Induatiral
Conference Board. Hedley Donovan, the
former Time Inc. editor-in-chief, now a senior

Class Notes

Washington University Dental School.
Eli Bryk is at P&S, and was married to
Laurie the summer after we graduated.
“Going to concerts, playing fussball
and studying,” that’s the medical
school life as described by Kevin Vitting
at Rutgers. Marc Keuler is at the
Medical College of Pennsylvania and
David Melamed left journalism for
medical school at the Illinois College of
Medicine.

Our contingent at SUNY medical
schools increases. Isaiah Pinckney II is
at Buffalo, where he is president of the
local chapter of the National Student
Medical Convention. Richard Schloss,
Wilson Ko and Aaron Greenberg are all
at Downstate.

Steve Wexner is getting his money’s
worth out of Albany Medical College of
Union University. He is editor of the
AMC Nexus, founder and chairman of
the Cultural Arts Group there and is
planning to publish his research soon.
Steve is looking to start an alumni
group in the Albany area, so please get
in touch with him if interested.

Your loyal secretary is looking for
honest employment this summer, after
several years of political work. New
Haven is very depressing after a
basketball season with two Lion losses
to you know who, so please be in touch
if you’re passing through or especially if
you want to be in the class journal
which is coming out soon. Have a great
summer.

magazine, lives at 464 Riverside Drive,
#101, phone 663-0610.

Eliot Goldman presently works in the
Manhattan DA’s office.

Two of us write from Columbia: David
Ingram from P&S and Ray Woodcock
from joint Law-Business (Boolah-
boolahl).

Keith Stevens writes that his
allegiance is really to 74, but his friend¬
ships extend through 79. Pursuing
educational research and psychology at
U. of Missouri-Kansas City, he sends
his best wishes.

As inevitable as impossible: Jeff
Merzel, who works for Data General,
married Ann Cymerman, B’79 on
January 19th! Our best wishes. (Their
address, 5 Royal Crest Dr., #1, Marlboro,
Mass. 01752, has been passed on to the
fund raisers.)

Thank you all. Keep writing.

Class Correspondent:

Peter F. O’Reilly

344 West 72nd Street, Apt. 6K

New York, N.Y. 10023

Byron Magafas studies law at Nor¬
theastern and finds Boston’s only “New
York” sophistication to be a modicum
of jazz.

Joe Ferullo works at Rolling Stone

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Obituaries

White House adviser, recently told Fortune:
“Sandy Parker had extraordinary insight into
the workings of the American economy, the
imagination to think of good questions that
hadn’t been asked, and the courage to
predict. He was a delightful man in spite of
being almost always right.” Survivors in¬
clude Mr. Parker’s wife, Mrs. Laura Parker,
New York, N.Y.; his daughter; his brother
Saul Parker ’30, Irvington, N.Y.; and a
nephew, Scott Parker ’64, Washington, D.C.

worked most recently with the Digital
Equipment Corp. of Maynard, Mass.

1941

1938

Jack Mills, chemist, Indianapolis, Ind., on
December 6,1979. A fellow of the John Jay
Associates, Dr. Mills was scientific advisor
to the vice-president for research and
development of Lilly Research Laboratories,
Indianapolis, ind. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Jack Mills, Indianapolis, Ind.

similar case in 1961 concerning the film
“Don Juan,” but a 1965 Supreme Court case,
in which Mr. Bilgrey was again involved,
changed the effects of the 1961 decision.
Born in the Netherlands, Mr. Bilgrey came to
the U.S. in 1940 and served with the U.S. Air
Force intelligence service. Surviving is this
wife, Mrs. Lotte Bilgrey, New York, N.Y.

1959

Jeffrey P. Rothman, physician, New York,
N.Y. Dr. Rothman was an assistant medical
examiner of the City of New York.

1960

1953

James D. DeSanto, Ridgecrest, Cal.

1942

Glenn R. Vessa, Hong Kong. Mr. Vessa was
managing director of Honeychurch Inter¬
national Antiques, Ltd., of Hong Kong.

Frederick W. Squires, Encinitas, Calif. Sur¬
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Warren
Squires ’22, Harwich, Mass.

1967

Mark D. Farrington, teacher, Scottsdale,
Arizona, on October 5,1979. Surviving is his
wife, Mrs. Cathy Farrington of Scottsdale.

Thomas B. Richey, chemical engineer, West-
field, N.J. Mr. Richey worked with Emery In¬
dustries, Inc., and the Malmstrom Chemical
Corporation, where he was vice-president
and director.

Mark Eisenbud, physician, Staten Island,
N.Y., on January 5,1980. A specialist in in¬
ternal medicine and allergy, Dr. Eisenbud
was a New York City police surgeon on
Staten Island for many years. In addition, Dr.
Eisenbud served on the staff of Mount Sinai
Hospital and St. Vincent’s Medical Center in
Manhattan. Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
June Eisenbud, Staten Island, N.Y.

1954

Alan C. Winkler, Great Neck, N.Y., on Oc¬
tober 16,1979. Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. Henry Winkler, Great Neck, N.Y.

1939

Jay-Ehret Mahoney, lawyer, amateur
athletics official, New York, N.Y., on January
6,1980. A graduate of Brooklyn Law School
and a member of the firm of Mahoney, Mc¬
Nulty, McCarthy & Andrews, Mr. Mahoney
devoted a major part of his life to the fur¬
therance of amateur athletics. In 1964, he
was elected president of the Amateur
Athletic Union, following in the footsteps of
his father, the late Judge Jeremiah T.
Mahoney, who had earlier served as A.A.U.
president. An active promoter of young
men’s athletic competition in New York City,
Mr. Mahoney was himself an expert water
polo player and a member of the Water Polo
Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. For his
U.S. Navy service in World War II, he was
decorated eight times and was awarded the
Silver Star. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Grace R. Mahoney, New York, N.Y.

Donald D. Snavely, sales engineer, Morrow,
Ga., on December 3,1979. A member of the
John Jay Associates, Mr. Snavely received a
B.S. from the Engineering School in 1943. He
was owner of the Naturetown Corp. of
Morrow, Ga. Surviving is his wife, Mrs. An¬
toinette Plefe Snavely, Morrow, Ga.

Leonard E. Chabrowe, free-lance writer,
teacher, Brooklyn, N.Y., on August 8,1979.
With a master’s degree in English and com¬
parative literature from Columbia in 1960, Mr.
Chabrowe contributed critical articles on the
theater to publications such as Modem
Drama and the Kenyon Review. Survivors in¬
clude his father, John M. Chabrowe ’21 of
Brooklyn, and a brother, Richard K.

Chabrowe ’51, Larchmont, N.Y.

1968

William H. Stein, Detroit, Mich. Survived by
his wife, Ms. Mary Obst, Detroit, Mich.

1969

George F. Thomas, New Castle, Pa. Mr.
Thomas worked at the Oakmont Country
Club in Oakmont, Pa.

1955

Alexander Kurth, salesman, Ft. Salonga, N.Y.
in November, 1978. Mr. Kurth worked for Dun
& Bradstreet, Inc., Melville, N.Y.

1972

1948

1957

John C. Leith, Wethersfield, Conn., on
December 16,1979. Mr. Leith was assistant
chief of the Connecticut Department of Men¬
tal Health.

1949

Frank J. Beni, sales representative, on March
9,1979. Mr. Beni worked for the McGraw-
Edison Company of Cincinnati. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Eileen Q. Beni, of
Rivera Beach, Fla.

Morton L. Newstadt, mechanical engineer. A
1958 graduate of the Engineering School, Mr.
Newstadt worked at the Bettis Atomic Power
Laboratory of the Westinghouse Electric
Corporation in West Miflin, Pa. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Irene Newstadt, Pit¬
tsburgh, Pa.

Marc A. Dorenfeld, attorney, Chicago, III., on
August 29,1979. Mr. Dorenfeld was an
associate of Pope, Ballard, Shepard and
Fowle in Chicago. Survivors include his
father, Adrian C. Dorenfeld ’40, Minneapolis,
Minn.

1974

Kenneth R. Skivington, San Francisco, Cal.

1940

1950

Dominick J. Calderone, lawyer, New York,
N.Y.

William F. Weiss, New Haven, Conn, on
August 6,1979.

William W. Winter, chemical company of¬
ficial, Sudbury, Mass. A1943 graduate of
Columbia Engineering School, Mr. Winter

Felix M. Bilgrey, attorney, New York, N.Y., on
January 12,1980. As general counsel of the
Times Film Corporation of New York, Mr.
Bilgrey devoted much of his career to
fighting censorship in the film industry. In
1957, Mr. Bilgrey successfully persuaded the
Supreme Court to overturn a Chicago ban of
the film “The Game of Love,” based on a
story by the French author Colette. He lost a

Frederick Jay Wade, retired naval officer,
business executive, Port Washington, N.Y.
on June 29,1980. A former naval lieutenant
commander and director of organization and
manpower planning for the Boise Cascade-
Ebasco Company in New York, Mr. Wade
held degrees from both the College and
Engineering and a master’s in mathematics
from C.W. Post College. He served on active
duty in the Navy from 1958 to 1964, when he
entered the reserves. Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Geraldine Wade, a son and a
daughter.

Charles David Huckaba, on February 14,
1980. Mr. Huckaba, an ensign in the U.S.
Navy, was killed in an aircraft accident near
his base in Texas. He received a Ph.D. in
philosophy from the University of Chicago in
1979. Survivors include his father. Mr.
Charles E. Huckaba, New York, N.Y.

1976

Richard S. Downey, medical student,
Closter, N.J. Mr. Downey was a student at
Columbia P&S.

B. Anthony Long-Yevenez, law student,
Washington, D.C. Mr. Long-Yevenez was a
member of the class of 1981 at Georgetown
University Law School. Survivors include his
mother, Mrs. Lucia Yevenez, Flushing, N.Y.

Calendar of Upcoming Events for Alumni

May 6

May 13
May 14
May 15

May 18

College Fund phonothon for Rochester area alumni

Columbia College Class Day
Commencement

CU Club of Boston dinner; Guest speaker.
Professor Morton Smith

College Fund phonothon for NY/Metro area
alumni and parents

Vanderlinde Electric Corp. offices;
contact Tom Ferguson, 100 Hamil¬
ton Hall, (212) 280-5534 for
information

On campus
On campus

Marriott Hotel, Newton, Mass.;
contact Bruno Santonocito, 100
Hamilton Hall, (212) 280-5533 for
information

Offices of The New York Times;

contact Bruno Santonocito, 100
Hamilton Hall, (212) 280-5533 for
information

May 21 CU Club of Michigan dinner meeting; Guest

speakers. Professors Kirby Warren and Jack Widick

May 24 Annual Meeting of the Columbia College
Alumni Association

May 24-25 Regional Alumni Leaders' weekend workshop

May 31 - Anniversary Class Reunions

June 1

June 10 Luncheon for Washington, D.C. College Alumni;

Guest speaker. Associate Dean Michael Rosenthal

Hyatt Regency, Fairlane Town
Center, Dearborn, Mich.; Contact
Jill Harrison, 301 Low Library, (212)
280-3927 for information

Arden House; Contact Rose Brooks.
100 Hamilton Hall, (212) 280-5537 for
information

Arden House

Rye Town Hilton Inn; contact Rose
Brooks, 100 Hamilton Hall, (212)
280-5537 for information

Location to be announced; contact
Tom Ferguson, 100 Hamilton Hall
(212) 280-5534 for information

Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y.

100 Hamilton Hall
New York, N.Y. 10027

Alumni News Edition

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May 1980

In this issue: Class News • Summer Job Postings • Leon Keyserling '28 on
Rex Tugwell * William C. Greenburg '59 on Jay Neugeboren * and more..

Columbia

College

Today

Fall 1980

Within the Family

There are certain subjects that this pub¬
lication should not editorialize about. It
should not predict Kentucky Derby
winners or endorse candidates for the
Kansas state legislature; it should not
analyze mineral waters or recommend
an investment in frozen pork bellies—
although any of these matters might be
broached elsewhere in an issue.

We are permitted to speak out when
dramatic changes occur in the form of
Columbia College Today itself. For in¬
stance, the last time "Within the
Family" appeared, in June 1974, we
grimly announced the demise of the
magazine. Of course, the College im¬
mediately showed its pluck by resur¬
recting CCT three months later, in an
abridged format. Over the past six
years, however, many alumni and
friends of Columbia have expressed re¬
gret that the trimmed-down CCT could
not, despite the financial turnaround of
the period, achieve the distinction it en¬
joyed little more than a decade ago,
when it was recognized as the finest
alumni magazine in America. More re¬
cently, signs have pointed to a come¬
back: the intensified programs in cam¬
pus renovation, admissions, fund rais¬
ing, and regional organization; recogni¬
tion of the fact that for a majority of
readers, CCT is the principal or only
link to the College.

With this issue, Columbia College
Today returns as a full-fledged quar¬
terly magazine, ending the dual-edition
policy which brought you, in alternat¬
ing sequence, the tabloid "Alumni News
Edition" and the slender but feisty "reg¬
ular CCT. We were greatly abetted in
this venture by College Dean Arnold
Collery, Director of Alumni Affairs Bill
Oliver '64, and University Vice Presi¬
dent Terry Holcombe, all of whom
shared our conviction that College
alumni would be enthusiastic about a
revised publication, one that more
proudly mirrored the identity and tra¬
dition of Columbia College.

It is fitting that our first issue should
coincide with the inauguration of
Michael I. Sovern '53 as the first
Columbia College graduate to serve as
University President since Nicholas
Murray Butler. Columbia College thus
introduces its new magazine at a time of
renewed hope for the College's historic
mission within the University and
American higher education.

CCT s purpose is to provide a theater
for ideas as varied and unlimited as the
College's alumni, faculty and students
themselves, and to tell their stories, not
without sympathy, but with a critical,
inquiring spirit that is squarely within
the finest Columbia traditions.

The relationship between alumni and
the College is complicated, with strong
currents of expectation running in both
directions. We have attempted in this
issue to touch the many nerve endings
of that relationship, extending from the
most personal experiences to more
abstract questions.

We knew that in an election year,
Columbia alumni have more than
Columbia on their minds. So we asked
a group of fifteen College alumni to
share their thinking on America's most
critical issues, formulated as advice for
the next President. Their answers
— ranging from thoughtful, to ironic,
to sharply accusatory — are col¬
lected as our feature story, "Dear
Mr. President..

On the home front, Dean Collery
leads off with the first of a continuing
series of reports from the College ad¬
ministration, an overview of insti¬
tutional priorities for the next decade
and beyond. He looks forward to
answering your questions and com¬
ments in a CCT press-conference-in¬
print, to appear in the next issue.

For more intimate news of Columbia
people and events, we have revived
three columns which many readers will
recognize from the award-winning CCT
of editor George C. Keller '51: Around
the Quads, Talk of the Alumni, and
Roar Lion Roar, (a mere meow in this
issue, to be amplified next time
around). To these we have added a new
column, The Lion's Den, an open forum
for short essays on just about anything.
Class Notes devotees will notice the
longer alumni profiles we have added to
the usual tidbits.

Lastly, we have reserved many col¬
umn inches in future editions for Letters
to the Editor. We regard this magazine
as a work-in-progress, to be refined
with your advice and support. Let us
hear from you: both your praise and
your criticism are valuable.

We especially look forward to your
thoughtful contribution to a dialogue
that began, after all, in freshman class¬
rooms in Hamilton Hall. There we

learned, as former College Dean Peter
R. Pouncey once told his students,

. . that the human spirit is not,
for all its weaknesses and insecuri¬
ties, inevitably destined to a down¬
ward slide to squalor and mean¬
ness, but is capable, against the
pull of gravity, of rising to wit, in¬
telligence, courage, and compas¬
sion — of making sense of its
world, of seeing it whole, of reach¬
ing out and understanding others,
of spanning, with its daring, great
gulfs of fear or incomprehension ."

If Columbia College Today can con¬
tribute to keeping that spirit alive, then
we will have succeeded.

—James C. Katz '72

Letters

Rodgers and heart

TO THE EDITOR:

As a freshman chorine in "Fly With
Me," my admiring recollection of Dick
Rodgers was his regular attendance at
the rehearsals playing the piano accom¬
paniment night after night with mod¬
estly complete cooperation.

The poster you reproduced is vaguely
reminiscent of my design that won the
competition and was used also as the
cover of the program. It was a mem¬
orable introduction to collegiate extra¬
curricular activity.

Lincoln Rothschild '23
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

TO THE EDITOR:

Alumni who attended their reunion at
the Rye Town Hilton were treated to a
special "extra" in the form of selections
from "Fly With Me," performed with
professional flair by a student cast.

The show had been revived in April
in tribute to Richard Rodgers '23, who
wrote the music to the lyrics of Larry
Hart '18. (I portrayed a chorus girl in
the original production!)

Andrew B. Harris of the Center for
Theater Studies, who produced the
show, his assistant Kate Cambridge,
and the students who performed with
such enthusiasm and presence, all
deserve a public thank-you for
providing us with such an "enchanted
evening."

Arthur A. Snyder '20
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Columbia

College

Today

Volume 7, Number 3
Fall 1980

EDITOR: James C. Katz 72 g

MANAGING EDITOR: Phyllis T. Katz
STAFF WRITERS: Alan Lessoff '81,

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and do not reflect official positions of
Columbia College or Columbia
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In this issue:

"Dear Mr. President ..."

Fifteen alumni diagnose the state
of the Republic and offer advice
for the winner of November's
election.

Priorities for the 80's

A survey of recent and prospective trends affecting Columbia

College in the next decade

by Arnold Collery, Dean of the College

Special insert: Annual Report of the 28th Columbia College Fund

Departments:

Within the Family
Letters

Around the Quads

Roar Lion Roar

Bookshelf

Talk of the Alumni

Obituaries

Class Notes

Profiles:

32 Vincent G. Kling '38
35 William Rubin '49
45 Rick MacArthur 78
The Lion's Den
Classified

On the cover

Columbia president Michael I. Sovern '53
addresses the University community at
his formal investiture on September 28.

In the foreground lies the College's
original charter, granted by King
George II in 1754.

Photo by Nick Romanenko

Around the Quads

Freshman orientation:

By George, It's the Class
of 1984

When the Class of 1984 arrived on cam¬
pus August 28 for freshman orientation,
they undoubtedly experienced all the
usual butterflies and bewilderment. But
once the frantic schedule began, it is
unlikely that any of the students had
time to call home for moral support.

As CCT went to press, furious prepa¬
rations were under way to stage a six-
day welcome for the 1600 incoming
freshmen of Columbia College, Bar¬
nard, the School of Engineering and the
School of Nursing. The objective of the
program is to give freshmen a total im¬
mersion in the social and intellectual life
of Columbia.

"When freshmen arrive, they have a
Pandora's box of anxieties, which is
only natural," said Brian Krisberg '81,
who helped organize an orientation
program which took six months to plan
and required a budget of approximately
$100,000. The cost is borne by the
freshmen themselves, who each pay a
hefty $70 orientation fee, although aid
is available to make sure everyone can
attend. For this fee, freshmen receive
room and board, a bundle of literature
and directories, the obligatory beanie,
and a frenzy of pre-planned activities.

Among the 92 scheduled events were:
burrito lunches and tours of the city; a
ping pong tournament; a morning jog in
the park; a midnight cruise around
Manhattan; "human interaction"
games; a champagne brunch; square
dancing (with "Piute Pete" calling
the formations); disco (the "Electric
Circus" variety); salsa (courtesy of
"Novidades"); jazz ("So What"), and,
naturally, New Wave rock (by "The
Shirts"). The word "mixer" is carefully
avoided these days.

Of course there is the more familiar
freshman week fare: campus tours,
meetings with advisors, mandatory lec¬
tures, placement exams, and the tradi¬
tional College Convocation, to be
echoed four years later at the Senior
Convocation, sans beanies.

Academic affairs do play a serious
role in the initiation. "One major objec¬
tive is to make freshmen fully aware of
the intellectual life at Columbia and
show them that academics and scholar¬
ship are still very much alive here,"

commented Charles J. O'Byrne '81, the
academic coordinator for the program.
To this end, such professors as Karl-
Ludwig Selig, Wm. Theodore deBary
'41 and Graham Irwin were due to lec¬
ture in their fields.

To introduce freshmen to the philoso¬
phy behind the core courses they are
compelled to take. Associate Dean
Michael Rosenthal and former College
Dean Peter R. Pouncey were to join

And you think you
had it tough ..,

With blue beanies for freshmen
once again de rigeur, it could be
argued that freshman week is be¬
ginning to resemble those "olden
days" of nasal peanut-pushing up
Low Library's steps. But what the
Class of 1984 had to endure with
their required headgear is only a
shadow of things past:

Rules for Freshmen: 1917

1) All Freshmen must wear the
regulation caps with the white
pearl button.

2) Freshmen must keep copies of
these rules and show them
whenever requested.

3) Freshmen must not wear
turned up trousers or bright
colors in socks or scarfs on the
campus, black and green are
the prescribed colors.

4) Freshmen must not wear the
Columbia colors.

5) Freshmen must not wear
preparatory school insignia on
the campus.

6) Freshmen must not smoke
pipes unless they win a
majority of the cane sprees.

7) Freshmen must keep off the
grass plots on the campus.

8) Freshmen must not sit on the
steps or ledges of the Library,
on the balustrade in front of
Hamilton Hall, or on the
Exedra (the 1886 bench).

9) Freshmen must not occupy
seats in the Gemot in Hamilton
Hall to the exclusion of mem¬
bers of other classes.

10) The decision of upperclassmen
in regard to all underclass
matters shall be final.

Assistant Professor of Religion Peter J.
Awn for a panel presentation. "The fac¬
ulty often talks about the coherence of
the curriculum," Mr. O'Byme ex¬
plained, "and we thought we might be
able to improve the regard in which it is
held by freshmen."

Descartes and Spinoza notwithstand¬
ing, partying is still in the forefront of
many minds. (Or, as one fellow put it,

"Je danse, done je suis .") Freshman
week still carries the reputation of being
a riotous time: 56 kegs of beer were due
to be tapped, swilled and laid dry over
the six days.

Not coincidentally, competition was
fierce for the privilege of playing Big
Brother to the Class of 1984—400 up¬
perclassmen vied for the program's 169
counselor jobs.

Does it all work?

This much is certain: by the time all
the burritos are digested, the ping pong
champ crowned, and the inevitability of
CC grasped, most freshmen will have
made at least one good friend; they
should know where to go on the first
day of classes; and, if the orientation
has been truly thorough, they will be
able to explain to a newcomer that Ta-
Kome is pronounced "Take Home."

—B.K.M.

2nd consecutive year:

Columbia leads nation in
Guggenheim fellowships

Columbia University led the nation for
the second year in a row in the number
of Guggenheim fellowships won by fac¬
ulty members.

Competition is intense for the re¬
search grants, awarded annually by the
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation. Columbia's Guggenheim
fellows are:

Jagdish Bhagwati and Guillermo
Calvo (Economics); David V. Chud-
novsky and Gregory V. Chudnovsky
(Mathematics); George Edwards
(Music); Marilyn Hacker and Werner
Sollors (English); Dennis E. Hays
(Geological Sciences); Herbert S. Klein
and Isser Woloch '59 (History); Walter
G. Klemperer (Chemistry); John E.
Malmstad (Russian Language and Lit¬
erature); William Tucker (Sculpture);
and Harriet Zuckerman (Sociology).

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Titanic search:

A boon for science,
a pledge to return

Scientists from Columbia's Lamont-
Doherty Geological Observatory joined
a search in July and August for the
sunken remains of the "unsinkable" lux¬
ury liner Titanic, 380 miles off the
southeast coast of Newfoundland.

The $1 million deep-sea expedition,
sponsored by Texas oilman Jack
Grimm, used sophisticated underwater
sonar and magnetic equipment to comb
12,000-foot-deep waters in a submarine
canyon, where the Titanic —which
sank on its maiden voyage with 1500
passengers after an iceberg collision in
1912 —is probably located.

By mid-August, the research team
aboard the F.J. W. Fay had traced what
appeared to be the outline of a wreck
(situated at 41° 46 'N, 50° 14 'W)
matching the dimensions of the 882.5-
foot Titanic. However, high seas, gale-
force winds, and equipment damage
soon forced Mike Harris, the expedi¬
tion's leader, to call off the search.

When the team returned to Boston,
Columbia geophysicist William B.F.
Ryan expressed doubt that they had
found the Titanic, but was convinced
that it will be found.

Columbia researchers were excited by
their geological findings on the ocean
floor, which they described as a
"scarred seascape of natural catastro¬

phes that are apparently occurring at a
pace more rapid than hitherto antici¬
pated." Vowing to return next summer
with state-of-the-art underwater
photographic equipment and a
51 y 2 -foot deep-water sub called the
Aluminaut, Mr. Harris told reporters
the group would then attempt to take
the first photographs of the wreck and
try to recover, with the submarine,
some $200 million in diamonds and
other jewels which may remain in the
ship's interior. Whatever the result,
much of the new equipment will even¬
tually be donated to Columbia for
future oceanographic research.

—B.K.M.

University finance:

Out of the Blues
and Into the Black

For the second consecutive year, the
University is projecting relative finan¬
cial stability in the form of a balanced
budget.

On May 5, the trustees approved an
operating budget for 1980-81 of $339.7
million, a 10.6 percent increase over the
estimated final figure for the preceding
fiscal year. The total budget includes
the University's first formal capital bud¬
get, nearly $4 million to begin to ad¬
dress an estimated $15 to $20 million in
repairs, modernization, and other cam¬

pus improvements which had been de¬
ferred because of deficits over the last
decade.

Columbia also plans in 1980-81 to in¬
stitute the first phase of what the Uni¬
versity calls Direct Responsibility Cen¬
ter Model budgeting, a revised system
of financial planning and control which
would make each academic and admin¬
istrative unit responsible for determin¬
ing its direct revenues and expenditures.
It has not been determined whether the
College will constitute a "responsibility
center," and the phasing-in of the new
system will not yet significantly affect
the College.

Both tuition charges and financial aid
allocations have increased 12 percent
this year—tuition is up $610 to $5,730.
Faculty salaries have risen an average of
11 percent and staff salaries an average
of 9 percent in 1980-81. The University
has reduced fuel consumption by al-
mqst 20 percent and should save up to
$2.5 million in utility costs by complet¬
ing its powerhouse conversion from oil
to gas.

Outgoing President William McGill
warned that uncertain levels of federal
spending and continuing high inflation
"will present powerful financial
stresses" in the 1980's, but he remarked,
"I am confident that Columbia is well
equipped to take maximum advantage
of changing social and economic reali¬
ties of the next ten years."

-A.L.

Trilling Award:

A Prophet with Honor

There is a statue in front of historian
Istvan Deak's apartment on Riverside
Drive and 113th Street, a dramatic
rendering of Louis Kossuth, the 19th-
century Hungarian revolutionary
leader. Every year in mid-March,
Hungarian-Americans parade to the
site from Yorkville to remember the
Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

Professor Deak, himself an expatriate
Hungarian, often contemplates this like¬
ness of Hungary's most celebrated exile.
The complex, passionate Kossuth is the
central figure of the professor's most
recent book. The Lawful Revolution:
Louis Kossuth and the Hungarians,
1848-1849, which recently received the
Lionel Trilling Book Award, given
annually by the students of Columbia
College to the best scholarly work pub¬
lished by a Columbia author during the
previous year.

"The Revolution of 1848 is Hungary's
most celebrated historic event," writes
Mr. Deak. "Generations of Hungarians
have lived in the aura of that unforget¬
table year. It unites the people as much
as it divides them. It is a source of
national pride but also of self-doubt and
questioning."

Even the statue of Kossuth in River¬
side Park is a powerful enough symbol
to divide Hungarians, it seems.

Professor Deak reminds us that when
the statue was dedicated in 1928, the
New York City police had to break up
an ugly scene which developed between
supporters and opponents of the rightist
government of Admiral Horthy — each
claiming the legacy of the Revolution —
a continuation in the New World of the
social struggle which ignited around
Kossuth in 1848.

The Lawful Revolution is the first
scholarly account in a Western language
of the Hungarian Revolution and the
subsequent war for independence, the
longest and bloodiest uprising of
Europe's great revolutionary era. The
author emphasizes the conflict between
the aristocratic Magyar nationalists and
the "radical" social reformers, who
spoke for the landless nobles, the
disenfranchised peasantry and urban
classes, and the national minorities.

George Barany of the University of
Denver, one of the leading Hungarian

Scholarly inspiration: Historian Istvan Deak and the statue of Hungarian revolutionary
Louis Kossuth, in Riverside Park.

historians in the United States, is among
the many who welcome Professor
Deak's contribution.

"The book is important not only
because it is the first work in any
language — including Professor Deak's
native Magyar — to focus on Kossuth at
the high point of his political career,"
Professor Barany comments. "The sig¬
nificance of the book is that it may be
seen as a case study which involves a
major challenge to an imperial dynasty,
or, what happens if a small people
chooses to secede from a multinational
empire to achieve independent state¬
hood." Professor Barany also praises
Mr. Deak's literary ability, calling the
book "exciting reading to the educated
layman."

Mr. Deak was born in 1926 in Szekes-
fehervar, the seat of the medieval Hun¬

garian monarchy, 40 miles southwest of
Budapest. He first studied at the Univer¬
sity of Budapest, and had already de¬
cided to become an historian when he
left Hungary in 1948, during the Stalin¬
ist era. "Inevitably the necessity of join¬
ing the Communist party would have
arisen," he explains. "Parading around
in big demonstrations? I couldn't see
myself doing that."

He emigrated to Paris, where he
found work as a librarian, a bookseller,
and a night watchman. Eventually he
studied at the Sorbonne and became a
journalist, working briefly for Le Com¬
bat, which had been one of the leading
newspapers of the French Resistance
during World War II.

In 1951, Mr. Deak went to Munich to
spend five years with Radio Free Eu¬
rope; in 1956 he settled permanently in

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the United States where he enrolled in
Columbia's graduate program, earning
his M.A. and his Ph.D. and joining the
full-time faculty in 1963. He was direc¬
tor of Columbia's Institute on East Cen¬
tral Europe from 1967 to 1978.

The professor's earlier writings in¬
clude a widely-respected essay on the
radical right in interwar Hungary. He
has also written a book about Weimar
Germany's left-wing intellectuals and
has co-edited anthologies on contempo¬
rary Eastern Europe and European so¬
cial history. He is presently writing a
short history of the Habsburg mon¬
archy from 1815 to 1918.

Because of his connection to Radio
Free Europe, Professor Deak could not
for many years return to Hungary,
where his sister is the editor of the for¬
eign language publishing house. Since
the middle 60's, government control has
relaxed somewhat, and in recent years.
Professor Deak has returned numerous
times—most memorably when he par¬
ticipated in the return of the Crown of
St. Stephen from the United States to
Hungary in 1978.

"Hungary is relatively prosperous,
and human rights are generally re¬
spected," he affirms. "They have abided
by the Helsinki accords more than any
other Eastern European government.

The regime in Hungary has realized that
it will be more stable if it is more re¬
laxed—that there will be more support
if there is more freedom," reasons Mr.
Deak. Yet Hungary is still an occupied
nation, and it is not possible openly to
criticize the Soviet Union's role there, or
Soviet foreign policy in general. Occa¬
sionally, the professor is still denied a
visa to return.

A Hungarian edition of The Lawful
Revolution is now being prepared, the
first time in several decades that that
government has authorized a non-
Marxist work on Hungarian history
written by a non-Marxist—even more
unusual because its author is an emigre
as well. The book will have a wider dis¬
tribution in Hungary, where 10,000
copies will circulate at the first printing,
than in the United States, where it was
issued by Columbia University Press, a
leading publisher of scholarly works on
Eastern Europe.

Istvan Deak's personal feelings about
Kossuth as a leader and as an individual
are mixed. "In him," Mr. Deak writes.

"Hungarians recognize their spokesman
and their hero but also the symbol of
much that they see as calamitous in the
national character: pomposity, exces¬
sive pride, a penchant for theatrical ges¬
tures, naivete, and easy enthusiasm."

Yet, like the revolutionary, the
scholar hopes—through his book—to
affect Hungary even from abroad. Mo¬
tioning toward Kossuth's statue, he
quietly smiles and says, "Everyone likes
to be a prophet in his own country."

-A.L.

College Admissions:

A Complete Overhaul

Those familiar with the College admis¬
sions office may not recognize the place
this fall. An extensive physical renova¬
tion of the office over the summer coin¬
cided with an unusual turnover in per¬
sonnel. The College is now replacing
over half of its admissions staff, follow¬
ing the departures of Admissions Direc¬
tor Gary Cornog '65, Assistant Direc¬
tors Harry Bauld '77, Paul Ganzen-
muller '73, and Irving Schenkler '75,
and officer Henry Morris '78.

Associate Director Larry Momo '73
will work as acting director while a
search for a new full-time director takes
place. Dean Arnold Collery asserts,
"We've received a number of promising
applications for the position."

Diane McKoy, a native of Malden,
Mass, and a 1975 graduate of Yale, has
been appointed the College's Assistant
Director in charge of minority recruit¬
ment. Until her appointment, Columbia
was the only Ivy League school not to
have such an officer. Miss McKoy, a
former school teacher, previously
worked in the Sex Roles and Social
Change program of the University's
Center for Social Science, formerly the
Bureau of Applied Social Research.

Alfred R. Ramirez '80 was also
named an admissions officer. Mr. Rami¬
rez will cover most of the Southwest, as
well as Connecticut, Queens, and Rock¬
land County. A native of East Los An¬
geles, he was a student member of the
Admissions and Financial Aid Commit¬
tee; as chairman of Chicano recruit¬
ment, he can take partial credit for the
growing number of outstanding Chi¬
cano students who have enrolled at Co¬
lumbia in recent years. "Our biggest

problem in the West," suggests Mr. Ra¬
mirez, "is a lack of publicity about
Columbia. When they think about the
East Coast, the image is somewhere
between Kojak toughness and Love
Story 'preppiness.'"

Tri-partite system:

Stern, Likins Named to
University Provostships

Noted historian Fritz Stern '46 and
former Engineering Dean Peter Likins
were each appointed as Executive Vice
President for Academic Affairs and
University Provost beginning July 1
under a new plan to divide the formerly
unitary position into three parts. The
provostship is Columbia's chief aca¬
demic office.

The new system, conceived by Uni¬
versity President Michael I. Sovern '53
while he was himself Provost, creates
three administrative and planning units:
the arts and sciences divisions, the pro¬
fessional schools, and the health sci¬
ences divisions. Professor Stern and Dr.
Likins will now oversee the arts and sci¬
ences and the professional schools, re¬
spectively, while a search committee
works on filling the third post.

A published report that the health
sciences provostship would go to Dr.
Paul A. Marks '45 was scotched when
Dr. Marks accepted the presidency of
the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center. Dr. Marks, who had been
Columbia's Vice President for Health
Sciences, will continue to teach and
conduct research at Columbia.

Recent Columbia provosts, in addi¬
tion to Mr. Sovern, include: Wm.
Theodore de Bary '41, Polykarp Kusch,
Peter B. Kenen '54, David B. Truman,
and Jacques Barzun '27.

The Ferris Terrace?:

Cafe to highlight
FBH renovation

For more than five years, students have
submitted proposals to transform Ferris
Booth Hall into the student center
everyone agrees the College should
have.

James Sanders '76 and Roy Strickland

'76 first came up with an audacious plan
to renovate the FBH interior while mak¬
ing external adjustments to fit the build¬
ing more gracefully into the existing
campus plan. The Sanders-Strickland
plan was shelved in favor of building an
art gallery on the second floor.

More recently, Donald Baron '80 de¬
vised a plan to install a new cafe on the
ground floor, in consultation with such
alumni as Vincent Sardi '37, owner of
the celebrated restaurant in Manhattan's
theater district.

Now, thanks in large part to substan¬
tial gifts from two College alumni, con¬
struction will soon begin on a terrace
cafe, highlighting a $500,000 renovation
of most of the first floor of Ferris Booth
Hall.

The cafe will replace what is now
Hewitt Lounge. Included also in the re¬
modeling are a new lounge to replace
the present meeting rooms on the
Broadway side of the building and relo¬
cation of the meeting rooms to the pres¬
ent Lion's Den cafeteria. Plans also call
for enlarging the lobby by removing the
wall separating the space in front of
Wollman Auditorium from the Lion's
Den, as well as replacing the cloak¬
rooms, possibly with shops.

A committee of alumni, students, and
administrators had been working on
proposals for the cafe since last fall, but
a large gift from Ira Wallach '29
changed completely the scope of the
project. Herbert Singer '26 and the
estate of George Jonas T9 also provided
large contributions.

According to Alan Liebensohn, Di¬
rector of Student Activities, the FBH
renovation will make the student center
"more flexible and serviceable to the
College community." The College has
not yet worked out a final schedule for
construction, but Dean Arnold Collery
hopes that the project can be completed
during the current semester.

Bird-dogging it

Every now and then, life sends you on a
little wild-goose chase that ends up
teaching you more about your own
hopes than about the reality of things.

Two children we know entered the
office one August afternoon and told us

solemnly that they had found a dead
white bird on campus and had buried
him with full ceremony on South Field.
They mentioned a silver identification
tag on the bird's leg.

The possibility that the bird was part
of a crucial experiment in migration, life
span, or mating roused us from our
routine. Seeing ourselves as agents in
the advance of science, we asked the
kids to lead us to the gravesite in order
to retrieve the tag.

Embossed on the aluminum tag was
the legend, IF80 JRC 290.

We first telephoned the state's envi¬
ronmental protection agency. They
knew nothing. Having read of the Cor¬
nell ornithology department's research
on endangered species, we tried calling
there. Cornell suggested the Fish and
Wildlife Service in Washington. An of¬
ficial in Washington directed us to their
Maryland branch. Several transfers and
a little research later, the people in
Maryland informed us that the bird be¬
longed to the Jamaica Rosedale Club of
Hamilton Beach, N.Y.

Sensing our goal to be near, we
looked up the club's number in the
Queens phone book and dialed. A man
answered. We told him that we had
found a white bird apparently belong¬
ing to the club, on the campus of Co¬
lumbia University.

"Columbia University?" he asked. "In
Pennsylvania?"

"No, right in Manhattan. We know
it's yours from the tag, I-F-eighty-J-R-C-
two-ninety."

"Do you have the bird?" the man
asked expectantly.

"Not exactly. You see, it's dead."

"Oh. Well, I'll have to tell its owner.
It's a homing pigeon. It must have died
from the heat. Thank you very much
for letting us know."

What we had imagined as a carrier of
critical scientific information turned out
to be a poor little homing pigeon that
never made it home.

Still hoping that our discovery had
meaning, we called a Classics professor
who is acquainted with Roman augury,
to find out if a white pigeon dropping
dead in the middle of South Field might
be some sort of sign.

"It could be a good omen, or it could
be a bad omen," the professor replied.
"But the Romans would probably have
thought it was rigged."

Campus Bulletins

• Honored: Professor of Mathematics
Lipman Bers and Samuel Latham
Mitchill Professor of Chemistry Ronald
C. D. Breslow were elected this year to
the American Philosophical Society, the
nation's oldest learned society. Origi¬
nally the outgrowth of a group founded
by Benjamin Franklin in 1727, the hon¬
orary society chooses its membership
from leaders in all fields of study.

Professor Breslow was also honored
this year by the American Chemical
Society, which presented him its James
Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic
Chemistry. Gilbert J. Stork, the Eugene
Higgins Professor of Chemistry, re¬
ceived the Society's Arthur C. Cope
Award.

• Elected: The American Academy of
Arts and Sciences elected five Columbia
professors as members at the academy's
200th annual meeting in Boston on May
21. The new members are: Arthur
Danto, Johnsonian Professor of
Philosophy; Isidore Edelman, Johnson
Professor of Biochemistry; Kent
Greenawalt, Cardozo Professor of Juris¬
prudence; Joaquin Luttinger, Professor
of Physics; and Edmund Phelps,
Professor of Economics.

• Named: William Leuchtenberg,

DeWitt Clinton Professor of History,
and Steven Marcus '48, Delacorte Pro¬
fessor in the Humanities, were among
44 scholars selected as 1980-81 fellows
of the National Humanities Center, in
Research Triangle Park, N.C., follow¬
ing an international competition. The
center's first president and director was
the late Columbia philosopher, Charles
Frankel '37.

• Elected: Peter Blau, Quatelet Profes¬
sor of Sociology, Cyril Harris, Charles
Batchelor Professor of Engineering and
Professor of Architecture, and Julian
Hochberg, Professor of Psychology,
were elected to the National Academy
of Sciences this year. Membership in the
academy, considered one of America's
highest scientific honors, has now been
achieved by 42 Columbia scientists.

Columbia College Today

Dear

Mr.

President

Fifteen alumni
diagnose the state
of the Republic
and offer advice
for the winner of
November's election

Illustrated by Edward Koren '57 ""

Columbia College Today asked a varied group of alumni to
attempt a response to the following two-part question:

"What troubles you the most — or excites you the most —
within American society today? If the President of the United
States — whoever that turns out to be in November—were
suddenly empowered to act on this issue, what would you
advise him to do?” Here are their replies:

Lewis Anthony '74:

I am persuaded that the most distressing and potentially
destructive force facing American society is neither economic
exigency nor the need of maintenance of technological or
military superiority, but instead the growing distillation from
the American character of a hope in the future, a spirit of
mission, and of a collective responsibility for the welfare of
all, especially the poor, minorities, elderly, and other for¬
gotten Americans for whom the promise and dream of our
nation are yet deferred.

Evidence of this disquieting development is manifested in
the growing indifference of many of our people to leaders and
institutions and in the widespread perception of the power¬
lessness of institutions and technology to respond to urgent
human needs, or to provide, in a time of clamorous incon¬
stancy, a source of stability and inspiration. Thus persuaded,
many persons are content with self-preoccupation and self¬
gratification, feeling that any energy directed towards the
achievement of principles and causes will prove wasted and
unproductive.

In my estimate, the existence of such an outlook should
command pre-eminent attention. One of the chief lessons of
history is that the decay of any nation is largely a reflection
of the failure of political or intellectual leaders to meet the
challenges of change, and the failure of the people to manifest
an active concern with the outcome of the affairs that touch
their lives.

My advice to any elected official would merely be this: you

must bring not only exacting competence and compassion to
the management of governmental affairs, but more impor¬
tantly, you must speak to the aspirations, hopes and dreams
of those who find their mental skies clouded with anxiety and
despair. And you must speak with the quality of leadership
and vigorous hope so well expressed by Mr. Justice Holmes:
"We must search beyond the popular discontent to find its
cause. We must look ahead—plan and build for a better
world—blaze new trails of brotherhood and understanding,
[for] beyond the vision of battling races and an impoverished
earth, I catch a dreaming glimpse of peace."

Failing the cultivation of such a view as this among us, and
the repudiation of our growing narcissism, there can be no
security against our demise.

Lewis Anthony is an aide to the Mayor of Washington, D.C.

Arthur F. Burns '25:

Of all of America's current problems, inflation troubles me
the most. The damage that inflation has done to our country
is evident all around us. Inflation has eroded the real value of
everyone's money earnings and monetary assets. It has
created large and wholly arbitrary redistributions of income
and wealth. It has deprived people of effective means of
planning for their future and of providing against the contin¬
gencies that arise in life. It has been destroying the self-respect
of many of our citizens by forcing them onto the welfare
rolls. It has been reducing the efficiency of financial markets
and of the workshops of our economy. It has been weakening
business innovation and capital investment by multiplying
risks, driving up intererst charges, and causing taxes to be
paid on a phantom portion of profits. It has been making our
economy more vulnerable to recessions. It has been weaken¬
ing the economic security that Congress sought to build
through massive social legislation. It has been reducing the
value of the dollar abroad as well as at home, thus diminish¬
ing our country's power and prestige in the international
arena. In short, persistent inflation has been undermining our
nation's economic, moral, and political strength.

In advising the President on ways of dealing with this prob¬
lem, I would urge (a) revising the Federal budget process so as
to make it much more difficult to run deficits; (b) adoption
by Congress of a concurrent resolution stressing the impor¬
tance of restrictive monetary policies in ending inflation; (c)
dismantling or at least weakening government measures, such

as restraints on imports, farm price support, minimum wage
and Davis-Bacon legislation, and other restrictions on compe¬
tition; (d) reforming regulations concerned with the environ¬
ment, public health, and safety to insure that basic national
objectives are achieved at minimum feasible cost; (e) encour¬
aging productivity—enhancing capital investments by sched¬
uling reductions in business taxes in each of the next five to
seven years—the reduction to be quite small this year and
next in order to avoid fanning the fires of inflation, but to
become substantial in later years; (f) adopting other measures
to increase productivity, including increased outlays for
research and development, improved manpower training pro¬
grams, and productivity councils in individual plants and
offices; (g) de-controlling oil prices more rapidly and perhaps
adding consumption taxes, despite adverse short-run effects
on the price level, in the interest of achieving price stability
over the longer run as well as regaining national energy
independence.

A former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
under President Eisenhower and Chairman of the Federal
Reserve board from 1970-78, Dr. Arthur F. Burns is now a
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the American Enter¬
prise Institute for Public Policy Research, in Washington,

D.C.

James Stacy Coles '36:

The matter most troublesome nationally in the late 20th
century, as I see the role the United States should play in the
world and assess its ability to be effective in that role, is the
selection process for the American presidency.

There are many extremely capable leaders in business,
education and government in our country—the match of
those anywhere on earth. On the whole, we find able men
and women in our Congress and holding public office at state
and local levels. But the present somewhat helter-skelter pop¬
ularity contest by which the President is chosen has not
brought the ablest persons to that office, nor ordinarily even
to candidacy for the office. The United States cannot afford
the soft luxury of not having the best of our leaders as
President.

If this problem is to be recognized and solved, most careful
study will be required, and undoubtedly constitutional
reform must ultimately take place. The President (or the Con¬
gress) should establish a special commission to study the
problem and make recommendations for its solution.

James Stacy Coles was President of Bowdoin College from
1952-67. He is now President of the Research Corporation, a
scientific foundation based in New York.

Edward N. Costikyan '47:

What troubles me most is that the American electoral system
is not working because smaller and smaller percentages of
eligible voters are exercising their franchise. This means that
special interest groups are increasingly taking over the

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government and imposing on the vast majority their very
special views.

If I were advising the next President, I would urge him to
condition access to the facilities which the Federal govern¬
ment increasingly provides to people all around the country
upon their exercise of their franchise. There is no reason why
people should feel themselves entitled to the privilege of fed¬
eral loans, small business loans, UDAG grants and all of the
other forms of federal subsidy which keep our economy
going if they are unprepared to exercise their responsibilities
as citizens.

Edward N. Costikyan is a partner in the New York law firm
of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; his latest book
is How to Win Votes: The Politics of 1980.

Ralph de Toledano '38:

What troubles me most about American society today? The
breakdown in moral and educational values. Young people
enter college today as semi-illiterates, with no knowledge of
their historic and cultural heritage. They leave college con¬
vinced that the only thing that counts is ME, that society
owes them everything and they owe society nothing. And
send the bill to a government which, in fraud and waste, is
costing the people at least $100 billion a year.

Of course, no President can cope with this condition. It is a
problem of an educational system which encourages political
and social nihilism. It is the product of a philosophy which
holds that the function of education is not to educate but to
amuse. John Dewey preached that we must learn by doing.
Today's paraphrase of that concept is that we must learn by
undoing. So education has become a kind of invisible book¬
burning.

Ralph de Toledano is an author, photographer, and syndi¬
cated columnist.

Armand Hammer '19:

The pejorative attitude of many Americans towards the
Soviet Union is a matter of grave concern. I believe our rela¬
tions with the Soviets are about the worst I have seen in the
past 60 years. We don't buy their ideology; they don't buy
ours either. But that is no reason we cannot trade with each
other instead of threatening each other with nuclear weapons.
When I met with Mr. Brezhnev last February, he assured me
the Soviets would pull out their troops from Afghanistan if
they had a guarantee from the U.S. and countries bordering
Afghanistan that they would not support insurgents who are
opposed to the present Afghan government. He said this in
Pravda, as well, and I feel he meant it.

I would reiterate to the President that despite the Soviet's
unwarranted aggression, a dialogue with them must continue.
We must restore detente because the fate of mankind rests in
the balance. A second cold war could easily lead to a war of
global devastation. We must be firm; we must build our mili¬
tary strength; but we must keep our communications in good
order. A meeting between Mr. Brezhnev and the President of the

United States in order to start a dialogue would be my first
advice in this matter.

Dr. Armand Hammer is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Richard Jupa '67:

"Well.. .I've suddenly been empowered to act. So what do I
do?"

He had turned up his palms in dejected appeal as he
shrugged. They looked even damper than they'd been during
our rather clammy handshake.

At this moment, I paused to reflect that what excited and
troubled me most about American society today was that the
President wanted my advice.

But advice costs. Ever try to get any from someone who
might actually know something? Without leaving a piece of
yourself behind?

"Let's deal," I said.

He seemed uncertain. The way he always did.

"I happen to represent a self-righteous little special interest
group that really needs a favor... maybe you've heard of
them... and I thought you just might."

Richard Jupa is a former editor of Across the Board maga¬
zine, published by The Conference Board in New York, N.Y.

Leon H. Keyserling '28:

What troubles me most in the United States is the unwar¬
ranted pessimism about our future as a nation and a people.

At home, we are told that our pre-eminence in economic
and related social performance is a thing of the past; that we
must face years or decades of low achievement; that we
should resign ourselves to lower standards of living or at least
to much lower increases in standards of living; that what we
should "sacrifice" should take precedence over the gains we
can and must achieve; that we must learn "to do without"
instead of regaining the capacity to do; and that we must
permit illegitimate fears to take the place of legitimate goals
and performance.

All this is not only a domestic evil; it means that we are
being so far outdone in all basic elements of economic per¬
formance by nations such as Germany and Japan that they
are excessively invading our markets, causing deep trouble to
some of our most important industries, and losing confidence
in U.S. capabilities which explains mainly the weakness of the
dollar and their reluctance to continue to join with us in
activities related to protection against the economic and mili¬
tary inroads of hostile totalitarian forces. Our horrible prob¬
lems of inflation and budget deficits are but the derivatives of
these other difficulties.

This selling short of America by American leadership, with
the acceptance of a largely misinformed people, is neither
justified nor tolerable. The energy shortages and other special
problems from which we suffer now are less serious than
others which we conquered in the past, and the natural
boundaries for unlimited progress within this country, the
hallmark of our successes in the past, are still open to full

exploration and achievement.

We need only to learn by our impressive experience, and
return again with appropriate adaptations to national policies
which served us so magnificently for more than two decades
after the Great Depression. This requires, first of all, national
leadership in the executive branch and in the Congress, to
develop and apply what might be called a long-range Ameri¬
can economic performance budget, setting goals related to
our potentials, and then adopting a unified and consistent set
of policies related to these goals. The Humphrey-Hawkins
Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 contains
and indeed mandates everything needed for this purpose, and
the complete violation of this act since its enactment both
highlights our troubles and specifies how we can overcome
them. It provides a cohesive and dynamic means to bring the
American people together toward great purposes, instead of
permitting them to be progressively weakened by the divi¬
siveness of single-issue politics.

Dr. Leon H. Keyserling was Chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers under President Truman from 1950-53.

An attorney who was active in framing the Humphrey-
Hawkins Act, he is now President of the Conference on Eco¬
nomic Progress, in Washington, D.C.

Jeffrey Klein '69:

Columbia taught me to examine texts closely, so let me linger
on your question. First, you assume a shared sense of dissat¬
isfaction: "or excites you the most" comes almost as an after¬
thought. Second, you look to a President to remedy this
malaise. And finally, you implicitly acknowledge that Presi¬
dents don't really have the power to act effectively.

Your question captures much of what I find troubling
about public life in America today. We have delegated politi¬
cal responsibility to those who are certain to fail. But given
the frightening limitations of those whom we elevate to the
Presidency, the limitations of the office seem like a godsend.

Because our current chief executive is a hypocritical, moral¬
istic incompetent, Americans would like to believe that
Ronald Reagan is a straight, strong leader. The media is doing
its best to broadcast this false image. These past three
months, in preparation for a Mother Jones article, I have
been researching, traveling with and interviewing Ronald
Reagan and his key advisors. Reagan is not only a retrograde
simpleton—as President he would be just a talking prop. His
aides would run the show, and some of them are quite dan¬
gerous men. For example, Richard V. Allen is Reagan's chief

foreign policy advisor. When Allen was working for Nixon in
the White House, he began what became a highly lucrative
acquaintanceship with Robert Vesco, then under full-scale
public investigation by the government Allen purported to
serve. Within 24 hours of leaving the White House staff,

Allen began receiving a $10,000-a-month retainer from
Vesco's attorney as a business consultant. Vesco is now a
fugitive from multiple indictments; he allegedly looted
$224 million in a mutual fund swindle and illegally con¬
tributed $200,000 to the Nixon re-election campaign.

Such are the kind of men we look to for leadership. When
they inevitably betray us, we drive them from office and
inaugurate new scoundrels.

Jeffrey Klein is an Editor of Mother Jones magazine, which
has won 3 National Magazine Awards from Columbia
University.

Harold Baxter Liebler '11:

Get back the Panama Canal; quit kow-towing with Soviets.
The Reverend Canon H.B. Liebler, the beloved "Navajo
priest ," lives in Monument Valley, Utah.

Robert D. Lilley '33:

There is much that troubles and excites me about American
society today and the balance is on the exciting side. There is,
however, one difficulty whose solution is a pre-condition to
solving our many troubles: that we have leadership that is
perceived by a significant portion of our population as believ¬
able. And while believability is something which must be
earned, I do not think it wise for every thought or action of
our leaders to be subject to an examination, with the idea that
they are being perpetrated by a criminal or an incompetent.

In a pluralistic society we all should have our say, but if we
are to get anywhere, we must support the decisions that come
out of our democratic process.

Despite what many perceive as insurmountable difficulties,

I think we have a good deal to be excited about. There are
many phases of our lives that work very well, indeed, but
which are taken for granted and often suffer from lack of
attention because of their very success. (For example, one
need simply attempt to make a local telephone call in some
foreign countries to appreciate the efficiency of our own
system of communications.) It is my belief that, in attacking
the remaining problems of our country, we should be mindful
of our past successes to bolster our confidence.

Although retired now, I am attempting to practice this as
an individual through my chairmanship of a local incentive
support corporation. This is a well-staffed, well-funded,
nationwide organization that identifies community under¬
takings which are working well. We try to further their
success through expert advice, financial support, or both.
While it is a small effort at present, it will, we hope, some
day provide an exciting example of how individuals can unite
to solve some of our problems.

Robert D. Lilley, the former President of A. T.&T., is con¬
cluding his second term as a Trustee of Columbia University.

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Charles Peters '49:

Today most of the decisions of government are made by
lobbyists, bureaucrats, and judges who are not elected by the
people and who are not accountable to them. The people
realize this, so fewer and fewer of them participate in politics,
which means more and more power for the lobbyists who do
participate.

The cure, I believe, is a rebirth of the political party which
will happen only when there is adequate incentive for politi¬
cal work, when a large part of the present civil service is
replaced with a new kind of patronage employee, whose
appointment is based on political work and competence and
integrity. This will produce a genuinely responsible govern¬
ment, where both the president and the clerk can be fired if
they don't deliver the mail. Today the voters can fire the
president, but since the president can't hire or fire the clerk,
he can't make sure the mail is delivered. So we have people
running for president who want, not to make the government
work, but simply to be president.

Charles Peters is Editor of The Washington Monthly, and the
author of How Washington Really Works.

Alvin F. Poussaint '56:

Social and racial progress in America has been achieved
despite violent opposition from diehard reactionaries, and
despite ambivalent and often begrudging apathetic attitudes
on the part of the majority of citizens. Perhaps this is a testi¬
mony to the adequacy, at least up to this point, of our demo¬
cratic institutions. Whether the have-nots, however, have the
possibility of attaining full equality and equity in the future
may depend not only on the democratic process, but on
fundamental changes in an increasingly conservative and
pessimistic American psyche.

There is a measure of feeling pervading the country that
inequalities in class and race are, indeed, acceptable and are
part of the deficiencies of a society that is less than perfect.
This kind of mentality, unfortunately, may serve as a con¬
venient rationalization for those increasing number of citizens
who respond to social and economic inequities with a knee-
jerk, short-sighted self-interest.

It is clear that we need a President who will bring Ameri¬
cans together on a note of shared responsibility for both the
blessings and the banes of a democracy which continues to
strive to become a just and equitable society.

Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint is Associate Professor of Psychiatry
and Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Harvard Medi¬
cal School, and the co-author of Black Child Care.

Ralph S. Schoenstein '53:

What troubles me most in American society, Mr. President, is
that part of it is about to disappear, a part I am sentimental
about because I've been clinging to it for twenty-five years.
The American middle class is going the way of the passenger
pigeon. We have, of course, been the biggest pigeons of all.

By the time that you read this, Mr. President, I may have

filed for bankruptcy — that is, if I can put the filing fee on my
Master Charge. I've been trying to pay off Master Charge,
but I can't find a way to make my car run on apple juice, so I
have to continue helping the oil companies qualify for the
windfall profits tax that is going to be such a boon to me.

My portfolio, which is currently bearish on IOUs, has been
further weakened because I can't seem to hide any of my in¬
come; and so, once again, I've had to give a quarter of it to
the federal government for such experimental projects as the
U.S. Postal Service, which can deliver in snow and sleet but
is constantly defeated by sun.

Unfortunately, Mr. President, when the middle class goes
under, it will be less noticeable than the failure of Chrysler
and may not capture your attention. Of course, my problems
are smaller than Chrysler's. Right now, for example, I simply
must decide whether to pay my daughter's college tuition or
buy food for the next six months.

How I miss the days when the biggest problem of my class
(Columbia '53) was whether grass should be planted in Van
Am Quad. I wonder if any grass will be planted on a
memorial to the fallen bourgeoisie, a Tomb of the Unknown
Debtor, perhaps.

Author and columnist Ralph S. Schoenstein lives in
Princeton, N.J.

Lester Tanzer '51:

What concerns me most about American society is the loss of
a sense of common purpose. The rise of single-issue groups —
abortion, gun control and so on—reflect that loss, but the
divisions run far deeper as the nation splinters into ethnic,
social, religious, racial and other groups —often organized
for political purposes—with their own axes to grind. As John
Gardner, the educator and foundation executive puts it, "The
war of the parts against the whole is the central problem of
pluralism today."

Conflict among various groups in American life is nothing
new. Most of these groups have legitimate concerns. But the
tremendous expansion of such groups and their capacity, in a
media age, to organize, to attract adherents and to intimidate
lawmakers has turned what once was healthy competition
into destructive competition. It has contributed to a loss of
trust in one another. And it is a significant contributing factor
to the paralysis of government.

I wish there was a simple solution that a President could
impose. But the problem is an intangible and, therefore,
cannot be dealt with by law. I suppose if we had a President
who inspired deep confidence and trust and could make
Americans aware of the dangers of uninhibited group self-
interest, that would help. But the problem, in what many
regard as a self-indulgent society, may be too pervasive for
even a perfect President to solve alone.

Lester Tanzer is Managing Editor of U.S. News &

World Report.

NICK ROMANENKO

Priorities
for the
80's:

A survey of recent and prospective
trends affecting Columbia
College in the next decade

by Arnold Collery
Dean of Columbia College

[Editor's note: With this issue of CCT, the administration
begins a series of reports assaying the progress and prob¬
lems of the College in key areas. Further reports will look
more deeply into College admissions, academic affairs,
financial aid, alumni affairs, and student life.

Dean Collery invites readers to submit questions con¬
cerning the College's programs and policies; questions of
general interest, along with Dean Collery's replies, will be
published in upcoming issues of CCT — an extension of the
traditional "open-door” policy to the pages of this
magazine. ]

As we consider the well-being of Columbia College at the
current juncture, it is clear that this institution faces the very
serious problems of the next decade with strength in its most
critical areas. The danger is that sheer complacency—so
often the result of past success —will cause us to ignore the
opportunity we now have to fortify the College beyond the
next decade and into the 21st century.

The excellence of any liberal arts college depends most cru¬
cially on its curriculum and the quality of its faculty and
students. In all three respects, Columbia College remains one
of the outstanding colleges in the nation.

The core curriculum:

We hold firm in the insistence on the traditional requirements
of a Columbia College degree. Each student in the College
must still take a year of Contemporary Civilization and of
Humanities, at least one semester of English Composition, a
semester of Art Humanities and of Music Humanities; all of
which are still taught in small sections. In addition, he must
study a foreign language for two years and take one year of
science. The faculties of many other colleges that abandoned
their programs of general education in the turmoil of the late
1960's are now struggling with little success to re-establish
them in some form.

No matter how well a curriculum has served a college in
the past and no matter how popular it is with its faculty,
students and alumni, it is essential that it continually be re¬
examined to remain vital and alive. The need for review
extends beyond the core curriculum to the entire academic
offering. Curricular self-criticism is pursued vigorously each
Wednesday, when the Committee on Instruction meets. A
formal analysis of the curriculum was completed not long ago
by a committee chaired by Professor of Art History David
Rosand '59, which reaffirmed the focus and rigor of the Col¬
lege's degree requirements.

The College faculty:

The College faculty consists of those members of arts and
sciences departments who teach in the College, most of
whom are voting members of other faculties within the Uni¬
versity. They are an outstanding group of teaching scholars,
and many are deeply committed to undergraduate education.
Alumni recall the brilliant teachers who are no longer with
us; time does take its toll. But, collectively, the faculty of the
College has never been better. The period after World War II
was one of great expansion in higher education, and the
academic career attracted an unusual number of brilliant
people into college teaching. Columbia has its share of them.

However, the real incomes of professors have been sub¬
stantially eroded over the past decade. Beginning salaries for
some lawyers and doctors are now higher than the incomes of
full professors in the middle or near the end of their profes¬
sional careers. The extent of the national depression in higher
education can be measured by the paucity of entering posi¬
tions in our colleges and universities for new Ph.D.'s. The
near-term prospects for permanent positions at institutions of
the quality of Columbia remain poor, obliging talented young
men and women to choose other careers. The depressed state
of the market today will mean trouble in the mid-1990's:
when academic positions become available once again in
large number, replacements of the quality of our present

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faculty will not be readily available.

The student body:

Of more immediate concern is the quality of the students
Columbia will teach in the next decade. The demographics
are well-known: the number of people of college age will
decrease each year for many years to come, although a rise is
anticipated at the turn of the century. The resulting decline in
total applications to liberal arts colleges as a whole may be
exacerbated by other colleges attempting to alleviate their
financial difficulties by admitting more students. The conse¬
quences, to an individual college, will depend largely on its
present degree of selectivity.

The least selective or non-selective colleges will experience
a drastic reduction in applicants and in the admissions yield
(the percentage of admitted students actually enrolling).

Some colleges will be forced to close. The most highly selec¬
tive colleges will be affected least of all.

Columbia College remains highly selective, so it will not
suffer the worst effects of the new demography, but it will be
affected nonetheless. Unlike the mid-60's, when the College
saw a substantial increase in both applications and admissions
yield, the College could see a reduction in both areas.

We are not necessarily helpless to react to this demographic
problem. While nothing can be done to increase the number
of young men of college age, the applicant pool could be
greatly expanded if the College began to admit women as well
as men, and a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal
rights might compel us to do just that. Our regional alumni
program is already increasing the national reach of our
admissions recruiting program, and should continue to grow.
In addition, Columbia's location in New York City is be¬
coming more of an advantage as the attitude toward city life
continues to improve. But our ability to remain competi¬
tive depends, too, on the physical facilities of the campus.

The quality of campus life:

A major campaign is already being waged to improve condi¬
tions on campus: the construction of the Dodge Physical
Fitness Center and the splendid Francis S. Levien Gym¬
nasium; the renovation of Ferris Booth Hall now underway,
thanks to the generous support of alumni Herbert M. Singer
'26 and Ira D. Wallach '29, and a bequest from the late
George Jonas '19; the ongoing construction of the East Cam¬
pus complex, spear-headed by the late Jerome A. Newman
17 and the Board of Visitors of Columbia College, which was
established by my vigorous predecessor. Dean Peter R.
Pouncey; the reconstruction of Hartley and Livingston halls,
made possible by magnificent gifts from Jerome L. Greene '26
and Ira D. Wallach '29; the renovation of the College
Admissions Office, through the generosity of a member of the
Board of Visitors, and a plan to improve the appearance of
South Field — all contribute to our goal of a livable and
attractive campus.

When the funding of the East Campus is completed, the
campaign to improve the quality of life will by no means be
over. John Jay, Furnald, and Hamilton Hall, the home of the
College, must be refurbished. In addition, some of the under¬
graduate science laboratories are an acute embarrassment, as
is the stadium at Baker Field. The improvement of each of

them must become a part of a major capital drive. Until each
of these tasks is completed, no one who cares deeply about
the College can rest assured that all reasonable measures have
been taken to protect and promote its excellence. Contribu¬
tions now to the East Campus are urged, for the successful
completion of the campaign will hasten the day when we can
finally attend to these other pressing needs.

The College and the University:

The continued and increased identity of the College as a
separate and special place within the University has been an
issue to which I have given much thought and attention since
becoming Dean. A strong College is an end in itself, but it is
also vital to the reputation of the entire institution. Proposals
have recently been advanced which address the problems
relating to the structure of the arts and sciences divisions —
the College, the Graduate School, International Affairs, and
General Studies. In every proposal that I know of, the
College would become submerged into a new construct called
the Arts and Sciences. It is difficult to see how this could ever
be acceptable. Any structural rearrangement must guarantee
the integrity of the College, with a distinct faculty responsible
for the standards of admission and the curriculum.

However, an irrational fear of structural change is not in
the best interests of the College. For example, the belief that
closer cooperation between Barnard and Columbia colleges
must entail a substantial loss of Barnard's identity has some¬
times resulted in policies that are not to the advantage of
Barnard or Columbia students. Former College Dean David
B. Truman once wrote, "Unless all of these units Jin the arts
and sciences] are operating under closely coordinated policies
governing the size of enrollments, standards of admission,
staffing, teaching loads, opportunities for research, and even
to some degree curricular development, they are almost
certain to be working at cross purposes. In the not so long
run, neither they nor the University will benefit."

A brilliant solution to this old problem of structure and
responsibility may well have come in the appointment of Fritz
Stern '46, the Seth Low Professor of History, to the position
of Provost of the University, with special responsibility for
the arts and sciences. The new Provost may be able to
develop a total vision of the interrelationships between the
four schools, and then, working with the various administra¬
tions and faculties, produce the coherence of policies called
for by Dean Truman.

It is paradoxical that at the same time proposals appear to
centralize decision making in the arts and sciences, another
program is being instituted to decentralize financial planning
and control within the University. It is surely true that many
problems faced by the various schools are best dealt with at
the divisional level — admissions, curriculum, and alumni
affairs are certainly examples. In these matters, the College
should continue to retain its identity and responsibilities,
while any conflicting policies are resolved collegially under
the leadership of the Provost.

I would like to end with a few words of thanks. Also in this
issue is the report of the 28th Columbia College Fund. The
total results are impressive. I thank each of you who remem¬
bered the College last year and contributed to this record
Fund, from the bottom of my heart. Q

Roar Lion Roar

Sports Bulletins

• The brainy bunch: Varsity athletes
often make the Dean's List at Columbia,
but it is highly unusual for a student
athlete to both excel in his sport and
finish, at the top of his class scholasti¬
cally. In 1980, George Yancopoulos ac¬
complished this dual feat.

Co-captain of the lightweight crew
and valedictorian of the Class of 1980,
Mr. Yancopoulos earned two varsity
letters and graduated summa cum
laude, with a four-year grade-point
average of 4.14 (4.0 being an "A"). For
his accomplishments, the Bronx Science
graduate was awarded his second con¬
secutive Eisenhower Watch at this
year's Varsity "C" dinner. Renato
Mirollo, also a Bronx Science grad, was
salutatorian of the Class of '80.

All-Ivy defensive end Mario Biaggi
'80 also earned his share of academic
glory, receiving an NCAA fellowship
for outstanding scholar-athletes, a
Frank Hogan Scholarship at Columbia
Law School, and a second consecutive
election to the Skoal/Happy Days Aca¬
demic All-America football team.

• Lion All-Americas: Four Columbia
athletes earned All-America designation
in 1979-80. Honored were soccer stal¬
warts Barry Nix and Steve Charles
(who later withdrew to turn pro in
England); swimmer Tony Corbisiero;
and Vladimir Zlobinsky, who became
the 51st Columbia fencer to gain All-
America honors.

• Dedication: Columbia has named its
new eight-oared racing shell in honor of
Rosalind P. Walter, the wife of Henry
Walter, Jr. '31, who rowed bow on the
Lions' legendary 1929 national cham¬
pion crew, and now serves as chairman
of International Flavors and Fragrances,
Inc. The new shell was manufactured in
England out of the same carbon fiber
material used to build the Concorde.
The all-white boat is over 100 pounds
lighter than some of the team's other
shells. In its maiden race on April 12,
the Walter shell triumphed over M.I.T.

A note to readers

CCT will begin expanded sports cov¬
erage in the Winter 1980-81 edition.

All-America fullback Barry Nix '82

NICK ROMANENKO

Columbia College Today

Bookshelf

How to Think About God by Mortimer
Adler 23. Attempting to prove the
existence of God to the "20th century
pagan," (Macmillan, $9.95).

Late Antique, Early Christian and
Medieval Art by Meyer Schapiro 24,
University Professor Emeritus. The
third volume of selected papers by the
distinguished scholar, treating both
religious and secular expressions of the
period, (Braziller, $25).

The Letters of Gustave Flaubert,
selected, edited, and translated by
Francis Steegmuller 27. Varied selection
of Flaubert's letters, chronicling his
years at law school, his tumultuous
affair with Louise Colet, and the forma¬
tive compositional stages of Madame
Bovary, (Harvard University Press,
$12.50).

Richard Franko Goldman ('30): Selected
Essays and Reviews, 1948-1968. Selec¬
tions from the progressive and challeng¬
ing critical writings of the late com¬
poser, conductor and educator, (Insti¬
tute for Studies in American Music,
Brooklyn College, $10, paper).

History, Religion and Spiritual Democ¬
racy: Essays in Honor of Joseph L. Blau
('31), Professor Emeritus of Religion,
edited by Maurice Wohlgelernter. A
collection of pieces reflecting the broad
scholarly interests of the esteemed
Columbia teacher, who retired in 1977.
Included are remembrances by his
teachers Salo W. Baron, James Gut-
mann '18, and Herbert Schneider '15,
and by his colleagues Justus Buchler and
Paul O. Kristeller, (Columbia Uni¬
versity Press, $27.50).

Employing the Unemployed, edited by
Eli Ginzberg '31, A. Barton Hepburn
Professor of Economics. Eleven essays
weigh the national effort to achieve a
full-employment economy, (Basic
Books, $15).

Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Cul¬
ture by Carl E. Schorske '36. The noted
historian examines the social, political
and intellectual ferment of "Ringstrasse"
Vienna: the time of Freud, Schonberg,
Herzl, Otto Wagner, and the young
Hitler, (Knopf, $16.95).

Education's Lasting Influence on Values
by Herbert H. Hyman '39 and Charles
R. Wright '49. A study based on previ¬
ous national surveys, showing a corre¬
lation between years spent in school

and the development of progressive
social values, (University of Chicago
Press, $12.50).

The Best of Popular Photography,
edited by Harvey V. Fondiller '40. Sur¬
veying over forty eventful years of
photographic evolution, as chronicled
in Popular Photography magazine since
1937—from the artisanship of Ansel
Adams to the lensless, cameraless
"Kirlian process," (Ziff-Davis, $29.95).

Principle and Practicality: Essays in
Neo-Confucianism and Practical Learn¬
ing, edited by Wm. Theodore de Bary
'41, John Mitchell Mason Professor of
the University, and Irene Bloom, Lec¬
turer in East Asian Languages and Cul¬
tures. Essays exploring the continuities
and discontinuities between the Neo-
Confucian thought of Ming China and
early Tokugawa Japan, and the so-
called practical learning of the 17th and
18th centuries, (Columbia University
Press, $27.50, cloth, $12, paper).

Italian Mass Emigration: The Exodus of
a Latin People by Francesco Cordasco
'42. A bibliographical guide to the
Bolletino dellemigrazione, which
chronicled Italian emigration from
1907-1927, (Rowman and Littlefield,
$47.50).

The Chains by Gerald Green '42. Fic¬
tional saga tracing the rise of the Chain
family from obscure labor union origins
to the zenith of corporate power over
three generations, spanning the years
1910-1960, (Seaview Books, $11.95).

Blue Moon by Walter Wager '44. Alison
B. Gordon, an expensive private eye
from Beverly Hills, allies herself with
Las Vegas racketeers in a race to save
thousands of innocent lives, (Arbor
House, $9.95).

How to Win Votes: The Politics of 1980

by Edward N. Costikyan '47. Having
written a classic study of the "old" poli¬
tics, Behind Closed Doors (1966), Mr.
Costikyan now provides a guide to the
"new" politics worthy of Machiavelli,
(Harcourt Brace, $12.95).

He/She by Herbert Gold '48. A novel
of modem marital discord, set in San
Francisco, (Arbor House, $9.95).

In Rodin's Studio by Albert E. Elsen
’49. From Rodin's personal photo¬
graphic diary of his work in progress, a

From In Rodin's Studio, by Albert Elsen '49

collection of 157 extraordinary photo¬
graphs by Charles Bodmer, Eugene
Druet, Edward Steichen, and others.
Selected, annotated, and introduced by
the eminent Rodin authority, (Cornell
University Press, $24.95).

Law, Ethics and the Visual Arts: Cases
and Methods by John H. Merryman
and Albert Elsen '49. Legal, moral and
philosophical precepts relating to the
creation, distribution and exhibition of
works of art. Issues considered include
the proper relationship between govern¬
ment and art, and the history of plun¬
dered and smuggled masterpieces,
(Matthew Bender, 2 vols., $29.50,
paper).

The Dialectics of Social Life: Alarms
and Excursions in Anthropological
Theory by Robert Murphy '49, Profes¬
sor of Anthropology. Incorporating
such thinkers as Sigmund Freud and
Claude Levi-Strauss into an original
view of current anthropological theory,
(Columbia University Press, $6, paper).

How Washington Really Works by
Charles Peters '49. An insider lays bare
America's permanent governmental
power centers—the lobbies, the bu¬
reaucracy, legislative staffs, the press,
the military, the courts, the foreign
service, the regulatory agencies, Con¬
gress and the White House, (Addison-
Wesley, $10.95, cloth, $5.95, paper).

Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective, edited
by William S. Rubin '49. The most
complete pictorial catalog of Picasso's
work in a single volume, occasioned by
the Museum of Modern Art's exhibi¬
tion, and compiled by its director, (The
Museum of Modern Art, $45, cloth,
$19.95, paper).

Stairwell 7: Family Life in the Welfare
State, by Neil C. Sandberg '49. A com¬
prehensive study of the factors affecting
the delivery of services to the marginal
poor, based on the experiences of six
Maryland families, (Sage Publications,
$16.50).

The Present Danger by Norman Pod-
horetz '50. The editor of Commentary
magazine warns that the American
unwillingness to oppose Soviet expan¬
sion may leave the nation with the un¬
acceptable alternatives of surrender or
war, (Simon & Schuster, $7.95).

New Critical Essays by Roland Barthes,
translated by Richard Howard '51. Col¬
lected literary essays by the influential
French critic, who died earlier this year,
(Hill and Wang, $10.95).

Life Beyond Earth by Gerald Feinberg
'53, Professor of Physics, and Robert
Shapiro. For "intelligent earthlings," an
examination of the nature of life, its
possible forms, and its possible distribu¬
tion throughout the universe. (William
Morrow, $14.95, cloth, $7.95, paper).

Sir Winston Churchill by Manfred
Weidhom '54. A synoptic study of
Churchill's ideas, writing techniques,
and style, (G.K. Hall, $10.95).

A Divorce Dictionary by Stuart M.
Glass '56. Helping children and parents
to understand the laws that influence
them now and will affect them in the
future, (Little, Brown, $7.95).

The Great Succession: Henry James and
the Legacy of Hawthorne by Robert
Emmet Long '56. Demonstration of
James' adaptation of Hawthorne's basic
themes—rural, moral, and romantic—
into a more realistic social fiction, (Uni¬
versity of Pittsburgh Press, $12.95).

The Achieving of The Great Gatsby':

F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920-1925 by Robert
Emmet Long '56. In-depth look at the
art and evolution of Fitzgerald's greatest
novel, ranging from his use of Conrad's
works and Greek and Christian mythol¬
ogy as antecedent forms, to his imagi-

When Calories Didn't Count: From The
Promise and the Product, by Victor
Margolin '63 et. al.

native conception of 1920's American
culture, (Bucknell University Press,
$13.50).

New Dimensions 10, edited by Robert
Silverberg '56. Latest volume in this
acclaimed series of new science fiction
writing, assembled by the award-win¬
ning author, (Harper & Row, 10.95).
The Resonance of Dust: Essays on
Holocaust Literature and Jewish Fate by
Edward Alexander '57. The impact of
the Holocaust upon the covenental
structure of Jewish religion, and the
rival claims of Israeli and American
Jewry to the inheritance of the culture
destroyed in Europe, (Ohio State Uni¬
versity Press, $15).

The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario
Vargas Llosa, translated by Gregory
Kolovakos and Ronald Christ '58. The
first English translation of some of the
early stories of the noted Peruvian
author, (Harper & Row, $10).

A Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics
edited by Alfred S. Eichner '58. Eleven
economists criticize the prevailing
orthodoxy and offer systematic public
policy alternatives, (M.E. Sharpe, $15,
cloth, $5.95, paper).

Big City Police by Robert M. Fogelson
'58. Historical study of the relationship
between urban police and their commu¬
nities, with emphasis on the various
reform movements of the 20th century,
(Harvard University Press, $7.95,
paper).

The Wild Boy of Burundi by Harlan
Lane '58 and Richard Pillard. Psycho¬
logical study of a modern-day feral

child found in the Central African for¬
ests, (Random House, $10).

Conscience and Convenience: The
Asylum and Its Alternatives in Pro¬
gressive America by David J. Rothman
'58, Professor of History. A study of the
character of social order and disorder in
the United States, exploring the origins
and consequences of the programs and
policies that have dominated criminal
justice, juvenile justice and mental
health, (Little, Brown, $17.50).

Brain Surgeon: An Intimate View of His
World by Lawrence Shainberg '58.
Paperback edition of the novelist's
acclaimed non-fiction study of a leading
neurosurgeon, (Fawcett/Crest, $2.50).

The Story of STORY Magazine by
Martha Foley, with introduction and
afterword by Jay Neugeboren '59.
Memoir by the co-editor of the beloved
literary magazine which published the
first stories of such writers as Mailer,
Salinger, Cheever, Saroyan and
McCullers, (Norton, $12.95).

The French Veteran by Isser Woloch
'59, Professor of History. Richly docu¬
mented study of the evolving social,
military, and political fate of French
war veterans from the close of the Old
Regime to the 1820's, (University of
North Carolina Press, $27).

The Architect's Eye: American Archi¬
tectural Drawings from 1799-1978 by

Deborah Nevins and Robert A.M. Stem
'60, Associate Professor of Architecture.
A lavishly-printed portfolio of eighty
drawings with text, amounting to an
historical survey of American archi¬
tectural drawing from Thomas Jefferson
to Robert Venturi, (Pantheon, $35).

Street Games by Alan Lechner '61. An
investment advisor investigates the
volatile world of Wall Street finance in
the 1970's and provides an introduction
to the rules of the games investors play,
(Harper and Row, $8.95).

David Garrick: A Reference Guide by
Gerald M. Berkowitz '63. First full-
length bibliography of secondary mate¬
rials on the greatest actor of the 18th-
century English stage, providing a com¬
prehensive listing of all commentary on
Garrick from 1741 to the present, (G.K.
Hall, $34).

The Imperfect Diamond by Lee Lowen-
fish '63 and Tony Lupien. The story of

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baseball's reserve system and the men
who fought to change it, (Stein and
Day, $12.95).

The Promise and the Product: 200 Years
of American Advertising Posters by

Victor Margolin '63, Ira Brichta, and
Vivian Brichta. Featuring over 375 pos¬
ters, from the early broadsides of the
Colonial era to Pop Art graphics of the
1970's, (Macmillan, $17.50).

Fair Science: Women in the Scientific
Community by Jonathan R. Cole '64,
Professor of Sociology. Comparative
studies of the careers of men and
women scientists, and the added diffi¬
culties women scientists face, (The Free
Press, $17.95).

The People of the Plain by David D.
Gilmore '65. Ethnographic study of
rural Spain, focusing on the class rela¬
tions and traditional culture of a lower
Andalusian farming town, (Columbia
University Press, $20).

Moneypower: How To Make Inflation
Make You Rich by Ben Stein '66 with
Herbert Stein. Investment strategies for
today's economic world, by the former
Wall Street Journal columnist and his
father, the noted economist, (Harper &
Row, $8.95).

Urban Society in an Age of War:
Nordlingen, 1580-1720 by Christopher
R. Friedrichs '68. An exploration in
local history, examining the impact of
warfare on the social and economic
structure of a small German city during
a turbulent period of early modern his¬
tory, (Princeton University Press, $22).

Beyond Amazement: New Essays on
John Ashbery, edited by David Lehman
'70. Ten critical essays explore the rich,
innovative work of America's most
controversial and perhaps most signifi¬
cant contemporary poet, (Cornell Uni¬
versity Press, $15, cloth, $7.95, paper).

Congress and Israel by Marvin C.
Feuerwerger '71. Analysis of congres¬
sional decision-making in one key area
during the Nixon and Ford administra¬
tions, (Greenwood Press, $23.95).

Soviet Dissidents: Their Struggle for
Human Rights by Joshua Rubenstein
'71. The New England coordinator of
Amnesty International U.S.A. traces
the history of the Soviet human rights
movement through the personal stories

of prominent dissidents, (Beacon Press,
$12.95).

Regulatory Bureaucracy: The Federal
Trade Commission and Antitrust Policy

by Robert A. Katzmann '73. Mr. Katz-
mann, an editor at the Yale Law Jour¬
nal, conducted over 100 interviews and
utilized the Freedom of Information Act
to analyze the decision-making process
at a single controversial agency, (M.I.T.
Press, $17.50).

Small Business in American Life edited
by Stuart W. Bruchey, Allen Nevins
Professor of Economic History. An ex¬
tensive investigation of the economic,
political and social role of American
small business over the past two cen¬
turies, (Columbia University Press,
$22.50).

In Quest: Journal of an Unquiet Pil-
gramage by Sigmund Diamond,
Giddings Professor of Sociology and
Professor of History. Autobiographical
approach to Jewish history based on the
author's travels through Eastern and
Western Europe and Israel, (Columbia
University Press, $14.95).

Transitions: Four Rituals in Eight Cul¬
tures by Martha Nemes Fried and
Morton H. Fried, Professor of Anthro¬
pology. Birth, puberty, marriage and
death, in cultures from the Kalahari
Desert to Southeastern Alaska,

(Norton, $14.95).

The Interpretation of Medieval Lyric
Poetry by W.T.H. Jackson, Villard
Professor of German and Comparative
Literature. Ten distinguished scholars
examine the meaning and evolution of

the lyric in terms of its prosody, genre,
and varied continental origins, (Colum¬
bia University Press, $17.50).

The Heroine's Text by Nancy K. Miller,
Assistant Professor of French. A critical
approach to the personality and psyche
of the heroine in the 18th-century Euro¬
pean novel, (Columbia University
Press, $18.50).

History of the Idea of Progress by
Robert Nisbet, Albert Schweitzer Pro¬
fessor of Humanities Emeritus. Analysis
of the belief in the idea that mankind
has advanced in the past, is now ad¬
vancing, and will continue to advance,
(Basic Books, $16.95).

Pirandello: An Introduction to his
Theatre by Olga Ragusa, Da Ponte Pro¬
fessor of Italian. The career and art of
the original and influential playwright
who anticipated much of later 20th
century literature, (Edinburgh Univer¬
sity Press, $16.50).

The Country Changes by Lee Rudolph,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics.

The second volume of songs and poetry
by Mr. Rudolph, who doubles as an
analytic geometric topologist. (Alice
James Books, Cambridge, Mass., $4.95,
paper.)

Six Modern British Novelists edited by
George Stade, Professor of English.
Revised essays from the acclaimed
Columbia Essays on Modern Writers
series. A concise introduction to Ben¬
nett, Waugh, Ford, Virginia Woolf,
Conrad, and Forster, (Columbia Uni¬
versity Press, paper, $7.50).

—John Sharp '79 and staff

Whitney Warren: Grand Central Terminal 1910, elevation study, from The Architect's Eye,
by Deborah Nevins and Robert AM. Stem '60

Talk of the Alumni

Alexander Hamilton Medal:

Herman Wouk '34 to
receive highest alumni
tribute

"Any husband is forgiven for believing
his wife is the finest woman in the
world," author Herman Wouk '34 once
wrote, "and any alumnus will probably
be forgiven for thinking his alma mater
is the best college in the world."

The College Alumni Association will
certainly be forgiven for believing that
Mr. Wouk is among its most distin¬
guished members, when it awards him
the 1980 Alexander Hamilton medal at
a dinner ceremony in Low Rotunda
on November 12. The internationally-
acclaimed novelist joins such past
Hamilton medalists as Mark Van
Doren, George T. Delacorte '13, Lionel
Trilling '25, Allan Nevins, and Joseph
Wood Krutch.

Born in New York City, Herman
Wouk was an editor at Jester and

Spectator as a Columbia College stu¬
dent. He later wrote radio comedy for
Fred Allen, earned four campaign stars
and a unit citation as a naval officer in
World War II, and won the 1952 Pulit¬
zer Prize in fiction for The Caine
Mutiny. Other works by Mr. Wouk in¬
clude Aurora Dawn, City Boy, Mar¬
jorie Momingstar, Youngblood Hawke,
and This is My God. More recently, he
published a sweeping historical romance
— The Winds of War and its sequel.

War and Remembrance —which
required 16 years of research and writ¬
ing, and enjoyed tremendous popular
acceptance.

Mr. Wouk lives with his wife, the
former Betty Sarah Brown, in Washing¬
ton, D.C. A son, Joseph Wouk '75,
graduated from Columbia Law School
last year.

[For information about the Hamilton
dinner, contact Rose Brooks, 100
Hamilton Hall, N.Y. 10027 (212)
280-5537.]

Jerome A. Newman (1896-1980):

A fiercely loyal and
dedicated friend of
the College

Jerome A. Newman '17, financier, busi¬
ness executive, philanthropist, and
chairman of the Board of Visitors of
Columbia College, died at the age of 83
on August 10 at Mount Sinai Hospital
in New York.

One of the College's most dedicated
and effective alumni leaders, Mr.
Newman was a founder and co-chair¬
man of the University's Quality-of-Life
campaign to build and refurbish dormi¬
tories. In earlier stages of his involve¬
ment, he set an example by establishing
the Jerome A. Newman scholarship
fund, earmarked to aid college students;
he served as general chairman of the
Columbia College Fund in 1962 and
1969-70, and as a member of the
Columbia College Council. In 1961, he
founded the John Jay Associates, a
group of concerned alumni whose
donations continue to form the back¬
bone of the College's financial support.
For his efforts on Columbia's behalf,

Mr. Newman was honored with a Presi¬
dential citation, the Alumni Federation's
medal for conspicuous service, and a
Lion award. "No one in the recent his¬
tory of the College," remarked Dean
Arnold Collery, "has cared more deeply
about its welfare."

A 1919 graduate of Columbia Law
School, Mr. Newman became a highly
successful businessman in a variety of
enterprises. In 1926, he joined with the
late Benjamin Graham '14 to form the
Graham-Newman Corporation, an in¬
vestment concern which enjoyed
legendary success. He served as director
or president of the Government Em¬
ployees Insurance Company (GEICO),
the Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
Steamship Lines, and Warner Brothers-
Seven Arts Corporation, among other
companies.

Mr. Newman devoted considerable
energy to the many philanthropic and
charitable organizations with which he
was associated, among them the Jewish
Guild for the Blind, whose New York
headquarters is named for his first wife,
Estelle, who died in 1964; Bennington
College in Vermont, which he served as
a trustee; the New York Shakespeare

Herman Wouk '34

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Festival, of which Mr. Newman was
also a former trustee and whose Laf¬
ayette Street theatre was also named for
his first wife; the American Jewish
Committee and the Joint Distribution
Committee, in addition to Columbia.

"Jerry Newman was a fiercely loyal
and dedicated friend," said A1 Barabas
'36, who headed the Columbia College
Fund during the 1960's and worked
closely with Mr. Newman. "He was a
complex man of wide-ranging interests,
equally at home in the art centers as he
was at Baker Field, where his analysis
of the game often amazed me.

"But as I reflect on what I perceive to
be the core of this fine man's life, it was
his family," Mr. Barabas added. "There
was a quiet electricity of affection and
tremendous mutual respect which
seemed constantly to flow whenever
members of the family gathered
together."

Mr. Newman is survived by his wife,
Elizabeth, of Palm Beach, Fla., a daugh¬
ter, Patricia Woolner, a son, Howard, a
brother, Douglass, and 12 grandchil¬
dren.

The College Fund:

Senkier Sets Record
Goals for 1980-81
Annual Fund

To follow the record-breaking 28th An¬
nual Fund, during which a total of $2.6
million was raised for Columbia Col¬
lege, newly appointed Fund chairman
Robert J. Senkier '39 is targeting a total
fund of over $3 million in 1980-81.

Dr. Senkier emphasizes the need for
unrestricted gifts to rise from the cur¬
rent level of $1.2 million to $2 million,
and hopes to see alumni participation
grow from 26 to 30 percent. "It will be
quite a challenge," he concedes, "but
one worthy of a great Ivy League col¬
lege. I am optimistic that with increased
support from the dedicated staff, our
thousands of loyal alumni will
respond."

Dr. Senkier, who retired as dean of
Fordham University's Graduate School
of Business in 1979, has served as fund
chairman for the Class of 1939 for most
of the past decade. He is hopeful that
some of the ideas he used on the class
level can be adapted for the general

Black alumni conference: Alarmed by a decline in minority applications to Columbia in
recent years, the College administration and the Alumni Association invited a group of 61
black alumni to a weekend conference on campus in May, to rejuvenate recruiting efforts
and analyze the current policies and programs. While pledging support, several alumni
emphasized that the climate on campus—from administrative support and financial aid to
student attitudes — is the key to a more successful strategy.

alumni body. "I'd hope especially to see
enthusiasm generated by alumni them¬
selves at the grassroots level—with
people contacting the friends they made
while at Columbia on varsity teams or
in fraternities, for example," says Dr.
Senkier.

Both Dr. Senkier and Director of
Alumni Affairs William Oliver '64 feel
that the concurrence of the Quality-of-
Life campaign and the Annual Fund

While I am pleased and proud to have
been elected president of the College
Alumni Association, it is with a sense of
humble perspective that I assume the
office. My title has been held in prior
years by some truly impressive men,
and it would be hard to name a presi¬
dent who has been more effective than
my immediate predecessor, Richard
Friedlander '60. Fortunately, the Asso¬
ciation is blessed with a splendid group
of officers and directors, whose energy
and imagination are hard to match.

With their help — and yours—I shall
try to carry out the duties of my new
position effectively.

Columbia College's alumni body is
indeed well-rounded — our occupations
are as many and diverse as are our
backgrounds and origins. We follow
our own paths, each of us, confident in
our ability to separate the significant
from the trivial, the sounder argument
from the weaker, the treasure from the
trash. This ability, which we share, was
fostered by Columbia. This dispassion¬
ate skepticism unites us today, what¬
ever our views may be.

In serving the College through the
Alumni Association, we repay in some
measure what we received as students.
This is the only way we pay our dues,
and it is a serious obligation.

Let me remind you of the purpose of
our Association: "To maintain, stimu¬
late and increase the loyalty and interest
of Columbia College alumni in, and to
increase support for, all activities that
further the welfare of Columbia Col-

may be a positive factor in the long run,
but may dampen the Fund's growth in
the short term. "There's no question
there has been an effect," comments
Mr. Oliver. "We must make it clear to
our alumni why it is important that
they support the Quality-of-Life cam¬
paign and continue their annual giving
to the College Fund. Without the An¬
nual Fund, the College simply can't
exist."

lege." Several of the Association's goals
are worth repeating, too:

• To assure preservation of the Col¬
lege's high academic quality.

• To work hard to obtain maximum
financial support for the College.

• To assist in recruiting and enrolling
qualified students.

• To be concerned for the welfare of
students and faculty and the quality of
life at the College.

None of these goals is a finish line.
Each goal is a process—a means rather
than an end. All of them are ongoing ef¬
forts, all of them are of one seamless
piece.

I look forward to working with
Deans Collery and Rosenthal, with the
Alumni Affairs Office, with President
Sovern, but most of all with my fellow
officers and directors and with you, my
fellow alumni, in our common effort.

In closing, I offer you some words
out of a tradition that was overlooked
in our own Humanities and CC courses,
but may yet find its proper place. I refer
to the wise Rabbi Tarphon, whose
words, uttered some 1900 years ago, are
handed down in the Sayings of the
Fathers:

"The day is short, the work is
great and the workers are slow;
the reward is generous and the
Master of the House is impatient.
While it is not for you to com¬
plete the work, neither are you
free to shirk it."

2nd John Jay Awards:

A Tradition of Inquiry,
Reflection, and Service

"When Columbia College sets out to
field a team of achievers, the only prob¬
lem is how you could ever possibly col¬
lect a mere six," quipped Max Frankel
'52 in his remarks at the second annual
John Jay Awards dinner on April 16,
1980 in Low Library Rotunda. Mr.
Frankel, editorial page editor of The
New York Times, was among last year's
winners of the award, given for dis¬
tinguished professional achievement.

"What we celebrate here," he con¬
tinued, "is the breadth, the endurance,
the survival of a human tradition of in¬
quiry, of reflection, and of service,
which cumulatively defines the Colum¬
bia graduate across the generations."

Honored for their achievements were
Emanuel Ax '70, concert pianist; James
R. Barker '57, chairman of the board
and chief executive officer of Moore,
McCormack Resources, Inc.; Lester
Bernstein '40, editor of Newsweek mag¬
azine; Harold Brown '45, Secretary of
Defense; Horace E. Davenport '29,
chairman of Northeast Petroleum In¬
dustries, Inc.; and Stanley R. Jacobs
T9, investor and philanthropist.

Arriving guests were met by a group
of demonstrators on the steps of Low
Library, protesting the College's inten¬
tion to honor Secretary of Defense
Brown, even though he was unable to
attend because of a Camp David con¬
ference. Following remarks by Professor
Emeritus of Physics I. I. Rabi, who
taught Dr. Brown at Columbia and
accepted the award on his behalf, Presi¬
dent McGill commented, "It is poignant
to consider the protests against Harold
Brown and to remember, as you listen
to Rabi's tribute to his student, that it
was Rabi's organization of the U.S. sci¬
entific community during World War II
that saved us in the struggle against the
Nazis and the Japanese. We need such
people."

The John Jay Awards dinner is held
for the benefit of the John Jay National
Scholarship Program, which aids the
most promising incoming freshmen in
the College for their four years at
Columbia.

The President's Box:

The Day is Short,
the Work is Great

by Joseph B. Russell '49
President, CCAA

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A College on Broadway

| Bull-dogs run around New Haven, Harvard paints old Cambridge
Even poor old Philadelphia really has a college ^

Williamstown belongs to Williams; Princeton s tiger stan
But old New York won't let the world forget tha
There’s a college on Broadway.

Follow the bouncing paw: Alumni attending their reunions at the Rye Town Hilton in Port
Chester, N.Y., on the weekend of May 31-June 1, were entertained with selections from “Fly
With Me," the 1920 Varsity Show by Rodgers and Hart revived by the Columbia Center for
Theater Studies and performed by a student cast. To cap the after-dinner performance,
guests joined in for a musical reminder that, although they met in the suburbs, their
academic roots were set in cement.

Alumni bulletins

• Alumni trustee: Ann Sulzberger Sand,
a 1954 alumna of the School of Social
Work, won a plurality of the 23,351
ballots returned by University alumni in
this year's trustee nomination. Her ap¬
pointment as alumni trustee will follow
formal ratification by the board in
October. 9,678 votes were cast for Mrs.
Sand, 8,742 for William Golub '34,

'37L, and 4,931 for Frank Karelsen III
'47.

• Honored: Richard Friedlander '60,
who served as President of the Colum¬
bia College Alumni Association from
1978-80, was awarded the University
Alumni Federation's medal for con¬
spicuous service at their annual Com¬
mencement Day luncheon. One of 10
alumni to receive the Federation's high¬
est honor, Mr. Friedlander is vice presi¬
dent/investments with Shearson Loeb
Rhoades in New York City.

• Named: Daniel P. Baker '76, as a
Regional Affairs Officer, replacing Tom
Ferguson '74. A native of Medford,
Mass., Mr. Baker is now covering up¬
state New York, the District of Colum¬
bia, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, Texas
and the Pacific Northwest areas as part
of the College alumni office's growing
regional effort. He formerly taught

English at New York's Harlem Prep, the
alternative public high school which
was considered a model of its type, be¬
fore it was merged out of existence in
1979. Tom Ferguson, a founding father
of the regional program, resigned in
July in time to honeymoon and brush
up on his calculus before entering the
MBA program at Wharton.

• Hall of Fame: The late Edward
Howard Armstrong '13, the former
Columbia professor who invented FM
radio, was named this year to the Na¬
tional Inventors Hall of Fame in Arling¬
ton, Va. Maj. Armstrong's "superhet"
circuit and other inventions provided
the basis of electronic communications.

Vive la difference?:

The Columbia-Barnard
Class Notes Controversy

A recent exchange of letters in the
Barnard alumnae magazine addressed
the comparative subject matter of
Columbia and Barnard class notes.

"The preponderance of entries under
Barnard's 'Class Notes' still deal with
marriage and babies," lamented Merri
Rosenberg '78B in the winter issue.
"Columbia's notes, with rare excep¬
tions, focus on the public lives of its

alumni, with business promotions
occupying the most space."

The succeeding issue contained a dif¬
fering opinion from Cherry White
Carnell '59B, who viewed Columbia's
class notes as "self-congratulatory pro¬
fessional/business items, as contrasted
with the more balanced, whole-life ex¬
periences reported by Barnard women."
She found herself "feeling sorry for the
men," who "perceive that their male
peers will only show interest in and give
respect to statements that chronicle in¬
creasing acquisition of power and accu¬
mulation of money."

Any thoughts from the Columbia
side of the street?

In Memoriam

Earlier this year, Columbia mourned
the loss of two of its most distinguished
and public-spirited alumni, Arthur
Levitt and Arthur M. Okun.

Arthur Levitt '21, who served as New
York State Comptroller for a record six
consecutive terms, died in New York
City on May 6. Over the years, Mr.
Levitt's reputation for personal integrity
and his strict supervision of the state's
finances earned him the admiring epi¬
thet, "Guardian of the Public Purse."

Under Mr. Levitt, the comptroller's
office became an aggressive auditor of
government spending and management
practices; he was especially zealous in
protecting the state's multi-billion dollar
pension funds from what he regarded as
political encroachments or expedient
uses. Not unlike his Columbia contem¬
porary, Frank S. Hogan '24, the late
Manhattan District Attorney, Mr.

Levitt conceived his position as a non¬
partisan public trust, and was rewarded
by the public with respect, affection,
and ever-increasing election pluralities.

A veteran of both World Wars and a
graduate of both Columbia College and
the Law School, Mr. Levitt was serving
as president of the New York City
Board of Education when he was in¬
vited to join the Democratic guberna¬
torial ticket of W. Averell Harriman in
1954; he later served under governors
Rockefeller, Wilson and Carey. After
Mr. Levitt retired from public office in
1978, he became a senior investment
officer of the Lincoln Savings Bank and
counsel to the law firm of Phillips,

In their fathers'
footsteps

It's been a good year for
Columbia alumni fathers.

Ellen Futter, daughter of
Victor Futter '39, ascended to
the acting presidency of Bar¬
nard College. James R. Russell
'74, son of Alumni Association
President Joseph B. Russell
'49, began teaching in the
Armenian Center of Colum¬
bia's Department of Middle
Eastern Languages and Cul¬
tures. Jeffrey Sovern '77
earned his LL.B. in the same
ceremony that his father. Uni¬
versity President Michael I.
Sovern '53, was awarded an
honorary LL.D. (see photo).
Well on their way to achieving
similar distinction are the 47
sons of College alumni who
will enter Columbia with the
Class of 1984:

Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon.

Active in civic and charitable organi¬
zations, Mr. Levitt served on the board
of directors of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews, and earned a
variety of honors including the U.S.
Army's Medal of the Legion of Merit,
the Annual Award of the New York
Urban League, and in 1979, the John
Jay Award of Columbia College.

Mr. Levitt is survived by his wife

Father

Leonard Alsop '51
Old Tappan, N J.
Arthur Bank '56
Riverdale, N.Y.

Gene Baraff '52
Berkeley Heights, N.J.

Richard Beckman '53
Philadelphia, Pa.
Benson Begun '54
New York, N.Y.

James Berick '55
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Stephen Bernstein '55
Woodmere, N.Y.
George Betts '57
West Fulton, N.Y.

Paul Buxbaum '57
Sudbury, Mass.
Warren Cachion '49
Haverford, Pa.

Robert Clew '56
Satellite Beach, Fla.
Stephen Gilbert '54
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bernard Goldman '46
Evergreen, Colo.
Richard Gristede '51
Katonah, N.Y.

Kenneth Heyman '53
New York, N.Y.
Eugene Hoenig '53
Newton Square, Pa.
Richard Johnson '61
Glassboro, N.J.

Frank Kavaler '54
Philadelphia, Pa.
George Keller '51
Baltimore, Md.
Michael Lacopo '57
Closter, N.J.

Arthur Leb '52
Canton, Ohio
Alfred Lerner '55
Shaker Heights, Ohio

Son

Richard Alsop
David Bank
Andrew Baraff
Peregrine Beckman
Matthew Begun
Daniel Berick
Kenneth Bernstein
Christopher Betts
Mark Buxbaum
Peter Cachion
Brian Clew
Ira Gilbert
Michael Goldman
George Gristede

Timothy Heyman
Andrew Hoenig
Blake Johnson
William Kavaler
Bayard Keller
Christopher Lacopo
Robert Leb
Randy Lerner

Jerome Lombardi '61
Vandergrift, Pa.
Vincent Madonia '47
Garden City, N.Y.

Paul Marks '45
New York, N.Y.
Walter Murray '52
Apharetta, Ga.

Neil Opdyke '55
Valley Cottage, N.Y.
Ian Nisonson '58
Miami, Fla.

Richard Pataki '58
McMurray, Pa.
Robert Paul '54
Thornwood, N.Y.

Roland Plottel '55
New York, N.Y.
Simeon Pollack '54
Hastings, N.Y.

Donald Pugatch '55
Lexington, Mass.
Donald Rapson '51
Deal, N.J.

Eugene Rossides '49
Washington, D.C.
Aaron Satloff '56
Pittsford, N.Y.

George Stackfleth '60
Piermont, N.Y.

Jeffrey Stewart '60
Upper Montclair, N.J.
Donald Taylor '53
Waltham, Mass.

Edwin Trayner '51
Tenafly, N.J.

Elliot Urdang '56
Providence, R.I.
Milton Viederman '51
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Edward Weinstein '57
South Orange, N.J.
Frank Wilson '59
Walnut Creek, Calif.

David Wolfe '56
Detroit, Mich.

Gregory Lombardi
William Madonia
Matthew Marks
Scot Murray
Bradley Opdyke
Evan Nisonson
Robert Pataki
Andrew Paul
Michael Plottel
Richard Pollack
David Pugatch
Jeffrey Rapson
Michael Rossides
James Satloff

John Stackfleth
David Stewart
Paul Taylor
Edwin Trayner
Erik Urdang
Matthew Viederman
James Weinstein
Jeffrey Wilson
Alexander Wolfe

Edmund Hawxhurst '54 Edmund Hawxhurst

Monroe, N.Y.

Sherman Schaefer '56 William Schaefer
Paris, France

Dorothy and his son, Arthur Jr., the
president of the American Stock
Exchange.

Arthur M. Okun '49, one of the na¬
tion's most respected and influential
economists, died in Washington, D.C.
of a heart attack on March 23. A
former chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisers under President
Johnson, Mr. Okun was known for his
brilliant contributions to economic

analysis, and for his sensitivity to the
human and philosophical dimensions of
economic policymaking.

Born in Jersey City, N.J. in 1928, Mr.
Okun did both his undergraduate and
graduate work at Columbia and taught
at Yale for nearly a decade before join¬
ing the White House staff at the start of
the Kennedy administration. In 1969 he
was named a senior fellow of the

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28th Columbia College Fund
Annual Report 1979-80

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends,

For the Twenty-Eighth Fund we established a goal of two million dollars. As you can see
from the final results, the response from alumni, parents and friends to the College’s
increased needs was outstanding, and on behalf of the entire College and my staff, I wish to
thank each of you who helped make that goal a reality.

The results point to the many important steps that were taken this year to ensure the future
health and strength of Columbia College. Together with the success of our Annual Fund, we
saw an expansion of the activities calendar, an overwhelmingly successful Dean’s Day, the
launching of many special class efforts and a wonderful reunion weekend. And these were just
a few of the year’s events that could serve as a measure of how far Columbia has come and can
go in the years ahead.

I look back with tremendous satisfaction at our accomplishments. A great debt of thanks
must go to Dick Priest ’51 and Richard Friedlander ’60 for their extraordinary work and tireless
leadership in directing the Fund and the Board of the Alumni Association respectively. I think
that on the solid foundation that they and so many of our friends have helped build in the last
two years, that the challenges ahead, although difficult, will be easier to face. As much as I am
sorry to see their term of office end, I know that I can count on them to continue to share their
valuable experience with us.

My staff and I are determined to do whatever is necessary to support our alumni leaders in
their goal of maintaining a strong and vibrant Columbia College, and we welcome all of you to
join in our effort.

Sincerely,

Arnold Collery

Dean

The Highlights

• Largest Dollar Total Ever $2,648,639

• Largest Unrestricted DollarTotal Ever $1,234,782

• Largest 25th Anniversary Class Dollar Total

In Gifts and Pledges (Class of 1955) $63,197

• Largest Numberof John Jay Associates 1,779

The Results

Donors

Dollars

Alumni & Friends of Classes

7,307

$1,814,789

Parents

401

$46,520

Friends

360

$783,980

Matching Gifts

457

$92,636

A Comparisonwith the 27th Fund

1978-79

1979-80

27th Fund

28th Fund

Change

Total Dollars

$1,631,983

$2,648,639

+ $1,016,656

Unrestricted Dollars

$1,223,932

$1,234,782

+ $10,850

Donors

7,826

8,275

+ 449

Percentage of Giving

+ 2

Number of John Jay Associates

1,578

1,779

+ 201

Salute to the Leaders

Highest Total Dollars

Anniversary Class

Non-Anniversary Class

Highest Total General Purpose Dollars

Anniversary Class
Non-Anniversary Class

Largest Number of Alumni Donors

Anniversary Class
Non-Anniversary Class

Largest Increase in Alumni Donors

Anniversary Class
Non-Anniversary Class

Largest Number of John Jay Associates

Anniversary Class
Non-Anniversary Class

Highest Percentage of Participation

Anniversary Class

Non-Anniversary Class

Class Chairmen

Waldemar J. Neumann ’20
LeRoy P. Griffith ’29

Paul R. Frank ’55
Edwin Rickert ’36

Paul R. Frank ’55
Frederick C. Bremer 74

Paul R. Frank ’55
Harvey Rubin ’54

Joseph L. Keane ’30
Paul R. Frank ’55

Theodore Garfiel ’24
Beril Edelman ’24

The 1979 80Honor Roll

The Annual Fund involves many alumni, parents and friends of the College. They are
all an integral and important part of the organization, and all of them have given unsel¬
fishly of their time to make the 28th Fund an overwhelming success. The Honor Roll
recognizes just a few of our many friends who deserve special recognition for their out¬
standing effort on behalf of the College.

Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Adolf C. Robison ’24
Arthur Jansen ’25
Julius P. Witmark ’25
Samuel M. Goldman ’26
Kaleb E. Wiberg ’26
William B. Sanford ’30
Joseph E. Moukad ’31
Arthur Lautkin ’32
Robert J. Senkier ’39
Ellis B. Gardner, Jr. ’40
Robert B. Brown ’55

William R. Host ’60
Dean C. Gamanos ’65
Stephen Jacobs 75
Phyllis & Donald Sharp P’79
Sheila & Ted Dahl P’80
Christin & William James P’81
Rosemarie & Lou Cornacchia P’82
Barbara & Steven Wadyka P’83
Beverly & Sam Rosenstein
Alumni Parents
Doris Reilly

Director, Columbia College Thrift Shop

Gifts in
Memory of
Alumni and
Friends

Charles O’Conor Sloane ’06

Elizabeth S. Colie
Mrs. Theodore M. Edison
The Emerson Consultants,
Inc.

Alice Mary Hufstader
Barclay A. Kingman
William H. Knudsen
Helen F. March
Charles O. Sloane
Claude H. Trotter
Emily R. Williams
Walter G. Buckisch ’10
Robert L. Buckisch
V. Victor Zipris ’10
Norman H. Angell ’10
James T. Kemp ’12

Mrs. Mally G. Lork Kemp
Harold B. Bernstein ’16
Froma B. Lippmann
Barth DeGraff ’17
Dr. Thelma DeGraff
Alexander C. Herman ’18
Florence R. Herman
Joan Wendling
Gardner Hirons ’18
Mrs. Gardner Hirons
Byron E. Van Raalte ’18
Dr. & Mrs. Roland I.

Grausman
Alan H. Kempner ’17
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Rush
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Solender
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L.
Sternberg

Marshall Bernstein ’21
Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Arthur Levitt ’21

Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Nathan L. Schwartz ’21
George E. Weigl ’21
Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Daniel R. Harnett ’22
Mrs. Harriet R. Harnett
Prof. Earl B. Lovell ’23
Gordon P. Lovell Foundation
John T. Cahill ’24
Joseph V. Heffernan
William T. Taylor ’24
Mrs. Ethel L. Taylor
The Hon. Murray I. Gurfein ’26
Nathan L. Schwartz ’21
Prof. Dwight C. Miner ’26
Mr. & Mrs. Bob P. Kellough
William G. Laub ’26
Mr. & Mrs. Fred A. Manley
Mrs. Dorothy Marie Miner
Mr. & Mrs. Owen O’Leary
Margaret L. Sorensen

Leo E. Brown ’27

Mrs. Leo Brown
Thomas M. Kerrigan ’28

Mr. & Mrs. Louis H. Hall, Jr.

Joseph P. Nye

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S.

Reynolds

Leon Wehbring ’29

Brenda Holman
Allen S. Andriette ’30
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Ariew
Seymour Rosin ’30

Mr. & Mrs. William T.

Mathews

Dr. Louis Rosenblum ’31

Mrs. Louis Rosenblum
Vincent J. Rella ’32
Vito D. Sinici
Ralph F. Hefferline ’35
Mrs. Ralph F. Hefferline
Dr. Charles Frankel ’37
Stanley L. Sklar, Esq. ’53
Sanford Parker ’37
Mrs. Joseph Ballinger
Evelyn Benjamin
Mrs. Vivian C. Brownstein
Lorraine Carson
Mrs. Claire M. Cutler
Mrs. Diana J. Dean
Hedley Donovan
Mrs. Corinne Friend
Alan Greenspan
Clifford Grum
Mary E. Johnston
The Kingsberg Foundation
Mrs. Dana S. Koplik
Edward P. Lenahan
Employees of Lindenbaum &
Young

J. A. Livingston
Carol J. Loomis
Robert Lubar ’40
Todd May, Jr.

Lawrence A. Mayer
Perry Meyers, Inc.

Joseph Mindell
Chandley Ann Murphy
Dr. Scott R. Parker ’64
Wyndham Robertson
Octave Romaine
Daniel Seligman
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Stern
Time, Inc.

Stephen J. Walden
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Wohlstetter
Mark E. Senigo ’40
Mrs. Mark E. Senigo
Charles F. Hoelzer, Jr. ’42
Amalgamated Casualty
Insurance Co.
Amalgamated Insurance
Agency

Astor Cab Corp.

Donald Colvin
James G. Colvin, II
John S. Colvin
Robert N. Gordon
The Guardian Insurance Co.
Melvin Hershkowitz, M.D. ’42
Cecil H. London ’41
Elizabeth A. Lusby
Ray Burnette Volkswagon,
Inc.

Frederick J. Schwartz
Arthur M. Okun ’49
Academy for Educational
Development

Dr. Arthur F. Burns ’25
Vincent Carroza ’49
Council For the Advancement
and Support of Education
Otto Eckstein
Robert J. Eggert
Kathryn Eickhoff
Richard W. Everett
William Fellner
Max Frankel ’52
Alan Greenspan
Greenwich Research
Associates, Inc.

Prof. C. Lowell Harriss
Walter W. Heller
Henry & Elaine Kaufman
Foundation, Inc.

Robert E. Lewis ’39
Paul W. McCracken
Dr. Robert A. Milch ’49
Kenneth Militzer
Francis P. Murphy
Joseph A. Pechman
Eugene T. Rossides, Esq. ’49
Mr. & Mrs. Hobart Rowen
John Silard ’49
Stock Exchange (Montreal,
Canada)

Lester Tanzer ’51
Time, Inc.

Work In America Institute,

Inc.

Irving Zuckerman

Robert M. Friedberg ’51

Sue Friedberg
Paul Buxbaum ’57
Stephen S. Fybish ’57
Richard Lewis Kohn ’60

Mrs. Leo Heimerdinger

Peter F. Russell ’62

Howard L. Freese ’63

William D. Schwartz ’64

Mr. & Mrs. Ernest R. Adler
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Adler
Mr. & Mrs. Merrill C. Berman
Mr. & Mrs. Wilson V. Binger
Joseph S. Blank
Mr. & Mrs. Leon J. Brady
Harold Burson
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick E.
Croxton

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Dolins
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Ferris
Mr. & Mrs. Lester R. Frankel
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Garwin
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Goldenheim
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Gordon
Margaret S. Gross
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Grossman
Mr. & Mrs. William Grossman
Mr. & Mrs. Peter
Gruenberger ’58
Mr. & Mrs. Philip J. Hirsch
Dr. & Mrs. Milton Ingerman
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Kates
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kaufman
Irving J. Kern

Robert C. Klodny, M.D. ’65
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Landau
Sidney Lapidus
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W.
Libowitz

Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Lipman

Larry Lowenstein

Susan T. Melis

Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Michalovsky

Juliette M. Moran

Mr. & Mrs. Bradford Perkins
Charles I. Petschek
Pfizer, Inc.

Alan J. Preis ’64
Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Rothenberg
Judith M. Rowland
Daniel Schwarz
Mr. & Mrs. Jess Stein
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Taubin
Jay C. Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Allen Weintraub
Mr. & Mrs. W. R. Weston
Patrick J. Zenner
Robert Herz ’66
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Herz P’66
Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph Reider
Mr. & Mrs. Henry D. Schmidt
Mark Herman ’69
Herbert Herman ’25
Lawrence Gross Lane ’70
Ira E. Goldberg ’68
Norman L. Greene ’70
Loren G. Lavine ’70
Cecile H. Bond
Janna Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Leon Weinstein
William Gardner Croly, Jr. ’72
Dorothy K. Croly
Scott Kaleko ’73
Scotkal Diamond Corp.

John T. Lewis, ’74
Robert M. Adler ’74
George Bartos ’74
Howard Blatt ’75
Frederick Bremer ’74
Mr. & Mrs. Brenner
Richard A. Briffault ’74
Peter C. Budeiri ’74
Bruce Chance ’74
Richard Chen ’74
Michael Curcio ’74
Jonathan W. Cureo ’74
Nicholas DeLancie ’74
Pasquale DeNito ’74
Daniel L. Dolgin ’74
Patrick Dowd ’74
Max Friedman ’74
Ken Garay ’74
Michael H. Handler ’74
Tara M. Hansen ’74
Robert Havely ’74
Bradford R. Higgins ’74
Victor Klymenko ’74
Richard Koo ’74
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Lewis
Suzanne Lewis P’74
Dr. Erwin Mermelstein ’74
Annie Moldafsky
Gail N. Robinson
Dr. Bernard Rosenberg ’74
Henry Rosenberg ’73
Bruce Schaeffer ’74
Stephen Schiff ’74
George B. Smithy, Jr. ’74
Charles Tiefer ’74
L. Stanton Towne
Oliver P. T. Wen ’74
Marshall Wilen ’74
Kenneth Wright ’74
Stephen Abbey ’78
Student Accounting Division
of Columbia University
Joachim Ax

Davidson Sommers
Arsene Bekaert
Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Tyson Boyd

Shepard L. Alexander ’21

Andrew Nathan
Mr. & Mrs. Roy Nicholas
Charles Olton
Richard M. Pious
Edith & Bernard Ratshin
Nina Ratshin

Joseph & Ruth Rothschild ’52
Richard & Len Rubin
Susan & Sanford Sacks
Bernice G. Segal
Virginia Shaw
George & Doris Sherry
Ellen Futter Shutkin
James M. Spector
Janice & Patrick Thaddeus
Joann M. Thompson
John & Theodora Vakas
Helen & Homer Vanides
Suzanne Fonay Wemple
Naomi Williams
Kathryn & Peter Yatrakis

James C. Caraley

Helen P. Bailey
Gregory Baldaccini &

Mary Ann Epstein
Bernard & Elinor Barber
Barnard College
Dr. Annette &

Dr. James Baxter
Sophie Berson
Blythedale Teachers Group
Vilma M. Bornemann
Lila & Martin Braine
Mr. & Mrs. James K. Brown
Stella Caraley
John Chambers
Charles & Anne Chappell
Julia Chase-Brand
Susan Cohn
Robert H. Connery
William A. Corpe
Gerald & Midori Curtis
Aryeh & Flora Davidson
Herbert A. Deane ’42
Rona Distenfeld
Marjorie Dobkin
Mr. & Mrs. John O. Doern
Carl Dolmetsch
Lewis & Hanni Edinger
William T. R. &

Annette Baker Fox

Renee & Stanley Geen
Sandra Genter
Jane S. Gould
Tatiana Green
Dorothy Gregory
Charles V. Hamilton
Sylvia Hewlett &

Richard Weinert
Robert & Mary Higdon
Roger & Eleanor Hilsman
Gedale B. Horowitz ’53
Jacob C. Hurewitz
Rodney & Dawn Jones
Peter Juviler
Helene L. Kaplan
Richard & Athena Kimball
Ruth & Everette Kivette
Stephanie & Veljko Krstulovic
Maire Kurrick
Les Lessinger
Stuart & Judith Levine
Darlene G. & Peter Levy
Morton & Naomi Linzer
Julie B. Marsteller
Dora Martakis
Jacquelyn A. Mattfeld
C. Edward Midgley
Deborah Duff Milenkovitch
Barbara Stoler Miller
Frances G. Mosen

Bertha Linder

Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Lou Little
John H. Devlin ’53
Chad Ketchum ’35
J. Robert Kish ’60
Eugene T. Rossides ’49
Dr. Herbert W. Thompson ’34

Jeffrey B. Wallace
William B. Wallace, III ’52
Max Marans
Otto K. Rosahn ’27
Dean J. H. Palfrey
Howard L. Schneider ’65
Leonard Pullman
Robert E. Juceam ’61
Robert Walmsley
Mrs. Courtney Crawford

Gifts
in Honor

Stanley R. Jacobs ’19

Dr. Harry F. Wechsler ’19
Nathan L. Schwartz ’21
Jerome A. Newman ’17
Mrs. Manuel Lee Robbins
Louis H. Taxin ’28
Ross Kazer, M.D. ’68

Bequests,Trusts, Life Income

Deferred giving to Columbia is encouraged by the government through favorable tax
provisions and is of great benefit to the College. There are several forms by which a
bequest can be made to the College or a trust established. For information, write or
call the Office of Alumni Affairs and College Relations, 100 Hamilton Hall, New York,
N.Y. 10027 (212) 280-5533.

BEQUESTS

Aaron W. Berg ’24
Arthur B. Brenner ’12
Anthony J. Brunse ’38
Lloyd Thomas Bryan ’21
Emily Buhler, Fr. ’36
Mark E. Cymrot ’22
Albert Ford Hinrichs ’21
Lester A. Landau ’21
Herbert M. Lippmann ’09
Louis L. Little, Fr.

Ralph Mabie ’20
Robert J. Melish ’23
Mary B. Pell, Fr.

Margaret Renton, Fr.
Adeline Roberts, Fr.

Irwin S. Schulman ’58
Edward Solomon ’34
Susie D. Spingarn, Fr.

Irving F. Strauss ’26
Maude F. Thornton, Fr.
Cornell Woolrich ’25
V. Victor Zipris ’10

LIFE INCOMES

Shepard L. Alexander ’21
Ralph Randles Stewart ’11

CHARITABLE TRUSTS

Philip B. & Nelle L. Holmes ’26
Minnie Parker, Fr. ’49

The John Jay Associates of Columbia College

The John Jay Associates are men and women who recognize the
importance of Columbia College’s role as a vigorous and creative
force in the liberal arts, and are personally committed to promoting
its welfare. This group of alumni, parents and friends provides the
College not only with the indispensable material means of per¬
forming its task, but serves as living testimony, by the eminence
they have individually achieved, of the fact that the College has
historically fulfilled the mission of educating men for leadership in
our society.

Membership Categories:

BENEFACTOR—Contributing $10,000 or more annually.
SPONSOR— Contributing $5,000 to $9,999 annually.
PACESETTER— Contributing $2,500 to $4,999 annually.
FELLOW— Contributing $1,000 to $2,499 annually.
PATRON— Contributing $500 to $999 annually.

MEMBER— Contributing $250 to $499 annually.

RECENT

GRADUATES— New graduates begin with a $50 contribution
which increases by $25 every other year. Ten
years after graduation, the regular John Jay
Associates membership would apply.

John Jay Associates who have contributed to the 28th Fund:

Benefactor

Shepard L. Alexander ’21**
Mrs. William P. Schweitzer,
Fr. ’21

Earle J. Starkey ’25**
Lawrence A. Wien ’25**
Francis S. Levien ’26**
Herbert M. Singer ’26**

T. Embury Jones ’27**

Otto K. Rosahn ’27**

Ira D. Wallach ’29**

Macrae Sykes ’33**

Dorothy Hoelzer, Fr. ’42*
Connie S. Maniatty ’43**
Henry J. Everett ’47**

Minnie Parker Charitable
Trust, Fr. ’49
Alfred Lerner ’55
Samuel Bronfman Fdn., Fr.
Columbia College Alumni
Association, Fr.

Columbia University Club, Fr.
Everybody’s Thrift Shop,
inc., Fr.

Herbert M. Singer
Philanthropic Fund, Fr.

*New John Jay Associate
“Life Member
fRecent Graduate
P-Parent
Fr-Friend

Sponsor

Albert G. Redpath ’18**
Stanley R. Jacobs ’19**
Louis E. Seley, Fr. ’19**
Eleanor R. Shapiro, Fr. ’20
Harold F. Linder ’21**
Nicholas M. McKnight ’21*
Michael G. Mulinos ’21**
Norman & Rosita Winston
Fdn., Fr. ’21*

Wallace Gilroy, Fr. ’25*
William G. Laub ’26
Horace E. Davenport ’29**
John V. vanPelt, III ’29“
Charles Ballon ’30“

Arthur B. Krim ’30**

Robert D. Lilley ’33**
George J. Ames ’37**
Howard M. Pack ’39**
Amalgamated Casualty
Insurance Co., Fr. ’42*
Howard T. Kaneff, Fr. ’43*
Time Incorporated, Fr. ’49*
Harvey Rubin ’54
Donn T. Coffee ’55**
James R. Barker ’57
Robert Berne ’60*

William R. Host ’60
Peter W. Schweitzer ’60

Pacesetter

Simon & Annie Davis Fdn.,

Fr. ’04

Francis T. Armstrong ’12**
Albert Parker ’19**

Nathaniel Rose ’19**

Jacob Weisman ’23“

Frank A. Biba ’24**

Dermod Ives ’25
Samuel M. Goldman ’26
Arthur H. Fribourg ’28**

Ivan B. Veit ’28**

Harold A. Rousselot ’29**
Myron A. Coler ’33“

Paul E. Kaunitz ’33*

Edwin McMahon Singer ’34
Edwin W. Rickert ’36
Randolph V. Zander ’36
Carl W. Desch ’37**

Thomas M. Macioce ’39**
Allied Chemical Fdn., Fr ’39
Robert Lubar ’40
Richard Steinschneider, Jr. ’43
The New York Community
Trust, Fr. ’45
Jesse S. Siegel ’49**
Foundation for the Columbia
College Fund, Fr. ’49
Lawrence K. Grossman ’52
James H. Berick ’55
Ezra G. Levin ’55
Moore McCormack Resources,
Fr. ’57

Robert A. Machleder ’60
Peter Seng ’63
Jay Fleisher ’70*

Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Sharp,

P ’79

American Express Fdn., Fr.
Cosmos Soccer Club, Fr.

L. Jay Grossman, Jr., Fr.

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Fellow

Jewish Communal Fund, Fr.
’13

Douglass Newman ’14**

Alan H. Kempner ’17**
Armand Hammer ’19
Hubert G. Larson ’19**
Charles E. Roach ’19
Victor Roudin ’19
Elk Transportation Co., Fr. ’19
Solon E. Summerfield Fdn.,
Inc., Fr. ’19

Nathan L. Schwartz ’21**
Frank Greenwall, Fr. ’21
Dr. Helen P. Monell, Fr. ’21
Ethel L. Taylor, Fr. ’21
Benjamin D. Wood ’22
George Zellar ’22**

Alan J. Altheimer ’23
Robert M. Lovell ’23**

Morris A. Schapiro ’23**

The Gordon P. Lovell Fdn.,

Fr. ’23

William E. Collin ’24
George M. Jaffin ’24**

Donald Lewis ’24
Seymour J. Phillips ’24
Charles A. Flood ’25
Mortimor S. Gordon ’25
Martin D. Jacobs ’25
William A. Kaufmann ’25**
Julius P. Witmark ’25**
Gertrude Friedberg, Fr. ’25
C. K. & G. Friedberg Fdn.,

Fr. ’25

Calmon J. Ginsberg ’26**
Hyman N. Glickstein ’26**
Joseph C. Nugent ’26**
Charles F. Detmar, Jr. ’27
Samuel Gruber ’27
William E. Petersen ’27**
William F. Treiber, III ’27**
Ambrose Doskow ’28
Nathan S. Ancell ’29**

Howard A. Van Vleck ’29*
Eduard Baruch ’30**

William B. Sanford ’30*

Henry G. Walter, Jr. ’31**
Henry J. Goldschmidt ’32**
Lawrence R. Eno ’33
John J. Morrisroe ’33
Henry P. de Vries ’34
Robert D. L. Gardiner ’34**
William W. Golub ’34**
Howard L. Klein ’34
Hickman Price, Jr. ’34*
Herman Wouk ’34**

Fred M. Davenport ’36

Raymond J. Horowitz ’36**
Arnold A. Saltzman ’36**
William B. Weisell ’36
Jerome Z. Lorber ’38
Donald G. Schenk ’38
David B. Hertz ’39**

Trygve H. Tonnessen ’39
James B. Welles, Jr. ’39**
Richard T. Baum ’40
Daniel J. Edelman ’40
Stanley L. Temko ’40
George P. Lutjen ’41
Robert T. Quittmeyer ’41**
William P. Brosge ’42
George A. Hyman ’42
William J. Scharffenberger
’42*

Sidney J. Silberman ’42
Robert L. Swiggett ’42
Thornley B. Wood, Jr. ’42
Victor J. Zaro ’42
Melvin Hershkowitz, Fr. ’42*
Ray Burnette Volkswagen,
Inc., Fr. ’42
Joseph T. Carty ’43
William R. Loweth ’43
Edwin W. Macrae ’43
David Norr ’43
Sherwin A. Rodin ’43
John M. Walsh ’43
Stanley L. Cohen, Fr. ’43
Edwin M. Zimmerman ’44
William R. MacClarence ’45
Henry S. Coleman ’46
Herman H. Kremer ’46
Don J. Summa ’46
Robert L. Bonaparte ’47
Harry E. Ekblom ’48
William J. Meehan ’48
Harold Obstler ’48
John C. Thomas, Jr. ’48
Vincent A. Carrozza ’49
Eugene T. Rossides ’49
Thomas N. Schassberger ’49*
Walter A. Schlotterbeck ’49
Norman M. Segal ’49
Row Steinschneider ’49**
Gene F. Straube ’49**

Robert J. Vellve ’49
Michael A. Loeb ’50**

Joseph Brouillard ’51
Mark N. Kaplan ’51
Richard N. Priest ’51
Roone Arledge ’52*

Attilio Bisio ’52
David A. Braun ’52
Robert D. Rhodes, III ’52
Sidney Milwe, Fr. ’52*

Charles N. Goldman ’53
Gedale B. Horowitz ’53
Edwin Robbins ’53
Kamel S. Bahary ’54**
Thomas J. O’Grady ’54
Thomas L. Chrystie ’55**
Walter J. Croll ’55
James J. Hardcastle ’55*
Abbott A. Leban ’55
Jules Leni ’55
Donald P. McDonough ’55
James J. Phelan ’55
Richard Ravitch ’55*
Ferdinand J. Setaro ’55
Max D. Eliason ’56
Franklin A. Thomas ’56
Saul S. Cohen ’57
Bertram M. Kantor ’57
Carlos R. Munoz ’57
Bernard W. Nussbaum ’58
Boyd H. Seidenberg ’58
Ronald L. Neschis ’59
Richard D. Friedlander ’60
James J. Ammeen ’61
John J. Klikna ’61*

Harvey J. Goldschmid ’62
Ronald B. Haave ’62
E. Peter Krulewitch ’62
Kenneth Lipper ’62
Jerry I. Speyer ’62
William M. Guttman ’63
John J. Cirigliano ’64

Joseph O’Donnell ’64
Mr. & Mrs. Willard E. Oliver,
P ’64

Margaret S. Gross, Fr. ’64*
Channing Blake ’69
Arthur L. Rose ’69
Eric D. Witkin ’69
Morris S. Stone, P ’71**
Gregory Vanderheiden ’72*
Stephen L. Silberman ’74
Stephen Jacobs ’75
Michael W. Huber, P ’77
Arnold Byer, P ’79
Robert S. Gottsegen, P ’80*
Mr. & Mrs. T. E. Beck, Jr.,

P ’83*

Kil Bong Kim, P ’83*

Bankers Trust Co.

Robert Carp, Fr.

Columbia Committee for
Community Services, Fr.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, Fr.

Patron

George G. Moore, Jr. ’06**
Norman H. Angell ’10
Mrs. James T. Kemp, Fr. ’12*
George Delacorte Fund, Fr.

’13

Stephen G. Stone ’15
Ward R. Clark ’16
Percy Klingenstein ’17
Harry F. Wechsler ’19**
Charles B. Straus, Fr. ’19**
Herbert M. Schwartz ’20*
Labori A. Krass ’21
James DeCamp Wise ’21
David L. Lieb, Fr. ’21
Albert E. Meder ’22
Malcolm C. Spence ’22
Sidney J. Bernstein ’24**
Theodore C. Garfiel ’24**
Howard G. Bruenn ’25
Arthur Jansen ’25**

Howard M. Sonn ’25
Richmond B. Williams ’25
David Koch ’26
Charles H. Mueller ’26**
Robert W. Rowen ’26**
Arthur P. Davis ’27
C. Herbert Grover ’27
J. Daniel Hanley ’27
Herbert J. Jacobi ’27**
Rudolph C. Kopf ’27
Harold F. McGuire ’27**

Leon Littman ’28
Bernhard L. Molde ’28
Frank R. Pitt ’28**

Leonard Price ’28
Samuel J. Silverman ’28**
Randolph I. Thornton ’28
Milton B. Basson ’29
Edward R. Schreckenberger

’29

Samuel R. Walker ’29**

John Adriani ’30
James L. Campbell ’30**
Alexander W. Tomei ’30
Felix H. Vann ’30
Sidney B. Becker ’31
James Lambert ’31
Charles M. Metzner ’31**
Albert L. Morrison ’31
Arnold M. Auerbach ’32
Milton N. Scofield ’32
Leonard T. Scully ’32
Richard S. Clarke ’33
William K. Love, Jr. ’33
Fred W. Wilson ’33**
Frederick Blumers ’34
Stanley I. Fishel ’34
Robert McCormack ’34
John E. Dumaresq ’35**

Alan L. Gornick ’35**
Theodore Ley ’35
Allen H. Toby ’35
William G. Budington ’36

James S. Coles ’36
Daniel F. Crowley ’36
William V. P. Sitterley ’36
Howard M. Strobel ’36*

John W. Wheeler ’36
Edwin R. Fischer ’37
Stanley I. Glickman ’37
Lawrence Gussman ’37**
Alfred B. Hailparn ’37
John Leslie ’37
Alan Greenspan, Fr. ’37*
Laurence A. Brewer ’38
John F. Crymble ’38
George S. A. Freimarck ’38
Edward W. Kloth ’38**
William D. Ross ’38
Albert M. Silver ’38**
Frederick D. Thompson ’38
Edward C. Biele ’39
Robert W. Browning ’39
Richard C. Fremon ’39
Michael A. Pappas ’39
Robert L. Pelz ’39**

Gerhard E. Seidel ’39
Albert T. Sommers ’39
Lester Bernstein ’40*

Hugh M. Bower ’40
Harold R. F. Dietz ’40
Adam F. Downar ’40
J. Robert Loy ’40**

Eugene F. O’Neill ’40
Herbert H. Segerman ’40
Hugh R. Barber ’41
John T. Beaudouin ’41

R. Semmes Clarke ’41
Robert G. Dettmer ’41
Robert L. Fegley ’41
James J. Finnerty ’41**

J. Emery Long ’41
Edward H. Weinberg ’41
Harold C. Whittemore, Jr. ’41
The Hazeltine Corp., Fr. ’41
Edwin W. Bright ’42**

Donald J. Fennelly ’42
Gerald Green ’42**

Marshall J. Hanley ’42
Edward C. Kalaidjian ’42**
Robert J. Kaufman ’42
Solomon Papper ’42
Kenneth M. Robinson ’42
John J. Salm ’42
Benjamin H. Bruckner ’43
Alfred T. Felsberg ’43
Clifton C. Field, Jr. ’43
Gerard A. Forlenza ’43

H. George Greim ’43
Joseph L. Kelly, Jr. ’43
D. Henne McLean ’43**
Warren C. Meeker ’43
Donald J. Rosenthal ’43**
George E. Scheffler ’43
Robert W. Schubert ’43
Joseph N. Left ’44
George W. Michalec ’44
David G. Sacks ’44
Jay H. Topkis ’44
William J. Harrington ’45
Martin Kurtz ’45
Alfred Tanz ’45**

Michael J. Ucci ’45
Breckenridge Campbell ’46*

S. Irving Sherr ’46
Marvin W. Sinkoff ’46
Hugo J. Gruendel ’47
Frank E. Karelsen, III ’47
Joseph Kraft ’47
Vincent V. Madonia ’47*
Lewis R. Townsend ’47
Kenneth D. Weiser ’47
Frank J. Amabile ’48
Ethan I. Davis ’48
Gabriel M. Frayne ’48
Marshall D. Mascott ’48
George J. Poris ’48
Thomas N. Beadie ’49
Richard B. Chodosh ’49
Dale D. Glover ’49
William J. Lubic ’49
Robert Austin Milch ’49
Joseph B. Russell ’49

10a

Greenwich Research Assoc.,
Inc., Fr. ’49
Richard M. Briggs ’50
George C. Finch ’50
Ralph Italie ’50
Glenn D. Lubash ’50*

Richard D. Gristede ’51
Donald J. Rapson ’51
Warren R. Wilson ’51
Euval Barrekette ’52
Donald A. Crowley ’52*

Max Frankel ’52
George I. Gordon ’52
Robert N. Landes ’52
Roy A. Lutter ’52
George I. Nakamura ’52
Stanley I. Rubenfeld ’52
William Smith ’52
Alan L. Stein ’52
Peter V. Norden, Fr. ’52*
Arnold D. Burk ’53
Lee J. Guittar ’53*

Michael I. Sovern ’53
Donald A. Taylor ’53
Michael V. Tepedino ’53
Robert F. Ambrose ’54
Walter A. Bossert, Jr. ’54
Robert J. Braverman ’54*
Bernd Brecher ’54
Joshua F. Greenberg ’54
Robert E. Paul ’54
William W. Scales ’54
Thomas E. Sinton, Jr. ’54
Peter P. Skomorowsky ’54
Ronald H. Sugarman ’54*
Arnold R. Tolkin ’54
Robert P. Viarengo ’54
John B. Armstrong ’55*
Theodore S. Baker ’55*
Laurence E. Balfus ’55
Robert D. Banz ’55
Robert A. Belter ’55**

Guy G. Freeman ’55
Warren A. Kossowsky ’55*
Donald M. Kresge ’55*

Robert E. Kushner ’55
John J. La Rosa ’55*

William G. Langston ’55
Elliott Manning ’55
Robert I. Pearlman ’55
I. Stephen Rabin ’55*

Edwin L. Rodgers ’55*

Harvey Shwed ’55*

David A. Stevens ’55*
Anthony Viscusi ’55*

Marvin Winell ’55
Alan S. Brody ’56**

Martin W. Cohen ’56
Ronald A. Kapon ’56
Gerald Modell ’56
Peter Anker ’57
John H. Norton, III ’57
Stephen J. Pollack ’57
David L. Schwartz ’57
Donald A. Sugar ’57
Edward A. Weinstein ’57
Henry F. Barbour ’58
Walter D. Berkowitz ’58
N. Barry Dickman ’58
Marshall B. Front ’58
Peter Gruenberger ’58
Stephen Klatsky ’58
Peter Millones, Jr. ’58
Salvatore J. Pagliaro ’58
Sheldon Raab ’58
Sidney S. Rosdeitcher ’58
William J. Rosenthal ’58
Theodore H. Story ’58
Dudley A. Ferrari ’59
Ira Friedman ’59
Carl E. Kaplan ’59
Richard T. Lacoss ’59
Raymond D. LaRaja ’59
Anthony J. Mangiaracina ’59
Joseph J. Migliore ’59
Robert S. Stone ’59
Victor Chang ’60
Paul E. Chevalier '60
William L. Dixon ’60
Robert M. Fischbein ’60

Philip T. Suraci ’60*

Mr. & Mrs. Leo R. Bernson,

P ’60

James F. Brymer ’61
James J. Collins ’61
Myron P. Curzan ’61
John A. Kirik, Jr. ’61*

Stephen D. Shappell ’61
Warren N. Weir ’61
Stephen Bell ’62
Charles F. Bowers, Jr. ’62
Charles F. Lyons ’62
Joseph McLaughlin ’62
John F. O’Brien ’62
Harvey I. Rosen ’62
Michael A. Stone ’62
David T. Tucker ’62
John N. Ake ’63*

David M. Alpern ’63
Saul Katz ’63
Francis J. Partel, Jr. ’63*
Steven Rinner ’63
Mark H. Willes ’63
Stephen H. Case ’64
Allen H. Collins ’64
Lionel Etra ’64
Peter Fraser ’64*

Donald R. Mintz ’64
Miguel A. Ramirez ’64
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Hummer,
Fr., P ’64*

Pfizer Incorporated, Fr. ’64
Dean C. Gamanos ’65
Stephen D. Hoffman ’65
Alan Kanzer ’65
Kenneth Wolf ’65
Elliot R. Wolff ’65
Jonathan H. Davis ’66*

Marc Bernstein ’67
Robert R. Costa ’67
Leigh C. Dolin ’67
Kenneth L. Haydock ’67
L. David Hillis ’67*

Jonathan E. Kranz ’67
Stephen G. Rice ’67
John Van D. Lewis ’69
Gershon Y. Locker ’69
Arthur Kokot ’70
Charles I. Silberman ’70
George B. Smithy, Jr. ’74*
Yuan-Hua Yang ’77*

Mr. & Mrs. Alvin D. Dick, P ’79
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M.

Pennoyer, P ’79
David E. Place, P ’79*

Sol Seltzer, P ’79
Mr. & Mrs. Mario Biaggi, P ’80
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Dahl, ’49
& P ’80

Melvin Moore, P ’80
Charles Scribner, Jr., P ’80
Yoshito Hakeda, P ’81
Dr. & Mrs. Solomon N.

Rosenstein, P ’81
James M. Walton, P ’81
William D. Arnold, P ’82*

Mr. & Mrs. Dan I. Rather, P ’82
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Storey,

P ’83*

St. Anthony Educational
Fdn., Fr.

Mr. & Mrs. Murray Benjamin,
Fr.

James L. Buttenwieser, Fr.
Sidney Cannold Charitable
Fdn., Fr.

Susan E. Linder, Fr.

The Ridgewood Newspapers,
Fr.*

Metropolitan Life Fdn.

Frank R. & Emilie E. Stamer
Fdn.*

Member

Louis J. Wolff ’08
Emil N. Baar ’13
Lester D. Egbert ’14
Adolph Harvitt ’14**

Joseph Lintz ’14

H. James Stern ’14**
Bayard T. Haskins ’16
Wendell G. Randolph ’16
Harry H. Schwartz ’16**
Russell M. Oram ’17
John Fairfield ’18**

Sidney Mattison ’18
Lloyd I. Volckening ’18**

S. Marshall Kempner ’19**
Joseph Lang ’19**

Wilbur J. Moore ’19
Sidney R. Diamond ’20**
Henry I. Goodman ’20**
Gordon W. Phelps ’20
Norman H. Sibley ’20
Robert N. West ’20**
Alfred R. Bachrach ’21**
George B. Biggs ’21**
Addison B. Bingham ’21
J. Howard Carlson ’21**

J. Mitchell Fain ’21
Henry N. Herndon ’21
George J. Hossfeld ’21
Richard Lief ’21
Joseph E. Milgram ’21**
Edmund C. Morton ’21*

Maurice Tibbett ’21
Saul J. Zucker ’21**

Abram J. Abeloff ’22**
Gustave M. Berne ’22**
Walter M. Eberhart ’22**
Ameil Glass ’22
George Goldstein ’22**
George Greenspan ’22**
Solomon Lautman ’22
Louis Nizer ’22
Samuel M. Peck ’22**
Albert Preisman ’22
Frederic E. Schluter ’22**
George G. Shiya ’22
Harriet R. Harnett, Fr. ’22
Frank W. Devlin ’23
Aaron A. Farbman ’23
Maurice B. Goodman ’23**
Henry S. Miller ’23
Leo M. Rogers ’23*

Arthur H. Schwartz ’23**
Henry E. Sharpe ’23
Augustus A. Slater, Jr. ’23*
The Richard Rodgers Fdn.,
Fr. ’23

Ambrose Day ’24

11a

Beril Edelman ’24**

Edwin A. Farlow ’24
Henry I. Fineberg ’24**

Joseph L. Goldman ’24
Walter V. Irving ’24
Benjamin Miller ’24**

Al Robison ’24*

Meyer Schapiro ’24
Victor Whitehorn ’24
John W. Balet ’25**

Arthur F. Burns ’25
Harold Korzenik ’25
Harry R. Lea ’25**

Willard C. Steinkamp ’25**
Edward B. Wallace ’25
Lincoln A. Werden ’25
Richard Wilde ’25
Jeanette Witmark, Fr. ’25
Anthony V. Barber ’26**
Douglas E. Brown ’26
Arnold I. Dumey ’26**

E. Alvin Fidanque ’26**
Eugene P. Gartner ’26
S. Aubrey Gittens ’26
Jerome L. Greene ’26**

Philip S. Harburger ’26
William M. Hitzig ’26**

Hugh J. Kelly ’26**

Harold H. Snyder ’26
Robert P. Thomas ’26
Winthrop A. Toan ’26
Samuel W. Zerman ’26**
Taylor F. Affelder ’27
Jacques Barzun ’27**

Lester Blum ’27**

Charles K. Bullard ’27**
Robert S. Curtiss ’27**
Benjamin Esterman ’27**
George Geisel ’27**

William Heifer ’27
Milton Krinsky ’27**

Stanley A. Kroll ’27
Charles Looker ’27
Percy R. Peck ’27
Abraham Penner ’27**

Milton Pollack ’27**

Robert E. Rosenberg ’27**
Richard F. Rowden ’27*

Myron F. Sesit ’27**

Howard S. Spingarn ’27**

J. Edward Stern ’27*

Frederick H. Theodore ’27
Sidney Deschamps ’28**
Joseph H. Donnelly ’28*
Henry E. Gillette ’28
Maximilian I. Greenberg ’28**
George Hammond ’28**
Herbert L. Hutner ’28**
Frederick E. Lane ’28**
James W. Loughlin ’28

Joseph L. Mankiewicz ’28*
Mark S. Matthews ’28**
Duncan Merriwether ’28**
Raymond D. Mindlin ’28
Royal M. Montgomery ’28
Maurice Mound ’28**

C. F. Stewart Sharpe ’28*
Louis H. Taxin ’28**

Hillery C. Thorne, Sr. ’28
Wayne Van Orman ’28**
Robert W. Watson ’28**
Alexander Wolf ’28
Marjorie N. Boyer, Fr. ’28
Reuben Abel ’29
Edward Ross Aranow ’29**
Arthur A. Arsham ’29
Theodore P. Atsalas ’29
Sherman B. Barnes ’29
Stanley Boriss ’29
Joseph W. Burns ’29**
Robert Lee Coshland ’29**
Harry R. Doremus, Jr. ’29
Moses Friedman ’29
Edmund B. Fritz ’29
Walter Gutmann ’29
Edwin A. Hill ’29
Monroe I. Katcher, II ’29
Robert J. Kelly ’29
Jacob N. Kliegman ’29**
Arthur E. Lynch ’29**
George McKinley ’29
Daniel J. Reidy ’29
Alexander P. Waugh, Sr. ’29
Robert F. Blumofe ’30
Henry F. Bruning, Jr. ’30*
William C. French ’30**
Matthew H. Imrie ’30
Frank E. Kilroe ’30*
Theodore Lidz ’30*

Werner A. Lutz ’30
Samuel R. Rosen ’30

L. Gard Wiggins ’30**
Stanley H. Brams ’31
Leo A. Flexser ’31
Milo H. Fritz ’31

Eli Ginzberg ’31**

Myron P. Gordon ’31
Seymour Graubard '31
John F. Holzinger ’31*
Benedict Levin ’31
Daniel H. Manfredi ’31
John H. Mathis ’31**

Leslie Mills ’31**

Arthur V. Smith ’31**

M. Rollo Steenland ’31
Leslie D. Taggart ’31**
Bronson Trevor ’31
John B. Trevor, Jr. ’31
Howard L. Walker ’31
Beatrice Rosenblum, Fr. ’31
Leonard S. Bases ’32**
Louis Bender ’32*

Jeremiah Courtney '32**
Benito Gaguine ’32*
Frederick C. Gardner ’32
William A. Greenfield ’32
Alva K. Gregory ’32**

Benne S. Herbert ’32**
Howard E. Houston ’32**
Ernest F. Kish ’32**

Arthur Lautkin ’32**

Irving Moskovitz ’32
Bernard R. Queneau ’32
Abe Rosenberg ’32*
Mortimer A. Rosenfeld ’32
Donald D. Ross ’32

Saul D. Rotter ’32
Clarence S. Barasch ’33
Robert B. Block ’33
Frederick H. Burkhardt ’33*
Vincent G. Connelly ’33*
Milton I. Elson ’33
George C. Escher ’33**
James E. Hughes ’33
James J. Kearns ’33
John J. Keville ’33*
Benjamin L. Kwitman ’33
Forrest M. Lundstrom ’33
Arthur W. Seligmann ’33
Norman E. Alexander ’34**
Hylan A. Bickerman ’34

Ralph Friedlander ’34*
Herbert P. Jacoby ’34
Murray L. Jones ’34
Lester C. Leber ’34
Richard M. Link ’34
Leon Malman ’34**
Stephen M.- McCoy ’34
Millard L. Midonick ’34
Jack L. Migliore ’34
Howard D. Pack ’34**
Harry Richards ’34
Philip R. Roen ’34
Ralph Sheffer ’34**

Alfred G. Smith, Jr. ’34
John U. Sturdevant ’34
Jerome A. Urban ’34**
William F. Bissett ’35
M. Harvey Gernsback ’35
Sidney Kahan ’35
Chadwick W. Ketchum ’35
John K. Lattimer ’35**
Oscar Legault ’35
George E. Leonard ’35
Emanuel M. Papper ’35
Edward H. Reisner, Jr. ’35
Julius J. Rosen ’35
Walter Suydam ’35
Sidney H. Willner ’35*
Alfred J. Barabas ’36**
Richard E. Bensen ’36
Freeman F. Brown, Jr. ’36*
Nelson Buhler ’36
Anthony Burton ’36*

Santo W. Crupe ’36
Fred H. Drane ’36
Edwin E. Dunaway ’36
Theodore R. Finder ’36
Leonard Friedman ’36**
Robert Giroux ’36
Norman W. Gottlieb ’36
Alfred E. Gutman ’36
Meyer H. Halperin ’36
John'W. Herz ’36
Albert S. Koenig, Jr. ’36
Paul J. MacCutcheon ’36
Herbert G. Macintosh ’36
Robert A. Mainzer ’36
Henry Mezzatesta ’36
Paul V. Nyden ’36
Charles R. Stock ’36
Joshua H. Weiner ’36
Stephen B. Yohalem ’36
Dominic J. Bressi ’37
James J. Casey ’37**

Harry J. Friedman ’37**
Herman Gewirtz ’37

Philip M. Green ’37
Sing-Jok Ju ’37*

Frederick J. Mackenthum ’37
J. David Markham ’37
Harold C. Mitchell ’37
Bertram Selverstone ’37*
Richard A. Davis ’38
Thomas M. De Stefano ’38**
Wallace S. Jones ’38**

Harry W. Kennedy ’38
Benjamin F. Levene, Jr. ’38
Alvin K. Link ’38
David B. Mautner ’38
Edward G. Menaker ’38
Robert V. Minervini ’38
Abraham A. Raizen ’38
David W. Rome ’38
Herbert C. Rosenthal ’38**
Anthony M. Susinrio ’38**
Robert L. Banks ’39
Elihu Bond ’39
Thibaut M. de Saint-Phalle
’39**

Revill Fox ’39*

Victor Futter ’39**

Roy Glickenhaus ’39**
Werner F. Goepfert ’39
Herbert E. Klarman ’39
Howard K. Kornahrens ’39
Robert E. Lewis ’39
Raymond M. Marcus ’39
James M. McHaney ’39
Julian P. Muller ’39
Clifford H. Ramsdell ’39*

Saul Ricklin ’39
John R. Russo ’39
Robert J. Senkier ’39**

Ralph C. Staiger ’39
George O. Von Frank ’39*
Irwin Weiner ’39
John C. Wright, Jr. ’39*
Lawson F. Bernstein ’40
Michael Bonfiglio ’40
Seymour Epstein ’40
Justin N. Feldman ’40
James A. Frost ’40
Ellis B. Gardner, Jr. ’40**
Franklin N. Gould ’40**
Seymour Hecht ’40**

Donald Kursch ’40
Abbott L. Lambert ’40**

John D. Riccardi ’40
Abraham Seldner ’40
Leon E. Seltzer ’40
Boaz M. Shattan ’40**
Russell H. Tandy, Jr. ’40**

12a

Lloyd Ulman ’40*

Harry E. Walker ’40
Charles A. Webster ’40**

Mrs. Mark E. Senigo, Fr. ’40
John A. Andres ’41
William Batiuchok ’41
Quentin T. Brown ’41*

Wm. Theodore deBary ’41
John M. Freund ’41
Arnold J. Hoffman ’41
Harold E. May ’41
Raymond Robinson ’41
Arthur S. Weinstock ’41
David Westermann ’41**
Robert C. Witten ’41
Alan E. Baum ’42**

Franklin G. Bishop ’42**
Herbert A. Deane ’42
Albert H. Dwyer ’42
Clarence C. Eich ’42
Gerald H. Klingon ’42
William A. Lange ’42
Kermit I. Lansner ’42
Edwin B. Lefferts ’42
Donald J. Lunghino ’42
Robert F. McMaster ’42
Martin Meyerson ’42
Gerald Silbert ’42
George B. Smithy ’42
Richard B. Bernstein ’43
Gordon K. Billipp ’43
Warren L. Broemel ’43*
Edward C. Broge ’43*

Michael S. Bruno ’43
James F. Burns, Jr. ’43
Daniel E. Chieco ’43
Arthur W. Feinberg ’43
Richard L. Fenton ’43
John E. Fitzgerald ’43
William C. Folsom, Jr. ’43
Kenneth G. Germann ’43
James J. Hagerty ’43
Samuel Higginbottom ’43
Anthony M. Imparato ’43
Henry F. Jacobius ’43**
Thomas G. Kantor ’43
James W. Kerley ’43
Francis H. Laxar ’43
James J. Lennon ’43
Carroll G. Moore ’43
George Robinson ’43**

Harry A. Russell ’43**

Roger B. Sammon ’43*
William A. Sinton ’43*

Ralph F. Timm ’43
Bernard A. Weisberger ’43
Lucius E. Woods ’43
W. Stanley Wyatt ’43*

Herbert J. Zaslove ’43*

Panwy Foundation, Fr.

’43 & ’54

Gordon Cotier ’44
Herbert A. Harris ’44
Robert Jastrow ’44
Richmond Kotcher ’44
Alfred E Mamelok ’44
Harold W. Polton ’44
William T. Rumage, Jr. ’44
Warren S. Search, Jr. ’44
Maurice S. Spanbock ’44
Robert J. Suozzo ’44
Wm. C. L. Diefenbach, III

’45**

Jack J. Falsone ’45
Julian B. Hyman ’45
Sheldon E. Isakoff ’45
Ernest H. Morgenstern ’45
Lawrence M. Ross ’45
Paul A. Stone ’45*

Anthony Vasilas ’45
Barnett Zumoff ’45*

Atherton Bristol ’46
Fred A. Escherich ’46
Stanley E. Gitlow ’46
Robert Greiff ’46
Charles G. Kiskaddon, Jr. ’46
Martin Silbersweig ’46
Fritz R. Stern ’46
Bernard Sunshine ’46
Eric T. Yuhl ’46

Cyrus J. Bloom ’47
John G. Bonomi ’47
Edward N. Costikyan ’47
Byron M. Dobell ’47
Lawrence N. Friedland ’47
Don O. Gore ’47*

Frank E. laquinta ’47
William M. Kahn ’47*

Joseph I. Kesselman ’47
Torleif Meloe ’47
Edwin M. Miller ’47
Meredith Montague, III ’47
Robert G. Stillwell ’47
Anthony S. Arace ’48
Jay Bernstein ’48
Robert C. Clayton ’48
Proctor M. Denno, Jr. ’48
Alvin N. Eden ’48**

Fred A. Freund ’48
Arthur J. Galligan ’48
Herbert Goldman ’48
Cadvan O. Griffiths, Jr. ’48
Walter J. Henry ’48
Robert L. Herman ’48
Donald A. Holub ’48
Robert S. Kassriel ’48
Leon B. Keller ’48
Henry L. King ’48
George C. Lewnes ’48
George L. McKay, Jr. ’48
Michael Patestides ’48
Burton R. Sax ’48
Daniel R. Schimmel ’48
Raymond S. Shapiro ’48
Thomas J. Sinatra ’48*
Laurence A. Spelman ’48
Arthur Wittenstein ’48
Paul P. Woolard ’48*

Daniel S. Ahearn ’49
Ernest A. Bigelow ’49*

Sorrell Booke ’49
George M. Brunner ’49*

Bruce M. Burtan ’49*

Andrew Cheselka ’49
George V. Cook ’49
Robert A. Dietshe ’49
Joseph W. Farrell ’49
John J. Hill ’49
Henry R. Jordan ’49
Robert P. Kerker ’49
Robert C. Knapp ’49
Edwin J. Lemanski ’49*
George R. Lenz ’49
Marvin M. Lipman ’49
Frank J. Mackain ’49
Arthur W. Mehmel, Jr. ’49
Paul R. Meyer ’49*

Richard H. Miller ’49*

Michael A. Paglia ’49
Robert M. Rosencrans ’49
James P. Shenton ’49**

John H. Stukey ’49
Charles B. Tulevech, Jr. ’49*
Victor J. Weil ’49**

S. A. Russell, Fr. ’49
Mrs. Robert Young, Jr., Fr. ’49
John C. Dimmick ’50
James L. Garofalo ’50
Franklin E. Gill ’50
John T. Kaemmerlen ’50
Leonard Kliegman ’50
Joseph A. Koerner ’50
Herbert L. Kraut ’50
John T. Nelson ’50
Raymond Scalettar ’50
William Warner ’50
Marvin S. Weinfeld ’50
Lowell Ackiron ’51
Willard Block ’51*

John V. Butkiewicz ’51
Gurston D. Goldin ’51
John C. Harms ’51
Anthony V. Porcelli ’51
Robert M. Reiss ’51
Mervin Ross ’51
Arthur O. Sulzberger ’51
Lester Tanzer ’51*

Edwin M. Trayner ’51
Robert P. Adelman ’52
Kenneth S. Alleyne-Chin ’52

Philip Bloom ’52
N. David Clarkes ’52
Alan N. Cohen ’52
Bard Cosman ’52
Nicholas Csonka, Jr. ’52
Thomas E. Federowicz ’52
Jack E. Goldstein ’52
Edgar Haber ’52
Ira R. Hoffman ’52
Charles N. Jacobs ’52
Eric M. Javits ’52**

Kenneth Kriegel ’52
Leung Lee ’52
Charles J. McCann, Jr. ’52*
Richard M. Meyers ’52*
Walter A. Murray, Jr. ’52
Peter J. Notaro ’52
Saverio J. Panzarino ’52*
Stuart B. Peerce ’52
Frederic F. Primich ’52
John H. Ripperger ’52
Jerold Schwartz ’52
Richard C. Stein ’52
Robert J. Stinner ’52
Francis J. Toner ’52*
William B. Wallace, III ’52
Stanley A. Alt ’53*

William A. Altonin ’53
Arnold J. Benton ’53*

Elliot J. Brebner ’53
Peter N. Carbonara ’53
John J. Chiarenza ’53
James F. Crain ’53
Peter A. Fauci, Jr. ’53
Lawrence H. Jacobson ’53
Ronald Kwasman ’53
Jerry Landauer ’53
John H. Marchesi, Jr. ’53
Staats M. Pellett, Jr. ’53
Martin J. Rabinowitz ’53
Martin S. Saiman ’53
Bartlett M. Saunders ’53
Victor J. Spadafora ’53
Leonard M. Trosten ’53
Alan C. Weseley ’53*

Carl T. Witkovich ’53*
William W. T. Won ’53
Philip P. Bonanno ’54*

John W. Brackett, Jr: ’54
Charles Brecher ’54
Ian G. M. Brownlie ’54*

Bret A. Charipper ’54*
Reginald L. Duff ’54*

Peter E. Ehrenhaft ’54*
Enno W. Ercklentz, Jr. ’54*
Hugh E. Evans ’54*

Howard Falberg ’54
Robert A. Falise ’54
Robert H. Fauteux ’54
Alan B. Fendrick ’54
Michael Franck ’54
Clifford R. Franklin, Jr. ’54
Charles V. Freiman ’54
Leon H. Frey ’54
Lester H. Friedman ’54
Norman Friedman ’54*
Jerome A. Gristina ’54
Jerome R. Halperin ’54
Seymour Hertz ’54
Richard G. Hobart ’54
Melvin Hollander ’54
Dale E. Hopp ’54
Bert S. Horwitz ’54
George Hovanec ’54*

Mark W. Izard ’54
Norman Kahn ’54
Richard E. Kameros ’54
Walter Kirson ’54*
Lawrence A. Kobrin ’54
Rene F. Kress ’54*

Joseph Landy ’54*

Edward W. Luka ’54
Sol Merl ’54*

Leonard H. Moche '54
George C. Muscillo, Jr. ’54
John J. Pepas ’54
Lawrence Peters ’54
Donald R. Pevney ’54*
Joseph Pomerantz ’54
Robert A. Reynolds ’54
Henry D. Rubenstein ’54

Anthony P. Russell ’54
Alan C. Salko ’54
Lawrence Scharer ’54
Alvin D. Schwartz ’54*
Charles E. Selinske ’54*
David Shainberg ’54
James M. Shatto ’54
Maxwell E. Siegel ’54*

Robert L. Simis ’54*

Clement R. Solieri ’54*
Harold B. Stevelman ’54
Stanley J. Swersky ’54*
Michael Tananbaum ’54*
Ronald F. Thompson ’54*
George M. Thomas ’54
Saul Turteltaub ’54
Vito R. Vincenti ’54
J. Stuart Warner ’54*

Robert A. Weber ’54
Lawrence Wilkov ’54
Herbert L. Wittow ’54
Stanley B. Blumberg ’55*
Robert B. Brown ’55*

Walter W. Burnstein ’55
Laurence A. Cove ’55*
Thomas M. Evans ’55*
Robert S. Fairbanks ’55
Paul R. Frank ’55
Allen I. Hyman ’55
Herbert A. Johnson ’55*
Stuart M. Kaback ’55*
Charles Krupin ’55
Harold L. Kundel ’55*

Donald L. Laufer ’55
Calvin B. T. Lee ’55*

Arthur L. Lieberman ’55*
Howard Lieberman ’55*
Richard I. Mazze ’55
Milton P. Merritt ’55*

William F. Mink ’55
Albert Momjian ’55
Stuart D. Perlman ’55*
Jerome S. Plasse ’55*

Aaron Preiser ’55*

Arthur J. Rossett ’55*
Herbert S. Rubinowitz ’55*
Albert E. Sacknoff ’55
Robert N. Schiff ’55
Arnold J. Schwartz ’55*
Gerald Sherwin ’55*

Michael Standard ’55*
Gerasim Tikoff ’55*

Ralph B. Wagner ’55*

Gerald Wehmer ’55
Albert V. Alhadeff ’56
Barry Beller ’56
Robert B. Erichson ’56*
Edward Gordon ’56
Joseph V. Governali ’56
Richard J. Hiegel ’56
Robert E. Horn ’56
Stanley Lipnick ’56
Alvin F. Poussaint ’56*
Richard S. Richards ’56
Roy R. Russo ’56
Lee J. Seidler ’56
Marvin Sirot ’56
Stanley Soren ’56*

Gerald M. Sturman ’56
Daniel M. Telep ’56*

E. Kirby Warren ’56
Albert J. Anton, Jr. ’57*
Donald Cohen ’57*

Richard J. Cohen ’57*
Wilfrid W. Csaplar ’57*
Daniel I. Davidson ’57
Edward M. Dwyer, Jr. ’57
Robert D. Ensor ’57
Chet Forte ’57
Alan M. Frommer ’57**
Daniel Goldberg ’57
Lionel Grossbard ’57
C. Richard Guiton ’57
Louis L. Hoynes ’57*

David W. Kinne ’57
Michael Lacopo ’57*

George W. Lutz ’57*

Henry C. Marksbury, Jr. ’57*
Jordan M. Newman ’57
Donald S. Simon ’57
Myron Stein ’57

Nathaniel M. Swergold ’57*
Edward S. Wallach ’57
John Wellington ’57
Gerald M. Werksman ’57
Paul A. Zola ’57*

Morris J. Amitay ’58*

Stuart Bregman ’58*

Ernest Brod ’58
James H. Cohen ’58
Peter F. Cohn ’58
Richard H. Dreiwitz ’58
Fred Ehrman ’58
Charles A. Goldstein ’58
Paul A. Gomperz ’58
Ernest Holsendolph ’58
Steven Jonas ’58
Maurice J. Katz ’58
William R. Klein ’58*
Stephen F. Konigsberg ’58
Michael O. Lesch ’58*
Robert A. Levine ’58
David J. Londoner ’58
Theodore Lynn ’58
Lawrence N. Margolies ’58
Stanley Meyers ’58
Howard J. Orlin ’58
Richard S. Pataki ’58
Arthur J. Radin ’58**
Kenneth D. Rapoport ’58
Stanley H. Schachne ’58*
William A. Schwartz ’58
Allan M. Shine '58
Sanford A. Shukat ’58
Arthur H. Siegel ’58
Mark A. Sonnino ’58
George Stern ’58
Mark A. Weiss ’58
Howard Winell ’58*

Edward A. Zunz ’58
Michael L. Allen ’59*
George Asch ’59**

Robert R. Brookhart ’59
Stephen L. Buchman ’59
Robert Burd ’59
Michael M. Cohen ’59*
James N. Cooper ’59
Herbert M. Dean ’59
Lewis D. Fineman ’59
William C. Frye ’59
Raymond Y. Fujii ’59
Jerry Goodisman ’59
Robert E. Haynie ’59*
Edward C. Mendrzycki ’59
Neil J. Norry ’59**

Aaron M. Priest ’59
Barry S. Schifrin ’59
Howard L. Schwartz ’59
John A. Vassallo ’59
Jerry Wacks ’59*

Robert A. Beaselli ’60*
Richard L. Callaway ’60*

T. Irving Chang ’60

Bruce’S. Kaplan ’63
Robert K. Kraft ’63**

David Rubinson ’63
Thomas C. Bolton ’64
Allison F. Butts ’64
Joseph H. Ellis ’64*

Richard Epstein ’64
Gerald M. Freedman ’64
Ian B. Fries ’64
Lawrence E. Goldschmidt ’64
David B. Levine ’64
William Oliver ’64
Daniel S. Press ’64
Henry S. Richter ’64*
Nicholas Rudd ’64
Brian H. Saffer ’64
Gary A. Schonwald ’64
Bernard Sobelsohn ’64*

Allan G. Sperling ’64
John R. Straub ’64
Edward M. Waller, Jr. ’64
Michael Willis ’64
Michael L. Cook ’65
Laurence J. Guido ’65*

Joel Heymsfeld ’65
Bruce G. Jackson ’65*

Morris A. Lebovitz ’65*

Barry A. Levine ’65
Sherman D. Levine ’65*
Edward C. Malmstrom ’65

Richard J. Skrenta ’61
Robert L. Trelstad ’61*
David Angstreich ’62
Peter C. Aslanides ’62
Paul H. Asofsky ’62
Bernard Balick ’62
Stephen L. Berkman ’62
Sylvain R. Fribourg ’62
Antonio Gebauer ’62
Herbert Gerstein ’62*
Philip S. Lebovitz ’62
Burton Lehman ’62
Ronald C. Meyer ’62
Frederick Modell ’62
Barton Nisonson ’62
Tobias D. Robison ’62
Loren D. Ross ’62
Robert Sansone ’62
Andrew Smith ’62
James L. Spingarn ’62
Leopold Swergold ’62
Philip S. Adelman ’63*
Henry R. Black ’63
Charles R. Braun ’63
S. Robert Contiguglia ’63
Richard Dickes ’63
Gerald P. Dwyer ’63
Robert M. Heller ’63
Richard Juro ’63
Sidney P. Kadish ’63*

Stephen H. Cooper ’60
Stephen Glaser ’60*

William Goodstein ’60*
Sidney H. Hart ’60
Alfred I. Kaplan ’60
Myron H. Lutz ’60
Harris E. Markhoff ’60
Alvin S. Michaelson ’60*
Stephen A. Ollendorff ’60
Robert J. Partlow ’60
Rene Plessner ’60
Arnold S. Ross ’60
Laurence H. Rubinstein ’60
Vincent J. Russo ’60*

David H. Sakuda ’60
Daniel S. Shapiro ’60*

Irwin D. Sollinger ’60*
George R. Stackfleth ’60
Thomas E. Bratter ’61**
Douglas A. Chadwick, Jr. ’61
Philip S. Cottone ’61
Edward G. Fisher ’61*
Richard J. Johnson ’61*
Robert E. Juceam ’61
Joseph M. Lane ’61
Elliott Lebowitz ’61
Alexander T. Liebowitz ’61
Francisco A. Lorenzo ’61
Saul N. Schreiber ’61*

Arthur E. Schwimmer ’61

A. Howard Matz ’65*

W. James Murdaugh, Jr. ’65
Michael E. Newell ’65*
Robert J. Reza ’65*

Noah- Robbins ’65*

Arthur G. Rosen ’65
Daniel F. Roses ’65
Michael L. Tapper ’65
Gregory P. Williams ’65*

Jay N. Woodworth ’65*

Mrs. Earl Marvin, P ’65
Neill H. Brownstein ’66
Eben I. Feinstein ’66*

James E. George ’66
Carl H. Hanzelik ’66
Harvey Kurzwell ’66
Lai-sung Leung ’66*

David C. Lindeman ’66*
Grant V. A. Roberts ’66
Bruno M. Santonocito ’66
Bruce D. Sargent ’66
Michael D. Stephens ’66
Jeremy G. Epstein ’67
Roger Lehecka ’67
Alan M. Meckler ’67*

Jon R. Miller ’67
Martin Nussbaum ’67
Bruce Eben Pindyck ’67
Jenik R. Radon ’67
Dean I. Ringel ’67*

Robert T. Rudy ’67
M. Glenn Vinson, Jr. ’67
Frank J. Voralik ’67
Stephen L. Weiner ’67
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Anscher,
P ’67

Philip Carl Cowan ’68
Reid L. Feldman ’68
Joseph L. Graf, Jr. ’68
William C. Heffernan ’68*
George Markowsky ’68
W. Hollis Petersen ’68
Russell J. Ricci ’68
Derek E. Vanderlinde ’68*
Henry Welt ’68*

Jerry L. Wickham ’68
Sandy L. Zabell ’68
Erich Spiro, P ’68
George W. Baker, Jr. ’69
Charles D. Bethill ’69
Jurrien Dean ’69*

James R. Eller, Jr. ’69
William R. Giusti ’69
Robert L. Kahan ’69
Lawrence W. Koblenz ’69
John W. Lombardo ’69
Richard G. Menaker ’69
Michael S. Oberman ’69
David E. Rosedahl ’69
Donald P. Schenk ’69*
William Stadiem ’69*
Charles B. Temkin ’69
Howard M. Weinman ’69
Ronald H. Wender ’69
Leo George Kailas ’70
Howard A. Mergelkamp ’70
Michael Onischenko ’70t*
Edwin P. Rutan, II ’70
Rex N. Smith ’70t*

Jacob J. Worenklein '70
Dov S. Zakheim ’70t
Andrew E. Arbenz ’711
Leo F. Calderella ’711
Lambert H. K. Chee ’711
Charles G. Currier ’711*
Mark L. Davies ’711
Neil C. Feinstein ’711*

Paul A. Freeman ’71 f
Rick Johnson ’711*

Terry S. Kogan ’711
Richard O. Levine ’71
Eric A. Lindow ’711
Philip L. Milstein ’711
Louis M. Quirk ’711
Edward C. Wallace, Jr. ’711
Prof. & Mrs. J. Ritchie
Cowan, P ’71

Albert J. Greenberg, P ’71
Douglas S. Altabef 721
Charles M. Birnbaum 721*

Robert T. Guiterman ’72t
Robert K. Hull ’72
Charles W. Johnson’72f*
Gregg K. Le Due 721
James H. Lehmann 721
Michael M. Meadvin ’72t
Peter Milburn 721
William K. Rivennburg ’72
Charles Starkey ’72f
David Marc Stern ’72
Michael Weingarten ’72
Edwynne F. Krumme, P ’72
William W. Bratton, Jr. ’731-
Marshall B. Etra ’73t
Scott Gordon ’73t
Joel J. Levine 731
David A. Weisz ’73*

Michael S. Alexander 74
Frederick C. Bremer 741
Richard A. Briffault 741
Karl David Buchberg ’74t
Kent H. Cheng ’74t*

Charles D. Cole, Jr. 741
Robin L. Dahlberg, Jr. 74
Ralph Carl De Juliis 74
Nicolas De Lancie 74
Daniel L. Dolgin 74
Thomas F. Ferguson 741
Donald Ferruggia ’741-
Victor M. Fortuno ’74t
Douglas S. Jarrell 741*
Thomas H. King 741
Howard Lim, Jr. 741
Abbe David Lowell 741
Stephen R. Lynch ’74t
Vincent Marchewka ’74t*
David J. Mark 741
Theodore Markowitz ’74f*

Paul E. McCormack 741*
David Melnik 74t*

Tobias C. Nascimento 741*
Stuart Offner 741*

Mark W. Rantala 741*

Michael A. Rozza 741*

Jerome J. Sanchy 741
Michael Sharpe ’74t*

Mark A. Tessier 74
Charles Tiefer ’74t*

George L. Van Amson 74*
Robert A. Weiss 741
Oliver T. P. Wen ’741-
William C. Willis, Jr. 741*
Peter Zegarelli 741
Thomas A. Campbell, Jr. 751*
Robert C. Evans ’75t*

David J. Goldberg ’75t
Warren E. Goodell ’75t
Robert A. Horrigan ’75t*
Joseph A. Lipari 751
Richard B. Slovak 751*

Mark R. Baker 76
David S. Carroll ’76t*

Robert B. Czekanski 761
Richard W. Katz 76t*

J. Ezra Merkin ’76t*

Stuart W. Miller’76f*

Jorge Romero 761*

Allen Weingarten ’76t*

Dennis S. Aye 77f
Robert P. Boatti 771*

Robert F. Colby ’77t
John P. King, Jr. 771*

Mark L. Krueger ’77t*

Neil R. Lubarsky ’77t*

James J. O’Toole 77f
Adam F. Remez 771
Anthony T. Saviano 77f*
David B. Stanton 771
Christopher C. Sten 771
Craig H. Weaver 771
George Carroll Whipple, III
771

Sigmund A. Batruk 781*
Thomas Bisdale ’78t*

Robert Blank ’78t*

David A. Brown 781*

Eli Bryk 781
Jim C. Chang 781
Charles R. Dorso 781
John R. Flores 781

Robert C. Freeberg 781*
Joseph Giovannelli 781
Ismael Gonzalez, Jr. ’78t
Brian Guillorn 781
Ronald D. Hariri ’781-
Glen Hopkins 781*

Sigmund Hough 781*

Douglas H. Israel ’78t
David C. Jachimczyk ’78t*
Allan Jalon ’78t*

Howard B. Levi ’78t*

David J. Margules 781*

Peter C. McAlevey ’78t
Michael C. Melignano 781
Evan Miller 781
Vincent J. Palumbo 78f
Daniel A. Pfeffer ’78t
Gary R. Pickholz ’78t
Paul F. Polatin ’78t
Michael T. Porter ’78t*

Jaime Rodriguez ’78t
F. L. Rosenstein 781
Nicholas J. Serwer ’78t
Jay S. Soloway ’78t
William M. Strauss 781*
Richard H. Stukey 781
Steven C. Werner 781*
Samuel K. Wong ’78t
Gerald Kaufman, P 78
Walid H. Azzo 79t*

R. David Bauer 791*

David A. Brower 791*

Albert Byer 791*

John J. Callahan 791*

Shane F. Cotner 791*

John C. Czajkowski 791*
Michael D. Daswick 791*
Robert M. De Micco, Jr. 791*
Robbie A. Dick 791*

Walter J. Evans 791*

David Fernandez 791*
Charles H. Fiori 791*

Mitchell Mark First 791*
Jeffrey B. Freedman 791*
Jared Fuss 791*

Manuel R. Garcia 791*
Timothy Gilfoyle 791
Jeremy Gilman 791*

Harlan T. Greenman 791*
Craig R. Gurian 791*

Roger W. Heighton 791*
George Jirotka 791*

Ralph Keen 791*

Thomas M. Kelly 791*

Robert Klapisch 791*

Robert C. Klapper 791*
Brooks J. Klimley 791*

Mark Koerner 79*

Sam Leuchli 791*

Benjamin O. Miller 791*
Calvin A. Moffie 791*

John M. Myers 791*

Juan E. Naranjo 791*

Daniel A. Nardello 79*

Eliot Nisenbaum 791*

David L. Palladino 791*
Richard Perl 791*

Cristian F. Petrescu 791*
Arthur F. Pulsinelli 791*
Robert Riederman 791*
Philip E. Sanders 791*

Arthur F. Santiago 791*
Roben A. Seltzer 791*

Robert W. Shafer 791*
Shaukat E. Shaikh 791*
Steven Shapiro 791*

John Stevens Sharp 791*
Joseph J. Simone 791*
Steven M. Sockin 791*
Bohdan M. Sosiak 791*

Seth T. Stark 791*

Clarence L. Steele 791*
Leslie F. Stern 791*

Ramon C. Toca 791*

Howard N. Wallick 791*
Lance A. Warrick 791*
Richard J. Wheatley 791*
Philip J. Wilner 79f*

Jordan Wright 791*

Dino G. Zachakaros 791*

Agustin E. Don, P 79
Dr. & Mrs. Ricardo Dorado,

P 79

Dr. & Mrs. Allan Hall, P 79
James P. Gerkis ’801*

Henry Lowenstein ’801*

Marc G. Odrich ’801*

David M. Steiner ’801*

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Dickey,

P ’80

Mr. & Mrs. Frank R. Dudis,

P ’80

T. Corwin Fleming, P ’80
Bernard Milch, P ’80
R. James Seymour, P ’80
Dr. & Mrs. Alan Simonson,

P ’80

Mr. & Mrs. George T. Douris,
P ’81

Mr. & Mrs. Simon Haberman,
P ’81

Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Kohtz,

P ’81

Denis G. Mclnerney, P ’81
Rudolph H, Nisi, P ’81
Edgar E. Peltz, P ’81
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome L. Stern,

P ’81

William Styron, P ’81
Bernard Wasserman, P ’81*
Charles A. Cleveland, P ’82*
Louis G. Cornacchia, P ’82
Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Hill, P ’82*
Ernest Lloyd Hopkins, P ’82*
Dr. & Mrs. Irvin Lock, P ’82*
Jacob Myron, P ’82*

Frank F. Secchia, P ’82
Daan Van Alderwerelt, P ’82*
Martin G. Waldman, P ’82*
Joseph T. Arenson, P ’83*
John Calicchio, P ’83*

Marvin Dicker, P ’83*

Dr. & Mrs. Richard L. Doyle,

P ’83*

Martin Gluck, P ’83*

John L. Kidde, P ’83*

Edward C. Kirby, P ’83*

Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. McNulty,

P ’83*

Lawrence Chamberlain, Fr.**
Arnold Collery, Fr.

C. Lowell Harriss, Fr.

Doris DuFine Reilly, Fr.**
Joseph O. Singer, Fr.
Burroughs Corporation
Campbell Soup Co.

Carle C. Conway Scholarship
Fdn.

InMemoriam

Melvine H. Cane ’00**
Peter Grimm ’11
Simon H. Scheuer ’13
Jerome A. Newman ’17**
Charles E. Springhorn ’17
Byron E. Van Raalte ’18**
Arthur Levitt ’21
Edwin E. Peterson ’22
Richard Rodgers ’23
David E. Ackermann ’24**
Harry S. Kantor ’24
Henry F. English ’25
Henry N. Rapaport ’25
Murray I. Gurfein ’26
Thomas F. O’Grady ’26
John L. Olpp ’29**

Elwood L. Prestwood ’29
Daniel Creamer ’30
James P. Morrison ’30**
George E. Weigl ’30**
Jay-Ehret Mahoney ’39
Jack Mills ’41
William D. Schwartz ’64

A Message from the Chairman

When I became General Chairman of the Fund two years ago, I knew that the College faced a
difficult challenge and that increases in giving and alumni participation were absolutely
essential for the College’s future. This has been accomplished, and I am grateful for the enthu¬
siasm, devotion and hard work with which our many alumni and friends responded to our
needs.

We have made some progress in our Annual Fund structure in the last two years. I was
pleased and encouraged by the strengthened class volunteer organization this year and by the
many special class efforts that were directed toward increasing alumni participation and giv¬
ing in the coming years. I congratulate Joe Kelly ’43 who, in his first year as Chairman of the
John Jay Associates, continued the leadership role the John Jays play in our annual giving
program. Under his direction and that of Steve Jacobs 75, the Recent Graduate John Jays
increased their numbers and made significant advances in attracting more of our youngest
graduates to join the Associates, a fact which speaks well for the future well-being of the
Fund. Special thanks and praise go to our Parent’s Chairmen, Phyllis and Don Sharp. They
have spent long hours to make their Fund Committee an integral and vital force in the
College’s Fund efforts.

I would feel slightly remiss if I did not add that my satisfaction with our progress is mixed
with mild disappointment that we did not reach our major goal of $1.5 million in General
Purpose money, although we did experience a small increase over last year. I feel confident,
however, that with a dedicated drive in the year ahead, the College Fund will be able to meet all
its goals.

As my term as General Chairman ends, I wish to thank the Dean and members of his staff
and all the alumni, parents and friends who helped me during the past two years. It has truly
been both a pleasure and a great privilege for me to serve the College as Fund Chairman. My
successor, Bob Senkier ’39, is more than a loyal Columbia son. He is someone who brings to
the leadership of the Fund many years of active service to his class as well as the experience
of a professional educational fund raiser and consultant. I hope all of you will join Bob andgive
him the support and encouragement he needs in his new and exciting undertaking.

Richard N. Priest ’51
Chairman, 28th Annual Fund

28thAnnual Fund Committee

Richard N. Priest ’51
General Chairman
Joseph L. Kelly, Jr. ’43
John Jay Associates Chairman
Robert J. Senkier ’39
Anniversary Class Chairman
Michael A. Stone ’62
Regional Chairman
Bernd Brecher ’54

Society of Class Presidents Chairman
Phyllis and Donald Sharp P’79
Parents Chairmen
Arthur Jansen ’25

Howard Kornahrens ’39
Edwin Lemanski ’49
Michael Lacopo ’57
Eric Witkin ’69
Dudley Williams ’77
Decade Chairmen
William Oliver ’64
Director of Alumni Affairs
Bruno M. Santonocito ’66
Director Annual Fund
Laura Denham
Assistant to the Director

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Brookings Institution, and became a fre¬
quent consultant to policymakers in
both the public and private sectors.

One of Mr. Okun's best-known theo¬
retical contributions was a simple quan¬
titative model of the relationship be¬
tween economic output and employ¬
ment levels, which came to be called
"Okun's Law." With the advent of stag¬
flation in the 1970's — the simultaneous
occurence of inflation and economic
stagnation —the assumptions under¬
lying Okun's Law were disturbed; at the
time of his death, Mr. Okun was put¬
ting the finishing touches on a new
macroeconomic study which incorpo¬
rated his anlysis of stagflation.

Mr. Okun was acutely conscious of
the inequities and contradictions in¬
herent in the American pursuit of both
economic efficiency and social equality.
His 1975 Brookings publication. Equal¬
ity and Efficiency: The Great Trade-
Off, is an eloquent discussion of this
central issue, and has become required
reading for students of economic
philosophy and public policy.

"Right or wrong, Arthur Okun was
wrestling with the hardest problem,"
wrote The New York Times in a rare
editorial eulogy on March 25. "It will be
harder still without him."

Mr. Okun is survived by his wife,
Suzanne, and three sons.

Coda

Early last June, it seemed all was lost.
The annual Guggenheim Concerts by
the 55-piece Goldman Band, which had
entertained millions of New Yorkers
with free outdoor concerts in the city's
parks for 62 years, were doomed to ex¬
tinction.

Richard Franko Goldman '30, con¬
ductor of the band for 23 years and son
of its founder, had died in January, and
his family had asked that his name be
retired. But the musicians wanted to
carry on the tradition. Ainslee Cox, the
new director, began to prepare the band
for a full concert season under a new
name — the Guggenheim Concert Band.

But costs had skyrocketed in the last
three years, and the band would have
to come up with the additional $90,000
needed to finance its 8-week, 40-concert
season. The appropriate government
agencies were solicited: the answer was
no.

In early June, the band was forced to
announce that its summer concerts in
the parks were finished.

The New York Times ran a post
mortem. Instead of Bach, Berlioz and
Gershwin wafting through the parks,
there would be silence.

Then, five benefactors came to the
rescue. The Music Performance Trust
Fund, the Edna McConnell Clark

Foundation, the Louis and Anne
Abrons Foundation, Lehman Brothers
Kuhn Loeb, Inc., and XOIL Energy
Marketing Group, Inc., joined the
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foun¬
dation, which had supported the con¬
certs since they began in 1918, to come
up with the necessary funds. The con¬
certs were saved.

"We have had enough well informed
people," Dr. Richard Franko Goldman
once insisted, "stuffed with facts and
statistics, who remain almost totally in¬
sensitive to their environment, sur¬
roundings and condition of living, who
accept Muzak culture in a neon wilder¬
ness, tolerate shoddiness and dishonesty
in public and private affairs, and shield
themselves with voluntary deafness and
blindness against encounters with real¬
ity. Education through art can be total
education, for it concentrates on values
that are felt as well as discerned, and
anyone truly receptive to these values is
at least on the way to becoming civil¬
ized."

The survival of the Guggenheim Con¬
cert Band marks at least a reprieve for
the values Dr. Goldman espoused.

—B.K.M.

The Goldman Band in 1918

Obituaries

1910

Edward P. Smith, Buffalo, N.Y.
on December 19, 1974.

Walter D. Wile, lawyer. New
York, N.Y. on June 19, 1980. Mr.
Wile was general counsel for
Julius Wile Sons and Company,
wine importers.

1912

Arthur B. Brenner, lawyer. New
York, N.Y. on October 16, 1979.
Mr. Brenner was a member of the
firm of Barrett, Smith, Shapiro,
Simon and Armstrong. He was
active with the Brooklyn Associa¬
tion for Mental Health.

1914

Ray C. Beery, Dayton, Ohio on
January 16, 1979. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Ray C. Beery.

1915

Charles W. Bennett, retired busi¬
ness executive. New York, N.Y.
on May 22, 1980. Survivors in¬
clude his wife, Dorothy Bennett,
and two children.

Carl R. Weidinger, retired ac¬
countant, St. Simons Island, Ga.
in 1978. He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Carl R. Weidinger.

1916

Alan F. Bierhoff, physician, on
August 30, 1979.

Howard V. Miller, lawyer. New
York, N.Y.

1917

Frederick J. Burghard, Dorset, Vt.
on September 22, 1978. He is sur¬
vived by his daughter, Dorothy B.
Vister.

Jerome A. Newman, financier,
business executive, philanthropist,
Palm Beach, Fla., in New York,
N.Y. on August 10, 1980. One of
Columbia's most dedicated alumni
leaders, Mr. Newman was Chair¬
man of the Board of Visitors of
Columbia College (see "Talk of
the Alumni," p. 20). Survivors
include his wife, Elizabeth
Newman.

1918

Allen J. Cokefair, Yonkers, N.Y.
David Friedenberg, lawyer,

New York, N.Y. on November 2,
1971. He is survived by his wife,
Diane Friedenberg.

1920

Walter J. Archinal, Carrollton,

Ky. He is survived by one son.
Frank A. Leers, property mana¬

ger, Oradell, N.J. on March 24,
1980. Mr. Leers was president of
Frank A. Leers, Inc., and chair¬
man of the board of directors of
the Bogota (N.J.) Savings and
Loan Association. Survivors
include his wife, Marion C. Leers,
and a daughter.

John C. Newington, Greenwich,
Conn. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. John C. Newington.

Herbert T. Staub, lawyer,

Rumson, N.J. in 1974. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Herbert
T. Staub.

1921

Marshall M. Bernstein, lawyer,
New York, N.Y. on June 6, 1980.
He is survived by his wife,

Beatrice W. Bernstein.

Harry Gabe, cardiologist. New
York, N.Y. on November 6, 1979.
Arthur Levitt, attorney, govern¬
ment official. New York, N.Y. on
May 6, 1980. Mr. Levitt served as
Comptroller of the State of New
York from 1954 to 1978. (see
"Talk of the Alumni," p. 23). He
is survived by his wife Dorothy
and a son.

1922

Mark Elmer Cymrot, lawyer,
Brooklyn, N.Y. He is survived by
his son, Martin Cymrot.

Ormond deKay, investment
broker, East Hampton, N.Y. Mr.
deKay was with Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. for
over twenty years.

William W. Muir, lawyer, Miami,
Fla. on April 28, 1980. Mr. Muir
was co-author of The Army Way
(1944). He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Helen Muir.

Harold G. Wacker, New York,
N.Y. on January 26, 1980. He is
survived by his son, Harold G.
Wacker, Jr. '69.

Lester R. Watson, retired uni¬
versity official, New York, N.Y.
on April 14, 1980. Mr. Watson
was manager of Columbia Univer¬
sity's government contracts divi¬
sion from 1942 to 1965.

Carlos G. Webster, Jr., retired
brigadier general, Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.

Siebert Wenerd, lawyer and
teacher, Phoenix, Ariz,

1923

Michael Gottlieb, bridge cham¬
pion, real estate investor, Hills¬
borough, Calif., on April 8, 1980.
Mr. Gottlieb was one of Ely Cul¬
bertson's partners in the cele¬
brated Culbertson-Lenz match of
1931. A winner of nine national
titles, he was a member of the
Four Aces team and won the first

official world title in 1936. Sur¬
vivors include his wife, Grayce M.
Gottlieb, and two daughters.
Charles M. Scholz, Bricktown,
N.J. on May 6, 1980.

1924

I. Cyrus Gordon, lawyer, New
York, N.Y. on April 14, 1980. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. I.
Cyrus Gordon.

William C. Kopper, independ¬
ent research genealogist, Ridge¬
field, Conn, on March 30, 1980.
Survivors include his wife, Serena
Kopper, and three children.

Allen A. Pearson, judge, on
December 11, 1978 in La Jolla,

Cal. Judge Pearson served in the
1st Judicial District of Wyoming
in Cheyenne. Survivors include
his nephew, Bob Pearson, Tor-
rington, Wyo.

Henry W. Raudenbush, Jr.,

Floral Park, N.Y. on April 14,

1978.

1925

Angelo A. Acampora, physician
specializing in industrial medicine.
East Rockaway, N.Y. on July 14,

1979. Survivors include his wife,
Anne Acampora.

Alfred Baruth, teacher. New
York, N.Y. on April 24, 1980. Mr.
Baruth taught English and creative
writing at the Horace Mann
school for 55 years. Among his
students were the authors E. J.
Kahn, Jr. and Jack Kerouac and
newspaper correspondents Cyrus
L. Sulzberger and Anthony Lewis.
He was the founder of the Baruth
Student Tours. Survivors include
his wife, Charlotte Baruth, and a
daughter.

Bruno C. Drucklieb, Southbury,
Conn, on April 1, 1980.

Henry F. English, retired building
contractor, Newburgh, N.Y. on
March 24, 1980.

Henry N. Rapaport, lawyer,
Scarsdale, N.Y. on April 14, 1980.
During World War II, Mr. Rapa¬
port was chief attorney for ration¬
ing in the Office of Price Adminis¬
tration and chief attorney for the
New York City Rent Control
Board. A senior partner in the
Rapaport Brothers law firm, Mr.
Rapaport was a leader in con¬
servative Judaism; he was a past
president of the United Synagogue
of America, and a director of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America and the World Council
of Synagogues. Mr. Rapaport was
a fellow of the John Jay Asso¬
ciates. Survivors include his wife,
Selma Rapaport, and three sons.

1926

Carlos Henriquez, Jr., sports pro¬
moter and collegiate coach, Bir¬
mingham, Ala. on June 16, 1980.

Mr. Henriquez, a former profes¬
sional wrestler, served as commis¬
sioner of sport for Cuban Presi¬
dent Miguel Gomez in 1936. He
coached wrestling and tennis at
the U.S. Merchant Marine Acad¬
emy in the 40's and at N.Y.U.
from 1950 to 1960. He is survived
by his wife, Alyce Mae Henri¬
quez, and his son, Carlos L.
Henriquez, III. '60.

1927

Howard D. Higgins, retired
bishop, Southhampton, Pa. on
April 13, 1980. Dr. Higgins was
ordained a presbyter in 1925 and
served from 1928 to 1954 as rector
of the First Reformed Episcopal
Church in Manhattan. He was
named Bishop of the New York
and Philadelphia Synod in 1942.
He is survived by his adopted son,
Charles Black, Philadelphia, Pa.
Harry B. Myers, attorney, pub¬
lisher, New York, N.Y. In addi¬
tion to his New York practice,

Mr. Meyers edited the Commer¬
cial Law Journal and was the pub¬
lisher of the American Lawyers
Quarterly.

1928

Millen Brand, writer and editor,
New York, N.Y. on March 19,

1980. Mr. Brand was an advertis¬
ing copywriter when he achieved
fame with his first novel, The
Outward Room. He was co¬
author of the screenplay of "The
Snake Pit," which won an award
from the Screen Writers Guild and
an academy award nomination. A
senior editor at Crown Publishing
Co., Mr. Brand won critical praise
for his book of poems Local Lives,
and wrote poetry for The New
Yorker. Survivors include four
children.

Philip P. Denning, Jr., physician,
Hollidaysburg, Pa. on August 15,

1979. He is survived by one
daughter.

Irvin L. Dyer, retired banker,

Vero Beach, Fla. on May 30,

1980. Mr. Dyer was with Chase
Manhattan Bank for 30 years, and
was a past director of the National
Child Labor Committee. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie H.
Dyer.

Charles S. Glassman, lawyer and
realtor, New York, N.Y. on July
12, 1980. A member of the execu¬
tive board of his class, Mr. Glass-
man was an attorney for the Of¬
fice of Price Administration in
Washington, D.C. from 1944 to
1946. Survivors include his wife,
Gwen Glassman.

1929

James C. Barron, Bethesda, Md.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
James C. Barron.

Columbia College Today

Abbott L. Baum, stockbroker,

New York, N.Y. on February 8,
1980.

1930

Seymour Rosin, optical design
consultant and physicist, Or¬
lando, Fla. on April 27, 1980. Dr.
Rosin taught physics at the Col¬
lege from 1931 to 1941. Survivors
include his wife, Roberta Rosin.
Ralph D. Sprecher, accountant,
New York, N.Y. on August 6, 1979.
Hall Steen-Johnson, mechanical
engineer. East Hampton, N.Y. on
April 2, 1980. Survivors include
his wife, Mrs. Hall Steen-Johnson,
and a son.

George E. Weigl, retired public
relations executive, Chappaqua,
N.Y., on June 27, 1980. In addi¬
tion to his professional activities,
Mr. Weigl was also very active in
College alumni affairs. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Mrs. Lois
Weigl, Chappaqua, N.Y.

1931

Harold L. Grafer, retired business
executive, on March 17, 1980. He
is survived by his wife, Helen S.
Grafer.

Leo Kohn, physician, South
Orange, N.J. on June 9, 1980. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Leo
Kohn.

John Scott Mabon, retired editor,
Greenwich, Conn, on May 5,

1980. Mr. Mabon's career in book
and magazine publishing included
positions with Alfred A. Knopf,
the Atlantic Monthly Press, and
the University of Michigan Press.
Survivors include his wife, Ines
Mabon, and a son.

Morton A. Shapiro, lawyer, Great
Neck, N.Y. on April 29, 1980. He
is survived by his wife, Marjorie
Shapiro.

1932

J. Donald Albertson, former edi¬
tor, president and co-publisher of
the Peekskill Star Corporation,
Peekskill, N.Y. on February 5,
1980. Survivors include his wife,
Thelma D. Albertson and three
daughters.

Alexander P. Chopin, retired
government official, Greenvale,
N.Y. on March 5, 1980. Mr.
Chopin was a former commis¬
sioner of the New York City De¬
partment of Marine and Aviation
and chairman of the New York
Shipping Association. He is sur¬
vived by his wife, Josephine O.
Chopin.

1933

Stuart R. Stimmel, social worker,
Portland, Ore. in 1978. Mr. Stim¬
mel served for many years as state
director of the Boys and Girls Aid
Society of Oregon.

1934

Vincent J. De Nicola, Oyster Bay,
N.Y. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Vincent De Nicola.

1935

Carl J. Johnson, executive secre¬
tary, Chicago Masonic Board of
Relief, Chicago, Ill. on April 13,

1978.

1936

Paul E. Mattman, internist and
associate professor of clinical
medicine at Wayne State Univer¬
sity, Detroit, Mich, on May 4,

1980. He is survived by his wife, .
Mrs. Paul E. Mattman.

1938

Tucker P. E. Gougelmann, Peek-
skill, N.Y. Survivors include his
brother, Henry G. Gougelmann.
Robert S. Malcomson, retired
chemical engineer, Clearwater,

Fla. on February 24, 1980. Sur¬
vivors include his wife, Virginia,
and two sons.

1940

Louis I. Berkowitz, social worker
and psychologist, Roslyn Heights,
N.Y. on May 19, 1980. For two
decades, Dr. Berkowitz was
Executive Director of the Educa¬
tional Alliance, the Jewish settle¬
ment house on Manhattan's Lower
East Side. Survivors include his
wife, Anita S. Berkowitz, and
three sons.

Vincent F. Gutendorf, public in¬
formation officer for the city of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on August 22,

1979.

Joseph A. Sinopoli, lawyer,
Yonkers, N.Y. on October 26,

1979. Survivors include his wife,
Flavia M. Sinopoli and five chil¬
dren.

1941

Daniel I. Rosen, Silver Spring,

Md. Mr. Rosen is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Daniel Rosen.

Arthur P. Woodward, physician,
Orangeburg, N.Y.

1942

Edward R. Larson, professor of
geology at the University of
Nevada, Virginia City, Nev. on
February 1, 1979.

1944

John N. McKnight, psychiatrist.
Port Washington, N.Y. on
November 25, 1978. Survivors in¬
clude his wife, Lori McKnight.

1949

Arthur Okun, economist, Wash¬
ington, D.C. on March 23, 1980.
One of America's foremost econo¬
mists, Mr. Okun was chairman of
the Council of Economic Advisers
under President Johnson (see
'Talk of the Alumni," p. 24). Sur¬

vivors include his wife, Suzanne,
and three children.

1950

George E. Fisher, retired teacher.
Pebble Beach, Calif, in 1978. He is
survived by his wife, Louise G.
Fisher, Irvine, Calif.

David J. Maguire, film producer,
Long Island City, N.Y. in 1977.

1951

George F. Schetterer, Jr., adminis¬
trative manager. General Foods
Corporation, Bedford Hills, N.Y.

1953

Robert E. Zegger, historian, Wil¬
mette, Ill. in 1979. Professor
Zegger was chairman of the his¬
tory department at Northeastern
Illinois University.

1954

Todd R. Gaulocher, broadcasting
executive. Riverside, Conn. Mr.
Gaulocher was vice-president for
domestic sales of Viacom Interna¬
tional.

1956

Robert A. Briggs, lawyer, Alexan¬
dria, Va. on May 27, 1980. Mr.
Briggs was an appellate counsel
with the office of the Navy Judge
Advocate General. Survivors
include his mother, Claudine
Briggs.

Howard Tuckner, journalist, New
York, N.Y., on June 4, 1980. A
former bureau chief in Hong Kong
for ABC News, Mr. Tuckner also
reported from South Africa, Ban¬
gladesh and Vietnam. For nine
years he wrote for The New York
Times, and later worked for
Newsweek, NBC News, and as
anchorman for 'The 51st State"
on Channel 13 in New York. He is
survived by his mother and two
sisters.

1959

George R. Peterson, biochemist,
Dayton, Ohio on December 15,
1979. The victim of an apparent
robbery. Dr. Peterson was an
associate professor of pharmacol¬
ogy and psychiatry at Wright
State University School of Medi¬
cine, and was working on studies
in drug abuse. Survivors include a
brother, Leonard Peterson, of
New York City.

1960

Herbert M. Einbinder, Nicholson,
Pa. in November, 1976.

1962

Howard J. Bechefsky, judge. La
Mesa, Calif., on May 12, 1980. A
1965 graduate of Columbia Law
School, Mr. Bechefsky practiced
law and served as deputy attorney
general of the state of California.
At the time of his death, he was a

municipal court judge in San
Diego's El Cajon Judicial District.
Hillel Hyman, clergyman, Rock¬
ville Centre, N.Y., on February
23, 1980. Rabbi Hyman was an in¬
structor in rabbinics at the Jewish
Theological Seminary in New
York City. Survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Hillel Hyman, Rock¬
ville Centre, N.Y.

1964

William Henry Franklin, III, mag¬
azine publishing executive. New
York, N.Y. on February 17, 1980.
Mr. Franklin was a circulation
director for Ziff-Davis Publishing.
He is survived by his wife, Olive
E. Franklin, Ramsey, N.J.

William D. Schwartz, securities
broker, Scarsdale, N.Y. on April
1, 1980. Mr. Schwartz, a vice-
president of Prescott, Ball & Tur-
ben, was a specialist in energy-
related securities. Survivors
include his wife, Gloria K.
Schwartz, two children, and his
parents Ruth and Harry Schwartz
'40.

1975

Robert G. Groh, congressional
legislative assistant and press aide,
Washington, D.C.

Corrections: Two alumni were in¬
correctly included in this column
in our last edition:

George F. Thomas '69 has since
been tracked down in Pennsyl¬
vania by a concerned classmate;
Richard S. Downey '76 was in the
midst of his honeymoon as we
went to press. Dr. Downey
graduated from Columbia P&S
this spring.

CCT regrets the errors, and ex¬
tends a collective thank-you to the
many people whose friendship
and concern have enabled us to
correct the mistakes; we are also
glad to report that the Alumni
Records Center — our principal
source for this column — has now
instituted more stringent verifica¬
tion procedures, which should
help us avoid future errors in this
space.

Class Notes

00 -

Norman H. Angell
108 Dumbarton Road
Baltimore, Md. 21212

A recent article in Time magazine
reports that Robert K. Graham, a
wealthy California businessman
whose hobby is collecting sperm
from Nobel prize-winning scien¬
tists, has named his repository
after our late classmate Hermann
J. Muller '10, the Nobel physiolo¬
gist who died in 1967. The article
states that Muller was a friend of
Graham's, and converted him to
his belief that man's genetic stock
could be improved by matching
the frozen sperm of exceptionally
bright men with exceptionally
bright but, unfortunately, child¬
less women.

Classmate Muller was first in¬
spired to pursue genetic research
in our junior year. It seems that
about this time, President
Nicholas Murray Butler thought it
would be a good thing if profes¬
sors from the graduate schools
taught classes in the College.
Classmate William Langer TO
(later governor of North Dakota)
lived next door to me in Hartley;
together, we took a course with
Professor John Dewey, which was
a wonderful experience. If I
remember correctly —it was a
long time ago — I first met
Hermann Muller in that class. He
told me he was taking a course
with the great biologist, Professor
Thomas H. Morgan, which, in
retrospect, must have changed his
whole life. After graduation,
Muller continued to work with
Morgan, and by 1916 had re¬
ceived his Ph.D., signed by Presi¬
dent Butler. Whatever was in that
1916 thesis of his would make
interesting reading to some people
at least, especially to his class¬
mates.

Professor Morgan later received
the Nobel Prize, and in 1946 Her¬
mann did also, in medicine and
physiology. I found a Baltimore
Sun clipping of the time pasted on
the last page of my 1910 class
book. It says: "It is worth noting
that Dr. Muller had been trained
under Dr. Thomas H. Morgan,
who won the same prize. The
laureate tradition thus passes on
from master to student. Dr.
Muller is a geneticist who for
twenty years has been conducting
investigations in heredity. It is
perhaps a sign of the times that he
seems to be particularly interested
in the effects upon the genes —
the agents of transmission of
hereditary characteristics — of
certain rays which are of the kind

produced by atomic fission."

Five Nobel Prize winners have
contributed sperm to Mr. Gra¬
ham's repository in Escondido,
California, but the names were
not given. I wonder if classmate
Muller was one. Mr. Graham has
hired a guard for his sperm vault.
He refuses to talk with reporters.

11 -

Sidney S. Bobbe
25 West 54th Street
N.Y., N.Y. 10019

Jun Ke Choy '15 was recently
honored at a luncheon in San
Francisco in recognition of his
civic services as founder of the
Chinese Culture Center. He was
presented with a scroll, saying in
Chinese: "The mountain is tall,
and the river is long," as a symbol
of the timelessness of his founding
spirit. Choy, at 89, responded by
relating some of the obstacles he
had to overcome both in San
Francisco and China before he
could achieve his objectives. Choy
is also president of Chinese Amer¬
icans for Freedom and Human
Rights.

Send news to
Columbia College Today
100 Hamilton Hall
N.Y., N.Y. 10027

Raymond L. Wise is the author
of Wise, Legal Ethics (746 pp.,
Matthew Bender, N.Y., August
1979). It is his sixth book on the
subject.

Charles Steiner
25 Sutton Place S.
N.Y., N.Y. 10022

Ralph E. Pickett

20 Fifth Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10011

We are trying to bring the records
of our classmates up to date. A
spot check has discovered several
who have been dead for some
years, but no notification had
been sent to Columbia College
Today. Others, like Dr. John P.
Baker, could not be found by the
Postal Service. If you receive this
issue it is assumed that your name
still belongs on the official list.
Please help by sending any correc¬
tion to me at the above address,
or to CCT. Of course, we are
always glad to learn of the current

address, the professional or avo-
cational pursuits, or other activi¬
ties that engage your attention.

Since the last issue I have
learned of the death of Ross A.
Abel, Allen J. Cokefair, and
David Friedenberg. This informa¬
tion is given here inasmuch as
others of you may have missed
the obituaries, just as I did.

On a more cheerful note, we
learned that Dr. Eli Goldstein,
professor of medicine at New
York and Flower Hospitals before
they closed recently, is still in
active practice at his office, and
-making his daily rounds at
Doctors' and Metropolitan Hospi¬
tals. He still goes to concerts and
the ballet, and he continues to
build up his collection of Hebrew
books which he reads with great
enjoyment.

We heard from Howard W.
Courtney in June. He is still living
in Clearwater, Florida, where he
and his wife, Alma, expect to cele¬
brate their 60th wedding anniver¬
sary this Fall. Congratulations to
you both!

Monte Kandel, engineer, has
retired and is no longer practicing,
although he travels a good deal
with his wife. He busies himself
with charitable and foundation
work, such as the Masonic
Order's efforts in rehabilitation of
veterans in various hospitals. Mrs.
Kandel is also busy with help to
the blind, especially with Braille.

Just received a fine long letter
from John Ralph Boland, too late
for inclusion here. We hope to
have a further word about him
later.

Stanley R. Jacobs
1130 Park Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10028

Having heard from no one in the
class lately, I must risk seeming
immodest in reporting a bit of
news concerning myself. On April
16, 1980, I was very honored to
receive a John Jay Award for Dis¬
tinguished Professional Achieve¬
ment at a banquet in the rotunda
of Low Library. Receiving awards
with me were Horace Davenport
'29, Lester Bernstein '40, Emanuel
Ax '70, James R. Barker '57, and
Harold Brown '45, who received
his in absentia.

No matter how "unnews¬
worthy" you may consider your
current activities, I'm sure many
classmates would be interested in
hearing from you—so send it on.

Arthur A. Snyder
16 Court Street,

Rm. 2504

Brooklyn, N.Y. 11241

Our 60th reunion was joyfully
celebrated on Mav 31/June 1 at
the Rye Hilton Hotel, situated on
a beautifully wooded 60-acre
estate in Portchester, N.Y.

Attending this notable event
were our 2nd vice-president, Dick
Conant and his wife; Mr. & Mrs.
Lewis E. Davis; Rabbi & Mrs.
Isidor B. Hoffman; Leon F. Hoff¬
man, Isidor's brother; The Hon.
and Mrs. Ira J. Katchen; Mr. &
Mrs. Lawrence L. Levy; Mr. &
Mrs. Jules B. Singer; Dr. & Mrs.
Jack Wechsler, and reunion chair¬
man Arthur A. Snyder and wife.

Ten other anniversary classes
joined with 1920 in celebrating
their reunions; we had brunch in
our private dining room both
Saturday and Sunday, and a gala
Saturday evening dinner-dance in
the main ballroom. Dean Arnold
Collery gave us a welcome
address. The evening's highlight
was a medley of songs from the
1920 Varsity Show, "Fly With
Me," sung by a group of current
students.

This show was revived in April
in tribute to Richard Rodgers '23,
who wrote the music to the lyrics
of Larry Hart '18. Three of our
classmates who performed as
show girls in the original produc¬
tion in March, 1920 (Eustace
Taylor, Jules Singer and Arthur
Snyder) attended the show on
April 26th.

Through the cooperation of
Andrew B. Harris, the show's pro¬
ducer, and Kate Cambridge of his
staff, the students made it "an
enchanted evening" for all.

Lewis E. Davis, retired vice-
president of the Bank of America
in the Far East, and now living in
Palo Alto, California, attended
the reunion with his wife Lillian.

George K. Small, a professional
hypnotist, writes from Largo,

Fla., that he has a most interest¬
ing, varied and satisfactory life,
with much work planned. He is
generally healthy, except "quite
blind," unfortunately.

Wally Neumann had his 81st
birthday on May 31st, but could
not attend our 60th reunion. He
was trustee of the Lincoln Savings
Bank for 36 years and secretary
for more than a decade. He has
been class chairman of the College
Fund for many years and still
holds that position.

At the University's Commence¬
ment exercises on May 14, four
classmates who attended marched
at the head of the customary pro¬
cession and were given front row
seats in front of Alma Mater.

They were Leon Hoffman, Carl

Columbia College Today

Misch, Harry Goldman and Art
Snyder.

Rev. Norman Sibley regretted
his inability to attend our 60th,
but attended another 60th reunion
—that of his wife Peg, who grad¬
uated from Barnard 60 years ago.
However, he sent his blessings and
wished us all a swell time.

Ed Healy recently underwent
surgery. We wish him well and a
speedy recovery. He was our first
class president.

Columbia College Today
100 Hamilton Hall
N.Y., N.Y. 10027

The Class of '21 column was pre¬
pared by Dean Nicholas M.
McKnight, who has concluded his
term as Class Correspondent with
appreciation from CCT for a job
well done. Please send future news
to the above address until a per¬
manent correspondent is named.

We were delighted to hear re¬
cently from Roger D. Prosser, a
former vice president of our class,
who wrote from his home in
Englewood, N.J. Upon gradua¬
tion, Roger worked in his family's
business—Thomas Prosser and
Son, importers and exporters of
steel and machinery. His own son
Robert is a specialist on the floor
of the New York Stock Exchange;
Roger has a daughter, too, Ger¬
trude P. Fuller, as well as seven
grandchildren and two great¬
grandchildren. After the death of
his wife Julia about four years
ago, Roger remarried. He and his
bride, the former Barbara Conner,
are doing a great deal of traveling,
and are enjoying life. In his note,
Roger asked to send "best regards
to all my classmates," which I am
pleased to do.

George Shiya
One World Trade Center
Suite 1345
N.Y., N.Y. 10048

Joseph P. Brennan
65 Central Park West
N.Y., N.Y. 10023

Joseph W. Spiselman
873 East 26th Street
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210

On Dean's Day, March 22, 1980,
the class was well represented by
more than 25 persons. At our re¬

served luncheon table there were
21, the largest of any of the classes
present. At the luncheon, George
Jaffin, chairman of the 60th
reunion committee, outlined our
class commitment to the "Cam¬
paign to Assure the Quality of
Life at Columbia." Our goal is
$250,000 to be used for a suite of
nine rooms, social hall and bath¬
rooms on a floor in the to-be
refurbished Hartley Hall. The
suite will be named for the Class
of 1924.

On May 3, 1980, Class Presi¬
dent A1 Robison and his gracious
wife Ann hosted our 60th annual
dinner (56th reunion) and meeting
at their home in Teaneck, N.J. A
heartwarming total of 58 class¬
mates, wives and guests attended.
The Robison's home was alive
with the talk of prior years and
present activities; dinner was de¬
lightful and president A1 wisely
kept the business to a minimum.
Our honored guests, Dean Arnold
Collery and University Deputy
Provost Norman Mintz followed
suit in their remarks. A1 did, how¬
ever, reaffirm the class commit¬
ment to the Quality of Life cam¬
paign, and a letter of details to the
class will be forthcoming. From all
classmates present, a sincere thank
you to our host and hostess.

Henry Miller has been elected
president of the Columbia Club in
Atlanta, Ga. Now completely re¬
tired as Emeritus Professor from
all his posts (Queens, Morehouse
and Oglethorpe Colleges), he de¬
votes much time to regional
Columbia matters.

F. Rickford Meyers (The Rev¬
erend) had a heart attack and is
now house-bound. Rick, at 85, is
the oldest member of the class.

Julius Abeson is still active in
his legal work. In his field he is
affectionately known as 'The
Dean of Bankruptcy."

Arthur Ackerman is retired
from the practice of medicine and
is using his bundle of energy in
community affairs.

For the saddest portion of a
class correspondent's column,
with sorrow I must report the fol¬
lowing deaths:

I. Cyrus Gordon, on April 14,
1980.

William C. Kopper, in April,
1980.

Harry S. Kantor, on June 18,
1980. Our condolences to their
families. They were staunch class¬
mates, and we are thankful that
they were at our 55th reunion and
enjoyed it so much.

Julius P. Witmark
215 East 79th St.,
Apt. 9B

N.Y., N.Y. 10021

For our 55th Anniversary, the
Class was involved in Commence¬
ment on May 16 followed by a
banquet the next day, and a re¬
union weekend at the Interlaken
Inn in Lakeville, Conn. Attending
all or part of the festivities were:

Nassif & Marie Arida; John &
Kathleen Balet; Austen & Luba
Block; Harold & Pauline Brown;
C. Bruner-Smith; Connie Burt;

Bill Block; George & Geraldine
Case; Hank Curtis; Howard
Dockerill; Hallett Dolan; Irving &
Evelyn Driesen; Charles & Esta
Flood; Gertrude Friedberg; Mor-
timor & Sydnee Gordon; Glen
Gunst; Hazen & Isabel Hardy;
Alvina Huber; Dermod Ives;
Arthur Jansen; Bob Klein; Harold
& Lillian Korzenik; Madeleine
Kroeplin; Harry & Leona Kurz-
rok; Bill Lieberman; Harry & Roz
Lea; Milton & Ruth Levitt; Anoch
& Rosalie Lewert; Joe & Marian
Lillard; Milton & Isabel Mound;
Charles & Katherine Mylod; Sha-
feak & Emma Nafash; Arden
Post; Ruth Prager; George &
Marian Reid; Harold Roegner;
Alvin & Onita Schaye; Lee Sharp;
Gerry Shevlin; Will & Marie
Steinkamp; Raymond Strauss;
Morris Saffron; Tom & Katharine
Walker; Ed & Nancy Wallace;
Mrs. Ford Watson; Dick & Ann
Wilde; Richmond Williams; Law¬
rence & Mae Wien; Julie & Jean¬
ette Witmark; Morris Woodrow;
Jack Ware.

As a tribute to her dedication,
enthusiasm and efficiency, Rose
Brooks, associate director of Col¬
lege Alumni Affairs, was enter¬
tained by officers and past presi¬
dents of the Class at a luncheon at
the Princeton Club on June 17.
The group presented her with a
handsome crystal bowl from Gor¬
ham so that she would have evi¬
dence in her home of the affection
in which she is held. In the words
on the card (and with a bow to
Gertrude Stein) it was announced
that "a rose is a rose is a rose."

Charlie and Kathleen Mylod,
Julie and Jeannette Witmark, and
Rich Williams were in the April
24th audience of "Fly With Me,"
the 1920 Varsity Show revived
by the Columbia Center for
Theater Studies as a tribute to the
late Richard Rodgers. To their
surprise, they were greeted with a
red carnation, a souvenir pro¬
gram, and a salute from the stage
at the end of the performance.

In May the New Jersey Acad¬
emy of Medicine presented the
First Annual Morris H. Saffron
Lecture. Dr. Genevieve Miller,
president of the American Asso¬
ciation for the History of Medi¬

cine, was the speaker at this affair
which honors our classmate.

Con Amore V. Burt writes that
he retired from his surgical prac¬
tice last January after more than
50 years of activity, for which he
received a citation from the Medi¬
cal Society of the State of New
York. For many years he was on
the faculty of P&S and was presi¬
dent of their Class of 1928. He is
the author of many articles (his
specialty being rectal and colonic
surgery) and has been past presi¬
dent of the Medical Strollers, a
society of the leading specialists of
New York City.

Our classmate (because his
father was an invalid and there
were two small sisters to support)
started to work at 12 years of age
in a brickyard in Quitman, Miss.,
at 30 cents an hour. He went
through high school in two years
at night; while going to school
from 6th grade through three
years of college, he worked all
day and attended class at night.

Dr. Burt not only likes to repro¬
duce antique furniture, but col¬
lects old barbed wire and nails, an
unusual hobby indeed.

Edward S. Lynch
30 Bedford Road
Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570

Sal Gambino, now retired in Flor¬
ida, sent us an essay —
"Remembrances of College Days,
1922-24"—from which we are
pleased to present excerpts:

"If Dr. Butler had not persisted
in his stand of nothing short of the
presidency at the Republican Con¬
vention of 1924, he could have be¬
come President upon the death of
President Harding.

"I recall the solar eclipse of
1925. The news media had an¬
nounced Columbia was the best
and nearest place in the city to
view the total eclipse. Dr. Butler
and the faculty and visiting digni¬
taries viewed from the roof of
Low Library, and the Columbia
campus was wall to wall people.

"The McMillin Art Theatre in
the School of Business was the
scene of many important events. I
can still see Chief Justice Hughes
delivering an address. Rear Ad¬
miral Byrd gave his illustrated
slide talk about his flight over the
North Pole. I saw my first opera
there — Carmen — by the San Car¬
los Opera Company, and The
Pied Piper of Hamelin by world
famous Tony Sarg's Marionettes.

"My years at Columbia saw the
construction of the School of Busi-

ness, John Jay Hall, and the Casa
Italiana.

“Security was handled by Blue
Pete (our campus cop) in a light
blue uniform. His Irish brogue
and merry twinkle in his blue eyes
endeared him to all the students.

"An outstanding facet of my
Columbia years was the pleasure
of being roommates with Arthur
Burns, later to become Chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board, and
classmate of our beloved Dwight
Miner, the late Moore Collegiate
Professor of History."

Our sympathies to Walter Eber-
lin whose wife, Elizabeth Lam-
brecht Eberlin, died December 11,
1979. Elizabeth was a Barnard
graduate.

Eugene Sheffer is no longer
teaching French diction at the
Harlem School of the Arts.

Eugene says, "I am preparing a
monograph on the history of the
Maison Francaise, where I occu¬
pied the post of director from
1941 to 1966."

Robert Rowen married Ger¬
trude Perry of Bromont, Canada,
and instantly inherited four chil¬
dren and thirteen grandchildren.
Bob says he is enjoying life in
Bromont and is looking forward
to seeing his '26 classmates.

1981 will see our 55th Reunion!
This will be held on campus,
where our class will be special
guests at the Commencement
exercises.

Make plans now!! You won't
want to miss this one. Details will
follow soon.

Classmates—keep writing!
Thanks.

William Heifer
445 Park Avenue, 5th H.
N.Y., N.Y. 10022

Bill Petersen, retired chairman of
the University Trustees and Trus¬
tee Emeritus, was on the dais at
the 82nd Commencement Day
luncheon of the Alumni Federa¬
tion in Ferris Booth Hall last May
14. The luncheon preceded the
Commencement exercises at which
Bill was deservedly awarded the
honorary Doctor of Laws. The
New York Times excerpted Bill's
citation as follows: "For nine
years of service as chairman of the
university's trustees, during which
time your gentle guidance and un¬
yielding determination held this
university together during its most
serious modern crisis." Bill's wife
and son Hollis were present at the
luncheon and the exercises; also
present were Bob Curtiss, Bill
Heifer, Cecil Hopkins (who flew
in from his home in Arizona) and
Bob Schnitzer.

Bob Curtiss added to his collec¬
tion of trophies by being pre¬
sented with the first Distinguished

Service Award of the National
Association of Realtors at their
mid-winter meeting in Dallas,
Texas. Bob is a long-time member
of the N.Y.S. Association of Real¬
tors; he was president of the
N.Y.C. Board of Real Estate and
of the American Society of Real
Estate Counsellors. Right now
Bob is hard at work with the
Alumni Association, Dean Col-
lery. Rose Brooks, Bill Oliver and
others to re-activate the Columbia
College Society of Class Presi¬
dents.

Booth Hubbell wrote some time
ago from Tucson, Arizona, that
although unable to get to N.Y.
from 2600 miles away, he has not
been idle in alumni affairs. There
are over 70 College alumni in his
area and Booth and others were
organizing the Columbia Univer¬
sity Club of Tucson. At their first
dinner meeting in May of 1979, 62
alumni and guests attended, in¬
cluding classmate Cecil Hopkins.
Guest speaker was Dr. Robert Jas-
trow '44, Columbia astronomy
prof and head of the Goddard
Space Flight Center, who talked
about Voyager and related topics.
Says Booth, "Just wanted you to
know that even though I am not
in the Great Metropolis, I'm not
just vegetating, but am doing my
bit in bringing Columbia to the
Great Southwest."

Henry Jaffe, movie and TV pro¬
ducer sub nomine Henry Jaffe
Enterprises, Inc., writes that effec¬
tive April 1, 1980, their new
offices are located at Sunset/
Gower Studios, 1420 N. Beach-
wood Drive, Los Angeles, Cali¬
fornia 90028. Visiting classmates
can phone him at 213-466-3543.

Jerome Brody
39-48 47th Street
Long Island City,

N.Y.11104

We had our final meeting of the
year as a picnic get-together at the
home of Phil & Selene Feldblum in
Armonk, N.Y. Present with their
wives and guests were Messrs.
Veit, Glassman, Lane, Umans,
Parsons, Barb, Siris, Druss,

Taxin, Kolovsky, Brody, Mound,
Mannix, Dorfman, Vischi, Price.

Re-elected were: Ivan Veit,
President; Oswald Vischi, Record¬
ing Secretary; Jerome Brody, Cor¬
responding Secretary; Leonard
Price, Treasurer; Frank R. Pitt,
Midwest Representative; Egbert
H. Van Delden, West Coast
Representative; Alexander Rubin,
Southeast Representative; Louis
H. Taxin, Fund Chairman; and an
executive board consisting of
Daniel Cohen, David Dorfman,
Philip Feldblum, Charles Glass-

man, Edward R. Holt, Henry
Umans, Hon. Harold Kolovsky,
Dr. F. E. Lane, James W.

Loughlin, Howard S. Meighan,
Dr. Royal M. Montgomery, Dr.
Joseph Siris, and Hillery C.
Thorne.

At our graduation, an honorary
degree was awarded to Dr. Prezell
R. Robinson, President of St.
Augustine's College at Raleigh,
N.C. He, in turn, awarded an
honorary degree of Doctor of
Civil Laws to Hillery C. Thorne,
Sr. Hillery retired from the Board
of Education in New York City in

1976, but you would never notice
it, as Hillery is a consultant to the
Chancellor of the N.Y.C. school
system as a member of the Com¬
mittee of Appeals and Reviews,
and a very active member of 100
Black Men, Inc.

Wilbur Friedman was elected a
member of the advisory commit¬
tee of the Metropolitan Opera
Company.

Art Smith is recovering from
open heart surgery and Charles
Yankauer is also recuperating
from his surgical experience.

Irving Langbein keeps himself
busy on personal affairs while
practicing law in West Palm
Beach.

Those who read the Sentinel-
Star newspaper in Orlando, Fla.,
will learn that Manly Duckworth
has been the music critic for over
30 years. He majored in English
and music at Columbia.

Rod Travis has been elected
president of the State Magistrates
Association. He served as chair¬
man of its Resolutions and Legis¬
lative Committees and was vice-
president of the Association since

1977. In 1976 he was honored as
Magistrate of the Year.

We are saddened to report the
death of our loyal and hard¬
working classmate, Charles Glass-
man, on July 12th. The Class
extends heartfelt sympathy to his
wife, Gwen.

Please remember our next
event. Homecoming on October
11th.

E. Arthur Hill

50 West 67th Street
N.Y., N.Y. 10023

Columbia College Today
100 Hamilton Hall
N.Y., N.Y. 10027

Reunion report filed by
Harrison Johnson
Bill Sanford asked me to write a
few lines about the 50th Anniver¬

sary Reunion of our Class, un¬
aware that I barely passed English
101 with a C —, which I blamed
on so much time riding shells in
our beautiful Harlem River.

The celebrations started on May
13. It is a tradition for the gradu¬
ating class to invite the 50th Anni¬
versary class to their Class Day
ceremonies in the Van Amringe
quadrangle, presumably to show
the new graduates what durable
bodies Columbia College
produces. Due to threatening
clouds, the ceremony was held in
the Levien Gym. Those of you
who wandered afield from Morn-
ingside since graduation and have
not been back in years will be glad
to learn that basketball games
(and Thorndike tests) are no
longer held in the Columnade hall
that passed for a gym under the
old Ferry Boat, but in a new facil¬
ity that seats over 3,000.

As we passed the 1980 young¬
sters, I remarked to one of them,
'Take a look at this group. That's
what you will look like fifty years
from now." He smiled but the
chap next to him exclaimed, "Oh
my God!"

Later we joined Dean Arnold
Collery for lunch. In my college
days I frequently called on Dean
Hawkes on matters concerning
scholarship, so it has taken 50
years to sit with the Dean in more
pleasant circumstances. The next
day some of us attended the Com¬
mencement ceremonies, and again
marched behind the faculty for
seats in the front row of spectators
section under the watchful eyes of
Alma Mater.

But the big event was the
reunion on the weekend of May
31 at the Rye Town Hilton Inn
with 36 classmates present. Most
brought their wives. I believe
many of the ladies came to see
what 50 years had done to the
girls we dated to the Junior Prom
or later married. From their danc¬
ing and gaiety it appeared that
Father Time had done little
damage.

The Rye Hilton is quite a place,
hidden in the woods of West¬
chester, which some of us had
some trouble finding. Once there
it was all fun and joy meeting so
many of our classmates. Introduc¬
tions were in order for those who
had not seen each other since
graduation. After all, a 72-year
old chap looks quite different
from those 22-year old youngsters
we left behind. Some actually had
most of their hair and many heads
were still black or brown. But the
prevailing hue was silver, and
some wore Kojak haircuts. A spe¬
cial treat was provided for enter¬
tainment: the revival of the 1920
Varsity Show, "Fly With Me,"

Columbia College Today

music by Richard Rodgers '20,
performed by current students of
the University, which we all en¬
joyed very much.

Some had to travel from afar.
Bill Norton and wife came from
San Antonio, Texas, and Junius
Bird recently returned from exca¬
vating in Tierra del Fuego. As
usual the commuters were the ma¬
jority. We would have enjoyed
seeing more classmates and all
agreed that we should get together
more often by attending the
Homecoming football games in
the fall and Dean's Day in the
spring.

Before adjourning we took a
few minutes for the serious busi¬
ness of electing new officers. By
unanimous vote, Bill Sanford was
elected president with Eduard
Baruch as vice president, and
Harrison H. Johnson, secretary.
No treasurer was elected, as the
finances of the class are ably han¬
dled by the Alumni Association,
so the position is just honorary.
We are reserving that honor for
the first classmate who donates
$50,000 to the College Fund!

Arthur V. Smith
Curtis Morris & Safford
530 Fifth Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10036

Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, presi¬
dent of Bar-Ilan University in
Israel, received an honorary
Doctor of Letters degree from
Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.,
at their commencement exercises
in May. A prolific author on
Judaic tradition, Rabbi Rackman
has taught at Yeshiva University
and CUNY, and is formerly Rabbi
of the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in
New York.

Ernest D. Preate is still engaged
in the active practice of law in
Scranton, Pa., and has no present
intentions of retiring. Two of his
four sons have followed him in his
profession, one as a member of his
firm and the other as District At¬
torney for Lackawanna County.

Charles J. Marro is practicing
law in Rutland, Vt., and serves as
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the
District of Vermont.

Our 50th Anniversary year has
already begun, so please respond
to questionnaires and other letters
as we prepare for the grand finale
of a year's activity next spring.

Arthur Lautkin
1148 Fifth Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10028

Excerpts from three letters that
speak far more eloquently than I
ever could.

From Ernest F. Kish: "Much
pleasure in meeting you at the
Yale football game. Enjoyed
soccer games at Baker Field and
St. Petersburg—congratulations
to the coach.

"Received mention in new book
on Iwo Jima —called Iwo. Credits
my efforts for B-29 program over
Japan in '45.

"My Parkinson's disease has
made me retire from practice of
medicine."

From Lillian (Mrs. Erik) Linden:
"Erik loved Columbia College and
the Engineering School so deeply.

I often laughed and said I was
§3, for his schools came before
me." I'm sure all remember Erik,
who passed away in 1975. We are
glad that Mrs. Linden continues to
keep in touch.

Finally, we received a press re¬
lease on Leonard Scully:

'The Federation of Protestant
Welfare Agencies gave its distin¬
guished Keystone Award for out¬
standing service in Protestant wel¬
fare to Leonard T. Scully on April
30, 1980.

"Mr. Scully is president of
Morningside House Nursing
Home and its division, the Acad¬
emy for Gerontological Education
and Development. Formerly sen¬
ior VP of U.S. Trust Co., N.Y.,
and now president of Excelsior In¬
come Shares, N.Y., Mr. Scully
was elected to the board of direc¬
tors of the F.P.W.A. in 1968 and
serves on seven of its commit¬
tees."

Alfred Beaujean
40 Claire Avenue
New Rochelle, N.Y. 10804

Hear and attend all of you Class
of 1933, this is your new Alumni
Correspondent addressing you. I
have taken over the job from Mac
Sykes who has done yeoman serv¬
ice for these past two years and to
him we extend our heartfelt
thanks. I hope to be able to keep
you informed about our class
members, and for this I will need
notes and letters from you. My
address is shown above.

Jack Keville (you remember —
one of our great track stars) or¬
ganized and promoted a "Salute to
the Plastics Industry" which ran
from Jan. 7-Feb. 16, 1980. It high¬
lighted the contributions of the
plastics industry to the economy
of North Worcester County,

Mass, and was a big success. Jack

says "Who says we're too old to
go into something new?"

On June 7th two of your class¬
mates joined the Crew Reunion at
the Gould Boathouse at Baker
Field for the annual rowing on the
Harlem River (it's as dirty as ever)
and the picnic that followed. They
were your correspondent and Bill
Kinderman. We filled up an
"eight" which was stroked by Bill
Sanford '30 and Davy (Horace)
Davenport '29 was No. 7. We
rowed to the 225th St. Bridge,
back out to the Henry Hudson
Bridge without suffering any car¬
diac disorders. The picnic that fol¬
lowed was lots of fun and our
wives who accompanied us were
all delighted with the outing. A1
Paul (Director of Athletics) says
that they plan to make this an an¬
nual affair. So, I hope to see any
former oarsmen next year.

Fon W. Boardman, Jr.

16 West 16th St.,

Apt. PHGN
N.Y., N.Y. 10011

Ruth and Belmont Corn have
moved from Ft. Lauderdale to
Pompano Beach, Fla. Bud is a
member of the board of the Inter¬
national Swimming Hall of Fame,
a commissioner of the Broward
County Historical Commission,
and tapes literature for the blind.
Bud reports that Ed Kennedy, for¬
mer swimming coach, is in "great
shape," and that he saw class¬
mates Bob Gardiner and Hickman
Price at a dinner for new President
Sovern.

Evald Gasstrom is business
manager of a service of the West¬
chester Association for Retarded
Citizens, having been a founder of
the agency. Prior to his career in
social work, in which he held a
number of important posts, Evald
was for 40 years associated with
the Eagle Rule Mfg. Corp., which
he sold in 1970. He is active in the
Finnish-American community in
New York and asserts he is the
last charter member of a poker
club that started in 1938.

Evald is also our energetic trea¬
surer. His recent compelling letter
brought in more than $1,000 in
class dues. So 1934 is again in the
black —but if you have not sent in
your $10, don't let this stop you.
Several class members took the
dues paying occasion to send
greetings. Allen D. McCarthy of
Long Beach, N.Y., noted that re¬
membrance of the fact he attended
the Rose Bowl game January 1,
1934, made him begin to feel old.

George E. Bucci reminded us that
he lives in Mobile, Ala., having
retired from the Stauffer Chemical
Co., a few years ago.

Lawrence W. Golde is another
lawyer still active—as a partner
in Thacher, Proffitt and Wood in
New York. Larry and his wife
Josephine (Barnard '34), who live
in Port Washington, L.I., have
two sons, both lawyers and one a
graduate of Columbia Law. Also
two grandsons. Larry has been
secretary of the Port Washington
Yacht Club for about 20 years and
plays tennis and golf.

Edgar V. Hobbie is still running
the security business he estab¬
lished in 1949 in the Washington,
D.C. area. Earlier, Ed had a var¬
ied career as a newspaper editor,
assistant to several members of
Congress, lobbyist for the dairy
industry, and sales manager for
one of the world's largest ceme¬
teries. A resident of Springfield,
Va., Ed has a son who is TOC.

Edna and Jud Hyatt are cele¬
brating their second third-genera¬
tion Columbian: son James who
graduated from the Law School in
May. Edna's father, Carl V. Vogt,
was '99L, and her uncle, Edward
LeC. Vogt, was '97L. Son Andrew
J. is '69C and '71E.

Taking exception to some omis¬
sions in an article in the magazine
Alaska about World War II in the
Aleutians, Francis P. Organ (who
spent 18 months there with the
Seabees), wrote a corrective letter.
As a result, he heard from other
veterans all over the country and
was asked by the University of
Alaska to send more information.
So Hank turned out a 5,500-word
narrative which has been printed.
Hank is retired and lives in North¬
ampton, Mass.

George T. Paul, who earned a
doctorate in chemical engineering
in 1942, is a consultant to the Re-
search-Cottrell Co. In past years,
George has taught at Princeton
and worked for International
Nickel and the M. W. Kellogg Co.
He and his wife Doris, who is a
computer programmer at Rutgers,
live in Middlesex, N.J. They have
two sons (an ornithologist and an
electrical engineer) and a daughter
who is a librarian, plus two
grandsons. George's main hobby
is music; he has sung in church
choirs for about 40 years.

Thirteen class members (includ¬
ing the host), mostly accompanied
by wives, made the usual happy
success of the Hyatts' pool party
June 21. Classmates who came
were: Norm Alexander, Hy Bick-
erman. Bob Breitbart, Ed Finn,
Evald Gasstrom, Larry Golde, Bill
Golub, Herb Jacoby, Howard
Klein, John Leonardo, Harry
Richards and Phil Roen.

Vincent G. Kling '38,

architect of the new Atlanta subway system:

A lesson in dynamism

"When you fly a plane, it's like
being in a fifth dimension," he
told us in an interview in
August. "It's a feeling you get in
the pit of your stomach, of
being one with the machine."

To Vincent G. Kling '38, the
airplane is the finest example of
total design in this century—aes¬
thetically, technically, and func¬
tionally. "It's beautiful because
it works, it's strong, it's not
wasteful, it assembles many
talents, and because it expresses
the romance and fun of life."

Unlike many modern archi¬
tects, Mr. Kling is not particu¬
larly interested in designing fur¬
niture or other "static infill," as
he calls it, as an extension of an
architectural philosophy.
"Movement," he proposed, "is
more characteristic of our time."

Tanned, trim, and restlessly
energetic at 64, Vincent Kling is
no armchair theorist: movement
is central to the life and the
work of the former Columbia
trustee, who heads a Philadel¬
phia-based architectural and
planning firm which has won
dozens of professional awards
and citations.

A graduate of the architecture
programs at both Columbia and
M.I.T. (where he studied with
the Finnish master, Alvar
Aalto), Mr. Kling's first com¬
mission was a private beach
house on the Jersey shore, de¬
signed to accommodate the
natural wind currents and the
movement of the sand. It was
included in a Museum of Mod¬
ern Art exhibition of innovative
architecture in the early 1940's,
and Mr. Kling is still proud of it.

His latest project involves
movement on the grand scale: a
$3Vz billion bus and subway
system for Atlanta, Georgia,
which should be finished by
1985. Mr. Kling lobbied hard to
keep some of the hand-drilled
natural granite exposed on the
tunnel walls, "because it's beau¬
tiful, and because it represents a
lot of human labor," he says.

Among his over 1,000 finished
projects in architecture, urban
planning and transportation are

the designs for Washington
National and Philadelphia Inter¬
national airports; a major role in
the reconstruction of Philadel¬
phia's core known as Penn Cen¬
ter; the International Monetary
Fund headquarters in Washing¬
ton, D.C.; the University of
Connecticut Medical Center; the
Altschul-Mclntosh complex at
Barnard College; and his per¬
sonal favorite, the Lankenau
Hospital complex in Overbrook,
Pa. An ambitious project to
combine residential, com¬
mercial, and transportation
facilities atop Philadelphia's 30th
Street Station was never realized
because of the financial collapse
of Penn Central. It was particu¬
larly frustrating to Mr. Kling,
because he viewed the complex
as a solution to profound social,
logistical, and environmental
problems caused by suburban
sprawl.

"The destruction of our land
by the pollution process is really
a result of excessive and waste¬
ful movement," he said. "Mov¬
ing in a sailboat is fun. Three
hours on the expressway is not."
Mr. Kling's point was under¬
lined by the fact that he had just
been victimized by a monumen¬
tal collapse of New York's traffic
system, caused by a leaking gas
tanker on the George Washing¬
ton Bridge. We agreed to meet
again at his home.

A visitor to his 18th-century
farmhouse in Chester Springs,

Pa. is quickly swept up by Mr.
Kling's vigorous style, which
plays gently off the tranquil and
gracious sensibilities of his Vir¬
ginia-born wife, the former
Caperton Booth. Before an hour
elapses, we have already ridden
in vehicles ranging from a
Honda Golden Wing motorcycle
to a Ferrari 365, GTC-4 (whose
engine won twice at Le Mans),
to his twin-engine Queenair for
a short flight over the farmland
of eastern Pennsylvania. (A
licensed pilot with thousands of
flying hours and at least one
very close call on the books,

Mr. Kling logged five years in
U.S. Navy aircraft during World

War II, and is today chairman
of the Chester County Airport
Commission.) Before dinner we
have time for a quick swim and
a roaring jam session, with Mr.
Kling playing a mean rhythm
guitar.

An interview with Vincent
Kling is accomplished on the
run, like so many snapshots of a
mind in motion, without the
elaborate transitions that are
uncharacteristic of the man or
his architecture . . .

On architects:

"I don't sympathize with people
who say, 'The best things I ever
did are on paper.' The profes¬
sion is short of guys who can
conceive it and get it done."

On power:

"The biggest movers are the
entrepreneurs, politicians,
builders—they make the big
decisions. But they never say to
me, 'Give me the best office
building you can design.' They
say, 'I want it ready for occu¬
pancy in 1982, three stories,
with a parking lot, for $40 a
square foot. I don't want a
monument.' If this had been the
attitude for 2,000 years, who
would have built the Uffizi
Palace? Who would have built
Parliament? Who would have
built the Cathedral of Notre
Dame? That's not a building—
that's a symphony! The architect
who gets his aesthetic vision
accomplished has to understand
the political reality. Brunelleschi
and Michelangelo understood
this. But there has never been a
complete wedding of political
leadership and the highest stand¬
ards in planning and design."

On American architecture:

"I don't think Americans are
willing to dedicate a sufficiently
large proportion of their re¬
sources for great architectural
statements to be enjoyed by
future generations. Most of
what's built today could be
destroyed in fifty years and no
one would protest on grounds of

historic preservation. We build
for the life of the mortgage, and
then, who cares?"

On space:

"People keep talking about
wasting space. Where's the space
shortage that dictates 8-foot ceil¬
ings in American apartments?
We live like pieces of candy
squeezed into a box. Builders
don't realize the value of space:
think of places of worship—the
vertical spaces absorb people's
turmoil, as does nature's space.
Think of Grand Central Station,
with its high ceiling absorbing
all that energy. Now think of
[the new] Penn Station, where
people scurry in and out of a
great city like rats."

On Columbia:

"I used to get mad when I was
on the Board of Trustees,
because I'd recommend a lot of
kids I thought should be here,
and it didn't make a bit of dif¬
ference. If this candidate didn't
pass muster with admissions and
the faculty, he didn't get in. And
that's the way it ought to be:
Columbia stands on granite, not
plexiglas. First of all, you attract
a big crosscut of very bright
young people—and they influ¬
ence each other. And then you
have the windfall of an ex¬
tremely devoted teaching staff.
You study the past with the
attitude that the why of events,
not just the recording of them, is
the real fun of it all. It sticks to
your ribs.

"I just feel that Columbia's a
solid, bulwark, bastion, founda¬
tion, motherpot of marvelous
people and freedom of thought."

—J.C.K.

Columbia College Today

Allen H. Toby

122 East 42nd St.,

Rm 2800

N.Y., N.Y. 10017

Twelve '35ers showed up at our
45th Reunion which was held at
the Rye Town Hilton on May 31
and June 1. Typical comments of
those attending were that it was
great to be with fellow classmates,
renewing old friendships and
bringing each other up to date, be¬
moaning the fact that there were
so few from the class in attend¬
ance, and recalling the incredible
good fortune of having gone to
Columbia. Everyone agreed that it
was a rewarding weekend.

Syd Barnes is living in Norris¬
town, Pa. and represents two im¬
porters of novelties and giftware.

Jerry Fusco lives in Falls
Church, Va. and is active in vol¬
unteer and community projects
even though he has been retired
since 1974.

John Goodner resides in Bronx-
ville, N.Y. and is medical director
of the American Stock Exchange's
health facility on Trinity Street in
downtown Manhattan. The serv¬
ice is an affiliate of the Life Exten¬
sion Institute.

Walter J. Higgins, former chair¬
man of the Hudson Valley Na¬
tional Bank of Yonkers, is retired
and living in Palm Beach, Fla.

Chad Ketchum lives and prac¬
tices law in Huntington, West
Virginia.

Hunter Meighan lives in Mama-
roneck, N.Y., and practices law
there.

Oliver (Ollie) Neshamkin, prob¬
ably our most faithful football
rooter, is practicing medicine and
living in New York City.

Charles O'Connor is now re¬
tired and living in Heritage Vil¬
lage, Southbury, Conn.

Julius J. Rosen lives in New
York City and practices law. He is
giving serious thoughts to retire¬
ment.

Joseph J. Ryan has retired from
his nursing home business, spends
winters in Florida and summers in
South Yarmouth, Mass.

Murray Sylvester recently retired
from the N.Y.S. Attorney Gen¬
eral's office and is enjoying his lei¬
sure in N.Y.C.

I am still living in White Plains,
N.Y. and enjoy being a practicing
CPA in New York City.

All of the above were at the re¬
union and are looking forward to
1985 and the 50th. They all send
their regards to the rest of the
class and hope we have a much
larger turnout then.

George Baumann of Chicago,

Ill. is still active as the manager of
Inland Metals Refining Co., a tin
smelter.

Alfred J. Barabas
1000 Spring Hill Road
McLean, Va. 22102

Walter E. Schaap
86-63 Clio Street
Hollis, N.Y. 11423

John F. Crymble
22 Chestnut Street
Salem, N.J. 08079

Dean's Day in March attracted Ed
Kloth, Don & Helen Schenk, Jim
& Dot Stitt, Paul & Elsie Taub,
John & Alenda Crymble, and Juan
De Zengotita. The luncheon in
Ferris Booth Hall provided a
happy social time for all.

The 1920 Varsity Show "Fly
With Me," by Rodgers and Hart,
was enjoyed in April by the
Schenks, the Taubs and the Crym-
bles. Don & Elsie graciously
hosted the group for dinner at the
Princeton-Columbia Club prior to
the show.

"Pete" Guthorn sent an interest¬
ing letter early in the year on his
busy career as a physician, sur¬
geon, author, historian, cartog¬
rapher, and father of eight tal¬
ented children, Kay, Mrs. "Pete,"
is a teacher in special education in
Neptune City, N.J., in addition to
her family duties. "Pete" has pub¬
lished two books on Revolution¬
ary War maps, nine monographs
on historical cartography, a book
published by Rutgers University
Press in 1971 on the Seabright
skiff and other local boat types.
How does "Pete" pursue all these
interests in addition to being a
full-time surgeon, serving on
many committees and active in
the American College of Sur¬
geons? We wish "Pete" many
years of pleasurable interests in
family, profession, and associa¬
tion with archivists in pursuit of
his hobbies.

Weldon "Bob" Booth has been
in touch with our engineering
classmates Rosco Guernsey,
George Brown, Arthur Myers,
Curt Weyers & Walter Maack.
Roscoe traveled to California in
June to his son Bill's wedding.
George retired in the fall of 1979
and moved to Phoenix, Arizona
to be near two of his children.
Arthur and Curt plan retirement
shortly from DuPont and Babcock
& Wilcox, respectively. Walt is
consulting during retirement.

Bob & Tod Booth had a family
reunion in Aspen, Colorado at the

The Hon. Wilfred Feinberg '40
was recently named Chief Judge of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit in New York City.
A 1943 graduate of Columbia Law
School, Judge Feinberg was ap¬
pointed to the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of New
York by President Kennedy in
1961. A Court of Appeals justice
since 1966, Judge Feinberg rose to
his new post by being the active
member under the age of 70 with
the longest service on the Appeals
Court.

end of March. Daughter Carol has
been appointed director of fi¬
nances for schools in Boulder,
Colorado. She has two great,
skiing, sons.

Howie Westphal, practicing at¬
torney in corporate law and estate
planning in Mineola, L.I. and
wife, "Chick," continue to throw
lavish parties for Columbians and
friends.

We rejoice at Jim Zullo's recov¬
ery from an accident which almost
cost him his left foot. Golfing, ski¬
ing, tennis, and wood chopping
are still on his agenda.

It was a delight to see Leon
Warshaw and Murray Uris '37 at
the St. Paul Chapel Choir Re¬
union in June. Leon has been serv¬
ing on Mayor Koch's New York
Hospital Task Force. Murray is re¬
tired from the practice of psychia¬
try in Scotsdale, Arizona.

"Bob" Shaw has retired from
business here in South Jersey. His
neighbors still hear his horn exper¬
tise acquired playing with Hal
Marley's Blue Lions 40 years ago.

Joseph Loeb, Jr.

100 Hoyt Street
Stamford, Conn. 06905

Add to the List of Retired: Harry
Roggenburg, formerly professor
of marketing at Rutgers Univer¬
sity, as of February 1st.

Herbert H. Hyman has collabo¬
rated with Columbian Charles R.
Wright '49 in publishing Educa¬
tion's Lasting Influence on Values
from the University of Chicago
Press.

Harvey V. Fondiller
915 West End Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10025

Forty years . . . it's been a long
time. World War II — the anvil on
which our generation was shaped
— scattered our classmates around
the world . . . and 14 never re¬
turned. Then came Civvy Street,
marriage (at least once for most of
us), children... solid citizenry...
professional achievement. Mean¬
while, four decades took their toll.
"We're the survivors," commented
one of the 52 who gathered, with
wives, at the Rye Town Hilton in
Rye, N.Y., May 31-June 1.

Ellis Gardner, who was unani¬
mously elected class president,
noted that the Class of '40 in¬
cludes 60 physicians, 3 dentists, 2
judges, 30 full-time professors,
and 18 who are president or chair¬
man of the board. A brainy lot, to
be sure!

Those present were: Alexander,
Ames, Bareli, Bartolf, Beard,
Lawson Bernstein, Beyer, Bower,
Corcoran, Danish, Dietz, Dowd,
Edelman, Elbow, Ethell, Farwell,
Feinberg, Flynn, Fondiller, Frost,
Gardner, Hall, Hiesiger, Holt, Im-
pellizzeri, Keutgen, Kosovsky,
Knight, Kolodny, Krapp, Kursch,
Lambert, Robert Lee, Loehmann,
Lubar, Minervini, Neugroschl,
Pacent, Plotnick, Remmer, Rice,
Romaine, Saxon, Schwartz, Shat-
tan, Shongut, Stevenson, Tandy,
Temko, Turken, Wagner, and
Wegman.

Among those who planned to
come but couldn't make it: Bank-
off, Cooper, Davis, Kayden, Ken¬
nedy, Loy, Marsh, Mladinov,
Webster, and Stanton, who sent a
telegram from Napa, Cal.: "...
hope to make the next one." We
all hope so, too —and we're not
going to wait till our Fiftieth!

At the festivities, your corres¬
pondent (on crutches after
breaking a hip playing tennis with
14-year-old son David) gleaned
the following newsnotes:

Robert S. Ames, Executive VP
—Aerospace, at Textron in Provi¬
dence, R.I., is on the executive
committee of the Aerospace In¬
dustries Association. He has three
children—Mrs. Linda*Cassady,
David (working in TV production
in New York), and Elizabeth (Yale
'79), who is in the training pro¬
gram of the First National Bank of
Boston.

Martin C. Bareli has been re¬
elected to the N.Y.S. Board of Re¬
gents for a seven-year term. His
six children have undergraduate
degrees from Radcliffe, Villanova,

Georgetown, University of Penn¬
sylvania, and State University of
New York, Albany, as well as
graduate degrees from Adelphi,
University of Pennsylvania, and
Johns Hopkins. His youngest
daughter is Naomi (Barnard '84).
Marty lives at 10 Ballantine Lane,
Kings Point, N.Y. 10024.

Prof. Matthew Elbow received
the Chancellor's Award for Excel¬
lence in Teaching for the year
1979 from the State University of
New York.

Chester G. Hall, Ph.D., is exec¬
utive vice president of the Na¬
tional Institute for the Foodservice
Industry, 20 North Wacker Drive,
Chicago, Ill. 60606.

Julius Impellizzeri is chief execu¬
tive officer of Elmendorf Re¬
search, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif.,
and president of Stranway Corp.
and its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Elmendorf Board Corp., Clare¬
mont, N.H. The companies are in¬
volved in the production of ori¬
ented strand board. Julius lives at
5 Peter Cooper Road, New York,
N.Y.10010.

Bill Keutgen retired two years
ago from Union Carbide, where
he was in plastics research and de¬
velopment. He lives in Fort
Myers, Fla.

Saul Kolodny is vice president,
economic research, at the Ameri¬
can Sugar Division of Amstar
Corp., 1251 Ave. of Americas,
New York, N.Y. 10020.

Dr. Harry Kosovsky is a psy¬
chiatrist with offices in Engle¬
wood, N.J. and New York. His
daughter Karen (Columbia P&S
'79) is interning in general medi¬
cine at St. Luke's Hospital, New
York, and son Peter is a fourth-
year student at New York Medical
College.

Lou Pacent owns A&C Elec¬
tronics, Inc., Northridge, Calif.

He lives in Palm Springs.

Hank Remmer was manager of
field engineering when he retired
six years ago from Pratt & Whit¬
ney Aircraft Engine Division of
United Technologies, East Hart¬
ford, Conn. He owns Ecological
Design (landscaping designers and
constructors), Glastonbury,

Conn.

We were saddened to learn that
Dr. Louis Berkowitz died May 19,
1980, at his home in Roslyn
Heights, Long Island. A social
worker and psychologist, he had
been executive director for two
decades of the Educational Alli¬
ance, a settlement house on Man¬
hattan's Lower East Side. After
graduating from Columbia, Lou
received a master's degree in social
work from the University of Penn¬

sylvania (1945) and his doctorate
from the human relations depart¬
ment of New York University in
1972. Surviving are his wife and
three sons.

Mrs. Fred Abdoo
779 Schaefer Avenue
Oradell, N.J. 07649

Plaudits again to two of the many
outstanding members of the class:

To Joseph Peters, consultant in
planning and administration of
hospitals and health care services
in Coyle, Oklahoma, who was
honored in Atlanta, Georgia on
May 5 as the first recipient of the
Corning Award for Exceptional
Contributions in Hospital Plan¬
ning by the Society for Hospital
Planning of the American Hospi¬
tal Association.

To Joe Coffee, who has been
appointed to the newly-created
position of Chancellor of Eisen¬
hower College, now part of the
Rochester Institute of Technology
as a result of their recent merger.
As Chancellor, Joe will be respon¬
sible for future development of
Eisenhower's educational re¬
sources within the framework of
R.I.T.

In April, a large contigent from
the class attended the revival of
Richard Rodgers' 1920 Columbia
Varsity Show, "Fly With Me." It
was a splendid performance by all
involved and brought back many
memories of the Varsity Shows.
Next year, another revival is
planned — perhaps one of our own
I.A.L. Diamond's — so let's make
it a gala night for '41.

Good news about our reunion
this year. Thanks to our Presi¬
dent, we are once again able to
have our weekend at Arden
House. Dates: December 5
through December 7. Promises to
be a delightful weekend, as usual,
so please get reservations in early.
Come and enjoy!

Please keep news coming in to
your Class Correspondent so I can
keep '41ers up to date on your
activities.

Victor J. Zaro
563 Walker Road
Wayne, Pa. 19087

Sy Ethan reports that he has just
graduated from the Training Insti¬
tute of the National Psychological
Association for Psychoanalysis
after ten years' work, and is now
in private practice as a psycho¬
analyst and psychotherapist. For
the past four years, Sy has been
assistant director of the group

therapy department at the
Washington Square Institute of
Psychotherapy in New York City.

From Oceanside, California,
Willliam A. Mazzarella writes that
he has retired from a long career
with IRS, and is now enjoying the
golden years with his wife, the
former Rita Detrano, formerly of
the University Press. Bill and Rita
are especially proud of their four
children and six grandchildren.

Bill says he is looking forward to
attending the class reunion in 1982
and seeing all his old classmates.

John E. Smith's most recent
book. Purpose and Thought: The
Meaning of Pragmatism was pub¬
lished by Hutchinson in London
and Yale University Press. John is
serving as president-elect of the
American Philosophical Associa¬
tion, Eastern Division, and is
Clark Professor of Philosophy at
Yale University.

Royale R. Crabtree '43 writes
from Winter Park, Fla., that he
and wife (the former Eleanor
Voorhees, who did graduate work
at Columbia and P&S) are thor¬
oughly enjoying retired life. Their
youngest son is in the Peace Corps
in Nepal, son #2 is in Japan teach¬
ing English, and their oldest is
working on a degree in architec¬
ture in Baltimore. Royale says he
would be pleased to have any
classmates in the area drop in for
a visit.

It is a real delight to receive
your letters and pass on your
whereabouts and doings to our
classmates. Please keep it up! Pick
up that pen and write to me—Vic
Zaro — at the above address. You
and your classmates will be glad
you did. Thanks!

John Pearson
6 Eileen Terrace
OrmondBeach, Fla. 32074

Walter Wager
200 West 79th Street
N.Y., N.Y. 10024

Known for their progressive plan¬
ning and good looks, members of
the distinguished Class of '44 are
thinking ahead to the Homecom¬
ing Game with Princeton at Baker
Field on October 11th. A small
but fierce committee is being or¬
ganized to guide this mini-reunion
and picnic effort. Any dynamic
tycoons, brilliant brain surgeons,
master lawyers, famed academics,
prize-winning poets or others
who'd like to participate are in¬
vited to 1) get in touch with the
class president 2) try to lose some
weight before October 11th.

Those who cannot attend may
send a note bringing this column
up to date on their activities, a
contribution to the Fund — or
both. Your presence would be the
best, of course. In light of the im¬
minent federal election, funny
hats will be permitted but no run¬
ning shoes or boasting about
alleged tennis prowess.

Alan S. Medoff
185 Cedar Lane
Teaneck, N.J. 07666

Dr. Larry Ross informs us that he
is assistant professor of clinical
radiology at SUNY — Stony
Brook —but earns his living as a
radiologist associated with the
South Nassau Communities Hos¬
pital. Incidentally, his younger
son, David Warren Ross, was
graduated with the Class of 1980
and will be studying medicine at
SUNY in Buffalo. Congratula¬
tions, Larry and David.

Fred Escherich
60 Siwanoy Boulevard
Eastchester, N.Y. 10709

Daniel Hoffman '47, poet in resi¬
dence and Professor of English at
the University of Pennsylvania,
was honored recently with the
Memorial Medal of the Magyar
P.E.N. Club in Budapest, Hun¬
gary, for his work in translating
and popularizing Hungarian liter¬
ature. Professor Hoffman, who
has published seven volumes of
his own poetry, is the editor of the
recently published Harvard Guide
to Contemporary American Writ¬
ing, and is one of the principal
translators of the Modern Hungar¬
ian Poetry anthology. A chancel¬
lor of the American Academy of
Contemporary Poets, Professor
Hoffman was named the Univer¬
sity of Pennsylvania's poet in resi¬
dence and director of the writing
program in 1978; he joined the
Penn faculty in 1966, having pre¬
viously taught at Columbia Col¬
lege and Swarthmore.

Columbia College Today

George W. Cooper
489 Fifth Avenue
(Suite 1501)

N.Y., N.Y. 10017

Ave atque vale! Hail to the new
format; farewell to the old. And
what do we have to inaugurate
our space in the new CCT, but a
single item (and of course, the
captioned photo of Dan Hoffman
that already caught your eye):

Pierre L. Sales, formerly with
the State Department, has been
appointed chief-of-mission of a
"multi-million dollar" develop¬
ment project in Mauritania. Dare
we say: "Lucky Pierre"!

The new format permits us a
maximum of 65 lines at 38 charac¬
ters (that's printing type, not
alumni) per line. This issue, it was
an effort to reach 20 lines, includ¬
ing spaces. Please help your cor¬
respondent to do better next time.

David L. Schraffenberger
500 Second Avenue,

L.B. #108
N.Y., N.Y. 10016

You heard it here first (maybe):
John Steeves, New York's oldest
living landmark, moves to Savan¬
nah, Georgia, at the end of
August.

Elsewhere, classmates continue
to report an impressive array of
new appointments and elected
positions.

Hal Broderick has been named
director of market development
for the Dictaphone Corp. (he was
formerly their director of govern¬
ment sales). He and wife Cathy
and their three children are resi¬
dents of Staten Island.

Fred Messner, a vice-president
of the New York ad agency Poppe
Tyson (division of deGarmo Inc.)
has been elected president of the
Advertising Club of New York.

The amiable Dr. Sears Edwards
(Garden City, N.Y.), having com¬
pleted his term as president of the
Nassau County Medical Society,
is now a councilor of the New
York State Medical Society, and
on the Board of Directors of the
Medical Liability Mutual Insur¬
ance Company.

Attorney Dan Hoffman (Santa
Clara, Cal.), with a demonstrated
interest in a wide variety of issues
of the day, has recently been re¬
elected vice-president of the
Northern California Coalition for
Handgun Control.

Dr. Burton V. Dean, professor
and chairman, department of op¬
erations research. Case Western
Reserve University (Cleveland)

"I want people to go out of here
reeling, to have a sense of 'How
could he do it?'" William Rubin
told a Times reporter when New
York's Museum of Modern Art
(MoMA) opened its unprece¬
dented Pablo Picasso exhibition
in May.

"I want them to have the same
feelings I had in seeing the forest
of Picasso's own sculptures that
he kept in a downstairs studio at
his home—almost a sensation of
vertigo, based on an impression
of more range, more invention,
more variety than the mind can
cope with."

If people emerged from
MoMA in awe of Picasso's
vision and fecundity, they were
necessarily impressed by Mr.
Rubin's achievement in having
organized the museum-wide dis¬
play. Nearly 1,000 works,
including many from the artist's
private collection, were as¬
sembled for the four-month
exhibition, which concluded on
September 30. The museum's
41-gallery permanent collection
was temporarily stored away,
allowing more than one million
visitors to confront the enor¬
mous, often terrifying force of
Picasso's eight-decade career.

It was an idea of which
Picasso himself approved. A
year after Mr. Rubin's 1972 visit
to Picasso's villa in the south of
France, he approached the
painter with the museum's pro¬
posal. Although he had never
seen MoMA, Picasso reportedly
chuckled and agreed to the exhi¬
bition.

The artist died a few months
later and left no will, which
effectively halted Mr. Rubin's
plans until years of tangled liti¬
gation could be resolved. In lieu
of estate taxes, the French gov¬
ernment expropriated more than

William Rubin '49,

director of the Museum of Modern Art's
Picasso retrospective:

An eruption of genius

3,000 of Picasso's works for the
proposed Musee Picasso in
Paris, whose future curator-in¬
charge, Dominique Bozo, be¬
came Mr. Rubin's co-director in
the MoMA undertaking. To¬
gether, they set about the colos¬
sal task of choosing, procuring,
and shipping their selections
from 152 lenders around the
world, including 56 other mu¬
seums. (Of all the sources, only
one eventually backed out: the
Soviet Union cancelled its loan
of 12 major works in the chilled
atmosphere following the
invasion of Afghanistan.)

The resulting retrospective
was hailed as "possibly the most
crushing and exhilarating exhi¬
bition of a 20th century artist
ever held in the U.S.," by Time
magazine art critic Robert
Hughes. Upon completing the
tour, visitors used such words as
"inspired," "exhausted," "satu¬
rated," and "overwhelmed." The
spate of articles, books, and
press coverage generated by the
exhibit amounted to a major
reconsideration of both Picasso's
work and his place in 20th cen¬
tury art. It was the desired
effect.

Mr. Rubin explicitly wanted
the show "to be confusing to
people who think they have a
grip on Picasso's career." He
said, "They should come out
thinking, 'It's a lot less clear
than I thought.'"

Since even the more casual
visitors were emerging
exhausted, it is understandable
that Mr. Rubin retreated to
France shortly after the exhibit's
opening to resume writing under
quieter conditions and to enjoy
a well-deserved vacation.

A native New Yorker, Mr.
Rubin studied at Columbia
College and the University of

Paris, and earned an M.A. in
history and a Ph.D. in art his¬
tory at Columbia, working with
Professors Meyer Schapiro '24
and Millard Meiss. The author
of several publications on
modern art and a former editor
of Art International, Mr. Rubin
has himself taught at Sarah Law¬
rence and at CUNY's graduate
school; presently, he is an
adjunct professor of art history
at the Institute of Fine Arts at
New York University, in addi¬
tion to his duties at MoMA,
where he is director of sculpture
and painting.

In 1977, he mounted MoMA's
highly-acclaimed exhibit,
"Cezanne: The Late Work,"
which was considered to be
something of a coup in itself. To
have successfully undertaken an
exhibit on the scale of the
Picasso retrospective is a once-
in-a-lifetime achievement. And
yet, the enormity of Picasso's
work is uncontainable, even by
William Rubin's reckoning:

"In a way, you can't really
jam this genius into one build¬
ing," he said. 'MoMA isn't large
enough." —P.K.

was elected president of Omega
Rho, the international honorary
society of operations research.

The Society has 17 chapters, with
approximately 600 members, and
looks forward to substantial
growth during Dr. Dean's two-
year term.

Eric P. Schellin has been in pri¬
vate law practice since 1958,
specializing in patents, trade¬
marks, copyrights, and unfair
competition causes. He is also a
professor at George Mason Uni¬
versity School of Law, a lecturer
at Georgetown University, chair¬
man of the Board of Trustees of
the National Small Business Ad¬
ministration, and an officer and
member of a number of Presiden¬
tial and governmental committees
and task forces, as well as a fre¬
quent contributor to magazines
and journals (an article reviewing
the problems of inventors and
entrepreneurs recently appeared in
both Newsweek and the Wall
Street Journal). Eric and Mrs.
Schellin (Dorothy) have seven
children — the oldest, a daughter,
now in law school.

Some people think Dick Hyman
is the only piano player in the
world. He is not. At least eight
(by personal count) superb jazz
pianists provided one of the New¬
port Jazz Festival's most outstand¬
ing programs on a summer Satur¬
day at New Jersey's Waterloo Vil¬
lage. The entire production was
under the direction of (you
guessed it) Dick Hyman.

Horizons have broadened for
Bob Clayton, now managing
properties in Queens, Manhattan,
and the Bronx in his new position
with the real estate firm of Sulz-
berger-Rolfe, Inc.

Richard C. Kandel

523-B East 85th St.,

Apt. 1-C

N.Y., N.Y. 10028

Mario A. Palmieri
33 Lakeview Avenue, W.
Peekskill, N.Y. 10566

From information we have gath¬
ered from various sources, ap¬
parently 10 classmates put in an
appearance — for at least part of
the weekend — at the 30th reunion
in Rye, N.Y. They were Budd
Appleton, John Arents, George
Evalenko, Jim Garofalo, Bill Han-
nigan, Carl Hovde, Jerry Kaye,
Mario Palmieri, Tom Sebring,
Arthur Thomas. If we've omitted
anyone, please inform your cor¬
respondent.

Jay Lefer, M.D. is supervising
and training analyst, Psychoana¬
lytic Division, New York Medical
College. Jay is also teaching at the
Albert Einstein College of Medi¬
cine Hospital. His family includes
two sons, ages 9 and 5, and his
wife teaches political science at
Cooper Union. Mrs. Lefer is soon
to publish a book about Quebec.

Richard N. Priest
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman,
Hays & Handler
425 Park Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10022

Robert T. Snyder has been ap¬
pointed an Administrative Law
Judge for the National Labor Rela¬
tions Board, and will serve in the
N.Y.C. Office of the Division of
Law Judges.

Mark N. Kaplan, a partner in
the law firm of Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom, and for¬
mer president and chief operating
officer of Engelhard Minerals and
Chemicals Corp., was recently
elected to the board of Unishops,
Inc. Mr. Kaplan is also a member
of the board of directors of Elgin
National Industries, Inc.; Grey
Advertising, Inc.; REF AC Tech¬
nology Development Corp.; and
Crush International Ltd.

Richard N. Priest, formerly
senior VP of the New York Stock
Exchange, was recently appointed
Executive Director of Kaye,
Scholar, Fierman, Hays &

Handler, located at 425 Park Ave¬
nue, N.Y.C. 10022.

1981 marks the thirtieth anni¬
versary of our class. Many people
remember the excellent reunion
that we had five years ago. We
anticipate another very good re¬
union for our thirtieth anniver¬
sary.

This year the Columbia College
Fund exceeded $2 million for the
first time in its history. Much of
the improvement was directly re¬
lated to the increased levels of giv¬
ing of the anniversary classes. Five
years ago, the class of 1951 set a
record for a 25th anniversary
class, which was subsequently ex¬
ceeded by the classes of '52 and
'54. It is essential, I believe, that
we establish a record level of
contribution to the Fund for our
thirtieth anniversary. Both this
effort and the activity involved in
setting up our reunion will require
as many volunteers as we can pos¬
sibly get. I would greatly appre¬
ciate if anyone interested in work¬
ing either on the reunion or in
connection with the fund contact
me promptly.

Robert N. Landes
McGraw-Hill
1221 Avenue of
the Americas
N.Y., N.Y. 10020

Dr. John W. Rhinehart wrote in to
correct some errors which crept
into the last column. We mistak¬
enly placed the good doctor in
Newton, Mass., instead of New¬
town, Connecticut. And to make
sure of the rest, I shall refer to Dr.
Rhinehart's note: "At this point,"
he writes, "we are very much in¬
volved in the Kelly non-specific
metabolic program, which simply
translated, means creating a new,
healthy holistic life style through
various holistic means and still
living effectively in the world."

For those sufficiently intrigued,
contact Dr. Rhinehart at Deep
Brook Associates, Newtown, Ct.
06470.

Wes Bomm, an electronics data
processing consultant, was re¬
cently named partner-in-charge
for Coopers & Lybrand's Consult¬
ing Services Group in Philadel¬
phia. Wes, his wife Gloria, and
their five children live in Cherry
Hill, N.J.

Frank W. Walwer has left his
post as Associate Dean at
Columbia Law School to assume
the deanship of the University of
Tulsa College of Law. Saying that
in his new position he sees a law
faculty that is "young, eager,
energetic and determined," with a
"forward-looking policy," Frank
added that the city of Tulsa —
where he and his wife Mary Ann
now live with their son Gregory —
and its College of Law are "small
enough to come to grips and make
things happen." May we add our
congratulations and best wishes.

Phil Wilson

150 Paradise Road
E. Amherst, N.Y. 14051

Your class and secretary are espe¬
cially indebted to Dick Conning-
ton. First, for sponsoring the
cocktail party/reception for Mike
and Joan Sovern June 14, at the
Connington's East 81st Street
apartment, and for providing
most of the tidbits for this col¬
umn. Thanks also go to Pete and
Doris Pellett, as co-sponsors of
the Sovern sojourn. About sixty
classmates, spouses and galfriends
were there, including but not lim¬
ited to: Jay Kane, Warren Calwill,
Herb Rosedale, Norm Marcus,
Don Schacher, A1 Worby, Burt
Murdock, Stan Kieffer, Dick Ger-
shon, Lou Soloway, A1 Donati,
Vic Creighton, Tim Sherwin, Dick
Koomey, John Wuorinen, Bob

Taylor, John Bacharach, Pete Car-
bonara, A1 Thaler, Howie Pette-
bone. Art Hessinger and Ray
Barile.

Heard between slurps, about
those in attendance:

Want a loan, call Pettebone!
Howard Pettebone is now chief
loan officer of First National Bank
of Central Jersey.

Opting for two basketball teams
rather than one baseball assem¬
blage, John Wuorinen and his wife
await the birth of their tenth child
sometime in September. Complete
with luxuriant beard, John divides
his time between the Bell labs (23
years) in Whippany, N.J., and a
seven acre farm in Chester.

Norm Marcus makes good use
of his experience working and liv¬
ing in the big city as counsel to the
NYC Planning Commission.

Dick Koomey is assistant gen¬
eral counsel of Sperry and Hutch¬
inson.

Dick Gershon's young ad
agency, Lois, Pitts, Gershon, is
growing rapidly.

Dick Connington has been
named executive VP and director
of Charter Group International,
Inc., an international consulting
group with offices in Boston, NYC
and London, with which Dewey,
Irwin and Co., his own consulting
firm, is affiliated.

News about those unable to at¬
tend but there in spirit:

Gene Hoenig and Marius Val-
samis at the American Association
of Neuropathologists' convention
in New Orleans; Rolan Reed per¬
forming his duties as "The Boy
Major" of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.;

Stan Sklar, a NYC Civil Court
Judge, on vacation trip; Don
Taylor on his honeymoon (and
taking time out from his duties as
principal in Chestnut Hill Radio¬
logical Associates, Boston); Dave
Richman now heading the staff
division of "Program Integration
Analysis" for the DOE; Jim
Concra owning and running
Colonial Advertising agency in
Kingston, N.Y.; Pete Lewis prac¬
ticing law in Baltimore and Barry
Schweid busy as a news commen¬
tator for PBS.

Lest you think that all your
classmates became physicians, at¬
torneys or educators, (or chose an
honest living at reasonable rates).
Bill Owen was elected a trustee of
the N.J. Society of Certified Pub¬
lic Accountants. Bill resides in
Franklin, N.J. with his wife and
three children.

Your class was magnificently
represented at the College Alumni
Association workshop at Arden
House, May 24-25, by Dick Clew
and Phil Wilson.

Columbia College Today

Bill Berry

1300 Midland Avenue
Yonkers, N.Y. 10704

You guys just don't seem to have
the hang of this class-notes busi¬
ness yet. I can't believe that the
500-plus bright-and-aggressive-
and intelligent darlings of destiny
who departed from Morningside
28 (ugh) years ago have so little to
report. Are you all sinking into
quiet recession? male menopause?
oblivion? 'Fess up now: Didn't
something of interest happen re¬
cently? (If necessary, we'll keep
the item Anon.) So let's proceed
with the four, count'em, four,
items I've got from the legal,
medical and academic branches of
the class:

Dave Bardin reports he's just
joined the "prestigious" (noted in
green ink inserted over typescript)
Washington law firm of Arent,
Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn,
where he will "specialize in envi¬
ronmental and energy law." He
adds, "Let's invite comments
about synthetic fuels, solar
energy, natural gas, coal and
gasoline — as well as the price of
home-heating oil." He also
showed a lot of guts in admitting
he held a ranking position in the
Department of Energy when your
class scribe covers the recreation/
travel/leisure industry, which
views DOE with less than ap¬
proval. To put it mildly. (Not so
fond of EPA, either.)

On the medical side, Mai Weiss
reports that he's practicing in
Reno and was just named presi¬
dent-elect of the Nevada Academy
of Family Physicians (and not, I
gather, Gamblers Anonymous).
His letter reached me just after I
returned from a convention in
Vegas, where I studied the mathe¬
matical probabilities with some
frequency. Mai was also the only
one to respond to my request for

Toot Your
Own Horn

The Barnard-Columbia Philhar-
monia invites all Columbia
alumni, students, faculty, parents
and employees who play orches¬
tral instruments to audition for
the upcoming season.

Rehearsals will be held on Sun¬
day evenings and auditions will
take place throughout the fall
semester.

For information, call (212)
666-7013, or obtain audition
forms at 206 Ferris Booth Hall,

intelligence about my forthcoming
book about the leisure industry.
(I'll be in touch soon.)

Falling into the academic/medi¬
cal crack is Larry Gartner, who's
been named chairman of the de¬
partment of pediatrics at the Uni¬
versity of Chicago. Alas, I learned
about that two days after I turned
in final galleys on my new book.
Kids on Skis, which will be out in
September or whenever Scribner's
gets around to it, and you gotta
admit that's one subtle plug.

Finally, Dave Williams reports
he, too, has a new job: chairman
of the music department at Mem¬
phis State University.

Incidentally, if you haven't read
Home Free by Dan Wakefield, do
so. A very subtle and disquieting
book with a kicker ending and a
good ear for the sounds of our
times. I think he's opened ground
and become the best writer in the
class — and the last time I
counted, that included a fair num¬
ber of us.

Gerald Sherwin
181 East 73rd Street
N.Y., N.Y. 10021

For all those who attended the
25th anniversary reunion of our
class at the Ryetown Hilton, May
30-June 1, it was a time enjoyed
by all —a very fast, in fact, too
fast two days.

For those who were unable to
be there, to see how unchanging
all our classmates were, there are
plans for other "get-togethers" of
the class in the near future.

It was the largest turnout ever
for a Columbia College 25th Re¬
union. Our reunion chairman Bob
Brown and the reunion committee
working with the Alumni Office
helped make this an unforgettable
event.

Classmates came from all over
the country — Stu Perlman from
Chicago, Tom Evans and Judd
Posner from Ohio, Wally Previ
and Lew Mendelson, Washington,
D.C., Sanford Autor, Walter
Flanagan, Ralph Wagner, Don
Pugatch, Bob Banz, from the New
England area. Beryl Nussbaum
from Rochester, Harold Kundel,
Abbe Leban, Dave Stevens, Penn¬
sylvania, Joe Vales and John
LaRosa, Florida, Larry Hoffman
from St. Louis and Stan Lubman
from California, to mention a few
travelers.

An old freshman yearbook was
brought out at the gala Saturday
evening dance festivities. Except
for a few gray hairs we all seemed
to look the same, and have also

Barry F. Sullivan '55 was recently
named chairman and chief execu¬
tive officer of the First Chicago
Corporation and its subsidiary,
The First National Bank of Chi¬
cago, the nation's ninth largest
bank. Mr. Sullivan was for 23
years an officer of the Chase Man¬
hattan Bank N.A. In 1957, Mr.
Sullivan graduated first in his
class from the University of Chi¬
cago's School of Business, where
he majored in accounting and
finance. A native of the Bronx, he
still resides in Bronxville, N.Y.,
with his wife, Audrey, and their
five children. Mr. Sullivan's
second son, Gerry, is a junior in
the College.

gotten a little wiser in the past 25
years.

Herb Gardner, Bob Tuthill, Bob
Kushner, and Ezra Levin, Herb
Cohen, Bill Epstein, as easily
recognizable as the day when we
lost to the sophomores on South
Field during the Soph-Frosh rush.

There was much reminiscing —
Tom Chrystie, Donn Coffee, A1
Martz — the Freshman beanies.
Professor Stanfield's CC class, the
West End Cafe, fraternities, V&T
pizzeria, the greased pole, AF,
ROTC, NROTC, Eisenhower . . .

A1 Lerner and Jim Berick both
couldn't make it at the last
minute.

Where were Dick Ravitch, Joe
Wishy, A1 Ginepra, George Segal,
Sid Sheinberg? Norm Goldstein
sent his regrets from Honolulu at
not being able to attend.

A special mailing will be sent
out from the Alumni Office detail¬
ing everything that happened at
the reunion (including pictures,
naming names, etc.).

Other news: an item which was
inadvertently overlooked in the
previous class notes pertained to
the Hazen Clinical Research
award of $100,000, won recently
by Dr. Jesse Roth, chief of the
Diabetes Branch of the National

Institutes of Health. Jesse is with
HEW in Bethesda, Md.

This quarter's author is Henry
Cohen, professor of history at
Loyola University of Chicago,
who has written two interesting
books: Criminal Justice History
and Brutal Justice: The Ordeal of
an American City (a study of
police misconduct in a typical
city).

Plans for the next class happen¬
ing are underway. Details (date,
time, event) will be sent to every¬
one shortly.

Victor Levin
Hollenberg Levin
Marlow & Solomon
170 Old Country Road
Mineola, N.Y. 11501

Kenneth H. Keller, a chemical en¬
gineering professor, was named
vice-president for academic affairs
at the University of Minnesota.

On the medical front, Robert
Markowitz continues to serve as
senior VP for administration at
the Long Island Jewish-Hillside
Medical Center in Queens.

Edward Gordon is practicing
psychiatry in North Salem, N.Y.,
and has been elected president of
the Psychiatric Society of West¬
chester County.

Little, Brown & Co. has re¬
cently published A Divorce Dic¬
tionary written by Stuart M.

Glass, who intends the book "as a
map to help children and parents
understand the laws that influence
them now and that will affect how
they will live in the future." Stuart
is practicing law in Port Chester,
N.Y.

Our man in the Pentagon is
Jonathan Myer, who serves in the
office of the assistant secretary of
defense dealing with communica¬
tions, command, control and
intelligence.

Peter Mayer serves as chief
executive with Penguin Books
Ltd., 536 Kings Road, London,
S.W. 10, England.

A profile on Gershon Vincow:
our valedictorian, whose field of
major interest was physics, has
completed his first full year as
Dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences at Syracuse University.
Though not a politician while in
school, Gershon, who was Syra¬
cuse's acting Dean, commanded
an 80 % vote of the faculty to
make him the permanent Dean.

A reminder: our 25th Anniver¬
sary year is already under way.
Let's make it a memorable one.

Franklin A. Thomas '56, president
of the Ford Foundation, made a
nostalgic return to Franklin K.
Lane High School on the Brook-
lyn-Queens border in May to ded¬
icate the school's new Franklin A.
Thomas Guidance Center. A for¬
mer Columbia trustee, Mr.
Thomas graduated from Lane 28
years ago, and was praised for
having helped lift his alma mater
out of a disruptive period it
underwent in the 60's and 70’s. A
Times report noted that Mr.
Thomas, surrounded by students,
took a tour of the building and
pointed out a stairwell that had
once been known as "the kissing
stairs." "It still is," chorused the
students.

Jerome Farber
414 Tearose Lane
Cherry Hill, N.J. 08003

I certainly was given honest infor¬
mation when I was told that
obtaining news from members of
our class is close to investigative
reporting. Time being what it is,
hard to find, I'll restrict my inves¬
tigation to something subtle like:

Bob Boikiss, Marty Fisher, Joe
Karp, Lou Leventhal, Ed Wein¬
stein, Art Bobis, Milt Seewald,
Dave Maze, Hy Sternlicht, Jerry
Kern, Bob Cooperman, Kenny
Bodenstein, Stan Barnett — where
are you? What's been happening
for these 23 years? We're anxious
to hear from you!

I did hear from these class¬
mates:

George M. Beliak tells us he's
alive and well and still living in
New York City. However, if any¬
one knows of an apartment, a loft
or a brownstone that's available —
please get in touch.

Congratulations to Robert Alter
and David M. Bloom, two of our
class authors: Robert Alter is
living in Berkeley, Cal. His latest
book, A Lion for Love: A Critical
Biography of Stendhal, was
published by Basic Books in the
fall of 79. David M. Bloom

resides in Levittown, N.Y. where
he and his wife Mona are actively
involved in the Israel Community
Center. Mona is director of the
pre-school program (100 children;
nursery school), and David is
both choir director and treasurer
at the I.C.C. His book. Linear
Algebra and Geometry, was pub¬
lished by Cambridge U. Press in
June of 1979.

Ralph Brunori was recently pro¬
moted to manager, manufacturing
project engineering, with Werton
Components. Son Ralph A. is a
junior at the College and a mem¬
ber of the varsity football team;
son Bruce is a freshman member
of the U. of Rochester's gridiron
squad; daughter Altea is a high
school freshman. The family
resides in the Scranton area.

Paul S. Frommer retired from
the U.S. Navy and is in the life
insurance business in Washington,
D.C.: he's vice president of Frank
Ridge & Associates, Inc. Paul, Liz
and family live in Alexandria, Va.

Alan Frommer, (Paul's brother),
lives in Wellesley, Mass. He has
two children (16 and 11) and is the
comptroller for the Grossman's
Division of the Evans Products
Corp.

News from the medical front:

William F. Friedman, M.D. has
been appointed professor and
chairman of the pediatrics depart¬
ment at UCLA medical school.

George W. Lutz, M.D. has been
appointed corporate medical
director of Johnson & Johnson's
Ethicon Inc., in Somerville, N.J.,
as well as medical director of the
Somerset County Alcoholism
Detoxification Unit.

David Muskat, M.D. was re¬
cently appointed medical director
of Community Mental Health
Services, a comprehensive mental
health center serving a three-
county area in eastern Ohio.

Stanley Raubas updated his
news for us: Stan was elected
assistant VP of Merrill Lynch,
Garden City, N.Y. offices.

Please get in touch with me
either by mail or just give me a
call. My telephone number is
(609) 429-8290. I look forward to
hearing from you!

Barry Dickman
Esanu Katsky & Korins
500 Fifth Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10036

This spring, Roald Hoffman be¬
came the first (to our knowledge)
'58 recipient of an honorary
degree. Roald, a physical science
professor at Cornell, was awarded
a Doctor of Science degree for his
theory of orbital symmetry that
explains and predicts chemical
reactions.

Congratulations also to Harold
Grossman on becoming a vice-
president, Loose-Leaf Services
Division, of Prentice Hall, Inc.

Morton Schatzman, a psychia¬
trist who practices in London, has
published his second book, The
Story of Ruth, based on a
patient's case history.

Stan Meyers is now a faculty
member at the Advanced Institute
for Analytic Psychotherapy, as
well as staff educator and super¬
visor of group psychotherapy at
St. Vincent's Hospital, both in
N.Y.C.

Bernard Talbot, M.D., special
assistant to the director of the
National Institutes of Health, has
voiced his approval of the U.S.
Supreme Court decision that new
life forms may be patented, to the
extent that it may make scientists
whose research is guarded by a
patent application more willing to
discuss their achievements with
their colleagues.

Roger Sacks is a dentist at
Rikers Island Prison, while his
twin brother, Elliott, is also a
dentist, practicing in Beer Sheva,
Israel.

Norbert Hirschhorn, M.D., is
now a consultant and researcher
with the John Snow Public Health
Group in Boston.

Dave Brown was recently pro¬
moted to assistant director of the
Haverford School's Instructional
Media Resource Center.

After completing a year of
study at the U.S. Army War Col¬
lege in Carlisle, Pa., Lt. Col. Don
Festa has been assigned to U.S.
Marine Corps headquarters.

Another career military officer,
Capt. Bob Rosen, is head of the
Navy's Liaison Office to the
House and Senate Appropriations
Committees, and spends most of
his time "on the Hill." Last year
Bob received the American So¬
ciety of Military Comptrollers'
award for outstanding perform¬
ance in budgeting.

George Stern, VP-Operations of
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton RR,
reports that his job "is like having
my own set of electric trains —
only bigger."

Sid Surrey is president of Dar-
wood Management, Inc., which
manages co-operative apartment
buildings in New York City.

Albert Soletsky is a professor of
Foreign Languages and Literatures
at Fairleigh Dickinson U., and
chaired the department until last
May. Alfred Eichner has become
professor of economics at Living¬
ston College, Rutgers University.

Joe Dorinson reports that he
lost his job as Assistant Dean at

LIU for refusing to cross a faculty
picket line, but has received a
Danforth Associate Fellowship
and a summer grant from the
National Endowment for the
Humanities "to study, if not to
perpetuate," as he puts it, "The
Radical Tradition in America."

Edward C. Mendrzycki
Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett

1 Battery Park Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10004

Congratulations to Allen Rosen-
shine on his promotion to presi¬
dent of BBD&O.

Dr. Michael Tannenbaum has
left Rockefeller University and is
now at Brookhaven National Lab
where he is head of planning &
analysis for Project ISABELLE.

Mike, his wife Barbara and
daughter Nina, age 3, are living in
Port Jefferson, N.Y.

Dr. Irwin Jacobs is assistant
professor of pediatrics and neurol¬
ogy at Case Western Reserve in
Cleveland. Irwin, his wife Mary
Ann and their children —Peter,
Aaron and Matthew — reside in
Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Robert Keating has been elected
executive VP of Creamer Dickson
Basford/New York, one of the
largest public relations agencies in
the U.S.

Stephen C. Lerner
752 Stelton Street
Teaneck, N.J. 07666

Our class was well represented at
our twentieth reunion weekend at
the Rye Town Hilton . We all had
a chance to see old friends after a
long spell and to meet classmates,
some of whom we never knew at
school, and we gathered enough
news for a few columns to come.

Vincent Russo and his lovely
wife, Sheila Kay, were our class's
early arrivals, in time to enjoy the
pre-reunion cocktail party. Talk¬
ing to Vinny, I found that he was
a fellow Bronxite who now lives
in historic Newburyport on Mas¬
sachusetts' North Shore, where he
practices surgery. He and his wife
have four children (and one
golden retriever).

Among the physicians in resi¬
dence over the weekend were:
Marvin Gilbert, an orthopedic
surgeon from Scarsdale; Sid Hart,
a psychiatrist in Connecticut and
lecturer at Yale Medical School;
Peter Bogdan, an internist in
Yorktown Heights, N.Y. —each
escorted by his wife.

David Goldman was there as

Columbia College Today

Columbia College Regional Program

Columbia College now has active organizations in
33 regions. To get involved in your area, contact:

ARIZONA
Phoenix:

Mr. Frank Lewis '51
Suite 1400
111 West Monroe
Phoenix, Ariz. 85003
(602) 254-6071
Tucson:

Mr. Booth Hubbell '27
6200 N. Via Ranchero
Tucson, Ariz. 85704
(602) 297-2466

CALIFORNIA
San Diego:

Mr. Peter Fraser '64
Suite 1800
600 "B" Street
San Diego, Calif. 92101
(714) 238-1010
San Francisco:

Mr. John Straub '64
4307 Irving Street
San Francisco, Calif. 94122
(415) 665-2423
Los Angeles:

Mr. Louis Rothman '57
219 S Westgate Avenue
Los Angeles, Calif. 90049
(213) 472-7180

COLORADO
Denver:

Mr. Bernard Goldman '46
Route 3, Box 99 AD
Evergreen, Colo. 80439
(303) 674-7816

CONNECTICUT
Fairfield County:

Mr. Harry Coleman '46
Coleman Associates
P.O. Box 1283
New Canaan, Conn. 06840
(203) 966-7517

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Mr. Edward Leavy '64
1640 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 857-6660

FLORIDA

Miami:

Dr. Peter Millheiser '57
9000 Coral Reef Drive
Miami, Fla. 33157
(305) 251-2240
Palm Beach:

Mr. Richard Clew '53
Continental Interiors
222 U.S. 1
Tequesta, Fla. 33458
(305) 746-4565
Tampa:

Dr. Bruce Jackson '65
12506 Clendenning Drive
Tampa, Fla. 33624
(813) 885-1078

GEORGIA

Atlanta:

Mr. Maurice Bernard '74
3022 Slaton Drive
Atlanta, Ga. 30305
(404) 237-7873

ILLINOIS

Chicago:

Mr. Marshall B. Front '58
Stein, Roe & Farnham
150 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Ill. 60606
(312) 368-7612

INDIANA

Indianapolis:

Mr. Richard J. Kandrac '68
3113 N. Meridan, Apt. F
Indianapolis, Ind. 46208
(317) 283-7705

LOUISIANA
New Orleans:

Mr. Mark Tessier '74
Howard, Weil, Labouisse,
Friedrichs, Inc.

211 Corondelet Street
New Orleans, La. 70130
(504) 588-2780

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston:

Dr. George Smithy '42
5 Aston Road
Chestnut Hill, Mass. 02167
(617) 734-2174

MICHIGAN

Detroit:

Mr. Norman Bernstein '64L
Office of General Counsel
Ford Motor Company
The American Road
Dearborn, Mich. 48121
(313) 322-4892

MINNESOTA
Mr. Elliot J. Brebner '53
16315 Ninth Avenue
Plymouth, Minn. 55447
(612) 473-1772

MISSOURI
Kansas City:

Mr. Malcolm Barnett '63
6829 Locust

Kansas City, Mo. 64131
(816) 444-6123
St. Louis:

Mr. Mark Drucker '69
1075 Wilson

University City, Mo. 63130
(314) 725-1982

NEW JERSEY
North Central:

Mr ; Paul A. Gomperz '58
Planned Equity Corporation
100 Evergreen Place
East Orange, N.J. 07018
(201) 676-5060

NEW YORK
Albany:

Rev. Richard Hunter '43
177 Main Street
Ravena, N.Y. 12143
(518) 751-2772

Buffalo:

Mr. Philip Wilson '53
150 Paradise Road
E. Amherst, N.Y. 14051
(716) 689-7917
Rochester:

Dr. Ron Kwasman '53
776 North Landing Road
Rochester, N.Y. 14625
(716) 385-1238

OHIO

Cincinnati:

Mr. Edmond DeGregorio '74
1005 Atlas Bank Building
524 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
(513) 621-8280
Cleveland:

Mr. William R. Joseph '68
Arter & Hadden
Union Commerce Building
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(216) 696-1144

OREGON

Portland:

Mr. David Sweeney '71
3807 S.W. Jerald Court
Portland, Ore. 97221
(503) 223-8816

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia:

Mr. Albert Momjian '55
1026 Carriage Lane
Huntingdon Valley, Pa. 19006
(215) 561-1030
Pittsburgh:

Mr. Bruce Nagle '70
c/o Allegheny Ludlum Steel
Two Oliver Plaza
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222
(412) 562-5024

TEXAS

Dallas:

Dr. Milt Erman '71
6117 Meadow Road
Dallas, Texas 75230
(214) 691-6098
Houston:

Dr. James Keegan '45
882 Old Lake
Houston, Tex. 77050
(713) 757-1000, Ext. 1788

WASHINGTON

Seattle:

Dr. Stephen G. Rice '67
1113Vi Lake Washington Blvd.
Seattle, Wash. 98122
(206) 324-5116

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee:

Mr. Stephen Basson '59
2615 North Summit Avenue
Milwaukee, Wise. 53211
(414) 964-8714

well. He is a clinical professor of
psychiatry at NYU and a collabo¬
rating psychoanalyst at Columbia
with professional interests in
medical and residency teaching,
nicotine addiction, and the psy¬
choanalysis of human aggression.
His outside interests involve poli¬
tics, swimming, French and tennis
(the last seemingly the major avo¬
cation of the Class of 1960, if one
judges by the zeal with which our

class rushed to reserve courts).
David's wife An\y, who was back
in the City, is associate professor
of radiology at Cornell and a
nationally recognized authority in
bone radiology.

Bill Host, one of the pillars of
alumni doings, 'and vice-chairman
of the Board of Visitors of the
College, was there with his wife
Joan. Bill practices general surgery
in Tunkhannock, Pa. Roberta, the

oldest of his four children, will be
at Barnard this fall.

Dr. Fred Gordon and his wife
Natalie came from Short Hills,
N.J., where they live with their
two children and from which Fred
commutes to his orthopedic prac¬
tice in Livingston.

Obstetrician and gynecological
oncologist Myron Lutz came up
from Charleston, S.C., with his
wife Judy. They have three

children.

Finally, it was good to see
Joseph Schwartz again, a friend
from as far back as P.S. 70 days
in the Bronx. Joe is a psychiatrist
and serves on the Harvard Medi¬
cal School faculty. He lives in
Waban, Mass., and attended the
reunion with wife Joanna and chil¬
dren Jimmy, Julie and Jennifer
who had a chance to meet my
wife, Ann, and our children

David and Rahel.

Class lawyers attending the re¬
union included our Kellett Fellow,
Barry Augenbraun and wife Janet,
who live in Philadelphia with their
two children. Barry is general
counsel for Laventhol and Hor-
wath; Elliot Olstein is a partner in
a Newark law firm and lives with
wife Joan in Kinnelon, N.J. with
their two children. Dan Shapiro
was along for a while with wife
Ellen. They live in Manhattan
with their three children. Dan is a
partner in Schulte and McGold-
rick and a vice-president of the
Federation of Jewish Philanthro¬
pies of N.Y. Harris Markhoff lives
in Pound Ridge, N.Y. and prac¬
tices law in White Plains. He and
wife Cookie just celebrated their
20th wedding anniversary and
have three children. Peter
Schweitzer is with the N.Y. State
Attorney General's office. He and
his wife Susan have four children
and live in Scarsdale. Bill Good-
stein is in private law practice in
N.Y.C.: he and Barbara, who
teaches chemistry at Barnard,
have two children and live along
the Hudson in Upper Manhattan.

That does it from the doctors
and lawyers; next time, we'll pick
up with the businessmen!

Allen G. Rosenshine '59 was
named president this year of
Batten, Barton, Durstine &
Osborn (BBDO), the New York-
based advertising agency. Having
first joined the agency as a copy¬
writer in 1965, Mr. Rosenshine
was appointed creative director
ten years later, and executive vice
president in 1977. He is also a
director of the parent company,
BBDO International.

Brien J. Milesi
70 Sherwood Road
Ridgewood, N.J. 07450

James J. Ammeen has been elected
an executive vice president of Bur¬
lington Industries, Inc., the
nation's largest and most diversi¬
fied manufacturer of textiles and
related products for the home and
industry. Jim formerly served as
corporate group vice president,
and as president of Burlington
Menswear Division. He is an
active fund raiser for Columbia
College, and a trustee of the
Philadelphia College of Textiles.

Dr. Arnold L. Klipstein is a
chief surgeon at Manchester
Memorial Hospital, Manchester,
Conn.

Dr. Martin Merowitz is an asso¬
ciate professor at Tufts University
and practices psychiatry privately;
he lives in Wellesley, Mass.

Thomas Lippman, after four
years in Cairo as a correspondent
for the Washington Post, is re¬
turning to the nation's capital in
July.

Dr. Allen Laub is practicing
pediatrics in New York's Rockland
County.

Plan now for our 20th!

Michael A. Stone
8 Seymour Place West
Armonk, N.Y. 10504

George Peppas is head of the
social studies department at the
American Community Schools in
Athens, Greece.

Walter Hilse, who was our class
valedictorian, is a professional
organist and composer. Walter
served on the Columbia faculty
for eight years. In addition to per¬
forming and writing, he regularly
publishes music reviews and has
written a number of articles, with
special focus on composer Paul
Hindemith.

Sylvain Fribourg lives in the
San Fernando Valley area of Los
Angeles where he is in the private
practice of obstetrics and gynecol¬
ogy.

Ron Meyer is a pediatrician in
Lakewood, Colo. He is also assist¬
ant clinical professor of pediatrics
at the University of Colorado
Medical School.

Daniel Schweitzer is in the
private practice of general and
vascular surgery in the Bronx.

Dan lives in Scarsdale where his
wife has just opened a retail store,
Parrot Jungle of Westchester, sell¬
ing exotic birds.

Armand Favazza writes that he
has been promoted to Professor of
Psychiatry and Chief of the Sec¬

tion of General Psychiatry at the
University of Missouri Medical
School.

Bill Campbell has left football
for a different game — advertising.
Bill joined J. Walter Thompson
Co. as an account executive on
Kodak.

Unfortunately, I have to end
this column with some very sad
news. Hillel Hyman, who was a
rabbi in Rockville Centre, L.I.,
died of cancer on February 23.
Hillel had been an instructor in
rabbinics at the Jewish Theo¬
logical Seminary in Manhattan.
Howard Bechefsky, a municipal
court judge for the El Cajon
Judicial District in San Diego
County, died on May 12. The
class extends deepest sympathy to
the Hyman and Bechefsky
families.

Robert Heller

Kramer, Levin, Nessen,
Kamin & Soil
919 Third Avenue
N.Y., N.Y. 10022

Notes from the locker room:
maybe we derived something of
value from the College's physical
education requirement after all.
That is at least one plausible ex¬
planation for my running —
almost literally—into Bob Pren-
ner during the recent Manhasset
Tri-Centennial five mile run. Bob,
wife Susan and their children live
in the adjacent town of Plandome,
N.Y., as I do. The Prenners, both
lawyers, are entrepreneurs as well.
They are the proprietors of Ben
Silver Creations, a jewelry shop in
Manhasset.

Yes, both Bob and I finished —
in times that were respectable
given our fading youth. Bill
Rodgers is still safe, however.

Jerry Kessler writes from that
other physical education center,
Los Angeles, to report that he
married Andrea Comsky of L.A.
on December 30, 1979. Both are
members of the Los Angeles Cello
Quartet as well as Jerry's octet, I.
Cellisti, and the Hollywood
Chamber Orchestra. They live in
the Hollywood foothills, "just a
golf shot away from Universal
Studios." Jerry was recently
appointed music director of the
American Federation of Musi¬
cians' Congress of Strings held in
Seattle during the summer. His
other activities include studio
recording sessions, practicing law
in L.A., and acquisition and man¬
agement of apartment properties
in Arizona.

Also reporting in from the west
is John Brewer, who describes a
significant career change. After

ten and a half years as an insur¬
ance salesman with the State
Mutual Life Assurance Company
of America in Denver, John be¬
came the Lay Minister for the First
Divine Science Church of Denver
in September, 1979, and expects
to be ordained later this year after
completing his studies.

Three medical notes to report:
Gary Toback, associate professor
of medicine at the U. of Chicago,
is spending this year as scholar in
cancer research of the American
Cancer Society at San Diego's
Salk Institute. He has also re¬
ceived an Established Investigator-
ship Award from the American
Heart Association for the years
1980-85.

The U. of Rochester reports that
Dr. J. Richard Ciccone was re¬
cently certified a diplomate of the
American Board of Forensic Psy¬
chiatry, making him one of only
70 board-certified forensic psy¬
chiatrists. He is also a member of
the U. of Rochester faculty, clini¬
cal director of the Monroe County
Mental Health Clinic for Socio-
legal Services, and chairman of
the Education Committee of the
American Academy of Psychiatry
and the Law.

George S. Novalis is a vitreo-
retinal surgeon in private practice
in Tucson, and teaches at the U.
of Arizona Medical Center.

Gerald Berkowitz, associate
professor of English at Northern
Illinois University, is the author of
a new book entitled David Gar¬
rick: A Reference Guide. He has
edited a soon-to-be-published
fascimile edition of Garrick's
plays, and reports that his latest
work in process is a book on
American theatre since 1950.

Moving from American theatre
to a more ancient home of the
arts, Sam Fromowitz writes that
he is in Athens, Greece, as the
commercial counselor of the U.S.
Embassy. Not a bad place to be
assigned: birthplace of theatre and
the marathon, obviously a suit¬
able site for whole men.

Gary Schonwald
919 Third Ave., 11th FI.
N.Y., N.Y. 10022

Philip Aronson and his wife Jean
gave birth to an 8 lb., 5Vz oz. girl
on May 2, 1980. They have an¬
other, two-year-old, daughter.

Bruce W. Lefkon, M.D. opened
a new office in Livingston, N.J.
for the practice of urology, on
April 1, 1980.

Alan J. Preis, CPA, a resident

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secretary of the N.J. Society of
CPA's, with a membership over
6,000. Mr. Preis is a manager for
Touche Ross & Co., in Newark.

Arthur Goldberg is the presi¬
dent and owner of Dateline, the
world's largest singles introduc¬
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by Mr. Goldberg in 1972 and has
already had 300 resulting mar¬
riages and thousands of introduc¬
tions.

David L. Levin is an assistant
VP at Mackay Shields Financial,
pension managers, and is involved
in application of quantitative
methods of portfolio manage¬
ment.

Jorge Batista, former First Ass't.
State Attorney General for ten
years, is joining the N.Y. law firm
of Golenbock and Bareli, of coun¬
sel. Mr. Batista is also president of
Misericordia Hospital & Medical
Center in the Bronx.

James Osborn is capital projects
development officer (loan officer)
in the Asia Bureau of the U.S.
Agency for International Develop¬
ment, Washington, and travels ex¬
tensively in the likes of Delhi,
Katmandu, Colombo and Singa¬
pore.

Robert J. Reza
120 So. Gillette Avenue
Bayport, N.Y. 11705

Richard J. Haber received the
Kaiser Award for Excellence in
Teaching at the University of Cali¬
fornia San Francisco School of
Medicine's graduation on May 24.
Richard is an assistant professor
of medicine and director of educa¬
tional programs, and assistant
chief of medical services at the
San Francisco General Hospital.
Richard was also voted one of the
top ten faculty members by this
year's senior medical students.

Peter Wallenstein writes that he
is teaching American history in
Japan and Korea with the U. of
Maryland's Far East Division. I
presume he is traveling in the East
and Southast Asia also. Good
luck!

Leonard Zwerling let us know
that he is enjoying life in Coral
Gables, Fla., where he is in pri¬
vate cardiovascular practice and is
a clinical assistant professor of
medicine at the University of
Miami School of Medicine.

Harvey Zarren is also working
as a cardiologist and racing sail¬
boats in Swampscott, Mass.

Finally, Jay Kuris is a psychia¬
trist in the Princeton/Flemington,
N.J. area.

We are enjoying this new for¬
mat. We hope to get more infor¬
mation from all of you.

Bruce LaCarrubba
LaCarrubba, Mattia
& Meltzer
42 Trinity Street
Newton, N.J. 07860

Tony Fragola writes: "I will again
be teaching at the U. of North
Carolina at Greensboro where I
have a joint appointment in the
departments of Communica¬
tions/Theatre and Romance Lan¬
guages.

Gary Foulks is assistant profes¬
sor at Duke Medical School, spe¬
cializing in corneal transplants
and engaging in research, teaching
and practice. He and his wife
"Sims" have three children, Guy,
8, Beverly, 4, and Heather, 2.
They can be reached at (919)
493-2151.

Mike Gengler is a partner in the
Boston law firm of Rich, May,
Bilodeau and Flaherty. He lives in
Boston because "It's the perfect
place for cycling." He has taken
cycling trips to France, Holland,
Austria, Quebec and Kentucky
and once a year rides up (and
down) Mount Washington.

Pete Kocmalski wants con¬
cerned classmates (if there are
any) to know that he is alive and
as well as can be expected in Jack-
son Township, N.J. He talks to
computers for a living and his
hobbies are sailboat racing and
watching Wall Street Week on
PBS. He thinks Louis Rukeyser is
"the funniest guy on television."

Bill Roach reports: "On May 1,
1980, I left the position of vice
president for legal affairs at Rush-
Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical
Center where I had been for four
years, and accepted a partnership
in Gardner, Carton & Douglas, a
leading corporate, securities and
hospital law firm in Chicago. I
will continue to concentrate in my
specialty of hospital law, but look
forward to working with many in¬
stitutions rather than one large
medical complex. My wife,
Deborah (Barnard '66) now runs
her own interior design firm and is
happily designing commercial and
residential spaces in Chicago."

Michael D. Stevens is chief
executive officer of Hoag Memor¬
ial Hospital in Newport Beach,
California, where he resides (714-
640-7727) with his wife Diane
(Columbia Dental School '66)
their son Christopher, 7, and
daughter Cara, 4.

Hard to believe, but our 15th
Anniversary is already upon us.
Watch the mails for upcoming
celebrations.

Ken Haydock
32 Lakewood Gardens La.
Madison, Wise. 53704

Jeff Rostler reports from Paris that
(after Columbia Law School) he is
now general counsel to Banque de
la Societe Financiere Europeenne,
or as he puts it, "the bank with
the unpronounceable name." A
permanent expatriate, but still a
U.S. citizen, Jeff remains a
bachelor in deference to world
overpopulation. Father of two
(Scott and newly-arrived Joshua),
Harvey Lieberman lives with wife
Teri in Montvale, N.J.; his new
"educational and training design"
consulting firm. Innovative Learn¬
ing, Inc., already boasts an
impressive roster of corporate
clients.

Ken Haydock, class correspon¬
dent, departs Citibank as an AVP
to enter the University of Wiscon¬
sin Law School this August; class¬
mates Tom Jones (Cahill, Gor¬
don), Jenik Radon (Shearman &
Sterling) and Marty Nussbaum
(Shereff, Friedman) afforded
advice. "Jones and Radon held
that 'On, Wisconsin' is at least the
equal of 'Roar, Lion, Roar' as a
fight song; Nussbaum felt this
wasn't the central issue, citing an
aversion on my part to cheddar
cheese as evidence I won't like
Wisconsin living," I am reporting
myself to have said. Word from
any Cleverest Class members who
went to Wisconsin Law is wel¬
come.

And from Billings, Montana,
we learn that Kent Hall, and tal¬
ented brothers Earl and Robert,
are completing the score to a
Broadway play, "Mark My
Words," a musical revue based on
the writings of St. Mark, Mark
Twain, and Mark Rudd.

Edward Rosen

38 West 31st St., #1106
N.Y., N.Y. 10001

Hope you all had a pleasant sum¬
mer. Recent news is that:

Cliff Andrew has just completed
neurology residency at Johns Hop¬
kins; is now a post-doctoral fellow
in the neuro-muscular lab. Intern,
a board game devised by Cliff and
his doctor-wife Louise and put out
by Avalon Hill, is now in a
second printing and doing very
well. The Andrews have a son,
Galen.

Art Schmidt is a third year law
student at the University of Chi¬
cago Law School.

Chun-Min Ko is a member of
an architectural firm in Tokyo.

Michael Oberman

Kramer, Levin, Nessen,
Kamin & Soil
919 Third Ave., 40th FI.
N.Y., N.Y. 10022

Believe it or not, fifteen years
have passed since that exciting
day in September 1965 when we
ascended the "University Upon a
Hill" and claimed our already leg¬
endary '69 freshman beanies. Fif¬
teen years —and probably half the
class has yet to complete Thucydi¬
des' The Peloponnesian War.

Thucydides undoubtedly would
have envied the large readership
of classmate Arthur Durbano, Jr.
Arthur, you see, is "Close-up"
editor of TV GUIDE, and is respon¬
sible for selecting shows for half¬
page treatments and editing the re¬
sulting copy. He also writes "The
Screening Room" and movie col¬
umns for the magazine's cable edi¬
tions. Arthur reports that he is
"planning a TV pilot about why
so many '69 grads of the College
became lawyers." Sounds like a
winner to me; if Arthur actually
pursues the project, I'm sure many
of us would be willing to "screen
test."

Perhaps, for example, Mel Yost
would. Mel is a partner in the law
firm of Yost, Barberousse & Yost
in Santa Fe, N.M. and is engaged
in natural resources law and gen¬
eral practice. He writes that he is
"enjoying the Santa Fe area, the
mountains and the climate."

Tom Hazen has become a
"teaching lawyer" — an interesting
character idea for Arthur's pilot.
Presently a professor at the Uni¬
versity of North Carolina Law
School, Tom teaches torts, corpo¬
rations and securities regulation.

He has published a number of law
review articles and appeared on
several continuing legal education
programs; he is now preparing a
co-authored revision of Ballentine
on Corporations. In sum (as they
say), Tom is "thoroughly enjoying
academia."

Jonathan Adelman advises that
he is currently an assistant profes¬
sor in the Graduate School of In¬
ternational Studies, University of
Denver, working primarily in the
field of comparative communism.
He has two books that will soon
appear.

Alumni class president Joe
Materna and wife, Dolores, an¬
nounce the birth of daughter, Jen¬
nifer, on May 23, 1980.

A1 Gross writes that after five
years as a Naval officer, a year in
a graduate psychiatry program at
UCSD, and three years with the
City of San Diego as an organiza¬
tion development specialist, he
has become director of manage¬
ment and organization develop¬
ment for Foodmaker, Inc., which

Columbia College Today

owns the Jack In The Box restau¬
rants and several other chains. In
his spare time, A1 runs in mara¬
thons, rides his bicycle and works
on rebuilding his house. I bet that
leaves little time to finish Thucy¬
dides.

As you can see, some class¬
mates have begun to send me
news items —may the trend con¬
tinue!

Peter N. Stevens
12 West 96th St.,

Apt. 13D
N.Y., N.Y. 10025

One of the joys of being our class
correspondent is that when some¬
thing of note happens in my life I
can be assured that I will be able
to read about it in CCT. With that
in mind I am pleased to announce
the birth of my son, Michael
James, who joined this world last
winter. Both Mike and I are look¬
ing forward to seeing the Lions
soccer and football teams in ac¬
tion this fall at Baker Field. Others
who have written in of late to an¬
nounce their most recent arrivals
are Bob Kidd, now an attorney in
Oakland, whose daughter Allison
was born this past fall, and Frank¬
lin Miller, a senior planner at the
VERA Institute of Justice, whose
daughter Lisa Rebecca was born
last year. Those with future Lions
include Bill Poppe and Phil Rus-
sotti, "old" roommates at Beta.
Their sons Bill Jr., and Mathew
and Tommy, respectively, may
well end up rooming together
also. It remains to be seen whether
they will be able to duplicate the
undergraduate exploits of their
fathers.

Phil Zegarelli writes that he was
recently elected mayor of the vil¬
lage of North Tarrytown, N.Y.
When not politicking, Phil is a
"territorial assistant at Manufac¬
turers Hanover Trust's interna¬
tional dept, for Israel."

Kim Rosston is an independent
literary agent in N.Y.C.

Ralph Bradburd writes from
Williams College where he is an
assistant professor of economics
that he is the recipient of a
$500,000 grant from HEW related
to the study of medicare expendi¬
tures. Also from academia are
Sam Estreicher, in his second year
on the faculty of NYU Law School
specializing in labor and adminis¬
trative law, and Leonard Levine
who is teaching political science at
the University of Saskatchewan,
and Denis Jonnes who is an assis¬
tant professor of English at Bir
Zeit University in Israel.

Now for the doctors: Joel
Frader is teaching at Philadelphia's
Children's Hospital. R. N. Smith
is an assistant professor of medi¬
cine at Case Western Reserve.

Fred Kushner has begun a "con¬
sulting practice of cardiology out¬
side New Orleans." Fred Rapoport
is in the hematology and oncology
unit of Massachusetts General
Hospital. Leon Rosenkranz is an
internist in private practice in
Staten Island. Roland Johnson, re¬
cently elected a member of the
American College of Physicians, is
practicing internal medicine in
Newton, N.J. And Lester Blair is
an assistant professor of clinical
medicine at Columbia P&S.

Norman Greene, a lawyer with
Guggenheimer and Untermyer in
N.Y., attended our class reunion
and reports that while attendance
by our class was meager, the
weekend was an enjoyable one.

On a serious note, Julian
Meltzer is seriously ill and would
appreciate hearing from old
friends. His address is 1580 East
13th Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.

11230. Please write him.

And please write us and let us
know what you are doing. If you
do, you'll be able to read about
yourself in the next edition of
CCT.

Jim Shaw

3611 "T" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

20007

Authors, authors, authors . . .
Marvin Feuerwerger recently com¬
pleted a 20-month stint at the
White House, and is assuming a
position as a consultant in the Of¬
fice of the Secretary of Defense.

His book Congress and Israel was
recently published by Greenwood
Press. He and Debra are expecting
a child in the fall.

Myron Gutmann, assistant pro¬
fessor of history and research as¬
sociate at the Population Research
Center of the University of Texas
at Austin, has a book, War and
Rural Life in the Early Modem
Low Countries, hot off the press
at Princeton University Press and
at Van Gorcum, a Dutch publish¬
ing house.

Lawrence A. Swisher is in his
fourth year with the Twin Falls,
Idaho, Times-News, now covering
state and local education, health
and welfare.

Joshua Rubenstein, New
England coordinator for Amnesty
International, USA, had his first
book, Soviet Dissidents, published
by Beacon Press in August. Josh
writes that it is the first narrative
history of the Soviet Human
Rights Movement, and that he

traveled to Europe, Israel, the
Soviet Union and archives to re¬
search it.

Alex Sachare works for Asso¬
ciated Press as pro basketball edi¬
tor and received his MA in Media
Studies from the New School in
January.

Charles Jeffrey Caiman's book,
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, was
published by Harper and Row in
October 1979.

Leo Calderella wrote last fall:
'This year I was elected an Active
Member (the highest order) of the
Mystery Writers of America. If
you read Alfred Hitchcock's Mys¬
tery Magazine you've seen or will
see my stories 'Hangfire' (Sept.
1979); 'The Gun Collector' (Nov.
1979); and 'Leo Browne's Arrest'
(Jan. 1980). I just sold two stories
to a Japanese publisher for trans¬
lation and publication over there.
I'm currently working on my sec¬
ond novel (first was in 1977). I
expect it to be published in 1980.
Tentative title: As Good as
Dead ."

Ron Rice writes in several let¬
ters that he is "maintaining with
karate and monster vegetable gar¬
den" (godzilla squash?) and that "I
just came back from a month-long
trip to Mexico City, Acapulco (for
a conference where I ran a work¬
shop and presented a paper),
Dallas and Austin. . . . I'm just
beginning the final plunge into my
dissertation analysis, hoping to
finish up this fall. Then I am man¬
aging a conference in October,
and finishing up a book to be pub¬
lished by Sage Publishers next
year, on mass communications
campaigns.

David J. Menke writes simply:
"Is anyone writing fiction?" The
answer, apparently, is "Leo
Calderella."

As for the rest of you, and Leo,
too, please respond to the ques¬
tionnaire which the Alumni Af¬
fairs office recently sent you. Our
tenth reunion class directory and
newsletter will be published in the
fall, and we'd like you to be in
them.

Paul S. Appelbaum
2580 Beechwood Blvd.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15217

Doug Weiner joined us for dinner
one Friday evening recently. Doug
was just back from 7 months in
the USSR, researching his thesis
on aspects of Soviet science for a
Columbia Ph.D. He reports that
Matt Mizenko is in Japan, the re¬
cipient of a three-year fellowship
for further studies in that country.

Alan Lipschitz, Doug says, has
completed his residency in psy¬
chiatry at NYU.

"If the Bushmen had the hydro¬
gen bomb, do you think they'd
use it?" asks Tom Love, who is
finishing up a Ph.D. in human
ecology at UC-Davis, after two
years of anthropological research
in the southern highlands of Peru.
Not until they have a first-strike
capability, Tom.

From Milwaukee, Charles
Laughinghouse writes that he has
been appointed Asst, to the Dean
for Community Development and
Minority Affairs at the School of
Architecture and Urban Planning
of U. Wisconsin. His job entails
supervision of the school's public
services and expansion of minor¬
ity participation.

As for us, little did we ever
think we'd be living this close to
California. An appointment as an
asst. prof, of psychiatry in the
Division of Law and Psychiatry at
Pitt fills my days and our new son
Yonatan keeps the nights lively,
too. How about you?

Barry Etra

209 East 59th St.,

Apt. 2R

N.Y., N.Y. 10022

I finally heard from some of you,
and 'twas indeed a pleasure. Keep
those cards and letters coming!

Lots of academics — Stuart
Charme received his Ph.D. in June
from the University of Chicago
Divinity School. Mike Amdurer is
still a grad student at Lamont-
Doherty — he expects his Ph.D.
next year. Even closer to home is
Peter Rudnytsky, who has com¬
pleted his work at Cambridge and
is now an assistant professor of
English and comparative lit at a
well-known Morningside Heights
college campus. Michael Friedman
is finishing his second year as an
assistant professor of statistics at
Rutgers (he also does consulting).
In his leisure (?) time he is work¬
ing on a project to make statistics
accessible to students with a poor
math background via computer,
as well as translating a children's
version of Greek mythology from
Czech into English.

George Sands did his pre-clini-
cal years of med school in Bel¬
gium, then transferred to Albert
Einstein and graduated in 1978.

He is finishing his first year of
residency at Harlem Hospital (in¬
ternal medicine), and will begin a
3-year residency at Einstein (neu¬
rology) this month. He hopes
(somewhat wistfully) that, "some¬
one finds this interesting."

On the business side, Julius

Gonzalez has recently been ap¬
pointed manager of finance at
Earle Palmer Brown and Assoc.,
the most extensive marketing and
communications operation in the
Washington, D.C. area. Steve
Greenberg has moved back to
NYC (he lives in Brooklyn) from
Vermont, and is a stockbroker
with Muller & Co.

Let me reiterate — write.
Thanks.

Fred Bremer

532 West 111th Street
N.Y., N.Y. 10025

The second part of the class news¬
letter has been delayed due to the
demands of completing the second
draft of my dissertation (and the
subsequent trip to Oregon), the
marriage of Tom Ferguson in July,
and other such events. With some
luck it will be out in the near fu¬
ture. In the meantime, here's a se¬
lection of recent letters from our
classmates.

Robin Dahlberg has left Japan
to take up residence in London
where he will be controller of the
European division of Sanshoe
Trading Inc. However, Doug
Jarrell remains in Nagoya, Japan
working as an English teacher and
writes that he welcomes coercive
letters on how he should vote in
the coming U.S. elections.

Two classmates sent in mara¬
thon times in an attempt to claim
the class record. Zev Stern, who
recently passed orals in biology,
racked up a 3 hour and 22 minute
time in the Yonkers marathon.
However, the time to beat may be
Daniel Gonzalez's 2 hour and 35
minute Boston marathon time
which put him in 221st place this
year. When not running, Dan is
the circulation director for Time
magazine's Latin American edi¬
tion.

Bill Rigby writes from Boston
that he has completed his first
year of internship, but adds, "I
miss the poker game on 9 Jay and
rowing on the ethereal waters of
the Harlem River. More impor¬
tantly, where the hell is Dan
Angius?" Dan was among the
missing classmates in the last
newsletter.

The class is making two new
contributions to the cultural
scene. From out in the land of
cornfields, Glenn Goldman writes
that he produced a television doc¬
umentary dealing with urban
design issues affecting small towns
in Iowa. This was aired on both
public and commercial television.
Steve Kaplan, now at the Univ. of
Connecticut law school, has com¬
pleted an "autobiography" of a
quadraplegiac mute woman and
wants to know if anyone has con¬

tacts with a publisher. Drop me a
line if you can help Steve out.

The continuing saga of Nick De
Lancie and the People's Temple
yields more incredible events that
could only happen in California.
You may recall that Nick became
the court-appointed receiver fol¬
lowing the Kool-aid communion.
Nick now is attempting to deal
with the 700 claims from relatives
who are seeking $1.8 billion in
damages. The church appears to
suffer from more than moral
bankruptcy.

Two classmates have now
begun a career in pediatrics.

David Mandelbaum, who recently
received a MD-Ph.D. from Co¬
lumbia, will be at the Yale-New
Haven Medical Center and Steve
Blumenthal will be working out at
Long Island Jewish Hospital. Will
Willis might need them both. Will
is the proud father of the class'
first set of twins.

I'll end the column with a true
story which shows the benefits
which accrue to those who send in
letters. About a year ago, Paul
Mondor wrote asking the where¬
abouts of Margie Brewer, an ex¬
girlfriend from Morningside
Heights. Many months later I hap¬
pened to meet Margie at the 1812
concert in Central Park, and put
them in contact with each other.
The Mondors are now happily
married in Rhode Island. All in a
day's work for a class corres¬
pondent.

Gene Hurley
1380 Riverside Dr.,
Apt. 5C

N.Y., N.Y. 10033

Dave Merzel
1974 Traver Road,

Apt. 107

Ann Arbor, Mich. 48105

Vinnie Briccetti is graduating
Fordham Law and will begin a
two-year clerkship with Judge
John M. Cannella for the District
Court of N.Y. He's doing fine and
says hello to all the gang.

George Fulop has just finished
his M.D. at Albert Einstein and is
going to be "interred" at Monte-
fiore Hospital in the Bronx. "Is
there life after medical school?" he
asks. Speaking from experience,
probably not — D.M.

Incidentally this is our 5th
Anniversary year. Rumor has it
that reunion plans are under way.

Jeffrey Gross
5120 9th Avenue
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11220

From Michael Bornstein, para¬
trooper in the Israeli Defense
Forces, comes the message that he
spends his time in "the only
heights in the world more volatile
than those of Morningside,
waiting for an invitation to tea at
the Arafats'. So far only snubs."
With atavistic expressiveness
appropriate for a poet/soldier,
Michael adds that he would "kill
to see Columbia and eat a Mama's
hero."

Mark Gauther works as a mem¬
ber of the editorial staff of Foreign
Affairs magazine. Bruce Levine, a
Columbia law student, was
elected an alternate to the Demo¬
cratic National Convention.

Martin Gross, attending NY
Medical College, announces plans
to specialize in pediatrics. Martin
Kutscher, a student at P&S, wrote
to say that he is wed to Hanky
Fuchs, B'77.

William Dorsey, working to¬
wards his master's in social work
in San Diego, sends word that
there is a profusion of New
Yorkers in his community.

Doug Rivers is finishing a Ph.D.
in political science at Harvard
where he was recently appointed
assistant professor of government.
Jeff Sovern is now clerking for the
Honorable Frank Kaufman,

United States Distric Court in
Baltimore.

Please take advantage of CCT's
new format by sending informa¬
tion for our class notes section.

Matthew Nemerson
116 Peck Hill Road
Woodbridge, Conn. 06525

Having survived the summer of
'80 in less than cool fashion, it's
time to vent a little steam: only
four letters were received over the
last three months. So, no news¬
letter until the winter. Come on
guys, we have to fill these new
glossy pages.

Chris Dell is at Balliol College
Oxford and relates that "don't let
anyone kid you about the relaxed
English student lifestyle — it's
hellish." He's finishing his thesis.

From Berkeley "whose hypoc¬
risy goes beyond the oft-ridiculed
save-the-whale types" Chris Paul
writes that he's had enough with
"high pressure law firms" and
wants a nice calm legal job when
he graduates in a year. Chris notes
that Joe Zablotski has had some
medical problems, but is okay
now.

Former class officer Ron Karp
has nothing against saving whales.
In fact, he met his wife, Joline, at

a concert raising money to do just
that. Ron's getting the first joint
law/veterinary degree from Har¬
vard and BU. He recently pub¬
lished a paper on the legal rights
of animals —what else could it be
about?

Enjoying the climate in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana, and studying
for a chemistry degree at LSU is
Russell Frazer. Eric Granderson is
downstate in New Orleans work¬
ing at the US Commerce Depart¬
ment.

Lawyers I have seen: Stephen
Gruhin, Joel Rosen, Nick Serwer,
Ric Michel and Allan Rothman,
all working at firms in the City.
Mike Glanzer is keeping the
capitalists honest working at the
FTC. All are returning to school
this fall.

In media: Jeff Klein writing for
the Westsider, Peter Low now an
executive at WNYC, Tom Marian
writing and producing for the
Dow Jones news service, and
David Margules is leaving a local
trade magazine to go to law
school.

Peter O'Reilly
344 West 72nd St.,
Apt. 6K

N.Y., N.Y. 10023

Craig Lesser
40 Hogan Hall
Columbia University
N.Y., N.Y. 10027

A few months have passed since
our graduation and it looks like
quite a few of us have another
Columbia degree in our futures.
Keith Krasney, Mario Biaggi, and
Mark Ripp will be attending
Columbia Law while Steve
McGrath will be doing graduate
work in English here. Scott
Gillespie and I will be attending
the Business School while Caleb
Solomon will be at the School of
Journalism. Some of our class¬
mates will continue their studies at
the Health Science Campus.
George Yancopoulos, whose
valedictory address was excerpted
in the Times' sports section, will
be attending the Dental School at
168th Street.

After spending the summer
working in Paris, Josh Stolow will
be attending med school in Pitts¬
burgh. Aron Wahrman will be
going to Yale medical school while
Steve Stein will be at Cornell med
in the city. Ralph Schapira is
headed for Texas and Southwest¬
ern Medical School, while John
Blackman will be at Rutgers Med
and Scott Capustin at New York
Medical College.

Columbia College Today

Rick MacArthur '78,

who helped save Harper's magazine:

From yak-yak obits
to The Front Page

[Editor's note: CCT originally
assigned this story to staff writer
Alan Lessoff, who was stone¬
walled in his research by the
Spectator mafia. When he called
various friends of Rick Mac¬
Arthur, they either broke into
gales of laughter, or hung up.

Mr. MacArthur, a journalist
who prefers to stay out of the
limelight, acquiesced to an inter¬
view with his former Spectator
colleague, Richard Hart '78,
who has since fled New York to
work for The Capital Reporter,
a political weekly in Jackson,
Mississippi.]

It is not true, as Dan Janison
(circa 78) has scurrilously sug¬
gested, that a T-shirt clad Rick
MacArthur ran scowling into his
parents' suburban Chicago bed¬
room and exclaimed after read¬
ing of the impending demise of
Harper's magazine, "Dad, we've
GOT to save Harper's."

Well not quite. "I was in the
Field News Service Office (of the
Chicago Sun-Times, where he is
a reporter) and glanced at the
day's budget," Rick recalled.
"One of the stories was a Boston
Globe special saying that Har¬
per's was going to fold after 130
years.

"So I just stewed about it at
my desk for about an hour, and
I said, well, why not give it a
try, see if the foundation could
bail it out, keep it going. It
would be a great statement for
the foundation to make in favor
of a high standard of excellence
in writing that is rapidly disinte¬
grating, disappearing.

"So I said to myself, said I,
this is terrible... So I called my
father up."

It is also not true that Rick
MacArthur has any control over
the $750 million John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foun¬
dation, set up after the death of

his eccentric, billionaire grand¬
father. (His granduncle was the
late journalist and co-author of
"The Front Page" Charles Mac¬
Arthur, whom both Rick and his
father have always idolized.)

"I'm just another general
assignment reporter. Yak yak
yak. Doing obits. You know,
covering everything from the
mayor to the heat wave to rapes
and murders."

But it is true that Rick Mac¬
Arthur almost singlehandedly
saved Harper's magazine.

Hmm, better check this lead
out with Rick. What if it sounds
as if he really does have a mitt
in all that loot? He's already
started getting calls for money.
Now all our scrounging, socio¬
economic-climbing classmates
will be after him. Not to men¬
tion Columbia College itself.

And all this nice guy stuff—
what about his reputation?
RUINED. Years of unwashed
sneakers and overbleached
T-shirts down the drain. Would
I want to make all those small,
sniveling freshmen he abused at
Spectator think twice about the
torment he gave them?

A quick call to the Sun-Times
at Spec's expense. Bored man at
his desk says Rick's out to
lunch. Must proceed.

Rick and his father, J.
Roderick MacArthur, who is a
director of the foundation,
began calling other directors to
see if they were interested in
having the MacArthur Founda¬
tion put up money to save the
magazine. The Minneapolis Star
and Tribune Company was
looking for a buyer who could
assume the magazine's $3 mil¬
lion subscription liability and
assure more than short-term sol-

The elusive Mr. MacArthur, in
his '78 yearbook photo

vency. Initially, several board
members wavered. It was an
unorthodox project.

To convince them, Rick put
together a three-part strategy.
First he wrote an analysis of the
merits of the magazine, stressing
that it was "the best literary
magazine in America today...
its folding would be another in a
continuing succession of journa¬
listic disasters... another tele¬
vision casualty."

The analysis included columns
from both The Nation and the
National Review lamenting Har¬
per's demise, and quoted
William Buckley's astute obser¬
vation that a foundation ought
to pick up the magazine.

The board then hired a finan¬
cial consultant who came up
with a surprisingly optimistic
analysis which said the maga¬
zine could be self-sufficient in
three years if given not-for-
profit status.

Finally, in just one day, Rick
and Harper's soon-to-be-born-
again editor, Lewis Lapham,
came up with testimonials sup¬
porting the magazine from
People Page luminaries ranging
from Henry Kissinger to Walker
Percy.

The sales pitch worked. The
purchase appeared ready to go
forward without a hitch, until
one of the directors got the idea
that it would be nice to have a
second foundation split the
costs. A hitch.

One director wanted to bring

in the Atlantic-Richfield Founda¬
tion and one of its other philan¬
thropic endeavors, the Aspen
Institute, a Great Humanist
Institution which shuttles busi¬
nessmen in and out of the
Rockies for crash instruction in
the classics.

"We said okay, fine, just as
long as no conditions are set on
control," Rick said. "At the final
board meeting, we sat down for
some of the most brutal politick¬
ing I've ever seen. You get these
high powered people in one
< room and it's just a real heavy
§ scene. Unbelievable. Fortu-
3 nately, we had prepared and
8 done our campaigning ahead of
time. We knew what to expect,
who was for it...

"After a few last-minute
calls, to Thornton Bradshaw,
president of Arco, he said he
wouldn't insist on Aspen and it
was made very clear that we
were going to set up a separate
non-profit corporation whose
only function was to run Har¬
per's magazine. It would have
an independent board of direc¬
tors which would guarantee that
there would be no editorial
meddling from either Arco or
MacArthur.

'The commitment is to make
the magazine break even. It's
still losing a pile of money.
Everybody knows it. But we
think we're going to turn it
around," Rick said.

Now the serious stuff. All his
friends want to know: what's
Rick MacArthur going to have
to do with the magazine?

"Nothing. My job is finished."

Aw, c'mon.

'There's nothing more for me
to do."

Except write four cover stories
a year?

"In fact, as far as I'm con¬
cerned I can't even write for the
magazine. I wouldn't think of
submitting anything to them.
Conflict of interest and all."

Rick calls back. He does not
object to the story. "Yeah, it
might keep some of those crazies
from calling me." He goes back
to writing obits.

—Richard Hart 78 (sort of)

John Schutty will probably be
attending Fordham Law School in
the fall but now he's working
downtown for Marine Midland
Bank; George Anagnos is working
for Comex and attending NYU
Business school. Greg Breene will

get his MBA at NYU, too.

After teaching a computer sci¬
ence course at Columbia summer
school, Dave Israel is spending
eight weeks in Europe. Mike
Rogers (also now in Europe), Jay
Ziffer, Dave Maloof and Jeff

Tamarin will all be attending law
school come September, but as
yet, they haven't let us know
where. Dave Leahy, Teddy
Edelman, and Thae Khwarg know
where they will be in the fall — all
three will be attending Harvard

Law School; Dave Moser will be
joining them in Cambridge if Yale
doesn't lure him away to New
Haven.

Finally, best wishes to Leo
Wolansky and his Mrs. — they
tied the knot in August. O

The Lion's Den

An open forum for opinion, humor, and philosophy.

Columbia,

Bow Ties,
and other
Lost Arts

by Henry Lowenstein '80

I suppose that everyone who ever went to Columbia at one
time thought about what it must be like to be an alumnus.
You know, during the last semester of your senior year you
get to thinking about all the "old guys" who sat in the same
chairs you sat in, scribbled on the same bathroom walls you
scribbled on, and had water fights in the same halls where
you sloshed your best friend with a bucket of water. Pretty
soon you start to wonder "How am I different from them?"
Well, for one thing, the halls they walked down were one
Hell of a lot newer back then, and I'm told that there were
tulips growing where frisbees now sail in the wind. But
besides that, what makes a graduate of 1980 different from a
graduate of 1950? Recently I had a chance to find out.

You see, I had this problem. I was going to a formal party
and I needed to know how to tie a bow tie. "No problem," I
thought to myself, "everyone knows how to tie a bow tie."
Little did I know that not only do people no longer know
how to tie bow ties, but the forgotten little object has even
been taken out of most smaller dictionaries. Pinworms and
wombats have definitions all over the place, but you couldn't
find a bow tie in there to save your life. The first place I went
was to my best friend.

"Can you help me tie this?" I asked.

"Are you kidding? Get one of the clip-on jobbies," he
responded.

"I don't want a clip-on jobbie—I want the real thing, just
like they used to do it."

"Look, I don't know how to tie one," he said, "and even if
I did, do you think I would tell you after that bucket of water
you hit me with?"

My other friends weren't much help either. "I'm sure you
can find some Monarch Notes on it somewhere," said one of
my pre-med friends. No such luck. Tying bow ties is a lost
art. I asked everybody I knew. I even called my father, class
of '51, long distance. "It's sort of like tying a shoe from the
inside..." he bluffed.

The date of the party was coming up fast. I was getting
desperate. I started harassing every old person I saw on the
street, since to my knowledge no one had tied a bow tie for
ages. They thought I was a bow tie pervert and pelted me
with canes and brass knuckles (old people are getting edgy
these days) before I even got my question out. In despair, I
sat down to rest on the splintery little park bench on the
median between Broadway at 115th Street. A man in a grey
suit sat down next to me.

"Why the long face, kid?"

"I don't know how to tie a bow tie," I said, my face in my
hands.

"Hmm.. .That is a problem. You wouldn't happen to be a
College student would you?"

"Yeah, I am."

"I went to Columbia College myself—" he said, staring
longingly at the sky, "thirty years ago."

"Do you know how to tie a bow tie?" I asked with hopeful
eyes.

"Nope. But I used to."

"That's what my dad said."

"We all knew how to tie them then—that's what school
was all about."

"Tying bow ties?" I asked.

'Well, not just tying bow ties. It was lots of things. It was
learning about art, and philosophy, and it was about
knowing how to do lots of things so that you could be a well-
rounded person."

"You mean like a Renaissance Man...."

"Right, someone you'd want to talk to for more than a few
minutes."

"Do you remember all the stuff you learned in Contempo¬
rary Civilization?" I asked.

"Naah, I forgot all that around the time I started using
those clip-on jobbie bow ties."

"That's too bad."

"Yeah, but it's still in me somewhere. It was the kind of
stuff that became a natural part of me and helped me to
understand things better as I got older."

"Sort of like Hegel's dialectic..I said, getting excited.

"Who?"

"Never mind," I said, getting the point, "but what does
that have to do with bow ties?"

"Not much—just that back then we all took the time to
figure out the little things about life—like bow ties. People
weren't tagging us with standardized test scores and grade-
point averages and passing us on our way. They looked at us
a little more carefully and measured us by the kind of people
we were. Knowing what was playing on Broadway and who
the new writers were was all part of it. Stanley Kaplan
couldn't teach us how to tie bow ties, and an 'A' in Contem¬
porary Civilization didn't necessarily mean that you were
going to do anything better than anyone else, luntil you got
out and showed that you knew why you were studying in the
first place."

"Wow..." I said, overwhelmed by the good old days.

"And you know what?" he asked.

"What?"

"Carman Hall was a tennis court."

"No fooling?"

"No fooling," he said, getting up, "And now it's getting late
and I think I have to get going. Good luck, kid."

Shortly after that chat on the bench, I made a more con¬
certed effort and found an old lady who taught me how to tie
a perfect bow tie. I'm not telling who she was, but she said
she'd been teaching Columbia students to tie bow ties for
about fifty years. I also figured out the difference between me
and the College alumni. Nothing. Only I'm not going to
forget how to tie a bow tie.

Henry Lowenstein '80, a former Editor of Jester, is now
studying at the University of Florida Law School.

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