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CLASS NOTES
Clyde A. Moneyhun Kathleen Morrow Bock and Gordon Mitchell Bock of Northfield, Vt., joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Hadarah Eleanor Bock. Hadarah weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces upon arrival at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt., at 1:56 a.m. on August 31. Gordon was a double major in political science and urban studies and then received an M.S. from the School of Journalism in 1977. After a 15-year career as a reporter, writer and editor for United Press International, U.S. News and World Report, Business Week and Time, Gordon moved to Vermont. He is now a territory sales manager for Penn Veterinary Supply, Inc., based in Lancaster, Pa., with responsibility for Vermont and eastern New York State. Kathleen hails from Ogdensburg, N.Y., and received her B.A. in English textual studies with a minor in geography from Syracuse in 1993. She works as a respite care worker in central Vermont. The Bocks can be reached at PO Box 484, Montpelier, VT 05601-0484 or at ketchum@sover.net. Many ’76ers sent messages about the events and aftermath of September 11, some by means of the alumni Web site; the information here was provided by alumni to the Web site, and I hope it is accurate. J. Louis Anon, Steven Braunstein, Henry Choi, Steve Eichel, Michael Gilbride, Jonathan Margolis, Walter Rivera and Allen Weingarten report that they are unharmed. Mark Abbott’s office has reopened three blocks below Wall Street; Kenneth Benton’s New York office was located on the 47th floor of Tower One, but all three of his employees at that location are safe. Arthur Steinberg works in midtown and is fine; Leszek Syski, who works in Baltimore, reports that his son (Stephen ’04) is fine. Laurence Collins is fine in Toledo, but his brother-in-law’s cousin, who worked in the World Trade Center, is among the missing. Daniel Konigsbach and his wife sent sympathies from San Diego: “Our hearts go out to all the victims, their families, friends and loved ones.”
David Gorman One of the rules that I laid down for myself when I started writing these notes was to avoid asking classmates to get in touch. That always seemed redundant to me. But in light of September 11, I think that it would be a good thing if all our New Yorkers and for that matter Northeasterners let us know how they are and how other area classmates are, if they know. As of November 18, we have heard from (or about) the following members of the Class of ’77: Etan Ben-Ami, Tony Dardis, Louis De Stefano, Arthur Markwalter, Jim O’Toole, Rufus Sadler and Wayne Turner. I hope that anyone who lives or works within, say, 100 miles of Ground Zero will contact me or the College’s September 11 update page: www.college.columbia.edu/wtc/. Then there is the matter of Reunion Weekend: Although no plans have changed, I am guessing that it is going to feel a bit different than anyone had expected. I think also, though, that our 25th Reunion is going to be particularly important to attend. The dates are May 30 – June 2. For information (or to get involved), contact Sharen Ovalles at so290@columbia.edu or (212) 870-2742.
Matthew Nemerson The switch to six-times-a-year publication of the (even better than ever) Columbia College Today has put us out of sync with the collection of new news. Many of you just received the November issues and apparently are either so relieved that neither you nor your friends were libeled or misquoted, that you have decided to leave well enough alone and are purposefully neglecting the easy-to-use e-mail account through which you could reserve space for your own misadventures in this edition. While this may work for this issue, it will not in the future. What will change, you ask, after 23 listless years? Well, I now have the CD that tells me where you are and what you do (or did at some uncertain point). And despite some awkward search capabilities, I can assure you that I will be mining the CD for impertinent and irrelevant information to fill future columns. Unless, that is, you send me real stuff. Exciting news is that we have our first governor in the class. Former Woodbridge Mayor James E. McGreevey won big time in New Jersey over a right-wing Harvard type. I hope we will have an interview with Jim for the next issue of CCT. The 60th anniversary party for WKCR at the new Lerner Center was a blast, and fellow ’78er Tom Mariam was there, of course. Peter Low, now a senior MTV executive, was signed up but we missed each other. I must say that the new, pristine, high-technology radio studios bore so little relation to the rag-tag environment that I remember from the old station in Ferris Booth that it is hard to think of the two as the same organization. Think comparisons such as: The Spirit of St. Louis and the Space Shuttle Columbia... And, speaking of St. Louis, I had dinner with a group of Columbia folks after the WKCR event, including classmate Larry Friedman, who is in the law business at Thompson Coburn in that humid Gateway city. Larry is married to Phyllis and has two children, Hannah and Joshua. Architect and ex-New Havener Timothy Burnett was back in town in October for a sad event, a memorial service for a dear friend of ours for whom Tim flew back from L.A. I prepared one of the eulogies and, if any of you have been in this situation, you know that preparing and delivery a remembrance is a good way to focus your sense of loss. To be losing best friends (and someone with whom I happened to work at my old job at the Greater New Haven Chamber for many years) at our age is not easy, but a new stoicism demands that we keep our own losses in the perspective of others who also have lost loved ones. How many of our CC discussions hinged on the contrasting responsibly of the individual to himself and that owed to his “group.” Perhaps we are living these issues more tangibly than before. Combining this with the 9/11 attacks and the added issues of the downturn in the IT and software business — my current vocational adventure — I can assure you that this has been a very introspective fall for me. I hope you all had a happy and meaningful New Year and I look forward to sharing your news and thoughts with our classmates in the year ahead.
Lyle Steele
Craig Lesser I hope that all of you are well following the trying times of the past few months. I hope to hear from more of you in the coming months. I recently bumped into Leo Wolansky and his son on their way to the opera. Leo lived on my floor (4 Hartley) freshman year. After Columbia Law, Steve Kane has been practicing law in Boston. Steve reports that he’s been doing admission interviews since graduation and tries to attend Columbia events in the Boston area when they occur. Your class correspondent has been busy. I recently started a travel agency, CraigL Travel. You can e-mail me at CraigLTravel@aol.com or call me at 1-800-Buy Travel. I also expect to be running promotions with the Metropolitan Area singles group Social Circles, which runs numerous activities each month. Please let me hear from you and be well.
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