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CLASS NOTES
George Koplinka B. James Lowe, retired rear admiral, U.S. Naval Reserves, sent a letter following the 50th reunion. "As a consequence of the reunion and the guys talking, a decision was made to initiate a campaign for reinstitution of the NROTC at the College. As I indicated to you that evening of our reunion, a lot of our cadre deeply resented the eviction of the NROTC from the campus. None of us took any exception to the students expressing their First Amendment rights regarding the Vietnam War. We did not resent the University's craven capitulation to the rioters and those who occupied Hamilton Hall, Havemeyer and their violent disruption of the campus. We believe the University had an obligation to not only maintain discipline and order but also a responsibility to see that a reasonable dialogue took place on the issues of the time." There will be a meeting of the Class of 1951 immediately following the Dean's Day noon luncheon on April 13. Jim's letter will be an agenda item. In the meantime, please feel free to contact Jim directly at (505) 293-5392 or at JLoweABQ@aol.com to express your sentiments. You also may also send comments to your class secretary for inclusion in the agenda. The photo of the freshman baseball team that appeared in the reunion yearbook created some nostalgia. Alfred Byra commented, "As team members, we shared similar experiences and it helped me to grow into the College community, because I learned that I wasn't the only one who was a little scared and unsure." Team members are invited to e-mail Al at a.byra@worldnet.att.net. A correction to the Class Directory (in the back of the reunion yearbook): The apartment number for Marty Katz is 2205 and not 4953. His e-mail is Torero1465@cs.com. Also, the correct address for J. Tom Easter is 312 6th St., Winona Lake, IN 46590. The Warsaw location is incorrect. George Keller, a former editor of Columbia College Today, for which he received the Sibley Award for education magazine editing, continues to consult with 8–10 universities a year and writes articles, reviews and books. His wife, Jane, is a professor at the University of Baltimore, and their son is a College graduate. Hal White is recovering from some post-reunion surgery in Jackson, Miss., and is feeling much better. Stan Schachter, your secretary's CIA in action, keeps in touch with Bob Silver. Bob is holding his own despite some health difficulties. Did you know that when Bob was inducted into Tau Epsilon fraternity he was the first grandson of a member? His wife, Margery, '53 Barnard, is co-author of Living to 100: Lessons in Living to Your Maximum Potential at Any Age (Basic Books, 2000). We should all read that book! By the way, when he can get away from his law practice, Stan commutes during the winter to Boca Raton, Fla. Why doesn't an attorney ever retire? John Handley has a busy California schedule. November through March is when the Alumni Representative Committee interviews high school seniors. He could use some interviewers for Ventura/Oxnard, San Luis Obispo and the Santa Ynez Valley. Any volunteers? The Handley family winters in the High Sierra at Monmouth Lakes as ski hosts. More than a million skiers visited last winter. John still teaches investment strategy at Santa Barbara City College, Adult Education Division. Here are John's recommendations for 2002: Study the Friday editions of Investor's Business Daily, don't overlook Value Line and follow O'Neil's 8 percent rule! Several classmates reminded your notes editor that we are beginning to celebrate 50th wedding anniversaries. Roland Kuniholm and his wife, Althea, celebrated in December. They are inveterate Scrabble players, playing a game most every night. Ron is working for the National Wildlife Federation in Reston, Va., swims regularly and is attempting to learn the mysteries of Ben Hogan's famous golf swing. Did anybody hear that Mickey Winick became a grandfather for the first time? Did anybody notice the big smile on George Prozan's face in the reunion yearbook? E-mail George at geobp@att.net to get the answer. Immanuel Wallerstein, a senior research scholar at Yale, gave the Charles R. Lawrence II Memorial Lecture at Brooklyn College in December on "America and the World: The Twin Towers as Metaphor." Until March, he was at the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study. Last summer, Donald Holden's watercolor Yellowstone Fire LV won the Clara Obrig prize at the 176th Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design. The academy is the nation's leading honorary organization of artists and architects. Last fall, at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Peter Suzuki gave a presentation, "The Resistance Movement at Leiden University During the Nazi Occupation of Holland." The presentation was made at the 22nd Annual European Studies Conference. Peter's most recent publication is Stranger in a Strange Land: A Non-Indian Administrator Working on an Indian Reservation. Alan Wagner also has succumbed to the mysticism of the education world. He will be teaching two classes in early 2002 at the Learning Annex, one on writing for television and films and the other on opera. His company, Boardwalk Entertainment, is readying a theatrical film for production next spring, Magnificat. Peter Bogdanovich is the producer and Richard Harris the star. Your notes editor is pleased to announce that Nis Petersen has agreed to become an assistant editor. With six issues a year now scheduled by the ambitious CCT staff, this additional editorial help from Nis is greatly appreciated. Please continue to send us information for publication. In closing, let's all remember this message from Tom Withycome and his lovely wife, Kathy: If
there is right in the soul, there will be beauty in the person;
Robert Kandel In November, Eric Javits was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as ambassador to the conference on disarmament in Geneva. He hopes that his experience negotiating as an international lawyer will be useful in this new assignment. He and his wife, Margaretha, have given up their New York apartment and will live in Geneva for the duration of his appointment. They will eventually make Palm Beach their permanent residence. Eric sends his apologies in case his duties prevent him from attending our 50th reunion in May. (If you would like to contact Eric in Geneva, let me know and I will pass along the information.) Arch Ingerman and wife, Rosalie, are celebrating 25 years of "wedded togetherness." Their daughter, Michele, and son-in-law, Callum, have given them a fourth grandchild, Alison. Callum was a middle-distance track champion at Boston University, recruited from New Zealand. You should have received the information about our 50th reunion, which we will celebrate on campus May 30-June 2. The plans for the weekend include a variety of events that should be of interest to diverse tastes. If you have any questions, please contact me. You may also direct inquiries to Heather Applewhite at the Alumni Office: (212) 870-2757 or hh15@columbia.edu. I hope to see you all in May!
Lew Robins George Lowry: In the last issue of Columbia College Today, I included the following from George: "Dear Lew: I've been to several Cornell reunions (with my wife), and they were successful because her class was involved in the planning, rather than leaving it up to the Alumni Office. Since we have a big one coming up in 18 months, I think its high time we got involved. I'd like to form a reunion committee that would work out the details, get involved with promotion and fund raising and make sure we're not stuck at Faculty House with a speaker not of our choosing. "My questions to you are 1) What do you think of the idea? 2) Will you join the committee? and 3) Can you suggest other people to join? "My e-mail at home is lowrys@aol.com." A number of classmates responded to George's appeal, including Dale Horowitz, Joel Danziger, Rolon Reed, Bill Frosch and Julie Ross. Please, please, please let George know that you are willing to help organize the best 50th reunion any class has ever had. Join the committee. Our goal is to have every living member of the class attend. On a personal note, George told me that his older son, Nicholas, who had taken over as president of the Swann Galleries, appeared on the cover of the January 2002 issue of Art & Antiques. The story was about sons and daughters who are replacing their "aging" parents in various companies. Glenn Riggs: Glenn retired from Union Carbide in 1996. His daughter is a vet and his son is a chemical engineer. He and Monica have four grandkids. Glenn is thoroughly enjoying golf and playing the piano. They live in Redding, Conn. Hal Abrams: Hal and Carol, who have been married for 27 years, have a daughter who is a junior at Providence College. What a great way to stay young! After graduating from medical school, Hal spent 10 years in the Army doing surgical internships and residencies in Texas, Georgia, Germany and New Jersey. Since 1968, he has been in private practice doing general surgery. His office is in Fairfield, Conn. In addition, Hal is a professor of surgery at Yale. He has three daughters and three grandkids. He has no thought of retiring, and thoroughly enjoys his work.
Howard Falberg Two of our classmates have indicated activities that involve full participation in the world in which we live. Hank Buchwald reports from the University of Minnesota that he will be fully active in the operating room, research and teaching until July 2003. He also was honored as the first recipient of the Wangensteen Chair, which was named for the founder of the university's surgery department. Many of our classmates will remember Hank's presentation at our reunion and he, happily, is looking forward to our 50th. I hope that Dick Wall also will be with us at our 50th. In the meantime, Dick and his wife, Joyce, received a call from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to serve for two years in Ghana, West Africa. They have been asked to help establish a new Missionary Training Center that will cover Africa. Dick and Joyce moved on February 3. Their address is POUCH, Elder and Sister Richard Wall, Africa West Area Office, P.O. Box 30150, Salt Lake City, UT 84130. I hope that Dick will share his experiences with us at our 50th as well as during his stay in Africa. I know that I have written before about the satisfaction I have received through interviewing high school and prep school seniors for Columbia. Six outstanding young people from San Diego have been admitted under the early decision program (about 150 have applied for regular decision). Last month, there was a Columbia alumni reception prior to the Columbia-San Diego State basketball game. We invited these young people and, despite our loss (our team acquitted itself very well), a great time was had by many of our alums, including several early '50s grads. I highly recommend your involvement. In spite of the usual aches and pains, it really didn't make me feel older. Please be well, keep in touch and plan to be at our 50th.
Gerald Sherwin It is almost springtime in the Northeast region. One can hope the temperature gets a little warmer so that the many layers of clothing can be shed and we can all be free from that encumbrance. As usual, there is much happening on campus, especially with the senior class planning its big farewell dinner and choosing its speaker for Class Day, only two months in the future. The other classes also are involved in activities, big and small, in what one might call "bonding" rituals. In the last column, it was reported that early decision applications were even with last year's numbers. Not so! EDs are up five percent and account for about 49 percent of the Class of 2006. You might not believe this, but eyewitnesses report that Dean Austin Quigley had a role in the student-produced show, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He played Wally Womper, singing and dancing to the delight of the audience in Lerner Hall. Could you see Dean McKnight performing in a musical? Is there a Varsity Show in the dean's future? Work is progressing apace on the new faculty residence and school on 110th Street and Broadway. The estimated completion date is mid-2003. While all this is going on, our president-to-be, Lee Bollinger '71L, has been getting to know people, places and things, on and off-campus. He has been doing things with great alacrity. Although we had a relatively small class, our classmates are and have been doing a lot since graduation. Lew Sternfels, who was at the Columbia-UCLA basketball game in December, is a practicing patent attorney in Los Angeles. Gary Berry, who also was at the event, retired from his medical duties and lives in Westlake Village, Calif. The old Gilbert & Sullivan performer could probably show the dean a step or two (or maybe not). Up in Sacramento, we found Bob Fairbanks, who is president of Capital Audio Access. Did you know that Bob was a key member of the Columbia Ski Club while he was an undergrad? Staying on the West Coast, Stan Lubman reports from UC Berkeley that he teaches Chinese law part-time and is a visiting scholar at the Center for Law and Society, where the director is our beloved Harry Scheiber. Stan has been making gifts via a foundation to augment the resources of P.S. 94 in the Bronx. He is looking for other graduates of that school to help in his effort. The next time we get to San Francisco, we will look up Tom Morton. Tom is no longer in the law business. He has retired and is enjoying himself quite a bit. Jeff Broido was espied at the Columbia-San Diego State game in San Diego. He looked exceptionally well with all that long-distance running and exercising. As we amble across the country, we found New Hampshire's Herb Vore living in Colorado Springs. Herb is a retired exploration supervisor for Chevron. He would like to see his classmates if they pass through his area. Thor Koszman also is retired, from Exxon Chemical as an engineering associate. He and his family live in Montgomery, Texas. Another '55er lives and works in the Lone Star state — Howard Sussman has his practice in Houston. You guys in the Southwest should know that the basketball team will be playing in the Sun Bowl Tournament in El Paso around holiday time in December 2002. More information to come later this year. Our track stalwart, Ted Baker, is teaching way north at Kennebunk High School in Maine. He doesn't get down to New York City much any more. We heard from Don Schappert: "Please tell my friend Tom Brennan that I am alive and well in Rhode Island in the summer and Florida in the winter." He had been trying to track down George Raitt (St. Michaels, Md.) and may have succeeded. Another retiree, living in Newton Centre, Mass., is Sandy Autor. The Brooklyn native was a psychologist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Did you wonder about Jim Silver? Well, Jim is a pastor for the Poquanock Community Church in the town of the same name in Connecticut. As for Frank Tilley, the good doctor is practicing at the Harlem Hospital Center. Frank and his family live happily in New Rochelle. We may see him at the 50th. Living in Pennsylvania and working as a professor of physiology at Penn is former fencer (along with Ferdie Setaro and All-American Barry Pariser) Mort Civan. Mort is too busy having a good time to retire. On Long Island, Richard Reichler is vice president and deputy general counsel at the MarketSpan Corp. in Hicksville. Joe Savino is relatively close by, living in Manhasset and practicing medicine in Brooklyn. We heard from Bernie Schwartz further out on the island, in Southampton. He tells us he will be coming to the 50th and is available for other events any place, any time. We'll see what we can do, Bernie. Dave Befeler has been living and practicing medicine in Westfield, N.J., for quite a while. His son is a first year at the College. We're not sure whether he will follow his father's career path. In Manhattan, Steve Viederman has become an adviser on many issues relevant to the environment. Steve's traveling has not slowed down a bit. Gentle souls of the wondrous Class of '55, keep your spirits soaring; renew old acquaintances; get the pulse moving; remember that roughage — but most of all ... just be you. Love to all! Everywhere!
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