Welcome back to Nancy Persily and Al Hirshberg who were unable to attend
last year's meeting due to illness. Both looked very well this year! We had
a great turnout, 23 class members!
The meeting was called to order at about 2:30 by Nancy Persily.
The minutes from the class meeting in 2003 had been circulated on line and
were not read due to time constraints (reunion discussion).
Both Nancy and Ed Butler and Carol and Matt McCorkle received the Rhodes
award for exemplary service (which Marcia Goldschlager received previously).
Congratulations!
Reunion report (S. Mair Holden, B. Lutz Brim):
Our class will stay in Risley. Postcards were sent to classmates: so far
there have been 170 affirmative responses (classmates and spouses). We hope
for 270. Information about the reunion schedule can be found on the website.
Summary of reunion schedule: Thursday (June 10): Registration
Dinner will be an Italian picnic with Tom Sturdevant playing and singing.
Friday:
Continental breakfast
10:30 Class Forum: Part I: Speaker will be Dr. Karl Pillemer of the Urie
Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center. The title is "Successful Aging? The Life
Course
and the Class of ‘64"; Part II will be a questionnaire put together in
advance by graduate students. Forum will involve some participation, some
discussion.
All alumni lunch
12:00-4:00 Class hike (A. Friedenson and B. Attardi, organizers)
Alternative activities:
1-2:30 Art and architecture symposium and exhibits at the Hartel Gallery
with
6 classmates participating (D. McCarthy, organizer)
5:30 Class Memorial Service at the Plantations (D. McCarthy and B. Attardi,
organizers)
6:00 Western barbeque at the Plantations (with a fiddle/banjo player)
Rock and roll party at Risley with a band
Saturday:
Book discussion group (read Antigone by Sophocles)
Noon: Lunch at Beebe Lake
Seminar: Janet Spencer King, "Health and Well-Being Revisited"
Cocktails/appetizers: on the terrace overlooking west campus
Dinner was scheduled for the Memorial Room, but it may not be able to
accomodate everyone. Another venue was sought. (Late-breaking news: this
will be
Okenshields).
Back-ups for bad weather.
Sunday:
Farewell brunch behind Risley
Class souvenir will be a red windbreaker with class logo.
Affinity group chair (Ed Dealy):
20 organizations so far. Need input. Marcia suggested sending invitations to
other members of affinity groups such as "Tag that date".
Listserve for Reunion organization
Lauren Mossotti-Kline (607-254-6110) in charge of campaign:
Class leaders in gift giving are Carol and Matt McCorkle and Ronay Arlt
Menschel. Goals:
2.64 million total gifts (1.18 million pledged so far)
664 donors or 40% of class contributing (251 so far)
64 Tower Club members (26 so far)
Payments need to be in by the end of June
Shall we have a phonathon to increase donor number and participation?
A classmate offered a challenge grant of $664,000 if all goals are met by
Reunion Weekend.
Classmates can help out by making a gift even if they can't come to Reunion.
Significant contributions beyond Tower Club can be made through Lauren at
the campaign office.
Decorations and facilities for Reunion (J. Herron):
Headquarters will be decorated with geraniums, piano, popcorn machine, mylar
balloons, bridge tables.
Our historian, Ginny Mai, will bring memorabilia and stuff from previous
reunions.
Classmates are encouraged to bring publications which will be set out on a
table.
Class photographer (Bob Friedenson):
Photos will be posted. Be sure to identify your pictures. Will take pictures
at registration. There will be digital displays and 4 X 6" prints of
pictures. Bring digital cameras!
Class Constitution (Nancy Butler):
Nancy has drafted a Constitution. This was accepted unanimously by voice
vote. Thank you, Nancy!
Scholarship Report (Joan Melville):
Current value of JFK scholarship is $178,070. JFK committee had 5 members.
We have enough money to give out 2 awards next year. Current recipients are
Jason Belmont Conn who is in his first year at Michigan Law School and Drew
Scott Warshaw who is working on campaign finance reform in Washington DC. We
discussed inviting former winners to a cocktail party or other event at
reunion. Some of us would be willing to sponsor recipients for travel to
Ithaca. Details should appear on the website.
Tradition scholarship: $86,327. is value this year. Current recipient
is Tanner Cerand ‘04 ILR.
Gary Wood fellowship: Current value is $17,914.
Cornell Fund
There were 511 dues payers (met our goal) and 475 donors.
Nominating committee:
Class officers' terms expire at reunion. A committee was established to
nominate new officers composed of Carolyn Newman (in absentia), Marcia
Goldschlager, Stan Morgenstein, and Don Allen.
We would like to thank Bev Johns Lamont for an outstanding job as class
columnist and to Joan Melville who did the newsletter in place of Bev
Feinberg
Meeting was adjourned at 5:30.
We will meet again at the Cornell Club (6 East 44th St.) for drinks and
appetizers at 6:00 and dinner at 7:00 along with several members of the
class of ‘66.
