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e back—had my first heart attack Sept. 23
and see the error of my ways."
Henry T. Reynolds, 422 Parkview Dr.,
Wynnewood, Pa., has moved his insurance
agency, Reynolds Insurance Agency, Inc.,
into "our own building at 23 Hampstead
Circle, Wynnewood."
Herbert A. Lewis reports he is "still at the
same old stand—Bell Laboratories—after
40 years." Herb's address is 17 Cross Way,
Murray Hill, N.J.
Received back in November was the
following message from Harry Hoff Jr.,
"We have had a good summer at our cottage
on the St. Lawrence, Morristown, N.Y.,
fishing and boating. Starting back to New
Jersey tomorrow along with the 'Canada
geese' which are in the river this morning."
Harry's winter address is 357 Lincoln Ave.,
Orange, N.J.
Irving J. Bland, 201 Main St., White
Plains, penned in December, "Occasionally
take time out of law office chores to assist
in the secondary school program at the
Cornell Club of Westchester, which I find
interesting and stimulating, especially the
competition with other well-known colleges
for outstanding candidates. Usually manage
to attend the club's monthly luncheons in
White Plains, frequently with Elmer Fingar.
Recently acquired No. 5 grandchild, James
Andrew (perhaps Cornell '88), part of the
Seattle branch of Blands. Looking forward,
for about my 15th year, to my Cornell Day
trip to Ithaca next spring, with a contingent
of Westchester's top-line juniors selected
from secondary schools in this area. I
want to thank Hunt Bradley for sending
me the color snapshot taken by our photogenius,
Larry Samuels, at our Class Reunion.
He's so skillful at it that my wife wanted
to know when Spencer Tracy, the guy in
the photo, entered the Class of '26."
Last fall Robert H. Stier, 4858 King
Richard Rd., Jacksonville, Fla., was elected
chairman of the board of Ryder Truck
Lines of Jacksonville, the country's fifth
largest motor carrier. Bob joined Ryder in
March 1963 as vice president and general
manager. He advanced to the presidency in
February 1965 and continued in this capacity
after the company was purchased
from Ryder System of Miami by International
Utilities—a Maryland corporation
—in August 1965. Bob was formerly president
of the Philadelphia Transportation Co.
He is active in the Florida Trucking Assn.
as treasurer, member of the board, and
chairman of the regular route common
carrier conference, and is also a member
of the board of Jacksonville-Duval County
Safety Council. The news came with Bob's
note, "Enclosed news release brings the record
up-to-date. Sorry to have missed our
40th but a long-delayed vacation promise
finally caught up with me and I made my
first visit to Europe."
'26
Women: Grace McBride Van
Win
49 Ft. Amherst Rd.
Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801
Beatrice Benedicks Wille writes that she
is teaching Spanish at the Dodge Vocational
High School in New York. She has
three children and six grandchildren. Her
daughter Joan is doing research in medieval
art and art conservation in New York.
Another daughter, Clare, is getting her PhD
in social science at Berkeley. A son, Dr.
John J. Jr. '59 is in micro-organic research
at the Argonne Laboratories. He recently
appeared on WNBC television discussing
biological "clocks"; he showed that our
"clocks" are reactions within the DNA of
our cells.
Your correspondent pleads for news!
Write to me at the above address.
^ ^"7 Men: Don Hers hey
/ I 5 Landing Rd., S.
** ' Rochester, N.Y. 14610
Here we are at the threshold of our 40th
Reunion. We are elated by the continued
progress of Cornell. The beautiful campus
remains unspoiled even with the addition of
many fine new buildings. The renovation of
the old buildings we once occupied adds
to our enthusiasm. Even Willard Straight
Hall, after 40 years of wear and tear, looks
no different than our classmates remember
it and has that added charm and stability
acquired only by age and use. Some of our
classmates won't be with us because of
death, illness, and distance, or important
business assignments. We offer our condolences,
our sympathies, and our best
wishes to all. Two of our absentees, "Bud"
and Dot Trefts (picture), are now located
in a new assignment as treasurer of the
United Presbyterian Church in Ethiopia,
supervising a million-dollar building, equipment,
and hospital fund. We wish them
much happiness there. Their new address is
Box 1111, American Mission, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Now for '27 shorts: Dan Dalrymple, 55
Delmar PI., 12054, Delmar, is asst. commissioner
of agriculture, N.Y. State. Youngest
son Ross is '69. This makes the fifth
Dalrymple Cornellian—Dana '54, Douglas
'58, and Anne '64. Wes Pietz, RR 1, Kettleby,
Ontario, Canada—Wes, your editor
hopes you keep sending those fine Canadian
hockey players to Cornell.
Bob Hobbie, 203 Third Ave., South, has
retired to that lovely west coast town of
Naples, Fla. Bob is a three-star grandpa.
Joe Martinez, Paseo de la Reforma 2125,
Mexico City 10 DF, is a four-star president,
just elected again to head up Automagneto
S.A., Toluca, Mexico, and Stuttgart, West
Germany. Jerry Lanterman, 7340 E. Valley
View Rd., Hudson, Ohio, is a neighbor of
Jim Hand. Jerry is district manager of
Lamson Corp., Cleveland.
Ralph Munns, 2616 Arlington Ave., Independence,
Mo., is still happy and in good
health. He visited Howard Dayton at Daytona
Beach and Morton Bright at Coral
Gables last year. Gabriel Zuckerman, 487
W. 22nd St., New York, has a son in Yale.
Gab deals in New York City brownstone
houses and owns three of them. Last summer
he toured the beautiful and exciting
national parks of America and the Canadian
Rockies in a 'camper.'
Gil Lamb, 100 Walworth Aye., Scarsdale,
continues his many travels. This time to the
canyon country of Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Utah, and Las Vegas! They are
heading to Reunion via Asia Minor. Gil is a
four-star grandpa.
Ed Krech, director of purchasing for
J. M. Huber Corp., Menlo Park, N.J., was
the recipient of the coveted Harry L. Erlicker
Award for 1966. This award is given
for outstanding leadership enhancing the
stature of purchasing in the business world.
Congratulations, Ed. Elwood Pittenger,
630 University PI., Swarthmore, Pa., continues
as supervisor of industrial sales,
Philadelphia, Pa. Pitt visited Ray Angle and
wife Betty on their Pocono Triangle Farm
last summer. Jacques Mandelbaum, 425 E.
A PORTRAIT of Mrs. Arthur L. K. (Margaret Hicks) Volkmann '78, BArch '80, done
in pastels by Gabrielle D. Clements '80, was presented to Cornell University Archives
by Mary Dana Hicks Prang of Syracuse. Margaret Hicks was the first woman in
America to make architecture her profession. Mrs. Edith Fox '32, MA '45 (left), University
Archivist, receives the portrait from Mrs. John (Helen Bull) Vandervort '26
(right).
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