CLASS NOTES
Stuart M. Berkman
24 Mooregate Square
Atlanta, GA 30327
overseas@
mindspring.com
Seen
at the Class of 1966 table at the alumni picnic at the Homecoming
game in October were Mark Amsterdam, Dan Gardner, Mike
Garrett and Jim Larson. Just a few hours later, the
Columbia Lions would defeat Dartmouth 49-21.
Let
me give you some wonderful personal news. Sacha Berkman, the
daughter of your correspondent Stuart Berkman, has been accepted by
early decision for the Class of 2005. Needless to say, my wife
Gilda and I are absolutely delighted. Sacha chose Columbia after
having visited 14 colleges and universities. She has been a student
at Atlanta International School, which requires all students to
prepare for the international baccalaureate degree.
Kenneth L. Haydock
732 Sheridan Road #202
Kenosha, WI 53140
klhlion@execpc.com
Ken Tomecki, M.D.
2983 Brighton Road
Shaker Heights, OH 44120
Tomeckk@ccf.org
The
end of the millennium, which is actually Y2K (2000) for the
purists, yielded very little news, probably a reflection of the
Florida election imbroglio. Oh well. From the home office, I
learned that...
Glen Reeves "still enjoys (his) job with MAI." He
recently completed another stint in central Asia and eastern
Europe. Between trips abroad, he lives in Modesto,
Calif.
Lloyd Loomis, after 19 years at ARCO, recently joined
Steptoe and Johnson, a legal firm in Los Angeles. He and Jan (an
attorney as well) "celebrated 32 years of marriage last year
(August)." They live in Westlake Village, Calif.
For
the next issue, I'd like to hear from the Texas contingent,
especially GWB's cronies.
Michael Oberman
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
moberman@kramerlevin.com
In
an election year that will long be remembered for the closest
Presidential contest, Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) was
overwhelmingly re-elected for a fifth term in Congress with 80
percent of the vote. Jerry, whose district includes the west side
of Manhattan, serves on the Judiciary and the Transportation and
Infrastructure Committees of the House. He was a much-quoted and
forceful advocate for the Democrats in the post-Election Day
Presidential contest.
Larry Koblenz is working on his dissertation on the
history of cancer in the United States as he continues in the Ph.D.
program of Columbia's history department. He recently presented one
of the chapters-in-progress at the New York Academy of Medicine and
the national meeting of the American Association for the History of
Medicine.
Richard Berger, after working for the New York State
assistant attorney general for environmental protection under Louis
Lefkowitz, returned to his hometown of Buffalo to litigate the Love
Canal cases for the plaintiffs until their settlement in 1985.
Since then he has been practicing law on his own; a combination of
environmental law, personal injury litigation and some general
practice. Richard recently completed "the most satisfying case" of
his career-a Historic Preservation Act case, which resulted in the
preservation of the terminus of the Erie Canal on Buffalo's
waterfront and the creation of a historic district there. "Believe
it or not, Buffalo has a history of being the richest and most
progressive city in the U.S. during the 19th Century, due to the
commerce of the Erie Canal. We hope that this rediscovered heritage
will revive more than the spirits of Western New Yorkers." Richard
is married to Isabell Stransky, Barnard '76, and they have four
children. He has served as president of the local Jewish day
school, Kadimah School, and of Young Israel of Greater
Buffalo.
Before putting away this issue of CCT, e-mail your
news.
Peter N. Stevens
180 Riverside Drive
Apt. 9A
New York, NY 10024
peter.stevens@bms.com
Our
30th reunion year closed on an enthusiastic note at a holiday
cocktail party held in the mid-Manhattan offices of Bob
Douglas at Bank of New York. In attendance were Steve
Boatti, Lennard Davis, Bob Douglas, Oscar Jaeger, Leo Kailas,
Michael Klekman, Art Kokot, Mike Melzer, Bill O'Brien, Doug Rowen,
Steve Schwartz, Joe Spivack, Art Steinberg, Bob Stulberg, Walt
Sutherland and your correspondent. It was further evidence of
the College's commitment to keep us fossils involved in its
continuing success. It was fun, too.
Art Steinberg gets this year's award for dealing with
middle age turmoil: he gave up a respectable career as a financial
analyst to become a lawyer. Finally, bankers Terry Sweeney
and Dennis Graham (the "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster" of our
class) continue to debate whether the most popular song in the
Lion's Den in our freshmen year was "Eight Miles High" by the Byrds
or "I'm a Man" by the Spencer Davis Group. If any of you can
provide any further insight into this dispute, please let me
know.
Please note my new e-mail address. Regards to all and send us
some news.
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