CLASS NOTES
Michael Hausig
19418 Encino Summit
San Antonio, TX 78259
m.hausig@gte.net
In
June, we held our 40th class reunion. About 100 classmates,
spouses, children and significant others got together for a most
enjoyable weekend despite wet weather. Our attendance exceeded all
reunion classes except for 1991.
Bill Binderman and the planning committee put together
an excellent program, including a talk from Jim Shenton '49 at our
Saturday night dinner and a visit to an award winning building on
the lower west side designed by Phil Smith. The finance
committee, ably headed by Burtt Erlich, raised over $200 000
for the class gift.
On a
sad note, we learned of the passing of Don Heise in March
2000. Don was an opthalmologist. Our condolences go out to his
widow, Joanna.
Ed Pressman 99 Clent Road
Great Neck Plaza, NY 11021
cct@columbia.edu
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Art
Garfunkel '62 returned to campus to
perform at the formal opening of Lerner Hall in 1999.
PHOTO: DAVID
PARK
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I
had the distinct pleasure of two wonderful conversations with
arguably our most famous classmate, Art Garfunkel. Art, with
his partner Paul Simon, wrote and performed music that became, in
the opinion of this writer, anthems for a generation of
Americans.
Art
is presently living in New York City with his wife, Kathryn Cermak,
and their 10-year-old son. He continues to perform in both the U.S.
and abroad. Art will tour Japan this autumn, with 19 shows
scheduled. His repertoire will include vintage Simon &
Garfunkel plus Art's own hits. His own material includes works
written with two colleagues. He performs these concerts with his
own four-person band. They have completed approximately 75 concerts
together.
His
wife, Kathryn, sings professionally under the name of Kathryn Luce.
This past summer, she performed on the East End of Long Island.
They have sung together during Art's concerts. Kathryn is
originally from Minnesota.
After many years associated with Columbia Records, Art has
signed a contract with Atlantic Records. His first two albums with
Atlantic will be issued in January 2002.
Art
wrote a wonderful book, Stillwater, published by Dutton-New
American Family in 1987. It is a work of prose and poetry dealing
with general philosophical feelings. Two themes highlighted in the
book deal with Art's personal feelings concerning being in show
business, and the loss of a particular woman.
One
of Art's accomplishments was his walk across America, in which he
traveled by foot from New York to the mouth of the Columbia River
in Oregon. He is currently duplicating that feat with a walk across
Europe. He began in Ireland, with a goal of reaching Istanbul,
Turkey. He is extremely proud of this activity, which gives much
time to reflect and create.
Art's music has transcended our generation as it continues to
be played in many different venues and settings. My grandchildren
constantly request and listen to those memorable songs.
One
last anecdote I'd like to report. Art and Paul had recorded two hit
songs under the name of Tom & Jerry, when we were students at
Forest Hills High School. Art was also a member of the King's Men
while at Columbia. While walking with him on campus to a rehearsal
of the King's Men (I as a listener and he as a participant) one
evening, I asked whether he and Paul would ever sing together
again. He responded with an emphatic no! I respond with an equally
emphatic "the world can thank its lucky stars" that there was a
change of hearts.
Sidney P. Kadish 121 Highland Street
West Newton, MA 02465
sidney.p.kadish@lahey.org
Many
reports in the media lamented the fact that Bob Dylan had turned
60. Of course, Dylan is a symbol of all of us burned-out hippies
who are turning 60 this year. We will omit the trite references to
"the times they are a-changing" or "how does it feel?" and move on
to something more appetizing.
David Alpern, still a senior editor at Newsweek,
is pleased to report that the weekend radio show he runs for the
magazine with a crew of bright undergraduate interns from the
College, Newsweek On Air, won a Program of the Year award
from the International Association of Audio Information Services
and a Crystal Award of Excellence from the National Communicator
Awards.
We
ran into Fred Hochberg this summer, dining at one of the
fashionable spots in suburban Boston. He is practicing
neuro-oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital and boasting about
grandchildren.
In
April, we had dinner with old roommate Bernard Kabak on the
upper West Side, with his lovely wife, Ilana, and their energetic,
8-year-old son Gabriel. Gabe is a fierce Yankee fan and future
Yankee prospect.
Please continue to send your news. While it may or may not be
too late to write in about professional accomplishments, for the
next issue I invite your medical reports: your aches, pains, ills
and triumphs. Be well and enjoy
Norman Olch
233 Broadway
New York, NY 10279
nao5@columbia.edu
Barry Bley has embarked on a fourth career. After
working for Greyhound, then as a high school teacher in New York,
then as a lawyer in New York, he is now in his second year as chair
of the history department in a high school in Westminster, Colo., a
suburb of Denver. "I am living happily with my companion, Cindy,
whom I first met at Chock Full O'Nuts at 116th Street in 1963. What
a long, strange trip it's been."
From
Oakland, Dan Beagle writes he is "shocked" that an earlier
column reported only three classmates at last year's homecoming. He
has been at the last two homecomings, fruitlessly looking for
familiar faces. "After never once setting foot on Baker Field
during my four years at Columbia, I have become a very enthusiastic
booster type because my daughter, Julie, a sophomore at Barnard,
has been playing for the Columbia women's soccer team for two
years." Dan spent 20 years as editor and then communications
director for the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union, and is now an independent communications consultant to
unions. He has "four great kids" and says he is "agitating for
grandkids, and deeply saddened by the death of Kenny
Haas."
John Cirigliano reports from Palo Alto, Calif., that he
and Al Butts were also at last year's homecoming.
Steve Rosenfeld is the recipient of the second Curtis
Berger Award, which was bestowed by The Bridge, Inc., a 45-year old
Morningside Heights program that provides residential facilities
and support services to the mentally ill. Steve practices law in
New York, and with wife, Naomi, delights in the development of his
two daughters. One is an art historian in Chicago, the other a
third-year student at Hampshire College in Amherst,
Mass.
As
many of you realized, the Marriott International senior vice
president and associate general counsel in my last column is Jim
Akers. His name was changed en route to print.
Please write or e-mail. I will do my best to see that other
names stay the same.
Leonard B. Pack 924 West End Avenue
New York, NY 10025
packlb@aol.com
Michael Cook has been made a fellow of The American Bar
Foundation. Membership is limited to one-third of one percent of
the lawyers licensed to practice in a state "whose professional,
public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication
to the welfare of their communities and to the objectives of the
American Bar Foundation."
Steven Danenberg is the headmaster of The Country School
in Madison, Conn. The school has about 300 pre-kindergarten through
eighth grade students. Steve's wife, Mary, is a speech and language
pathologist in the Montville public schools.
Dean Gamanos reports that his ad agency, the Retele
Company, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Retele recently
picked up the New York Krispy Kreme account and does work for a
number of restaurants and retailers. After living in Park Slope,
Brooklyn, for many years, Dean recently moved to Greenwich, Conn.,
where he purchased the 1888 Patrick O'Connor house. Dean has been
active with the Business School's New York Alumni Club, which he
serves as co-president. He was happy to run into classmates
Larry Guido, Derek Wittner, Elliott Wolff and Jay
Woodworth at the College Alumni Association's recent annual
lunch at the Columbia Club.
The
late John Huemer's brother, David Huemer '81, wants
classmates to know of John's wishes that donations in his honor
should go either to the John Huemer Scholarship at the Columbia
College Fund (475 Riverside Drive, Suite 917, New York, NY 10115)
or to the John Huemer Fund for the Columbia Wrestling Program (c/o
coach Brendan Buckley, Dodge Physical Fitness Center, Columbia
University, New York, NY 10027).
Jeff Krulwich and his wife, Linda, are delighted that
their son, Michael, has been accepted to Columbia and will be
attending the College this fall. Writes Jeff, "I have interviewed
high school students for Columbia for over a dozen years and know
how competitive the admissions selection has become." Isn't that
what they were saying when we applied for admission?
Leonard Pack, your correspondent, had the pleasure of
attending the Inaugural Dinner for the Kraft Family Center for
Jewish Student Life on May 17 in Lerner Hall. Columbia has now
joined the rest of the Ivy League in having a Jewish student center
of its own.
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