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CLASS NOTES
Alan N. Miller In honor of our coming 45th Reunion (the high number of years is enough to give philosophical pause) the first weekend of June 2001, this will be a reunion class letter for CCT. We have a sizeable committee already formed of over 20 classmates but are always willing to expand with new, warm bodies-so volunteer! I recently reread our class book that we put out for our 40th and was quite impressed. I, therefore, approached Mike Spett and Lenny Wolfe, who organized and printed the publication, and asked them to repeat their stellar performance. The class survey was also extremely well done, so I asked Larry Gitten, the New Jersey flash, and Phil Liebson, the Chicago wonderchild, to repeat and go for the gold. Steve Easton and Mark Novick are scouring the hinterlands and drumming up new committee members. Danny Link and Warren Goodman are excited about the reunion and its planning and Buzz Passwell is an active new member. Al Broadwin, Lou Hemmerdinger and Donny Morris we have counted on for decades. I also spoke with Lee Seidler, who will work with us, and Frank Thomas, who is interested. I hope Lee recovers from his muscular-skeletal problem quickly-as he pointed out, our muscles, bones and joints now inform us of their presence unasked. If I've left anyone out, I apologize profusely. I'm excited about the 45th coming up and look forward to its planning, and plan to meet and chat with all my youthful classmates. Some of us such as Phil Leibson, studying medieval history, his wife Carole, getting a master's in linguistics-go for it-Grover Wald, reading widely in philosophy and history when not sailing, and yours truly, taking multiple courses involving art history, literature, history, oil painting and trying to drive himself crazy with hyperactivity, are pushing the limits. One exciting activity is the new Kraft Center, a six-story building on 115th between Broadway and Riverside and worth a visit, where I am on the board. So, as usual, here's wishing all my classmates, wives, significant others and what else much health, happiness, prosperity, successful children and wonderful grandchildren-I was just visited by my 8-month-old grandson, which was outstanding. Love to all and call me at (212) 712-2369 or fax me at (212) 875-0955.
Herman Levy Sherwood Cohen recently retired after 35 years of practicing ophthalmology in Philadelphia. He is thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to do the many things for which he often did not have sufficient time in the past, such as visiting more frequently with his sons. David '91 lives in Durham, N.C. and Stephen, Harvard '87, is a professor of English in Alabama. Norman Decker reports that most of his practice in psychiatry involves adults who suffered childhood trauma or abuse. The work is both challenging and controversial. His wife, Hannah, continues as professor of history at the University of Houston; she recently created and gave a course on the "History of Evil." Their two children are happily married, Ruth on May 1, 1999, and William on April 29, 2000. Robert Fleischer continues to practice gastroenterology in Hartford, Conn. He recently became chair of gastroenterology at Hartford Hospital. His son, Andrew, has completed his Ph.D. in religious studies at Brown and will be a professor at Cal State - Chico. His daughter, Ellen, has one more year to complete the M.D. portion of her M.D./Ph.D. program at Stanford; she already has earned her Ph.D. in immunology. Robert and his wife, Joyce, already travel "a fair amount" and anticipate traveling more in the future. A. Michael Lipper has sold his firm, Lipper Analytical Services, Inc., to Reuters, retaining his consulting and advisory businesses. He serves as a trustee of Drew University in Madison, N.J., and on the endowment committee and financial oversight committee of Atlantic Health Systems in New Jersey. Herman Levy attended the American Bar Association meetings in New York and London. His section of public contract law events in New York included a reception at and tour of the United Nations. In London, he attended the Verdi Requiem by the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus at the Royal Courts of Justice and evensong at the Temple Church (Inns of Court). Meeting topics ranged from "The Marital Woes of King Henry VIII" to "Wiring the Legal Profession for the 21st Century." The sessions closed with a reception at the Tower of London. He also attended classes at Oxford for ABA members on "The English Country House." The group stayed at St. Edmund Hall, one of the smaller and older of Oxford's colleges. The members attended Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. A Shakespeare enthusiast ever since Professor Chiappe's course, he also visited the recently rebuilt Globe and attended Coriolanus at the Almeida Theatre (Shoreditch) on returning to London.
Barry Dickman After Steve Jurovics retired from IBM in 1993, he joined the Calmas Group, an environmental consulting firm in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Steve has now founded LimiTV (www.limitv.org), a non-profit organization whose mission is to inform parents of the various ways excessive TV viewing can damage a child's development, learning and behavior (A most timely project, in view of the recent headlines about an FTC study indicating that much of the TV advertising of R-rated movies, music and video games deliberately targets children.). Stan Meyers's 12-year-old son, Brendan, is the No. 1-ranked 12-year-old youth foil fencer nationally and already No. 3 among 14-year-olds. Do we have another Lion champ in the Jim Margolis tradition? An interview with Charles Goodstein appeared in the Bergen (N.J.) Record, as part of a long article on ADD (attention-deficit disorder) and ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder). Charles has effectively treated these widespread problems as attending psychiatrist at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, visiting professor at the NYU Medical School, and at the NYU Psychoanalytic Institute. Charles also has a private practice in Tenafly, N.J.
Ed Mendrzycki Ralph Wyndrum retired from AT&T Labs on December 31, 1999 as vice president-program planning, and began a new consulting business, R&D Resources Allocation and Internet Education. He was recently elected to the IEEE board of directors. Ralph and his wife, Meta, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in April 2000. He invites you to get in touch at rww@monmouth.com or r.wyndrum@ieee.org.
J. David Farmer Karl Donfried has just been honored by appointment to a named chair at Smith College. He is now the Elizabeth A. Woodson Professor of Religion and Biblical Literature. And his son, Mark, graduated in the class of '00 (did we ever decide how to say that out loud - "ought-ought?"). A nice package of rewards. Another achieving offspring: Michael Hein's daughter, Rebecca, has received a $10,000 scholarship to participate in a global ecology program run by the International Honors Program to study environmental challenges in Tanzania, India, New Zealand and Mexico. Michael admits to being "proud but scared stiff." It was good to have a communication from Thad Long, whom I recall from my days in Birmingham, Ala. Thad is a partner in the distinguished firm Bradley Arant Rose & White and is listed in Best Lawyers in America (for Business Litigation and Intellectual Property), among other publications. He is a representative member of the International Trademark Association and a member of the editorial board of The Trademark Reporter. He was founder and first chairman of the business torts and antitrust section, Alabama Bar, and teaches at the University of Alabama. A daughter, Louisa Frances Long, just received her J.D.
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