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CLASS NOTES
Michael Hausig In the last issue of CCT, the note about the New York City luncheon club had an incorrect e-mail address for Tony Adler. It is awadler@amleasing.com. Morrow Wilson has acted in 60 New York city stage productions in the past six years, winning acting awards for playing leading roles four years running. Morrow also does voice-overs for commercials. He is married to Rue McClanahan, of Golden Girls fame, who recently starred in the sold-out hit The Women. He plans to produce and act in another Broadway show in the 2003 season, an updated revival of George Furth's comedy Twigs. Morrow also has published a novel, M.I.M. and a play, A Temporary Condition, which was produced in New York. David Konstan writes that three books he was involved in were published in 2001. He wrote Pity Transformed; he translated Commentators on Aristotle on Friendship: Aspasius, Anonymous, Michael of Ephesus on Aristotle Niconachean Ethics 8 and 9 from ancient Greek and he wrote the introduction and notes for Euripides' Cyclops, which was translated by Heather McHugh. David is The John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and the Humanistic Tradition and Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown. He also is the department chair. In 1999, David was president of the American Philological Association (the professional association for classicists in the U.S. and Canada). Fred Plotkin passed away on November 24. In addition to graduating magna cum laude, he earned a master's in mathematics in 1962 and in 1966 received his Ph.D in literature and the history of ideas from Columbia. Fred taught at the College and held professorships at SUNY Buffalo and Yeshiva University, where he was director of the humanities division. He published several books, including Faith and Reason and Judaism and Tragic Theology, which won the Best Book in American Philosophy and Religion award in 1974. Fred also is author of the Milton study, Inward Jerusalem, which explores the philosophic activity of Paradise Lost. Fred was one of the three founders of Meridian Books, the first quality paperback publishing company in the United States, and in 1980 conceived Comtex Scientific Corporation, one of the first to put research data online to telecommunications networks. Fred is survived by his wife, Kathy, and his son, Avi, from a previous marriage.
Ed Pressman John Boatner continues to perform and compose serious music. His Sonata for Organ was performed in several European cities last summer by concert organist Carson Cooman. Two of the venues were Prague, Czech Republic, and Varnia, Bulgaria. The sonata was composed by John in 1969, and he has performed the work in various U.S. cities including New York, Memphis and Traverse City. The work is published by JB Music. Paul Alter practices law at Greenberg and Traurig and, as usual, is enthusiastic about his career. Interestingly, Paul related that his firm was deeply involved in last year's legal battle over the presidential election. Paul will be an active participant in the festivities of our 40th reunion, hosting a pre-theater reception at his home on the Thursday of Reunion weekend. I met with Phil Lebovitz on his yearly jaunt to New York for a psychiatric convention. Phil and his lovely wife, Donna, a Barnard graduate, are starting to travel extensively. Their most recent vacation was to China, which, just by viewing the photographs, was quite an eye-opening experience for them. In addition to celebrating our 40th, Phil and Donna will share in the revelry of their son Aaron's 10th anniversary of his graduation from Columbia. Lastly, please make your plans to join us for Reunion Weekend May 30–June 2. We are planning a full and thoroughly enjoyable series of events.
Sidney P. Kadish I have been working at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., for the past two years. Last month, I ran into Michael S. Erdos, who works in emergency medicine. Mike earned his M.D. at Downstate and did an internship and residency at Montefiore. He emigrated to New England to do an infectious disease fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center, completing it in 1972. He then entered the Navy, serving for two years in San Diego. He developed an interest in emergency medicine and has been at Lahey Clinic since 1988. He has organized the North Suburban Emergency Medical Consortium, an 11-town cooperative to deliver advanced life support to victims of heart attack, trauma and other things. He was named director of emergency medical services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in July 2001. Mike lives in Winchester with his wife, Caryl, and four children. He loves mountain biking and deep sea fishing, and remembers his Columbia years with fondness. I would love to hear from more of you. Send me a capsule summary so that we can inform our classmates about our progress.
Norman Olch September 11 continues to echo, and to rekindle attachments to Columbia and New York City. Don Hebard writes from Tacoma, Wash., that he was happy to see from the last column that our classmates were unharmed. He also "went so far as to visit New York," where he enjoyed the pleasures of Lincoln Center and the Museum Mile on Fifth Avenue. "I have found that the Music and Art Humanities experience at Columbia has proven to be the most durable and enjoyable part of my education." Don will retire at the end of the year from his practice of radiation oncology, and would welcome the opportunity to live in New York for an extended period of time. Let him know if you have a sublet or want to swap residences. Jack Kleinman writes from Milwaukee that he and his wife, Lynne, '64 Barnard, "remain New Yorkers at heart." They have been in New York twice since September 11, not only to see their children, "but to support the economy of the city that formed us." Their daughter, Gabrielle, is Class of '91, and their son, Jason, is Class of '95. Jason is applying to the Business School, and Jack wants to know "how many Columbia degrees the Kleinmans have to have before they get one on the house?" Jack is professor of medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, specializing in diseases of the kidney. He says his life is fulfilling, and "the College was an important component in my ability to lead this life." Your classmates want to hear from you. Please write.
Leonard B. Pack Ed Merlis dropped me a line (today, a "line" means an e-mail). Correcting a misimpression from our last column, Ed reports that for the past 12 years he has been with the Air Transport Association, the trade association of the major U.S. airlines, where he runs the lobbying operation (which, as we all know, has been astonishingly effective since September 11, 2001). Ed and his wife, Carole, '67 Barnard, just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. They have two daughters, one a lawyer in Baltimore and the other a teacher in Potomac, Md.; also two grandchildren, Hap Conover and Will Houston, "potential members of the Classes of 2020 and 2021." The absence of news from other classmates compels me to report the following virtual non-event. Four of as showed up at the January 2002 monthly New York Class of 1965 lunch: Larry Guido, Barry Levine, Dave Sarlin and your correspondent. In the best traditions of our Columbia years, we talked a lot about nothing, but did observe closely, and comment in a most erudite fashion, on the hostess and several other female diners. CCT's increased publication schedule makes me hungry for news. Please send some.
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