September/October 2007

CLASS OF 1959 Sept/Oct 2007

Red Hot Hockey! Join fellow alumni and friends on Saturday, November 24 at Madison Square Garden in NYC for the renewal of one of the fiercest rivalries in college hockey when the Cornell Big Red men’s hockey team takes on the Boston U Terriers. There will be a Big Red Pre-game Pep Rally and Reception at the Garden prior to the game, starting at 5:30 p.m. For details, go to http://www.alumni.cornell.edu. Also check our class website, http://classof59.alumni.cornell.edu, for any class-specific gathering. Tickets in the Cornell sections can be purchased through the Cornell Athletic Ticket Office or through TicketMaster.com. “It should be quite a game,” enthuses George Schneider; he and Bobbie plan to be there, together with six children and grandchildren.

Habitat for Humanity and other volunteer activities keep Marge Holeton Weaver of Naples, FL busy, but there’s still time for grandchildren, travel and golf at the Royal Poinciana Country Club. Travel also is a popular pastime for Mary Niepold Horne. She and her husband Paul spend about half their time in Alexandria, VA and the rest at their home in Paris.

At the end of 2006 Bernard and Sandra Strebel Peavey relocated from Maryland to New England to be closer to their daughter Maggy Peavey Pietropaolo ’90 and her husband and two children. Sandra and Bernard’s new address is 204 Linden Ponds Way #310, Hingham, MA 02043. Mary Goodkind Freeman of NYC is “phasing out” her career as a psychotherapist, giving her more time for traveling with husband Harvey and other family members. There were 19 family members on their trip to Tuscany; this year’s trip to England includes 21, with two new grandchildren added to the mix. Mary and Harvey also traveled to Myanmar and Vietnam recently.

Playing with 23 grandchildren is high on the “fun list” of Beth Weinstein Newburger-Schwartz of Arlington, VA. But where does she find the time??? She’s president/ceo of Epoch Communications, a marketing and pr firm for the preservation community. Extra-curricular activities include being a trustee of the National Children’s Museum, a member of the Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Advisory Board, and a director of Boat U.S. Plus she’s writing her second play—and enjoying traveling with her husband Richard Schwartz “to the ends of the earth.”

Kim Mitchell of Southbury, CT vacationed in Italy last year. Since then he has been busy building a garage with a 3-bedroom apartment over it. A Caribbean cruise was recently enjoyed by Stan Michaels of Springfield, VA—who also plays tennis and bridge and takes adult ed classes. Chapman and Martha Drake Young of Steamboat Springs, CO spent part of April sailing in the Caribbean. Martha (“Chris”) is a psychologist in private practice. She also serves as an EMT and firefighter with West Routt Fire Protection District in Hayden, CO, and is on the Howelsen Hill Ski Patrol.

Ann Schmeltz Bowers of Palo Alto, CA is founder and chair of the board of the Noyce Foundation, which works across the country to improve science and math instruction in public schools. She’s also on the board of a chamber music society and a local theatre company. Among her extracurricular activities are painting, hiking, and traveling. Last year Ann went on her fourth Cornell Adult University trip, “Crossing Gibraltar.” Other participants in recent CAU programs include Lucy Tuve Comly (2006 Midterm Elections), Robert Dodge (Russian Winter Symphony), David Hurd (Upper Amazon), Ed Keeley (London Art), Carol Vieth Mead (Russian Winter Symphony), and Beverly Hall Severance (Opera in Santa Fe).

* Jenny Tesar, 97A Chestnut Hill Village, Bethel, CT 06801; tel., (203) 792-8237; e-mail, jet24@cornell.edu.