No. 6
July 5, 2005
Welcome to the sixth issue of the Columbia College Class of 1963 eNewsletter.
In the last issue I mentioned I would start a list of "lost"
classmates, and we could try to locate them through the Alumni
Office, or perhaps some of you may have the missing information.
So far I have had very few submissions, so I'll just list them
right here:
Patrick Cary-Barnard
Christian (Chris) Rieger
Bill Sprague
Robert Vargas
If you know how to contact any of these classmates, please
let me know.
If you would send in the names of your lost friends, I'll make
this into a separate section. With any luck, perhaps we can
find some of the missing.
My request for longer format articles was answered by Ben Tua
(see his listing in Class Notes below). If any of you have something
you would like me to publish through this eNewsletter, just
send me an email (pauln@helpauthors.com).
Hope to hear from you, so we can let everyone know what you've
been up to.
Table of Contents:
Every Second Thursday, 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Columbia College Club - 15 West 43rd Street, NYC
Please join your classmates for an informal lunch
at the Columbia Club every second Thursday of the month. It
is our hope that these gatherings will renew old friendships
and foster improved relationship with our class and the College.
The next lunch will be on July 14, 2005. This
will be the last lunch of the summer (we will start up again
in September).
June Lunch Attended By Five Loyal 63ers
The sixth Second Saturday Class of 1963 lunch was
held on June 9, a great summer day in New York City. Perhaps
it was too nice a day to spend time inside (even if it was the
Grille Room at the Columbia Club).
Here is the happy (and surprisingly casual -- but
within the dress code) group.
(From left to right) Frank Sypher, Phil Satow, Bob
Heller, Doron Gopstein, and Paul Neshamkin
By strange coincidence, the Class of 1964 has also
decided to hold their monthly lunches on the Second Thursday
of each month (I knew I should have patented the idea). They
are skipping the Summer months, but we will be sitting at a
table near them starting in the Fall.
We will have one more lunch this Summer, and then
also regroup in the Fall. So, please join us at the next lunch
on Thursday, July 14. Please let me know if
you will attend so that we can reserve a big enough table; RSVP
to Paul Neshamkin (pauln@helpauthors.com).
Lunch Archives
If you like to see our previous lunches, click on
the dates below:
December
9, 2004
January 13, 2005
February 10, 2005
March 10. 2005
April
14, 2005
May
12, 2005
For information
and inquiries call Paul Neshamkin at 201-714-4881 or email at
pauln@helpauthors.com.
Although your messages have started to slow down
a little this summer, it gives me a great kick to hear from
all of you after so many years. Here is a selection of notes
and news that you have sent in the last month.
After last month's eNewsletter, where I credited
Ben Tua with working in 13 countries for the State
Department, he wrote, "a small correction: I served in
eight, not thirteen, different foreign countries." He also
included a short autobiography that involved "the influence
of George Kennan on my life and career, which may be of use
for your newsletter. It may be a bit long for one newsletter.
so, if you decide to use it, you may wish to break it up into
three installments. Should you use it, it may stimulate others
to contribute along the same lines." Rather than break
it up, you can click on the following link to
read the entire article.
Peter Broido
I plan to be in NYC the week of Oct 14-15 mini reunion or not
and to have lunch with the class members on Thursday Oct 13.
I have lost touch with Bill Sprague who was
one of my freshman room mates. I saw him in Boston approximately
18 years ago. He had been teaching in the Czech Republic after
or before that - don't remember and I know his parents moved
from Hudson Ohio to Portland ME. I tried on several occasions
to locate him but have been unsuccessful.
Incidentally Gary Rachelevsky was the first
visitor to our new condo - we moved from the Chicago Burbs to
the City in Sept.
Jack McMullen
Well, Paul, I ran for the U. S. Senate from Vermont in the 2004
cycle as the nominee (after a three way primary) of the Republican
Party. I didn't beat Senator Leahy but my name recognition is
now in the mid 90s and fairly positive. That is relevant because,
with Senator Jeffords retirement, the 2006 U. S. Senate race
is for an open seat. I am mulling over whether to run again
in the current cycle -- which will, doubtless, entail a hard-fought
primary for the Republican nomination -- and probably for the
Democratic nomination as well. It could be a three way race
if the Democrats decide to play. Rep. Sanders, Vermont's Congressman
and an independent Socialist, has already indicated he will
run.
Bob Morantz
After graduating from Columbia in 1963, I completed my medical
school and residency training in neurosurgery at NYU-Bellevue
Medical Center. After a 2 years of military service at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital during the final years of the Vietnam war, I
began a career in academic neurosurgery at the Univ of Kansas
School of Medicine. Although I am currently retired from the
active practice of operative neurosurgery, I still hold the
rank of Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and carry out weekly
teaching rounds with the neurosurgery residents. During my active
neurosurgery career my area of clinical and experimental research
was in neuro-oncology, and I have remained active in the national
organizations relating to the treatment of brain tumors.
My wife Marsha (a labor lawyer and Arbitrator) and I have 2
daughters (the older Alison is a Law Professor at Stanford and
the younger Jessica is a lactation consultant . We have five
grandchildren, with a sixth due in December. We currently divide
our time between Naples (FL), Kansas City, New York and Telluride.
Two other physicians and members of the Class of 1963 who we
regularly see are Harvey Cantor, who directs
a large immunology laboratory at the Dana –Farber Cancer
Center and Kalmon Post, who is the chairman
of the neurosurgery department at the Mt-Sinai School of Medicine.
We will be in NYC for a month again this Fall, at which time
I will try to attend the Class luncheon.
John Moorhead
Greetings from one of the silent 550 who have not joined you
for lunch. Charlottesville, Virginia, is about as close as I
get to New York these days. Still, it has been good to see your
news and the photos of the luncheon group. I am in West Virginia,
and slightly retired. That means only two jobs (both sometimes
part time, sometimes full time). Wendy and I have lived here
nine years now. It has been quite a change in texture after
20 years in Chicago, where I worked as a newspaper reporter
and co-owned a business research company. Let me say a warm
hello to the classmates who are in touch through your efforts.
Bill Goebel
I now have a new grandchild, Andrew Charles Kornfeld.
Born June 16th. I have one other grandchild by my daughter and
son-in-law, Jeremy Griffin Kornfeld. Born July 9, 2003.
Michael Bumagin
It's not really news that three members of CC '63 are
in Fort Worth, Texas -- except that all are Damnyankees, New
Yorkers, at that. Bruce Miller is a Professor
of Physics at Texas Christian University. Arnie Barkman
is a Professor of Accounting (same school) and I'm in private
practice as a plastic surgeon here. We met -- for the first
time at the thirty-year reunion and I'm trying to set up a trip
for the forty fifth.
I am the author of Exploring Fort Worth with Children
and have couple of novels in the works. So, that brings me to
the question, what exactly, is HELPAUTHORS.COM? I'm looking
for an agent for a just completed medical thriller. If YOU can
help, let me hear from you!
Sorry to disappoint you Michael, I'm not a literary agent.
My domain name refers to the fact that I am an expert ("guru,"
in computer lingo) on creating Help files ("user assistance")
for software programs, and online documentation in general.
We are know in the trade as "Help authors." Actually,
what you are writing sounds like a lot more fun than what I
have to deal with!
Great to hear from you all.
Share your news and views with your classmates. Contact your
Class Correspondent, and let him know what you would like posted
here or in Columbia College Today (CCT).
For information
and inquiries call Paul Neshamkin at 201-714-4881 or email at
pauln@helpauthors.com.
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Mini-reunion Still Planned for Homecoming Weekend
I have only heard from less than a handful who would like to
take part in a mini-reunion on Homecoming weekend. Several of
you at our monthly lunch have voiced concerns of conflicts with
other events. So I think unless I hear from more of you, we
will scale down our efforts a little. We will still move the
regular Class luncheon at the Columbia Club to Friday,
October 14, in case any of you are planning to return
to New York for the Homecoming Game. On Saturday, October
15, I invite any classmates to join me at the Homecoming
tent in the morning at Baker Field, and then watch Columbia
beat Penn at the Homecoming game that afternoon. Let me know
if you plan on attending, and I will get a block of tickets
reserved so we can sit together. But other than that, I will
not plan on any other "reunion" events unless there
is a greater show of enthusiasm. Please let me know.
Maybe next year, we'll be able to organize a larger, more meaningful
mini-reunion. Anyone want to volunteer to help me out?
For information
and inquiries call Paul Neshamkin at 201-714-4881 or email at
pauln@helpauthors.com.
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