No. 19
October 4, 2006
Welcome to the nineteenth issue of the Columbia College Class of 1963
eNewsletter.
The past month has brought many of us together; first
at the September 14 Class lunch where 15 of us gathered
with a delegation from the Alumni Affairs Office (more
below), and then at the Homecoming Game on September 30
where I saw Doug Anderson, Steve
Barcan, Henry Black, Bill
Burley, Gerry Dwyer, Joe
Fisher, Ira Malter, Larry
Neuman, Tom O'Connor, and Walter
Stein. I heard Phil Satow was
in the crowd, but I missed him. Let me know if you were
also there. I think this may be a record attendance for
our class! You can
see some pictures if you click here.
Larry Neuman attended with his son, Andreas '98, who
is still in the US Air Force, but is hoping to go in the
Reserves and start flying commercial aircraft soon. Bill
Burley has been an educator and school superintendent
in Massachusetts. He is also plays the bagpipes and is
the official piper for the Penn Club of New York (Bill,
don't you think the Columbia Club deserves one?). His
card says that he is available for Weddings, Funerals,
Interments, Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Instruction
(he also confided to me that he plays Bar Mitzvahs). Here
is a picture of Bill in his full regalia. Walter Stein
is out of his rigid neck brace and into a soft one. He
continues to improve, and now can drive again. Henry Black
flew in from Chicago with his wife, but will be making
the move to NYC permanent in a few months. Joe Fisher
made his annual pilgrimage up from Virginia, and was disappointed
that more of his ADP brothers were not in attendance.
I'd rather not talk about the game other than to say
that we had a great crowd, and Princeton had the smallest
visiting crowd I've seen since they built the Wein Stadium.
As I mentioned last month, I have posted this issue of
our eNewsletter on our new web site, www.cc63ers.com.
As the College and University work out their plans for
the future of the Columbia online alumni presence, I thought
it prudent to start up an independent, easily controllable
environment. Over the next few years I hope that it will
grow into a rich resource for our class. I am hoping that
a few of you will join me on working on this site (knowing
the talent in this class, I'm counting on it). I'll be
sending out a separate email to all of you in week or
with more information. In the meantime, let me know if
what I have moved there so far (I'm slowly migrating the
archives of this eNewsletter over) seems to be working
correctly. The next step is a nicely designed home page
(which I haven't had a chance to work on this month),
and sections for all sorts of goodies. Let me know what
you think. You can always email me at pauln@helpauthors.com.
If this is your first visit here, I've added a link to
an archives page, which in turn, will link you to the
past
issues of the Class of 1963 eNewsletter.
Table of Contents:
Every Second Thursday of the Month, 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. I hope you can all join us
at the next lunch on Thursday, October 12.
Let me know if you will attend so that we can reserve
a big enough table; RSVP to Paul Neshamkin (pauln@helpauthors.com).
Last month's gathering was special. We had
invited Derek Wittner '65, Dean of Alumni Affairs and
Development; Susan Birnbaum, Executive Director, Columbia
College Fund; and Karri Brady, the Columbia College Fund
Director recently assigned to our class, and 25 classmates
joined in an interesting (and early) discussion of our
plans for the 45th Reunion and the 50th Reunion. Several
ambitious members of our class felt it important to talk
this over well in advance, and start planning for what
we hope will be a major contribution to Columbia over
the next 7 years. Our largest Class of 1963 lunch attended
(15 classmates!) including: David Alpern, Steve
Barcan, Peter Broido, Gerry Dwyer, Doron Gopstein, Paul
Gorrin, Bob Heller, Bruce Kaplan, Barry Landau, Paul Neshamkin,
Larry Neuman, Tom O'Connor, Barry Reiss, Phil Satow, and
Herb Soroca.
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(From left to right) Seated: Barry Landau,
Peter Broido, Paul Gorrin, Doron Gopstein, and Gerry Dwyer.
Standing: Tom O'Connor, Larry Neuman, Bruce Kaplan, Phil
Satow, Bob Heller, Herb Soroca, Paul Neshamkin, David
Alpern, Barry Reiss, and Steve Barcan.
Click here for
some candid shots
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
June
9, 2005
July
14, 2005
September
8, 2005
October 14, 2005
November 9, 2005
December 12, 2005
January 12, 2006
February 9, 2006
March 9, 2006
April 20, 2006
May 11, 2006
June 8, 2006
July 13, 2006
For
information and inquiries call Paul Neshamkin at 201-714-4881
or email at pauln@helpauthors.com.
Guess what? Nobody has sent any news this
past month. Other than some gossip from the Homecoming
game (see above), I have nothing to pass on. Please send
me some news or the next issue of Columbia College Today
is going to have an empty column for the Class of '63.
When you send your notes in, please indicate
if you would like to share your email address(or web site)
with your classmates. Always 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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