Class Notes

River Campus Undergraduate: Slater Society–1950s

1942
65th Reunion
OCTOBER 19–21, 2007
http://www.rochester.edu/alumni/reunion2007/?y=1942

1945

Tamara Swartz ’82 writes to share news about her parents. Clifford ’45, ’51 (PhD) and Barbara Myers Swartz ’48, ’51 (MA) celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June 2006. They were joined at a July celebration by their six children, five sons- and daughters-in-law, and six grandchildren. In January, Clifford and Barbara traveled to the meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, where Clifford received the Melba Newell Phillips award given to an association leader who “displays a truly unique life of creative leadership, dedicated service, and exceptional contributions.” The award is given only occasionally. In 1987, Clifford received the association’s prestigious Oersted Medal for “notable contributions to the teaching of physics.” The medal is the association’s highest honor.

1947
60th Reunion
OCTOBER 19–21, 2007
http://www.rochester.edu/alumni/reunion2007/?y=1947

1948

Barbara Myers Swartz ’51 (MA) (see ’45).

1950

Jean Poole Alderman sent a reminiscence, recalling postgraduate friendships with undergraduate buddies Thelma Trimble ’52E (MM), Barbara Ferrell Hill ’53E (MM), Connie McAllister Camnitz, and Gloria Knickerbocker Fish ’47 at Eastman. After graduation and a master’s degree at Columbia University, Jean taught music and piano at the New York Institute for Education of the Blind. She then moved to Boston where she taught at Beaver Country Day School, the New England Conservatory, and Wellesley College. Enlivening her teaching career were many piano performances—solo, duo, and with chamber groups. “For over 10 happy years” she played concerts with Fredy Ostrovsky, a violinist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her husband, Bernard Alderman, a Baptist minister and former undergraduate dean of students at the New England Conservatory, is a social worker with the mentally ill and the elderly. They have a granddaughter, Lillian, from the marriage of their son, Ian. Jean continues the “fascinating and rewarding endeavor of helping people play piano better—at home.” She concludes that “we have had overall a charmed existence, with many friends who enlarge and enrich our small family.” . . . John Wermuth writes, “Of our five kids, the fourth son, Andy, is now ready to take a bride. He announced an engagement in Cambridge, Mass., to Laura Esterly, who works at MIT Press. Otherwise, we have been treated already to nine fine grandchildren. The eldest is 23 (full-time actress in Fort Worth), the youngest is 4 (full-time actress in Oshkosh).”

1952
55th Reunion
OCTOBER 19–21, 2007
http://www.rochester.edu/alumni/reunion2007/?y=1952

1956

The Alumni Relations office reports that Carol Mackenzie Abramson ’s name was inadvertently omitted from the Class of 1956 roster in the 50th Reunion Memory Book. Carol is married to Harold Abramson ’56, a professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. They live in Mansfield Center, Connecticut. . . . Don Schaet was profiled as an active cyclist for an episode of The Art of Living that aired in March on the nationally syndicated Retired Living channel. The show features retired people who are doing intriguing things. In Don’s case, that’s training for 100-mile-long cycling rides for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. Don is training for eight 100-mile rides between May and December this year. Four of them—Fletcher Flyer in North Carolina, America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride at Lake Tahoe, Honolulu Century in Hawaii, and the Claxton Century in eastern Georgia—are fundraisers for the Team in Training program. Don, who also is one of the team’s coaches, is riding in honor of 8-year-old Kristen O’Brien, a friend from his church who is undergoing chemotherapy for blood cancer. His goal is to raise $8,000. Anyone interested in supporting Don or learning more about Team in Training can contact him at 4688 Scribner Court, Marietta, Ga. 30062; (770) 642-8432.

1957
50th Reunion
OCTOBER 19–21, 2007
http://www.rochester.edu/alumni/reunion2007/?y=1957

Ken Guenther has been elected chairman of the board of the Washington Campus in Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan, not-for-profit consortium of the business schools of 16 universities. Ken, who served as president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America for 24 years before retiring in March 2004, has been a member of the Washington Campus board since 2002.