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1970
Judith Branzburg writes: “Four of six senior-year suitemates from the Towers residential hall got together for a minireunion in Cambridge, Mass., in August. Pictured are Linda Mur, Judith Branzburg, and Diane Gartner Hillman. Barbara Calveric also attended. Sandra Jacobus was unable to attend. The sixth suitemate, Ruth Stanton, has been out of touch until just recently, but is living in Israel. Of the five women, four have doctorates and one has a law degree, and all are still working in their professions: college professor, psychologist, nonprofit administrator, college administrator, and lawyer. They live and work all over the country: New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, and California. Three have children, five altogether, and all boys. All felt that the group, almost 40 years after graduation, is still very much alive, stimulating, and fun.” . . . John Bloom is the director of organizational culture at RSF Social Finance in San Francisco and has written a book, The Genius of Money: Essays and Interviews Reimagining the Financial World (Steiner, 2009).
1973
Bennet Alsher sends an update and a photo. “I’ve been practicing law since 1978 and am a partner at Ford & Harrison, a national labor and employment law firm representing management, headquartered in Atlanta. My wife, Paula, is a vice president of sales and marketing for a consulting firm. My twin daughters, Lora and Rachel, both graduated from the University of Georgia in 2003. Lora is now in her third year of law school and Rachel works at an Internet technology staffing firm in Atlanta. Time flies.” The photo shows Bennet at the summit of 14,270-foot Gray’s Peak in Colorado. He writes: “I trekked up this mountain with three colleagues on August 8, 2009. It took four hours to reach the summit, but the view was well worth it. Going down was more difficult than I thought it would be. It was about two hours of walking, and at times sliding, down a rocky path. Sliding is faster than walking but clearly more dangerous. Will try another ‘14er’ next summer.”
1975
Howard Stein was recognized in September by Long Island Business News as one of Long Island’s “Top 50 Around 50,” a designation to honor Long Islanders around the age of 50 who have an exceptional track record of leadership, mentoring, and community service. A partner-in-charge of the real estate practice group at Certilman, Balin, Adler, and Hyman, Howard is vice president and counsel for Hope for Youth, a home for abused children; an executive board member, counsel, and vice president of the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center; an active supporter of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island, from which he received the Presidential Award in 2000; and a winner of the 2007 Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award from Long Island Cares, a food bank and hunger assistance organization. . . . Robert and Laura Cohen Mahoney (see ’03).
1978
Laura Carstensen, a professor of psychology at Stanford and the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, has published a new book, A Long Bright Future: An Action Plan for a Lifetime of Happiness, Health, and Financial Security (Random House, 2009).
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