Springtime News and Giving Day
Spring has arrived at Cornell! So that means it will probably snow during finals week.
This past weekend, on campus, featured the 40th Spring Runway Show presenting the undergraduate designers in the Cornell Fashion Collective. With the Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, Cornell Historian Corey Earle ’07 shares a fun story about the many Cornellians in Oppenheimer. And in more Hollywood news, a new documentary about our classmate Christopher Reeve, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, made its debut at Sundance to great acclaim. Cornell always makes us proud!
The big news for our class continues to be our upcoming 50th Reunion in June. The excitement is mounting and palpable, with so many classmates planning to return to campus, some for the first time since graduation. As I read through the many fond memories our classmates share in our Class of ’74 Memory Book, the sense of the collective pride and gratitude for our Cornell experience is profound.
Next Thursday, March 14th, is Cornell’s Giving Day: a day for being grateful for these Cornell experiences and for giving back. We hope you will join ’74 classmates by doing the greatest good that feels right for you.
Did you know that our [Notable] Class of 1974 supports two scholarships?
The Christopher Reeve ’74 Scholarship goes to a Theatre Arts student, in memory of our classmate Chris Reeve. Begun in 2006 by several classmates, the Christopher Reeve Scholarship has played a big part in the lives of a half a dozen or so extraordinary and talented students. The current Reeve Scholar is Angel Katthi ’24. For her senior thesis, Angel produced and directed Peerless, a dark and comedic take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Read the Sun’s review here.
The Class of 1974 Scholarship was started in 1999 by classmates Bob and Joan Saltsman Oelschlager in celebration of our 25th Reunion. The recipients, selected by Cornell, generally receive this scholarship throughout their undergraduate years. Our class has supported 7 students since 1999. Our current Class of 1974 Scholar is Summer Parker-Hall ’25. Summer, who grew up in Chicago, is a junior in the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences and a starting forward and leading scorer on the Cornell Women’s Basketball team.
Both scholarships continue to be funded by many ’74 classmates as part of their annual giving. Please join our class officers this Giving Day and make a contribution to one or both of these scholarships. Or, just give to any area of Cornell that you choose through the Giving Day link. Your gift of any amount will count toward our lofty Reunion goal of getting 774 donors. Note: you CANNOT actually make a gift through these links until Giving Day on March 14th.
Thank you in advance for doing your greatest good!
See you in June!
