Class of ’74 “Look Back” Webinar by Corey Earle Feb 12 at 8pm ET

The [Notable] Class of 1974 is off to a great start in 2025!

One of our 50th Reunion highlights was the talk by Corey Earle ‘07, Cornell’s unofficial historian, about Cornell during our time on the Hill.  Corey covered Vietnam, protests, the draft lottery, streaking, Ed Marinaro, Walter LaFeber, Jennie Farley and more. His slides included ads for the North Forty and Triangle Book Shop, posters for campus concerts by Aretha Franklin, Sha Na Na, Jethro Tull & others, Sun articles, and photos. Corey is presenting a free webinar for our class on Wednesday, February 12th at 8:00pm EST.  He will reprise his 50th Reunion presentation and include some new topics.  Click here to register. If you have questions or suggestions for Corey, send those to John Foote ‘74.

ICYMI, as of January 1st, the new Cornell provost is Dr. Kavita Bala, previously the inaugural dean of the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, where she was also the lead dean of the Cornell AI Initiative. You can read more about her impressive background here.

When you were very young, you may recall watching the “Adventures of Superman” TV show which ran from 1952-58 in B/W and later in color. (“Look! Up in the sky!  It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!”) But I always thought it interesting that when the character wasn’t a superhero, he was a newspaper reporter who “fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!” As you know, one of our classmates got to play this part in the movie version.  Now the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which captures the superhero and the man, has its television premiere on CNN Sunday, February 2.

Finally, as the new year begins, we’d like to hear from you about what our Notable Class of 1974 might do for you in terms of programs, offerings, services etc.  We’ll be sending out a survey this spring, but in the meantime, all ideas are welcomed and encouraged.