Classes of the ’70s Reception in Baltimore

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Whether you are attending CALC or just in the Baltimore/Washington neighborhood, join classmates for the Classes of the 1970s at Baltimore’s oldest brewpub, just blocks away from the Inner Harbor.

Friday, February 23, 2024
7:00-9:30
at
Pratt Street Ale House
206 West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 (map)
 www.prattstreetalehouse.com

Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at door
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres  Cash bar.  Come and meet old and new friends. Business casual attire.

Open to all members of the classes of the 1970s and their guests.  (Occurs during CALC weekend, but CALC registration not required to  attend.). Click here to register.

Hope to see you there!

Event Contact

Steven Piekarec ’74
703-281-4311
spiekare@verizon.net

Class of ’74 Homecoming Pre-Game Tailgate

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Join classmates on Homecoming weekend for a pre-game tailgate on Saturday, September 30th from 11:30 am-1:30 pm.  Walter Scott will be manning the grill again this year for lunch.  Lookf for Class of ’74 signs and Walt’s Big Red van!

Dancing in the Moonlight: The Notable Class at 50

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Please mark June 6-9, 2024 on your calendar for our 50th  Reunion in Ithaca. Our theme is “Dancing in Moonlight: The Notable Class at 50” and, in keeping with the song, we are going to make it a joyous celebration. (To get in the mood, click here.)  Check back here for updated information and visit the Cornell Reunion website.

Class of ’74 Homecoming Tailgate

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Cornell Homecoming weekend returns September 23-25, 2022. The [Notable] Class of 1974 will host a free tailgate party Saturday, 9/24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. when the Yale at Cornell football game kicks off.

We’ll have deli sandwiches, chips, veggies, desserts and beverages. Also some chairs. We’ll be in the class & affinity group tailgating area along Campus Road (the one between Schoellkopf Field and Lynah Rink), a bit farther away from central campus, i.e. past Bartels Hall.

Please let us know you’re coming by emailing organizers Roberta Bandel Walcer or Bill Howard. And/or register on the Class Facebook page.  If you can help set up, please let Roberta know and thanks.

If you come back Friday there’s a fabulous DJ (8 p.m.) and fireworks (9 p.m.) at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell asks you that register for that, and the Fan Festival, separately.  Here is the link to register for those events.  Note the fee for food at Fan Festival is only if you want to eat there; our tailgate is free.

We hope to see you at our tailgate!  Go Big Red!

Roberta Bandel Walcer, rbwalcer@aol.com

Bill Howard, bill@billhoward.com

PS:  Cornell Homecoming 2022

       Homecoming Schedule

Zen Golf, on Mindfulness and Kindness in Work and in Life

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Join the Class of 1972 and our classmate Dr. Joe Parent for a program on
Mindfulness and Kindness at Work and Play in the Age of Covid.

Sunday February 6, 2022 8:30 PM EST

Register Here

Joe Parent is a highly regarded expert in Performance Psychology and Applied Mindfulness.  Many of our classmates have read his book Zen Golf.  You can get more information about him and his books at his website https://www.drjoeparent.com

Cornell Sings! with Corey Ryan Earle ’07 & a Walk Through Sherwood Forest with Sherwoods Special Guests Dave Hunter ’68, Ron Johnson ’68, and Frank Holden ’62

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Cornellians have joined together in song from earliest days. The Cornell Alma Mater is widely regarded as one of the best college songs in the world.

From the late 19th/early 20th century’s informal gatherings around a piano, and the once-traditional commencement “Senior Class Sing” on the Goldwin Smith steps, to the 2022 present: Cornell songs and singing have resounded on campus.

Join Corey Ryan Earle ’07 for a journey through musical history as we celebrate the songs, singers, ensembles and singing groups that have serenaded generations of alumni.

We’ll spotlight the late ’50s explosion of a cappella groups and highlight The Sherwoods Story (1958-1974): their break-off from the Glee Club, their Sherwoods “sound,” and their remarkable return to campus in 1985, now a Reunion tradition. Special guest appearances by Dave Hunter ’68, Ron Johnson ’68, and Frank Holden ’62 of The Sherwoods.

SUGGESTED PRE-READ:
“Sherwoods of Cornell keep harmonizing through the years” by Joe J. Wilensky, October 2021
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/sherwoods-keep-harmonizing/

REGISTER HERE

 

 

Title IX Then and Now: Celebrating Cornell Women’s Athletics

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Title IX Then and Now: Celebrating Cornell Women’s Athletics
Hosted by the Class of 1974

Wednesday, February 23, 8:00 p.m. ET

Register Here

In June 1972, the U.S. Congress and president brought into law Title IX, a portion of the Educational Amendments that prohibited gender discrimination in schools or other federally funded educational programs. One of the most notable effects was athletics: women’s participation in sports grew exponentially, including at Cornell, where by the fall of 1972 more than 300 women were involved in a dozen college sports – more than any other college or university in New York state.

But the passage of Title IX was far from the start of women’s athletics on East Hill. Cornell has offered women’s sports for more than 100 years. Nineteenth century Big Red women engaged in basketball and rowing. By fall 1972, Cornell fielded a dozen women’s intercollegiate teams out of Helen Newman Hall. Today, the university has 19 women’s varsity teams.

This year, Cornell celebrates women’s athletics and the 50th anniversary of Title IX. As part of this celebration, the Class of 1974 (we were there when it happened!) invites you to join Cornell historian Corey Ryan Earle ’07 for this look back at the history of women’s athletics at Cornell. Corey will also moderate a panel of two Class of 1974 women athletes and two current student athletes.

Panelists include:
Linda Smith McKeown ’74 – ice hockey & track
Molly McBee Miller Ettenger ’74 – ice hockey & tennis
DeeDee Maizes ’22 – swimming
Summer Parker-Hall ’25 – basketball (and current recipient of the Class of ’74 Scholarship)

Who Will You Be When the Masks Come Off?

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Join Classmate Bill Quain and the staff of the Cornell Hotel Society, on Thursday, April 29th, from 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. (EDT-NYC) for “Who Will You Be When The Masks Come Off?  How to Survive ANY Disruption, and Come Back Better Than Before!”

For more information and to register click here.

A Conversation About Climate Change

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The Class of 1972 is holding an Earth Day Event on April 22, 2021 and they have invited us to join them.
This is also in commemoration of both the initial Earth Day in 1970 during our sophomore year at Cornell as well as the beginning of Earth Day 2.0. Our focus on climate change and the environment leading up to our 50th reunion in 2022. Please join us for a conversation on climate change featuring Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner, Lecturer at Cornell University for Public Affairs and Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Faculty Fellow. Moderated by Bill Toffey ’72, Executive Director for the Mid Atlantic Biosolids Association at 7:30PM followed by a chance to meet classmates and discuss climate issues.
Register here.

Virtual Cheese Tasting

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The class of ‘76 is hosting a fabulous cheese tasting, April 29, 7:30pm via Zoom, featuring iconic NYC purveyor Murray’s Cheese, co-creator of Stockinghall Cheddar with Cornell University. (Suggested wine pairings will be noted as well.) They have invited us to join them.

Register for the event here.  Order your cheese here.