1963

Rita Finley Hilsen writes to report that her Rochester roommate, Judi Frishberg Goldstein, died of complications from lung cancer on February 27, 2007, in Toronto. The women had been out of touch for 43 years when, Rita writes, “She found me again in July 2006, and we made plans to get together. Shortly after she called me, she learned that she had inoperable lung cancer. She remained remarkably courageous and optimistic during clinical trials of medications which seemed to be helping; however, an embolus took her life seven months after diagnosis.”

1964

Richard Cavagnol has returned from six months in the International Zone in Baghdad, where he was a senior advisor to the U.S. military and civilian advisors working to help the Iraqi defense and interior ministries develop the capabilities necessary for self-government. “You can stay home and complain about the situation, or you can come over to Iraq, get involved, and try to improve the situation,” he writes. This was Richard’s second war: He spent 30 months in Vietnam as a marine officer, including a 13-month tour as an advisor to the Vietnamese marines. His son, Lt. Cmdr. Rob Cavagnol, a Navy trauma surgeon, was in Fallujah, Iraq, from September 2005 to March 2006 treating wounded marines. Richard sends thanks to his classmates, especially John Denison ’69W (Mas), Charlie Rathbone, John Burchett ’66, Bill Bruce ’65, ’67W (Mas), Stu Levison, Dave Noonan, and Dave Wormuth ’65 for their e-mails and support while he was in Iraq.

1966

Edwin (Ned) Ferguson, professor of medicine and director of cardiac rehabilitation at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics in Madison, Wis., is one of only 400 physicians to be certified by the new American Board of Clinical Lipidology. Ned writes that he was in “a(n) (in)famous rock band that played at parties in West Tower in 1964–1966,” with Charles Brush, Robert Rudolph ’67, and Robert Vodika ’67, but that his son “long ago far surpassed his dad’s musical (in)capabilities.” He adds that he was impressed by the changes on campus during the 40th reunion and that he had no idea as an undergraduate how well known the University was in many areas.