SLATER SOCIETY
ALL POST-50TH REUNION CLASSES
OCTOBER 12-14, 2001
'28
Cecile Sherman, whose singing career included lead soprano roles with
George Eastman's American Opera Company during the 1930s as well as other Broadway
and radio performances, was feted on her 100th birthday last November in her
hometown of Mobile, Ala. Sherman was a member of the New York Opera Comique
and the American Opera Company.
'29
Elizabeth Otto sends a poem in honor of the University's birthday last
year:
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
(in the Millennium)
Birthday
Celebration
Sesquicentennial
One hundred-fifty years of worth
From start
Until
Year Two Thousand
Time filled with labor-pains
Much dedication, sacrifice
And LOVE
Gave us
College centers
In Rochester, New York
Today . . . A UNIVERSITY
OF FAME
Modest
Architecture
Transformed into space labs
Research sections for laser beams
NEW WORLDS!
BRAVO!
U of R
'34
Morris Shapiro '34 (Mas), a professor emeritus of surgery and emergency
medicine at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, had a new conference room
at Strong Memorial Hospital named in his honor. He was also honored by the Jewish
community of Rochester for endowing an operating room at the Schneider Children's
Hospital in Israel. In addition, he received the highest awards of the Monroe
County Medical Society and the Rochester Academy of Medicine: the Edward Mott
Moore Award and the Albert David Kaiser Medal.
'43
Mildred Newhall O'Laughlin '46W (MS) writes: "We have moved back
to the United States after 24 years aboard our sailboat in the Caribbean. You
can see us in Maryland, where we can get good care at Johns Hopkins University,
where my nephew, Bruce Newhall and family, are located."
'45
Norman Gross '48 (MA), '75W (PhD) (see '75 graduate).
'46
Bruce Lansdale sends an update. He was honored at a Fulbright ceremony
for his first 50 years of service to Greece, and his wife, Tad, addressed the
International Women's Organization. He published his new book, Cultivating
Inspired Leaders, and was invited to conduct seminars in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
'47
Thomas Bonner '49 (Mas) has a new book, Becoming a Physician,
which provides a narrative history of medical education in four countries between
the mid-18th and the mid-20th centuries.
'48
Edwin Colodny, senior trustee of the University, has been selected as
interim president at the University of Vermont. He is the former president and
chief executive officer of US Airways and is on the board of advisors for the
University of Vermont's business school. . . . Marian Ingrao Packer's
novel, By Man Ordained, has been published by Xlibris books. She expects
other novels, Generation Curse and Winter Is Not Forever, to be
released in 2002.
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