Dear Brethren:
Technical Luddite that I am, I have finally figured out how to push the right buttons, and voila here I am.
When I read Steve Schulman's bio, I went back to our pre-CCNY, Stuyvesant days, 50 years ago when you were still Morty+1/2 and we were doing chemistry experiments in your bedroom in Flushing. We have known each other longer than I know my wife, together at a time when we were so hormonally crippled, that looking at subway advertisements was sufficient stimulus for arousal.
I can hardly imagine what it'll be like for us to see one another again, but after looking at Steve Aidlin's transformation from baby-faced cherub have decided not to send any photos. If you are interested in catching up with my doings, check out my website at www.healingdoc.com.
Elaine and I are still together after 46 years, a tribute to her tolerance of deviance and we both are looking forward to our gathering.
With joy and warm regards to all,
The Schlag
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Hiking Norway's Mountains
Left to right: Michele Schepard, Brother Richard Schepard, Ruth Dorenbush Dooskin, Brother Herb Dooskin, the Guide, Florence Dorenbush Slater, Brother Mel Slater, Trina Lewin, Brother Nick Lewin.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Bob Blaunstein
What a pleasure it is to hear from all of you, and especially to learn how well each of you is doing. Why am I not surprised?
So here’s my short story:
I left City College with a B.S. in Physics. I went on to Case-Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH, roomed with my buddy Steve Marcus, who always made sure I was home safely at night, and earned an M.S. in Physics. In 1962, while still in Cleveland, I married my childhood sweetheart, Phyllis Lepler. We were pinned at ZBT.
We went on to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for my Ph.D., and Phyllis earned an M.S. in Speech Pathology. We both became faculty members, and had two boys while in TN. I had a short, but productive time there, conducting research in atomic and molecular radiation physics, before being recruited by the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. to run several research programs. We went to Washington, ostensibly for two years, and remained for 34 years, as so many people do. After leaving DOE, I joined the American International Group and started their environmental consulting practice.
Phyllis has had quite a career as well, including becoming Executive Director of the National Association of State Boards, the first woman to run a major Washington education association, and an author of a book published last year.
My two boys went on to become lawyers and movie company executives. They run Lakeshore Entertainment (producers of award-winning film, Million Dollar Baby) in Los Angeles. Last month Phyllis and I finally got into a movie my son Eric is currently producing. Not much of role, but at least I can say, “I was in the movies,” before I’m too old to walk onto a set. Brooke Shields is in our scene, but she didn’t seem to notice me very much. After I said my line, which consisted of eight words, I asked Phyllis how I did. She said, “Don’t give up your day job.”
After each of my boys had a child, we started going to L.A., a lot, and finally moved to Santa Monica last year. After all those years in D.C., the transition has been very difficult, but slowly improving. I’m involved in nanotechnology--writing papers, lecturing and starting a nanotechnology consulting group-- while consulting with an insurance company.
There’s plenty to fill in, but it’ll take a lot of conversation. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in September.
Our best,
Bob and Phyllis
So here’s my short story:
I left City College with a B.S. in Physics. I went on to Case-Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH, roomed with my buddy Steve Marcus, who always made sure I was home safely at night, and earned an M.S. in Physics. In 1962, while still in Cleveland, I married my childhood sweetheart, Phyllis Lepler. We were pinned at ZBT.
We went on to The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for my Ph.D., and Phyllis earned an M.S. in Speech Pathology. We both became faculty members, and had two boys while in TN. I had a short, but productive time there, conducting research in atomic and molecular radiation physics, before being recruited by the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. to run several research programs. We went to Washington, ostensibly for two years, and remained for 34 years, as so many people do. After leaving DOE, I joined the American International Group and started their environmental consulting practice.
Phyllis has had quite a career as well, including becoming Executive Director of the National Association of State Boards, the first woman to run a major Washington education association, and an author of a book published last year.
My two boys went on to become lawyers and movie company executives. They run Lakeshore Entertainment (producers of award-winning film, Million Dollar Baby) in Los Angeles. Last month Phyllis and I finally got into a movie my son Eric is currently producing. Not much of role, but at least I can say, “I was in the movies,” before I’m too old to walk onto a set. Brooke Shields is in our scene, but she didn’t seem to notice me very much. After I said my line, which consisted of eight words, I asked Phyllis how I did. She said, “Don’t give up your day job.”
After each of my boys had a child, we started going to L.A., a lot, and finally moved to Santa Monica last year. After all those years in D.C., the transition has been very difficult, but slowly improving. I’m involved in nanotechnology--writing papers, lecturing and starting a nanotechnology consulting group-- while consulting with an insurance company.
There’s plenty to fill in, but it’ll take a lot of conversation. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in September.
Our best,
Bob and Phyllis
Alan Linden
Al resides in Wild and Wonderful West Virginia in the Nothern Panhandle near Wash DC. Close by are Shepherd University where he sings bass in the Masterworks Chorus doing the Verdi Requiem May 6th and Charlestown Race Track and Slots. He recently became a Grandfather for the first time when his only daughter had a baby girl Maray Zena. He is semi retired and still consults in the Electronic Content Management field and will be a speaker at his professional association AIIM ( Association for Information and Image Management ) in Boston April 18th. He was elected to the AIIM Company of Fellows in 1994. He consults at he US Dept of Education and has installed two systems there. He has also done work for CMS ( Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) , EPA and the Virginia Retirenment System. He was formerly with SAIC for 5 years, Wang Laboratories in Marketing for 10 years ( traveled worldwide)and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress for 13 years. He is divorced and currently has a steady girlfriend.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Steve Schulman's blog
Hi Guys:
I graduated from City College in 1961.Started graduate school at Florida State but left and went to work as a chemist, first at the University of Miami marine laboratory then at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers.I returned to grad. school at the U of Arizona in 1964, where I earned my Ph.D. in chemistry in 1967. I returned to the Boyce Thompson Institute and left there in Feb.1968 for a position with Bellcomm Inc. in Washington, D.C. where I was a consultant to the Office of Manned Space Flight of NASA.
There, I worked on the possibility of extraterrestrial inorganic abiogenesis. I took a postdoctoral appointment in analytical chemistry in the laboratory of J.D.Winefordner at the U. of Florida in Gainesville in April 1969 and accepted an assistant professorship in the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UF in July 1970. I was there, where I taught analytical, medicinal and physical chemistries and maintained a research program in fast reaction kinetics, luminescence spectroscopy and the physical chemistry of partially aqueous solutions, until my retirement in July 2005. During my stay at UF I also had several visiting professorships such as at the Univ. of Kentucky, State University of Utrecht(Netherlands), State University of Ghent(Belgium), Universities of Kumamoto and Nagasaki(Japan), Chinese Academy of Sciences(Beijing), Karl Franzens University(Graz, Austria) and the University of Regensburg(Germany).The visiting appointments were probably the most interesting parts of my career. I am divorced and have three daughters. Christina(the oldest) is a graduate of Princeton and has a computer business in Pittsburgh, Barbara is an assistant professor of history at Flagler College in St.Augustine(she's a graduate of both UF and Minnesota).Anneke(a graduate of UF and UT,Austin) is an assistant professor of botany at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Anneke is also the mother of my only grandchild, Liam Padolina. Her husband Gani is a biochemist who works for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Richmond. Incidentally, while at UF I was the faculty advisor for the revived AZ chapter of ZBT but during my tenure there we had no 18 year old house mother.I currently live in Boynton Beach, about 300 miles south of Gainesville and as I just discovered, about 5 miles ESE of Bob Straussman who is in Lake Worth. As I am totally inept as a typist I think it's time for me to end this(at least for now). So, I'm really looking forward to seeing all you guys in September. Be Well,
Steve Schulman
I graduated from City College in 1961.Started graduate school at Florida State but left and went to work as a chemist, first at the University of Miami marine laboratory then at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers.I returned to grad. school at the U of Arizona in 1964, where I earned my Ph.D. in chemistry in 1967. I returned to the Boyce Thompson Institute and left there in Feb.1968 for a position with Bellcomm Inc. in Washington, D.C. where I was a consultant to the Office of Manned Space Flight of NASA.
There, I worked on the possibility of extraterrestrial inorganic abiogenesis. I took a postdoctoral appointment in analytical chemistry in the laboratory of J.D.Winefordner at the U. of Florida in Gainesville in April 1969 and accepted an assistant professorship in the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at UF in July 1970. I was there, where I taught analytical, medicinal and physical chemistries and maintained a research program in fast reaction kinetics, luminescence spectroscopy and the physical chemistry of partially aqueous solutions, until my retirement in July 2005. During my stay at UF I also had several visiting professorships such as at the Univ. of Kentucky, State University of Utrecht(Netherlands), State University of Ghent(Belgium), Universities of Kumamoto and Nagasaki(Japan), Chinese Academy of Sciences(Beijing), Karl Franzens University(Graz, Austria) and the University of Regensburg(Germany).The visiting appointments were probably the most interesting parts of my career. I am divorced and have three daughters. Christina(the oldest) is a graduate of Princeton and has a computer business in Pittsburgh, Barbara is an assistant professor of history at Flagler College in St.Augustine(she's a graduate of both UF and Minnesota).Anneke(a graduate of UF and UT,Austin) is an assistant professor of botany at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Anneke is also the mother of my only grandchild, Liam Padolina. Her husband Gani is a biochemist who works for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Richmond. Incidentally, while at UF I was the faculty advisor for the revived AZ chapter of ZBT but during my tenure there we had no 18 year old house mother.I currently live in Boynton Beach, about 300 miles south of Gainesville and as I just discovered, about 5 miles ESE of Bob Straussman who is in Lake Worth. As I am totally inept as a typist I think it's time for me to end this(at least for now). So, I'm really looking forward to seeing all you guys in September. Be Well,
Steve Schulman
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Bob Friedman
Hi guys--Unlike some of you, I am rather computer illiterate and have no idea how to get photos of myself on this blug--assuming I would want anyone to see them. Neverthless, I will say that I am excited about this upcoming reunion. I entered CCNY in 1957 as a 16 year old kid from the Bronx. Why CCNY? Where else? I didn't know anyone that went anywhere else. I majored in electrical engineering. Why? Because it was the "Sputnik" era and all kids that had some ability in math and science were directed thus. Graduating some five years later, I was to discover that after all that hard work-and it was hard- I didnt like it and wasn't particularly good at it anyway. So, I joined the US Army hoping to discover my true calling. Failing once again at that, I finally got lucky and met my wife Linda--and we have been together for 42 years now--have two great children-David and Lori. Each is married to a doctor and Lori is a pediatrician. David works for Mellon Bank. We are blessed with four wonderful grandchildren-Zachary, Abigayle, Spencer and Jamie. We live in Westchester-Lori and Mitch in Woodbury LI and David and Tara in Yardley, Pennsylvania.
After the army I went business school and ultimately went into the investment business-investment banking and money management-where I have been actively involved for the past forty years. I am still somewhat active though with plenty of available time. As a point of interest, one of the best things I did was to go back to school !Columbia) and got an M.A. a few years ago. I recommend it highly--even if it just involves auditing. You get to take all the courses you never had time for or never knew you liked.
We now spend a good part of the winter in Florida. We play a lot of bridge and golf. My ZBT experience was a great part of my life and it was a way of finding a little bit of "out of town college" at CCNY. I am looking forward to seeing many old friends in the months to come. It has already been fun to exchange emails, look at this blog and even see some people I thought I had lost.
After the army I went business school and ultimately went into the investment business-investment banking and money management-where I have been actively involved for the past forty years. I am still somewhat active though with plenty of available time. As a point of interest, one of the best things I did was to go back to school !Columbia) and got an M.A. a few years ago. I recommend it highly--even if it just involves auditing. You get to take all the courses you never had time for or never knew you liked.
We now spend a good part of the winter in Florida. We play a lot of bridge and golf. My ZBT experience was a great part of my life and it was a way of finding a little bit of "out of town college" at CCNY. I am looking forward to seeing many old friends in the months to come. It has already been fun to exchange emails, look at this blog and even see some people I thought I had lost.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Kathy and Me
It's amazing how Kathy and I haven't changed, at all, over these years. Must be good living.
We were married soon after graduation from City, 1/20/63.
We have 3 children, Gary (almost 42 years old), Michael (almost 40), and Julie (35). Michael is the only one married and lives on the Island (of Long) close to us (we're in Old Bethpage) and has 4 children, 10,8,6, and 4 years old. The oldest is a boy and the others are girls (I know, what's left after boys). Gary lives in Las Vegas (don't ask what he does) and Julie in Santa Monica.
I went straight into the computer world, was a programmer, systems analyst, Manager, and software company owner. I'm still very involved with computers (I love technology) but I'm retired since 2002 and now spend my time babysitting, babysitting, babysitting, handball (very much active playing), and playing with computers.
Let's see other pictures and info on our Brothers. I can't wait to get together with you guys (and gals) in Sept.
Ed (aka Eddie)
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