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March 2007

Dear Classmates:

Let’s Celebrate!
That’s right, just four months until our 35th Reunion. On June 7-10, 2007, we will return to Ithaca for four days of renewing old friendships and starting new ones. The planning is well under way, and our Reunion Committee has planned an incredible weekend of events. But there are two things that will make our reunion even more successful: 1) having you and lots of your friends there, and 2) getting your input and help in planning. The best way to ensure that your friends are there is to make personal contact with all of those people that you would like to see at reunion, and tell them to make a commitment now to come back to the Hill. The best way to help in our reunion efforts is to contact me by phone, mail, fax, or e-mail and I’ll put you in touch with the right people.

What better way to stay in touch with what is going on in our class and on campus than to be an active member of the class. We need your participation and class membership to ensure the future of the class and all of the projects that we have undertaken. By paying your class dues, you support class programs and help pay for class mailings. In addition, you help build our class treasury, which has enabled the class to fund initiatives such as our participation in Cornell’s New Student Reading Project, as well as keep the price of future reunions reasonable. All dues payers will receive their own copy of The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer, which was just chosen as the book for the Class of 2011 New Student Reading Project. That’s quite a lot for your $50 annual dues. And it’s easier than ever to join. With our new Automatic Dues Renewal Program, it only takes a couple of minutes to stay active for years to come. Here are the two NEW convenient payment options:

1) Log on to to pay electronically with a credit card. Beginning this year, choosing this option automatically enrolls you in our Automatic Dues Renewal Program. This means we will charge your class dues to the same credit card once a year until you cancel. With this option, you avoid the hassle of sending in your form and payment each year. If you wish to stop the automatic payments at any time, you may cancel by calling 607-255-3021.

2) If you do not want to enroll in our Automatic Dues Renewal Program, simply pay by check. Just return the enclosed dues card with your check payable to the Cornell Class of 1972. If you have any questions, call 607-255-3021.

WHAT PROJECTS DOES OUR CLASS SUPPORT?
The class has decided to fund the Visiting Faculty Suite in the Carl Becker House, the second of five new residential houses that are part of the new West Campus Residential Initiative. With your help and financial support, the suite will be named for our class; we will have an opportunity to see the suite during Reunion Weekend, as Becker House will serve as our class headquarters. Gifts to this fund can be made using the class dues card or online.

An endowment has been established for the Class of 1972 Scholarship, which currently provides $6,900 annually to a Cornell student. This year’s recipient is Frederick Dominguez, Class of 2010. Frederick is from Baytown, Texas, and is a freshman in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Your continued gifts to the Class of 1972 Scholarship allows the class to increase the amount of the annual award in support of future Cornell students. This contribution can also be made using the class dues card or online.

Our class has also endowed the Class of 1972 Award for Academic Innovation, ensuring that the class will be able to make an award of $10,000 every reunion year to a professor who demonstrates a significant innovation in undergraduate education. We have selected Professor Robert Thorne of the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences as the third recipient of the award and we will make the presentation at the Saturday night dinner at Reunion 2007. Additional contributions can be made on your dues card or online.

I want to hear from you whether you are excited about getting involved in some way, or just tired of all the mail you get from Cornell. Either way doesn’t matter; I want to hear from you. Your class officers are all dedicated to reconnecting our classmates and we need your participation. Please write, call, fax, or e-mail me at: Bruce Graev, 131 Saratoga Court, Somerset, NJ 08873, (732) 356-4349 (H), (609) 538-4842 (O), fax (609) 896-4178, e-mail bg30@cornell.edu.

Sincerely,

Bruce Graev
Class President