Class Note 1972
Summertime greetings!
From just below Florence, Italy, we’ve heard from Roberto Petroni: “I’m now happily retired and just enjoying myself, my health being not so bad, after all. I do quite a bit of rehab aerobic exercise after my heart surgery (two stents and three bypasses), so I generally feel really okay, both physically and otherwise. I’m doin’ a lot of good reading and studying (above all philosophy, contemporary history and geography—also in English and German), listening to good music, walking in the nature around home, doing shopping and other errands for my family and the right amount and quality of socializing.”
Long report from Andy Harrison: “Working for the New Rochelle, New York, law firm of Murphy & Higgins, I continue to defend personal injury lawsuit clients, a diverse group including outpatient surgery and women’s health clinics, dentists and dental groups, and schools, churches and charitable institutions affiliated with the Roman Catholic diocese of Brooklyn. It keeps me busy. My wife of close to 34 years (a woman of infinite patience, obviously), Adrienne Weiss-Harrison, M.D. (Cornell ’77), is in her 19th year as the school physician and medical director for the city school district of New Rochelle. She does a lot of good for a great many children in a very diverse school population.
“After earning his M.B.A. from University of Colorado-Boulder our son Mark (Cornell ’04) took a job with Google (in Boulder) and later moved over to another Boulder-based technology company, Trimble, where he heads up marketing for Sketchup, a well-regarded internet design tool for architects, engineers, landscape architects and designers. An avid cyclist, hiker and skier, Mark is completely bonded to Boulder, which we can well understand, having visited him on several occasions. We wish he lived closer, but doubt he’ll ever move back East. Our daughter Rachel (Emory ’04) earned a master’s in library science and information systems from Long Island University. After a stint in the nonprofit sector Rachel works for McGraw-Hill Professional, a technology offshoot of the traditional educational textbook publisher. Her work supports their online medical reference and research resources, which are licensed to Veterans Administration and other hospitals, medical schools and other healthcare institutions around the country. Gratefully, Rachel lives in Manhattan, so we get to see her fairly often.”
My youngest daughter, Rachel, will be transferring to Columbia this fall to complete her B.S. in engineering, following the president’s footsteps from Occidental College in LA. This means that Lori and I will be able to see Andy Harrison, Jon Einsidler, Rich Gifford, Richard Zuckerman and many other fellow ’72s in the area!
We’ve received news that Oliver Lee has passed away. Look for details on the class website.
Continuing the series “What’s the latest on?” our classmates, we are looking for all U.S. armed forces veterans in the class of ’72. Please ping me with names!
As always, continue to send your updates and news to me.
—Bill Price, 12 Lummi Key, Bellevue, WA 98006; bill@drivasolutions.com
