Class of '71 News:

Now that the Fall has brought out the brilliant foliage and the return of crisp and sunny days our thoughts might turn to football. And keeping with the season, the Class of 1971 has some terrific upcoming Big Three football events for all of us to enjoy.

Adding to the tradition of our annual reception at Tiger Inn (TI) after each fall’s home Big Three football game this season marks our third consecutive year that the Class of ’71 will have a reception at the away Big Three event. This year we meet Harvard at home (10/25) and Yale in New Haven (11/15).

• CLICK HERE to learn more about our annual reception at TI after the Harvard Game.

• CLICK HERE to learn more about our get-together at the Yale Game in New Haven.

Fellow Members of the Great Class of 1971:

I hope you and your families enjoyed a great summer.

As fall approaches, I wanted to bring you up to date on my second year as Class President, review our 37th Reunion last May and alert you to various events we have lined up for the coming year.

Review of the Past Year

Our system of using regular conference calls to discuss the full range of class activities among the class officer group continues to work very well. The various officers have settled into their duties, and with input from former class officers like Jack Hittson and Stu Rickerson, I believe we have a great combination of energy and experience. Bill Zwecker also signed on last year to run Planned Giving for the class – when he can get away from his TV duties in Chicago!

The reception at Tiger Inn following the Yale game last fall was, once again, well-attended and well-run — in fact, the bounty of the buffet spread was a source of amazement to most of the classmates and the others there. A capella group Shere Khan once again entertained with a great display of rhythm and harmony.

While winter is ordinarily a quiet period for get-togethers, a number of classmates reported seeing and greeting each other during the ECAC Hockey tournament during one of the best years for Princeton hockey in memory.

Rich Hollingsworth, our Treasurer and de facto Chief Financial Officer notes that the second year of our tiered dues initiative, once again, was highly successful. (Coincidentally, heh, there is a dues appeal in this envelope that we hope you’ll act on. There is more information on dues later in this letter as well.)

Our 37th Reunion was a well-attended event that drew more than 40 classmates, as well as assorted spouses, significant others and children. Just as the year before, it was a strong turnout for an off-year reunion. A fuller report on the Reunion can be found on the Class Website, www.princeton1971.org. Much of the credit for the festivities, which included a lunch and dinner at Prospect – the latter in the beautiful glass-enclosed dining room known as “the fishbowl” – goes to Reunion Chair Gary Walsh and Vice Chair Jack Hittson.

Our Annual Giving effort, headed by Podie Lynch and Jon Cieslak, once again was strong in terms of dollars raised, at $218,000 a gain from last year’s $211,000. But, once again, our participation levels were weak – in fact, the lowest of all active classes. This reflects poorly on 1971, and I am deeply concerned about it. We simply should not be lagging everyone else.

Podie and Jon worked very hard this past year, and deserve a lot of credit for reaching the monetary goal, but it’s clear that a lot of classmates either are reluctant givers or feel that Princeton doesn’t need their help. We plan to study our annual giving techniques and try to find a way to build participation; a Princeton education is a shared legacy, and we want as many of us as possible to take part in keeping it as strong as it can be. We need to get more people involved in the actual fund-raising. Princeton gets a significant portion of its foundation money based on its alumni participation, so annual giving produces added dividends.

The Class of 1971 Foundation is ‘71’s longest-serving charitable entity. We are looking for renewed participation this year to continue funding of one-half undergraduate tuition scholarships (many to children of the class) Please send donations to Henry Barkhorn, Treasurer, 1095 Park Ave., New York, NY 10128 or give online at www.Princeton1971.org.

In July, President Tilghman wrote to foundation President Peter Charapko: “With the kind of support your Class has provided, I am confident we will continue [Princeton’s leadership role in financial aid.] … I send my warmest thanks. Please convey my gratitude to your ’71 classmates.”

The Save the Wildlife Fund (STWLF), chaired by Stu Rickerson, continues to help finance key class-wide activities – including our 1971 Reunions Luncheons and 1971 Receptions after the P-Rade, and the home Big Three game. A contribution here helps all of us participate in Princeton-related activities. You’ll see information about giving the STWLF on the Class Website.

Finally, I’d like to bring you up to date on our efforts to create the 71 Class Legacy Initiative (71CLI). We got a good start last fall, and then some of the momentum was lost when I suffered some cancer-related issues. As we have reported on in depth, we are trying to piggyback on the strong programs created by the classes of 1955 (Princeton Project 55) and 1969, which are providing one-year fellowships and summer internships, respectively, for graduating Princeton seniors in the not-for-profit world.

The 71CLI has been incorporated, with a slate of officers that includes myself, David Williams, an attorney who drafted the articles of incorporation, Art Lowenstein, and Jim Ungerleider. The officers of the 71CLI as well as active Classmates such as Lex Kelso, Judy and Jeff Marshall, Greg Conderacci, and I are personally very interested in developing a full-blown program that will involve the placing of ‘older’ Princeton graduates who are interested in taking full-time jobs as second careers with nonprofits. This is a way for us all to ‘give back’ … trying to improve the world we live in. Consider this to be Princeton Project 55 … for adults! I strongly urge interested classmates to review the ‘71 Class Legacy Initiative materials on the Class Website and please feel free to contact me with your comments and / or suggestions. (BillLewis@prospect-tech.com).

I very much need your support on this important endeavor. The 71CLI needs all sorts of help: coordinating our efforts with Project 55; recruiting candidates who wish to make this second career transition; interviewing and coaching candidates through this process; working with the not-for-profits; helping us find positions at worthy organizations; and … lots more!

Once again, this class leadership group can point to a strong year. After returning the Class to a sound financial footing in the prior year, we made our annual giving goal for the second year in a row and put on a fine fall reception and terrific Reunion events.

What Lies Ahead for 2008-9

We hope to see you this fall at our annual class reception at Tiger Inn library immediately following the Princeton-Harvard football game on Saturday, Oct. 25. This event traditionally attracts the largest number of classmates outside of Reunions, and this year’s reception, like others that have preceded it, will include entertainment by one of Princeton’s outstanding a capella singing groups. We also hope to see as many classmates as possible at the Princeton-Yale game, this year in New Haven on Nov. 15. For more information about what might be organized for classmates planning to attend that game, please contact our Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Kathy Molony, at Kathy@pu71.org.

As I’ve noted, Kathy has been spearheading an effort to update our Class Constitution, which was written and implemented way back in 1976. With the help of several classmates – especially Gary Walsh, who is an attorney – the revamped constitution is very close to being completed.

Make a point of periodically checking out the ’71 Web site, which was updated last year with input from the class officers and dressed up with some photos from different parts of campus. While I’m modest about my role as class Webmaster, I think you’ll find it’s handsome, easy to navigate and informative. Please check it out at www.princeton1971.org.

And, keep in mind that for next year’s 38th Reunion, Gary is thinking through a plan of creating a special celebration to mark a year when most of us turn 60. Please stay tuned for details as they develop during the year.

Class Dues

Among other things, dues payments defray the costs of producing and mailing the Princeton Alumni Weekly. A special insert can be found in this letter describing our four (4)-tiered dues structure. The best way to avoid those annoying springtime notices and appeals, frankly, is to fill out the enclosed form and mail in your check! Please note that our base dues rate is $71. I’d ask you to consider writing a check or go to the Class Website and click on the orange-striped square and pay online – today!

And one last item…

Are you retiring, running for office or just trekked through the Himalayas? Please consider sending news about yourself and your family to Class Secretary Jeff Marshall at Secretary@pu71.org. And, if you have any questions or concerns that we in the class leadership group can help you with, please feel free to contact myself or other members of the team.

Warmest regards to you and your families!

Bill Lewis ‘71

President – Princeton Class of 1971

At the height of the Wall Street crisis, former World Bank investment banker BING SHEN paid a visit to some of his old Washington haunts and by good fortune arrived in time to join classmates Mark Mazo, Terry Plaumer, Tom Hart and Chris Connell for one of their quarterly lunches at the Full Kee restaurant. Class President Bill Lewis is a Full Kee regular, but was there only in spirit on this occasion.

Terry was on home leave from his State Department post in Abuja, Nigeria, and former diplomat Tom was about to decamp to Surinam, where his wife has been posted by the State Department. Bing, also a Morgan Stanley alumnus, is greatly enjoying retirement in San Francisco, serving on the board and chairing the audit committee of a major construction firm in Taiwan and actively involved with Bay area nonprofits that work with a bilingual school and provide day services for Alzheimer's patients.

I had a great time at Reunions this year.

In fact, with more than 40 of our Classmates back for our 37th, as well as our annual Class dinner comfortably filling the “fish-bowl” dining room in Prospect … it appears that I am not the only one from ’71 who truly enjoys “off-year” Reunions!

For those of you who missed Reunions 2008, there is an excellent article on our Class Web site at:

http://princeton1971.org/news/News1.asp?ID=92

End-of-year loose ends:

Annual Giving (AG) -- As you know, Princeton AG comes to a close at the end of this month [June], and many of your fellow classmates are now hard at work calling, e-mailing, and contacting many of the “regular” AG givers. Right now, we are trying to increase not only our $ contribution but to significantly raise our Class participation %.

Can you please help?

Many of you have been regular givers to AG over many years, so I need not repeat all the words about what good uses are made of AG by the University. So ... I suspect you have been like me ... very busy w/family, business, and other important parts of your lives ... and have postponed making a contribution to the 2008 campaign until now. (I just made my AG contribution via credit card yesterday!)

You can contribute on-line by going to:

https://makeagift.princeton.edu/MakeAGift.aspx.

Or you can also make a gift by calling the 24-hour gift line at: (800) 258-5421 within the United States or (609) 258-3373 internationally.

For reasons that are not very clear to me, or our AG Co-chairs, Jon Cieslak and Podie Lynch, '71 participation % has dropped over the past two years. As Class President, I wanted to make sure that our faithful and regular givers ... were counted in this year's campaign.

The ’71 Foundation -- With the end of the fiscal year for the Class of 1971 Foundation also at June 30, now is a good time to consider your donation. The Foundation contributes to the University’s tuition scholarships, many to sons and daughters of the Class. This is a way to target directly funds for undergraduate education.

For more information and to contribute, please go to:

http://princeton1971.org/giving/foundation.asp

Save the Wild Life Fund (STWLF) -- The Class of 1971 Save the WILD Life Fund (STWLF) takes on greater importance this year, and needs your support. Since its founding in 1991, the SWLF has become a lasting memorial to the irrepressible Ed Milne, our original Class impresario. This year, one of Ed's dreams -- making Reunions registration free for all members of the Class of 1971 -- became a reality. What better time to give to support the Save the WILD Life Fund!

STWLF also promotes Princeton and our Class with three annual Class events now etched into 1971’s collective Class memories and date-books:

• The pre-P-Rade Class Luncheon on Saturday of off-year Reunions;
• The post-P-Rade Class Reception on Saturday of off-year Reunions; and
• The Annual Class reception after the home Big 3 football game each fall.

For more information and to contribute, please go to:

http://princeton1971.org/giving/stwlf.asp

… and not to be forgotten:

Class Dues – If you haven’t paid Class dues for 2007–2008, don’t despair and don’t give up! Just go to:

https://www.princeton1971.org/dues/step1.asp

and you can make your on-line, secure, Web-based contribution not only to Class Dues but also the other worthy Class charities. And there is even a link to AG so you can be sure to make your contribution for the 2008 Campaign!

Wishing you all a great, healthy, and safe summer!

Bill Lewis ‘71

President – Princeton Class of 1971

Perhaps it was the change from the West College patio, after many years, to the Chancellor Green courtyard that was a bad omen. Or maybe it was just the fickle late spring New Jersey weather. At any rate, Saturday’s 1971 Reunion lunch was at the mercy of the elements. Not long after the food was laid out and people had begun to arrive, what started as a few drops turned into a deluge, sending classmates, spouses, children and guests scurrying for the indoor protection of neighboring Chancellor Green (much updated since our day) and a leisurely (and dry) lunch prior to the P-rade.

But that was the worst of it.

The rest of the day was essentially gray, but dry, and the P-rade went off with umbrellas needed mainly for decoration. 71ers gathered and mingled at the P-rade site and later at the cocktail reception and dinner. More than 40 classmates – some with graduating or undergraduate children – showed up at some point during the event, ably coordinated by Reunions chair GARY WALSH and vice chair JACK HITTSON.

Others seen at some point during the reunion (and apologies to anyone missed!): LEWIS, RICKERSON, HOLLINGSWORTH, J. MARSHALL, MIMS, BROWER, HIGGINS, BAGDIS, GUMINSKI, HESS, FLOWERMAN, SNOW, ARIGONI, PIKE, LEPORE, PITNEY, MAZO, SENCHESHAK, McGINNIS, CORCORAN, OLLWERTHER, DI FIDELE, CHAMBERLAIN, D. WILLIAMS, R. WILLIAMS, TEGARDEN, SUNG, ARBISSER, McCARTER, CHARAPKO, LOWENSTEIN, LINDSEY, PFLAUMER, BOYLE, EPSTEIN, LERNER, WAI, LEVINE, BLACKBURN, BOEHM, HOLOCZYK.

A highlight was the class dinner, which this year took us to different rooms at Prospect. The evening reception at Prospect was terrific, and held in the room adjacent to the terrace, where some people sat out on a warm night with a view of the gardens – punctuated once again by a performance by Shere Khan, a very fine campus a capella group. The dinner than followed took place in the main dining room at Prospect (some have called it “the fishbowl”) with its glass walls all around. We managed to more or less fill that room, with close to 60 people.

Speaking of 60, Gary intimated that there may be some special celebration at next year’s reunion to coincide with many of the class reaching that magic number. More details will follow next year.

The dinner closed with some poignant remarks by Class President BILL LEWIS, who remarked on his recent struggles with prostate cancer and the connection with members of the 1971 “family” – in particular, MARK MAZO – with helping him find the best medical opinions and support during his successful battle with the disease.

-- Jeff Marshall ’71
Secretary and PR Czar

The location for Saturday’s *FREE* lunch has changed for this year. It will NOT be on the porch behind West College but has moved to Chancellor Green courtyard. For a map of the location please see the graphic below:

Class of 1971 Activities for Reunions 2008

11:30 – 1:30 -- Annual ’71 Class Lunch provided free for classmembers and friends. NEW location in Chancellor Green Courtyard.

2:00 – The one and only P-Rade. CLICK HERE to see ‘71’s place.

5:30 – Class cocktail party that launches at Prospect starting at 5:30. Shere Khan, one of the campus’ top a capella groups, will again be entertaining us at cocktails. This event is open to all members of the Class of ’71 and friends.

7:00 – Class Dinner at Prospect. To register and pay for dinner CLICK HERE.

Reunions are fast approaching.

As has been noted, registration will be free for the first time for an off-year reunion. That means you don’t need to reach into your wallet for any of the entertainment provided by other classes, the P-rade and the one-of-a-kind atmosphere that prevails at every Princeton reunion. The Saturday lunch – May 31st -- in the Chancellor Green courtyard, as well, will be provided free of charge, as will the cocktail party that launches at Prospect starting at 5:30. Shere Khan, one of the campus’ top a capella groups, will again be entertaining us at cocktails

That party is just the opening course in the great Saturday 05/31 evening program cooked up by Reunions Chair Gary Walsh and Vice Chair Jack Hittson, who have been fine-turning the details for months. The main event is the class dinner, also in Prospect, that begins at 7. That won’t be free, to be sure – it’s an occasion for great food and wine, and will run $71 a person.

To register for dinner on-line CLICK HERE!

For planning purposes, Gary and Jack would ask you to give an indication of whether you will attend the dinner, and how many others (spouse, children) you would bring with you. Please click on the following link and let them know if you can make it. It’s not too late for ’08!

Our 37th Reunion is less than three months off. The focus of activity, of course, is Saturday, May 31. We’ll have a new gathering point for our annual free lunch, the Chancellor Green courtyard, which should offer an intimate (if outdoor) venue, once again close to the gathering point for the P-Rade. All classmates, families, and their guests are encouraged to attend this event which provides an ideal setting to catch up with old (well maybe not so old!) friends.

More great news! Starting this year there will be no registration fee for our off-year reunions. However, you still need to sign in and get your badge and wristband, so come to ‘73’s site at the Cuyler-1903 courtyard for registration and evening entertainment.

Reunion Chair GARY WALSH and Vice Chair JACK HITTSON have once again laid the groundwork for what has become a great Class of 1971 tradition – a free post P-Rade cocktail reception at Prospect at 5:00, where we will again be treated to a performance by one of our great undergraduate a capella groups. It’s proven to be a wonderful way to socialize and catch up with classmates, and we once again expect members from the “sister” classes of ’46 and ’96 to attend the reception, as they did last year. This effort, to celebrate the classes 25 years on each side of us, was created by STU RICKERSON, who hosted the first such reception last year.

The reception will be followed by a dinner a few steps away in one of the Prospect dining rooms. This event is the only activity of the weekend that is not underwritten by the Class, and the fee for the dinner is $71 a head. Last year, more than 55 classmates, spouses and friends attended the dinner, and a great time was had by all. See the link on the website to register for the dinner and find out the payment details. We need an advance count for the staff at Prospect to plan for us.

At this time we have only one bed available for on-campus housing. If you would like this bed or if you have any problems with the on-line sign-up, simply e-mail Gary and Jack by CLICKING HERE!

Plan to join your classmates at our 37th Reunion. We can promise it will be a great time, and don’t forget to sign up for the Class dinner soon! So bring your blazer, hat, cap, or ’71 umbrella and be ready to step out ahead of ’72!

Dear fellow members of the Class of 1971:

Each year, we can expect a series of mailings asking for all sorts of Princeton-related giving. These include letters and e-mails soliciting us for Class Dues, our Class of ’71 Foundation, the Saving the Wild Life Fund (STWLF), as well as university-wide requests for Annual Giving and, far less often, the University’s capital requests. That’s not to mention the host of other gift requests from our eating clubs, Friends organizations, as well as regional and other local Princeton organizations.

In this Treasurer’s letter, I’d like to go over the various donation requests that you’ll be receiving in the coming months to remind you of the Giving Portal that has been available for some time on our *award-winning* Class Web site: www.princeton1971.org.

Most of the giving requests will be in the categories of Class requests and Princeton-wide requests. Some of these are:

Class Dues – This marks the second year of our new tiered dues structure. The previous dues fee of $50 a year – which was in place for decades -- has been replaced by the following giving levels: Old Nassau, $150; Patron, $125; Sustaining, $100; Regular, $71.Classmates giving at the Old Nassau and Patron levels qualify for a 35th Reunion shirt or 35th Reunion cap, respectively; however, quantities in some sizes are limited. If a particular size is unavailable, we will contact you by email and let you know what other sizes are in stock.

We discovered last year that this new dues program could indeed stimulate higher collections; we were very pleased with the results. As noted in the President’s letter this fall, we raised $24,000 in 2006-7, well above the $13,000 raised the year before. It bears repeating that dues are meaningful -- they pay for a majority of the normal Class operating expenses, including your subscription to the PAW. Our dues requests occur every fall, with periodic follow-ups through the year. And while you may want to check with your personal tax advisor, dues are considered tax-deductible.

The Saving the Wild Life Fund (STWLF) – This fund was established in the memory of Ed Milne ‘71 before our vastly successful 25th Reunion. The STWLF is managed by Stu Rickerson ‘71 and has been used, in part, to defray the costs of upcoming Reunions or provide upfront operating funds to pay for long-lead-time items, such as Class uniforms and apparel. It also has been used to provide deposits for performing groups at Reunions (like the legendary performances by Smokey Robinson at our 25th and Darlene Love at the 35th).

The Class of 1971 Foundation – This fund, administered by Peter Charapko ‘71 and Henry Barkhorn ‘71, supplies scholarships to needy Princeton students – including some of our ‘71 legacies at Old Nassau! As Peter notes, President Shirley Tilghman has applauded the consistency and the size of the contributions.

Annual Giving (AG) – Leading our AG efforts are co-agents, Jon Cieslak ’71 and Podie Lynch ’71. Jon and Podie have embarked on a concerted effort to increase participation among classmates, and their efforts paid off in 2006-7 with a dollar level that exceeded the goal for the first time in many years. However, participation was below the target, and both Jon and Podie are committed to turning that situation around this year.

AG provides the University vast leeway in supporting upcoming expenditures, as well as operating shortfalls. It provides unencumbered funds to assist in providing the educational excellence we have long come to expect from Princeton. The AG campaign stretches from December until June 30th of each year, affording us an opportunity to split our AG gift over two (2) tax years!

The University Planned Giving / The 1746 Society – The Society honors, memorializes and thanks those alumni and friends of Princeton who have arranged a bequest or planned gift to the University. Founded in 1995 on the eve of Princeton's 250th Anniversary, it now has several thousand members, including those who choose to remain anonymous.

Bill Zwecker ’71, who many of you know, has recently agreed to serve as our planned giving chair and will be working in conjunction with the University office to generate more planned giving bequests.

One of the Treasurer’s foremost tasks is to request and collect Class dues. As noted earlier, dues make up a majority of the funds that our Class needs to function. The class management team and I would like to build on last year’s success and build a substantial “fund” that we can use for conventional expenses like the PAW and to fund more ambitious class activities, like get-togethers, regional dinners and the like.

If you haven’t yet sent in your dues, please consider getting out your checkbook and writing a check for any of the amounts noted above. Simply mail it to me, Rich Hollingsworth, at 73 Bartlett Hill Road, Concord, MA, 01742, or you can pay your dues quickly online through the Web-based Class Giving Portal. You can click on the striped card facsimile on our Web site and – via credit card, check, or PayPal account – pay your Class dues or contribute to the STWLF and the ’71 Foundation, as well as via links, to Annual Giving and Planned Giving.

If you have questions about each fund and gift, you can CLICK ON each name and open a “pop-up” window containing information on how your funds will be used.

Please log onto our Class Website, www.princeton1971.org, and CLICK ON the dues icon on the navigation bar on the left. Once there, you will be requested to verify you personal information and current e-mail address before you proceed to pay electronically! Please feel free to contact Class President and Webmaster Bill Lewis ’71 , or me at treasurer@pu71.org, if you encounter any problems.

Lastly, individual spam filters have impeded our ability to contact some of you. I’d ask you to please check your junk email folders periodically or put r_j_hollingsworth@msn.com into a “safe” list so that communications on dues and treasury issues don’t get filtered out. Thanks, and happy holidays to you and your families!

Best regards,

Rich Hollingsworth ‘71

Treasurer – Class of 1971

November 10 was a cloudy, dreary day, and the football Tigers gave up a couple of late touchdowns – after squandering some glorious chances in the first half – to sink once again to Yale. The Elis’ hold over this rivalry just never seems to relax.

But, the resourceful Class of ’71 found a way to relax after the game, during another terrific reception at the Tiger Inn library. Reunion Chair Gary Walsh presided over a terrific spread of hors’ d’oeuvres – way too many for the assembled crew, actually – and a mellow get-together that once again featured an up-tempo set from Shere Khan, one of the campus’ premier a capella groups. Lots of wives and a number of children were also in attendance.

Spotted either at the game or the reception: Arigoni (with son Jon '08), Bagdis, Barkhorn, Berg, Chamberlain, Chambliss, DiFedele, Hetherington, Hollingsworth, Lerner, Lewis, Leuner, Lillie, Lowenstein, J. Marshall, Mazo, McCarter, Miller, Moss, Munford, Ollwerther, Perel, Pitney, Rickerson, Snow, Swanson, Townend, D. Williams, and Walsh.

With a considerable record of service to the Class already, Bill Zwecker ‘71 has stepped forward to take on another challenge: Planned Giving Chair. In that role, he’ll be asking classmates to consider Princeton in long-term financial plans, including wills, trusts and bequests.

Zweck, as many of us knew him in our undergraduate days, isn’t coming to this new assignment from a similar field, like money management or financial planning. For many years, he’s been an entertainment reporter and movie critic in Chicago, where TV viewers can see him regularly on the CBS affiliate, WBBM-TV, or read his column in the Chicago Sun-Times.

But Bill, who also has been treasurer of the Princeton Club of Chicago, says he can rely on a dedicated staff at the University for advice on planned giving. ”The laws are constantly changing in this area, so it’s nice to have people with the background and resources in this field,” he said in a recent call from his CBS office. “It’s important to have people who can give advice to classmates on all kinds of ways to tweak their own personal situations.”

“Everyone has a different situation,” he adds. “One of the biggest challenges is the sense that Princeton is so rich, and other institutions or charities are more deserving. It’s great that the university is in great financial condition, but it’s an ongoing process to maintain the quality of education and research. For the alumni who have benefited the most, we’d like to persuade them to chip in.”

It’s no secret to many in the class that 1971’s contributions to Princeton have rarely been robust. “Our class has never been out front in terms of giving, and we have classes on both sides of us with members that are heirs to huge American fortunes,” Bill says. “A lot of us went into careers that were not particularly lucrative. Even those that went into more traditional careers in law and medicine chose areas that didn’t necessarily rake in the big bucks. Since we’re not a particularly wealthy class, fund-raising has been a challenge.

“My thought is: Let’s focus on participation. There are ways to give that are not onerous. For instance, I’ve named the university as a beneficiary of my company insurance policy. It costs me nothing.”

One area he plans to target: single classmates who have been successful and don’t have big obligations of putting children through college. Even if 10 to 15 percent of those people could be persuaded to give, he says, it would be a major boost to planned giving. Zweck says he hopes to do more targeted appeals to individuals, with letters followed by phone calls.

He’ll be coordinating his efforts somewhat with the Annual Giving co-chairs, Jon Cieslak and Podie Lynch, and notes that the recently announced capital campaign by the University “may have some impact.” But he insists he has no monetary goals.

“I’m really thinking in terms of participatory goals. I’m looking to double the list of 1746 Society members in the class,” referring to a program recognizing top Princeton contributors. “It’s really all about remembering Princeton, and not about looking for a huge gift.”

Bill plans to spend more time in New York and the Princeton area in the coming year with these new duties, and will be coming to Reunions. He’s convinced that the opportunity to meet with classmates, even if just for a quick chat, can serve as an important door-opener.

Classmates may remember Bill as a member of the Undergraduate Assembly and Secretary-Treasurer of the class during our sophomore year. He also served for a time as Class Secretary during the 1970s.

He currently splits his days between the TV studio, where he’s part of an early morning team (and is used to rising in the dark), and the Sun-Times. He’s often cited in blurbs for current movies, and as an entertainment reporter, he covers whatever moves in Hollywood and on television, including the celebrity beat. With that, he travels fairly regularly to LA and New York, racking up 100,000 air miles a year.

Bill and his partner, Thomas Gorman IV, have an apartment in Chicago they are preparing to remodel, and have a new place in Palm Desert, Calif. He says he’s “playing tennis again” and golfs, and notes that their travels have taken them to Australia, Europe and the Caribbean in recent years.

Divorced for many years, Bill says he’s close to his ex-wife, Debbie, and their son Brayton, and is doting on a 2-year-old grandson who lives in Chicago – with another grandchild due in March.

Longevity is often an issue with planned giving, and, interestingly, Bill has quite a set of precedents in his family: his father lived to 90, and his mother (a pioneering women’s and fashion columnist in Chicago) is 97.

-- Jeff Marshall ‘71

The Tigers may be heavy underdogs, but when has that ever stopped anyone from making a Princeton-Yale game? There could be a big upset in the making… and win or lose, there will be good food and better company at the Class of ’71 annual reception this Saturday following the game at Tiger Inn. Shere Khan, one of the top campus a capella groups, will be entertaining us again in the TI Library.

Bring your party attitude and mix and mingle with the traditional bar and hors d’oeuvres. Hope to see you there!

Dr. Alan Lazaroff ’71 is helping set new standards for geriatric care in Colorado.

" ... Dr. Alan Lazaroff is chairman of Total Longterm Care at Centura Senior Health Centers. He was named a Champion in Health Care in the physician category ..."

CLICK HERE to read this recent article from the Denver Business Journal

Fellow Members of the Great Class of 1971:

I hope you and your families enjoyed a great summer. As fall approaches, I wanted to bring you up to date on my first year as Class President – and the first year for this class management team! – as well as our 36th Reunion last June. Plus, I want to highlight various events we have lined up for the coming year.

Review of the Past Year:

Our team approach to managing class affairs has been working extremely well. We have regular conference calls, all well attended, and a very healthy exchange of ideas. Our Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Kathy Molony, is heavily involved in a range of class activities and is proving a very capable backup to yours truly.

Kathy’s husband, Rich Hollingsworth, is our Treasurer and de facto Chief Financial Officer, and he’s taken a rigorous and analytical approach to our treasury. Rich provides regular financial updates and running reports on our dues collections and various accounts. I’m delighted to report that one of our initiatives, to set up a tiered approach to class dues contributions, has worked extremely well.

In fact, the response really exceeded our expectations: Many classmates gave at the top or second-to-top levels during the past year, which made a huge difference in our class account. We raised about $24,000 versus $13,000 the year before, and we made up a deficit we had been carrying for several years with several vendors as well as the Princeton Alumni Weekly, which draws from class dues accounts for some of its costs.

Along with the success of the dues drive was a special effort aimed at eliminating the deficit we were carrying from the 35th reunion. Some 21 “angels” – including most of the class management group – stepped forward with one-time contributions to eliminate the gap. Not only was this a great show of class spirit, but it won us considerable respect from the University officials, who don’t much appreciate classes that show continuing deficits.

Our 36th Reunion in early June was a terrific, well-attended event that drew close to 50 classmates and assorted spouses, significant others and children. It was a strong number for an off-year reunion just after a major. A fuller report on the Reunion can be found on the class Website, princeton1971.org. Much of the credit there goes to Reunion Chair Gary Walsh and Vice-Chair Jack Hittson.

Our Annual Giving effort, headed by Podie Lynch and Jon Cieslak, was a tremendous success in terms of dollars raised, at more than $211,000, well above our $200,000 goal. This marked the first time in years that we exceeded our budget goal. However, the participation rate was significantly below our goal of 58 percent. Podie and Jon worked hard and deserve a lot of credit for attaining that goal, but Jon tells me they plan to work even harder to increase participation. And – not so incidentally! – the latest year’s fundraising brings ‘71’s total since graduation to more than $9 million. Fantastic!

The Class of 1971 Foundation, which sometimes gets overlooked in the crush of ‘other’ giving campaigns, continues to provide critical aid to students and deserves wider class support. Currently in its 27th year, for most of that time it has donated scholarships for undergraduates, many of whom have been the sons and daughters of our class. President Peter Charapko notes that for the past several years, this has amounted to $15,500 annually, about half of a year’s tuition. Details about giving to the Foundation can be found on our Website at www.princeton1971.org/giving/foundation.asp.

Stu Rickerson took the lead in bringing together ‘71’s two “sister” Classes, 1946 and 1996, who graduated 25 years before and after us. We represent Classes with graduations coinciding with the University’s 200th, 225th and 250th anniversaries. Members of those Classes joined us during the reception at Prospect during the Saturday of this latest Reunion. Stu remains chair of the Save the Wildlife Fund (STWLF), which continues to help finance key class-wide activities -- including our 1971 Reunions Luncheons and 1971 Receptions after the P-Rade, and the home Big Three game -- encouraging all of us to participate in Princeton-related activities.

Finally, I’d like to bring you up to date on our efforts to create a Class Legacy Initiative. A full report on the early groundwork was offered in a letter from Art Lowenstein that many of you probably saw on our Website. Briefly, we are trying to piggyback on the strong programs created by the Classes of 1955 (Princeton Project 55) and 1969, which are providing one-year fellowships and summer internships, respectively, for graduating Princeton seniors.

A delegation of interested classmates met about the Legacy project during Reunions, and we plan to have another meeting in September in Princeton. David Williams has drafted articles of incorporation, and I’m personally very interested in developing a full-blown program that may well involve the class supporting older graduates interested in taking full-time jobs with nonprofits involved with trying to improve the world we live in. I strongly urge interested Classmates to review the ’71 Legacy Initiative materials on the Class Web site and please feel free to contact me with your comments and / or suggestions.

By any measure, this class leadership group had a very good first year. We have returned to the Class to a sound financial footing, retired all of our debt, made our annual giving goal for the first year in a very long time -- and are now poised to do new and good things for the class, the University and (via the Class Legacy initiative) perhaps society at large.

What lies ahead for 2007-08:

During the fall, we plan to hold our traditional class events at the Big Three football games. That means a reception at the Harvard game in Cambridge in October, and our popular reception following the Yale game in November.

At the Harvard game on Saturday, Oct. 20, Tiger Tent festivities start at 10:30 a.m. and last until about 6 p.m. Please see the special insert in this mailing. The Harvard Football Game represents the largest gathering of Princetonians outside of Reunions, and we hope that this year’s game will attract many classmates from New England and beyond. In addition to the game, the weekend will be marked by the Head of the Charles Regatta, as well as other sporting events featuring Princeton teams. For additional information, please contact Kathy Molony at Kathy@pu71.org.

Our traditional Yale Game reception will take place on Saturday, Nov. 10, immediately after the game (a Tiger win, we hope!) at the Tiger Inn Library.

Kathy Molony also is spearheading an effort to update our class constitution, which was written and implemented first in practically the dark ages -- 1976. A second constitution was produced in 1985. In the coming year, Kathy will work with several classmates on this project. She welcomes input from volunteers. (Kathy@pu71.org)

While you’re surfing the Web – or, okay, maybe you’re not a surfer! – check out the newly designed ’71 Web site. I had a hand from my colleagues at Prospect Technologies, and input from the class officers, and we think the result is pretty special. It’s handsome, with different photos from different parts of campus, easy to navigate and informative. Please check it out at www.princeton1971.org.

Class Dues:

Amoung other things dues payments defray the costs of producing and mailing the Princeton Alumni Weekly, and we had until last year been carrying a deficit in that account (our annual bill for the PAW is ~ $11,000). A special insert can be found in this letter describing our four-(4) tier dues structure, instituted with great success this past year. The best way to avoid those annoying springtime notices and appeals, frankly, is to fill out the enclosed form and mail in your check today! Please note that our base dues rate is $71. I'd ask you to consider writing a check or go to the Class Web site and pay-online … today!

And one last thing …

As the school year begins, please consider sending news about yourself or your family to Class Secretary Jeff Marshall at secretary@pu71.org. And, if you have any questions or concerns that we in the class leadership group can help you with, please feel free to contact myself or other members of the team, whose e-mail addresses are presented below as well as on the Class Web site.

Sincerely,

Bill Lewis ‘71

President – Princeton Class of 1971

As a computer scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, newly elected University Trustee Franklin Moss ’71 of Weston, Mass., sees a big challenge for Princeton and other major research universities that he’d like to help address.

“We have a huge crisis in basic research, especially in our universities. Government funding is going away,” he says. “We face a situation where we have to look far out, but government funding is very short-term. That’s starting to bite right now.

“Universities need a portfolio approach to growing basic research,” Frank adds.

“Princeton should be investing in the future after the future,” but that isn’t happening. And while “there’s a lot of wealth waiting in the wings that has to be put to use,” there needs to be a solid infrastructure for that to happen.

Another issue that intrigues him, Frank said in a telephone interview earlier this week, is “the role of the university in a virtual world. What role does the physical campus play?” At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Technology and Director of the MIT Media Lab, all of the course work has been put online, which Frank deems “very courageous.” But when learning can be continuous and 24-7, that calls into question the value of a four-year degree. “I don’t think anyone has the answer” to that, he says.

Frank’s pending trusteeship marks a continuation of service to Princeton he’s performed on two academic councils. He’s been serving for three years on the Engineering and Applied Science Council, and spent four years on the Computer Science Advisory Committee.

The two-day, on-campus meetings of these bodies make for “a very cordial couple of days,” but there is real substance, Frank says. “The Princeton committees are open to genuine input. They really listen. The engineering school has undergone a real metamorphosis” in recent years, with more collaboration and an effective identification of relevant themes to energize the school and make its teaching more relevant.

“I’m always looking forward to my Princeton time – it’s refreshing and invigorating. It’s fun,” he says. “These are special people. As you get older, you appreciate it more.” In fact, what really sparked his interest in running for trustee was coming to MIT last year and realizing some of the challenges that the institute was facing – and how those also seemed common to Princeton.

Frank also confesses to being perturbed by the high percentage of graduating Princeton seniors who gravitate to financial services and private equity firms. He notes that some of the curriculum, in fact, seems to reflect that proclivity, and asks, “is that, long-term, what Princeton wants to be? How do we keep Princeton a right-brain place, a creative place?”

For that reason, he says he is “excited about the performing arts thrust” he sees on campus these days and wonders, “How can that creative culture be adopted throughout the university?”

Like most trustees, Frank has assembled an impressive resume: PhD from MIT, executive at IBM, entrepreneur and company founder. He started as a researcher at the IBM center in Yorktown, NY – where he says he was “casting out strange and revolutionary ideas” – and came back to IBM after he started Tivoli Systems in Austin, Texas, took it public and sold it back to Big Blue in the mid-90s. He then ran systems management worldwide for IBM briefly before becoming intrigued with biotechnology and advances in medical research.

Returning to Boston, he co-founded Infinity Pharmaceuticals in 2001. The company, which is developing drugs to battle cancer, went public less than a year ago and more recently announced an alliance with Novartis. Frank remains an active director at Infinity, and says he sees in biotech “concentrations of brilliant people who are passionate about finding cures” to life-threatening diseases. He also calls the Infinity experience the most gratifying of his career.

At the MIT Media Lab, he says he’s enthused by a growing focus on using technology to help people in their everyday lives – especially those with disabilities. “There’s a tremendous opportunity to address social problems; students are very interested in solving problems for the disabled and people in the Third World.” That might mean working on robotically operated limbs for amputees, for instance, or using digital technology to help those suffering from autism or Alzheimer’s disease.

“We’re engaged with clinics and rehab centers; we’re trying to become a center for high technology meeting social problems,” he says. “It’s an interesting new direction.”

Frank has been married to Kim for 19 years. They have three children, the eldest two from his first marriage: Ilan, 31, who lives in Paris and is a researcher for the European Jewish Congress and a bluegrass musician; and Marissa, 26, an account executive for a public relations firm in New York. Hilary, 17, will be a senior this fall at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Mass. He admits to being a bit apprehensive about the “empty nest” he and Kim will face when Hilary goes off to college.

The family has a summer place in Cape Cod, and Frank says they frequently take to kayaking in the bay there. In fact, he says they’ll often rent a kayak on their travels – but not for the thrill of whitewater kayaking. And he sketches in pen and ink for relaxation, often doing renderings of the hotels the family is visiting in different countries. “I’ll be up early, before the family, and go take my pad and sketch. It really gets your mind off of things.”

Frank sounds eager to bring his mind, and his energy, to the University board, where he would be the second classmate to serve (Scott Berg served a term in 1999-2003). He says he knows a couple of trustees, mentioning Eric Schmidt ’76, the president of Google, and Tony Evnin ‘62, a venture capitalist who is leaving the board. But he’s certain the other trustees are a diverse and accomplished group, and “I’m looking forward to meeting them.”

-- Jeffrey Marshall ‘71
Class Secretary and PR Czar

How great a day did our Reunions Chair Gary Walsh have last Saturday? He routed an opponent in match play on the golf course in the morning, then made it down to campus as lunch was underway to preside over a terrific 36th Reunion on Saturday. (Wife Bern did yeoman work in setting up the traditional off-year Reunion lunch on the West College patio.)

The lunch was tasty as always, and the Tigerlillies (formed in 1971, making them a perennial favorite) braved the sweltering sun on the patio to perform for us. Then it was on to the P-rade, where the assembled 71ers, many with spouses and children alongside, withstood a facetious “Old Guard” locomotive from the ’72 Grand Cru (as they called themselves) to step off down the line of march.

The P-rade, mercifully, seemed to go faster this year, at least through our portion. The other off-year tradition, cocktails at Prospect – with another memorable performance by a second a capella group, Shere Khan – led into a wonderful and typically convivial dinner at which the conversation was loud and long at every table.

Registered or at least spotted during the weekend were the following (apologies to anyone missed):

BAGDIS, BOEHM, BOYLE, CHAMBERLAIN, COOK, CLAGETT, DIFIDELE, FABER, EPSTEIN, HARMAR, HESS, HITTSON, HOLOSZYC, KELSO, LAPE, LAPETINA, LEPORE, LEUNER, LEVINE, LEWIS, LINDSEY, LOWENSTEIN, LYNCH, MANCINI, JEFF MARSHALL, MAZO, SANDY MCADOO, MCCARTER, METZGER, OLLWERTHER, PIKE, PITNEY, PFLAUMER, POTTER, QUAY, RICKERSON, SCOTT ROGERS, SENCHESAK, SLOCUM, SNOW, STANCZAK, STUBBS, TEGARDEN, UNGERLEIDER, WALSH, and DAVID WILLIAMS.

More than a few classmates stayed to watch the annual fireworks extravaganza that kicked off just after the dinner ended.

On Saturday morning, a small group of classmates met to discuss the class legacy initiative and to consider “next steps” to see if our class can add to the terrific work being done by the Classes of ’55 and ’69, which have been placing young graduates and summer interns in nonprofits that fill important societal roles. CLICK HERE to learn more.

Art Lowenstein has been heading the research into this project, helped ably by President Bill Lewis. Look for more information about this initiative on the class Website in the months to come. The class management team believes this will be an effort that quite a few classmates will be interested in helping with.

-- Jeff Marshall ‘71
Class Secretary and PR Czar

Princeton, NJ, Thursday, May 31st, 2007, 1:28 PM EDT

Greetings fellow Members of the Class of 1971:

Re: Presentation for Saturday's '71 Legacy Initiative meeting

Attached to this e-mail please find a copy of the presentation that will be discussed on Saturday re: the '71 Legacy Initiative.  The purpose of this meeting will be to: a) review the status of the '71 Legacy Initiative to date; and b) discuss Next Steps!

As both Art Lowenstein and Jeff Marshall have previously e-mailed to us, the date / location of the meeting / etc. etc. is:

Date: Saturday, June 2, 2007

Location: Frist Campus Center, 309

Organization: Class of 1971

Primary Contact: Arthur Lowenstein

Primary Phone: 212-508-6712

Primary Email: Lowenstein@thshlaw.com

Event: Meeting - '71

Reservation Start Time: 10:00:00 AM

Reservation End Time: 11:30:00 AM

Even last year, when the Class of ’71 endured the Torrents of Spring on our 35th reunion, spirits were undampened. With better weather – almost a guaranty – this year, think about making it back to Tigertown for our 36th. Tour the campus, where Whitman Hall has been rising in spectacular fashion, and where the new line of buildings dresses the old Poe Field. Soak in the atmosphere and catch up with classmates about what’s new in their lives.

We’ll be getting together for lunch Saturday, as usual, for the great cookout at the West College Patio. Then it will be on to the P-rade and its one-of-a-kind salute to Princetoniana. We’ll reconvene at Prospect for a cocktail hour and dinner; Reunion chair Gary Walsh promises a great event!

We’ll be back at last year’s venue, Cuyler Hall and 1903, and there’ll be dancing to the retro-act Party Dolls (a hit at last year’s reunion) on Friday night and The Trend on Saturday night, after the University fireworks.

Register today for the low fee of $50 (including spouse or significant other) via our Class Web site. Hope to see you there!

For more information on Reunions 2007, please CLICK HERE!

THE CLASS OF 1971’s 36th REUNION, THURSDAY MAY 31, 2007 TO SUNDAY JUNE 3, 2007

EVENTS

The Class of 1971’s 36th Reunion will be held at the same site as last year, the Cuyler and 1903 Courtyards, with the Class of 1972 being our host. Maybe it will be a little drier this year! Plans call for dancing to the Party Dolls on Friday night and The Trend on Saturday night. Once again, the University’s fireworks extravaganza is planned for Saturday night. Other events can be found on the Alumni Council's Web site.

CLASS LUNCH AND P-RADE

Prior to the P-Rade, which kicks off as usual at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the Class of 1971 will be hosting a luncheon on the West College Patio, beginning at noon. All classmates (including those not registered for reunions) are invited to the luncheon, which has proven a great venue to share food, beverages and conversation. Once again, we’ll be entertained by the Tigerlilies at approximately 12:45, continuing the tradition of having this group, established in 1971, performing at our reunions. After the luncheon, all classmates are encouraged to stroll in the P-Rade in our 35th Reunion uniforms (Blazer, Hat, Pin, Golf Shirt -- and bring the umbrella, although the Walsh/Hittson team is promising that this will be to block the sun, rather than protect against the rain!)

REGISTRATION

Registration will be at the headquarters site. The registration fee this year is being kept low in the hopes of encouraging a great turnout. The fee will be $50 for (i) an individual or (ii) an individual and significant other or (iii) a family, including children or grandchildren (any number) under the age of 21. Adult children (over 21) and other adult guests (not included in (ii) or (iii) above) can be registered for an additional $50 each. In addition, the preregistration fee and the registration fee on site will be the same. For planning purposes, it would be helpful if those planning to attend would preregister by May 11 so we can provide names to the Class of 1972. The registration fee at the site is payable by check or on-line. A registration form is avaible ... here!

RECEPTION

After the P-Rade, the Class of 1971 will host a cocktail reception in the Library at Prospect from 6 to 7 p.m. Again, all classmates (including those not registered for reunions) are heartily invited — please join us for cocktails and entertainment at approximately 6:40 by the Shere Khan a Cappella group, which sang for us at the reception following the PRINCETON/Harvard game last fall.

CLASS DINNER

Following the cocktail party, the Class Dinner will be held at 7 p.m., also at Prospect. The Class Dinner is NOT included in the cost of the Reunion, and will cost $50 per person. In order to attend the Class Dinner, you must indicate on the preregistration form (even if you are not registering for reunions) that you will be attending and with how many others. The preregistration form for the Class Dinner must also be received on or prior to May 11.

We look forward to having as many classmates as possible attending our 36th Reunion. If we can be of assistance in any way, please contact us. Gary Walsh can be reached by email at Gary@pu71.org and Jack Hittson can be reached by email at Jack@pu71.org.

Gary E Walsh, Chair
Jack Hittson, Co-chair

Our new dues program has been going extremely well, which will help keep the Class on good financial footing. We'd like to recognize those classmates who have given to date, at the various levels indicated. If you haven't given, please consider adding your name to this list!

-- Rich Hollingsworth '71
Class Treasurer

FY’07 Dues Recognition List
As of 4/23/2007

Old Nassau ($150 and greater)

William Armiger Kevin Baine David Ball Henry Barkhorn Charles Barr Herbert Beck Gregory Bergey Charles Brodbeck John Brower Leonard Coleman Stephen Cook Mitchell Daniels Louis Demmler Robert Dymek Scott Early William Elfers William Engel Robert Fox Robert Halfnight Stephen Ham

Phillip Hamilton Edwin Hetherington Peter Heyl Ellen Higgins Richard Hollingsworth Edmund Hull Eric Hyson William Kelly Michael Ladra Bill Lewis James Lieber Michael Macko Jeffrey Marshall Mark Mazo Robert McBain Joseph Mezzanotte Kathleen Molony Christopher Nicholas Bradford O'Brien James Pardew

Terry Pflaumer Thomas Potts Keith Rabe Joseph Reidy Stuart Rickerson Ronald Riner Karl Schmalz Edward Scudder Thomas Shuler Geoffrey Smith Christopher Soles William Stewart Mark Tallman Timothy Tosta Anthony Trenga Alan Usas Allen Uyeda Paul Von Kuster Steve Wheeler John Winant

Patron ($125 - $149)

Russell Baker William Bostian Dennis Burns Richard Dare Richard DiFedele

Daniel Fortmann Jack Hittson Karl Hofammann Joseph Reidy Stuart Sovatsky

Tina Sung Robert Warner Richard Werbe

Sustaining ($100 - $124)

James Aronson Benson Brown Patrick Chambers Robert Chambers Robert Chambliss Herrick Chapman John Collins David Dirks Stephen Dreyfuss Michael Epstein Mark Ethridge Richard Faber John Fleming Marshall Henderson

Mauro Lapetina Henry Lerner Rose Lynch David Lyon Evangelos Mageirou Paul Marengo John McNab Frank Miner Luther Munford Randall Ollett William Ollwerther Richard Ostrow Michael Pepper James Pitney

Robert Pritchard David Richardson Michael Roberts Scott Rogers Robert Schiffner Michael Smith Bruce Sokler Milovan Stanojevich Gregory Sterling Stephen Townend Fredrick Vansaun Gary Walsh

Regular ($71 - $99)

William Aaronson Scott Alexander James Alford Amir Arbisser John Arigoni Sheldon Axler Allen Back Jay Bagdis John Baker Scott Berg Ronald Brachman Robert Browne Steven Buenning Marshall Burack Franklyn Caine Frank Camm David Chamberlain John Chitty Jon Cieslak Christopher Connell Daniel Cunningham Allan Curlee David Dalley Jerome Davis Robert Denicola Robert Douthitt Robert Floden Paul Flowerman Varel Freeman John Goodwin

Charles Grezlak Robert Haines William Haning Charles Harmar James Hart Thomas Hart Laird Hayes John Hess Alan Holmer Joel Hoxie Raymond Huard Robert Johnson James Kaufman Richard Keating Alexander Kelso Robert Kemp Jared Kieling William Kuntz George Lankas Kirk Liddell David Lillie David Livingston Stephen Long James Machin Stephen Mann Charles Marboe George McCarter Peter McLaughlin John Miller Phebe Miller

John Moffat Mark Moorstein Stephen Muther Edward Pauly Jonathan Perel Michael Phelps Douglas Pike Michael Potter Richard Quay Frederick Sell Ronald Senchesak Jerome Simandle Thomas Sinclair Robert Sinsheimer Robert Slocum Edwin Smith Randy Snow Edmund Stanczak John Steen Barry Straube Roy Torbert Michael Tourtellot Michael Twomey James Ungerleider John Watkins McNeill Watkins Robert Watson Charles Wright William Zwecker

' ...Whoever wins the single-elimination format Championship will be awarded “The Rickerson Cup,” named for Stuart Rickerson '71, a long-time advocate for the sport in New Jersey. Princeton’s coach, Richard Lopacki, said, “Stu is a natural choice when naming the trophy. He’s a ‘Jersey boy,’ and no one at Princeton has given so much back to the sport for so many years as Stu – so far for 38 years and counting'

Princeton University has been continuously playing rugby since 1931, with Rickerson involved for more than half that time as team captain, coach, newsletter writer and fund-raiser, among other things. Rickerson will make the trophy presentation ...

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To fellow members of Princeton’s Class of 1971:

Art Lowenstein has become very involved in trying to conceptualize a “class legacy initiative” that would involve members of ’71 in helping to contribute to the greater good of society. As you’ll see in Art’s letter, which follows, we don’t have to reinvent the wheel: The Classes of 1955 and 1969 have well-established, highly effective programs that could be a good model for us; we could even consider piggy-backing on the work that ’55 has done. Please read the letter and think about how our Class could support this effort, and contact Art with your feedback or ideas at art_prince@pu71.org.

Thanks!

Bill Lewis ‘71

President – Class of 1971

Introduction and Purpose:

About the time of Reunions 2006, Bill Lewis approached me and presented a vision for a Class program that would offer classmates an ongoing vehicle for active involvement in public service – something that he called the ’71 Legacy Initiative. I told him that it was of real interest to me and that I would like to be a part of it, and together we have been exploring models for a program that would strike a responsive chord with classmates and that could have a lasting and meaningful impact on society at large.

We didn’t have to look far for models. At Reunions, we attended the annual board meeting of the Class of 1969’s program entitled “Princeton Internships in Civic Service.” More recently, we have had a continuing dialogue with Project 55, the granddaddy of these kinds of programs -- established by the Class of 1955 in 1989 -- and one of its offshoots, the Alumni Network. I want to report to you on what kinds of programs others are involved in, how these programs typically operate, what opportunities there are for us to coordinate with them in a program of our own and what we can expect the effect of such a program to be on our Class and classmate involvement.

Princeton Project 55 and TAN:

Let’s start with Project 55 and its spawn. Last fall, Class President Bill Lewis, Henry Barkhorn and I had lunch with Chet Safian ’55, one of the founders of Project 55 and of many of its offshoots, and director of one such program, the Alumni Network (TAN). The program coordinates and facilitates alumni-based as well as university-sponsored public service programs at Princeton and more than 25 other colleges and universities. Chet has the energy and enthusiasm of a man half his age, I suspect the result of this second career he has embraced, which began when Project 55 was organized.

Also last fall, Bill and I attended a series of meetings and workshops at Princeton organized by Project 55 and TAN and attended by more than 40 representatives of 26 different organizations. The meetings had one common focus: organizing and assisting college alumni to encourage, facilitate and assist students and new graduates to engage as interns and fellows in community service, with a goal of developing effective public servants and to effect systemic change.

So what does Project 55 do, and how did it develop? It began in 1989 when a group of classmates got together in anticipation of their 35th Reunion and decided that they wanted to create something lasting and meaningful as a community service project, something that would be an outlet for classmates to do more than make cash or in-kind contributions but would also draw on their talents, expertise and Rolodexes in an active way.

They said they called it Project 55, not because of their class numerals, but instead as a reflection of their age, and their sense that there were a lot of their classmates who were looking for a vehicle to give something back to the community and who at that point of their lives were in a position to do so, where even a few years ago that might not have been the case. (There seems to be a lot of validity to this analysis, since so many others have followed at about the same age, and here we are considering the same thing.)

They conceived of a program that would place recent graduates in yearlong fellowships at non-profit and community organizations, provided such organizations addressed significant social issues, focused on systemic solutions, were innovative and would provide strong supervision and substantive work.

Project 55’s role included: first, identifying and vetting the organizations to see that they met these criteria; second, screening applicants and recommending a select group to the organizations to facilitate the hiring process for such groups, where resources for such activities typically are scarce; third, mentoring the fellows throughout the year-long fellowship; and, finally, developing seminars and programs to enhance the experience for the fellows.

Each of these activities represents an opportunity for classmates to roll up their sleeves and get actively involved. For the organizations, it represented an opportunity to get outstanding, motivated and energetic junior-level employees at bargain rates, without the burden of much of the vetting and hiring process. For the graduates, Project 55 has simplified the process of finding opportunities in the public-service sector with a high level of confidence that such opportunities will turn out to be meaningful.

Chet Safian likes to say that the program is a win-win, win-win. The students and organizations win for the reasons I have just mentioned. The University wins because of the good will the program generates. Society at large wins because of the good works that result from it.

Over the years, Project 55 has achieved a remarkably high profile, evidenced by the written materials produced by similar programs at other institutions acknowledge their debt to the Project 55 model. At Dartmouth, the program was established by the class of 1959 and has 4 other classes participating. At Harvard, the program is sponsored by the University.

As indicated, there are dozens of other institutions that have developed programs loosely or closely modeled on Project 55. At Princeton, there are several other programs that provide similar opportunities, including, in addition to the Class of ‘69’s program, Princeton in Africa, Princeton in Latin America, Princeton in Asia and the newly formed Princeton in India. At the programs we attended, there were representatives from several other schools interested in forming similar programs.

Early on, Project 55 had a program for summer internships as well as postgraduate fellowships, and over the years has undertaken numerous other initiatives, ranging from setting up the alumni network to establishing a Civic Values Initiative to developing a new public health program. Some have outlived their usefulness, like the Civic Values Initiative, as the University has developed its own programs in the area, and others have been taken over by other classes. The class of 1969, for instance, merged the Project 55 summer intern program into its own initiative a few years ago. It looks like the class of 1976 may take the lead with the public health initiative I just mentioned. Other classes in the 70s are exploring how they can get involved, though it seems that none have actually established programs yet.

What does this mean for ’71?

So what’s in it for us? Why is this something we should want to do, aside from the obvious public service implications? Let’s look at what happened with the Class of ‘55 since it set up Project 55. First, there was opposition from the University at the highest levels (except for President Shapiro, who saw the merits and also recognized that the University couldn’t prevent the Class from doing it anyway). The concern the University had was that Project 55 would dilute the focus of alumni, splinter their activities further and drain support from annual and planned giving efforts. The results have been precisely the opposite.

Project 55 had a galvanizing effect of the Class of ’55. A substantial number of classmates who were disaffected or just not interested in things like Reunions responded enthusiastically to the opportunity to do something that they viewed as meaningful to the Princeton community and the community at large. They got and have remained involved in the project, and as a byproduct they have gotten more involved in class activities, including Reunions. Class dues participation has risen dramatically, as has participation in annual giving. So the University is thrilled and has fostered other classes’ similar activities. I can think of no reason why the impact of this kind of activity would be any less positive for our Class than for the others that have taken this step.

Chet Safian and others who we met with made it clear that they are looking to transition the leadership role for Project 55 to a new generation, and that they would like us to be a part of that process. In my view, this is a very exciting opportunity for our Class. As is true of ’69 and ’76, we benefit from all the heavy lifting that ’55 has done before us to test and improve the model. They have even produced a “how-to” handbook that the Alumni Network provides to anyone interested in replicating the model. They truly believe that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and they do all they can to foster imitators.

Next Steps:

So where does all this leave us, and where do we go from here? As I see it, there are two different tracks that we should pursue simultaneously.

First, we need to do a census of our Class to identify resources. Who is involved with public service organizations or charities, with foundations, or sits on boards, or has particular expertise in healthcare, or education, or the environment or whatever other community based need you can identify?

Chet Safian says that finding organizations that want to use Project 55’s resources to fill positions is as easy as falling off a log, and finding students who want to use it to find fellowships is no more difficult. We should have contacts among us with lots of organizations that would benefit from this kind of a program.

Who would be interested in mentoring fellows who are placed with organizations in their communities? ‘55 reports that their classmates who have done this find it unbelievably rewarding. Who has access to grants for these kinds of projects? Then we need to determine what level of financial support we can count on. Fortunately, if we coordinate with Project 55, we will be able to take advantage of some of their resources. I would hope that early on, our principal contribution would be sweat equity, with the cash coming later as people find themselves more and more invested in the program.

Second, we need to establish just how we coordinate with Project 55, and what kind of a role they would envision us playing with them. Personally, I see us acting in complement with them, not competing for the same students and organization placements. To get traction within the Class, I suspect there will have to be some identification with the Class, not just with Project 55.

I would hope that we can start developing our database during the winter and spring, so that by Reunions we will be able to present a fully developed program proposal to the Class and launch it at that time. In order to do so, we will need to spend some time consulting with one another. If you would like to be part of this process -- and I urge you to do so because I think it can be important and rewarding and energizing -- please let me know. I or someone else on the team will contact each of you in any event to pick your brain even if you can’t be more involved.

Finally, if you wonder if what we are outlining can really make a difference, consider a recent article in the New York Times Sunday magazine. The cover article talks about education in the inner city, and describes a number of innovative programs that are having an impact. It is probably no coincidence that Project 55 fellows are working at each of these programs. Helping to put the best and the brightest in place to make a difference through a lifetime of public service is about the most cost-effective way that I can think of to leave a true legacy that this Class and its descendents can and will be proud of.

-- Art ‘Prince’ Lowenstein
01/31/07

Additional URLs / Links associated w/ Project 55 and The Alumni Network (TAN):

• The Project 55 Web site: www.project55.org
• The Alumni Network: http://project55.org/tan.html
• Handbook on how to establish an Alumni Network (in PDF Format): http://project55.org/docs/2005%20Basic%20Manual.pdf

It is with great sadness that I report that Larry Dupraz h’71 died on December 24th, 2006. Larry, an honorary member of our Class since June 2001 was known to generations of the ‘Prince’ crowd as “a beloved flat-topped, cigar-chomping curmudgeon whose critical eye refined six decades of journalism”.

Larry Dupraz was also particularly influential to many in our Class including Connell, Conderacci, Balfour, Munford, Chitty, Elfers, and Ollwerther.

I wrote a short note to Chris ‘Pens’ Connell asking him for a short ‘blurb’ leading into this Web site news article and e-mail Blast consisting of the Prince Obit and photos of Larry with many of the ’71 Prince Alums. As an aside, I informed Pens that Larry was almost religious about paying his Class dues -- something of a rarity among Honorary Classmates. The following is Chris’ response to me:

Bill,

The Prince obit needs no embellishment. I would simply note that Larry was part of the remarkable triumvirate who accepted the invitation to become honorary members of the Class of '71 at our 30th Reunion. Everyone in McCosh that morning for the induction of Marvin Bressler, John Fleming and Larry Dupraz knew that they were honoring us, not the other way around. Sociologist, Chaucerian and Compositor/Fire Chief/Father Confessor of the Prince -- each touched so many lives of generations of Princetonians. Indeed, the honor was ours.

To hear that Larry actually paid class dues leaves me, well, speechless, but that was Larry. Such an upstanding citizen, the embodiment of the civic ideal. At the post-P-Rade Prince party outside 48 University Place last June 3, Larry apologized for not wearing his Class of 1971 black-orange-silver-and-white striped blazer. But it was up in the attic at his and Nora's home on Harrison Street, and Larry's days of scaling ladders had come to an end. Half a dozen of us -- Conderacci, Chitty, Balfour, Munford, Ollwerther and myself -- were there that afternoon. Greg was a stalwart on the Prince board, along with Bill Elfers who made the reunion but not the party. Bill almost single-handedly deserves credit for shoring up the Prince’s finances and – not least of all – ensuring that Larry received more than a modest pension for his long labor of love.

CLICK HERE for Larry Dupraz h’71 obit in the 12/27/06 issue of the Prince.

December 8th, 2006

Dear fellow members of the Class of 1971:

Each year, we Princetonians are inundated with requests for all sorts of Princeton-related giving. We receive letters and e-mails soliciting us for Class Dues, our Class Foundation, the Class of ’71 Saving the Wild Life Fund (STWLF), as well as university-wide requests for Annual Giving and the (less often) University’s capital requests. This doesn’t include the multitude of other gift requests from our eating clubs, Friends organizations, as well as regional and other local Princeton organizations.

In this Treasurer’s letter, I’d like to review the various “giving’” requests that you’ll be receiving throughout the upcoming year and remind you of the Giving Portal that has been available for some time on our *award-winning* Class Web site, www.princeton1971.org.

Most of the giving requests will be in the categories of Class requests and Princeton-wide requests. Some of these are:

Class Dues – As noted in an earlier ins