Princeton 1970

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August 1, 2010

Dear Classmates,

As we start another year, the first order of business is to thank the many people who made our 40^th Reunion Year such great fun. Many are listed on the left along with the new class officers; any missing classmates are my error with apologies. To PFL Paul Haaga and our newest Honorary Classmate Ms. Queen Bee Haaga (aka Heather), THANK YOU! I doubt if anyone really knows all the ways in which Paul and Heather have led the class these last five years. Again, on behalf of the entire class, THANK YOU! Chairman Millman led a great Reunion Committee… THANK YOU! Secretary MacColl, Treasurer Hunter, Solicitor Loose….. THANK YOU!

As I hope you all know, the Great Class of 1970 set a new record for a 40^th Reunion Annual Giving campaign raising $5,271,970 with 63% participation. Our dollar amount was also the most raised by any class this year, exceeding even the wonderful generosity of the 25^th Reunion class. This is our seventh major reunion record. More than just the money, the spirit of giving and class competition reflects the Princeton tradition of thanking those who came before us and giving back in their honor. More THANKS! to Rand Mirante, who led the effort for Princeton AG, and of course to Solicitor Loose and Special Gifts Co-Chair Paul Haaga.

A word about the 40^th Reunion: Fantastic! 240 classmates attended. Many had not been back before, all had a great time, and all enjoyed seeing each other. A highlight for me was meeting some of the Women of 70 for the first time but feeling I had known them forever. The class website has the reunion photo. http://www.princeton1970.org/

Planning For The Coming Year

We are off to a good start. The indefatigable John Loose has lined up Professor John Fleming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_V._Fleming http://www.johnvfleming.com/ to lead us on a tour of the Cloisters http://www.metmuseum.org/cloisters/ in New York on Friday, October 22. Special thanks to Emily and John Rafferty for arrangements with the Cloisters. If you do not know John Fleming, you can get a sense of what’s in store by reading columns which he wrote for the Prince. Larry Rodman lrodman@morrisoncohen.com is Our Man In New York, coordinating the trip and hosting us for dinner at his home after the tour.

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/05/15/15623/ http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2005/11/28/13933/

We are planning to have a van from Princeton and a van from Midtown Manhattan pick people up Friday afternoon. Space is limited as they say, so send an email to Larry and let him know if you are interested in coming and if you would like space on either bus, Spouses/significant others are of course most welcome. Additional information including the cost of the trip will magically appear on the class website and via email. [Some of you may want to arrive on Thursday, spend the day touring the stunning collection of art and period rooms at the Met, and perhaps see a show that night. If you decide to come on Thursday, please let us know so that we can circulate a list of who is in town, in case you want to do something as a smaller group before we head off to the Cloisters on Friday.]

he following day, Saturday, October 23, is the Princeton/Harvard game. We will have a block of tickets courtesy of “a friend” and a post-game cocktail party in Woodrow Wilson’s former office above 1879 Arch. Some mystery guests will be there; come and see.

Friday, February 25, our Midwinter Class Dinner is again at the Nassau Club This is Alumni Weekend, which includes numerous forums and athletic events, as well as the very moving Service of Remembrance. “Alumni Council Group #14341” are the magic words to say if you want a room for $132.00 at the Nassau Inn, 800.862.7728. Here, too, space is limited. [There also is one shared bath, very simple single room at the Nassau Club for $64/night; and it may be possible to obtain a couple more. Contact Jack Wilmer, jwilmer@cameronllp.com, regarding these.]

We are planning a Mini Reunion in Boston toward the end of April. Brian Hunter is Our Man In Boston. The weekend may include some golf, a baseball game, city tour, dinner at a classmate’s house, and

more. Reach out to Brian bhunter@scagrp.com for more details or to offer ideas/assistance as plans firm up.

Finally, it is back to Princeton for our 41^st Reunion May 26-29. Chairman For Life Bruce Millman and Committee will once again surprise and surpass your expectations. Off-year reunions are just as much fun as major reunions, and provide a good chance to get to know a smaller group of classmates very well. We typically have an early arrivals dinner at a club on Thursday night, a class dinner at our tent on Friday, and something informal following the P-Rade and before the fireworks on Saturday. Join us!.

We are going to update the Class of 1970 website http://www.princeton1970.org/ with a photograph uploading feature and improvements to the Cicada Store, Class Dues payments and Class Events signups; suggestions/volunteers welcome. J. T. Miller jtmiller70@gmail.com is our photo and creative director. You can send photos or other postings to J. T. There is one photo up now that 240 of you may remember.

We are transitioning over to email rather then postal mail communications. We are missing 230 email addresses for the class. Check your profile on Tigernet and add your email address if it is not already there. Also, please send me neidig@riverii.com your email address and I will add it to the list. I promise we will not inundate you with any form of correspondence. We are just trying to be efficient, save money, and save trees.

Of great importance, please send in your class dues right away. They help support class activities as well as the PAW (which the class must pay for), mailings, and the like. Official Class Dues are $50.00. If possible, join the Big Bug Club for a gift of $200.00 (a Big Bug Hug exemption costs more) or for a few dollars more we could start a Queen Bee Club. Here’s the point: please send money. Checks should be made payable to “Princeton Class of 1970” and sent to: Jack Wilmer, 504 Malcolm Place, Alexandria, VA 22302, or pay online at the Class of 1970 website http://www.princeton1970.org/ through our PayPal account (signup NOT required; a credit card is all you need).

Finally, stay in touch, send information for Class Notes in the PAW to our relatively newlywed scribe John MacColl jamaccoll@comcast.net, and check out Gregg Lange’s column in the PAW online.

Best to all,

Bill Neidig

William N. Neidig

President, Princeton Class of 1970

neidig@riverii.com

OTHER CLASS EVENTS:

Other matters to note:

Please support Princeton through Annual Giving. Annual Giving provides essential, unrestricted dollars for the very things that equate a Princeton education with excellence: needs-blind admissions, the program of independent studies, small classes, seminars and the precepetorial system, and an extraordinarily distinguished faculty dedicated to undergraduate teaching. The naysayers had doubts about our Class, our love of Princeton, and our cohesion. But our achievements, and perhaps most visibly our Annual Giving successes, have proven them wrong. we have broken dollar records in six of our seven major reunion years. And we have done so with extraordinary participation. Since graduation, 95% of us have made at least one gift to Princeton. Please, make this a year in which you give. Help us to sustain the leadership which has made us indispensable to Princeton's Annual Giving efforts. As you know, the Aspire Campaign is now in full swing and our gifts to AG will do triple duty, counting for our Class AG totals, counting toward the Aspire Campaign and, most importantly, doing our part to ensure continuing excellence at Princeton. You can contribute on-line at >https://makeagift.princeton.edu/, or you can proceed above, either directly or through the Reunion portal.

Third, let me again remind you of our Class Community Service Project ably led by Ralph Binder, which supports Princeton students serving as summer interns at various nonprofits. It began in the Princeton/New York City area, but has been expanded very successfully to include other cities, including Los Angeles this past summer. We can contribute in three ways: funding, connecting interns with our non-profits, and serving as mentors to the interns during their summer program. I combined all three for two Princeton students last summer at a couple of non-profits in Los Angeles and found it to be one of the most rewarding community service activities of my life. It is very flexible, not at all consuming, and most appreciated by the non-profits and the students. Please check the class website for details and contact Ralph at ralbin@optonline.net;

Finally, stay in touch and send information for Class Notes in the Alumni Weekly to our hardworking scribe John MacColl jamaccoll@comcast.net; and visit webmaster Pete Langer's informative and up-to-date entries on this, our class website at http://www.princeton1970.org/.

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