cornell report spring 2013
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Faculty/Staff News
Recent faculty/staff accomplishments.
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Letters Winter 2013
MWC move is a winner. Phi-O 50th.
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McLennan Center: 20 plays in 20 days
Jim Van Valen reflects on the theatre course he taught at Chicago’s McLennan Center, highlighted by seeing 20 plays in 20 days.
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Reed strives to make an impact
Harper Reed ’01 is a hacker/engineer who builds paradigm-shifting tech and leads others to do the same. Harper loves using the enormity of the Internet to bring people together, whether as chief technology officer of Obama for America, chief technology officer of Threadless.com, or on his own projects. Harper and his Obama for America team created Dashboard, a site that connects volunteer teams and acts as an online component of the field office.
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Kendall Meyer ’65
Lawyer and life trustee Kendall Meyer ’65 died Oct. 27, 2012, in Ponte Verda, Fla. He was 69 years old.
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James Croft ’51
Musician and educator James Croft ’51 died Sept. 6, 2012, in Tallahassee, Fla. He was 81.
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Robert Soper ’49
Robert Soper ’49 was the first, and for many years the only, surgeon to specialize in pediatrics in Iowa. He died Oct. 3, 2012. He was 87.
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G. Homer Skarin ’43
G. Homer Skarin ’43, who served for nearly 30 years as clerk for the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, died Sept. 24, 2012. He was 91.
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Edna Mary Byerly ’41
Librarian and Professor Emerita Edna Mary Byerly ’41 died Nov. 16, 2012, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was 93.
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Career at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Stephanie Schmeling ’09 works as collections cataloguer for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City. A history major on the Hilltop, Schmeling left Mount Vernon to attend New York University’s graduate program in Archives and Public History. This choice came after working for three years in the Cornell archives, where she discovered that a love of history with talent for organizing could become a career.
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Gina Caruso ’91
As former executive director for the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce, Gina Caruso ’91 appreciates the neighborhood that is now home to Cornell’s McLennan Center.
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Bob Martin ’66
Bob Martin ’66, a U.S. bankruptcy judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, spent a day with Cornell President Jonathan Brand as he taught his course, Nature, Functions, and Limits of Law.
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Class News
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New alumni community launches
In March Cornell will launch myCornell, an online gateway to a powerful network of more than 14,000 Cornellians who live and work in communities around the world.
Letters Winter 2013 
McLennan Center: 20 plays in 20 days 
Reed strives to make an impact 
Kendall Meyer ’65 
James Croft ’51 
Robert Soper ’49 
G. Homer Skarin ’43 
Edna Mary Byerly ’41 
Career at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum 
Gina Caruso ’91 
Bob Martin ’66 
In Brief 
New alumni community launches