Cornell Report Summer 2009
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Fred Morris ’55
Thirty-four years after being kidnapped and tortured by the Brazilian military, Fred Morris ’55 was given an apology and awarded a lump-sum
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Bruce Eicher ’54
Bruce Eicher ’54 found his life’s calling when he heard his first organ performance when he was only 5.
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Jack Campbell ’49
About 64 years ago, Jack Campbell ’49 came to Cornell to be a writer when Professor Clyde “Toppy” Tull told him he was “too imaginative” to be one.
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Thomas Edwin (“Ed”) Rogers ’39
Thomas Edwin (“Ed”) Rogers ’39, biology professor emeritus, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, in Iowa City. He was 91.
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Harry Kalas
Harry Kalas, the 73-year-old Philadephia Phillies announcer and former Cornellian, died April 13, 2009, in Philadelphia.
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A Bright Idea: How the Berry Center shapes tomorrow’s leaders
Jim McWethy ’65 wants you to know that the Berry Center has nothing to do with blueberries.
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Marie Fletcher Carter
Marie Fletcher Carter, honorary alumna and namesake of Cornell’s Pedestrian Mall, died Thursday, March 5, 2009, in Davenport, Iowa, at the age of 100.
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Technology through the ages
Now that almost all students use cell phones, universities have begun yanking landline telephones from dorm rooms. This action prompts a retrospective of technological innovations at Cornell since 1853, when the two blackboards on opposite walls of the chapel-classroom represented a major advancement in the art of teaching.
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Summer 2009 Letters
It’s Toppy; Remembering Doc Rogers; Vows
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The Librarian
In 1987 Amy White moved to Mount Vernon with her husband, Cornell Philosophy Professor Jim White, and answered a want ad in the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun calling for a part-time librarian in Lisbon.
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The Unabomber
Ted Kaczynski is best known as the Unabomber, but what many do not know is his family lived at 307 E. Main in Lisbon, Iowa, from 1966 to 1968.
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Watering Hole
The Cornell administration once was, as older alums may recall, adamantly opposed to the consumption of alcohol.
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Historic Volunteer
A third-generation graduate of Cornell, Jean Minish Stoner ’41 has logged more than 800 volunteer hours in two years of service at the Lisbon History Center.
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Historic Highway
On a campus full of historical sites, one of the easiest to take for granted is the road that leads to it.
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The Lisbon connection
Lisbon, Iowa. It borders Mount Vernon but is often overlooked in Cornell’s history.
Fred Morris ’55 
Bruce Eicher ’54 
Jack Campbell ’49 
Thomas Edwin (“Ed”) Rogers ’39 
Harry Kalas 
A Bright Idea: How the Berry Center shapes tomorrow’s leaders 
Marie Fletcher Carter 
Technology through the ages 
Summer 2009 Letters 
The Librarian 
The Unabomber 
Watering Hole 
Historic Volunteer 
Historic Highway 
The Lisbon connection