My Travels

DEC’22: A lovely Christmas & NOV: Thanksgiving at Laura & David’s in Bolton, MA with Karen, Gianni, A.J. & Alexandra and Laura’s feasts, but we missed having Steven & Shari with us. JAN: Cornell Asian Alumni Assn. Banquet with Pres. Martha Pollock in NYC. Visit to Yeh-Yeh’s buildings at 73-77 Mott St. (all the heirs later sold & liquidated the 90+ year partnership). FEB: Moved the last boxes from Mom’s house in Briarcliff Manor and closed its sale. APR: NY Yankees’ Opening Week games with Bob & Linda Gorman & siblings in the Owners’ Box.

OCT: At Cornell for my Trustee-Council Annual Meeting with the Big Red Bear and iconic McGraw Tower under renovation. Update from Johnson College of Business Dean Andrew Karoli. Again luxuriated in being the houseguest of Joe & Marney Thomas, enjoying their Night Blooming Cereus (grown from Mom’s cutting), open access to their famed wine cellar, and lovely sunset dinners. Visited I.M. Pei’s iconic Johnson Museum of Art on its 50th Anniversary. Celebrated the induction of this year’s Frank H. T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Award winners David Moriah & others with Dan Tillemans, Ezra Cornell, Ginger So, Harriet & Jay Waks, and other fellow prior awardees. Attended my first meeting as a member of the Cornell Botanic Gardens Advisory Board, looking forward to its planned Asian Summer Garden.

OCT: Between meetings at Cornell, I drove to Albany to visit friends & colleagues from my years as NY State’s Tax Commissioner: My Exec. Deputy Commissioner Pat & Midge Bulgaro, NY State Budget Director Wayne & Carole Diesel (who hosted my stay), and Deputy Comm. Bill Collins. Paid my respects to current Tax Commissioner Amanda Hiller & Exec. Deputy Michael Shollar. Dec.’22: Visited Doug Preisse’s further restorations on his Somerset, OH property. JUL: Steve George & Jeff Gatwood’s Open House of their restored Mt. Vernon, OH home.