ECEMBER 1987 2.25 Yuri Orlov Remembered Vete A Rhodes Anniversary The only way who anticipate problems, needs. We can divest a If you'd like superior not just react to them? Will company or help form a management of assets of to manage a they stay interested? partnership; provide safe- $5 million or more, we $30 million The private bankers at keeping services for your invite you to meet with us. portfolio Morgan have been helping securities; sell a collection Call James C. Goodfellow, substantial investors make or other asset; set up a line Vice President, Morgan the right decisions for a of credit or administer Guaranty Trust Company. It's the way that protects century or more. We listen a trust. (212) 826-7592. our money and makes it hard. Our bias is toward And on your behalf we grow. Of course. close and enduring rela- have access to the same But that's harder than it tionships and superior long- worldwide Morgan re- sounds. Who can really term investment manage- sources and underlying give us the help we need? ment performance. capital strength that Show us how much risk to We adapt our skills and serve the world's largest take? Can we find advisors services to serve your corporations. Private banking at Morgan © 1987 J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated, parent of JPMorgan Morgan Guaranty Trust Company (Member FDIC) and other J.E Morgan subsidiaries GUI VACATION BULLETIN Vol. I No. 3 Cornell's Adult University December 1987 Three Ancient Civilizations of the New World Mexico, the Yucatan, the Belize coast, and Guatemala, aboard the M. V. Illiria, with Richard B. Fischer and John S. Henderson April 16-28, 1988 From the dusty pyramids of Teotihuacan just outside Mexico City to the jun- gle-covered ruins of Tikal deep in the Guatemalan rain forest, the striking landscapes and ancient civilizations of Meso-America await you. Archaeolo- gist John S. Henderson and naturalist Richard B. Fischer will help you appre- ciate the grandeur and the peoples of many lost empires, the societies that have taken their place, and the natural life and ecology of the landscapes and seascapes through which we will pass. We will begin with several days in Mexico City and then travel to Veracruz to board the privately chartered M. V. Illiria, one of the finest small cruise vessels in the world. Join mmummt Howard Evans and - Biαi Evan* lor 3 ek of π uuraί we ι'?ίofv aί ίhe ^™c^vacalj«n r ίM China: The Far West -mooned beaches." subtropical ve^ta t hβ Silk R θ ad " l0m;ιίfHi;m 1KMl3Γal !lίcPr Beijing, Kashgar, Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuang, Lanzhou, Xian, 1 v 01 j ? en I;; ιr xpiora j shanghai, with Charles A. Peterson lH anc May 15-June6, 1988 New Orleans From the Great Wall to the ancient "Silk Road," from Kashgar in the west to Shanghai on the China Sea, this CAU journey will take you to the varied :• Ί>3€i!!!ΐfίϊ cultures and landscapes of Chinese civilization. Led by historian Charles A. 27-May 1 Peterson, we will visit several of China's most famous sites—the Great Wall, the Ming Tombs, the terracotta warriors of Xian—but we will spend much •• vvee.k of yazz htstun, music.. time traveling across the breadth of China, from the ancient bazaar of Mos- lem Kashgar to the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang. This journey promises to .* wd! received iίκu vveTi be be a memorable experience for anyone fascinated by China's greatness, varie- ty, and size. Please note that first-class accommodations are not available in several of the more remote cities. Join musicologist Martin ioΐ an eiHovaHc, informative ilir Desert and the Skies "'aotjiic Verde Ranch 1 111 oit, Arlicina Return For details and registration information please to Brigadoon? call CAU at any time: For many Cornellians, coming Cornell's back to campus for a summer Adult University week at CAU is like a week in 626 Thurston Avenue Brigadoon. Announcements will Ithaca, New York 14850 be appearing soon! 607-255-6260 CORNELL ?x^ ^ ^^t^ΐ^f-^ 24 33 18 DECEMBER 1987 Cover 24 Freedom in Exile VOLUME 90 Exiled physicist NUMBER 5 By Michael Scammel Yuri Orlov What attracted Soviet physicist Yuri Orlov to the Hill. makes a point with a visitor to 28 To Heal a Nation his office in By Joel Swerdlow Newman Lab. An alumnus explains the power of the Vietnam Memorial. JON REIS 33 Scotty's Boys By Richard Zens A young coach tames wild early swimmers. DEPARTMENTS 4 From the Editors 22 News Speak up, readers. Rhodes looks ahead after his first ten years. 9 Letters Two major complaints. 36 News of Alumni 11 Faculty Class notes. Salt in use as a prism. 73 Alumni Deaths 15 Students Big reward for a writer. 75 Alumni Activities 17 Authors On Vonnegut's mind. A Homecoming buffet. 18 Sports 78 Another View Women defend a polo title. A job for supercomputer. Cornell Alumni News 2 R O C K R E S O R TS In Vermont, our Woodstock Inn & Resort graces a beaches. Little Dix Bay, our hideaway gem on a trans- landmark village green. In winter it offers its own ter- parent, crescent bay. And our new Carambola Beach, rific downhill and cross-country skiing, sleigh rides - its tropical mountain golf course curving among and a crackling 10-ft. fireplace. At The Boulders in bougainvillea and palm trees. Rockresorts, under- Arizona, we give you a desert foothill setting shaped stated perfection in unspoiled, beautiful places. A by the hand of time. In the Tetons, our lodges are the natural-for you. finest way to enjoy one of America's loveliest moun- tain valleys. Then there's Rockresorts' Caribbean: See your travel agent or call 800-223-7637. In N. Y. State Caneel Bay with its seven gorgeous Virgin Island 800-442-8198, N. Y. City 212-586-4459. Rockresorts, the natural. F R OM T HE E D I T O RS o X I Speak Up T he first two letters to the editor magazine, he asks, as was the case in in this issue (page 9) complain the first decade after he graduated? about two different aspects of His concerns may well be echoed by the Alumni News—aspects alumni in some earlier or later class- that are important, so we ad- es. (His letter is carried without his dress them here where a full re- name or numeral to avoid pointing sponse will not usurp space from fingers at individual officers of his comments by other readers. alumni class over details that will in One writer complains that he all likelihood be worked out among has paid for the Alumni News almost the parties.) continuously since graduation in the The most obvious reason for a 1950s but doesn't always receive his plan that sells subscriptions through magazine. He blames inefficiencies the classes is that it is a "good deal" in a system under which he pays for everyone: less expensive in the A A winter dust- ing of snow ar- dues to his alumni class and receives long run, supportive of the class or- rives early on the a subscription as a consequence. ganization, helpful in increasing main quad- Why not go back to individual subs readership for the magazine. The rangle. solicited directly by the staff of the plan, known as the Group Subscrip- Cornell Alumni News 4 FROM THE EDITORS tion Plan, has not only increased the labels for the magazine are printed number of alumni who receive the well in advance of the distribution of magazine, it has also increased each issue, so Public Affairs Records membership in the classes dramati- needs information about new ad- cally from a few dozen duespayers dresses and seasonal address each before the plan was first offered changes at least a month in advance to classes in the mid-1940s, to sever- of the move to assure delivery. al hundred apiece today. T If the plan's system breaks he second letter writer is down in a class, or if an individual angry because we devoted on- simply prefers not to deal with his or ly one paragraph to the death her class officers, that alumnus can of a faculty member who was subscribe directly to the Alumni also an administrator. Long- News. The annual subscription price time readers will probably have for individuals is in the masthead of noticed that this magazine has rarely the News, which appears near the gone in for lengthy eulogies of front of each issue. Alumni of the university faculty, staff, or alumni. graduate schools and non-alumni With 12 colleges, hundreds of pro- friends of the university subscribe as grams, 1,600 professors, 18,000 individuals, but we have always en- students, and 150,000 alumni, we couraged undergraduate alumni to concentrate on reflecting the ac- subscribe by paying dues to their complishments of people and groups classes, believing this strengthens while they are alive. The work of alumni participation in the life of the Professor MacDougall, about whom university. the letter was written, has been covered as much as almost any other i t is even easier to make that sug- we can think of in recent years, gestion today than it was a few because he headed the popular, months ago, because an entirely much-reported Adult University and new procedure is being tested Summer Session. that does just what our letterwrit- As the university has grown and er suggests by having class dues sub- diversified, we have tried to present mitted to Alumni House in Ithaca balanced coverage of it. We are con- rather than to the homes and offices sciously trying to get the stories of of volunteer classmates. A univer- more individuals into the Alumni sity employee opens envelopes and News in its new format, using more records payments, pays class bills, short articles that try to represent and orders Alumni News subs, all un- the flavor of the subject concisely in der the direction of a class officer. word and picture. Cornell is so The Office of Class Programs and strong in so many fields, this seems the Association of Class Officers the best way to mirror its character. launched this as a pilot program Both the distribution system and earlier in the calendar year for a the content of the Alumni News are handful of classes on an experimen- a partial consequence of the odd- tal basis. Leaders of the effort hope duck nature of this particular alumni to offer the service to all classes as magazine, relying as it does solely on soon as bugs are out of the system its readers and advertisers for in- and staff is hired to handle the work. come. It's a delicate relationship in Readers should continue to which readers require the magazine write us, as this letter writer did, if to serve their wishes well enough they are having trouble receiving that they be willing to pay to receive their subscriptions, or want to get a it. The challenge is to keep quality class news and dues letter, or need high and production costs low (ours other help. Word of address is the lowest per-page cost in the Ivy changes, as ever, is recorded most League). So, while no editor looks promptly when it is submitted to forward to receiving letters of com- Public Affairs Records, 512 E. State plaint, we see their value in helping Street, Ithaca, NY 14850, but such us shape the Alumni News to the information received first by the needs of alumni and alerting us to News is routinely forwarded to the need for an explanation of our Public Affairs Records. Mailing policies. Cornell Alumni News 6 The Peregrine House Inn Invites You To A Winter Interlude In Ithaca. Winter delights in Ithaca include skiing, skating, shopping, and sightseeing at the icicle hung gorges, and one undiscovered gem: THE PEREGRINE HOUSE. Nestled in the heart of Collegetown,this charming Victorian inn is just steps from the Cornell campus and downtown Ithaca, or just a short drive to the Plantations, Beebe Lake, restaurants, skiing, antique shops and cultural events. The Peregrine offers 8 elegant yet cozy rooms with private baths, warm terry robes and puffy quilts, gourmet breakfasts, a crackling fire in the sitting room, and the friendliest, most relaxing winter atmosphere you could hope to find during your winter getaway. Call the Peregrine House Inn for your most enchanting winter weekend ever. WINTER WEEKEND PACKAGES THE 3 NIGHT WEEKEND/Fri Sat, Sun THE SUNDAY NIGHT BARGAIN VACATION Package Includes-. Breakfast each morning hot mulled Package Includes-, dinner full breakfast cider party choice of 2 bonus items or 2-1 day ski Per Couple—Calico/$99 Ashley/$109 Classic/Si 19 tickets to Greek Peak. Per Couple—Calico/$259 Ashley/$299 Classic/$339 THE 2 NIGHT HIDEAWAY/Fri & Sat or Sat & Sun ROMANTIC 3 DAY VALENTINE WEEKEND Package Includes-. Buffet dinner hot mulled cider party February 12-14 2 bonus items Roses chocolates breakfast in bed sleigh ride Per Couple—Calico/$ 199 Ashley/$219 Classic/$249 dinner on Sunday/$339 per couple ASK ABOUT OUR DECEMBER & JANUARY MIDWEEK SPECIALS AND WHOLE HOUSE RENTALS! CALL (607) 272-0919 TODAY FOR RESRVATIONS! THE PEREGRINE HOUSE INN 140 College Ave. Ithaca, NY 14850 FROM THE EDITORS Market's Effect University investments took an 8 percent loss in the October stock market fall, down from $1 billion to $918 million, which compares with $775 million at the end of 1985 and $910 million at the end of 1986. The Board of Trustees met at the end of the week of the market's 500-point drop, and heard a report on its impact from Controller John S. Ostrom '51. He said Cornell's total assets passed the $2 billion mark earlier in the year, "we thought permanently, but the latest stock market gyrations may change that." Although the employees' retire- ment plan known as TIAA-CREF lost 22 percent in value, the univer- CALL l-800-4DEWAR'S. sity's manager of benefits said she thought employees would not lose in the long run, particularly if employ- ees stay in the fund's equity pool un- Void where prohibited by law. Blended Scotch Whisky 86.8 proof © 1987 Schenley Imports Co., N.Y., NY til the market goes back up. Contributors Windermere Island Club Is Hard To Fϊnd. Prof. Michael Scammel, who wrote the article on Russian emigre Yuri Orlov in this issue, is the author of Solzhenitsyn: A Biography. He is cur- rently writing a book on the emigra- tion of the arts from the Soviet Deliberately. Union between 1960 and 1985. His article for us is adapted from one written originally for the Arts and Sciences Newsletter. Joel Swerdlow, PhD '74, who ^c: wrote the article on the Vietnam me- morial in this issue, adapted the piece from both an article for the National Geographic and from the But to those who always seem to know the best places to be, it's a favorite book he wrote with Jan C. Scruggs, island retreat. Miles of unspoiled beaches to explore, superb tennis, water To Heal a Nation: The Vietnam sports, a guest list that reads like an International Who's Who. Veterans Memorial, © by them in Done in the tradition of excellence by the owners of the Venice Simplon- 1985, and reprinted here with per- Orient-Express, the Windermere Island Club is a slice of paradise. Not exclusive, mission of the National Geographic really... But not for everyone. and Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. For details, speak with your travel agent or call our office at (800) 237-1236. The book will be the basis of a In New York State call (212) 839-0222. In Canada, (800) 451-2253. two-hour movie on NBC-TV in May. Windermere Island Club He has another book, Presidential Debates: 1988 and Beyond coming Eleuthera The Bahamas out this month. He writes frequently for national publications on media- A Venice SimplonOrient-Express Hotel related issues of public policy and © 1987 Venice Simpton-Orient-Express has taught at American University. Cornell Alumni News 8