Past Events

2006 Events

• On a beautiful Sunday in September, eight members of the Cornell Club of the Berkshires met at the Mount in Lenox to tour Edith Wharton's historic home. Knowledgeable tour guide Wendy Gash led us through the wonderful building, which is in the midst of an impressive renovation. After the tour, the group enjoyed light fare at the Mount's Terrace Cafe. A good time was had by all, who discovered a number of common pre-Berkshire life experiences in Bethesda, Maryland. Thanks to Kathy Erickson for making all the arrangements.



• Our Annual Meeting took place Sunday, August 27, when Cornell Club members from Berkshire and Columbia Counties elect our new Board and learn of our program for 2006 to 2007. Following our brunch buffet, our featured speaker was Myra Maloney Hart. A professor at the Harvard Business School and a founder of Staples, she spoke on "Building Business in the Context of a Life." More information.



• We held an afternoon reception with President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes and Rosa Rhodes Sunday, June 4, at the Taggart House in Stockbridge. Following the reception, at 4:45 p.m., he presented remarks on the topic, “Portrait of a Small Planet.” More information.



• Mid-Winter Pot Luck Dinner & Wine Tasting: March 12.

2005 Events

• Cabin Fever Escape & Pot Luck Dinner Feb. 13: A convivial group of Cornellians gathered in an informal and fun mid-winter Pot Luck Dinner. There was also a Big Red Wine Tasting.



• Spring Speaker Event with Gene German, MS ’59, PhD ’78. He is the Robert G. Tobin Professor Emeritus of Food Marketing, Dept. of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell and an international expert on retailing and food distribution. His topic: “Is there life after Wal-Mart?” Brochure.



• Annual Meeting Aug. 28 at the Lenox Club: Jay Andrew (known as Andy) Noel, the Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education at Cornell, was our featured speaker. Brochure.



• Zinck's Night: Thursday, October 20, 2005, at Firefly, 71 Church Street, Lenox.



• Our Book Discussion Group/Pot Luck Dinner: Sunday, December 11, 2005
  Book: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

2004 Events

• 2004 Annual Meeting: About 100 Cornellians reconnected with friends at the grand and historic Lenox Club, the site of our 2004 Annual Meeting, Sunday, Aug. 15. Read more.



• Guest speaker Edith Lederer ‘63, self-described adventurer and award-winning foreign correspondent who covered wars for 25 years in Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan and the Mideast for the Associated Press, was our guest speaker May 23, at Ventfort Hall, Lenox, Mass. Read our report.



• Trustee-Council Presidential Inauguration Weekend: Toby Kleban Levine attended this year's event, and you may read her report.



• 2004 International Spirit of Zinck's Night: Kim Bixler was the organizer for the 2004 event Oct. 21 at Gateways Inn, Lenox, Mass.
  
  
• Our Book Discussion Group/Pot Luck Dinner: Sunday, Dec. 5 to discuss Franz Kafka's The Trial.

2003 Events

• Picnic to Meet the President: An estimated 160 Cornellians of all ages living in Berkshire and Columbia Counties attended the 2nd Annual Picnic & Informal Get Together August 24, 2003, at Tom and Nancy Clark’s Old Chatham Sheepherding Company in Old Chatham, New York. Read more.



• On June 8, a capacity crowd met at the home of Michael and Joan Ury to hear Guest Speaker Jane Brody, Class of '62. She is the Personal Health Columnist and science writer for the New York Times. She spoke on the topic "Living Long and Enjoying Life," which was followed by a question and answer period and fruits and desserts.