Ezra Update - August 2012


	CORNELL'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI & FRIENDS AUGUST 2012

Events

The Breakfast Club - Sept. 5, The Cornell Club-New York City

CSV presents: "Your Brand as a Commodity" - Sept. 6, San Francisco

CEN Philadelphia: "The Business of Baseball" - Sept. 19, Philadelphia

Hatfield Lecture: Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google - Sept. 20, Ithaca

U.S. University Fair at the International School of Amsterdam - Oct. 4, Amstelveen, Netherlands

Men's hockey to battle Michigan in NYC - Nov. 24, Madison Square Garden

CAU travel study tour: Costa Rica: "Birds, Botany and Biology: A Family-Friendly Adventure" - Dec. 21-30, Costa Rica

Spotlight

Come back to Cornell Sept. 21-23 for Homecoming and make new memories! Learn about the fireworks, football game and tailgates, buses from NYC and more.

Obituaries

• Robert Beck, '42, Ph.D. '54

• Dr. Brij Saxena

• William Thurston

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The life of Cornell President Emeritus Dale Corson, who died March 31, will be celebrated Sept. 8 at 10:30 a.m. in Sage Chapel.

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