“Still alive, kicking, and SWIMMING! But travel is now a thing of the past. Thirty-four trips to the Soviet Union/Russia since 1955, and owner of an apartment in Moscow for twenty-one years. I shared the optimism of Gorbachev. I filmed the coup against him in 1991. My documentary A Swan Song for Old Icons was shown twice on PBS WCNY. I deplored Yeltsin and his ‘shock therapy,’ and I am devastated by Putin’s atrocities at home and in Ukraine. I hope there is truth to a Russian saying, ‘Zavtra budet luchshe. Tomorrow will be better.’” – Jack Hodgson ’51