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From Cornellians In Memoriam

'69 BS CALS—Robert C. McGuinn of Toronto, ON, April 10, 2025; senior executive at Philips, a multinational technology giant; member of both the 1967 Cornell men's hockey NCAA championship team and the Canadian CIAU championship team; enjoyed golf; active in religious and alumni affairs.

I remember him well. A grity hard playing forward.  I always enjoyed his style of play.

Re:  "The bigger effect on hockey from settlement will probably be roster limits (currently 26)  
By my hand count we are showing 31 for 2025. Does this limit not impact non scholarship schools?
To check that theory I looked at Clarkson and by gosh there are 26 players listed. I looked at a few  other scholarship schools but they do not have official 2025 rosters listed although USCHO conjectures rosters of a bit over 26. Maybe the Ivy limit is 31 and someone had to go.

Should be class of "67

If memory serves Keith Howie class of 1987 was an architect.

Exactly right.  No big pay outs and if at all possible no big decline in pay outs. In many decades of getting endowment income to manage I only recall one year where it went down and it bounced back the next year.  Cornell is  playing the long game.  I had one endowment with the principle amount of $50 created in the late 19th century that was paying out much more than $50 per year in the 21st century.

I do not know what is required to endow a head coach.  I do know in general how Cornell Endowments work.  The gift buys shares in the Cornell University Long Term Investment pool.  Over time the value of shares goes up like a mutual fund partially from growth in value and partially from reinvestment.  The Trustees decide the reinvestment and pay out each year.  In a recessions the pay out may go down.  Generally the payout goes up or at least stays the same.  For 2020 the payout was about 4.4% of the market value of the shares.