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70 | Charles Adelman, JD '73 (charles.adelman@cwt.com) and wife Debbi (Gerard) '71, MS '74, enjoyed Charles's 30th Law school reunion in June 2003. He was elected president of the Cornell Law Assn. for a two-year term. Debbi has been chair of the President's Council for Cornell Women since July 1, '03. She was also named president of Citibank Commercial Real Estate, a division of Citigroup. Their daughter Karen started at Harvard in the fall of 2003. Karen's brother Mark '05 sees it as a ploy to get Cornell-Harvard hockey tickets more easily. Charles and Debbi live in New York City.

Diana Christopulos, an avid outdoorswoman who has rafted and canoed many rivers and is now starting to hike the Appalachian Trail, lives in Irving, TX. She has had three careers. First, Diana was a college professor at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, from 1974-79. Next she was on the executive staff of the American Heart Assn. at the national center in Dallas, TX, from 1980-87. Since 1987 she has been owner and president of her own management consulting company, with clients ranging from small nonprofits to Fortune 100 companies. In addition, in 2000 Diana authored "Time, Feeling, and Focus," the official history of the American Heart Assn.

Sharon Hoopes Piers (sepiers@hotmail.com) continues to teach chemistry at West Catholic High School in Grand Rapids, MI, where she lives with husband Ken. He is a chemistry professor at Calvin College and is contemplating retirement in three years. Oldest daughter Christy had a baby boy early last summer-

--the seventh grandchild for Sharon and Ken! Katy, her middle daughter, just earned her MD from Columbia and has started a surgical residency at UCLA. Youngest daughter Meg has graduated from Hope College and is working in marketing. Sharon would love to hear from old Pi Phi sisters (she said old, not me!).

Carol Ann Pratt (cpratt33@wol.com) lived in Marin County, CA, from 1983-2001 and since then has been living in Maui, HI. Carol is a professional photographer, doing corporate, portrait, and wedding photography. For herself, she shoots nature and scenics. In 1992, she developed a unique photo class for people with automatic point-and-shoot cameras. Carol reports that children and adults all love it. She enjoys swimming and snorkeling, and she paddles an outrigger canoe with the Kihei Canoe Club. Carol has also started taking ballroom dance lessons.

In January 2003, Dave Myers (davemyers@state.pa.us; Camp Hill, PA) was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff for Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. It is his second tour of duty with a governor of Pennsylvania. Dave also served in three different positions in former Governor Bob Casey's administration. Abass Kamara '99 works in the office with Dave as special assistant to the governor.

Phil Schwartz is in his 20th year of interviewing local high school applicants to Cornell for the Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network (CAAAN). He and wife Andrea live in Santa Monica, CA. Their son Eric is a freshman at UC Berkeley (Andrea's alma mater) studying engineering. He was accepted at Cornell, but chose to stay in California. Oldest daughter Rachel recently presented Phil and Andrea with their first granddaughter, Ella Rebecca Wagner. Last November, Phil photographed the TV series "American Family" for PBS, shot in high definition digital. Vince Buscaglia (vincebuscaglia@aol.com) is now working and living in Buffalo, NY, his hometown. He is with Livingston International as Director of Regulatory Affairs and once again restoring an older home (his fifth restoration!). During a visit from classmate John Bishop, Vince caught up on old times. John is a professor at Berkeley and the preeminent James Joyce scholar.Vince would love to hear from Cornell friends.

John Boldt (johnboldt@earthlink.net) is pleased to announced that after 25 years of unwedded bliss, Barbara Runser and he were married on Feb. 7, '03 on the 27th anniversary of their first kiss. It was a clear and warm winter day, which is even unusual for California. Congratulations! John continues to travel a lot in his job at HP as director of America's Field Marketing. They live in San Jose, but plan to move to Santa Fe, NM, where John will continue in his position at HP. They ask if anyone is interested in a nice house in San Jose with a view of the entire Bay Area. Hopefully, it is sold by now!

In July 2003, after working as a high school counselor for 32 years, Susan Simon Lotierzo (slotierz@twcny.rr.com; Baldwinsville, NY) joined the ranks of the "unencumbered."Her husband Gerald retired in 2000. Their daughter Lynn '05 is a junior at Cornell in Human Ecology. Their son Mark graduated from Liverpool High School and is off to college. Now Susan and Gerald will be traveling more extensively. She keeps busy with volunteer work and many hobbies and interests, and wonders how she ever had time to work! --Connie Ferris Meyer, 16 James Thomas Rd.,Malvern, PA 19355; e-mail, conimae2@aol.com.

71 | We hope that you are all enjoying a happy and healthy summer. This column begins with the happy occasion of the marriage of two of our classmates, Leslie Kirpich Brill and Les Selbovitz. On a beautiful Sunday in April, Leslie and Les were married at the Cornell Club in Manhattan.Many Cornellians were in attendance including Leslie's children Sarra Brill '01 and Alison Brill '03, and Les's daughter Mariel '05. Also included among the honored guests were Rob Brill '73, Jonathan Brill '78, Vic Lebovici '70, ME '71, Collin Wolff '02, Joe Miller '69, and this correspondent. Leslie, an artist, had a show at the Blue Mountain Gallery in New York the day prior to the wedding. The show was entitled "Trees" and was inspired in part by the beautiful foliage of Ithaca. (Be sure to check your next issue of the alumni magazine for a full report of Cornellians who attended her art opening.) Les is the chief medical officer at Newton Wellesley Hospital in Boston.We wish Leslie and Les much happiness as they begin their life together. You may send good wishes to the happy couple at lselbovitz@partners.org.

Elisabeth Kaplan Boas (Elisabeth71@aol.com) reports that early March saw a mini-reunion in Washington of Pi Lambda Phi, in conjunction with the bat mitzvah of Margot, daughter of John '72 and Susan Laeger Sturc '73. Classmates celebrating included Sue O'Hara '72 and Al Miller, as well as Elisabeth's husband, Art Spitzer.

Ed Yee (eyee007@optonline.net) writes that he is the poster-child for midlife crisis survivors. After 30 years in the information technology field he gave it up to become a realtor, tennis instructor, and substitute teacher. Last year within a three-month period Ed sold his house, got married, bought a house in Goldens Bridge, NY, and began a consulting gig for Pepsi Bottling Group. He is looking for his next professional venture and is considering financial advisor, investment analyst, or perhaps writer. He and his bride Eileen recently returned from a delayed honeymoon to St. Thomas. They both love tennis and play about three times a week.

We received a nice update from Harry Levine III (hlevine@email.uky.edu), who is now living in Lexington, KY. "After 28 years in the pharmaceutical industry, I left the corporate world to continue my research in Alzheimer's disease at Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the U. of Kentucky. Horse breeding and racing are a big part of the culture and industry down here in the Bluegrass."Harry, wife Melissa, and daughter Julia are enjoying Kentucky. Harry has become involved with a community band and is playing in a local ice hockey league.

Charles Klein (chklein@nyc.rr.com) owns a small architectural and interior design firm in Manhattan, and he is currently working on a new house in Israel. Charles travels to Israel frequently and has a great personal tour guide. If anyone is interested he would love to provide you with travel information.He also has commissions that are more local, mostly in the tri-state area.He enjoys his work and has many diverse projects: classical English-style homes in Greenwich, ultra-contemporary houses in the Hamptons, and several Manhattan apartments. Charles and his partner Daniel travel a great deal with Charles's parents, nieces, and nephews. This year they enjoyed a cruise to London for an antique buying trip.

Robert Crystal (crys24634@aol.com) has left the Monroe County (NY) Dept. of Social Services and is a full-time student at Bexley Hall, the Colgate Rochester Divinity School.We wish Bob the best of luck in his studies. Susan Stevens Suarez is a member of the Cornell Biomedical Sciences faculty.We checked her website for a description of her research: "The very basic question that I seek to answer in my research is ‘How do sperm get to the egg?'More specifically, I have been investigating the regulation of movement of sperm in mammalian oviduct." Another member of the Cornell community, Thomas Kilcer, is with Cornell Cooperative Extension as regional field crop and soils specialist in Rensselaer County, NY.

Jonathan Collin (townsendpublisher@yahoo.com) traveled to Germany last fall and had a wonderful trip. Jonathan reports there were "no crowds, no tourists, easy wandering through small and large German towns. And the Austrian Tyrol is very lovely."He wonders if any classmates are interested in a '71 trip to Europe. Write to the class column and let us know.

If you look forward to reading the class column with each issue of your Cornell Alumni Magazine, please share some news about yourself and we will print it. You may e-mail either of your class correspondents or send us a note when you return your class dues card. --Linda Germaine-Miller, lg95@cornell.edu; and Matt Silverman, mes62@cornell.edu.

72 | When the deadline for this column arrived in April, our inventory of news items was almost depleted and your latest voluntary disclosures had not yet arrived from Alumni House.We considered dispatching undercover sleuths to investigate you from afar and file private reports for future publication, but most of the sleuths we know claim to be preoccupied with terrorism and Iraq. On the other hand, it is possible that we are merely pretending they are preoccupied, and that our undercover sleuths have already begun insinuating themselves into your lives. To avoid potential embarrassment, we strongly suggest that you step up the pace of voluntary disclosures so other techniques will not become necessary. Tell-all reporting is surprisingly effective.

Class president Bruce Graev has joined Smith Barney Citigroup as a vice president for investments, based in Lawrenceville, NJ. Thomas Kelsey, MBA '77, finished a stint as commercial counselor at the US Embassy in Stockholm last summer, and is completing language training and preparation for his new tour as commercial counselor at the US Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia. Janet Epstein has been named associate director of the R.A.P.E. Center in the Division of Student Affairs at Syracuse U. She had previously served as sexual assault response coordinator and student advocate at the center.

Janet O'Connor Humble is working in Boston as an adult nurse practitioner specializing in diabetes care. Her son James is a junior at Tufts studying computer science engineering, and daughter Emily is a junior in high school enjoying music and dance. Marilyn Akland Jemison enjoys her job as children's librarian at Burgundy Farm Country Day, a progressive K-8 school in Alexandria,VA. Son Chad graduated from Colgate in 1999 and is now in grad school studying environmental education. Son Scott is studying economics at George Mason U., and son Cory is studying mathematics at Hamilton College. -- Gary L. Rubin, glrubin@aol.com; Alex Barna, alexander.barna-1@nasa.gov.

73 | I write this after a one-week sojourn to Baghdad that demonstrated the challenge of winning hearts and minds. The regular lobbing of mortars into the Green Zone made it clear that, in the case of those in possession of the heavy weapons, the conversion process is incomplete. One Saturday morning, four mortar shells fell just across the Tigris from our hotel, providing a remarkably persuasive wake-up call.

A lot of dedicated government people are plugging away at reconstruction, and a few adventurous small businesses have started partnerships, but it wasn't a comfortable place to be as of last April . . . although, for thrill-seekers, I can recommend the Royal Jordanian flight into Baghdad from Amman (actual cabin announcement: "Welcome aboard Royal Jordanian flight 814, non-stop service to Baghdad, God-willing") for its spiraling final approach--something about eluding surface-toair missiles. You'll want to keep that seat belt securely fastened. Anyway, if you're looking to get in on the ground floor in Iraq, this is the time.

In the news . . . Charles Wait writes from Saratoga Springs, NY, to say he's in the second year of a three-year term on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York--in the chair next to Sandy Weill '55. They comprise the only two optimists in the room. Charles Jr. '04 is off to law school after graduating this year, while son Christopher is a sophomore at Vassar, and daughter Sascha is a sophomore at Emma Willard.

Ted Habgood writes from Hamlin, NY, that son Brent is a freshman at Genesee Community College and daughter Jenny is considering applying to Cornell next year. Ted now heads up a commercial loan market for the Steuben Trust Company. He reports visiting Steve Jones and finding him still a favorite teacher at his high school. Ted also keeps in touch with Leon Kundrotas, a physician in the Air Force stationed in London. Francisco Marchan now works as an electrical engineer in Puerto Rico, where he lives with wife Andria (a psychologist) and 16-year-old son Joshua. Tom Fridstein, BArch '74, was elected CEO of Hillier Architecture.He previously served as managing principal of Hillier New York, and has worked on projects including Shanghai's Jin Mao Tower, the tallest building in China.

That covers the self-reported news, and since it wasn't much--and because passionate appeals for additional submissions don't seem to work--I decided to play hardball and resorted to Internet searches to obtain what follows.

Caleb Rossiter, PhD '83, is on the faculty of the School of International Service in Washington, DC, following a long career as a practitioner of foreign and military policy. Previously, he served on the staff of the congressional Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus, then as director of the advocacy group Demilitarization for Democracy, and finally as a consultant to a number of Washington-based non-governmental organizations, including the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, Peace Action, and the Center for International Policy. He also helped plan and direct the "No Arms to Dictators" Code of Conduct campaign and co-founded the US Campaign to Ban Landmines. An impressive resume and, considering the number of neo-cons patrolling the waters in DC, a courageous one as well.

Michael Maas is a professor of history at Rice U., specializing in classical Greek and Roman history, late antiquity, and Byzantium.His recent titles include "A Historical Study of Junillus Africanus' Instituta Regularia Divinae Legis with Translation and Commentary." So that's what those guys were doing in the classics cage in the Uris stacks! Elizabeth A.Zimmer is principal investigator at the Smithsonian Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, and a research associate with the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.

Bruce Jentleson, PhD '83, is Director, Terry Sanford Inst. of Public Policy, and chair of the public policy studies department at Duke U. The second edition of his latest book, American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century, was published in 2003. Paula M. Singer is president/principal consultant at the Singer Group in Reisterstown, MD. She also serves as a faculty associate at Johns Hopkins, and is on the national faculty of Nova Southeastern U. T. Warren Jackson has been named to the California Workforce Investment Board. He serves as assistant general counsel in the Corporate Law department of Hughes Electronics in El Segundo, where he's been since 1984. He also served on the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners from 1996 to 2001.

If I left you out, just update your Web posting to include the phrase "Cornell University 1973" and I should be able to Google a beeline to your resume.

Finally, last February we hosted Carol Worman Nolan, who was in Seattle for an Amgen Conference.My wife Patti (Miller) '72 had seen her at reunion, but I hadn't seen her in 33 years, since first meeting her on a double date when we were 19. And as the three of us chatted in the family room on that chilly Mercer Island evening, I commented to myself that but for a touch of gray, and an inability to stay awake much past 8:30, we could all have been 19 again. Another reason I refuse to open my AARP invitation. -- David Ross, dave@daveross.com; Phyllis Grummon, phg3@cornell.edu.

74 | Some of this news is from News Forms that were received last January, and since many of us caught up on news at reunion, some of this may be "old news," but here goes anyway. (Full coverage of Reunion Weekend will appear in the September/October issue.)

Many classmates visited Cornell as parents of prospective students or current students. Roger Evans visited Cornell last September. He writes the following: "It was amazing how a wave of memories and associations swept through me. Since then, I have been actively investigating a number of aspects of the university--admissions, research efforts, athletics, campus life--and I am pleased that the university is doing so well. Cornell is doing a lot of things right: eCornell, efforts to strengthen athletics, a broader and better student body (especially in statutory schools)." Roger adds that he and wife Lisa met as AFS students in Germany in 1969-70 and were not in touch for 30 years. They were re-connected via the AFS website, and after 27 trips between Dallas and Lancaster, PA, they were married on September 2002. Lisa is a singer/volunteer against domestic abuse. Roger invites any classmate coming to Dallas to "stay with us on a moment's notice."

Perry Jacobs (ezrac74@hotmail.com) visited Cornell in February 2004 with daughter Jessica, a high school junior at the time.Wife Lisa became the first parttime partner at Shearman and Sterling, a New York City law firm. Wendy Schwartz Wein (wswein2002@yahoo.com) also visited Cornell to see daughter Allison '04. On a trip to Cornell in November 2003, Ira and Susan Weitz Jaffe '73 visited their daughters Rebecca '04 and Amy '07. Daughter Barbara graduated from U. of Maryland in 2003 and is attending New York Law School, and daughter Linda is a 10th grade student at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD. Lenore Tucker of Brooklyn, NY, writes that son Elliot Tucker-Drob will be graduating from the Arts college in May with a degree in psychology.

Rhonda Kraft Sherman and husband Martin announced that their son Eric was accepted early decision to the Class of '08 in the Ag college. Older son Michael '99 (U. of Pennsylvania Law School '03) is now working at Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP in NYC and is engaged to Sara Lesser (also Penn Law '03). Daughter Carolyn graduated Syracuse U. in '01 and is now working for InterActiveCorp in NYC. Younger daughter Lauren '05 is a Textiles and Apparel Design major. Rhonda and Martin enjoyed a special campus visit when they were invited to President Lehman's "World Class and World Reaching: Undergraduate Education at Cornell," held last November 14-15. It was an opportunity to connect with fellow alumni who are parents of Cornell students and to sample the teaching of several faculty members discussing current topics in the university.

Also on campus, Joseph Laquatra, PhD '84, was elected chair of the National Consortium of Housing Research Centers for 2004-06. The consortium consists of representatives from 17 universities and is currently working with the National Science Foundation to develop a national housing research agenda. Joe is a professor of design and environmental analysis in the Hum Ec college. Rodger Engebrethson, ME '75, sends greetings from Northern California (Benicia). He had hoped to attend reunion, but the dates conflicted with end-of-school activities. Rodger has a son who (at the time of writing) is a freshman in high school and a daughter who is in seventh grade. Rodger is an en- gineering manager and recently added another refinery in Los Angeles. He notes that volunteer work is a primary focus with coaching, refereeing, Boy Scouts, and church youth.

Ann Trueblood Raper and husband David entered the empty nest phase last fall when daughter Carrie entered ninth grade at The Hotchkiss School and son Jonathan became a freshman at Earlham College. Ann lives in Summerfield, NC, and stays busy serving on boards, volunteering, and traveling. Kathleen Ann Jacobson (kajphd@mail.com) is living in Minneapolis with husband Paul Kopatz and children Leslie, 17, and Keith, 14. As of last January, they were keeping their fingers crossed on Leslie getting accepted to Cornell. Scott Gillin wrote to say he ran into Walter Howard, ME '76, and his sons Brian,Warren, and Scott at the Lehigh-Towson football game. Scott's son Bradley is a junior at Lehigh with Wally's son Warren. Scott is a gastroenterologist in the Summit Medical Group and Wally continues to live and work in Connecticut.

Two classmates participated in events sponsored by the Silicon Valley chapter of the Cornell Entrepreneur Network (www.cen.cornell. edu). Shelly Porges, MPS '77 (shellyporges@hotmail.com) was a member of a panel of alumni for an all-day event last January. In 2003 Shelly launched a new firm, Global Payments Experts LLC, that provides business strategy consulting for major financial institutions. She did business with fellow Cornellian Steven Gal '88. Shelly has two children, Stephen, 17, and Ariel, 13. The February CEN event featured Phil Tusa, VP of marketing of InVision Technologies, a leading provider of explosives detection systems for the aviation security industry. In the fall of 2003 Samuel Hunt (huntboys@mchsi.com) spent two weeks in Ethiopia on a surgical mission. He writes, "As a family physician, I screened patients pre-op and provided post-op care. Our team performed the first open heart operations in the country. At home, I am busy with my medical practice and duties as president of our local school board."

Ron Berger practices internal medicine in Springfield, MA, and is a marathoner.He plans to run in the 2004 Boston Marathon for Griffin's Friends, a charity that raises money for the children's cancer unit at Baystate Medical Center.Wife Carol is a school psychologist. They have sons Michael, 24, a grad student in biophysics at Harvard, and Robert, 20, a junior at Princeton. Peter Griffith is in the New England office ofWhitestone Realty Capital, busy with financings and looking forward to a robust '04.Wife Nadine volunteers in nature programs at local elementary schools. Daughter Devon '02 is making her mark as corporate sales manager for Boston's leading boutique hotel, Nine Zero.

Laurie Harkness Devlin lives in Lake Placid where she and husband Mike built a new home. Laurie is working at the elementary school with kids with reading disabilities. "A completely new career at 50.Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks?"Her girls are 15 and 14. One is an avid runner, the other is a soccer player, and both cross country ski race. Steven Kubisen (steve.kubisen@surf.usu.edu) has a new job as the director of the Office of Technology Management and Commercialization at Utah State U. Research Foundation in Logan, UT. In December 2003 Dennis Pape joined UTEK's Scientific Advisory Council. Dennis is president of Alpha Launch and an entrepreneur-in-residence at the U. of Central Florida Technology Incubator.He is the author of numerous publications in the field of optical information processing and lives in Orlando, FL. In December 2003 Steven Heyer was named president and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola's North American division. Steve lives in Atlanta.

The January/February 2004 issue had an incorrect e-mail for Cary Frumess. The correct e-mail is frumess@nyc.rr.com. Cary toured colleges in New England last February with his daughter Jeannine. During a stop at Brown U., Cary had lunch with Jeff Hoffstein '74, who is a professor of mathematics there, and his wife (also a Brown math professor), and got to see photos of their two beautiful children Adam and Samantha. Cary recollected how he and Jeff were both Gilbert and Sullivan enthusiasts in high school and were fortunate to spend many happy hours together working on productions for the Cornell Savoyards. -- Betsy Beach, eab52@cornell.edu; Linda Meyers Geyer, lgdesigns@cox.net; and Steve Raye, spr23@cornell.edu.

75 | There is a lot of news, so, let's get to it. Warren Schimpf, MS '76, is president of Advanced Fiber Technologies Inc. in Wilmington, DE, which does advanced composite R&D for government and industry, but he's planning ahead for his retirement. He recently moved to a home on the picturesque Chesapeake Bay, which will become his retirement home in the not-so-distant future.Warren and his wife enjoy traveling, including short trips to New York and Virginia to visit their children, and a summer cruise to Nova Scotia and the northeast US last year.

Speaking of great vacations, Stephen Pearlman and his family went to London and Paris last April to celebrate Passover with their French cousins. They've also traveled to New York to watch Stephen run in the NYC Marathon, which he says was an unforgettable experience. Scuba diving off the coast of Honduras was the vacation of choice for C. Scott Nelson of Hinsdale, IL.His "rush" was a shark dive with his 15-year-old son Doug. Scott is VP of accounting for General Growth Properties Inc., the second largest retail REIT in the US. It has tripled in size since he joined the firm five years ago. Scott also has a daughter Liz, a senior in high school.

Our classmates have pursued a wide variety of medical careers. Laurie Grant serves on the admissions committee of New York Medical College, where she is an assistant professor. During her free moments, Laurie is busy writing, biking, collecting antiques, traveling (most recently to New Zealand), and enjoying the theater. Suzanne Atkin is currently associate professor of medicine at New Jersey Medical School in Newark, NJ, where she teaches internal medicine to medical students and residents at University Hospital, an inner city academic center. She also provides medical care to indigent patients, and regrets having taken French rather than Spanish in college. Suzanne and husband Bill Platt and teenage sons Brian and Kevin went camping and white-water rafting on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Brian just began college at Emory U., having told his Cornell parents that the weather is much better in Atlanta than Ithaca--but Suzanne misses the Ithaca winters!

Stephanie Bush-Baskette, who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly before joining Governor Florio's cabinet as Commissioner of the Dept. of Community Affairs, has been named director of Rutgers-Newark's Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies. Its goals are to advance research on cities and metro areas and apply that research to urban public policy issues. Wendy Roxin Shinay proudly reports from Rochester that daughter Brittany has, at this writing, advanced past the regionals in Philadelphia to the Youth America Grand Prix final competition in ballet at Lincoln Center in NYC (definitely the big time). Janet Rivkin Zuckerman is a former attorney who retrained to become a clinical psychologist/psychoanalyst and now privately practices in White Plains, NY. She and husband Joseph '74 have gone "legacy" now that oldest son Scott has been accepted early decision to the Ag college for the fall.

Vicky Rath Raff loves the outdoors, and proves it every day by cattle ranching and raising two kids in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Hole in the Wall Country" in Wyoming. Vicky keeps busy with school, community planning (in a town of 240 after a devastating flood a year ago), looking out over the beautiful Big Horn mountains, branding, roping, riding, rodeo, barrel racing, kids' sports, and traveling to Denmark. I'm tired just writing about it! Aline Ordman writes that she is an artist and teacher in Hanover, NH. She is in several galleries and can be found at www.alineordman.com. Son Max is a freshman at Amherst, and daughter Samantha is in the 8th grade.

Ann Welge Schleppi, in Las Vegas, happily celebrated 24 years of marriage with husband Craig and five grandchildren, with whom they spent a week in Virginia Beach last summer. Ann notes, "Sometimes that boring stability of having the same spouse, job, and home from year to year is a good thing!"What hasn't been boring is Ann and Craig surviving two 100-year floods since moving to Vegas in '98. Peter Goglia is executive director of engineering for Seagate Technology in Edina, MN. Enjoyment of life also includes being church treasurer, singing in the choir, skiing, home remodeling, attending T-Wolves games, and attending the Bondurant Racing School. Mary Anne Germain is in her 25th year as a science teacher at Windham High School in Willimantic, CT. Husband Jonathan Kreisberg '74 just celebrated his 24th year with the NLRB in Hartford. They visited daughter Kara '05 in Seville, Spain, went to Ireland ("love those bed and breakfasts"), and are most proud of son Jay for achieving his Eagle Scout award and getting accepted by Ohio State.Mary Anne says, "Both of us are anxiously awaiting retirement together."

Randy Friedman Freedman is excited to report that she was promoted to executive director of her community's JCC. Eighteen-year-old son Jesse is also thrilled, Randy says, as that means she isn't home very much. Randy spent a day with Katie Gabinet-Kroo and Nadine Salley, MS '79, and assorted spouses, kids, and siblings, to celebrate their big birthdays this year. Laurie Michael Roth is keeping Cornell well supplied--daughter Ariel has been accepted to A&S for the Class of '08--and so has niece Sarah Koenig, daughter of Scott '73, PhD '79, and Robin Michael Koenig. Ariel will join brother Jason '05 in A&S.

Keep the news coming. -- Mitch Frank, mjfgator@aol.com; Deb Gellman, dsgellman@hotmail.com; Karen DeMarco Boroff, boroffka@shu.edu; and Joan Pease, japease1032@aol.com.

76 | Sorry to say that there is not much to report because the responses from the News and Dues mailing have not reached me yet. However, a few classmates have sent news via e-mail. Lucinda Antrim is moving out of the field of public administration and into social work, finishing her degree in May '04.Her three children, John, 15, Tess, 13, and Tim, 11, and husband Matthew Cashin will be cooking and washing their own for two more years, however, while she completes a residency in psychoanalysis and spirituality at a clinic in Manhattan. She sees Carla Holder in a local church almost every Sunday evening for a delightful half hour of silent centering prayer.

John Wiest answered an e-mail plea for updates, but said he didn't have a lot of exciting news. He has been busy expanding his marketing consulting practice, Wiest & Co., but "fu-gettabout" another commercial message.He wrote that the San Francisco Bay Area alumni are buzzing in anticipation of President Jeffrey Lehman '77's April arrival and presentation at the historic Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Late last year they were also honored by the visit of Peter Lepage, then Acting Dean of Arts and Sciences. He impressed everyone with his energy, knowledge of, and commitment to the Arts, while maintaining Cornell's eminence in big science. It was especially fitting that he returned to his old stomping grounds, Palo Alto. A former physicist and now the official dean, Peter Lepage had been a graduate fellow at the Stanford Linear Accelerator.

Bill Owens teaches Classics at Ohio U. in Athens, OH. His son Ben turned down a chance to be Cornell '07 (according to Bill, who says, "the fool!"), and opted for Carleton College instead. In retrospect, Bill says, it was a mistake to visit Cornell in mid-March with soggy toilet paper from Dragon Day hanging from tree branches, a gray sky, and the Arts Quad churned into a field of mud. Looked good to Bill, but not to Ben. He is still holding out hopes for his daughter Maggie (Cornell '10?).

A personal note. I am pleased to be working in the Lexington Public Schools and have recently been joined by fellow Cornellian Shannon Dungan '00, who has joined the staff of my elementary school. Please send in your class dues if you haven't already done so, and include some information for this column on the News Form. You can also e-mail your correspondents. --Lisa Diamant, Ljdiamant@aol.com; Karen Krinsky Sussman, krinsk54@aol.com; and Pat Relf Hanavan, Relf@tds.net.

77 | One of the great advantages of attending a university such as Cornell is that it provides the opportunity to meet people from different places and gain a variety of perspectives. Indeed, as I was going through the latest package of Class News, I read through 15 forms before the state of residence was repeated.

New Jersey: Bruce Schafer, MBA '79 (bruce.schafer@verizon.net) is a loyal contributor to the column and I've enjoyed reading his annual news updates. Bruce notes that he's still gainfully employed at ADP Brokerage Services, working as hard as ever, but now he's starting to wonder when he can expect to relax a bit and enjoy some of the fruits of success. I suspect Bruce is not alone in this sentiment. However, he does spend his spare time in a fruitful manner. Last year, he went on a fourday "Homes of Hope" house-building trip to Tijuana in memory of a friend who died suddenly in September 2001. They built a little house for, as Bruce describes it, a "homeless but hopeful" family. He intends to go on a similar mission during 2004. Bruce also spends time with his family on "little voyages." This past fall they visited Lancaster, Shelter Island, and Boston, and even got to see some classmates.

Massachusetts: In 2003, Patricia Johnson,MA '79, was awarded the Metcalf Cup and Prize, Boston U.'s highest teaching award, for excellence in teaching. Patricia is an assistant professor of classical studies in the university's College of Arts and Sciences. Students report that she has "the rare gift of bringing the 'dead language' to life" and that "she makes learning Latin and studying it impossibly fun." Patricia is considered an innovator in the way she teaches. She spearheaded the creation of an extensive Web-based inventory of digital images of the ancient world. For example, she will have her students read the plays of Plautus and juxtapose them with the image of Rome as portrayed in modern American cinema. Students find her scholarship requirements to be strenuous, but continually strive to enroll her classes.

Georgia: Jeff Brown (Jeffrey203@charter.net) has lived in Roswell, GA, with his family for the past four years. Jeff runs a $200 million contractual services business for GE Power Systems, servicing power plants for utility customers all over the country. Jeff mentions that he attended the Assn. of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting in New York and enjoyed renewing old friendships. To that end, he invites anyone in the Atlanta area to get in touch with him.

Pennsylvania: Chuck Samul continues to sell wine for Winebow in the Philadelphia area.Wife Pam Shipley recently earned a master's degree from Columbia U. and has a booming practice as an educational consultant and learning specialist. The Samul/Shipley family spends as much time as possible at their cabin in Westport, NY, skiing, hiking, swimming, kayaking, and playing dominos, while their chocolate Lab Teddy Bear defends the cabin against the onslaught of the porcupine population on Coon Mountain.

Illinois: Jim Law (kijdlaw@aol.com) lives in Chicago and has spent the past six years as the executive director of the Office of Special Events for the mayor's office. He enjoys the year-round excitement of producing entertainment, festivals, and parades and has even lectured at MIT's architecture school on the importance of events in city planning.

South Carolina: 2003 turned out to be a challenging year for Alice Lanham (ablanham@comcast.net). In January, her 16-year-old daughter Katie came down with the flu and when she woke up from a nap, she was blind. Her vision returned slowly, but she was still legally blind and had several large blind spots. Eventually, she was diagnosed with the Epstein-Barr virus, but for seven weeks, she had to be tutored at home, with her parents reading history and government texts to her and writing out math problems in letters two inches high. Katie continues to improve, but it may require surgery for her to fully see. Katie's iron determination and her parents' help and support allowed her to finish the school year with a 3.4 GPA. To Katie and Alice and the rest of the Lanham family, the Class of 1977 would like to express our admiration for how you've coped, and we wish you a speedy recovery.

Indiana: Colleen Race Martin (Colleen.Martin@alcoa.com) lives in Newburgh and teaches human resources certification classes. Colleen seems to be on a mission to keep her Midwest family and friends on their toes. First of all, she loves to tell her teenager that she knows the host of the public radio show "Splendid Table" (it's Drew Nieporent) and that she lived in the same dorm as he did. She also just sold her "suburban matronmobile" and got a mid-life crisis car--a red Mini-Cooper. Ohio: Susan Solomon (sjsfrs@aol.com) is a family physician with Timberstone Family Practice in Toledo. Susan is married to Fred Stockton and they have children Melissa, 12, and Douglas, 11.

New Mexico: John Stephens lives in Albuquerque and was recently named chairman of the ASTM International Electronics Committee. John is principal member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories and his career at Sandia has focused on alloys for metal/ceramic joining. John has also worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company and Exxon Research and Engineering.

California: Mark Turgeon (mturgeon@rapidigm.com) left the restaurant business after 30 years and moved to San Jose to take a job as managing partner of a software integration company named Rapidigm. They implement and integrate tier 1 ERP applications SAP, Oracle, and PeopleSoft.

Well, we only got through ten of the states, but more to come the next time I write. As I said, it's a pleasure to hear from you all and I hope you enjoy reading about your classmates as well. -- Lorrie Panzer Rudin, lorrie_b_rudin@fanniemae.com; or Howie Eisen, eisenh@tuhs.temple.edu.

78 | It is with immeasurable sadness that we share with you the news of the death of our friend and classmate Ken Mogil, president of the Class of 1978. All of us who knew Ken are devastated by this tragic loss. He was the loyalest and truest of friends.

Ken achieved much success in his too-short life.With his brothers Jeff and Bob he built a thriving insurance business, and became a nationally respected insurance executive. He married the bright and beautiful Randi Solomon, and together they had two amazing children, Bari and Dylan. Nothing gave Ken greater joy than the accomplishments of his daughter and his son. No phone call with Ken ended without a word on Bari's latest tennis match or Dylan's soccer victory. Ken was a contributor in his community as well, coaching sports and working with Randi for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Of course, no tribute to Ken would be complete without mention of all he did for his beloved alma mater. As an undergraduate at Cornell, Ken touched the lives of countless students, not just as a classmate and friend, but as a mentor to younger Cornellians. He took his job as a resident advisor very seriously, and supported the freshmen in the U-Halls and later in Donlon as they worked through the many challenges college life brings. His patience, good humor, and warm smile helped solve problems big and small.

In 25 years, Ken never missed a meeting of the officers of the Class of 1978.He was involved in every single reunion of our class since graduation. Ken had no equal in the reunion planning business and developed quite a reputation among alumni class leaders for his creativity and attention to detail. Those of us who were in Ithaca last June know just how well deserved that reputation was. Our 25th Reunion was an enormous success, due in very large part to Ken's efforts. Ken also remained active with the Cornell Club ofWestchester County, hosting a gathering at his home in August for incoming freshmen.When it came to Cornell, Ken never said no.

At Ken's funeral service, the rabbi noted how true it is that none of us ever knows the demons the person beside us confronts. It's important for us to remember each day to show kindness, compassion, and support to those around us. Think of Ken and reach out.

Contributions may be made in Ken's memory to the Cornell Class of 1978 Memorial Scholarship, c/o The Cornell Fund, 55 Brown Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850, or to Mt. Pleasant PBA, PO Box 223, Hawthorne, NY 10532 (please designate for Dive Team equipment). Expressions of condolence, love, and support may be sent to Randi, Bari, and Dylan Mogil c/o Alumni House, Cornell University, 626 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850. In addition, we plan to assemble a book of remembrances from Ken's Cornell friends to give to his family. Please send your thoughts, photos, etc., to Mary Bowler Jones, 718 Hertford Rd.,Wilmington, DE 19803, or e-mail, mbowler78@aol.com.

Ken, we will treasure your memory and your friendship forever.We hope you have found peace. -- Mary Bowler Jones, mbowler78@aol.com; Pepi Leids, pleids@aol.com; and Eileen Brill Wagner, brillcon@aol.com.

79 | Greetings to all! As you read this, ReUNion 25 will be part of our collective memories and an incentive to head back to Ithaca in 2009 (!) for our 30th! Stay tuned to the September/October issue for a full Reunion Report.

Sue Stein Klubock was planning on being on campus for reunion starting on Saturday morning. Daughter Emily, who has been accepted early decision to the Ag college, has her prom on Friday evening. Emily is a third-generation Cornellian since Sue's dad graduated in '49. Sue and her husband Steve moved from Virginia to Chappaqua, NY, seven years ago. Sue is the accounting manager for Gaston & Associates Inc., an independent insurance agency in Mt. Kisco, the president of which is Fred Gaston IV '81. Since moving back to the New York City area, Sue has had the opportunity to see many Cornell buddies: Judi Greif, Resa Mestel and Alan Fox, Cindy Smith-Menchin '80, Joan Herbstman '79, and Steve Schwartz '82. Cindy also hosts an annual Kappa Delta reunion at her home during the summer and welcomes attendees.

Libby Hoffman Liebschutz has been appointed Administrative Law Judge in the Department of Public Services' Office of Hearings and Alternative Dispute Resolution. As an ALJ, Libby conducts hearings on matters that come before the NYS Public Service Commission, the five-member decision-making body responsible for regulating investor-owned utilities in the state. Libby and husband David have daughters Jen, 15, and Rebecca, 10, who enjoy lots of music and sports activities. They recently took a family trip to Israel, and Libby commented on how going with kids makes you appreciate how "eye-popping" all the sights are, as well as how many civilizations have existed in the area. Mary Kendall Rago is in her 15th year with the Ochsner Clinic in Baton Rouge, LA, as an otolaryngologist, and she thoroughly enjoys her work. Her wonderful husband Steve is in culinary school, and Mary comes home every night to incredible meals. Their Labrador retriever, Carman, has learned how to bodysurf in the Gulf. Mary writes, "Life is good."

Donna Moskowitz Fork is a copy editor and the classical music reviewer for the Huntsville Times newspaper in Alabama. Donna is also an attorney and is doing pro bono work on the Redstone Arsenal by providing assistance to the legal staff. Carl Zapffe's restaurant, The Bakehouse, located in Austin, TX, just celebrated its 20th anniversary and Carl used the occasion to remodel. Carl writes, "I'm very proud of it. It's almost as much fun as watching my 10- and 7-year-old boys play their sports."

I (Cindy Ahlgren Shea) had the good fortune to catch up with classmates who attended a terrific pre-reunion cocktail party in early February, hosted by Ellen Rachlin and Laurie Netter Sprayregen at Laurie's beautiful home in NYC. Class president Jeff Berg, MBA '81, was on hand, as were Bob Young and wife Marie. Bob and I had fun reminiscing about his heptagonal shot-put championship that added to our class's glory. Bob and Marie have three beautiful daughters,Marte, 17, Liana, 15, and Noelle, 6. Marcy Wachtel is a matrimonial attorney at Esanu Katsky and recently enjoyed a trip to London and Paris with her daughter Allison, 13. Zena Saunders, MBA '81, and husband Glenn Schlossberg have daughters Tiana, 9, and Annalee, 5. Liz Van Harnik Douglas and husband Alan live on Central Park West with their children Sara, 7, and Alexandra, 4. Shirley Shung-Suazo is living in Stony Brook with her twins (a boy and a girl). Last summer Shirley and the kids and their grandparents took a Mediterranean cruise.

Ellen Rachlin is working at a new hedge fund in NYC, and husband Willie Portnoy travels frequently to South Carolina in connection with his trading in aluminum. Linda Stone Loeb introduced us to her fiancé Michael Schwartz. Linda works for the Bronx borough president and they plan to make their new home in Riverdale. Dianne Gertner Berger attended the party with husband Richard '78, who was a waiter at Dianne's sorority, SDT. Dianne is a special education teacher and department coordinator at Bernards High School in New Jersey. Dianne and Richard have children Marisa, 17, and Evan, 14. Joanne Reisch, an internist in Norwalk, CT, said that being a doctor is her calling in life. She is recently divorced. Joanne noted on the pad of paper that I circulated: "To Bob Gluck: You should have been here." Other attendees at the cocktail party included: Linda Moses and Arthur Gurevitch, Deborah Seidman Petti, Diane Solomon Doppelt, Brad Ross, Rich Novitch, and Laurie Sprayregen's husband Phil and their kids Jimmy, 14, and Dale, 12. Everyone had a wonderful evening.

In early March, classmates in the Washington, DC, area gathered at Deb Waterman Johns's poolhouse/guesthouse for a pre-reunion celebration. Co-hosting the event with Deb and her husband Ben were Dwight Bush, Jeff Weiss, Scott Gould, and Bob, MS '80, and Stacy Buchler Holstein. Classmates in attendance included Ted and Elina Hum Pratt, Sarah Lister, DVM '84, Karla Bressant, Howard Bleichfeld, Kevin Bruns, Steve and Jody Hiller Winter, Sharon Flank, Jane Lueders, Dan '78 and Sunita Gupta Leeds, Chuck and Anne Wiebe, and Keith Fischler. Everyone enjoyed a light buffet and cocktails and listened to a terrific talk on the upcoming presidential elections given by Dwight Bush's friend Peter Knight, who has held various jobs on Capitol Hill. Fun was had by all and everyone came away with enthusiasm for the reunion and for the diversity and depth of the Cornell community in Washington.

In the next edition, we'll bring you the news of ReUNion 25. Please don't forget to e-mail Kathy and me at classof79@cornell.edu so that we can all keep in touch. -- Cynthia Ahlgren Shea, cynthiashea@hotmail.com; and Kathy Zappia Gould, rdgould@adelphia.net.

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