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70 | Early in 2003, Tom McLeod, ME EE '71, and wife Kathy (Mannsville, NY; thm6@cornell.edu) spent 11 weeks on their sailing catamaran, 2 Much Fun. The cruising started at Punta Gorda, FL, and proceeded through the middle Florida Keys to the Bahama Islands, including Bimini, Nassau, Exumas, Eleuthera, Abaco, and Grand Bahama. The return trip came through the Okeechobee Waterway. Son Cam McLeod '94 and wife Kate (Reynolds) '94 and their little daughter Melanie (class of 2023?), rendezvoused with Tom and Kathy in Hopetown on Elbow Cay in the Abacos. Although the warm weather was at times unsettled, there were no complaints from the younger McLeod family, who had escaped the worst winter the Boston area had had in years. During the spring and summer of 2003, Tom and Kathy took part in sailing regattas on Eastern Lake Ontario when they were not busy renovating their summer home at Sandy Pond, NY.

After many years of coaching ice hockey at both Cornell and Ferris State universities, Dick Bertrand founded Hockey College Ltd., a hockey and skating products and services company. The products, including synthetic ice, skillpad, and skateaid, are used to learn and practice the fundamentals of the game. The company operates hockey schools, rinks, and youth hockey associations. Dick can be reached at (616) 949-9966; or fax, (616) 464-4443; or e-mail rlbertr@dellepro.com.He lives in East Grand Rapids,MI. Josh and Amelia Welt Katzen '73 (Newton, MA) are most proud to report that their son Abe is a freshman at Cornell in Arts and Sciences. Josh (jkatzen@aol.com) is a real estate developer in Boston. Amelia is senior enforcement counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency in Boston. Josh serves as chairman of the board of CAMERA (the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) and a board member of JINSA (the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs).He is also a board member at the New Jewish High School of Greater Boston Inc.

Marie Sposito Cerino (Old Saybrook, CT; mariecerino@aaahawk.com) and husband Bill report big news. Both their children, Carla, 27, and Dave, 25, got married in May 2003.Marie is still enjoying her non-managerial position (no beeper, no supervision responsibilities) getting women into substance abuse programs. Bill retired from teaching and is working at Plum Island (Marie says read the book!). All is well. Early in the summer of 2003, Ira Lobel (Delmar, NY; ilobel@nycap.rr.com) retired as a mediator with the Federal Mediation Service.He had spent the last 30 years mediating disputes out of the Albany, NY, office and already Ira has opened his own mediation and arbitration practice.

Peter Ambrose (pa@valstar.net) is a professor of biology at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, NY.He and wife Virginia live in Hudson, and their daughter Abigail is a senior in the College of Human Ecology in the DEA (Design and Environmental Analysis) program. Bill, MBA '74, and Tina Meyn Kelsey, MS '70, bought a 36-foot sailboat in the summer of 2003.  They will be exploring the Great Lakes in the next few years. They live in Findlay, OH, and Bill's e-mail is kanga@bright.net. Dick Amacher (dickamacher@yahoo.com) and wife Barbara live in Rochester Hills, MI. Their daughter Meghan is a freshman at Western Michigan U., studying education. Son Matthew is an emergency medical technician with a local ambulance service. Barb and Dick have begun construction on their retirement home on the shore of Lake Huron in northern Michigan.He is still working on a racing program for General Motors in the Indy Racing League. Barb is busy with many volunteer activities, as well as the new house. They feel fortunate to have many Cornell friends living in the vicinity. Karen Moss Glaser (Philadelphia, PA; karen.glaser@jefferson.edu) writes that their daughter Lena is a member of the Class of 2004 and is a tour guide on campus.

Jerry Roller, who also lives in Philadelphia, PA, reports that his daughter Liz graduated from Cornell in May 2003. Jerry is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the American Inst. of Architects, serving a three-year term as the representative from Pennsylvania, having just concluded a term as president of the Pennsylvania AIA. Jay Styron wants us to know that he is alive and well and living in San Diego County with wife Liz. His e-mail is jstyron@adelphia.net. Sally MargolickWinston's daughter Carla '03 graduated magna cum laude from Cornell and is in Geneva on a Fulbright Scholarship. Sally said the campus looked fabulous and it was great to visit. Last summer, Sally spent a week reuning in Spain with Cornell roommates Phyllis Rabineau, Sharon Sauerbrunn Doyle, BFA '72, and Laura Dingle Avery. Laura's daughter Avery DeVenanzio '03 also graduated from Cornell last May. Sally and husband Morton live in Timonium,MD, and her email is SallyWins@aol.com.

Kathy Law Orloski's third son graduated from Cornell in May 2003. All three of their sons—Richard '94, Kevin '99, and Joseph '03— were in the College of Arts and Sciences. Their little sister Katherine tells everyone that she wants to be part of Cornell's Class of 2010. Kathy and her husband Richard, JD '71, live in Allentown, PA, and her e-mail address is kathy orloski@hotmail.com. -- Connie Ferris Meyer, 16 James Thomas Rd., Malvern, PA 19355; email, conimae2@aol.com.

71 | Don Cox (dcoachguy@hotmail.com) sends us news from North Dakota. "Our oldest,Matt, is married and lives in Reading, PA. He and his wife are building a new house at the moment. Brendan and his bride live in Faribault, MN, where she teaches kindergarten and he does graphic design work for VEE Corp. Ryan and Patrick are in the middle of their first semester at UND and youngest son Michael just started high school and is completing the test for his adult black belt in Tae Kwon Do. My wife Sue (Kennedy) '73 is a black belt in TKD. I coach middle school soccer for boys and girls and keep busy with work and home repair stuff."

Judith Richland (judy@richland.com) lives in the Boston area and works as a graphic designer. She heads up Richland Design Associates, designing corporate collateral, websites, video and news media. Last year Judith completed her third master's degree, an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art. Judith and husband Kevin Shea have three children. Their eldest, Lauren, is in her senior year at Cornell, majoring in French and Visual Studies. Judith keeps in touch with Barbara Covey and would like to locate Gary J.Wolfe.

Last November, my husband Joe Miller '69 and I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of Rachael Smith, Diane Brenner Hardy's daughter, at Oheka Castle on Long Island.Many class of '71s from SDT and Tau Delt were in attendance. Diane lives in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, where she is active in the real estate industry. She was recently appointed as chairperson of the Foundation for Child Advocates of Palm Beach. Contact Diane at dbrenner50@aol.com. Josh Nagin, MD '75, MBA '88 (jnagin@stargate.net) sent us a nice e-mail about his work and family."My daughter Alexis was married in Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, this August and it was just about perfect. My younger daughter T. Meredith '03 finished her senior year at Cornell abroad at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and is now going through a placement process to work in Washington, DC, for the government. I continue to practice emergency medicine but on a part-time basis one or two days a week. I'm looking for the next challenge, but I really haven't decided what that will be. I did take a two-day dirt bike racing school in October in Delaware that was really one of the most fun weekends I've ever had. I got back from skiing last week in Beaver Creek, CO, and next month I've signed on to be the cruise ship physician for a two-week assignment in the Caribbean. I feel very lucky, particularly since I also get to see how fragile life truly is when I'm working in the Emergency Room."

Alan Miller writes from Rockville, MD. He is married to Sue O'Hara '72, BA '71. Alan works at the Global Environment facility overseeing projects to promote clean energy in developing countries. Recent travel included trips to China, South Africa, Germany, and India. From the West Coast we received news from Rob Kahn, who is a physician at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. As a urologist he does lots of minimally invasive surgery. His favorite after-hours activity is whitewater rafting, and he enjoys guiding whitewater river trips. Rob would like to locate Jeanne Bertino and Margie Levy '72. Rob may be reached at kingkahn1150@attbi.com.

Douglas Meyer (pedalsteelman@aol.com) lives in San Diego and has been married to Sue McCormick for 20 years. They have a medical transcription business,McCormick and Meyer, and Doug also works in the San Diego City Schools with adult disabled students. "In addition, I have been a working musician, mostly country, since long before Cornell. I play with any number of groups here, as well as recording and other projects. I played with my first country band way back in '69, and I used to do the Salt Creek Show at WVBR for several years, as well as some of the late night rock shows." Doug has a grandson Beckett James who is almost 2 years old, and his stepson Ian James is currently a MEDEVAC helicopter pilot flying out of the Baghdad Airport.

Lastly we have very sad news to report about our classmate and former class treasurer Elliot Mandel, who passed away suddenly on Dec. 3, '03.His friend and my co-correspondent Matt Silverman shared some thoughts with us: "I am quite upset by Elliot's loss. For more than 35 years he was a good and most loyal friend. We were fraternity brothers at Cornell, we shared a NYC apartment for four years in the late '70s and I managed to introduce Elliot to his wife Kathy. Over the years we shared many happy and sad occasions.We spent many hours together on Cornell-related activities, whether it was as class officers or keeping our fraternity alumni association going or keeping up with our mutual Cornell friends. Although our lives diverged and we didn't see each other as often as we would have liked, I always knew Elliot as a man I could count on. He had great energy, a ready wit, and an ironic sense of humor, and he didn't take himself too seriously. I will miss him very much, but not as much as his wife of 21 years and their two children Josh, 19, and Sarah, 13." Our sincerest condolences to Katherine and family. -- Linda Germaine-Miller, lg95@conell.edu; and Matt Silverman, mes62@cornell.edu.

72 | David Koo writes that he is "still a happy professor of astronomy at the U. of California, Santa Cruz, where the mascot is the banana slug. Professionally, the sky seems to be falling with huge amounts of data—exciting times for an observational cosmologist. This is especially so with the launch of two new NASA telescopes that send back ultraviolet and farinfrared pictures of distant galaxies.Moreover, I am helping to lead two new, major groundbased surveys of galaxies seen roughly to 9 billion years back in time (twice the age of our earth). As for family, Anna and I went to Beijing in February just before the SARS shutdown to pick up our second adopted child, a very happy, healthy but mischievous little boy of 28 months. Our daughter, now 7, enjoys being the big sister, pushing him around and teaching him English. We are fortunate in having travel-tolerant kids and have been to China, Nevada, Arizona, New York City, Ohio,Washington, DC, and Australia just this year. DC was a treat, with the bar mitzvah of Robert Molofsky's younger son Henry. My astronomy also added Hawaii, Zurich, Venice, Tokyo, and Indiana. Next year we hope to see the animals in South Africa."

David Harding, PhD '83, reports from Warrenville, IL: "The Cure for Empty Nest: AIM and Mobile-to-Mobile Minutes.We hear from the girls more often now than when they lived under the same roof." The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell was daughter Betsy's first choice and offers everything she wants, "yet it has proved far greater than she ever imagined. The professors are intelligent, humorous, and helpful, and her peers are equally fun and enjoyable. Despite the occasional chilly weather and overcast days, the gorges and waterfalls have provided a spectacular background that contributes to the stimulating atmosphere. Additionally, the ‘freshman fifteen' takes on a whole new meaning when the food is borderline gourmet and so incredibly convenient." Daughter Maggie is a store manager with Abercrombie and Fitch in Madison, WI. David works at Fermilab, where "the anti-protons are still going in a big circle" around him, and served as president and longtime board member of the Warrenville Park District.

Steven Seifert has been promoted to professor at the U. of Nebraska Medical Center. He is a medical toxicologist and is the medical director of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center, serving Nebraska and Wyoming.Wife Sandy was certified as a long-term care ombudsman, a position that benefits from her training and experience as a psychiatric nurse. Daughter Sara plans to become a veterinarian and was a volunteer diver at a local zoo, where she spent last summer diving in the shark tank with about a dozen sandtiger and brown sharks, as well as some zebra and blacktip sharks, performing maintenance and cleaning of the shark reef and tunnel.

Arnold Resnick and wife Julia Barash '73 proudly announce that their son Dustin and daughter Cassie are members of the Cornell Classes of '05 and '06, respectively. Daughter Vanessa broke the family tradition by choosing Yale, where she plays soccer. Arnold and Julia are still avid tennis players. Julia was recently ranked first in the East in women's doubles for her age bracket. Arnold attended an 80th birthday party for his Cornell coach, Ed Moylen, where he was able to play with former teammates Dirk Dugan, Mark Kaufman '71, JD '74, and Tom Jaklitsch '73. David Marques has two Cornell offspring: daughter Rebecca was a member of the Class of '02 and received a scholarship to attend the San Francisco Conservancy of Music graduate program, and son Gregory '98 is married to Lillian Olsen '97. Steven Coren reports that son Andrew is well established in the College of Arts and Sciences and is enjoying the Cornell experience.

Judi Bloom Hauswirth is in private practice as a psychotherapist and teaches child development and parenting in Santa Monica, CA. James Kozuch, a partner at Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilov Ltd., has been appointed to the Board of Commissioners of Lehigh County, PA. He previously served on the Board of Commissioners of Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, from 1998 to 2003, and was president of the board from 2000 to 2003. Caesar Rivise limits its practice to intellectual property. James concentrates his practice in litigation, client counseling, and trademark and patent prosecution in the fields of mechanical engineering and business methods. -- Gary L. Rubin, 512 Lenox Ave., Westfield, NJ 07090; e-mail, glrubin@aol.com.

73 | As I sit here at my computer, Cincinnati is enjoying its first snow of the season. All is white and crisp, and I actually feel like I could be in Ithaca, where the landscape often takes on this aspect.When I originally began to write in December, I had direct news from only three classmates, but fortunately a dozen News Forms arrived early enough to save this column. Please remember to send news to your struggling class correspondents, who often only hear from you when the news/dues cards flow back to Ithaca at the end of the calendar year.

Roger Jacobs reports that he and wife Robin Hodes recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary. Their son Joshua '06 has joined Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity, and their daughter Rachel played varsity field hockey at Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ. Robert Kosobucki recently joined Western New York Technology Development Center in Buffalo,NY, as a consultant to technology and manufacturing firms. He now can be reached at PO Box 186,Williamsville, NY 14231-0186. Lastly, Jerelyn Marcus Cohen writes from Great Neck, NY, that she is in private practice there in optometry. She is married to Benie Cohen and has sons Jeff, 15, and Adam, 13.

An e-mail from Adult University (CAU) indicates that numerous classmates are taking advantage of Cornell's summer offerings. This past summer brought the following classmates to Ithaca for the listed courses: Mark Cukierski, PhD '85,History of the Book; Paul Foster, Field Ornithology; Martha Burroughs Keagle, Un-Natural History, A Voyage to the Genomic Frontier; Cynthia Warner Terry, Landscape Drawing Studio; and Linda Byer-Collins, DVM '77, Gorgeous Gorges of the Finger Lakes.

Fresh news: Ellen Walser de Lara, PhD '00, writes that her youngest child, J.R. (Joshua Robert), is a freshman at Princeton after spending a year in Switzerland as an exchange student studying languages. Her book And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment & Emotional Violence, coauthored with Jim Garbarino (Simon & Schuster), has come out in paperback this year. Linda Dubins reports that her daughter Hilary Baer is a junior at the U. of Michigan, majoring in political science, while daughter Rachel Baer is a freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design. Daughter Anna is in eighth grade.

Jeffrey and Robin Marantz Henig's daughter Samantha is a sophomore in Arts & Sciences at Cornell, where she's the co-founder of a new magazine called Kitsch. Their daughter Jessica, a Smith grad, is studying for a PhD in English literature at the U. of Maryland. Jeff and Robin moved to NYC last year after 25 years in Washington, DC, where Jeff taught political science at George Washington U. Jeff is now head of the Politics and Education program at Teachers College at Columbia, and Robin has a new book coming out in early 2004, Pandora's Baby, about the early days of in vitro fertilization research. They traded in their nice house in the suburbs for an apartment right near Columbia, and they don't miss the yard work a bit.

Margaret Weaver Jordan is a grief counselor for children and parents who have lost a sibling, parent, or spouse. She also coaches soccer for mentally challenged children and teaches and works in admissions at Polytechnic School in Pasadena, CA.Her husband Thomas is director of the Southern California Earthquake Center at USC.Her daughter Alison McConologue, 26, is a stockbroker in Boston, and son J.P.McConologue, 21, is a junior at the U. of Arizona. Stepdaughter Alexandra Jordan is a senior at USC. Josh '70 and Amelia Welt Katzen recently returned from Parents'Weekend with son Abe '07, who gave them a special concert with his trio, in which he plays cello. Amelia writes that although they missed Abe's Glee Club concert the previous week, he took them to the incredibly beautiful Women's Chorus concert in Sage Chapel.

John Kronstadt became a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge in November 2002; he is currently assigned to the Family Law department. His wife and Cornell classmate Helen (Bendix) has been an L.A. Superior Court Judge since March 1997 and is in a civil assignment. Helen plays violin and viola in the Pacific Palisades Symphony. Daughter Jessica, a senior at Yale, is a member of the varsity volleyball team; son Erik, a sophomore at Cornell, is premed and an American Studies major; and daughter Nicola, 11, enjoys soccer and art. Robert Levy is presently senior patent counsel at Thomson Licensing, Princeton,NJ, and also serves as a lecturer for continuing legal education at PLI in New York City.

Claudia Meer reports that son Jonathan '02, MPA '03, is now a first-year law student at Rutgers U. Claudia enjoyed being back in Ithaca two years in a row for her son's graduations. Denise Meridith just finished a term as executive director of the Arizona Trial Assn. and is busy with her business consulting firm, Denise Meridith Consultants, which does everything from recruitment and outreach for several cities to event planning (coordinating Bill Pickett Rodeo performances in Phoenix). As a member of Cornell's Board of Trustees, she participated in the ceremonies for new president Jeff Lehman '77 in NYC and Ithaca.

Mona Deutsch Miller is still of counsel to Berman, Mausner & Reiser, doing mediation and arbitration in addition to civil business litigation and writing plays and screenplays. Camille Crooks Wright is working as the portfolio strategy development analyst in the Americas Region for the Hewlett-Packard Imaging and Printing Group. She recently returned to Cornell to conduct finance MBA interviews for HP at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Her son Nathan graduated in June 2003 from the U. ofWashington with a BA in English literature and writing.

My good friend Sheila Kojm, M ILR '75, from Bedford, MA, informs me that she is enjoying her new career teaching preschool. We had a lovely visit together in May when returned to Cambridge, MA, as a Harvard Law alumna to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to the august halls of the Harvard Law School. Sheila's husband, Louis Stuhl, PhD '78, is the co-founder and co-owner of ChemMotif, a research and development firm for specialty chemical products. Their son Benjamin '05 will begin undergraduate research in physics this spring. Their daughter Emma has finished field hockey season and is now engaged in indoor track.

All is well with me and mine in dark and snowy Cincinnati.My husband Gerald Greenberg continues to work ridiculous hours closing corporate and finance deals as head of the mergers and acquisitions group at the downtown Cincinnati law firm of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister. Our daughter Allison Greenberg is surviving her sophomore year studying molecular biology at Princeton U. Our son David Greenberg '05 just completed his fall semester as a student at Cornell-in-Washington. Cornell purchased building in the 1980s near Washington, DC's Dupont Circle—a fantastic area—and hosts about 45 students there a semester to study public policy or the American experience while working three days a week in internships found by the students. David worked this fall for the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and had a fascinating and fulfilling experience living in the heart of this great urban city, a true contrast to last winter in Ithaca. I highly recommend this program to all Cornell parents. -- Pamela S. Meyers, psmeyers@fuse.net; Phyllis Haight Grummon, phyllis.grummon@scup.org or phg3@cornell.edu.

74 | First off is the nagging.We need your news—big, little, important, or irrelevant. In December, you all received a mailing asking for a current news update. If you have not done so yet, please take the time to fill it out and send it back to us. In order to do this column, we need your input! Enough said.

Fred Lockwood of Lockwood Publications, has launched Trump World, the company's newest magazine. It joins seven other trade and niche publications and two trade shows. Joining Lady, Fred's Labrador, is new arrival Penny in their New Rochelle home. Bonni Schulman Dutcher, Potomac, MD, has been working for pharmaceutical companies for the past 11 years. She says it is very exciting for her to be working with new cutting edge drugs for cancer. Bonni vacationed in 2002 with Christine Osbahr Bingham '75, MPS '81, in London, where they attended the theater and museums. She also managed a trip to Spain. Alan and Mary Christofaro Lewis '75 continue the Cornell tradition with daughter Amy, who entered in fall '03 as an architecture major. The family resides in Newburgh, NY. Enjoying life on Bainbridge Island, WA, and commuting to his job by motorcycle and ferry is Sam Hemingway. Sam is CFO of the investment bank Cascadia Capital in Seattle.

David Lough is also enjoying Seattle, where he returned in 1999 to launch his own independent management consulting firm. He says he should have done this years ago! An open invitation to all Cornell classmates to visit his Napa Valley, CA, winery comes from John Williams. The winery, Frog's Leap, is starting its 22nd year. Marsha Feinman Byrnes, Lexington, MA, is a very, very proud parent. Younger son Steve won the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology with an original math research paper. The scholarship? A cool $100,000. Steve will attend Harvard. Older son Dan is no slouch either.He graduated from Columbia. Elliott Miller and wife Francine are world travelers when they are not at home in Hewlett Harbor, NY. One of their trips took them to Amsterdam, Holland, where they enjoyed great weather and old European charm.

Carolyn Gregg Will writes that her daughter Erin '01, who has been with the Four Seasons in Philadelphia, is being transferred to the Four Seasons in Jackson Hole, WY. Carolyn is looking for any local info about the area. She can be reached at CJWill@aol.com. Mary Berens caught up with Molly Miller Ettenger in November when Molly was on campus to visit her son Kolb '07.Molly is a physician in central Pennsylvania and has moved into a new specialty, wound medicine. She and classmate Jim Hatfield, an endodontist from Summit, NJ, have offered to set up a tent at reunion to offer wound and root canal consultations! Jim is also a Cornell parent with two kids on campus: Meghan '04 and James '06. Another couple paying a campus visit to their child, Barbara '04, was Ira and Susan Weitz Jaffe '73. Susan and Ira suggested that there be a mini-reunion during Commencement Weekend for all '74 classmates with graduating children. Also in November, Mary had a chance to visit with Sharon Foster, who lives in Syosset and practices law. Her children Daniel Greenfield '04 and Nicole Greenfield '06 are currently studying on the Hill. Peter Robbins, from Westport, CT, is also a frequent visitor to campus, where his daughter Sophie is in Arts and Sciences.

Both Mary Berens and Kris Rupert sent the following news about classmates attending receptions around the country for our new Cornell president, Jeff Lehman '77. These events took place this past fall in NYC (Sept.), Portland (Oct.), Seattle (Oct.), Princeton (Nov.), and Philadelphia (Nov.). Randy Rosenberg was at a luncheon in NYC, while Renee Alexander, Gary Bettman, and Bill Howard attended a reception there. Randy continues to provide great leadership for the Long Island Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network (CAAAN) committee. Renee is busy with her work at the New School and lives in Brooklyn. She is also doing a fabulous job of connecting with all of our African-American classmates and urging them to attend reunion this June. Bill has recently joined the Cornell Alumni Magazine advisory and management committee, so be sure to send any suggestions to him.

In attendance at the Portland reception were: Mary Berens, Barbara Johnson, Carole Timpone, Mort Bishop, and Thomas Keffer. Barbara is a software systems guru working from home. Son Zack is in the class of '06. Carole is an optician.Mort served as host at the reception and is the proud parent of Elizabeth '07, who was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year for volleyball by a unanimous vote of the Ivy League coaches. Colleen McGinn McAleer, Zack Mosner,Mary Berens, and Junichi Tsuji, BArch '75, attended the reception in Seattle. Princeton had a tailgate lunch, which was attended by Robert Boynton and Bill Howard. Bill Kay, BS '77, Mary Berens, Virginia Gehshan, Arthur Scrutchins, Leslie Grey Schneider, and Ethel Ziselman all attended the Philadelphia/Penn tailgate lunch. Please log onto http://presidentevents.aad.cornell.edu/ to see what cities President Lehman will be visiting in 2004.

Kurt, MBA '75, and Joanne Barsa Kreher have announced the marriage of their son Michael '00 to Donna Santoro '01 on June 30, '01. The couple was married in Sage Chapel. Son Brian is currently at Cornell in CALS. They stay in touch with Phil Genetos, Andy Levy, Cliff Goodman, Rick Bauer, Paul Tilley, and Jay Spiegel, although they don't get together enough. Enjoying her 50th birthday party this year was Karen Reamsnyder, DVM '77, of Taunton,MA.Her sister threw her a great party at a local restaurant, which was attended by John Priest and his wife. After her sister's 50th birthday, the two of them traveled to Holland, Switzerland, Belgium (her favorite place), the Alsace region of France, and the Black Forest region of Germany. This European trip ranks second to her trip to Africa. Linda Meyers Geyer has joined Century 21 Beachside in Mission Viejo, CA, as a realtor. She has also been busy designing jewelry from vintage beads, which she sells at an antique mall in the area, and was a juried participant with her jewelry in the Irvine Fine Arts Festival this past November.

Alice Hogan was a guest lecturer at the 2003-04 Provost's Lecture Series at Kansas State U. in October 2003. Her presentation was entitled "The NSF ADVANCE Program: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering." Alice serves as chair of the committees that design and implement the ADVANCE Program. In order to meet their goals, the program provides award opportunities for both individuals and organizations through Fellows Awards, Institutional Transformation Awards, and Leadership Awards. Alice has worked at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on a detail from the foundation and was responsible for coordinating science and technology efforts with Egypt and the Ukraine. Her career has also involved developing the first cooperative projects between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and China.

Jon Tracosas has become president of Foote Cone and Belding's Southern California office in Irvine. FCB is an advertising agency. Jon was previously EVP/general manager for Arnold Worldwide, where he helped solidify the McDonald's business. Past positions have included work for Lenscrafters, Hardee's, Burger King, Eastman Kodak, Lever Brothers, and Nestle. He has also been honored for his part in previous companies with awards "Agency of the Year" and "Marketer of the Year." Jon and wife Beth (Johnston) have two kids and will be moving to California from Connecticut.

Reminder: Our 30th Reunion is quickly approaching—June 10-13, 2004. Hope to see you there. -- Linda Meyers Geyer, lgdesigns@cox.net; Steve Raye, SRaye321@aol.com; and Betsy Beach, ebeach@nortelnetworks.com.

75 | Several of our classmates have weathered the college application process for their children and have shared some terrific news with me. Vicki Hirsch Rosenthal and husband Dave (who is a faculty colleague of mine at Seton Hall U.) report that daughter Michelle was accepted early decision to the U. of Pennsylvania. Their good friends Laurie Michael Roth and husband Eric '74 are thrilled that their daughter Ariel will be a freshman at Cornell next September in the College of Arts and Sciences. Joining her will be Sarah Koenig, daughter of Scott '73, PhD '79, and Robin Michael Koenig. Robert and Paula Kirschenbaum Stein '76 also had the year end on a high note when their daughter Joanna received word of her early acceptance into the ILR school. She'll be joining older sister Erica, who is completing her sophomore year at Cornell. I am sure there are other college transactions out there that we would all really enjoy reading about, so please pass these on to one of our correspondents.

Outstanding honors were earned by Mark Strauss, BArch '76, a principal of the New Yorkbased architecture firm Fox and Fowle. He and his team won a national architecture competition sponsored by the Boston Society of Architects, a competition that asked participants to find practical ways to use the millions of shipping containers that pile up at ports in the US. Mark's winning idea proposed the reuse of abandoned containers as low-cost modules for live/work housing units. In addition to his professional work, Mark teaches urban design at Pratt Institute and has lectured at New York U., City College in New York, Columbia U., and the U. of Pennsylvania. He is also a Fellow of the Inst. for Urban Design.

Also in the field of architecture comes word from North Carolina about Kevin Montgomery, BArch '76. Kevin was recently elected president of the North Carolina Board of Architecture, where he has served since 1997, having been appointed by Governor Hunt. Kevin, the first African American to serve in that capacity in its 86-year history, is Director of Architecture at O'Brien/Atkins Associates, located in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. His professional activities also include active committee involvement on the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards and as an alumni interviewer for Cornell. Congratulations!

Mary Lou Guerinot assumed the presidency of the American Society of Plant Biologists, following an election by her peers in the national and international science community. Mary Lou is a professor in the biological sciences department at Dartmouth College, having earned tenure there in 1991. From 1994 to 1998, she was chair of the biological sciences department, and promoted to full professor during that time. Her research interests are in the area of metal transport and regulation of gene expression by metals. She has focused on iron because increasing the ability of plants to take up iron could have dramatic impact both on plant nutrition and human health. In fact, iron deficiency afflicts more that three billion people worldwide. In addition to her work with the American Society of Plant Biologists,Mary Lou is a member of the National Science Foundation Advisory Board for Biological Sciences.Wonderful news!

More newsmakers include Neil Getnick, JD '78, who was recently quoted in the New York Times for his thoughts on business fraud litigation. Neil was commenting on the topic of releasing documents of Enron CEO Kenneth Lay.

Our classmates have stayed connected with Cornell by attending the many events nationwide for Cornellians. A "Meet the New President" night (technically called "Rolling Out the Big Red Carpet") was sponsored by the Seattle, WA, alumni. In attendance was Bradley Marten, who works for MartenBrown in Seattle, and Mark Stepich, a program manager for Expedia Inc., also in Seattle.

Many '75ers took in the Cornell-Princeton football game in November. Exchanging news was Sheila Cromwell, who lives in Bronxville, NY. Joanne Bicknese, DVM '78, is now with Bristol-Myers Squibb in Lawrenceville, NJ. When not working (which is pretty rare!), she is busy fox hunting and showing horses. Drop her an e-mail at locustwoodfarm@optonline.net. Cynthia Coulter George (cgeorge@sgcfamlaw.com) practices family law in Greenwich, CT. Her daughter Caroline is a high school junior. Big brother Dan is a junior at George Washington U.Her sister Pam Coulter Mason '76 was in attendance with husband Mike and sons Link and Jake. Most of us in the New York area can hear Pam on the radio, bringing us up-to-date on news from the Washington, DC, area. Cindy's parents, Cecilia and William Coulter '45, BS '49, also enjoyed the game.

Joan Milbauer Husserl (jbm18@cornell.edu) was in attendance also. She is a consultant in the nutrition field, living in Bellmore, NY. Nancy Gross Osborn saw the game, but since she works at Princeton, we're not sure for whom she was rooting! Susan Todes Perl is involved with the Cornell Alumni Club at Princeton, and is a consultant for VISComp systems there. Jeanne Fattori Reinig's son Scott is a senior at Cornell, and younger brother Christopher is a junior at Georgia Tech. Eric Rosenblum is an EVP for American Properties Realty and resides in Princeton Junction.Make a resolution to go to a Cornell football game—terrific family fun and a great way to meet some old friends and make a few new ones.

Charles Temel gave a presentation entitled "Honey, I Shrunk the Portfolio" at the Cornell Club-New York this past October. Charles is a certified investment management analyst and senior VP, investments with UBS Financial Services. J. Russell Jinishian is the publisher of Marine Art Quarterly and is director of the Mystic Maritime Gallery in Mystic, CT.

A few of us continued our learning by taking advantage of Cornell's Adult University (CAU) last summer. Attendees included John Abeles, ME '76, Mitch Frank, Robert Gross, Heidi Kargman Hirsh, Susan Siegelaub Katz, Marykate Owens, and David Smith '78 and wife Joann. The most popular course: The Birth of Rock and Roll. I wonder if these attendees also enjoyed the movie School of Rock.

I just returned from a business trip to China.My husband Joel and our children, son Alex, 14, and daughter Austen, 11, traveled as well. This was our first visit to this exciting country and the visit was beyond belief.We traveled to Beijing, visiting the U. of International Business and Economics there, to Wuhan U. (celebrating its 110th anniversary) in Wuhan, and to DongHua U. in Shanghai. The people we met were generous and welcoming. Alex got a big kick out of dining with a member of the Communist Party, and Austen chuckled when she saw pizza with chicken and peanuts on the Pizza Hut menu in Beijing. Growing up as we did during the Cold War, I would never have imagined traveling to China. Construction is everywhere, with its blessings and its drawbacks. Billboards abound, and the cell phone is ubiquitous.

A closing word from those of you who read our column, but are shy about contributing a line or two to our column—get over it! All of us enjoy reading about each other, no matter what we may be doing. Let's face it, our lives run the gamut from the really plain and simple to the wonderful moments of pride for our own accomplishments and those of our children. It's hard to know when your bit of news (about a broken leg, a new puppy, a grandchild—yes, a grandchild—or whatever) can be a touchstone for someone else, so opt on the side of sharing your life's journey with others. -- Karen DeMarco Boroff, boroffka@shu.edu; Joan Pease, japease1032@aol.com; Mitch Frank, mjfgator@aol.com; and Deb Gellman, dsgellman@hotmail.com.

76 | Rob Hellman and Laurey Mogil, our class co-presidents, received a letter to our class from Miranda Pugh, the student recipient of our Class of 1976 Cornell Tradition Fellowship. In her letter she talks about her background, describes herself before arriving at Cornell as "a small-town girl from southeastern Oklahoma . . . with very little confidence, a substandard education, but a passion to succeed," and her Cornell experience, and closes with this thought: "Without it [the Fellowship], I would not have been able to have the experiences that have brought me to my senior year. It has made my experience at Cornell greater than I ever expected, and continues to do so. Thank you again." As Rob and Laurey said, "Those funds may not get our class inscribed on a building or classroom, but they provide us with an opportunity to create a truly special legacy." So thank you, fellow '76ers!

The news from our classmates: David Miller writes, "I read through the tired eyes of a new dad the pronouncements of the new empty-nesters and wonder how many of us will still be around when it is my turn to gloat."He proudly announces the birth of his daughter Sarah on Oct. 1, '03. He and wife Rebecca were married on April 26. David still owns and operates Miller's Pharmacy (75 years and counting) in Wyckoff, NJ, and plays his French horn in various orchestras in Manhattan for fun. Adrienne Weiss-Harrison, MD '79, and husband Andrew are relishing the new joys of emptynesterhood, having recently deposited their youngest daughter Rachel at Emory U. in Atlanta. They have become avid followers of the Big Red crew, as their son Mark '04 is the varsity heavyweight coxswain.

Kathleen M. Sullivan, the law school dean at Stanford U., recently announced her decision to complete her deanship at the close of her fiveyear term as of Sept. 1, '04. She will direct the new Stanford Constitutional Law Center. Charles J.Moll III assumed the leadership position of the State Bar of California Tax Section. He is a partner in the San Francisco office of Morrison & Foerster, a leading international law firm. David Smith became Chancellor of Texas Tech U. System in May 2002. His wife Donna Bacchi is assoc. prof. of pediatrics at Texas Tech U. Health Science Center, working on tobacco prevention and control issues. Their son Chris '02 graduated from Cornell, and after a year working for the Texas State Legislature, entered U. of Texas Law School this past fall. Victoria Gonzalez Ingber is an active attorney involved in the international arts field for over 19 years. Being fluent in both Spanish and English, she concentrates in representing preeminent foreign artists, writers, poets,musicians, dance troupes, etc. Her husband Clifford is her law partner. They live in Greenwich, CT, with their daughters Juliet, 16, and Rachel, 13.

Nancy Dillon Beukenkamp, BArch '77, and husband Felix '75 have carried on the Cornell tradition with their oldest daughter graduating from A&S in Anthropology in '03, and their youngest daughter entering A&S in the Class of '07. Their middle two daughters attend Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL, making them emptynesters last fall. Felix is playing championship tennis in regional mixed doubles, and Nancy is going for a PhD in art education. Debra Venner is an anesthesiologist practicing in Atlanta, GA. She is married to Douglas Isenstein, a pulmonologist. They have children ages 9 and 11. Ed Julie writes that he is married with wonderful children Cory, 18, who started at Brandeis U. this fall, and Jackie, 17, and Ben, 14, who attend Solomon Schechter Day School. Ed is the head of a four-man cardiology group in Clifton, NJ. Charles Schlumberger notes that the mid-life crisis has passed—he had a double hernia operation, grew a goatee, bought a pick-up truck, and changed law firms in the last year. He still says, "GO BIG RED."

Charles Andersen is finishing his first year as president and CEO of Transco Inc., a company that is involved in railroad freightcar repair and engineered thermal insulation systems, passive fire protection systems, and specialized fabrication for nuclear applications. Wife Amy (Camardo) is volunteering with the kids' high school band, fundraising for a chaperoned band trip to Orlando in March, and is involved in PEO, an organization devoted to furthering women's education. Their son Eric, 18, an Illinois State Scholar, is at Duke, and daughter Carrie, 16, plays percussion in high school and varsity badminton and is looking at colleges (including Cornell). Charlie and Amy enjoyed getting together with John and Rosellen Hayner and Skip and Rhonda Newman when the Glee Club performed in Chicago in January.

Lisa Wax Breit started working toward a doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is still employed half-time at the Watertown Public Schools. Along with raising her kids, she finds it an exciting and challenging experience to be a student again at mid-life and notes that her fellow students are young enough to be her kids! Lisa says the values and perspectives she gained as an undergraduate at Cornell in the Human Ecology program still inform her work and have influenced her choice to stay in public service. Theodore Casper is assistant clinical professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Chief of Pulmonary Medicine at New York Westchester Square Medical Center, and a managing partner of Pulmonary Medicine PC, a private four-physician group specializing in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He and wife Linda have daughter Jessica, who is a freshman at U. of Pennsylvania, and son Benjamin, who is a junior in high school.

Alfred "Big Al" Bentley is a mosquito control specialist who recently retired from state work in Florida, but is currently employed fulltime with the county. He and wife Erica have a daughter Andrea, who received her JD from Howard U. in May 2002 and is currently practicing in a private law firm in Washington DC. Al sends his sincere regards and good wishes to all! Stephanie Mann Nealer had a wonderful surprise birthday party in March (she won't say which birthday!), thrown by her loving husband Kevin. Among other family and friends, it was attended by Donald and Mary Ann Steele Van Duyn and Lori Keenan and husband Sean McGuinness. The party was at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC.

Janet Tompkins Rydell is still employed by Toyota Motor Credit Corp as cash manager. She's been with Toyota for more than 19 years. She says her kids are growing up, with daughter Stephanie entering middle school and son David, 8, on his own at the local elementary school. Her husband Jack is a civil engineer. Janet is looking forward to celebrating her 30th Reunion with her niece Audra Lifson '01, as she helps co-chair her fifth. And finally, Sonia B. Richards is a physician and became the proud mother of son Dominick Skyler Richards, born on Feb. 21, '03.

As news comes in we will pass it on for all to share. Be well and happy! -- Karen Krinsky Sussman, Krinsk54@aol.com; Pat Relf Hanavan, relf@aol.com; and Lisa Diamant, ljdiamant@aol.com

77 | The thing I love about this column is the opportunity to hear from friends I thought I had lost touch with. One such person is Marc Schlussel, MBA '78, whom I haven't seen for years.Marc and I traveled in the same circle while we were single in New York City, sharing a group house on Fire Island and attending all the night club parties hosted by Cornell or any other Ivy League alumni association whose parties we could crash. The last time I spent any real time with Marc was when he and then-pregnant wife Ronni spent a chilly winter weekend in New Hope with me (also pregnant) and my husband Ken. Marc and his family live in Teaneck, NJ, where he is a partner with Key Properties LLC, a real estate development firm. He was recently appointed to the Teaneck Economic Development Corp., which is responsible for attracting, retaining, and developing business to Teaneck. Last summer Marc, Ronnie, and two of their three children attended Adult University (CAU). The kids loved being on campus, and the camp program left Marc and Ronnie with the freedom to enjoy Ithaca. Their oldest daughter spent the summer in Israel.

I also received a holiday card from sorority sister Cathy Marschean Spivak (catherine_marschean_spivak@campbellsoup.com). She and husband John recently relocated to Boothwyn, PA, when Cathy accepted a job with the Campbell Soup Co. They have one daughter in college, and the other is in high school. Now that Marc's note has sent me into full memory replay, I find it hard to fathom the number of years—no, the decades—that have passed since I trekked up three flights of stairs to see Cathy's newly decorated studio apartment on East 89th St. in New York. Cathy had replicated the decor in a magazine spread, doing it on a junior food designer's salary. That decorating concept is now a popular television show!

Right after writing the above, I opened my file of class News Forms and the top form was from Cathy. If I wasn't sure that was a Twilight Zone moment, I became convinced when I read that Cathy's daughter Beth is attending the U. of Rhode Island to study interior design. Of all my memories of Cathy, how bizarre that the one that should come to mind now is the one about her decorating her apartment! Rosalind Rustigian (vgrugs@aol.com) is also living in Rhode Island. She has an oriental rug business in Providence and states that she is "happy to help any alum needing decorating assistance." She'll even provide an education about the art while she's helping. Roz is still in touch with Bruce Ross, MPS '77, who is in California, Dewitt Davenport '76, and Laurie Hander Leahy, who is still doing catering.

Moving to News Forms from the West Coast, Fred Stellato (OopsaDaisyFred@aol.com) lives in Modesto, CA, and is starting to plan for his retirement. Algy and Nancy Garmus Greenlee (nandagreenlee@attbi.com) still live in Sacramento, CA. Algy works for Blue Diamond Growers as their retail business manager, and Nancy has her own landscape design company. They have a daughter Rachel (a junior in high school) and a son Benjamin (in 8th grade). Nancy and Algy were married in Sage Chapel 23 years ago and hope the kids want to go to Cornell, even though they are not sure they could handle having them so far away. Linda Applebaum Haumann (laumann@earthlink.net) is a life coach with her own firm, Powerlight Coaching (www.powerlightcoaching.com). Her husband Dave works for PIXAR and they have children Marc in high school and Rebecca in middle school. In 2002, Mark Zamoyski, MBA '78 (zamoyski@isp.net), was awarded five biomedical patents, including one for locally injectable chemotherapeutics, one for a treatment for psoriasis, one for an apoptotic epidermal chemexfoliant, and one for a chemotherapeutic regimen for endocrine-dependent cancers.Mark also has a number of other patents pending for treatments for regenerating limbs and organs and treatments against cancers and airborne viral epidemics.Mark founded NexGen Biomedical Inc. (nexgenbio.com) to commercialize some of his patents. Mark earned both his BS and an MBA from Cornell.

Natalie Schwartz (natstarmd@aol.com) could find some of Mark's patents useful. She is a physician with a specialty in endocrinology and also is primary care director at New York Hospital, Queens.Natalie, her husband, and their sons Richard, 14, and Kenneth, 11, live in Oyster Bay Cove, NY. She is in touch with many Cornell alumni, including Jeri Hassman, a psychiatrist with one son and one daughter; Sally Satel, a psychiatrist and published author; Beth Goldstein '76, a dental pathologist with three daughters; Mitchell Kornet '76, DVM '79, who is her dog's veterinarian; and Karen Green, a dermatologist with a daughter in Nat's son's class.

Michelle GoldbergMosner lives in Nanuet, NY. She has a five-year grant to coordinate the New York State Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program, headquartered at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, NY. The program disseminates current, evidence-based information to consumers and healthcare professionals. Michelle's husband Michael '78 is president of David Mosner Inc., a wholesale veal and lamb distributor located in the Bronx. Michelle and Michael have children Ben, 23, Jessica, 18, Seth, 15, and Rebecca, 8, and are actively involved in the Rockland County Cornell Alumni Assn. Michelle finds it "exciting to meet the exceptional potential candidates for admission to Cornell and a wonderful way to stay in touch with and give back to the university."

The US Navy has announced that classmate Rear Admiral Stephen Pietropaoli has completed three years of service as the Navy's Chief of Information. In this role, he oversaw all aspects of the Navy's public affairs program. His naval career spanned a variety of public affairs assignments, including two tours with the Pentagon's Navy Office of Information. Stephen is credited for his influence on the Dept. of Defense during Operation Iraqi Freedom, getting them to change their policy with respect to civilian journalists, by allowing the journalists to operate alongside US and allied troops on the frontlines and on board ships. He has been influential in generating a paradigm shift among top naval leadership with respect to the role of public affairs. According to Stephen, "The Navy now recognizes that public affairs needs to be an integrated part of the decision-making process."

Debbie Demske lives in Potomac,MD, with husband Harry Fox and their 7-year-old son Benjamin. Debbie writes strategy for Hewlett-Packard. Warren "King Man" Kingsley (warren.kingsley@agg.com) lives in Jonesboro, GA, where he is a partner in the Arnall Golden Gregory LLP law firm. After graduating from Cornell, Warren earned a JD (cum laude) from the U. of Miami Law School and an LLM in Taxation from Emory U. During his four years at Cornell, Warren was manager of the varsity football team (all four years) and of the varsity hockey team for our senior year, when they were Ivy League champions.Warren had continued his interest in sports and is president of the Jonesboro High School Touchdown Club and is a Little League Baseball Coach. He's been married 23 years and has children Stuart, 18,Valerie, 15, and Garrett, 11.

Michael Brizel, JD '80, lives in New York City and is senior VP and general counsel for the Reader's Digest Assn. Inc. Stewart and Lisa Babitz Greisman (ellgeorge@aol.com) also live in NYC and are the proud parents of Jill, 15, Jack, 11, and Laura, who is a member of the Cornell Class of '06 in Arts and Sciences.When they first took Laura to Cornell, Lisa and Stewart were pleased to recognize a number of other alumni who also had children going to Cornell. John Mabey (cbigred77@yahoo.com) and wife Christine became the proud parents of Cara Gabrielle on Sept. 5, '02. John's enduring Cornell spirit is evidenced by the fact that Cara had already attended four Cornell men's hockey games by the time she was 3 months old. This is no small feat, given the fact that the Mabey family lives in Livonia, MI! -- Lorrie Panzer Rudin, lorrie_b_rudin@fanniemae.com; or Howie Eisen, eisenh@tuhs.temple.edu.

78 | Pam Marrone celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary this year with husband Michael "Mick" Rogers. They got married one week before graduation. Pam has spent the last year raising more venture capital money for her company,AgraQuest.Mick is employed as a child therapist at Sutter Health's Child Guidance Clinic. They reside in Davis, CA. Stephen Price and wife Lisa live in Jackson,WY, and recently adopted two boys from Russia. Their older daughter Ryann is at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Steve Mermey, MBA '79, recently bought back his firm with a group of partners. They still do business as the Michael Allen Co. and are located in Westport, CT. In his spare time, Steve likes to fish, collect wine, golf, and play tennis.He enjoys watching his 15-year-old son play sports and his 12-year-old daughter perform. Margaret "Peggy" (or "Madge") Butkereit is in graduate school finishing a PsyD in psychology. Her research is in the assessment of traumatized school children and she has won several awards, including one from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Peggy currently works in a day treatment setting with traumatized children and children with other severe mental disorders. She hopes to enter a post-doctorate position to further her research skills. Navy Capt. Gary Hicks completed a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf as chief of staff of a group attached to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. After receiving his bachelor's from Cornell, he went on to receive a master's degree from the Naval War College in Rhode Island in 1992.

Carla Rawcliffe Lafayette (CJL43@aol.com) and husband Danny are in the hotel business in Hampden, ME, even though, as Carla puts it, "I did not study in the world's best hotel school while I was at Cornell!" She said they're always looking for great hotel managers, if any Hotelies think Maine or New Hampshire sound like great places to live. The Lafayettes have four children. Gail Besner (besnerg@chi.osu.edu), who lives in Dublin, OH, is a professor of pediatric surgery at Children's Hospital in Columbus.Her husband, David Brigstock, is a scientist and they have children Mathew, 9, and Nicole, 6. As a family they enjoy gardening, traveling, antique collecting,music, and ice hockey. In addition to Gail's busy clinical practice, she heads a research program, funded by the National Institutes of Health, to study the effects of growth factors on intestinal ischemia/reperfusion injury.

Marcia Lynn Schurer (mlschurer@culinaryconnections.net) has been running her company, Culinary Connections, for 16 years. She consults to retailers, manufacturers, and foodservice operations. Living in Chicago,Marcia is also active in women's food-related organizations, such as Women's Foodservice Forum, Women Chef & Restaurateurs, Les Dames D'Escoffier, and Network of Executive Women. She's trying to track women's careers in the food industry and would love to hear what Cornell classmates have been doing since they graduation. Eva Wu expressed her regrets at missing the 25th and every other class reunion since the timing just hasn't worked out. She's living in Winston-Salem, NC, working as a freelance marketing consultant, and is married with two children. She writes, "I majored in nutrition and communication, and to that I say at least I cook well and respond to e-mail within 24 hours!"

Stuart Cordell (scordell@warrenyoung.com) admits that he envies his daughter Elise, who started at Cornell last fall. "I didn't remember the admission process being this stressful," says Stuart, noting that it's probably worse for a parent.He and his family are looking forward to making frequent trips between their home in Painesville, OH, and Ithaca.After moving back to the US from Hong Kong in 2002, Eugenie Shen (eshen@hotmail.com) started a consulting practice in New York, China Advisory Group, which advises US companies that do business in China.

Matt Sadinsky (matt@sosintl.com) made a presentation on "Tribal Learning" and attended the Southwestern region meeting of the American Power Dispatchers Assn. in Albuquerque, NM, in October and had a great time at the 32nd Annual Hot Air Balloon Fiesta. Second daughter Jordana Sara is spending the first half of her junior year in Israel and having a great time studying and living on a kibbutz north of Jerusalem and traveling in Europe. He thanks Israel resident Diana Bletter for her encouragement and guidance at the reunion. Nine-yearold Madison Rose is dancing the "Nutcracker" and grateful her costume does not have a tail this year. Carson Maier, 6, keeps losing teeth, and Jackson Henry, 3, thinks maybe he can help Yankee pitching in a few years.Matt writes that he has been doing organization development consulting and training in the energy field."Had nothing to do with the blackout Aug. 14, '03. Promise."

John DePolo, living in Atlanta, has been married to Lorraine since 1989, and they have two boys. He said they would have liked to attend the reunion last June but "a confluence of events (travel schedules, young children, and Dad's business being quite dormant)" prevented them from attending. -- Eileen Brill Wagner, brillcon@aol.com; Pepi F. Leids, pleids@aol.com.

79 | It is hard to believe that reunion is only a few short months away. Brad and Mary Maxon Grainger, MPS '87, and the reunion committee have been working diligently for months to plan the best 25th Reunion ever. Maybe you have had the opportunity to attend regional events over the past year or have simply gotten together with old friends. Do you recall how much fun you had? Now is the time to make those plans and be a part of Reunion 2004. The class officers and your friends would love to see you there.

Aubrey Charasz (acharasz@msn.com) writes that he is looking forward to seeing professors and classmates at reunion. He is chief of anesthesiology at St. Joseph's Medical Center. Aubrey and wife Diana live in Great Neck, NY, and have boys Nathaniel, 1, Adin, 3, and Daniel, 6. Robert Rockower (marathon1979@cox.net) continues to work as a family practice physician for a local group in Ocala, FL. He has children Josh, 16, Alissa, 14, and Brett, 6.He was divorced in May 2003 and has a new address at 2920 SW 41st Place in Ocala.

Also in family practice is Julie Jones, who has been practicing in Lancaster, PA, for 17 years. She writes that the babies she cared for when she first started are now driving and entering college. Julie and husband Rick have a daughter Katy and son Alex. The entire family is active at Trinity Lutheran Church and the kids are involved in marching band, riding, soccer, and music. Julie hopes to see Rebecca Maron Mazin, Karen Matrunich, Judy Gelber, and Dale Feuer at reunion. Elizabeth Mort Calcagni (emort@partners.org) has been in Boston since 1982 where she is the associate chief medical officer at Massachusetts General Hospital. She married David, an anesthesiologist, in January 2003. They live on a farm 45 miles west of Boston and raise English pointers for grouse hunting. Ronald Dworkin writes that he is a specialist in infectious diseases in Portland, OR. He is married and has one child and can be reached at drdwork@comcast.net.

Congratulations to Eileen Nelson Kraeger (kraeger@lemoyne.edu), who graduated in September 2003 from the physician assistant program at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY. She is practicing at Samaritan Medical Center in the Ambulatory Surgery Unit. She and husband Paul celebrated their 25th anniversary on June 10, '03. Paul has been promoted to VP of administrative services/finance at Samaritan Medical Center. Eileen and Paul have sons Brandon, 18, a freshman at Syracuse in architecture; Justin, 21, a junior at American U. in international business and finance; and Brent, 23, graduated from Tulane in 2002 and working in Boston.

Gary Dulberg (gsdulberg@comcast.net) is working as in-house counsel for a large medical group practicing in the areas of employment and healthcare law. He met his Swedish wife Eva-Marie on a kibbutz in Israel more than 20 years ago. Their son Joshua is in high school, and daughter Erika is in fourth grade. Gary writes that both children are active in soccer. Erika is a classic tomboy who was invited to the birthday parties of all the boys in her class last year. Gary lives in Lafayette, CA, and keeps in touch with Jamie Tenser (Tucson, AZ) and the one and only Captain Kush, aka Barry Kushelowitz. "During my senior year, I lived with both Captain Kush, editor of The Hedonist, and Joey Green '80, of the infamous Cornell Lunatic. Living in a household with dueling college humor magazines was memorable at all times (at least those times I can recall)."Also living in California is Sue Fishkoff (sfish1998@aol.com). Sue reports that she published her first book, Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitchä (Schocken Books, April 2003).

Matthew Witte, BArch '79 (mattwitte@INDX.com) writes from Laguna Beach, CA, that he began his second career as a venture capitalist in 1993 when he started a private fund,Marwit Capital. Two years ago he took a sabbatical from the "deals" business to run one of the portfolio companies, becoming Chairman/CEO of INDX Software Corp.He and wife Lizanne have children ages 15, 13, and 10. The Wittes have built a new home at the beach midway between Los Angeles and San Diego and have become Californians for the foreseeable future. Matt recently saw Doug Hayward at a wedding on Mackinac Island, MI.

Michael Harris (mjh52@cornell.edu) is looking forward to reunion and hopes to attend Alpha Sigma Phi events. He has been happily married for 19 years and has one 17-year-old son. Michael lives in Leesburg,VA, where he founded a construction claims consulting business in 2000. In his spare time he enjoys skiing, boating, swimming, and mountain bike racing. Also excited about reunion is Tracy Pajeski Hewlett (hewletts@bellsouth.net). Tracy lives in Benton, LA, on a 200-acre horse farm where she boards,dents about locating long-lost friends and other news. You can use the class e-mail address, class of79@cornell.edu, or contact us directly. Please keep your news coming so we have lots to write about before reunion. -- Kathy Zappia Gould, rdgould@suscom.net; and Cindy Ahlgren Shea, cynthiashea@hotmail.com.

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