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90 | Entering our fifth year in the role, your class correspondents sometimes have to really stretch to uniquely repackage the news that is sent our way. Humor us as we do so in today's column. And should the creative urge strike you, please submit your name for consideration for the position. The next five-year term will begin at Reunion 2005.

Nostalgia for Cornell food is a theme in recent '90 news forms. Michael Karangelen cracks that he misses the great Ithaca weather, but beneath the sarcasm is a deep longing for Hot Truck. Andy Alpart is less discriminating.He misses having a 7-3 meal plan and actually was astonished to learn that life after Cornell does not include such a perk. Andy is also nostalgic for "John Lucia in the morning."When probed, he explains as follows: "He is a 4'3" tall, quadripedal, malodorous, scale-covered dentist living in Rochester. I can't provide any further information, as John is currently in the Witless Protection Program."

Quite the opposite of witless are the many classmates who have made their mark in the world of academia. Julia Smith, DVM '94, PhD '02, defended her dissertation in 2002 and joined the faculty of the Animal Science department at the U. of Vermont as an Extension assistant professor. Beth Sara Katzoff moved to Ithaca in July 2003 with husband Trevor Morrison and daughter Clio, 3, and is head of public services for Asia Collections at Cornell's Kroch Asia Library. Lisa Lilenfeld was promoted to associate professor of psychology with tenure at Georgia State U. In a busy 2004, Lisa also gave birth to second daughter Hannah just 16 months after her first, Alana, and moved to a new house in Decatur. She writes, "I am thrilled that my Cascadilla Hall roommate Erica Lemcke is relocating to Atlanta this summer."

Bonnie Gould Rothberg entered academia in a different way: as a student once again. She hints that in addition to the pursuit of scholarly ambitions, she is taking advantage of the social opportunities being in school affords, which she may have missed as a North Campus senior: "I've decided, after ten years of being in the workforce, to go back to school. In September 2003, I matriculated into Yale's School of Epidemiology and Public Health for a Master of Public Health with a concentration in epidemiology of chronic diseases. It is totally a hoot trying to keep up with 22-year-olds, and I don't do the bar crawl very well anymore." Look out for that Jägermeister, Bonnie!

They may not have been doing shots, but they certainly broke out the bubbly for M. Lara Hoke, who e-mailed us word of her having tied the knot: "On June 5, 2004, I married Emily Ferrara in Worcester, MA, where we also live with Emily's daughter and my stepdaughter Deva. That's right--it's legal now in Massachusetts! Dear friend Norm Prokup traveled all the way from Berkeley, CA, to be an usher at the wedding." She vows that she will not be changing her name to "Lara Ferrara," no matter how mellifluous. Julian Ha also took the big step,marrying Annett Kuester on June 12, 2004. "Our reception was held in London, England, at Leighton House Museum, which is the former studio of the artist Lord Leighton.A number of Cornellians managed to make it, including my best man, W.Ming Shao, Arno Nash '49,Natalie Teich '65 (President of the Cornell Club of the UK), and Liz Simpson (who looked after me when I studied abroad in London in 1988 and who runs the Cornell UK Centre).We are honeymooning in Ithaca--that's Ithaca, Greece! We have been going to that magical Ionian island every summer for the past three years."

Baby arrivals spell another kind of beginning. Just starting a family is AmyWangManning in Portland, OR: "We welcomed our first child, Anthony, born May 27, 2004." In a similar place are Debra Helfand and husband Jonah Klein: "We're happy new parents!" Sebastian Walker Klein made his appearance on June 6, 2004. Jonah is the HR manager at Christian Dior, and Debra is managing editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Dan "Kid" Fried produced a kid of his own,Walter Burke Fried, born January 19, 2004. Dan, wife DeLaune, and Walter have moved to Irvington, NY, as Dan has joined the photography and videography business his father started 60 years ago, H&H Photographers. Dan also is in post-production on a film he produced called The Illusion, starring Kirk Douglas and based on a play by Pierre Corneille.

For the weary and bleary-eyed from such devotion to work at the office and at home, Kevin DiCerbo's new business might help.He has partnered with a plastic surgeon and is serving as the business mind behind Celibre, a medical facility aspiring to be the premier brand for non-invasive cosmetic skincare procedures in Southern California. Services include laser procedures for acne and acne scar reduction, wrinkle reduction, pigment removal, and more; hair removal; and injectable treatments such as Botox and Collagen. Of course, we all know that the Class of '90 is immune to the aging process, but this is certainly something to file under "I" for "Interesting."Here's hoping your life is progressing without a wrinkle!--Alisa "Gil" Gilhooley, AlisaGil@aol.com; Carole Moran Krus, clm42@cornell.edu.

91 | First off, I want to thank everyone for getting news to us. The only class activity that is slowing down is marriage announcements, which makes sense since we are all rapidly hurtling toward that magical time known as our 40s. There, I said it. "Face your fears,"my doctor says . . .

I always like to start with birth announcements since there is never a shortage of those with our class. For my part, I now have three daughters--the Cornell classes of '18, '20, and '22--as my wife Cindy and I welcomed Peyton Grace into our family on Father's Day, June 20, 2004. I thought I was just going to get a tie or some socks. Oldest daughter Carson is thrilled.Middle sister Quinn is unimpressed. Ellen Greenberg Zuniga writes that her family expanded on March 8, 2004 with the birth of Anna Alicia. Ellen remains with Procter and Gamble and recently attended the wedding of Cristy Boccuti in Washington, DC. She tells us that Cristy lived in the room above her in U-Hall 3--no matter what Cornell wants us to call them, they will always be U-Halls to us--and would stomp on the floor to call her to dinner at Noyes.

Heather Atwood Forrest and husband Richard '89 announce the birth of their first child, Haninah Grace. Cavarly Berwick Garrett gave birth on December 21, 2003. She says that second daughter Brynn Brooks is the happiest baby ever.Also, while on her maternity leave, her business unit was sold to Invesco and her family sold their apartment of eight years. She is currently living with in-laws while searching for a new home on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Post-partum, newborn baby, job changes, moving, living with in-laws--no stressors there. Treat yourself to a spa, if you haven't already.You've earned it.

Anna Doyno Tague announces the arrival of baby Nicole on January 5, 2004, joining siblings Caroline, Timothy, and Bridget. Poor Timothy is woefully outnumbered. Amy Spivak Itzla has daughter Emma, who is a little over 1 year old now. Amy says that she has a labor arbitration practice in its third year, proving that there are practical applications to an ILR degree. Lastly, Jennifer Nerissa Davis writes of the birth of her son Berend Klaus in January 2003. She has also changed careers, starting her own chocolate- making business. Sample her creations through www.samakichocolates.com.

In professional news and notes, Steve Kalik, BS '94, PhD '03, finished his PhD in neuroscience.He was invited to the Neuromorphic Engineering Workshop in Telluride,CO, and is now the senior research scientist at the Toyota Basic Research Group.Honestly, I have no idea what neuromorphic engineering is, but I am glad there are people who do. I think. Doug Dubiel is now VP,Wealth Management Advisor, at Merrill Lynch. Wendy Fuhr reports that she and husband Eric Allen were married in June 2002. She is in a medical practice, but her true passion is touring with her band, Full Frontal Folk, whenever time allows. The group recently released its second CD, was featured on WVBR's "Bound for Glory," and is under consideration for an appearance on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion." Just for fun, everyone go to your local music store and say, "I want Full Frontal Folk," and see what happens.

Chris Milazzo and his wife just moved to New Zealand, where Chris will be doing research on cartilage repair to complete work on his PhD. Stephen Schwartz recently became medical director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Inst. of Naples (FL) and assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the U. of Miami. Rachael Przybyla tells us that she decided to retire from the rigors of private practice as an ob/gyn when her daughter Sloane turned 2. Before retiring, Rachael says she had the honor of delivering Tara, the daughter of fellow Cornellian Traci Nagle '88.

Jeff Lamontagne has moved back to his home state of Colorado after being on the East Coast since his Cornell graduation.He lives in Denver with wife SuzanneMcClung, MS '92, and their two children. Jeff had been an environmental consultant/attorney for nine years, but decided to found and become the executive director of a new nonprofit teen suicide prevention program. Jeff says there's nothing like taking a massive pay cut and reducing one's job security to re-awaken the senses. Jeff sees Mindi O'Halloran Weinstein '92 every now and then, and he expects visits from Bill Munze and Pat Chang as well. Christine Anderson Perkins says she is having fun as the director of a small rural public library in the state ofWashington. The DaVinci Code keeps flying off the shelves there and she says she would even recommend it to a 70-year-old Irish Catholic nun. She wants any other Cornellians in the NW Washington area to speak up.

In other news and sightings, Suzanne Schafer Skalski reports that she and her husband try to get together frequently with Denise Law Russell, Ariane Schrieber Horn, JD '96, and Liza Jones Hards. Suzanne and her husband recently bought a house in Morris Plains, NJ, and are enjoying life there with 1-1/2-year-old daughter Sarah. Samir Khanjar and wife Kathy (Duffy) recently held their fourth annual Cornell mini-reunion. In attendance were Mike and Joan Kochan Schade, Stephanie and Russ MacAdam, ME '92, Joe Riordan, ME '92, and his wife Beth Livolsi '92, Lee Hachadoorian and wife Kim Keirnan '92, as well as Drew Galligan and Karen Schmeidler Sagor and their spouses! Also at the reunion were Jen Hillman '92, ME '93, Gary Wojcik, and Paula Burdett Rusu,MBA '94.With children and pets, the final tally was 29 people and three dogs. Samir says that it brought back memories of cramming 16 people into two hotel rooms on all those great hockey road trips.

That's all for now. Remind your classmates to pay class dues and subscribe to the magazine so Nina, Corinne, and I can include as much news as possible. Until next time, take care and keep the news coming. --Dave Smith, docds30@yahoo.com; Corinne Kuchling, kuccori@hotmail.com; Nina Rosen Peek, nsr5@cornell.edu.

92 | Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the fall leaves.As I write,my family has just returned from a week of summer vacation and beautiful weather. It's hard to imagine you will be reading this column in the much colder weather! Thanks to everyone who sent in their News and Dues forms this summer.

Jerry Dismukes is enjoying life, living and skiing in Denver, CO, where he is an atmospheric scientist working for a small environmental consulting firm. Jerry is also a certified consulting meteorologist and does air dispersion modeling work. Pascalie Jean-Baptiste recently bought her first home in Tobyhanna, PA.Amy Frome Saperstein is the executive director of Project Sunshine, a nonprofit serving children with medical challenges (she writes that she has many Cornell alumni as volunteers!). Amy and her husband Lawrence live in NYC. Bonnie Wolf Greenwald recently moved from Atlanta to Westchester, where she will be practicing endocrinology in White Plains.

Tracy Corrigan married Lester Fox on June 27, 2003 in the Caribbean on the Turks and Caicos Islands. They were surrounded by family. Their Caribbean wedding was followed by a Caribbean honeymoon at a wonderful resort called Petit St.Vincent. Tracy and Lester live in Colchester,VT, where Tracy is working at IBM managing a software team (CAD Development). Cynthia Caruso recently toured Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, and Montenegro with her brothers John '93 and Kenneth '93. Cynthia lives in NYC and works for Citigroup in investment banking human resources.

Milla Kaminsky Krasnopolsky sent in the following update: she and her husband celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary this year, and they have two wonderful boys, Isaac, 8, and Ned, 3.Milla works as a fixed income portfolio manager at General Motors Asset Management. Her family lives in Fair Lawn, NJ. Anthony Sapia writes that his twin boys Giacomo and Firoenzo are getting big fast (he's hoping they'll play hockey or football for Cornell!). Anthony and his wife Karen are starting an artisan bakery called the Gemelli Bakers in State College, PA.

Christopher Mazoue and his wife Krista have also been married ten years this year, and they have three beautiful daughters,Madeline, 7,Megan, 3, and Molly, 3 months. The Mazoue family moved to Columbia, SC, in August 2003, where Christopher accepted a position as an assistant professor in the orthopedic surgery dept. at the U. of South Carolina School of Medicine. Christopher is a part of the university's sports medicine center, where he helps care for the USC athletes as well as other local athletes.

Andrew and Wendy Croll Halpern '93 recently traveled to Napa Valley, where their favorite vineyard was Nickel & Nickel. Andrew and Wendy have children Benjamin, 4, and Jill, 1.Andrew is a partner in a radiology private practice in Lehigh Valley, PA, and Wendy is a periodontist in Blue Bell, PA. Sue Eisenfeld and her husband Neil Heinekamp '91 live in Arlington,VA, where Sue is a senior manager with an environmental consulting firm. She is also an editor and a freelance magazine writer, covering environmental, history, travel, and slice-of-life issues.

As always, there's lots of wonderful new baby news. John Voellmicke writes that on May 31, 2004, he and wife Catherine welcomed twin sons Ethan John and Maxwell Vincent into the world. Tony Cabassa and his wife celebrated the birth of their second son, Tyler, in October 2003. Tony writes that he recently made partner at the law firm of Thompson, Sizemore & Gonzalez in Tampa, FL, where he practices labor and employment law, representing management. On May 1, 2004, Tony attended Beth Gilmartin's wedding in NYC. Guests included classmates Brian Zilla, Jim Schliep, Ken Potash, JD '96, and Marshall Gilinsky.

John and Christine Hand Overton had a new addition to their family in October 2003 when their second son, Jacob Parker, was born. Jacob joins older brother Joshua, and both boys are doing well. The Overton family lives in Derry, NH. Marc Paradis and his wife Sabrina had their first child on April 22, 2004, daughter Cecelia Catherine. Stacey Welch and husband Greg Morgan welcomed their first child into the world on May 14, 2004, son Edward Nicolson Welch Morgan. Eliza Shea Salus was born on January 13, 2004 to proud parents Chris and Samantha Salus. Eliza joins big brother Max, who turned 2 on April 25, 2004. Chris works the west side of Chicago on Truck 48 for the Chicago Fire Department.

Marina BarryWalsh and her husband Jim announce the birth of their second child, Timothy Patrick, born on March 22, 2004. The Walsh family also includes big sister Grace Marie, born on June 21, 2000.Marina currently works at the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, DC, as a director in industry analysis. Christine Borelli Grout and husband Douglas '94 had their third child, Daniel, born on September 16, 2003. Christine writes that big brother Maxwell, 5, and sister Caroline, 3, are thrilled. Christine is a pediatric psychologist in Naples, FL.

Let us know what's new in your life. Enjoy!--Debbie Feinstein,Debbie_Feinstein@yahoo.com; Renee Hunter Toth, rah24@cornell.edu;Wilma Ann Anderson, Info@WilPowerEnterprises.com.

93 | Hello, everyone. I hope you will soon be enjoying a wonderful holiday season! We have gotten some good e-mails from classmates recently. Melissa Carver Sottile and husband Greg welcomed son Ethan Mario into their lives on February 3, 2003.Melissa writes,"Ethan loves to spend his day scooting across the floor and laughing at our yellow Lab, Barrington.We're still living in Hartland, CT, although the restoration of our old home has taken a back seat to spending time playing with Ethan. I love being a full-time mom, especially with the freedom it gives us to travel and spend time with our family on the Cape."Melissa HartMoss, JD '97, and husband David, JD '96, also wrote to announce the birth of their son.Andrew Stanley Moss was born on January 21, 2004. The Moss family lives in Newton,MA.

Sada Manickam shared some happy news with us via e-mail: he married Soni Sinha on May 25, 2002 in Washington, DC. "As everyone at the wedding will attest, I definitely ‘married up,'" he reports. Sada is a federal prosecutor for the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice and served as the lead attorney for the US in Miami- Dade County for the 2000 Florida presidential election investigation. Soni is a tax attorney at Argy,Wiltse & Robinson. The couple lives in Arlington, VA. Sada would love to hear from friends at sadamanickam@yahoo.com. I received an e-mail that Peter J. Irwin was made partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, an international law firm. Peter is a member of the firm's real estate group.His practice focuses on real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings, and net lease transactions.He joined Debevoise's New York office in 1999, before which he was an associate with O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Peter received his JD from St. John's U. School of Law.

In July, I was a bridesmaid at a wedding that felt like a mini-Cornell reunion! Monica Prasad and Charles Hayes tied the knot on July 31 at the beautiful New York Botanical Gardens. The couple lives in New York,where Monica is in her second year of fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Charles is the director of interest rate swaps trading at Credit Suisse First Boston. Fellow bridesmaid Bonnie Zucker traveled to the wedding with her husband Eric from their home in Los Angeles, where Bonnie just completed her PhD in clinical psychology at UCLA.Groomsman Matt Bohlin also flew in for the wedding from the West Coast.Matt and his wife Natalie live in San Diego, where Matt is in the Navy. The rest of the wedding party didn't have quite as far to travel. Steve Winnert and his wife Gabrielle (Danek) found a babysitter for son Matthew (born in February) and headed over to the wedding from their home in Ridgewood, NJ. Groomsman Bob Osborne and his wife Suzy came from their home in New York's West Village. Bob is currently working for his family's consulting group, The Osborne Group, an international firm that does not-for-profit management and advancement consulting. Guest Rebecca Wilson is also living in New York. She recently started a new job as an account director at a start-up branding firm. Sarah Lawrence traveled to the wedding from Boston, where she just began working as research director for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety. As she explains, "In short, I do policy analysis and program evaluation on crime and criminal justice issues in Massachusetts. The goal is to improve public safety by utilizing ‘best practices' and assessing the most effective way to spend public dollars to keep communities safe." Sounds like a great cause! Roland and Judy Hudock Kays arrived at the wedding bearing pictures of their adorable son Eli, who was born in October 2002. The Kays family lives in Albany, where Roland is the curator of birds and mammals at the New York StateMuseum and Judy is a stay-at-home mom. Finally, guest Gregg Nelson is living in New York and managing one of TriBeCa's swankiest new steakhouses, Dylan Prime.

The New York Times Sunday Styles section is always a great source for wedding news on our classmates. In May, Alison Ginsberg married Philip Shefter at the Ocean Club on Paradise Island. Alison is a producer in New York for Paula Zahn Now, a program appearing weeknights on CNN.After graduating from Cornell, Alison received a master's degree in journalism from New York U. Her new husband is a vice president of Goldman, Sachs & Company, where he manages large individual investment portfolios in the private wealth management group. In July, Joanne Tsung married Michael Held '92 in New York City. Joanne went on to Harvard Law School and is now a lawyer at Prudential Financial. Michael is a lawyer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Please remember to send any and all news you'd like to share to your faithful class correspondents. Thanks! --Erica Fishlin Fox, ericazzz@aol.com; and Yael Berkowitz Rosenberg, ygb1@cornell.edu.

94 | Hello, fellow '94 alums. Hope you've enjoyed a healthy, happy second half of 2004. By now I hope you've begun, or at least thought about beginning your holiday shopping! Unfortunately, despite having a larger column allowance, there was a significant lack of news forwarded to me for this column. I hope that doesn't mean fewer people are reading it! I know I always look forward to getting my Cornell Alumni Magazine to read about not only my classmates but those in the classes ahead and behind me. So if you have friends that you know aren't getting the magazine, bug them to subscribe along with paying their class dues. Okay, public service announcement over. On to the news.

From the News and Dues forms, James Cocoros and Helen Muskus write to say hello from Brooklyn, NY. James began teaching math and computer science at Stuyvesant High School about five years ago after quitting law, and Helen is a court attorney for Queens County Family Court. The couple was married in July 2002--so many years after meeting in U-Hall 2, second floor! Also writing in is Laura Sauter Stein, who recently moved to Edison, NJ, with husband Eric. Laura gave birth to son Scott on August 8, 2003. She works as a senior business analyst at Becton Dickinson. Laura also tells us that Debby Bushell Gans and husband Will welcomed son Benjamin on January 6, 2004.

I'm thrilled to announce the marriage of my college roommate Rachel Gurshman to longtime beau Sunil Srivastava on March 27 in Durham, NC, where Sunil is continuing his fellowship at the Duke Eye Center. Rachel works as program assistant for DonorsChoose NC, an innovative nonprofit that connects the needs of public school classrooms in North Carolina with donors all over the world. Rachel comes from a two-generation Cornell family, with parents Henry, LLB '67, and Sandy Landman Gurshman,MAT '66, as well as sister Rebecca '89, DVM '93, all standing up with pride. Other Cornellians in attendance included Marc Gallagher, Amy Unckless, Tim Van de Water, MBA '00, Lisa Chagala, Paul Mutolo, Robert Lamson, Seema Patel, and Adrian Landman '03. In related news,Marc Gallagher recently switched jobs, and now heads the proprietary fixed income trading division for Refco in New York.

In baby news, Robert Cohen and wife Amy recently gave birth to their second child. Son Samuel Ty was born June 18 and joins big sister Jaeda in their Ellicott City,MD, home. Rob recently joined the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington,DC. Also joining the baby ranks is Michael Mullarkey, who along with wife Karen welcomed daughter Meghann Elizabeth in July. Rob and Mike's friend Hooman Shahidi joined the married ranks in December 2003, marrying Lynn on Maui, with Neil Cohen and Neil Mlawski in attendance.Neil Mlawski recently moved to Springfield, NJ, with wife Liz and son Matthew; he also had the privilege of throwing out the first ball at a Newark Bears game this summer! Anna Scheppke Kovac was born on April 21, 2004 to Tom and Kerri Scheppke Kovac. She joins big brother Patrick. The Kovac family is living in Plainview, Long Island. Kerri recently left her job with Accenture and is having fun as a stay-at-home mom for the next few months.

As for me, it's hard to believe that six months has gone by since the last time I wrote this column, and now I can finally share my big news with my fellow alums.My husband Michael Marchant and I welcomed our daughter Lindsay Kayla way back on March 5. It is such a thrill to have Lindsay in our lives, and hopefully begin the second generation of Cornellians. In other Marchant news,Michael changed jobs in August, joining Prudential Financial as a vice president/corporate counsel.With his office down the street from our West Orange home, it's great to be able to put Lindsay to bed together. So it's been a very productive summer; in fact, I've just gone back to work after a sixmonth maternity leave, rejoining Kraft as a brand director. But now we can fast-forward to the end of the year, and I can wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season, and a Happy New Year! -- Jennifer Rabin Marchant, jennifer.marchant@kraft.com; Dineen PashoukosWasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; and Dika Lam, del5@cornell.edu.

95 | Welcome to our class's virtual gathering place! For the sixth and final time this year, you have turned to the back of Cornell Alumni Magazine to see if a) your name is in print; or b) the names of your friends are in print. As I write this installment of our Class Notes, I have M&M,my pug puppy, sleeping on my lap with a solid snore going. Looking down at M&M, I'm struck by how little she is and how quickly she will grow. It got me thinking about how little we were at the start of our freshman year (even though we all thought otherwise) and how much we've grown to be where we are now. Strange to think all the way back to freshman year! Even stranger to think that our 10th Reunion is just a few months away!

In preparation for our 10th Reunion, a group of classmates who lived in McFadden held a mini-reunion this past August. Three from our year who attended were Christina "Bean" Braun, DVM '00, Jerome Haines, and Kathy Omelan Bouras. Jerome writes, "I hope to see you at the 10th Reunion.We will be attending! Trying to briefly sum up ten years in a few lines is tough! I moved to San Francisco in 1998 after getting my MA in Ancient Greek from the U. of Colorado, Boulder. I married Nicole Stevens, a Berkeley grad, in '02, and a year later we had a baby,Madeline Olivia Haines. Last fall we moved to Northampton, MA, to live the bucolic good life. I still ride my bike, and read Greek and Latin just for fun now.While working full-time on online products for Merriam-Webster, I've started a bicycle touring company called Smarttouring.com.We do educational self-supported bike tours to places of historical importance. I had to do what I could to combine my loves--so far so good." Kathy also sent an e-mail with an update on her life since May 1995. "After graduation I moved back home to Virginia, where I attended vet school. Immediately after getting my vet degree, I moved to the New Hampshire seacoast. I married an archaeologist/stone worker two years ago and we are in the process of renovating our house. No children yet at this point."

I received an e-mail from David "Jolt" Anderson telling me of an auto store near him called Abra Auto Glass. He recently moved to Minneapolis, MN, where he is a professional singer. If you're interested in learning more about his singing career, check out his website at www.fourshadow.com. On how he's enjoying his life in the Twin Cities, he writes, "I'm blond now, so I have more fun!"Another Anderson, this time Jennifer Anderson, started her MBA at Cornell's Johnson School this fall. Lisa Hanney Tobio sends word that she and husband Constantino had their first child, daughter Morgan Antonia, on June 14, 2004. "Another Cornellian--Class of 2026! No way I'll let her go to my husband's alma mater, Columbia. This girl's Big Red all the way! I am home for the summer with her, but planning to return to work in September. Her pediatrician is Jamee Goldstein, who completed her residency in June and is now practicing in Monroe, NY."

Thomas Zimmerman is working as a faculty practice physician in Nassau County, Long Island.He sends word that TJ Reed married his residency sweetheart in September 2003. Also in the great state of New York, Lisa Micchelli is teaching in an after-school program designed to help Latino students. She says, "I am enjoying going out with my friends and being an active member of the Westchester region of the NY Church of Christ." On the other side of the country, living in Springfield, OR, Shauna Handrahan is a counselor at two different alternative schools. She enjoys whitewater kayaking, snowboarding, and spending time with her dog.

Brian Machinist, MBA '04, spent the past year at the Johnson School in the Twelve Month Option program and graduated in May. He is now working for a small biotech company in Cambridge, MA, as a business development manager. Brian's wife Valerie (Ghibaudi) did educational outreach for a breast cancer program at Cornell during their time in Ithaca and is now working as the director of client services for Fitcorp, a fitness company in Boston.While in Ithaca,we saw fellow cyclist Trevor Connor '94, who recently finished in 12th place at the Canadian Nation Timetrials. For my own update, I graduated from the Johnson School along with Brian Machinist and am now living in Philadelphia. I'm a product marketing manager at IMS Health and am really enjoying myself! And as you already know, I recently bought a pug puppy that I named M&M. I completely underestimated this endeavor!

That wraps up another Class Notes column, as well as all the news for 2004. I hope you all have happy, bright holidays filled with family, friends, and most importantly, other Cornellians! As always, please e-mail updates to either me or Alison.We always need more news! --Abra Benson, amb8@cornell.edu; Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof95.alumni.cornell.edu.

96 | I rarely have any class notes of my own to contribute. After all, I've lived in the same apartment in the same neighborhood since 1996! So to mix things up a bit, I've moved five blocks down the street next to Prospect Park. (Unfortunately, Kerry Duffy '95 wasn't around to help me move this time and it was a nightmare.) There have always been quite a few Cornellians in this neighborhood, although my closest friends from our class have snubbed Park Slope for the East Village,Williamsburg, and Carroll Gardens.

While hunting for an apartment last month (a demoralizing experience in this city), I ran into a lot of other graduates and we shared stories about humid summers in Ithaca, wine-touring in the Finger Lakes, and work-avoidance methods at Uris Library.After working at that fine library for so many years, I found it surprising that anyone could actually concentrate on their assignments these days. In my time, there was only one girl chatting on her cell phone for several hours at a time. Now there must be at least 50.

I also miss Ithaca every time I have to write out a rent check to my landlord. I can't believe I was only paying around $300 for an apartment on Stewart Avenue and I got to shop at Wegmans. That's insane and not too far from the cost of utilities--why did I ever move?!

Okay, enough reminiscing. As usual, we've received a lot of news about infants and their ecstatically happy--and undoubtedly exhausted--parents. Erin Sullivan Caimano says that she and her husband Jeff "welcomed Ryan into our little family on September 9, 2003. He's in the fun stage now and is sporting his first tooth.We took him to Disney World in March. The 80-degree weather beat the New York St. Patrick's Day 12-inch snowfall! Our first family vacation, even though Ryan won't remember.We have some cute shots with Mickey! I'm working as a Six Sigma project engineer with General Electric Silicones in New York. I actually love my job." Erin, Jeff, and baby Ryan reside in Clifton Park, NJ.Now I'm curious, Erin.What comes after the aforementioned "fun stage"?

Lisa Courchaine Derouin and her husband now have a second child in their family: "Riley Joseph was born on May 31, 2004." From Ithaca, Veronica Vazquez reports that her son Malachi Asa Vazquez-Carr was born on July 6."He weighed only five pounds and two ounces at birth, and was nearly four weeks earlier than anticipated." Judit Saenz-Badillos, who works as a pediatrician in Boston, had baby girl Judit Maria Laidlaw on June 21, 2004. Vanessa Gubbins Dodson and her husband Thomas '95 welcomed Madeline Parker Dodson into the world on January 20, 2004. Orin Zwick and his wife Marni named the newest addition to their family Carly Brooke. And finally, Erin Fitzpatrick gave birth to Molly on December 17, 2003.

Over in Seattle,WA, Erik and Catherine Meeks Schwiebert '98 are happy to announce the birth of their first child,Andrew Keith, also on December 17, 2003. The proud parents are hoping that Andrew's eyes stay blue like his mother's. Erik also says that he's a development lead in the Macintosh Business Unit at Microsoft, coming up on eight years there. "I work with teammates in Ireland and Japan to produce localized versions of Mac Office." Heather Mahoney Schultz, MD '00, and her husband Dan may be moving out to the Pacific Northwest. But for now, Heather is enjoying San Diego and says that her son Max is doing well and will be 2 in July. She is working as a general pediatrician parttime at a community health clinic in San Ysidro, CA, a Mexican border town 20 minutes south of San Diego. "I get to use my Spanish-speaking skills every day I'm in the clinic, which is a great opportunity." Suzanne Weidberg Klein and her husband Devon, who moved to Boston from New York City in June, report that Matt and Bonnie Meyer Altman just had a baby boy, Jake Benjamin. "All are happy and healthy and doing great."Congratulations to all of the new parents!

Thanks to Quinn O'Sullivan, I get to mention Kid Rock in my column. If anyone has any class news about Pamela Anderson or Tommy Lee, please send it in immediately. That would be even more unexpected. Quinn recently quit her job with Guinness and opened up an Irish Pub on Music Row in Nashville. She's had Travis Tritt, Steve Winwood, Peter Wolfe (the J. Geils Band), and Kid Rock play music and eat at her new place! Jessica Cattelino also has some exciting announcements. She says that she received her PhD in anthropology this past May from NYU. "I'm now joining the anthropology dept. faculty at the U. of Chicago.My partner, Noah Zatz '94,MA '96, is taking a faculty position at the UCLA Law School.We'll be keeping the airlines in business, flying the Chicago-L.A. route. I remain active in Telluride Association and am currently the president, so I enjoy the chance to see Telluriders regularly."

In other news, Mick Merritt and his partner Rich just completed a major renovation of their New York City apartment that took four months.Mick was promoted to principal consultant at CSC's Global Health Solutions. Scott Cohen and Erin Witek '98 went with their families to Aruba in November 2003. Scott is a pediatrician and practices in Beverly Hills. Erin was finishing her residency in orthodontics this August from UCLA. Scott attended the U. of Miami for medical school and Erin attended Columbia U. for dental school. Please send all of your news to: --Allie Cahill, AlexandraCahill @aol.com; Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu; or Sheryl Magzamen, slm1@cornell.edu. For updated class events, news, and resources, visit http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu.

97 | The holiday season is nearly upon us again.What better time to reconnect with old friends? I've included some updates here, but we're always on the lookout for more news. Drop Sarah or me an update when you send out your holiday cards! This is our space to fill!

In March 2004, Brian Gyovai (bleeg17@aol.com) reported he was flying F-15s for the Air Force in Okinawa, Japan. Brian traveled all over the Pacific, including Tokyo, Guam, South Korea, Thailand, and Singapore.He keeps in touch with Kevin Maskell '98, Scott McAuliffe, Joe Kardos, and Chris Black. Ian Ng (itn1@cornell.edu) took a job in September 2003 at a downtown Los Angeles law firm and has enjoyed the change. Ian is "simply loving it out here in L.A., surrounded by lots of friends." Ian shared news about Andrew Warner, who is teaching school in South Dakota, and Soo Sun Choe, who married Henry Lee in April and is attending graduate school in Hawaii. Rob Unckless, MS '99, is teaching high school science at Penfield High School and finishing up a master's degree in biology, while Heather Fiore is working at Strong Memorial Hospital in pediatric endocrinology, counseling kids with diabetes.

Irene Lee (ireneinhamilton@hotmail.com) married Charles Walker at Divinity College at McMaster U. in Hamilton, Ontario, on October 4, 2003. Attending the wedding were Jon and Jennifer Walters Barton, Eric Beveridge, Ryan Lilien, Ben Sugam, and Dennis Yang. Kathryn Krase (KatKrase@aol.com) and Bill Cahill tied the knot on May 15, 2004, in Brooklyn, NY. The reception was at the Belmont Park Racetrack. Cornellians attending included Kristi Snyder, John Baust, and Alethea Harris '99.

You're probably scratching your head in disbelief that you've reached the end of the column already.Well, believe it--that's all the news we've got up our sleeves. Please send us an update when you return your dues this fall, or dash off a quick e-mail to us. Thanks to a strong magazine subscription base among the Class of '97, we have lots of space to use here, but it's your responsibility to help us fill it! -- Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu; and Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu.

98 | Our apologies to Jay Billings and Raghu Gopalan, who sent us information about themselves in February.We are now finally able to include their information in the November/December issue. At least we were able to get it into the 2004 edition! The mystery behind the delay is that we write these columns about three months before they are published (i.e., it is the middle of the summer when we write, almost snowing by the time this gets to your hands), so there might be a delay from when you submit to when you get to see your name in print.However, right now we have a special offer of faster turnaround time for those people who submit news to us fast! (Limited offer; submit while offer lasts!)

What's the story, you ask.Well, it could be that we are running out of information to report. Believe it or not, although we received tons of news for the previous issues (marriages, births, graduate schools, slackings), this column is only barely filled as a result of some serious pleading and harassing! To those who sent us updates, thank you.We want to remind everyone that if we don't hear from you, we'll have to subject you to reading about all the movies that we have seen, all the insignificant gossip and drama we've heard about second-hand, and all the petty little things we happen to want to write about . . . for the next FOUR years! Come on, Jay and Raghu! The information we are now including is almost a year old. Tell us what is new with your lives!

Jay Billings celebrated the arrival of his son Steele Fisher Billings on January 10, 2004. He stated that he was amazed that someone so beautiful could be so small.When he sent in his update, Jay was finishing business school at the U. of Colorado. In his own words he was "avoiding the job search!"He regularly sees Betsy Hause '97 and Jessica Gunter '99. He lives in Boulder, CO, and wonders why everyone doesn't move there.

Raghu Gopalan moved to sunny San Francisco after completing his MBA at Weatherheed School of Management in Cleveland, OH. He made a road trip with his wife Sahana from New Jersey to California, reliving the journey of Lewis and Clark across the New World. David Polan was one of 228 graduates who received a doctor of medicine degree on June 4, 2004 at Jefferson Medical College at Thomas Jefferson U. He also received a Master of Science degree from MCP-Hahnemann U. in 2000.

Congratulations are also in order for Jason Miller, who was married on March 20, 2004 to Jessica Schutzbank in New Jersey. There were a whole bunch of Cornellians there including classmates Gregg Brochin, Eric Diamant, Adam Fletcher, Adam Geller and Lauren Cardillo, Corey Gutshall, Joseph Lyons, Lindsay Schwartz Rosenman, Jason Schatz and Heather Blonstein, Byrke Sestok, David Silverman, Danielle Trichilo, Kara Levi Zlotnick, Elyse Weidhorn Everett, and Lauren Israel Siegal. Jessica is finishing her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation and will be working in Houston, where Jason is doing his residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.

Nathan Green recently left Accenture, where he had become a strategy executive, to help build Geller Services of Geller & Company. Nathan has been tasked with developing their consulting and strategic sourcing practice and is very excited to be in an entrepreneurial environment again. His wife Michelle recently left the William Morris Agency for a similar advancement, to begin the commercial department at The Agency Group.Nathan and Michelle are proud owners of two baby beagle puppies, Dylan and Brooklyn. They are 5 months old and already turning heads. Candice Bergman, from Murphy Brown, recently stopped the puppies in Central Park to shower them with love and kisses.

Leslie Kirchler just got candidacy at the U. of Michigan in a dual PhD program of landscape architecture and urban planning. She is working at Montpelier (James Madison's home) for the summer. It turns out that former President Rawlings is on the board of directors there as well. So, hopefully one year left while she writes her dissertation, but at the time she sent us her update, she was off to a Landscape Charette in Prague and Warsaw to close off the summer. Joseph Cleverdon reported that he is now living in London, in a mews house in Mayfair just east of Hyde Park. He moved there in November 2003 with his firm, a boutique investment bank, to help in its expansion into the European market. He is having a great time and expects to be in London through at least November 2005. He was on vacation at the end of July, during which he spent some time in New York catching up with various Cornellians, including Lynne Gadkowski, who had just moved there a few weeks prior.

So that's it for now. Keep it coming. Life-changing experiences, small incidents, Cornellian run-ins, classmate spottings, etc. Send in the News Form that came in the recent class mailing or write directly to us! -- Gregg Herman, gdh5@cornell.edu; or Erica Chan, hc31@cornell.edu.

99 | Upon one of my more recent trips to the "Social Safeway" grocery store in Georgetown, I came to the conclusion that one of the most practical inventions of the 20th century is that plastic divider that differentiates your Fruit Loops from the Dinty Moore beef stew of the unshaven, very-single guy in line behind you. I'm just saying: it can come in very handy.

I think there's a certain etiquette involved. As an example, when someone starts adding her sundries behind you, you can smile and offer the plastic partition. Everything seems right in the world. Sort of like Margaux Neiderbach, who offers a ray of sunshine to Cornell alumni who fit the Metro NY geographic demographic. As Margaux puts it, she "does alumni stuff for the greatest school ever." Cornell made a solid hire. Not only does this former tour guide sport 200-plus Cornell alumni friends on her Friendster page, but Margaux's a jeans model in Redbook's April 2003 issue.What a networking PR pro!

This much is also true for Alex Zalben, who is in the midst of putting together the second annual Big Red Comedy Festival in NYC at the end of October (bigredcomedy.com). He's also been on the road from L.A. to Atlanta to Edinburgh, Scotland, promoting his improvised video show and his two sketch comedy groups--Madame Funnypants and Elephant Larry--with various alumni, including classmate Stefan Lawrence.

Laura Knights has experienced some cross-country travel herself, changing coasts to head up the Seattle office of her company Intellisponse Inc., a strategic marketing and research firm. Laura's loving Seattle--the sites, the people, the sports, and even the weather.When not working, she fits in salsa dance lessons; a volleyball game here and there; charity benefits like the Multiple Sclerosis Walk, in which she raised $1,000; and, of course, the Mariners. "Go,M's!"

Getting back to my original subject, I don't advise using the plastic divider as a baton. This is especially true if you're caught inebriated on Zinck's Night at Chaucer's Tabard Inn in Philly, trying to recite Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky" from memory, which will, apparently, win you a drink on the house. This helpful piece of knowledge I learned from Julie Allmayer--who was disappointed to know that her flawless rendition of "Take on Me" by A-ha didn't fit with the Olde English theme. However, Dorit Koren recited the work with precision, dedicating the performance to Ory Holtzman, innocent bystander, and Lisa Lerner, who used to deliver "declamations" back in high school in Madison, CT. But I digress. Let's turn now to our favorite town--the venue of this summer's 5th Class Reunion.

Ah, Ithaca.Home to Cornell and Wegmans' green grocery dividers, adorned with the signature cursive "W," and also to: Amrita Basu and Sudeep Singh, who have returned to this most enlightened city for graduate school. This news comes by way ofMileen Patel, who spent some time nearby in hometown Horseheads before moving to Chicago this spring.Mileen's pleased to report that his Cornell ID still worked and this year's Slope Day was a fun time, albeit not comparable to the infamous mudslide of our freshman year.

Speaking of great New York cities, Jessica Strauss, in the Big Apple, has just been awarded a two-year fellowship (2004-05) by the environmental leadership program for her work in the green building industry. She is a US Green Building Council accredited professional and has completed her architecture licensure in NYS.

Sometimes it's hard to find the plastic divider when someone discards his unwanted Pop Tarts or Cheese Curls at the foot of the check-out magazine rack. This was the case when I went to stock up on snacks for my roadtrip to NYC with Sam Goldberg and Aaron Tax '98 for Matt Wexler and Becky Orfinger's wedding at the Fountainhead in New Rochelle.We made it across the George Washington Bridge with snacks in tow. It was a pre-5th Reunion with Julie Nussman, Liz Hill '00, Claire Ryan Saxton, Dan, DVM '04, and Tracy Allaman Atlas, Dan Doron, Heather Haupt, Alan Enos, ME '00, and Matt Perrone. Many other Cornell alumni classes were represented, including new sisters-inlaw, Laura Wexler '02 and Emily Orfinger '03.

And, speaking of New Rochelle weddings at the Fountainhead, Susan Friedfel wed Marc Tuckman '97 last August with an equally impressive '99 alumni brigade, including: Risa Shapiro, Jeanne Devine, Amanda Bruning, Hallie Epstein, Darcy Partridge, Jack and Diana Jensen Berkery, Todd '98 and Taryn Smith Jirousek,Matthew Ticknor, and Garrett Baird. The Upper East Side couple had better have wall room ready for some additional Ivy League diplomas--with Susan's 2002 Harvard Law degree and Marc's Columbia Business School degree expected in 2005.

Another wedding to toast is that of fellow Social Safeway shopper Jen Kantor, who wed Michael Gershberg on Memorial Day '04. The two lawyers-in-love both litigate in DC and had an "absolutely gorgeous"wedding, testifies Rebecca Harris Mulvaney, with '99 grads Rachelle (Loranger) and Sean Considine, Sarah Berger, Brad Schwack, Jennifer Mahl, Adam Forchheimer, and Seth Saideman, as well as Andrew Morse '96, Casey Morse '00, Sabrina Cerretani Patterson '98, Brad Zacharia '03, and Neal Dunn '97. Congrats to all of our newly wedded couples!

Before I pass the baton to Melanie and Jen for the next Cornell Alumni Magazine column, I recommend that you check out the pictures of our reunion online as soon as you set your magazine down. You'd never know it that we're seasoned with five years of post-college life under our belts: http://classof99.alumni.cornell.edu/albums/2004_reunion/index.html.

That's all from our nation's capital. Continue to share your news with us and the news of others.May you have luck in grocery shopping; and may you not end up with someone else's frozen dinner. -- Jess Smith, jessiniowa@hotmail.com; Melanie R.Arzt, snoopymel@hotmail.com; or Jennifer Sheldon, jls22@cornell.edu.

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