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| 90 | Over the past five years, your class correspondents have endeavored to accomplish a few simple goals: cover news about as many Class of '90 classmates as possible, and be creative while doing so. Perhaps you've noticed that we've mentioned more than 600 names in columns using themes ranging from the obvious to the esoteric to the just plain cheesy . . . or maybe you simply scan the text for boldfaced names you recognize. Either way, Carole and I have enjoyed the challenge of finding new and different ways to present the life milestones you have taken the time to share with us.We'd especially like to recognize the many contributors who have been proactive in sending regular updates, often more frequently than via the annual "News and Dues" form. Thanks to all of you--and to everyone who has sent along their stories--for your involvement! Please continue to do the same for our next roster of class correspondents who begin their five-year term with a Reunion Report in the Sept/Oct issue of Cornell Alumni Magazine.We know they will be great! Here, then, are the last news updates for this issue penned prior to the influx from reunion, sans theme. The New York Times reports that Anthony Waters married Meryl Becker in Darien, CT. Anthony is an associate and analyst in New York at Permal Capital Management, an investment unit of Worms & Cie, the French merchant bank. Another marriage announcement heralds the union of David Youngren and Rachel Coladangelo. The reception was held at The Gardens on Catlin Creek in Slate Hill. David is a technical course developer at Jaguar North America in Mawah, NJ. Stacy Strassberg Wright writes: "After ten years at home, I am jumping back into the business world--literally! Allen '87 and I have opened a Pump It Up franchise, which I am running in Shawnee Mission, KS. It's ‘The Inflatable Party Zone,' which is quickly spreading across the country. Check us out at www.pumpitupparty. com. Jared, 10, Trevor, 8, Owen, 5, and Eric, 3, now think we are THE coolest parents around!" John Hines may have a few years yet before becoming an inflatable party consumer, but he's on his way: "You asked me to keep you posted if a new legacy should come along.My wife Ka Sin Yeung gave birth to our first child, a daughter, on March 12, 2005.We have named her Jordan Lok-See Hines, and she and mother are happy to be in our new home in Milford, CT.We moved into the new house between Thanksgiving and Christmas." John and Ka Sin hoped to bring Jordan up to reunion in June. My former roommate Marla Spindel thinks she has no news to report, but she actually offered plenty of tidbits in a recent e-mail to me! In August 2004,Marla and husband Jonathan Peskoff visited Ithaca and Cornell. "We stayed at the Statler Hotel and went to Treman State Park--very nice!"While in Ithaca,Marla saw Beth Rosen Sheidley, her husband Nat, and their daughter Ella, who was just a few months old at the time. Beth is a genetics counselor in Wellesley, MA, and was in Ithaca visiting her mom. The second week of September 2004,Marla and Jonathan were part of another mini-Cornell reunion in the North Carolina Outer Banks, organized by Tracy Dillman Kulikowski. Also among the crew enjoying beach time were Tracy's husband Karl and son Mason, and Jen Radner Elgin, husband Mike, and son Zachary. Jen and family moved to Brambleton,VA, outside Washington, DC, in late 2001; she is with the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, specializing in intellectual property law.Marla and Jonathan live in nearby McLean, VA, and Marla is practicing law as well, with Powers, Pyle, Sutter and Verville. She and Jen see each other for power lunches often! Marla also got together with Melanie Rebak Schwartz when she lived in Richmond,VA, for a year or so, but last year Melanie and family--husband Stephen '91 and children Jessica and Reid--moved to Naples, FL.Marla was especially looking forward to reunion because she will be coming with her father, Fred Spindel '65, who will be celebrating his 40th Reunion! Congratulations are also due to my dear friend Karen Mitchell, who recently was promoted to director and senior employment counsel at Credit Suisse First Boston. Our pal Maria Scaltro Steele, MBA '02, wrote with news of her world travels: "I just came back from a one-and-a-half-week trip to Argentina with some work colleagues. Last year I went to India, and just like a ‘Seinfeld' episode, I was invited to a wedding. The year before that, Karen Mitchell, Rob Chodock '89, and I traveled to an exotic island in the Caribbean. Back at home, Karen, Monica Durand Steele, Barbara Gordon Cohen '91, and I are still avidly playing poker every month in an exclusive group for women in banking, law, and insurance--drinking more wine than playing poker nowadays. For the last game, we had to battle extreme winds in a late February Nor'easter to climb through Tribeca streets to Karen and Rob's beautiful new two-bedroom apartment."Maria manages acquisitions for the Citibank Driver's Edge MasterCard and is team captain for Citi recruiting at Cornell. We have previously written on the beverage-related goings-on with classmate and amateur winemaker Kevin Kozak. Since our last update, Kevin has taken things to the next level, opening La Jolla Canyon Winery--without taking out any loans! As reported in the March 31 issue of SanDiegoReader.com, neighbor Fred Papouban became a business partner after tasting Kevin's 2001 Cabernet at a block party. They filed the paperwork to become a bonded winery in order to produce a saleable quantity of wine, acquired the needed space, equipment, grapes, and helpful advice . . . and are now working on marketing plans while waiting for the reds to ripen. Go to www.sdreader.com/published/2005-03-31/crush.html for the full article! We'll raise a glass in anticipation of an exceptional five years to come--make the most of it, everyone! Cheers! --Alisa "Gil" Gilhooley, AlisaGil@aol.com; CaroleMoran Krus, clm42@cornell.edu. 91 | The Class of '91 has been busy--so much so that there is scarce room to mince words by way of introduction. As always, there are many future Cornellians to announce, a handful of nuptials, some career shifts, and even some cross-country moves. Read on for the details! Liza Cohen Tillinghast celebrated the birth of her second child,Morgan Beth, last January. Liza lives in New York City with her husband Bill, son Justin, 2-1/2, and new daughter, and is the CFO of Citibank Cash and Reward Credit Cards. After vowing many times to send something in, and inevitably forgetting upon closing the magazine, Randall Singer sent an update from his Blackberry to announce that he, wife Margie, and son Tyler, 2-1/2, welcomed their newest family member Alexa last September. Randall added that he is still putting his ILR degree to use as the VP of corporate benefits for T. Rowe Price in Baltimore. Bob Baca announces the birth his first child, Emma Helena, who was born in March and named to honor his and his wife's grandmothers. Liz Kleinberg writes that as of December she has 20 tiny toes to tickle! Her twins Neil and Rochelle join her and husband Mike in Birmingham, AL, where she is a visiting law professor at Samford U.'s Cumberland School of Law. John Byers and wife Lisa Camesano '92 celebrated the birth of their second son, Andrew, who joins big brother John, 3. John also shares that he recently hosted Jeff Loiter and Matt Sherman at his house in Newton, MA, to watch Cornell dispatch Harvard for the ECAC men's hockey title. Joanna Baum Bitner and husband Bruce celebrated the arrival of third child Claire to their home in Austin, TX. Joanna's family also includes sons Nolan, 6, and Eric, 3. Celina Alvarez Rojo also announced her third child, Amanda, who was born in March. Celina adds that she and her husband are new residents of Southern California, having relocated from the northern part of the state. Robin Shafran Arnone and husband John welcomed their third (and last!) child,Matthew, last January.Matthew joins big brothers Brandon, 5, and Ethan, 3. Robin's family will soon relocate from Long Island to Westchester. Doug Dubiel and wife Mari join the "third time's a charm club" by bringing baby number three, Emily, into the world to join older brothers Charlie, 6, and Henry, 4. Doug is VP and wealth management advisor at Merrill Lynch. Cathy Butz Hughes and husband Brad just celebrated the first birthday of son Matthew in May. David Clarke announces that he and his girlfriend Christie helped their son Elliott blow out his first candle as well. David adds that he works for Restaurant Associates at Citigroup in Manhattan and New Jersey. Pete Boksanski's son Murphy, who just turned 1, is being well cared for by big sister Malia. Nicole Bisagni DelToro is blazing new frontiers both at home and in business. She and her husband welcomed their first, Colin, last year, and prior to that she started an executive search business near Washington, DC. After a career in management consulting, Dora Jih, ME '92, MBA '93, has also started a new business in the San Francisco Bay Area with a T-shirt line called Season Tees. Beyond running the business, Dora spends her days taking care of daughters Ava, 4, and Ana, 1, with husband Sam and training for triathlons and marathons. Glenn Collins is the managing editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology in San Diego. He and wife Jen have lived in San Diego since their marriage in June 2000 and now share their home with 2-year-old son Joshua. Andy Burrows announces that he and his wife welcomed son Parker to their family last year. After practicing law in the San Francisco Bay Area for six years, Andy now works as a recruiter with the attorney search firm of Major, Hagen & Africa. Betsy Alley is still living in London, after four years, where she received her MBA at London Business School. Upon graduation, she began to work as a freelance strategy consultant, though now has decided to pursue an entrepreneurial path (for which she promises more news if the venture takes flight). Betsy also announces that she married a Canadian named Derek last spring, with fellow Cornellians Tricia Ahkin and Melissa Glim '93 in attendance. Lisa Dale Gregory married husband Dean last year. Lisa works as a natural resource policy fellow for the Wilderness Society in Denver, CO. Also tying the knot last year were Alice Crenshaw Davenport, MPA '94, and Sanford Gordon '94. Alice is a senior tax and estate planning analyst at Bernstein Investment Research and Management in Manhattan. Finally, Robert Cignarella Jr. announces his newlywed status with wife Debra. Robert is VP for corporate bond mutual funds and a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs in Manhattan. Hans Aramburo is looking forward to a big move this summer as he leaves the depressing winter blues of New Jersey for the Sunshine State. Hans will move to Tampa, FL, with a house but no job. He notes that while he is leaving behind a successful career as a computer consultant to face the unknown, he has a sunny outlook for future prospects. E. Bradley Bosart, who works as CFP and senior VP at McDonald Financial Group, recently moved to Bloomfield Hills, MI. Kim Brown Bixler announces that she left the snow and New England charm for a warmer climate and a challenging new career opportunity. Kim and husband Timothy, JD '93, and two children left the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts and headed to Pleasanton, CA. Linda Craugh sends greetings from the Arabian Gulf. Linda reported aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as Damage Control Assistant last January and is now engaged in a round-the-world homeport change/global war on terror deployment. Jennie Dean Clark had been living with her family in Geneva, Switzerland, since 2001, where she was spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. She, husband Jeff, and son Toby, 2, have recently moved back to the US, returning to the Washington, DC, area, where she will attend Georgetown Law School and focus on refugee/asylum and human rights law. Angelica Allen completed her doctoral course work at Seton Hall U. this year and plans to defend her dissertation this summer in the area of educational leadership and supervision. Kevin Covert announces that he is the godfather of Gabriel, the first son of Kwame K. Satchell and wife Elizabeth, who live in Houston. Kevin also shares that he has a new job in the Office of Strategic and Performance Planning at the State Dept. After 30 overseas trips in 36 months (including an eight-week stint in Tbilisi where he waved a Georgian flag during the Rose Revolution with 50,000 of his closest friends), he was happy to accept an appointment with the Civil Service that will keep him involved in foreign affairs but also close to home with his wife Lesya and son Timothy, 5. Last year Alan Chien started a new job with the Boeing Company. He now lives and works in Northern Virginia just outside of Washington, DC. He moved from Upstate New York, where he lived for 11 years after graduating from Cornell. Alan mentions that he recently met with Dan Koontz and Laura Perrin '90 for dinner in New York City, and in January he met Josh N. Levine for dinner in Los Angeles. Sameer Desai and his wife Sheetal have experienced a number of changes over the past year, including the birth of their daughter Sanya and a move from Virginia to Michigan, where Sameer will pursue oncology studies at the U. of Michigan for the next two years. Sameer adds that he is looking forward to our 15th Reunion in 2006! While we hope to see everyone at next year's reunion, please don't wait until then to share your own good news! E-mail us with an update. -- Corinne Kuchling, kuccori@ hotmail.com; Nina Rosen Peek, nsr5@cornell.edu; Dave Smith, docds30@yahoo.com. 92 | Since I last spoke with you . . . I took my pottery class and it was great! I was up at Cornell in April and got a chance to meet with lots of promising pre-freshmen. It was swell to be back on campus and see what's been developing since we all graduated. There are new buildings (of course) and Cornell's official campus is moving outward . . . like past the Vet college. Yikes. Has anyone ever been yonder? Anyway, nice to know there's always a new place to discover. I'm still growing my media company (visit www.WilPowerEnterprises.com) and chasing my four kids. They keep me fit! Speaking of kids . . . DylanWilloughby, MFA '95, wife Meredith, and son Julian are thrilled to announce the arrival of James "Jamie" Keats Willoughby, born March 2, 2005. Dylan and his family are relocating to Los Angeles, where Dylan will work in the litigation department at Latham & Watkins. Seth Isenberg announces, "Our daughter Beryl just turned 1 year old in April, and Fisher is 3-1/2 now! Pretty intense, but very rewarding."He just went to Germany for the first time for SAP America (to visit a client) and the mothership at SAP AG in Waldorf. Richard Brewer recently started a new job as a consultant for Washington Management Group. He advises telecommunications companies on federal government law and policy and absolutely loves it. AndyWillet is joining him in Ithaca for Homecoming and the 100th anniversary of Seal & Serpent fraternity. Emily Miller Cooper says she and husband Michael have settled into their new house and started off the new year with a new edition: Anna Jessica was born on December 30, 2004. Rick and Meghan DeGolyer Hauser (Perry, NY) welcomed Levi Avery on Aug. 21, 2004. The new baby joins brothers Abraham, 6, and Solomon, 3.Meghan is now in the third year of organizing the Perry Farmers'Market. Randall McMillan reports he's still at Island Def Jam and was recently promoted to senior director of business and legal affairs. He's moved to Union, NJ, since the last update, and his daughter and son (Jada, 6, and Jason, 2) are doing well.Myong Haeng Sunim (David Atkins) gives us his update: "For the past 12 years I have been living in South Korea. For the last eight years I have been practicing as a Zen Buddhist monk at various temples in the mountains. I currently reside at Mu Sang Sa temple on Gye Ryong San Mountain (www.musangsa.org) and am spending a year keeping a vow of silence." On January 27, 2002, Michelle Berry, MPS '92 (mcb45@cornell.edu), a communications executive, artist, and writer, wed Robert Lofthouse, an associate professor of engineering. In January 2004,Michelle began serving a four-year term as alderwoman on the City of Ithaca's Common Council. On August 30, 2004, the couple's first child Nina Berry Lofthouse was born. In December,Michelle was named the second Poet Laureate of Tompkins County. She is currently working on a new play, a second book of poetry, and teaching communication at both Cornell and Ithaca College. Mike Litvak wrote in to tell us . . . well, I'll just let him tell it: "Professionally, I have been working for Gartner Consulting since June 2000, where I was recently promoted to associate director. Personally, I got married on December 15, 2002 to Diane Bloom, now Diane Litvak. The wedding was attended by Eric Kossoff '91, Richard Garodnick '91, and Dave Glanstein '94, who are all fraternity brothers of mine (TKE). Diane and I had our first child, David Isaac, on December 22, 2002 and we couldn't be happier.We are all enjoying living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan." Mara DiGrazia, DVM '96, shares that this has been a busy year for her. She is buying into the veterinary practice where she's worked for over four years and she has purchased a house in Glen Cove with her fiancé Michael. Pamela Davis Wells writes,"My husband Steve '86 and I welcomed our second son, Samuel Irving (Class of 2027, we hope) in late January. He joins brother Jack Irwin (Class of 2025, we hope). The two are only 15 months apart so there is a lot of work to do around here. If you publish this item, we will highlight it and frame the magazine page as an inspiration for our boys to do well in school so they'll get into Cornell." HarrisWeisman says, "I recently left the consulting world and took a job as the information systems security manager for Chemung Canal Trust Company in Elmira, NY. Elmira is 40 minutes from Ithaca, and my wife and I visit the campus quite a bit." Brad Minnich has founded the Maasai Project, which is the union of filmmaker Brad Minnich, Documentary Educational Resources (DER) and the Maasai Association, headed by Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamisi. Theirs is a symbiotic relationship devoted to creating awareness and a sustainable future for the East African Maasai people through film and community service projects. More information can be found by visiting www.MaasaiProject.org. Keith Fratta simply exclaims, "It's good to be alive!" I share the sentiment, Keith. It's good to have another chance to give someone a smile, do an honorable deed, and, of course, share good news. Share! Until next time. Be a light, and be well.Write to: --Wilma Ann Anderson, info@WilPowerEnterprises.com; Renee Hunter Toth, rah24@cornell. edu; or Debbie Feinstein, debbie_feinstein@yahoo.com. 93 | Hopefully, these lazy days of summer are giving some of our classmates an opportunity to relax and settle into their new digs. It seems like 2005 has been a year of transition, one in which quite a few of us packed up and sought out greener pastures. Justin Schor, wife Julie, and 15-month-old daughter Vanessa relocated from Las Vegas to Washington, DC. Justin writes, "We are excited to make our nation's capital our home." Justin is the manager of program development for UrbanTrans Consultants, a firm specializing in transportation management and planning as well as public outreach. Gilles Fouquart also relocated to the East Coast. Gilles writes, "After ten years in Detroit and the auto industry, I will be moving back to the New York City area in 2005 to be closer to family and pursue a sales career in a more promising industry." Good luck, Gilles! Mimi Duff dropped us a line to say she moved back to New York in February 2004 after a stint in London at Goldman Sachs. Since returning to the states,Mimi has gotten married, moved to Greenwich, CT, and begun working as a director at Barclays Capital. She says she still keeps in touch with several classmates, including Beth Schneggenbenger Keser, Nicole Teitler Cave, Sandra Song, and Noelle Yaney Child. Stanley Chiang is discovering the true meaning of "Rocky Mountain high" in his new home in Park City, UT. He writes, "This place is an outdoor lover's dream come true. It is a 365-day, year-round resort. The skiing is spectacular (sorry, Greek Peak, there's just no comparison!)." Stanley says he is always looking for hiking, biking, or skiing partners. And yes, he assures us, "I do work when I'm not playing outside!" Stanley is a process technology scientist at Cephalon, a biopharmaceutical company. Also headed out west is Greg Coladonato. Tom Tseng '87, ME '94, reports that Greg recently accepted a job as a product manager at Google in the San Francisco Bay Area. Greg is finishing up an MBA at Wharton and will then make the trek cross-country with son Gavin and wife Maia (Albano) '92. Anthony Liparidis's recent move may be shorter in miles than all of the others, but it probably feels a lot farther away. Anthony and his wife Tiffany Traina '94, MD '99, moved to Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island after ten years of New York City living. "If any alums are in the area, give us a ring or drop us an e-mail at aglnyc@optonline.net." A few of our classmates celebrated some very impressive accomplishments this year. Andrew Sewell recently graduated from a combined neurology/psychiatry residency program at the U. of Massachusetts Medical School. Andrew is now working on a research fellowship at McLean Hospital where he will be studying nicotine, cocaine, and psychedelics. In December 2004, Helena Pachon, MS '96, completed fieldwork in Peru for her PhD thesis in Nutrition at Cornell. Robert Cohen was recently named partner at the New York law firm Davis & Gilbert, where he practices labor and employment law. Robert is living in Maplewood, NJ, with his wife Heidi, daughter Shayna, 4, and son Sam, 2. Drop him a line at rcohen@dglaw.com. Last but not least, Mark Fergeson wrote in to say he saw classmates Tina Hennessey Goldstein and Jen Strazza Beahm, MRP '95, inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in Ithaca in November. Big congratulations to everyone! As always, proud parents among us are excited to announce their recent additions. Ellen Ho Ongchin and husband Steve '91 welcomed daughter Caroline on May 18, 2004. Caroline joins older brother Justin who is almost 3. The Ongchin family makes its home in Sandton, South Africa, near Johannesburg. Claudia Humphrey Curtis lives in Teaneck, NJ, with her daughters Kaela, who turned 3 in February, and Arielle, who will be 2 in October. Claudia has been working as in-house employment counsel for BD since March 2004. The New York Times is often a source of wedding news about our classmates. Calin Moucha married ophthalmologist Emily Zimmerman in December in New York City. Calin is the chief of the division of joint replacement in the orthopedics department of the Newark campus of the U. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. In October, Chris Tedeschi married Sara Bernstein in New York City. Chris is a second year resident in emergency medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.He received a master's degree in science writing from Johns Hopkins and a medical degree from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Erin Leitman e-mailed to tell us she married Christopher Scott last summer on Long Island. The wedding was attended by close friends Andrew Rosenberg, Melissa Davis-Hartranft, Tavora Leitman Buchman '90, Bonnie Leff Kajiwara '91, Leslie Hansen, JD '92, and Bernadette Perez Polsky, JD '92. Erin is an attorney at Pfizer Inc., heading the clinical disclosure group. She reports,"My husband and I are living happily in Manhattan!" Well, that's all for now! If you have any news, please remember to share it with your classmates. -- Erica Fishlin Fox, ericazzz@aol.com; and Yael Berkowitz Rosenberg, ygb1@cornell.edu. 94 | Hope everyone is enjoying the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Our news is a little older, so bear with us as we bring you back to fall. Seth Kaufman finished his residency last year in neurology at New York Presbyterian-Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and is in Boston for a fellowship in neuromuscular disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He's also still recording--he was named a Bösendorfer Piano Artist in October and is working on several new solo piano projects, including a ten-year anniversary edition of "Cascadilla" and a new solo piano CD to be released next fall. Joanna Diamond is managing her own executive search firm in Fort Lauderdale (http://www.diamondrecruiters.com), where she focuses on executive-level positions in the hotel, resort, casino, and cruise industries. Matt Walker is a senior VP, hotel and resort development for Lowe Enterprises. He and wife Emily live in Pacific Palisades, CA, with children Joe, 6, and Will, 1. In November, Bob Maldonado was promoted to Major in the US Marine Corps. He is currently serving in the Al Anbar Province (near Fallujah) with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Julie Wieczkowski finished her PhD in anthropology and is now an assistant professor at the U. of West Georgia. She continues to do field research on the endangered Tana mangabey. Sandy Gordon and Alice Davenport '91, MPA '94, got married on October 24, 2004 in New York. Sandy--or Dr. Gordon, as the New York Times refers to him--is an assistant professor of politics at NYU, and Alice is a senior tax and estate planning analyst at Bernstein Investment Research and Management in Manhattan. David Zammiello wed the former Lori Rayburn, PhD '01 in Rochester, NY. David works as an attorney/editor at West Publishing, while Lori puts her Cornell master's in chemistry and doctorate in inorganic chemistry to work as a research and development scientist at Eastman Kodak. Neil Cantor wed Shari Wechsler on October 30 in Maryland. Cornellians in attendance included big brother Brian Cantor '92, David Cantor '61, and Jay Cantor '64. Among the nearly 20 Cornellians in attendance were classmates Rob Claypoole, MBA '03, Tony Prentice, Dave Fischer, Dan Lockwood, Greg Gordon, Ari Rubenfeld, Craig Hymowitz, Robert Greenblatt, and Seth and Jessica Newill Cohen. October 30 was a popular day to get married! Kristen Blanchard married Michael Carey at his family's church in Ardsley, followed by a reception at the Union League in Center City Philadelphia. In attendance were Karen Young Arasz '95, Dawn Pinchasik '95, Cassandra Coffman, Cynthia Mann Davin, Gregory Goodwin, and Theodore '90 and Elizabeth Bunta Haussman '91. Carolyn Weaver attended the October Staten Island wedding of Yvette Politis '93 and Dan Cromack. Vikki Parker '93, DVM '97, Stacy Mariconda Huang '93, and Jodi Krause '93 were also there. Carolyn and husband Nishan Fernando are enjoying their twins Matthew and Lauren, born in July 2003. Carolyn finished a residency in radiology and a fellowship in abdominal imaging in Jan. 2005 and will be moving to Atlanta in July. Many of our classmates are just gushing over where they live and work. Kathleen "Kat" Hall is living the outdoor life in Juneau, AK. Following a stint in the Peace Corps in Cameroon, she earned a master's in environmental management at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 2003, and is now the water quality/mining organizer for the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (SEACC). She and partner Maya Raschel live on a sailboat with their Australian shepherd Crystal and spend as much time as possible outdoors. Emily Brown recently bought her first home in Tarrytown, NY, and is teaching special education at Eastchester High School and loving it. Kaye Anderson reports, "We love living in Berkeley!" The "we" includes husband Jeffrey Frank, a doctor in San Pablo, CA, stepdaughter Laurel, 12, and identical twin 2-year-old daughters Skye and Jayna. Kaye is a clinical supervisor and therapist at Davis Street Family Resource Center in San Leandro, CA. Speaking of twins, Kevin J. and Amanda Bastian Jacobs welcomed twins Catherine Irene and Samantha Karlene on November 23, 2004. Kevin is vice president, corporate finance at Host Marriott Corporation, and Amanda is design center manager for Toll Brothers. J. Allison Hertel Bignault, husband David, and big sister Ellen welcomed Claire Amy on August 11, 2004. And last but certainly not least,my husband and I were honored to be named godparents to Elizabeth Lourdes Florence Unemori Hampe, born October 27, 2004 to Greg and Melissa Unemori Hampe.Melissa continues to serve as legislative director for Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii.-- Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; Dika Lam, DEL5@cornell.edu; Jennifer Rabin Marchant, jennifer.marchant@kraft.com. 95 | Hello, Class of 1995! It was wonderful seeing everyone who attended the 10th Reunion! Seems like just yesterday we were driving and flying to Ithaca to celebrate our 5th. Time really does move quickly when you're busy doing other things. Stay tuned to these pages for a complete Reunion Report in the Sept/Oct issue. Brian Wildstein has been very busy doing other things with his time. After working in Hollywood for six years, Brian changed pace and became a lawyer. Now he is clerking for Federal Judge Max Rosenn '30, BA '29, on the US Court of Appeals. Per Brian, Marc Tilton '96 is a general manager of a restaurant at Walt Disney World's "Pleasure Island." David Beck lives in Glen Ellyn, IL, and helps lead new product launches at Wrigley as a supply chain manager. Christopher Hill is continuing his master's work at Miner Inst. and U. of Vermont. Following her Fulbright experience in Berlin, Germany, Kelly Vargas returned to the US to start working in Davis, CA. After graduating from her ob/gyn residency in July 2003,Maureen Shaw Terranova has been working as a full-time attending ob/gyn in a private practice in Rhinebeck, NY. Continuing with this column's extra busy theme, Anna Zakos-Feliberti says, "I have been meaning to write for a while now.We've had a busy year. Eric Feliberti, myself, and our daughter Anastasia, 2, moved out West to Duarte, CA (right outside Pasadena) for Eric's surgical oncology fellowship at City of Hope. If there are any fellow Cornellians out here, feel free to e-mail us at aefeliberti@verizon.net.We brought in 2005 with the birth of our second little girl, Stella Marie. As I write this, she will be 3 months old already. Both girls are doing great. Eric is doing a year of research while I am still trying to finish up my dissertation in public health." This past spring, Jennifer Keene visited Ella Grace, daughter of Cherylanne Muraski Skolnicki, who was born in November 2004. "Ella's a cutie, just like her mother, who was one of my senior year roommates." Jennifer's update continues, "I am still working as director of marketing for a sports agent. It has been just about three and a half years now since I moved from NYC to D.C.Work is great, and our clients are a spectacular bunch. The firm represents more then 30 pro athletes, primarily NBA players, and there's not a bad apple in the bunch. But on the side, I have started a second career: freelance writing. I love it! One of my articles, ‘Spirited Exchanges,' will appear in the preview issue of Washington, DC Style (www.dcstylemag.com) that will hit the city this week. Another, entitled ‘Love 'em and Leave 'em,' comes out in May. So far, I'm focusing on dining, nightlife, and trends pieces, but who knows what the future holds?" In May 2004, Thomas Hughes (tchughes@syr.edu) started a PhD program in fish and wildlife management at SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. He is studying walleye in eastern Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River. Thomas lives in North Syracuse with Kelly Gonzalez '96, who is a legal aid attorney. Carrie Fox Schecter had lots to say in her e-mail update. "2004 was a great year for us. David completed his PhD (with distinction) in molecular biology from Columbia U. and is now doing his post-doctoral research at Rockefeller U. I am a lawyer at Ropes & Gray; in 2003 I switched to the practice of health care law and I love it. Our daughter Ilana turned 2 in September and we were happy to have many Cornellians at her party. Sarah Schneider Cohen was there with her husband Shane, son Avi, 5, and daughter Estie, 3; Jen Witrock Fenster was there with Leah, 3, and Yonah, 1; and Jeff Cohen '93, ME '94, was there with daughter Dahlia, 2.We just came back from visiting our classmate Jason Fromberg and his wife Alycia and their 4-month-old son Nayden, who has a great smile and is a very happy baby." Patrick Reuss writes, "2005 is off to a fast start. I was married on a snowy, Ithaca-like evening January 8 in Albany, NY, to Tricia Cenci." Several classmates were in Patrick's wedding party, including Josh Gellert and Bill Young, and guests included Bill's wife Emily (Meyer) and Joshua Hamilton. "After an incredible honeymoon cruise to the Western Caribbean,my wife and I started brand new jobs! I am now working for Monster Worldwide, and Tricia is with Dey Pharmaceuticals."Deborah Damask and Daniel Brachfeld, ME '96, were married on July 17, 2004 at the Berkeley City Club in Berkeley, CA. They currently live in San Francisco, although they are looking to move somewhere south of the equator. Hanna Stevens married Gordon Buchanan in May 2004 and started her child psychiatry residency the following July at Yale U. Leslie Harris, MS '98, married Jeremy Alexander at Anabel Taylor Hall on February 12. Leslie is an environmental engineer at Metcalf & Eddy in Chicago, and Jeremy is a substitute elementary school teacher for the Chicago public school system. In more doctor news, David Podwall updates us on the fruits of his studious medical labors. "I have finally finished many years of medical training--medical internship at Mt. Sinai, neurology residency at Columbia-Presbyterian and then a fellowship in neurophysiology/EMG, also at Columbia. Now, I have joined a private practice, Neurological Associates of Long Island, in Great Neck, NY. In addition to my clinical responsibilities, I teach the students and residents at North Shore U. Hospital.My academic appointment is assistant professor of clinical neurology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine." On October 16, 2004, Andrea Berloff married Drew Filus in Redondo Beach, CA. Lots and lots and lots of Cornellians attended their wedding. Our classmates there included Olivia Booth, Jesse Wigutow, Jill Magid, Emily Smith Bradley, Justin Dimick, John Berlinksi, Mike Ober, Josh Nathanson, Rina Agarwala, Beth Krause, Andrew Conn, Rob Cuthill, and Richard Greene. The couple resides in Los Angeles and works in the entertainment industry. Switching to purely baby updates, Christian Cox and his wife Jennifer (Kunkel) '97 are proud to announce the birth of their first child, Natalie Amelia. Christian adds, "Natalie was born on July 18, 2004, the day after our fifth wedding anniversary. All three of us are doing fine." Jacqueline Elizabeth Stultz was born to Katherine Vega Stultz on Thursday,March 24. Jennifer Buckalter Cohen and her husband Len welcomed Brendon Indiana into the world on February 12, 2005. Abe Ng's first child, son Kyle Allan, was born on Labor Day, September 6, 2004. Baby Brett joined Stephen and Suzanne Hiney Willcox on July 19, 2003. And in the final piece of news that can be squeezed into this edition of Class Notes, Meg Nalevanko Falcone, DVM '99, sends word that she and husband Daniel '94, MAT '96, are keeping busy.Meg says, "I work part time as a small animal veterinarian and spend the rest of my time keeping up with my three little girls; Hannah is 4, Ella is 2, and Claire Elizabeth joined us on January 20. Dan is really outnumbered now!" Thanks so very much to everyone for sending lots of news and updates! Please keep it up. You guys are the greatest! -- Abra Benson, amb8@cornell.edu; Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu. Class website: http://classof95.alumni.cornell.edu. 96 | Thanks to the magic of satellite phones, I am filing this column from Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It's been nearly four months to the day after the tsunami hit, and the contrasts are unbelievable. There are ships in the middle of where towns once stood, and tent cities in place of rice paddies. But some of the tents have TVs, and the "market" stands that have sprouted to cater to the population sell Fanta, Sprite, Jello, four kinds of cookies (pineapple and peanut butter cream, but no vanilla!) . . . and pirated DVDs (the essentials, right?).Meanwhile, the house I have begged a room in--I camped the last time I was here, just after the tsunami hit, and I'd rather not do it again--has no running water or electricity, but they do own an Ab Roller. I am not making this up. From the wedding files.Wedding One (courtesy of the New York Times): Dr. Julie Lorber married Scott Saperstein in Boston on April 2. Julie is a surgical resident at Boston U.Medical Center, and Scott is the new business development manager at VH1.Wedding Two: Alexandra Yoffie married Nathan Sleeper in Worcester,MA, on April 3. Cornellians included Alexy's sisters Victoria '99 and Isadora '06, her former roommates Dr. Sondra Iacullo-Bogursky, Connie Lung Sabino, and Barbara Yien, plus Sandra Fried, Kathryn Petrillo-Smith, and me. Plus, it turns out that Alexy's amazing flowers--amazing enough that several guests were snapping pictures of them--were done by Jessica Levy '00, who recently opened her own business, Cymbidium Floral (www.cymbidiumfloral.com). Catherine Oh writes: "I am currently finishing my second year in pediatric residency at Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital in Philadelphia, and my husband (an internal medicine resident and former med school classmate) and I recently celebrated our daughter's first birthday." She adds that Anita Prasad is married and living in Seattle with her husband, and Lillian Su is in her second year of a pediatric nephrology fellowship at Pittsburgh Children's. We're low on news right now, since your latest round of responses to the class News and Dues mailing haven't reached us yet. Do fill in those News Forms if you haven't done so, or send an e-mail to your correspondents at any time. --Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu; Sheryl Magzamen, slm1@cornell.edu; and Allie Cahill, AlexandraCahill@ aol.com. For updated class events, news, and resources, visit http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu. 97 | In recognition of classmates preparing to take the Bar exam this summer, I'll start the news with updates on some of us who have collected Juris Doctor degrees. John Boyer is an associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, OH. John previously worked as an Army Judge Advocate with the 101st Airborne Division; he served as a Special Assistant US Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky and Middle District of Tennessee and also spent a year in Iraq. Tonya Noldon is a 2004 graduate of the U. of Virginia School of Law. Jill Dash and Jason Friedman are co-clerks for Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan. Jill lives with buddy Josh Lamont '98 and keeps in touch with classmates Eric Beveridge, Kerstin Johnson Mukerji, MS '98, Bindiya Patel-Gillenwater, and Grace Hsu. Chad Levitt lives in Philadelphia and works as a commercial loan officer at Philadelphia Private Bank. Chad has seen Carrie Bar. Seth Guikema is a postdoc in civil and environmental engineering at Cornell, where he is doing research on infrastructure risk analysis. Jennifer Corwin lives in the Princeton, NJ, area and is working toward an MBA from Rutgers U. Several classmates have relocated in recent months. Amanda Levine planned to complete her residency in ob/gyn at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City in June. Her next move is back to Edmond, OK, to practice medicine in her hometown. Amanda writes, "Hopefully I will be delivering some future Cornellians!" Beth Winters reports she had "no time to have a life while doing PhD work" at Iowa State U.; she's picked up her degree and moved further west to do postdoc work at the U. of Nebraska. Many of us continue to take the plunge into married life. Jennifer DeLong married Martin Harris in June 2003; ErikaWatts '98, Darlene Reinschussel Ogden, David Rueter, Elizabeth Schepp Berman, MPS '04, Joseph Maule '96, and Jae-Won Kwon '98 attended. Jennifer collected a master's in public administration from George Mason U. in January and works for the City of Alexandria's Office on Women, where she coordinates community education programs about domestic violence and sexual assault and manages the city's Walk to Fight Breast Cancer. Jennifer travels frequently with Martin and in November visited Kimberly Miller '95 and Donnelly Nariss in Phoenix. Rachel Fremder married Jeff Ellis on May 30, 2004. Three classmates, Jennifer Baskind Sivitz, Jana Miller Grotas, and Jessica Adema, were bridesmaids along with Rachel's sister Deborah '00. Rachel is an ophthalmology resident at SUNY Downstate; she and Jeff live in New Hyde Park, NY. Cheryl Tourney married Magnus Campbell on July 16, 2004 in Edinburgh, Scotland, near his hometown of Carlops. Those classmates who made the trip to the Emerald Isle include Vasantha Badari Kostojohn and husband Scott, Michelle McKee Cubbon and husband James, Chris Heisterkamp, MS '98, Erin Davis Fisher and (now) husband Jess, and Dino Carter '98. (Go to www.cherylandmagnus.com for photos.) The couple resides in San Francisco and is saving their pennies for their next trip around the world. Val Novellano tied the knot on October 2, 2004 in New Jersey. Cornellian classmates celebrating the event included Laura Barrantes, VikMilne, Stephanie Gwinner, Mijin Chai, Luke Shoberg, Neeral Shah, Matt Parobeck, and Andy dePasquale. Val finished her residency in emergency medicine at Drexel U. College of Medicine in Philadelphia and works as an emergency physician in Freehold, NJ. The New York Times noted the October 30, 2004 nuptials of two classmates. William Rukin married Marnie Davis in New York.William is manager of SLX Capital Management, a real estate development and asset management concern started by his family;Marnie is a physician's assistant in reproductive medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Sara Morse married Thomas Frankie in Purchase, NY. Sara is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston; Thomas is a conservation education specialist at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA. Several classmates have sent word of new additions. Amy Doig Light has relocated to Seattle with husband Don and son Henry Becker Light, who was born October 8, 2004. Amy is an attorney at a small local law firm. Eushiuan Tran Tsung and spouse Eric welcomed son Patrick on August 12, 2003. Brian, MMH '97, and Emilie Abel have a daughter Gabrielle and live in West New York, NJ, where Brian is director of food and beverage outlets for Westin Hotels and Resorts. On September 28, 2004, Neal Rubin and wife Lisa Enkoff, MILR '97, had daughter Isabela Rachel Willow. Neal is senior vice president for Ocean Development Group in Miami, FL, where he is responsible for sales and marketing of the Four Seasons, the first ultra-luxury private residential vessel being built by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Please send in your news--your classmates' inquiring minds want to know what you've been up to! --Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu; Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu. 98 | Our prayers have been answered. It seems like the news is finally pouring in! Thanks to everyone for sending it. First on the list, a Cornell-Cornell wedding. Karen Dorman and Todd Kipnes '96 were married on February 12, 2005 in the Dominican Republic. The wedding took place on the beach at Casa De Campo. Among the more than 15 Cornellians in attendance were Lindsay Kipnes '00, Debbie Dorman '01, and Helen Karen Dorman '68, BS '67, plus classmates Elizabeth Morgenstein, Ayesha Haider Marra, and Betsy Patterson. Yours truly (Gregg) regrets not being able to make it, but heard it was amazing. The pictures were great--the couple looked fantastic and extremely happy! Debbie Dorman, Karen's sister, also gets to spend next year with Gregg at grad school. Onward to the "real life" after Cornell. It seems like many '98ers are now branching out from the traditional careers in business, law, medicine, etc.We have recently heard from a couple of those involved in the media. Andreea Matei has lived in New York City since graduation. She recently published her first book, The Green Apple (www.thegreenapple.org), a guide to healthy and natural living in NYC. From Jennifer Betit Yen (jbetityen@yahoo.com): "Just wrapped shooting as the lead actress on Stalemates, an action/love story film short written and directed by fellow Cornellian JasonWong. You can check out the film at www.geocities.com/stalemates2004/. In addition, Michael Cheng (mercurybonez@yahoo. com) recently completed working on Metroid Prime 2: Echoes for the Nintendo GameCube. If you get the chance, play it. It's a lot of fun!" If Jennifer, Andreea, or Michael ever need some branding work done, they may want to call Lucie Macelova (llm@lululova.com). Lucie is working in Beverly Hills for a small entertainment branding company. This summer will see her marriage to the West Coast foreign correspondent for the London Times. She looks forward to seeing everyone at the next reunion! Life after school can sometimes mean more school. It does for Derrick Ong (tdklo@deakin.edu.au). He has embarked on a second bachelor's degree in nutrition and dietetics at Deakin U. in Melbourne, Australia. His first year went well, and he has recently started his second (the Australian academic year runs from February to November). He would like to get in touch with Cornellians out there who are trained in dietetics and are currently working in the sports or food industry. As Derrick is going back to school, Karen Viechnicki is leaving. She just graduated with her MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management. She was promoted to human resources director for the west region of Aramark Campus Services based in Irvine, CA. Luckily for us, Charles Feng was dispatched by his company to a few cities around the country and was able to share his alumni encounters. He started in San Francisco, where he caught up with Anthony Jones, currently a first year Stanford Business School student. Despite the curriculum, Charles reports that David remains dedicated to the program's social activities. During his travels, he was happy to run into his old friend Erik Yazdani-Biyuki, who is in his second year at MIT's Sloan MBA program. On the baby front--or is that babies?--congratulations to all the new parents. At this rate, they should be really up on changing and nap times by the next reunion (come to think of it, not a bad idea even for those of us without kids!). George Voyiatzis is now the proud father of Georgia, born on March 28, 2003. Carlos M.Morales wanted to let everyone know that his wife Stacey gave birth to a beautiful baby boy,Hudson Alan, on Dec. 27 in Houston, TX.Hudson and his big sister Erin hope to attend Cornell in due time! Joe Lyons and wife Anu welcomed their first child, Nina Elizabeth, on October 7, 2004. Joe is the director of reunion campaigns in Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell. Steve and Linnea Larson Linton are thrilled to announce the birth of their son Torin Clark on November 18, 2004. Linnea says, "He is handsdown the most amazing creature I've ever seen."He has grown about five inches in two months, and does something new every day. She adds that she is worried about his Cornell loyalties--he stares at the blue stripe painted on his wall for hours! Patricia Boye-Williams reports that after moving to the suburbs last summer, and saying "good-bye to city living, hello backyard," she gave birth to daughter Grace Elizabeth on December 25, 2004. Daniel Cane's son Connor was born last year. The company that Daniel started while at Cornell, CourseInfo, now Blackboard, had its IPO. Tim Chi, John Yang, John Knight, and Stephen Gilfus '97 all still work with him at this company. Nice to see Cornellians helping Cornellians. That's all for now. Please keep on sending us information about what you or your friends are doing.We're trying to get as much news out as we can! And remember, the more people that sign up to get the alumni magazine, the more column space we get to write about what is going on in your exciting lives! Send news to -- Gregg Herman, gdh5@cornell.edu; or Erica Chan, hc31@cornell.edu. 99 | Cornell's biometry department brought them together, and I'm happy to write that two of my favorite statistics-lovers have tied the knot. Cristen Viggiano and Kevin Cottrell got married last October in Eastchester, NY, surrounded by friends, family, and spectacular fall colors. Cristen's bridesmaids included Amy S. Lee,Mandy MacDonald, Dena Savarese, and yours truly. Other guests included Matt and Julie Heim Jackson, Neil and Maria DeJoseph Van Kerkhove, Meg Karamitis Nikolov, Chiann Bao, Serena Chen, Sheri GriffinMandirola, Joy Yoskowitz, Alyssa Banner, JP '95 and Jennifer Taicner O'Brien '95, and Farzin Firooznia '98. In another Cornellian-Cornellian marriage, Chris Fromme and Alison Emblidge were married in June 2004 in Buffalo, NY. The Frommes honeymooned in Costa Rica, and are happily nesting in Berkeley. Michael Knauff, BArch '00, writes that he and wife Carol (Wilhelm) traveled to Italy last Christmas and hit all of their favorite places from their 1997 Cornell-in-Rome semester, the very program where the couple met. Carol is the graphics manager for Julian J. Studley, a commercial real estate firm. She also donates graphic design services to PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support), a nonprofit organization in the Bay Area.Michael started a new job last September as the project manager for Ottolini Booth & Assoc., an architecture firm in San Francisco. After living and working in Madrid for two and a half years following graduation, Molly Warsh went back to school for a doctorate in history at Johns Hopkins. Last January, she left for two years of research in Spain, Portugal, and London. Still in touch with many of her Cornell friends,Molly sent in tons of news on their behalf. She writes that Lisa Ahijevych Griffin married her Cornell sweetheart Jonathan '97 in October 2003. The wedding took place at Anabel Taylor chapel and the reception was held at a local vineyard. Attendees included sisters of the groom Sheri Griffin Mandirola and Sarah-Jean Griffin '08, as well as Annie Koehne de González,Alison Juozokas, Laura Baccash Franzon, and, of course, Molly. Alison Juozokas works as a family medicine resident at Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital in Philadelphia. Annie Koehne de González married Luis González Silén in July 2002, and spent two years living in Madrid. Their daughter Ayla was born in August 2003. Laura Baccash Franzon was married in April 2003 to Anders in Chicago, IL. Laura, a lawyer, works in the corporate reorganization group at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP in Chicago. Thanks for all the news,Molly! While the number of our classmates with law degrees continues to swell, I bet that not many of them have put out their own shingle just yet. Then again, someone has to go first: Saboor Abduljaami opened his own law office in New York City. Saboor, who formerly practiced at Kaye Scholer LLP, is a business transaction attorney focusing on corporate and commercial transactions. Saboor earned his JD at NYU School of Law. Kenyon Shubert joined the litigation department of Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson in the firm's Portland, ME, office. Kenyon, a Maine native, completed her legal studies at U. of Maine Law School. Judith Aron von Wistinghausen, LLM '99, and her husband Christian are very happy to announce the birth of their first baby, Felix, on February 24, 2005 in Paris. "The three of us are now safely returned to Moscow where I will resume my job at international law firm Salans in June 2005." Jen Babbitt graduated from NYU's Stern School of Business and began working at Citigroup in Manhattan. Also in Manhattan, Jamie Danow is an Asst. VP at Bank of America Private Bank. Melissa Kashan Lader graduated from Columbia with her Master of Social Work in May 2004 and is fighting the good fight as a social worker in the Bronx. Kelley Prebil returned to California the day after graduation back in 1999 and has been there ever since. She's working toward another bachelor's degree--in physics!-- at San Francisco State U. and working as a research assistant with Cryogenic Electronics Group. Newly minted plant pathology and crop sciences PhD Darcy Partridge wrapped up at North Carolina State U. and has begun work as a post-doc research assistant at Virginia Tech's Tidewater Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Suffok, VA. Hellina Tegegne Dessie is now a doctor of osteopathic medicine. Dr. Dessie graduated from the Philadelpia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is doing her internship at the U. of Minnesota. Laura Knights writes, "After years of living in New York and Connecticut, I've finally gotten the courage to take skiing lessons.Hopefully I'll manage to stay on my feet-- or at least not break any bones!" Laura moved to Seattle to head up Intellisponse's West Coast office. As much as she loves Seattle--and is quick to point out that it doesn't rain there nearly as much as people say it does--she misses the East Coast fall. Laura also reports that Maureen Phillips Longfellow was married on August 7, 2004.Maureen and her husband are both veterinarians and live in Wisconsin. Got a minute? Send us an e-mail and make your own boldface appearance in our column!--Jennifer Sheldon, jennifer.sheldon@gmail.edu; Jess Smith, jessiniowa@hotmail. com; Melanie Arzt, snoopymel@gmail.com.
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