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80 | Hey, Class of '80, by the time you read this we will be nearing our 25th Reunion. Have you made your plans to attend? If not, try to call a few friends and meet on the Hill. As for me, I am looking forward to coming, and I am hoping that the weekend doesn't conflict with too many of my kids' sports. It seems as if they dictate my social schedule lately, but I know that in a few years I will be missing them. So far, I have heard that David Ayers is trying to attend reunion, as well as Nayla Rizk. Also Chuck D'Angelo has mentioned that he is planning to come with his family and I hear that Sue Poschmann is trying to make the trip with her husband. Karen Gevirtz Rabins has also e-mailed that she is looking forward to the 25th. I hope most of you will book your reservations and make the trip!

As for news, Ivan Lustig, M ORIE '81, MBA '82, helped us gear up for the big event by hosting a pre-reunion event in New York City. I'm sure it was a big success. Also of note is that the Cornell Entrepreneur Network hosted an event in January highlighting one of our own authors, Andy Kessler, who has written a book entitled Running Money, about his days running a hedge fund in Silicon Valley. I hear it is humorous as well as interesting. I'll have to pick up a copy and see for myself!

I received an e-mail from Abby Powell recently, who notes that she is a wildlife biologist at the U. of Alaska, Fairbanks. She writes that there are many other Cornellians on the faculty of wildlife and biology. She wound up in Alaska after living in Virginia, California,Minnesota, and Arkansas. She has a beautiful 4-year-old girl who was born in China but is now "quite the Alaskan girl." Renee Bayha Gosset and her family are living at her husband's garden center. Her son Billy, who is almost 10, is a great artist and loves riding his mini-bike.Her daughter Liz is 8 and spends all her spare time riding horses and raising orphaned kittens. Renee is still working at the Pound Ridge Veterinary Center nearby doing small animal medicine and surgery.

With respect to awards, our own Stephen Bloom is a shining star as a financial markets innovator and is the first recipient of the Skip Viragh Award honoring a company or an individual that provides a new service that positively benefits or affects the financial advisor community and its clients. Having founded Capmark, a financial consulting firm, Stephen was integral to the development of the Standard and Poor's Depositary Receipts. He also contributed to the development of the Nasdaq-100 Index Trading Stock.

Hope to see you in June. Until then, best regards from -- Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28@cornell.edu; and Jill Abrams Klein, jfa22@cornell.edu.

81 | It's hard to believe that it is already 2005! There is only one more year to go until our 25th Reunion, June 8-11, 2006.Mark the date now, so you can plan to attend! Planning for the event is well under way, and it should prove to be a wonderful time for our returning alumni.

Thank you to classmates who updated us with their news. Steve Pozzi visited Ithaca this past summer with his 17-year-old daughter Natalie, who is interested in going to Cornell. He reports that it was great being on campus, but that it was also a reminder of how much time has passed for us all! Steve lives in Mooresville, NC. In Clarence, NY, near Buffalo, Mary Jo Veanes Parker has been a nutrition therapist in private practice for 20 years. She is also an adjunct professor and consultant to local schools and businesses.Married for 23 years, she has two teenagers, the eldest a senior who is considering attending Cornell.

In Rochester, NY, Sam Trapani lives with his wife Elisa and children Elaina, 7, and Julia, 5. He has his own company, Springwaters Inc., which acquired a new state-ofthe- art spring water bottling line. He has produced the "Slope Day" water for Cornell, as well as products for hotels, country clubs, schools, and businesses. Their brand products include French Hills Spring Water and Bristol Spring Water. He spends most of his time in sales and marketing since starting the company ten years ago. Steve Goldstein, ME '82, MBA '83, of Miami, FL, recently told us that the American Society of Civil Engineers named him Engineer of the Year for the State of Florida. He is a senior associate at DeSimone Consulting Engineers in Coral Gables, FL.

Christopher Evans, Paradise Valley, AZ, is working from Arizona for a hedge fund in London, England. He has children Sam, 6, and Madeleine, 12. He keeps in touch with Erik Engberg, who works with the elderly in the Pittsburgh area, and Ralph Luongo '80, who was recently promoted to managing partner of his law firm. In other legal news, Sara Badler joined New York Life's Office of the General Counsel this past fall as vice president and associate general counsel. She is responsible for the Distribution Unit, providing advice and counsel to the Agency Department and NYLIFE Securities. She had been with the company from 1994 to 1999 and had also worked for Morgan Stanley, Van Kampen Investments Inc., Oppenheimer Management Corporation, and Damson Oil Corporation. Sara resides in New York City.

Terry Steinberg writes from Takoma Park,MD, that she is a sponsor sister for the organization Women for Women International, a group that helps women from wartorn countries get training for jobs to help them get back on their feet. She has been sponsoring a woman from Bosnia. Ricardo Zurita, BArch '84, writes that after starting in the Ag college, he ended up graduating from the Architecture school. After several years in New York City and working in Spain, then Ecuador, he returned to NYC and started his own firm in 2000. Ricardo says that his biggest professional accomplishment thus far is the completion of a new stadium for track and field in NYC. He is married to Karen McKinnon, an author and psychologist, and has a daughter Alma.He would love to hear from old Cornell friends. You can visit his website at www.rzaps.com.

Laura Williams, PsyD, wrote from Stony Brook U., where she has been the founding director of the university's Wo/Men's Center since the fall of 2000.Having survived the 2003 New York State budget crisis, Laura was able to see that funding was permanently placed in the budget. She credits much of the success in her work to the feminist consciousness-raising women's studies courses she took in the late '70s. She'd love to hear from classmates at lwilliams@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.

Please let us know your news, and make sure to update your e-mail address. Thanks! --Jennifer Read Campbell, RonJenCam@aol.com; Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia. net; Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com.

82 | We did not receive too many updates from our classmates this time around, but those we did receive nicely illustrate the diversity of endeavors that we have pursued since graduation, the levels of success that many of us have used our Cornell degrees and our skills to reach, and the ways in which we use that success to allow us to give back to the greater community of which we are a part.We are in the military, we are rising to prominence at the national and regional levels in business, and we are engaged in that most important labor of love--raising the next generation of contributing society members and future Cornellians (we hope)!

As I write this column, the soldiers in Iraq are in the news and in our minds, but it takes a huge infrastructure of support personnel to keep the military ready to do its duty. Lt. Col. Mark Strickland (Warner Robins, GA) was recently promoted from major, and in the summer of 2004 was appointed Staff Judge Advocate for the 78th Air Base Wing based at Robins Air Force Base. He says, "That means I'm the ‘general counsel' to the Wing Commander and supervisor of approximately 20 attorneys and paralegals assigned to the Wing.We provide legal support to the Wing Commander and subordinate commanders and staff, including courts-martial, claims, legal assistance for individual airmen, ethics, and administrative law."He is also busy on the home front as he helps wife Kimberly to home-school their children Cooper, 10, and Paige, 7. "It is hard work, but the results are terrific."

Hotelie John Callahan (Southlake, TX) has been named a director by Deloitte Services LP. John is the Chief Knowledge Officer for Deloitte and Touche USA LLP in the US and leads the firm's National Knowledge Management function. After leaving Cornell with a BS, he earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the U. of Pennsylvania, and has been with Deloitte since 1989.My respect goes out to John, given the trouble I was having just managing the knowledge contained in the legal explanation of the relationships among the various Deloitte companies around the world and their responsibilities to one another that was contained in the press release.

Alan Roth writes that he cofounded and took public his own biotech company (Chiral Quest Inc.; now VioQuest Pharmaceuticals Inc.) in the chiral medicinal chemistry area. He served as the first CEO and CFO for the company. Alan does not elaborate on chirality, but a quick perusal of the Internet tells me that it seems to involve making drugs purer and reducing side effects by making sure only the correct molecular isomers are present. Beth Berman Zipper (Boca Raton, FL) tells us that she, husband Jeffrey, and children Harrison, 16, Jared and Brandon, both 14, and Jamie, 5, have "survived three hurricanes this month so far." Beth saw Victoria Gladstone Dubin and Meryl Seltzer Jacobs at Meryl's son's bar mitzvah in February 2004. She reports that she uses her Cornell-acquired nutrition skills to help at her family's "Camp Pocono Trails" summer camp for overweight children and with her own family.

Nancy Huntington Stager is enjoying a busy life in Reading, MA, with her husband James. She is the head of the HR Division for Eastern Bank and was recently asked to lead their charitable foundation, which donates over $1,000,000 annually to local grassroots organizations. She is also actively involved in a variety of community boards: president of the Family and Children's Service of Greater Lynn, member of the Executive Committee of the North Shore Workforce Investment Board, and board member of the Urban League of Boston. Nancy adds a succinct bit of news to which I suspect many of us in the Class of 1982 can now relate with empathy and understanding: "[I am also] proud mom of two (mostly) wonderful teenagers." -- Mark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu; and Nina Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu.

83 | Recent entries to our class news mailbag tended to be mostly about the joys of being a parent or of new job opportunities. Incidentally, more and more people are submitting their news through our class website or via e-mail. And why not? It's convenient and quick, and actually makes my job of correspondent a little easier, as there is less transcription involved. Go to http://classof83.alumni.cornell.edu.While you're there, you can post photos of yourself, your family, and maybe recent reunions with classmates. Submittals for our DVD class photo album have been quite disappointing--only a handful so far.We received a grant of about $5,000 for this project from the Cornell Alumni Federation. It would be a shame to lose it. So get out the old photo album and send in those submittals.

While confessing that she didn't think she had sent in any news in years, Lynn Jensen Worden modestly informs us she received her PhD in 2002 and is now an assistant professor at the U. of Delaware in the Dept. of Individual and Family Studies. Putting that knowledge to the test out in the "real world," she is raising kids Ben, 16, and Krista, 11, and they are living in Elkton,MD."Not sure what else people would be interested in!" she says demurely. Just such tidbits from the fabric of our lives, Lynn. Keep the news coming! Jane Serling reports that she is now living in San Diego and has a 16-year-old daughter Naomi, and a 20-month-old baby boy Daniel, plus a "wonderful husband, Neil." Jane is loving being a mom again and is enjoying the sunshine of Southern California. She remarks, "I interview Cornell applicants here, which is fun. Life is good."

Submitted via our class website, we hear from the Cuccurullo family that Sue Townsend Cuccurullo recently left the corporate world after more than 20 years in the financial services industry and joined two friends as a partner in their consulting firm that specializes in building strategies for mid- to large-sized firms in the retail, packaged goods, and manufacturing industries. Sue will build their practice in the financial services industry and concentrate on marketing strategies. On the home front, 11- year-old daughter Julia and 8-year-old son Alex are both doing well. So is her husband, Mike '82, who is starting his 12th year with EMC. "New job, new house, and new location!" Such is the summation we get from Chris Cimitile. Chris recently accepted a position with Bristol-Myers Squibb (in Skillman, NJ) as associate director of learning and development supporting the Global Finance organization. Taking the new job meant relocating from the Boston area with his wife and their son to Yardley, PA. "We are loving it so far, and look forward to entertaining ILR alums Kathy Tobin Erb, JD '86, and Glenn Troost over the Christmas holidays," says Chris.

From Harlow Russell we get the kind of news submittal a class correspondent only dreams about (I don't have to flesh it out; just edit and pare it down!). Seems as though Harlow, along with his wife Jeanette, has been sort of a correspondent himself among a network of friends and associates in Asia, where he has been living for the last 13 years. He recently sent an e-mail to friends around the world with an update, and in stumbling across our '83 website, thought to send a copy of his missive along to us to see if there were any items worthy of inclusion. And how! 2004 was a year of challenges and breakthroughs for the Russells. It started out inauspiciously, with both Harlow and Jeanette having vague or limited job opportunities and debating about whether to move from Singapore back to the US or to Jakarta. In the space of only a few months, things turned around dramatically. Harlow found an opportunity to leverage his training and coaching skills in a consulting job in Jakarta. The assignment lasted only a few months but, in Harlow's words, "provided a much needed base to ‘regroup' and ‘rethink' what I want to be ‘when I grow up.'"Almost by "strange design," he was contacted out of the blue by a Taiwanese company looking for someone to be part of their growth and change in strategy for Southeast Asia. A completely different industry and world has opened up as a result in the world of global logistics and freight forwarding. He left the world of technology and software and is now the regional marketing and sales director for Dimerco Express and is responsible for six countries in Southeast Asia and, increasingly, India as well. "Wow!" says Harlow, "So much to learn and so much to contribute from my technology experience to a different community and market.Very exciting and honestly the first time I am having fun in a work sense in years. I travel now about 30 percent of the time and am getting to learn about business in China and India--something I have always wanted but was never able to do at IBM or Scala."

Harlow's wife Jeanette is also finding new opportunities as a manager for a Canadian company that specializes in land banking. She now leads a team of sales people both in Singapore and Jakarta and travels to Jakarta about twice a month. In between all this continent jumping, they are raising two beautiful daughters, Karina, 4, and Nicole, 21 months. They are attending a Montessori school, and their parents are amazed and fascinated by the rapidity of the changes they are undergoing and the differences in their young personalities. They took a trip to Canada and the US in September and are now planning on remaining in Singapore for at least another five years. The Russells attribute no small part of the possibilities that opened up for them this year to a course given by Landmark Education they took in February. "We have been able to create possibilities for ourselves that we frankly could not have imagined or even tried to do a year ago." Landmark (a course this correspondent also enthusiastically recommends) provides a method to access power for yourself and others to create new possibilities. "As you can read and perhaps feel, Jeanette and I are doing just that."Harlow can be reached at hgr2@cornell.edu and wonders how many '83ers live "far away from Cayuga's waters" and if there's anyone in Asia they don't know about.

Finally, we hear from Griff Godwin, husband of fellow class correspondent Dinah Lawrence Godwin, who wanted to send us some news about his wife. Dinah thought it would look a little odd to be blowing her own horn if she ran it in her own column. (To which I say, "Dinah, won't you blow your horn?" Sorry, bad joke.) Anyway, Griff reports that Dinah recently received the Extra Mile Award from the United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast for her work in advocating for children's healthcare issues. She is the social work supervisor for pediatric grant programs at Ben Taub General Hospital in the Harris County Hospital District in Houston, TX.

That rounds out this column's news. Don't be bashful about blowing your own horn and sending us some news! --David Pattison, d.pattison2@verizon.net; and Dinah Lawrence Godwin, dinahgodwin@msn.com.

84 | Shari Cohen married Craig Charney on Sunday,May 9, 2004 at the Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan. Shari is a consultant in Manhattan who helps non-governmental and nonprofit organizations develop strategic plans for the future. She is also the author of Politics Without a Past: The Absence of History in Post- Communist Nationalism. Her husband Craig is the president of Charney Research, a polling and market research business in Manhattan. Richard Sobel married Laura Reffelt in St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia U. in New York. Richard is a senior exhibit designer at Ralph Appelbaum Associates, a company in New York that designs exhibitions for museums and visitor centers. Laura teaches mathematics as a New York City teaching fellow at the Bread and Roses Integrated Arts High School in New York.

After 11 years with Intel in Portland, OR, Austin, TX, and Leuven, Belgium, Graham Pugh, MEE '93, decided to try to get back into public service, something he hadn't done since his Peace Corps Service in Kenya (1986-88). Graham received a Diplomacy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is working in the Office of Global Change at the State Dept. in Washington. That is the office that coordinates US policy on global warming. He hopes to make this the start of a new career. This location should also enable easier attendance at Cornell hockey games. Last year, he made three trips in one month from Portland to the East Coast to see Cornell in the ECAC and NCAA tournaments. "Let's hope my move is matched by some great play from the team!"

Mark and Ruth Heller Catan delivered identical twin girls on May 17, 2004. Helen Lily and Carolyn Gail are doing wonderfully. Their parents feel blessed to have such happy, healthy babies. However,Mark and Ruth are hoping that a lot of the sleep deprivation is behind them--until they are 16, of course! Eileen Moroney Joyce sent them their first Cornell T-shirts, and Ruth is hoping they will want to attend her alma mater in 2021. She will tell them that they owe her that much, since she had to miss her 20th Reunion due to their birth. But she does promise that they will all be at the 25th. Cyndy Donato Rosenbloom was recently named VP of Human Resources for Sara Lee's Bakery Group, headquartered in St. Louis. The $3 billion business has 20,000 employees in the US. "Check out your Sara Lee sandwich bread, including our carb sensitive health line called ‘Delightfuls' in your bread aisle." Cyndy's children Samantha, 10, and Reis, 6, are avid swimmers and circus performers in a children's circus called "Patchwork Circus."

Larry Delhagen "finally reached that age where the thought of a moment of free time is just a distant memory." His wife Kathy opened a fine craft and art store in Emmaus, PA, in September 2003 and so far, so good. Larry's business as a financial advisor has recovered well from the bear market, and their three girls have them going "at 90 mph, from softball to soccer to school activities. I'm really looking forward to old age."Meanwhile, Chris Wronsky and Larry are still sporadic golf partners and should get to play more frequently since Chris moved to New Jersey from Virginia. Larry and his family took a cruise from Seattle through the Inside Passage of Alaska last August. "The helicopter flight from Juneau to the Norris Glacier was the coolest thing we've ever done."

Lisa Wrobleski Lee has been working as the Director of Compliance and Ethics for the Medicare divisions of HealthNow New York Inc., with operations in New York and Pennsylvania, since January 2001. She and her husband Bob also started an engineering consulting company, called North Point Technology LLC. Bob has been providing automation engineering services to Cornell's Utilities dept. for the Lake Source Cooling System and the West Campus Residential Initiative for the past few years. Lisa and Bob also have a busy household with three young children, Rachel, 7, Jason, 4, and Jennifer, 2. Sharon Lindan Mayl is working as a senior policy advisor at the Food and Drug Administration. She and her husband Eric live in Potomac, MD, with their two children. Robert Kay and his wife Shanel happily announce the birth of their daughter Abigail Ruth Kay on February 4, 2004. Amy Allen Moorman received tenure and a promotion to assoc. prof. of business law at Doane College in Crete, NE.

Kathleen Hawkins Weaver and her husband Wayne moved from New Jersey to Maine during reunion last June. Kathleen left a successful career in real estate and events planning, but she and her husband started a real estate investment company in Maine. They also plan on playing a lot of golf. Kathleen travels as often as she can with family and friends to as many golf resorts as possible. "I can't believe that not only can my son beat me at golf, but he is now taller than I am!" Farland Chang's career in journalism, and most recently running a media company, have taken him on many adventures--Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, Kolkatta, Dubai, Jakarta, Cambodia, Vietnam, Turkey,Morocco, Yugoslavia, UK, Holland, and all over North America and Mexico. He writes, "Cornell and my experiences there represent some of the happiest times of my life. I formed deep relationships with true friends, I learned from professors whose lessons I carry with me constantly, and I gained the foundation that helped me advance in my career at CNN, NBC, and other news organizations around the world. Thank you, Cornell."

Keith Kefgen writes, "Life is good; hope all is well with you guys."He saw Mike Cahill skiing in Vail. Keith has also traveled to India and Dubai, where he is opening offices for HVS in both countries. Philip Nation has been traveling to China, Egypt, Thailand, England, France, Czech Republic, Spain,Wales, Greece, Crete, and Italy. James Torgeson, MEE '86, has seen many classmates across the US. "I travel constantly in the US--the Midwest is my oyster." -- Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net; Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | I am writing this column while also attempting (unsuccessfully, I might add) to multitask my way through last-minute preparations for our family's trip to Disney World. I was motivated to take this trip, in part, because of the enthusiastic press that you readers gave to your own Disney sojourns. So, a few days from now, I will either be thanking you or muttering expletives under my breath as I wait on endless lines and attempt to remove "It's A Small World After All" from my cerebral cortex.

But, I digress. Here are some recent tidings from our wonderful classmates:

Quite a few of you are traveling farther than Disney, either for work, for fun, or for noble pursuits. Rosey Stasek notes that she goes regularly to Afghanistan for work on reconstruction and humanitarian projects. You can view photos from her Afghan treks at www.stasek.com. Rosey served for eight years on the Mountain View, CA, city council and is now "looking forward to life as a private citizen." James Rowe reports that he traveled to China last May to adopt a baby girl. Please send details, James! Joan Lee, DVM '89, whose veterinary practice recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, traveled to London with her husband Kenneth Bill '83 and was on one of the final transatlantic voyages of the QE2. Said Joan, without, apparently, any pun intended: "It was smooth sailing.We highly recommend the Cunard line if anyone likes to cruise."

David Dederick is managing partner of the Budapest,Hungary, office ofWeil Gotshal & Manges, was named one of the leading mergers and acquisitions lawyers in the world by Chambers Global, and was honored by European Legal 500 for his leading European M&A practice. David proudly notes that his wife Yvonne was appointed CFO for Emmis Communications Int'l Division, and selected as chair of the Board of Directors of the American Int'l School of Budapest, where their children Christopher and Catherine are students.Meanwhile, Julia Larkin writes that she and her husband and two kids are headed back from Europe to the US. The Larkin family lived in Burgundy, France, for two years and just returned to Rochester, but not before traveling to Italy, Greece, Croatia, Switzerland, Spain, Canary Islands, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and Germany.

Of course we all know that, as Dorothy famously told the Good Witch, "there's no place like home!" Jennifer Landsman Chobor writes that she "left the corporate legal world two years ago" to spend more time with kids Nicholas and Isabel, and now has a part-time, home-based legal consulting business. Ilene Friedman similarly reported that she has "been taking a long, enjoyable break" from her medical career in order to rear daughters Tessa and Genia. Says Ilene, "Stay-at-home momhood actually allows me the time to both enjoy my kids and also study for board recertification in internal medicine and pediatrics."

Diane Conklin Kroon is another recovering ex-corporate executive who is enjoying the comforts of home. She writes, "After 14 years of hard work and lots of travel, I left M&M/Mars to marry Larry Kroon and enjoy a less harried pace in Van Hornesville, NY.My husband is the manager of the NYS Fish Hatchery here, and we are active in the local school as soccer, volleyball, and basketball coaches.We have a very funny, active 2-year-old son, Larry Jr., and an equally active beautiful daughter, 14-year-old Laura. All in all, a very happy, more peaceful existence!" Equally happy, but perhaps less peaceful, is Michele Corsey, a self-described "domestic engineer" who combines parenting of daughters Claire and Candace with "lots of volunteering for Girl Scouts and our church. The girls do soccer, drama, flute, piano, choir, Girl Scouts, field hockey . . . and the list goes on and on. Busy, busy, busy!"

Of course, equal time must be given to the happy working mothers among us. Vanessa Albert Lowry is mom to sons Jonathan and Michael, works full-time as a bond lawyer helping governments and others issue debt, and somehow found time to host a large holiday gathering that included her twin brother Joshua Albert, and Naomi Jones and Dan Yee '84. (Move over,Martha!) Marlene Quijano has 3-year-old twins Sofia and Nicholas, and also works as director of research and development for Kraft Foods. She keeps in touch with Diane LaScala Bordonaro, Karyn Cosgrove Finamore, and Michele Mize Emery.

Ruth Lindenthal Petran is a food safety manager at General Mills, and also mom to Jimmy and Betsy. Laura Paskuly, who describes herself as "happily divorced," has "two wonderful children, Samantha and Daniel," finished her master's in education, and teaches first grade at Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School.

Marty Dunn Nelson, also the parent of two (the wonderfully named Storm and Macaffrey--it is only a matter of time before we see them on MTV or the silver screen), received her real estate license last summer and is plying her trade in lovely Santa Fe, NM. In Phoenix, AZ, Nicholas Theodore works as director of neurotrauma at the Barrow Neurosurgical Inst., and is dad to sons Costa and John. The southwest is also home to my sorority sister Fredilyn Sison, who wrote to say that she is working with the Federal Public Defender's Office in Reno, NV (where, one presumes, there is never a lack of potential clients!). Fred has lived in Nevada for two years, and says of the Wild West, "I like it so far."

And then there are the statements from readers who must be quoted in their entirety, because no paraphrasing can do them full justice. Robert Mack is one such reader. Dr.Mack deposited this in my In Box: "I'm practicing ophthalmology in suburban Chicago, performing mostly cornea transplants and LASIK surgery. I'm also in training for the Chicago Marathon as an AIDS fundraiser. In short, I'm very busy, I'm helping people, and my butt looks great."

Well, there you have it. All I can say is, Robert, you'd better show up at our 20th Reunion (June 9-12, 2005)! Happy almost spring, everyone. -- Risa Mish, rmm22@cornell. edu; Ed Catto, edcatto@hotmail.com

86 | What's one thing that job interviews and dating have in common? I should know, as I've experienced my share of both recently. It's this: it requires you to talk about yourself--your strengths, your interests, your accomplishments--enthusiastically, no less. Yikes.Maybe that's why my correspondent colleagues and I don't hear much from you guys--you may feel you have better things to do than toot your own horn. But consider this. Your classmates do want to hear what's going on with you. It's cool to discover a Cornellian that's living in your town or working somewhere within your company. It's a chance to find classmates in your field or who share your passions. Try to think of this magazine column as a forum not only to share your family and career updates, but to network and to connect with friends both long-lost and new.

So, it's settled. In the next column we'll hear from more of you. For now, I'll report the smattering--but no less enthusiastic!--of updates received from classmates in recent months. They come mostly from California, for some reason. Former Class of '86 correspondent Jeffrey Cowan married Ann Wexler in September in Malibu, CA. Jeff is an attorney in private practice in Los Angeles, serving as a judge pro tem on the Los Angeles County Superior Court, in addition to performing as a professional magician. In other California nuptial news, Frank Macaulay and Kathryn Pruzinsky '91 were wed in La Jolla. Frank is a program manager and senior principal engineer at the Orincon information unit of Lockheed Martin. Until 2002 he was a Navy lieutenant aboard the guided missile frigate Gallery.

Aparia Design (www.aparia.com), the Orange County-based architecture and interior design firm co-founded by Michael Erlanger, recently opened a second office in Westlake Village, CA. This new location, as well as the company's corporate office in Tustin, will enable Aparia Design to manage projects throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Donlon Hall memories flashed before me when I heard about Joe Goldstein's recent board certification by the Florida Bar in business litigation. I remember Joe from freshman year, and just look at him now--one of only 15 attorneys in Broward County achieving this certification, the highest level of recognition by the Florida Bar of the competency and experience of attorneys. On the home front, Joe says, "Things are just dandy."He has sons Patrick, 12, and Matthew, 8, with Mary, his wife of 15 years. Joe is also an active member of the City of Plantation Health Facilities Advisory Board and Leadership Broward, and recently became a member of the Construction Association of South Florida, Government Affairs Committee.

Well, that's all for now. Kind of like a quick date over coffee. Next time, it will be dinner and a movie. Remember, you can look up many of the friends you read about here in the online Cornell Alumni Directory (once you register, that is, at https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu/). You can also pay class dues, connect with Cornell class websites, and submit your news and updates for this column at http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.htm. Or write to us directly. Be well!-- Hilory Federgreen Wagner, haf5@cornell.edu; Allison Farbaniec MacLean, aaf9@cornell.edu; Jackie Byers Davidson, jackiekd@sbcglobal.net.

87 | This column begins with news from our class president John Gee: "I want to provide a quick update of what your Class Council has been doing, and send news about a very special event that is planned for 2005. During 2004, Council members have planned tailgates, get-togethers, Zinck's night, and other class and university events.We are also working on developing career network forums across the country.

"The big event we are planning for 2005 celebrates the milestone the majority of us will be celebrating. You know what it is. Let's just say the theme is ‘39 Again!' On Wednesday, July 20, we will have an afternoon bowling party at Helen Newman Hall. On Saturday, July 23, we will hold a special ‘39 Again! Brunch' at the Statler Hotel with a special presentation by Prof. Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, who will discuss the '80s and its impact on American culture. There are a few ways you can attend these events. "Many classmates have told us they would love to attend Cornell Adult University (CAU) in Ithaca during the summer. If you've ever thought about attending one of the weeklong programs at Cornell, then set aside the week of July 17. For more information about the classes offered during that week, go to www.sce.cornell.edu/cau. Register early, as classes fill up quickly. The university also operates Camp Cornell, so there's plenty for the kids to do. There will be many opportunities for informal '87 face time and you will be able to attend both '87 birthday events.

"If you aren't able to attend CAU, you can still join our birthday celebration. You can plan a weekend trip to Ithaca or stop on the way to a vacation in Canada or elsewhere. If you are lucky enough to live close enough to Cornell for a day trip, come to campus for one or both events."

Updates for this exciting event will appear in forthcoming columns and in future correspondence, but if you have additional questions or want to help plan our birthday party, contact Class Council member Stacey Neuhoefer Silberzweig at sbn4@cornell.edu.

News from the publishing world of two classmates. Elizabeth Warner has a book coming out in July 2005, Ditched by Dr. Right, and Other Distress Signals from the Edge of Polite Society. A perfect summer read. Samantha Shubert's first book (co-authored with Grace Maisel) was published in June '04, A Year of Jewish Stories: 52 Tales for Children and their Families. Samantha is living in New York, where she is an editor, with husband Steve Young (Harvard '87), a writer for "The Late Show with David Letterman," and children Rebecca, 11, and Hannah, 6. Hope Mehlman Hurowitz sends exciting news on her recent election to the partnership of her law firm, Adams and Reese LLP. Hope is living in Birmingham with husband Eli '86, ME '87, MBA '88, and children Haley, 10, and Jonathan, 7.

Well, that's all for now--not much news this month.Make sure to send in an update with the annual News and Dues mailing this spring. -- Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com; Tom Smith Tseng, ttseng@stanford.edu.

88 | Greetings to all. As you are reading this,March and April are fast upon us, as well as the delightful weather that usually comes along with them. Time to wind down from the holidays, think about spring-cleaning, a new diet, a new love, or something funny.How about a good April Fool's joke? Did you ever play any while at Cornell? Have you had one played on you recently at work? At home? One of my U-Hall 3 classmates freshman year used to say that her entire life was one long April Fool's joke. I'm not sure whether that's a good or a scary thing. As we get older, laughter seems to become more important, helping us deal with the trials and tribulations of being responsible (well, mostly so) adults. They say that children laugh an average of 58 times a day, while adults laugh only 6 times a day.What can we learn from this?

I'm terrible at segues, so forgive this one . . .

And speaking of life and laughter, Patricia Bowmer's first book, In Pursuit of Joy, was released in Hong Kong in September. It is designed to inspire people to lead fulfilling lives and is based on stories from her work and life.While at Cornell, Patricia studied neuropsychology and completed her PhD thesis on exercise motivation at the City University of New York. She works with individuals as a life coach and ACE-certified personal trainer and is a writer and motivational speaker, as well as an avid adventure race competitor. An excerpt from her book: "Don't be afraid to stop.Movement and stillness are both necessary to maintain good health. In fact, sometimes rest is exactly what's required to see better results and to move forward."Dr. Bowmer may be contacted via e-mail at foryourinspiration@csi1010.com.

Staci Lublin sends news of her happy life event. She was engaged on New Year's Eve 2003 to a "wonderful guy," Brooks Reyes, and was married on November 14, 2004 at the Water's Edge, with a spectacular view of the Manhattan skyline. They enjoyed a fabulous honeymoon in Australia and New Zealand and now reside in New York City. We also received word of another wedding, that of Kimberly Burnham, BArch '90, and Steven Schneider. Kim and Steve were married on April 18, 2004 in Rye, NY. Kim is a painter, specializing in custom paint finishes,murals, and backdrops. Steve is a marketing and sales consultant in New York, developing and distributing branded apparel. He graduated from Syracuse, but we like him anyway. Kim and Steve were introduced by "pre-arrangement" at a New Year's Eve party in New York, at the home of a mutual friend.We wish them every happiness!

Tyrone Bristol is a pediatrician in Albany, NY, and is assistant prof. of pediatrics at Albany Medical College. He is also currently serving as vice chairman on the college's admissions committee, the president-elect of the college's alumni association, and the president-elect of the Capital District Pediatric Society. Jeannine Rippa is recovering nicely at home after thyroid surgery. She writes that part of the testing phase to make sure the cancer is gone involves swallowing a radiation pill. She must then segregate everything she touches (plates, laundry, etc.) to contain any minute amounts of radiation that may have escaped. She has also temporarily given up certain types of foods that may cause complications--breads, teas, canned vegetables, and others. Jeannine, we are hoping for a complete and speedy recovery for you!

Please send news. Your correspondents are grateful to those of you who take the time to write and share your lives, and to those of you who read the column. --Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu; and Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu.

89 | Everyone seems so busy with life, but we've gotten some good updates to report in Class Notes. Here's the news. From the home of the World Series Champion Red Sox, Michael Clarkson sends the following: "Jenifer (Carini) and I have twin 3-1/2-year-old boys Will and James, and a 6-1/2-year-old girl Kate. We're living in Hanover, MA, just south of Boston."Michael is a partner at Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP in Boston, representing small and large companies in employment law issues and litigation nationwide.

Also from New England, Earl Exum wrote, "While my family--wife Tammy, Evan, 7, and Kyle, 5--would like to return to the Southeast, a recent promotion will keep us in Connecticut for awhile. I'm now the General Manager, Sales & Service, Central Region, Americas for Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp.My previous assignment was Product General Manager, Airfoils, Global Part Repair & Services.We had a great time at Homecoming and the Alpha Round-Up in Ithaca last year. After seeing the campus for the first time, Evan and Kyle say they are now ready for college.Mindy Schechter Tashlik wanted us to know, "Scott and I are thrilled to welcome Mollie Claire Tashlik to our family! Mollie arrived September 28, 2004. Her big sisters Maddie, 5, and Zoe, 2-1/2, are so happy to have their new baby sister to love! They are terrific little helpers!"

From Music City, Phillip Camp writes, "My wife Amy, our two sons Jim and Davis, and I live in Nashville, TN. I teach in the College of Bible and Ministry at Lipscomb U. In May 2004, I received my PhD in Old Testament from Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, VA." Another success story from Todd Harris, who writes, "I have recently moved to Denver, CO, after a two-year stint as the general manager of the new Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch (Beaver Creek, Vail Valley). I took a job as senior VP of a new luxury private residence club called Exclusive Resorts. It has been a great move--something new and exciting after a 14-plus-year career with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

From Panama City, Panama, Diego Eleta sends news that Michael Samalin, his wife Kathryn (Butler) '90, their two children, Diego's wife Michele, their two children, and he went back to Cornell for the first time in 13 years. "It was great spending time with my old housemates, visiting our old house, and checking the campus.We were pleasantly surprised with all the new buildings.Michele and I are now back in Panama, where I am director of operations for the local cable TV MSO and vice president of the Panama Chamber of Commerce.

Blaine Riggle is an in-house corporate attorney who lives in Cape Elizabeth, ME, with his wife ("unfortunately a Harvard grad") and two sons. "I ran into Tonya Shevenell at a local charity concert. She is the manager and bass guitar player for a band featuring her husband Don Campbell, an up-and-coming country singer. Tonya has only recently learned to play the guitar, and one of her first gigs was playing at Gillette Stadium in front of 40,000 when the band opened for Toby Keith. I stay in contact with Dan Gross, who lives in Westport, CT, with his wife and two kids. Dan writes a weekly column for slate.com and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. I am also in contact with Jon Ivry, who lives in Madison, WI, with his wife and two kids, and is a professor, along with his wife, in the U. ofWisconsin system. I hear from Bill Fitzgerald, who lives outside of Baltimore,MD, with his wife Andrea (Collerius) '90 and their two sons, and Andrew Brisman, who lives with Laurie Kane in NYC. Andrew is an editor for Gas magazine, and Laurie is a resident at Cornell Medical Center."

From Kimberly Thompson: "I recently had my first child, Catherine Joyce Thompson, in March 2004. Cate is doing very well and is filling my days completely.Who knew being a parent would be so rewarding? While I love my career I am in no hurry to return to my family law practice in March 2005. I'm having too much fun!" From Europe, David Johnson wrote, "Now living near Frankfurt, Germany, and working for General Motors as the chief engineer for our 3.0L V6 diesel engine (you, too, may someday be driving a diesel).My wife Laura and kids Garrett, 7, and Elizabeth, 9, are enjoying life in Germany even when I have to leave them for business travel.We've had the chance to ski the Alps and tour Rome, Florence, and Pisa, and just recently spent an all-too-short weekend in Paris. Recently I had the chance to watch Cornell win FSAE (again!) when I caught up with Steve Fulcher, Matt Monaghan, Tom Holland, Eric Davis '90, Antoine Pharamond '91, ME '92, Dave Spitzer '92, Jay O'Connell '88, and Pat Hodgins '88, ME '89, in Pontiac, MI. Great to see Prof. Al George lead Cornell to yet another stellar finish. Not quite reunion on the Hill, but a very good substitute." -- Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com; Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu.

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