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80 | Do you find yourself dreaming of hiking up a hill, wandering through Plantations, sharing a pitcher with friends or dining on a PMP or SUI? Then you must be thinking Reunion 2005! Yes! Our 25th Cornell Reunion is upon us and it is not too late to join in on the fun! Please visit the Cornell University website, www.alumni.cornell.edu, and check out the reunion happenings under the heading, "Get Involved."

Getting into the spirit for our 25th, a few of our classmates returned to Ithaca last spring for a different sort of 25th celebration, as reported by JeremyWolff: "Joey Green and I, along with (dis)honorary Class of '80 member Alan Corcoran and Michael Hogan '82, returned to Ithaca for the Cornell Lunatic's 25th Anniversary. The wild times we had were age-appropriate, as is for the best, and the Lunatic seems in good hands, its survival assured.We are endeavoring to get the same gang together, and more, for the April reunions.Much hangs on Joey's babysitting status. Speaking of, I am an old dad for the second time, with Joseph now 9 months and his older sister 4-1/2." Thanks, Jeremy. See you soon!

Your correspondent, Jill Abrams Klein, ventured to Boston recently to enjoy a girls' lunch with Nancy Brass, Martha Bonthuis Sutyak, Karen LevineWhitman '81, and Mary Driscoll '81. Nancy had taken a year to live in the Boston area and is now returning to Tucson, AZ, where she had been a family practitioner and more recently took on a new medical specialty of hospitalist. Good luck,Nancy, on your return to warmer weather. I know you will be joining the throngs at reunion! Martha, ever entertaining, lives in Beverly, MA, with her husband John and 6-year-old daughter Lexi--who insists on dancing everywhere! Martha keeps the creative juices flowing with a home-based gift business that includes decorative linens. Karen enjoys a hotel development career with Hilton Hotels--and the travel perks take her and her family (husband Andrew and children Griffin and Jordyn) to fun places! Mary's education career in the Boston public schools has progressed from teaching the 8th grade to being an administrator. She is now an assistant principal in a middle school, and for anyone with middle school-age children--past or present--you know that an unlimited reservoir of patience is required to deal with the hormonally challenged young teenagers. Keep up the good work,Mary! Mary and husband Luke get to live with middle school-age son Benjamin and his little sister Nora. Having spent time with these fellow Cornellians has me very excited about our June fling!

Beyond middle school,many of us are learning to "let go" as our children go to college--even Cornell. Robert, JD '78, and Jamie Pundyk Davis will have their son Peter join Billy '07 in the Arts college. The Davises live in Short Hills, NJ, with their youngest child, daughter Katie, 13.Will we have any legacy Reunion Clerks this year?

Have you called an old Cornell friend lately? If not, now is the time. Bring them along to reunion, and we'll see you there! Also, our annual class News and Dues mailing should have arrived recently. Please fill out the News Form, and let us hear from you soon! -- Jill Abrams Klein, jfa22@cornell.edu; and Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28@cornell.edu.

81 | It's hard to believe how time so quickly flies by. It is now the spring of 2005 and we are already gearing up for our 25th Reunion in June 2006! Make sure you stay tuned for details as the months go by and that you join us in Ithaca at that time.We are all very excited for a wonderful class reunion!

I recently got married to Russell Levine at the Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, FL, on April 2, 2005! Leading up to the wedding day, I was lucky enough to be "thrown" three showers. (I was the cleanest bride there ever was!) My first one was in Toronto with all of the Canucks; the second one was in New York, where Karen Prescott Dalby and Susan Levitt joined in the fun. And the third one was in Florida with more family and friends! It was wonderful to be surrounded by such joy. The wedding weekend was full of festivities, starting with a luau (prize for Best Hawaiian dressed) and karaoke, and the wedding itself on Saturday evening. It was a beautiful night with the ceremony and reception outdoors overlooking the new river and the city of Fort Lauderdale. Sue Levitt, Dave Philp '84, Rebecca Tayne, Eric Messinger '83, Ann Post '83, Jim '83 and Debbie Hodes Prevor '86, and Roz Squires '47 were some of the Cornellians in attendance. On Sunday morning, a bountiful breakfast was held at Indigo Restaurant (Riverside Hotel). Russ and I are very happy together and I look forward to all of you meeting him at our reunion! I also am very active in the Cornell Club of Eastern Florida. If any of you are in South Florida, please do contact me--I would love to hear from you!

Peter VanderWoude joined SUNY Cortland's Division of Institutional Advancement in the newly created position of manager of planned gifts. Carlo Ioffredo,ME '82, is an engineering project manager at Drs.-PTI in Fitchburg, MA. Sharee Umpierre moved from private practice to academics. Sharee is now assoc. prof. of gynecology at the U. of Puerto Rico. After four years as associate pastor of Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, CA, Rev. Roger Powers moved with his wife Susan Quass, ME '80, to Baltimore, MD, where he is the pastor of Light Street Presbyterian Church and associate pastor of First and Franklin Street Presbyterian Church.

Mark K.Metz has been working as senior VP and deputy general counsel for Wachovia since 1994. Brad Pollack runs a small record company in Huntington Beach, CA, focusing on the artist development of punk and alternative rock bands.He keeps in touch with John Whitwell, Pamela Reiss, John Boochever, Doug Wheeler, Bob Abernethy, and Richard Katzman--all of whom seem to be doing quite well. Cathy Goldrich Shepard works at a nonprofit organization part-time in an accounting role.Her daughter Katie is now in middle school, and her son David is in second grade.

John Hartman is now senior VP, international business for Acuity Brands Lighting. John is based in Conyers, GA, and is responsible for managing all sell-side activities outside the US and Canada to deliver maximum impact from the combined strengths of all ABL brands and operating capabilities. Marianne Knight writes to us from the outskirts of Toronto that she is still a principal with the Osborne Group. She can't believe that she has three children in school. Kristin is in her fourth year in linguistics at York U., Megan is in her first year in administrative and commercial studies at the U. of Western Ontario, and Liam is in his first year in the construction management program at Fanshawe College. He took a year off and was a snowboard instructor in Colorado. Time does fly!

Tanis Mackay Bell is continuing in her role as full-time volunteer at the three public schools that her four children attend. You know, PTO President, Room Mother, Band officer,Newsletter Editor, those type of things.Husband Mike was to have started a new job on March 1 as the Chief Medical Examiner for Palm Beach County.He has served as the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner for Broward County for the past four years. Paul Leo met Max Dercum '34 last year at the Cornell Club Ski Day at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area. He founded this area in the 1940s! When the two men met,Max was making plans to attend his 70th Reunion.

Don't forget to send us your news! Just e-mail it or even "snail mail" it! Your correspondents want to hear from you. -- Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia.net; Jennifer Read Campbell, ronjencam@aol.com; and Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com.

82 | Where were you during the January '05 blizzard, which happened the week of the annual Mid-WinterMeeting of the Cornell Association of Class Officers? The report from class president Lorraine Aronowitz Danzig is called "Snow sorry you missed CACO."Most of our class officers weren't able to make the annual trip to NYC, and those who did come left early and then encountered the blizzard on their way home. The record for hours driven goes to Charles Stuppard, who spent 19 hours in the car for the seven hours he was at the meeting.When not driving in blizzards, Charles lives in Virginia Beach where he commands the Aegis Class Destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) and a crew of 350.Visit www.arleighburke.navy.mil, and e-mail Charles at co@arleighburke.navy.mil if you'd like a tour.

Fortunately, this is the perfect year (Year 3) to ramp up our class projects since Year 4 is when we will be ramping up to our 25th Reunion. Co-chair Terry Kilmer Oosterom (five-hour drive home instead of the usual two) reminds us that "Yes, reunion is creeping up on us!"

For reunion, Donna DeSilva is putting together a class history and is requesting pictures of our school years, graduation, and reunions, by e-mail (rjodmd@comcast.net) or by hard copy to her home, 4301 Warren St.NW,Washington, DC 20016.When not compiling class photos, Donna keeps busy with daughters Maria, who at 13 sat for the SATs in anticipation of attending Johns Hopkins summer program for gifted youth, and Kim, who is in eleventh grade. She and Donna have begun visiting colleges. Donna is also doing pre-college meetings on behalf of Cornell with the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network (CAAAN) program. She meets with twelfth graders who have submitted applications for admission next fall to discuss their applications and their questions about Cornell. She has been a part of CAAAN for five years now and "enjoys the experience every year."

Class Treasurer Greg Busby, gkb3@cornell.edu, reports there is a new version of the website to check out at http://classof82.alumni.cornell.edu.Updates are needed (e.g., a Missing Classmates List), and Greg is hoping someone out there can help him with the website. Please contact him!

Class Secretary Nancy DuBoise reports that after more than five very happy years living in Columbus, OH, and working as an in-house lawyer for Honda, she and her family made the pilgrimage back to their roots on the East Coast. In July 2004, husband Joel and sons Eli, 10, and Sam, 8, moved back to Philadelphia. Nancy writes, "It's great to be back on the East Coast, but the kids are missing their Ohio friends. I am job-hunting for another in-house employment law position (no luck yet), and Joel continues to be employed as a research scientist with Sanofi Aventis, a Philadelphia pharmaceutical company."Nancy's e-mail is nfd3@cornell.edu and she hopes Cornellians in the area will contact her.

Cornell Fund Rep Miriam Honore Akabas (mha9@cornell.edu) attended the Cornell Adult University program Too Close to Call: Eight Great American Presidential Elections, which, she wrote, "was wonderful, with great professors and guest lecturers.While I was learning,my children, two nieces, and one nephew attended the kids camp with great enthusiasm. CAU camp for children is a great time for all."

Other classmates attending CAU last summer included Thomas and Mary Caporal Benton, who attended The Eclectic Ethnic: A Culinary Workshop, along with Susan Drange Lee and Josh and Roberta FalloonWeinreich, who took Science of Scenery: Fields, Forests,Wines, and Wildflowers. Edward Cohen and his wife Karen participated in Outdoor Skills and Thrills, and Andrea Lodahl Henneman and Mary Von Zastrow were in the Outdoor Skills and Thrills for Parents and Teens program. Will Conner, Rick Eno, and Chris Gardner took a course on golf (there must be a pun in there somewhere), and Marc and Leslie Schneider went sailing. Sharon Epstein attended Money, Sex, and Shadows: The Hidden Politics of Film Noir, and Aileen Gribbin studied photography.

At the urging of Michi Yamaguchi, we received an e-mail from Wu-Ching Cheng, who is thankful to our column for reconnecting him with Li-kuo Chi '81, who works for the US Dept. of Energy laboratory in Idaho.Wu-Ching is at the DOE lab in Albuquerque.Wu-Ching also found Dennis Wang in Maryland through the Engineering directory. Wu-Ching and his wife Hali have children Megan, 7, Caleb, 5, Hannah, 3, and Jonathan, 1. He writes,"My wife delivered Megan and Caleb; Hannah was adopted from Vietnam three years ago, and Jonathan just joined us three months ago from Russia." In their spare time,Wu-Ching and Hali teach Sunday school at a mainland Chinese church in Albuquerque.He writes, "The Tiananmen Square incident caused many Chinese to do much thinking and soul-searching.My passion this year is to develop the fathers and sons fellowship to encourage boys in their roles as future men while also encouraging men to be deeply involved in the growth of their sons."

Jennifer Gardiner Liguori's holiday letter was a family "Post-election Poll," giving you the opportunity to decide on the family's "Best of 2004"--Adventure, Accident, Record Set, and Loss.My answers for the above were biking the entire Big Island of Hawaii; younger son Steve going end-over-end on his BMX bike over the ten-foot compost heap, landing headfirst in you know what (and blames sister Beth); older son Tom significantly depleting the Maine lobster population in June; and Jennifer losing 213 tennis balls and two racquets during an unauthorized teenage party.My answers, with bonus points, mean that I am reckless, remind them of Steve, and probably belong to the Democratic Party. Consider professional help is their advice. If you want to learn more about the Liguori family adventures, e-mail Jen at jenliguori@msn.com.

We received an e-mail from Hilary Mason King, who lives with husband Greg and Welsh Corgi puppy Tommy in Cleveland Heights, OH, where she is a realtor with Smythe, Cramer Co. and a leader/teacher for the Case Western Reserve U. adult continuing education program. Hilary volunteers for CAAAN and is thrilled that she and Greg have met so many fellow alums in northeastern Ohio.

And finally, congrats to Stu Baron, who married Margaret Possessky on October 10 in Vestal, NY. Cornellians present were Greg Busby, H.Michael Newman '64, Henry Wallace, JD '66, Stu's mom Roz Zalutsky Baron '53, and his brother Rabbi Barry Baron '78, who performed the ceremony at his home congregation, Temple Israel.-- Nina M. Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu; and Mark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu

83 | It's the time of year when the class mailbag starts getting light and your co-correspondents begin to blanch at the prospect of two-and-a-half columns of empty space for the Class of 1983. Sending news is easier than ever before: just click on the link in our class website, http://classof83.alumni.cornell.edu, or e-mail us at the addresses at the end of our column. Remember life before e-mail? No, me neither . . .

Your class officers braved blizzard conditions to attend the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting in January in New York City.Making the trek in were class president Lisa Esposito Kok, Council member Jim Neville, Cornell Fund representative Abbie Bookbinder Myer, Treasurer Mark Rhodes, 25th Reunion co-chair Andy Sosa, my fellow co-correspondent David Pattison, and co-class historian Dana Gordon.

At the meeting, Lisa Kok highlighted some of the accomplishments from the previous year. In 2004, our class: 1) participated in the Cornell Freshman Book Project and sent out Kafka's The Trial to duespaying members; 2) wrote and passed a Class Constitution; 3) applied for and received a grant of $1,200 for a class DVD archive; and 4) launched the Class Holiday Card website. Our class membership is down somewhat from its high of 600 during our 20th Reunion year in 2003.We currently boast about 550 members. The class officers are brainstorming ways to increase membership as well as support of the Cornell Fund. Believe it or not, plans are already in the works for our 25th Reunion campaign in 2007-08!

Eleven people contributed holiday greetings and/or photos to the class website, and we'd like to continue the project next year and explore ways to encourage more of us to participate. Take a look at the website and all the photos and anecdotes that were posted. Keep us in mind next year as you take your holiday photos and make your greeting card list. It's an effortless way to keep up with old friends and acquaintances.

However, we need you to take action now on a more urgent matter. Our class DVD project, funded by the Cornell Alumni Federation, needs more photo submissions in order to make this the exciting, inclusive archive that it can and should be.We know you have pictures from our days on the Hill, as well as photos from our 20th Reunion and other more recent events. Please take a few moments to find some of your favorites and send them electronically to David Pattison (d.pattison2@verizon.net) or via snail-mail to Andy Sosa, 4911 Magdalene Court, Annandale, VA 22003. Let's make this even more interesting: try to find your most incriminating photo, whether of yourself or friend or foe, and send it on.We must provide a progress report to the Cornell Alumni Federation by July and hope to have strong class support for the project well before then.

Laurie Bayer is working as a physician assistant in plastic surgery at a Boston hospital. Her daughter Jennifer is a high school senior "following in her mom's footsteps" by running track. Laurie proudly reports that Jennifer was the fifth fastest 100-meter runner in Massachusetts last spring. Son Ben, a sophomore in high school, prefers acting over sports. Another performing artist, Deborah Lader, is touring with her folk band Sons of the Never Wrong (www.sons.com), whose fifth CD was scheduled for release in the spring of 2005. Deborah's day job for the past 15 years has been as director of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative (www.chicagoprintmakers.com). She and husband Michael Silver have sons Daniel, 12, and Evan, 10.

We recently received a press release announcing that Keith Dutill has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism. Keith joined the firm of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP following his graduation from Villanova U. School of Law in 1986, became a partner in 1994, and was elected to its Board of Directors in 2004. Keith is the partner in charge of the firm's office in Malvern, PA. He is past co-chair of the American Bar Association's Trial Practice Committee and has taught trial advocacy skills in seminars and workshops in the Eastern US.

Jonathan Hubchen writes that he has "finally yielded to his mother's insistence to play grownup" by purchasing a condominium in Baton Rouge, LA. Some of you may already be familiar with Jonathan's tales of his travels across Southern Africa and Central America, which he has shared via e-mail with a number of old friends. The holiday season found Jonathan in Nicaragua, where he toured the cities of Managua and Granada and joined a group of American Rotarians in a "canopy tour," which entailed swinging from tree to tree on a set of pulleys and rappelling equipment about 40 feet in the air.Watch for an extended feature on Jonathan's fascinating career path and international exploits in an upcoming issue of this magazine.

Also settling down into new digs and a new job is class webmaster Judi Binderman, who is currently working in the business office of a nursing home, learning all about the revenue generation, billing, and insurance side of the medical field. Judi's other talents are not being neglected, as she has also been "knitting up a storm" and webmastering for several websites of fellow bead artists.My former housemate and fellow "Lyon Hall hussy"Meryl Friedman is enjoying life in West Medford, MA, with husband David Price and children Josh, 3, and Hannah, 2.Meryl's healthcare consulting practice, Health Policy Matters, continues to provide her with challenging work in addition to a healthy balance between career and family.

If you're like me, you may have received copies of the Cornell Adult University (CAU) brochures and have been intrigued by the summertime course offerings. Some of our classmates took advantage of the opportunities available through CAU last summer, including Elizabeth Emlen (Natural Life in Ice Age New York: A Field Seminar), Lori Marshall (Photography Studio: Instant Imaging), Bobby Tsai (Normandy Revisited: A Latter-Day Look at the Battles, Leaders and Strategies of WWII), and Gerald Kehoe (The Science of Scenery: Fields, Forests,Wines and Wildflowers). Just reading about these topics makes me want to sign up this summer. Any other takers?

If you're wondering why you're just now seeing news you sent in months ago, keep in mind that our column deadlines are nearly three months ahead of the magazine's publishing dates. So, this late spring column includes news that trickled in last fall as well as "hot off the press" news from January. Be patient.We promise your news will be published. Please send in your news and photos now, while Cornell is in the forefront of your mind. -- Dinah Lawrence Godwin, dinahgodwin@msn.com; and David Pattison, d.pattison2@verizon.net.

84 | OK, folks, our cupboards are almost bare.We've nearly run out of news, so make sure to send in an update when you get your News and Dues mailing this spring. If you've already sent it in, many thanks. If not, we want to hear from you--and your classmates do, too. Take a few minutes to fill out the form and mail it in, or write to Karla or me directly at the e-mail addresses below. Let us know what's happening in your life.

I attended the Cornell-Princeton hockey game at Princeton and watched the Big Red trounce the Tigers 5-0! My husband Bob Forness '87 and I watched as our children Brian and Keri re-learned some favorite Cornell hockey traditions--like singing "Give My Regards to Davy" and the not so nice cheers like "goalie/sieve."We learned a new cheer ourselves, one that didn't exist in our era, having to do with the opposing goalie's lack of prowess in the net--an interesting challenge in these times of trying to teach our children about fair play!

We watched the game with Mike and Wendy Zeh Whiting '85 and their daughters Amelia and Jillian. David and Joanne Krohn Boyko were also there leading cheers. Joanne deserves credit for reorganizing the Cornell Club of Northern New Jersey. She is mixing up the traditional calendar of the club a little to attract a wider audience, so if you live in the area, check out the club via the link on the university website. Mark Giangiulio attended the Super Bowl with fellow Philly fans Scott Sidman and Dave Devereaux, and by all accounts had a great time in Jacksonville, despite the fact that "the other team won."

Jenny Pierce Fusco writes that as a result of an outstanding job transfer with Hilton Hotels, she and her family have relocated to the Phoenix, AZ, area, where husband Ben is the VP of Resorts in Arizona. Jenny lives close to her good friend and former roommate Susan Reusswig Neenan. Susan and Jenny hosted MariaMainelli Bloom, Sarah Hanlon Cigliano, Rhonda Alexis Dirvin, Elizabeth Sullivan Martins, Stephanie Perry Nolan, and Kim Shoop for their annual women's weekend in October 2004. They had a great time soaking up the sun, lounging by the pool, hiking Pinnacle Peak, and catching up and laughing.

Michael '83 and Sheila Palmer Buthe moved to Berkeley Heights, NJ, in 2002 after living in Cobham, England, for three years.Michael is with AIG as chief investment officer for the Life Insurance Division and commutes to New York City. Sheila used her time as a stay-at-home mom to prepare for the designation of Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She passed the exam and has returned to work part-time as the employee and labor relations manager for Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY.

From our class president Terri Port McClellan: "Carol Leister, Christine MillerWhaley, MBA '89, and I hosted Kelly Cosman '05, our Class of 1984 Cornell Tradition Scholar, at the CACO Mid-Winter Meeting in January. In spite of the Blizzard of '05, we all had a marvelous time at the 100th CACO Anniversary Gala. Kelly is excited about her impending 'alumni status' and has been an exemplary Cornell Tradition scholar! While being snowed in for an extra day in NYC, I headed to the theatre with Debbi Neyman Silverman '85 and Risa Mish '85, JD '88. After running eight blocks to make the opening, we bumped into Amy Brown Fraser with her family at the front door of the theatre."

Many classmates continue to take advantage of Cornell Adult University (CAU). Last summer Scott Cooper and wife Susan (Brooker) '85 came from Massachusetts to take part in an outdoor leadership seminar and landscape design workshop, respectively. Tennis, personal fitness, and golf drew in Emily Liu Filloramo and husband Richard, Sandra Staudt-Killea, and Michael Severance, husband of Gail (Mosinger). Gail herself took photography. The most intriguing course title, From "Father Knows Best" to Columbine High: The American Family in Our Times attracted Gretchen Martens from Virginia. RobertHole took Wines. I guess if you didn't take it senior year, now is a good time! -- Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com; Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | We've received word on our 20th Reunion campaign. Classmates Michael Liess and Craig Stanley are leading the major gifts effort, while Laura Clark and Jim Tacci are taking the lead on campaign participation. The Class of 1985 has set challenging goals: raise $500,000 from 1,000 classmates, including 20 Tower Club members. The campaign is picking up momentum, but we cannot reach our goals without your help.We hope all classmates will participate by making a gift of any amount to any area of the university. Show your support for Cornell and the Class of 1985 and become part of our most ambitious and successful class fundraising campaign to date. You can make a gift online at www.alumni.cornell.edu, or call the Cornell Fund at 1-800-279-3099.

In preparation for reunion, Bill, ME '86, and Stephanie Liniger Page threw a mini-reunion of sorts themselves--a Big Red Super Bowl bash, complete with a starting line-up of great alumni including Bill '86 and Debbie SpampinatoWickham, Edy Dale and husband John, John '83 and Pat Kerwawycz Stewart '82, and Steve Novak '83. They also reported that George, PhD '90, and Jill Blackstock Daddis were unable to attend, as George is recuperating from his recent back surgery. Get well soon, George! We can only imagine that the party would've gotten really out of control if Bill's hometown Dolphins had been in it again!

Michael Bloomquist, longtime Connecticut resident who commutes as a VP at Deutsche Bank, recently attended his goddaughter's confirmation party. Cassie Catto is the daughter of his old freshman hallmate Ed Catto. "This really makes me feel old, but also very happy," said Mike. Also at the confirmation party were neighbors Mike Greenberg and his wife Joyce (Kottick) '87. Mike notes that he'll be bringing his entire family to Ithaca for reunion and can't wait!

Chris Jordan and his wife Andi have been enjoying the wilds of the Pacific Northwest for almost ten years. There, "CJ" has been the assistant city manager for the City of Lake Oswego. "This has been a little different than Washington," notes Chris, who had previously worked for years at the White House's Office of Management and Budget. Chris keeps busy with daughters Meghan, 12, and Rachel, 9, and son Matthew, 7. Chris says that the entire Jordan family is anxiously looking forward to reunion in June!

We have another classmate with a northwestern migration story to tell. Shaz Kahng, a name synonymous with New York City to many, actually left the city this year. In September, Shaz moved to Oregon to join Nike's executive team. "Getting the swoosh tattoo at Nike orientation was a little painful, but the rest of the experience has been amazing!" she said. She is leading a major global strategy effort for Nike for the next six to nine months and then will move into a line position.Working at the beautiful 130- acre Nike campus in Beaverton, Shaz has bumped into many sports figures: Andre Agassi (in the lobby), Alonzo Mourning (getting a cheeseburger), Serena Williams,Maria Sharapova,Mia Hamm, and Lance Armstrong. Shaz is also enjoying getting to know Portland, as she and her brand new fiancé are enjoying sharing this adventure together.

Of course, this is just a sampling of the great updates and stories we expect to hear in June at reunion.Mark your calendars now, and send any personal updates to -- Ed Catto, edcatto@hotmail.com; or Risa Mish, rmm22@cornell.edu. See you all in June!

86 | This month's column will be brief--very brief.We've run out of News and are still awaiting the arrival of your latest round of updates from the annual News and Dues mailing. Thanks to those of you who have returned your News Forms already. They should be forwarded to us shortly.

Please help us keep this column going by taking a few minutes to fill out your News Form if you haven't done so yet. Fill in the blanks on the form, or tell us anything else you might want to.What have you been up to lately? Is there anything you'd rather be doing? Who have you seen or heard from recently? What is the biggest problem you're facing right now? What is the world's biggest problem? Do you see a solution? How do you handle the fast pace of your life?

Our lead times for submitting columns are several months ahead of publication, so don't be discouraged if you don't see your news right away. You may have already responded to a wintertime e-mail request from us, so the upcoming columns will be a mix of snail mail news and e-mail news. However you're comfortable communicating with us is fine with us. Just write! Your classmates want to hear from you.

Lost your News and Dues forms? No problem. Another mailing will come soon.Want to contact us directly? Just use the addresses below. Until next time . . . -- Jackie Byers Davidson, jackiekd@sbcglobal.net; Allison Farbaniec MacLean, aaf9@cornell.edu; Hilory Federgreen Wagner, haf5@cornell.edu.

87 | As you may remember from my last column in the January/February issue, I wrote it on a flight during a business trip to Asia. Once again, I am 38,000 feet in the air, enroute from Seoul to Hong Kong, at the start of another work trip. This is the second time in February that I have gone abroad (more on my European jaunt later).

Many, if not most of us, are turning 40 years old in 2005. To commemorate this monumental milestone in our lives, your Class Council has organized a special minireunion in Ithaca this summer to help celebrate our collective "39 Again" birthday. You can participate in three ways: 1) Sign up for Cornell Adult University (CAU) on campus during the week of July 17. Exciting course offerings will range from The Human Body to Gorgeous Gorges to Digital Photography and Garden Design. 2) Plan a long weekend in the Finger Lakes or stop in Ithaca on your way to a family vacation in Canada or elsewhere. 3) For those of you who live close enough to Ithaca, come to campus for a day trip. There will be a mid-week bowling party on Wednesday, July 20 in Helen Newman, and the capstone celebration will be in the Statler Hotel on Saturday, July 23, featuring Prof. Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, who will reminisce with us about the culture during our days on the Hill.

Christmas holidays yielded quite a bundle of news from classmates near and far. Noah Price, ME '88, and wife Heather welcomed their first child, Ryan Benjamin, on August 14, 2004.As always, Chris Nielsen Berg's "Berglette" was full of news and photos. She volunteered at her children's elementary school, editing the school directory, helping kids with their journal writing, and working as a room parent. Chris has three children: Peter, 9, is in the third grade, Katy is a second grader, and Stephen is in kindergarten. The family visited husband Dick's relatives in St. Petersburg, FL, and returned to Cape May, NJ, for their annual beach trip. Chris and her siblings descended on their father's house in Princeton, NJ, for a mini-family reunion last summer as well.

From Southern California, Susan Lord and Victor W. Chang report that their daughters Marissa Rose, 4-1/2, and Kyrielle, 2-1/2, are keeping them busy. Susan was on sabbatical in 2003-04. "I spent the first nine months of 2004 working at SPAWAR Systems Center, a Navy lab in San Diego. I got to work with some graduate students, which was fun since we don't have them at USD (where I am a faculty member).Victor worked at Biosite as a consultant in 2004.He has enjoyed doing some more design work on products for diagnosis of congestive heart failure. He has also continued to build bikes for customers and is working on a triplet for us so that we can put Marissa Rose to work!" Susan and Victor took several family trips last year, including Thanksgiving on Catalina Island, and a summer vacation in Santa Fe, NM.

Up in Seattle, Tom Ball celebrated his fifth year at Microsoft. His new group, Testing Verification and Measurement, is up and running. "I am enjoying my new role helping junior researchers start their careers."He traveled to the Netherlands,Denmark, and Israel for Microsoft last fall.He even met a computer scientist from Sun Microsystems named Tom Ball while on business in San Jose! Tom and wife Catherine took son David to Germany when he was invited to teach at a NATO-sponsored summer program. Granny Ruth babysat for daughter Lauren back home in Mercer Island,WA.

After an unsuccessful attempt to get together in January 2003, Brent Vallat, ME '89, and I have visited several times in the past six months in both San Francisco and, at Christmas, Seattle.When he was back in the Bay Area for a second time in February, Rebecca and I hosted him overnight and took him to our friendly neighborhood French bistro.We stayed up reminiscing about the old days and for a second I thought we were back in Founders or South Baker. First weekend after New Year's Day found Rebecca and me in New England for the annual Big Red hockey road trip to Brown and Harvard. The Brown game on January 7 coincided with Mary Hohenhaus's birthday, so we used the occasion of the pre-game dinner to celebrate her 39th birthday at Rue des Espoir in Providence. Mike Schafer '86 and his squad chipped in a 4-1 victory to make the evening all the more festive. You may recall that Mary spent January 2003 in Kenya on a medical mission. She completed her internal medicine residency at Brown U. in June 2003 and now serves as a chief resident supervising 150 residents. Despite a hectic life, she squeezed in a biking trip to Prince Edward Island in August.

In late January, I was in NYC to attend the annual CACO Mid-Winter Meeting, which marked its centennial this year with a gala dinner. Chris Olsen and I flew in from California, while Mary Bowman came up from Washington,DC, on Amtrak. Class President John Gee, who had turned 40 earlier in the month, turned up in a new hair-do, or the lack of. John had shaved his head as his way of confronting his "midlife crisis."We were joined by fellow officers Scott Pesner, Heidi Russell, Melissa Hodes, and Stacey Neuhoefer Silberzweig. Our presence was augmented by Gligor Tashkovich, MBA '91, who is on the Cornell Alumni Federation board, and Karla Griffin, who is on staff at Alumni Affairs. Stacey decorated the '87 table at the CACO lunch and dinner with glitters and confetti as four of us all had our 40th birthday within weeks of one another. She also found lollipops that say "40 Sucks."

The gala, in addition to celebrating 100 years of service of the class officers, also honored Bill Vanneman '31, the longest-serving living class officer, whose granddaughter Kara '89 is married to Kenneth Klein. Kenneth and Kara sat with Bill at President Jeffrey Lehman '77's table. The weekend's blizzard not only cancelled my return flight, but unfortunately prevented Amy Janower Weinstein and Fred Barber from attending the festivities. Amy had a busy fall: "Just back from a week in Cabo San Lucas . . . a much needed vacation on my own! I went with two girlfriends--what a treat! Two weeks later, I repacked to go to Florida with the entire meshpucha (Jewish for family) for my dad's 70th birthday. Needless to say, now I need a vacation from my vacations, having returned home totally exhausted!" Incidentally, 2004 proved to be a momentous year for Mary Bowman. She married longtime beau Peter Poling in Las Vegas on July 12, following a 14-year courtship. In October she finished the Marine Corps marathon (her first time competing), and moved to a new house in Silver Spring,MD. She continued her streak in 2005 by getting a new job with Restaurant Associates, overseeing the food operation at the National Gallery of Art.Mary has begun training for this year's Marine Corps marathon.

As for me, I decided that if I were to wallow in self-pity on my 40th birthday, I'd rather do it in Paris. So Rebecca and I jetted off to France and spent three memorable days in one of my favorite cities.We stayed in Hotel Muguet near rue Cler, took advantage of the government-mandated January sales, and visited with Sharon Cape '85 and her beau Nick van der Heijden over a long lunch. The weather, while cold, turned sunny and pleasant in the afternoon.We walked everywhere, bundled up in our new wool coats. I had my birthday meal at Ze Kitchen Gallerie (nouvelle fusion), and we dined at Aux Lyonnais (traditional cuisine from Lyon) for our last supper.We highly recommend both.

We look forward to seeing you in Ithaca for the "39 Again" gathering in July! -- Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@stanford.edu; and Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com.

88 | Hello '88ers! As I write this, it is a gray, wet dreary day here in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is the kind of day that reminds me of nothing so much as Ithaca! At least the temperature difference between Northern California and Upstate New York makes winter here seem more like spring there.Hopefully, by the time you read this, we will be well into spring and enjoying a warming trend all over the country.

This past January more memories of the Hill washed over me when my wife Ann and I attended a concert given by the Cornell Glee Club, who were on a tour of California during the semester break. The performance was excellent and featured, of course, a breakout performance by the Hangovers.My wife (a non-Cornellian) even enjoyed the Cornell songs that wrapped up the evening's show.

Unfortunately, we are running a little short on news at this time, so please forgive this column being a bit shorter than usual. The best way to address that is to sit down and send along some news to Suzanne or myself as soon as you put down the magazine! Use the News Form enclosed in the annual News and Dues mailing that should have arrived recently, or write to either of us directly. I've put a few ideas of things to write about at the end of this column just in case you have trouble thinking of something to say.

Some news did arrive via e-mail right at the end of last year.Adam Kolodny sent word that after some unplanned time off from the telecom industry in 2002, he is now very happily employed as a senior logistics engineer with a firm in Fort Worth, TX. Currently Adam, his wife Lisa, their sons Zachary and Isaac, and family dog Mocha are living in Haifa, Israel, where he is working for the year at his employer's parent company. Julie Gonen wrote to report that she received her doctorate in political science in 1992, took a few years off, and then went to Georgetown Law, graduating in 2003. She is now practicing health law at Epstein, Becker & Green in Washington,DC. Julie lives in Northern Virginia with her black Labrador ("Adidas") and two cats. She regularly sees Cornellians Kirsten Lyke, Leslie Wagner, Elvie Velazquez, and Andrea Balinson '89.

Joel Kehm e-mailed from Boston announcing that he and wife Leanna landed at Logan Airport in October 2004 with their first child. Alexandra was born on March 20, 2004 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Joel sends best wishes to all classmates and says that he is up pretty early these days, so folks should "feel free to drop a line literally anytime."

Seeing as how I started with some news of events that evoke warm memories of time on campus, it seems appropriate to include some notes about another classmate's experiences creating new Cornell memories each year by attending Cornell Adult University (CAU) during the summer months. Fellow '88er and former class officer Alison Minton has enrolled in 13 CAU classes over 11 consecutive summers. Since Alison wrote so graciously about her CAU classes (and, admittedly, to save me some time), the description that follows is a direct quote from her e-mail.

"I took my first class in 1994 and, although I was the youngest alum there, I had a fabulous time and have never been disappointed with a class I've taken. I've also had the luxury of meeting brilliant, energetic, fun-loving Cornellians of all ages and being able to share a common Cornell experience with alums ranging in age from twenties through nineties! Over the past decade (as I've gotten older), more younger alums have started attending CAU, but I still enjoy the mix of ages and myriad of perspectives the age range brings to class discussions. I even served a term on the CAU Advisory Board in the mid- to late 1990s and was able to help choose courses that were offered. It is interesting to note that many of Cornell's most distinguished alumni have attended CAU's summer programs and/or year-round trips, and are repeat customers.

"My 2004 course was Normandy Revisited: Battles, Leaders & Strategies of WWII taught by a CAU favorite, Prof. Barry Strauss '74. (All the professors who teach CAU are top Cornell professors who love to participate in CAU.) The course was absolutely fantastic, and there was even a WWII veteran in the class who had seen active duty at Normandy! In addition to class, which lasts for about four hours a day, CAU provides a full complement of activities for participants. There is an informal pre-dinner happy hour every evening, and dinner (and every meal and snack) is a delicious all-you-can-eat smorgasbord of Cornell dining.

"In addition to on-campus activities like movies, concerts, lectures, and access to campus athletic facilities, all of which are open to CAU participants, CAU holds CAU-only evening activities every night. For example, the week I attended in 2004 the activities included a lecture by Prof. Theodore Lowi; a tour of the Lab of Ornithology; a tour of the Rare & Manuscript Collections; an informational session about Cornell's summer college for high school students; a walking tour around Beebe Lake; plays at the Hangar and Kitchen theatres; and an evening of stargazing at Fuertes Observatory. By ten o'clock every night I was more than ready to crawl into bed at the new, and quite luxurious by Ithaca standards,Marriott Courtyard Hotel. CAU participants are offered three housing options every year, and last year it was Court Hall, Ecology House, or the Marriott. CAU also offers programs for children and teens, and many families return year after year because the kids love it so much. In fact, every summer I run into people I have met previously at CAU, and I keep in touch with a few during the year. CAU is truly Cornell at its best: summer in the Finger Lakes, access to the best professors, stimulating classes with no prelims, and making new Cornell friends. The only down side is having to leave when the week is over. I can hear the siren song of Cornell for weeks after I get home. I hope to see some '88ers there this summer, and for those interested in learning more about CAU, the website is www.cau.cornell.edu."

I send my heartfelt thanks to Alison for writing about CAU. I've often perused the catalog when it comes early each year, but have yet to take advantage of the many opportunities offered. This year, my wife and I are giving serious consideration to planning a summer trip East centered around going to CAU. Along with Alison, I definitely encourage any classmate, especially if you have never browsed the CAU catalog, to check out the program's website.

In closing, let me once again ask that you sit down and write an e-mail or letter with some news about yourself for a future column. Let your mind wander and write as much as you like.We'll handle any necessary editing on this end. Send a note about anything new in your life: a new job, a new spouse, a new child, a new pet, even a new car. Or perhaps you've had a recent experience that took you back to your days at Cornell: attended a Cornell alumni event, met with a high school student who applied to Cornell, or unexpectedly ran into an old roommate or lab partner.Write it all down and send it in; we'd love to hear from you. Until next time, I wish you peace. -- Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu; and Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu.

89 | Finally, summer is almost here (though I'm writing this as Long Island is getting hit with another snowstorm!). I appreciate those who sent their updates in for this column--but our pile of news has dwindled. It's time again to seek news about you and fellow classmates. Please fill out your official News Form or e-mail us with news anytime.

We'll start the column off with news from Michael Dabrush. He got married (again) on Oct. 12, 2003 to Maggie Scandrett. Debbie Schaffel, Pat '90 and Diane Rymph Lanni '90, Joon Passe '90, Dr. Wendy Kee '84, and Andrew Spring, JD '95, attended.Michael and Maggie live in Budd Lake, NJ. In April 2004, he took a new job at National Financial, a Fidelity Investments Company, as an implementation project manager.

Peter Michel and wife Diane (Duke '89) had their second son, Calen James Isaac Michel, on Sept. 14, 2004.He joins 4-1/2-year-old brother Ethan Laurence Charles Michel. Peter and his family live in Boulder, CO, where he works as a development manager for McKesson Provider Technologies developing clinical software for hospitals. In his spare time he does triathlons and plays competitive Scrabble. Katie McShane Kelly welcomed her second son, Joseph Michael, on Sept. 15, 2004. His brother Jack is 2 years old. After four months of renovations, Katie and her family moved to a big house in Penngrove, CA, in May 2004.

On a recent visit from his home in England, Brad Novak got together with Howard Miller and Albert Belman to congratulate Mabel Chan on her marriage to Nigel Andrew. Sue Guarnaschelli Collins sent in news about Cheryl Donnelly Burgess and husband Greg, who had another daughter, Ava Mae, born Oct. 21, 2004. She joins big sisters Mia and Bella. Lauren Hoeflich was promoted to the position of senior legal assistant in the Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy Group at Sidley, Austin, Brown, and Wood in Chicago. Rob Chodock and wife Karen Mitchell '90 are finally homeowners. They bought a new apartment in NYC.

Jamie Platt Lyons sent in a lot of news. To start, she is a partner at the real estate and litigation firm of Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco PC. She works part-time in order to stay home with her kids Avi and Tali. In September she is walking in the Breast Cancer 3-Day (60 miles in three days) and has been training for a while. Good luck! During Labor Day Weekend 2004 Dina Weiss-Linfoot had a first birthday party for her daughter Jordyn at her Long Island home. Jamie and her family, as well as John and Laura Pearlman Kaufman and their kids Adam and Elliot, were there to celebrate. During Thanksgiving Weekend Jamie met up with classmates Amy Susman-Stillman, Dina Weiss-Linfoot, Mindy Schecter Tashlik, and their families at the Long Island Children's Museum.

Other news came from Laura Pearlman Kaufman.Husband John is VP of revenue management at Starwood Hotels.His work involves travel (of course!) to some interesting destinations, including Hawaii, Poland, Sweden, Japan, Indonesia, China, Australia, and Korea, to name a few. Laura is busy doing part-time work at the local UJA Federation as the coordinator for the Young Israeli Emissary Program. She says, "I feel lucky to have a flexible, worthwhile job that enables me to attend to all of my 'soccer mom' duties, too." Laura saw Cathy Taylor in Central Park at "The Gates" exhibit. Cathy is doing a post-doc in Public Health at Columbia.

Another wedding to report: David Manzano got married in May 2004 to Jordana Sandler. There were a lot of Cornellians at the celebrations, including fellow '89ers Steven Breslow, Keith Eisner, Bruce Zolot, Andy Bender, Sunny Sevilla, Andrea Goldschlager, John and Laura Pearlman Kaufman, and Cathy Taylor.David lives on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, where he is a portfolio manager/principal at Callidus Capital.He also sent news that Sunny Sevilla has "retired" from Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and is now living in Madrid. Keith Eisner lives in L.A., where most recently he was writing for Steven Bochco and "NYPD Blue." Steven Breslow works at the US Attorney's office in Brooklyn and moved into a new apartment with his wife and two kids. Beth Steckler owns a home in NW Washington that she has refurbished. She recently made partner at Wilmer Cutler and Pickering.

Please keep sending us news! We try our best to include everything we receive in a timely manner. -- Stephanie Bloom Avidon, stephanieavidon@optonline.net; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; and Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com.

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