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80 | This is my first column and a great opportunity to share news and get back in touch. I would love to hear from you via e-mail--or call me when you visit the New York metropolitan area.My husband Stephen Radin and I live in New York City with our children Jason and Jeffrey, ages 11 and 9. I am an employment law and human resources consultant and serve on the board of directors for the ILR Alumni Association. Steve is a partner at the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, specializing in corporate governance counseling and litigation. Steve was honored at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in June for his receipt of the Burton Award, given to lawyers who exhibit clarity in legal writing (no jokes, please).We visited with Linda Ripps Feder, her husband Richie, and their children Kenny and Lauren, ages 15 and 12, during the summer and enjoyed the sun and sand at the beach. Linda is living in Philadelphia and continuing with her work in the nutrition field after completing a PhD in health education from Temple U.

We have lots of news to share from many classmates.My neighbor from U-Hall 2 freshman year, Ellen Kaplan Halfond, moved upstate with her husband Ira to Craryville in Columbia County, NY, where she is developing a market research business and Ira is starting a law practice. She reports that they are now "enjoying the rural community and don't miss Long Island traffic at all." Another familiar face from freshman year, Scott E. Thompson has a new position as VP, Global Trademarks at GlaxoSmithKline and is based in King of Prussia, PA. Scott wrote that he "would like to reunite with any classmates or Cornellians in the Philadelphia area, as I am new to the area." Kathy Richman relocated to Menlo Park, CA, to take a Stanford Humanities Fellowship in the Dept. of French and Italian and would be happy to hear from friends via e-mail. She received her PhD in French literature from Harvard in 2002.

Brian Joondeph is back in this country working as a retinal surgeon in private practice in Denver and enjoying skiing with his wife Shirley and children Stephanie, 17, Chris, 14, and Eric, 12. He reports that this is a "big change after working in New Zealand with its national health service (true socialized medicine)." KimNedelman Fish writes that she has returned to her hometown of Springfield, OH, after an absence of 20 years, with her husband Larry and her children Lauren, 15, and David, 13. Kim is a consultant to biotech clients and involved with community level strategic planning.

Robert Manfred, executive VP and labor counsel for the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, reports that he was ranked number nine on Baseball America's list of most powerful in Major League Baseball. Scott Peer writes from Glendale, CA, that his "big news is the successful Saturn Orbit Insertion for the Cassini spacecraft" and he "developed the software for the attitude controller and star tracker and still spends a little time on the star tracker." In his spare time, he is ski-racing with masters and clubs and racing inline (skate) downhill and luge. Raymond Disch reports from Hopewell, NJ, that he has "started his own real estate business and will provide the full range of real estate services for both residential and commercial customers."

Several of our classmates are very excited that their children are attending Cornell. Robert, JD '78, and Jamie Pundyk Davis have two children in Arts and Sciences-- Billy '07, a junior, and Peter '09, a freshman--and a third child, Katie, who started high school. Gregory Gordon has son Steven '08, who is in his sophomore year, and two other children, Heather, 16, who is starting the college application process, and Jonathan, 12. Jim and Jenny Wartik Carpenter report from Ann Arbor, MI, that their son Ted '08 is a sophomore in the Engineering college and that they saw Matt and Jody Hill Mischel in Los Angeles when Jim traveled with the U. of Michigan football team to the Rose Bowl as the team physician.

Geoffrey, MBA '87, and Kathleen Cote Snyder have daughter Claire '09 who is a freshman, and two other children, Aaron, 21, a student at Landmark College, and Lucas, 10. Kathleen has her own Pilates studio and trains athletes and new teachers, and Geoffrey is head of institutional equity sales for Bank of America in New York.Hans '81 and Diane Henke Drenkard, MS '84, are looking forward to visiting their daughter Liz '09, a freshman in the Ag college, and report that they have been "on a national park kick" visiting Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Denali. -- Leona Barsky, leonabarsky@aol.com; Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@\cornell.edu; Dana Jerrard, dej24@cornell.edu; Tim O'Connor, tvoc0744@optonline.net; and Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28@cornell.edu.

81 | Life in Florida is moving along very well. After getting married to Russ Levine on April 2, I feel that this part of my life has blended exceptionally well with my volunteer work (Junior League, MS Society, Cornell, etc.) and recreational interests (snorkeling at John Pennekamp, bicycling in Shark Valley, and camping in the Everglades). Russ and I braved torrential downpours to attend the Networking Happy Hour in Miami in July, hosted by the Cornell Club of Miami and the Florida Keys at the lovely home of Dr. Alejandro Badia '85. (Alejandro was featured in the July/August Class Notes on page 93!) It was wonderful seeing everyone--over 60 guests were there! We also saw Tanis and Mike McKay Bell at a big party at their home in Plantation, FL. They were superb hosts and a good time was had by all. They told us to get ready for a good time--and that it was!

Also in Florida, but in Orlando, is Lisa Early (lisa.early@cityoforlando.net), who was appointed by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to serve as Orlando's first Director of Children & Education.Her husband, Credo Sinyangwe '77,MBA '79, is now a stay-at-home dad for their boys Samuel, 16, and Noah, 7. RogerWertheimer (RLJRW@adelphia. net) is the VP, general counsel and secretary for Independent Energy Partners Inc. in Colorado. Also in Colorado is LawrenceWang (LChaoping@aol.com), a neurologist with three children.

Moving on to the Midwest, Dan Kloiber (danexstream@hotmail.com) has a company, Extream Software (www.extream.com), with five offices in Europe and Sydney, Australia, ranking 3180 on the inc. 500 last year! You go, Dan! He lives in Lexington, KY. Miriam Harris (harrisdonohue@yahoo.com) is retired from the US Navy after 24 years of service. She has moved from Naples, Italy, to St. Louis,MO, with her husband Patrick Donohue, a captain in the USN who is stationed at Scott AFB.

On the West Coast, Kevin Haroff '77, JD/MBA '81 (kharoff@mac.com) tells us he is a lawyer with Sonnenschein in San Francisco, CA. He has three children, one of which he adopted from Chongquing Fuling First Social Welfare Inst. in 2002. Kevin is a trustee of the World Affairs Council (Northern California) and vice chair of the American Bar Association's Int'l Environmental Law Committee. Paul King writes us from San Jose, CA (paul@kingwealth.com) that he published the "Identity Theft Resource Kit" and founded Knights Bridge Castle Corp. to provide identity theft protection, detection, and recovery services to individuals and families. Pamela Reiss (pbr8@cornell.edu) received an MA in psychology/counseling from Pacifica Graduate Inst. in Summerland, CA.

MarshalWatson (actmid@sbcglobal.net) received a master's in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech U.He was accepted into the doctoral program and awarded the Chancellor's Endowed Fellowship, also at Texas Tech. Marilyn Trautfield Sugarman (msugarman@courts.state.ny.uc), who's living in New York City, vacationed in Arizona and arranged to meet up with Debbie Hirsch Ewing and her family. They all had a fabulous time and are looking forward to our 25th Reunion, June 8-11, 2006.Make sure you mark it on your calendars now so you can be sure to attend. Also in NYC, Edgard Nau (en21@cornell.edu) is a podiatrist and a community member of Columbia U.'s Institutional Review Board.Writing from Upstate New York (Mechanicville) is John Tuttle, CEO/president of Day Star Technologies Inc. (jtuttle59@earthlink.net). He used to live and work in California. He saw Dr. Les Neal Freeman in Melbourne, FL, and reports that Les and his family are doing great!

Mike Stocker (barry.m.stocker@smithbarney.com) joined Smith Barney in Allentown, PA, after 17 years in telecom with AT&T Microelectronics and Lucent Technologies. He hosted a Cornell weekend at his home, and attendees included Jim and Shelly Macklin Taylor '83, Louis Meyer '83, Lauren and Bob Jones '83, Georgie and Leo Smigel, and Allen Holms. He certainly is getting psyched for June! Gary Lapera (glapera@michaelgraves.com) lives in Pennington, NJ, and is married to Ruth Wells. They have children Patrick, 13, and Lyndon, 11-1/2.

In Toronto, Scot Martin, MBA '83, tells us that he went to his first Cornell hockey reunion in many years. He saw Tim Strawman, Doug Berk, and Jim Gibson and his wife Rari. All plan on returning for our 25th and dragging along many others, particularly Roy Kerling and Bobby (the Root Hog) Hallstrom. Overseas is Cindy High-Fischmann (cynthia.high@kodak.com), VP of Human Resources-Asia for Kodak. Her husband Rob is leading commercialization and manufacturing for one of Kodak's businesses. They live in Shanghai with their two kids and love it!

Please let us know what's going on in your lives--and include your e-mail address.We love news! Thanks! -- Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia.net; Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com; Jennifer Read Campbell, ronjencam@aol.com. Or you can also send your news online at http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.htm.

82 | Robert Coll (New Rochelle, NY) is a man of varied interests and talents: "I am a poet. [I am] currently working with Edward Ostrander, Emeritus, of Cornell University. Presently I am the CEO of Moon Water, a not-for-profit corporation that assists people with mental health problems. I am also well known in the culinary field and have been granted two degrees from the Culinary Inst. of America. These degrees are Certified Executive Chef and Certified Chef Educator." Robert would like to get in touch with Peter Needle, MS '85.

Brandy Alvarez-Lazzara, husband Giuseppe, and son Niccolo, 10, live in Plano, TX. Brandy is returning to graduate school to complete ("finally") her PhD. She reports that Carol Diamond had a baby, and she is interested in hearing about David A. Smith, ME '83, and "his buddy" David Gordon. Also in school is Holly Gates Travis, who lives in Punxsutawney, PA, with husband Gary. She is currently teaching biology and science education at Indiana U. of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA, and is pursuing a doctoral degree in education. Giving hope to Brandy and Holly, David Weiss (Alliance, OH) reports that he just completed his PhD at the U. of New Mexico and is now on the Dept. of Communication faculty at Mount Union College, teaching mass communication, media studies, and film courses.

Also finishing a degree was Leon Singletary (Blue Bell, PA), who received an MS in human resource development from Villanova U. in May 2005. In 2004 he launched HR First Contact (www.hrfc-pa.com), which is a full-service pre-employment screening business based in Fort Washington, PA, that provides background information so that employers can make informed hiring decisions. In 2004 Leon and fellow biking team members traveled more than 1,500 miles and raised over $40,000 for the American Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis associations.He also takes great satisfaction in helping others to achieve their goals through tae kwon do instruction, the Cornell alumni student mentoring program, and teaching HR management topics.

Earl "Skip" Adams, wife Jennifer, and their six children moved to a 12-acre farm in Lima, NY, which they have named "Grateful Hearts Farm" and on which they plan to have sheep and llamas. Jo Klingenstein Ziesing mentions spouse Peter and children Lee, 16, Annie, 14, and Will, 12, and succinctly reports, "Was teaching. Now home." Also changing jobs is ElizabethWootan Metura (Brooklyn, NY), who has left Marsh USA and now owns her own company, ERM Realty Services (ermrealestate@yahoo.com). The company does property management, real estate advising, renovations, repairs, etc., and specializes in the small homeowner, with custom packages and short-term and long-term relationships. She says, "Going on vacation? Can't be there when the repair people come? We are here for you."

Cornell taught us to be independent thinkers and engaged citizens, and in this case it means that Mary Loehr (Ithaca, NY) was active in working with students and more than 330 faculty to try to prevent Cornell from "cutting down Redbud Woods," a green space that the City of Ithaca declared a Historic District. She wrote that she was doing this "as an alum who feels Cornell is misguided in this instance." Also socially active is Mizin Park Kawasaki (Los Angeles, CA; humaneparenting@sbcglobal.net), who published a book in summer 2005, Better Mothering: Advocating Breastfeeding and Stay-at-Home Mothering.

Nir Margalit (Emeryville, CA) is enjoying his position as EVP, General Counsel, at Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants with fellow Hotelies Joe Long '83 and Ben Rowe '96. Kimpton is an "industry-leading hotel company for lifestyle and eco-friendly stays." Nir has been in touch with Richard Mahon '81, a law firm partner in Newburgh, NY. Living in rural Stockton, NJ, on an old farm ("lots of work") are Mike Jenner, wife Vivian, and sons Jack, 10, and Will, 6.Mike says, "AT&T remains a great place to work. I continue to be VP Product Mgmt. for IP/Data/Hosting businesses." Livingston "Tony" Satterthwaite, wife Ann, and two sons live in Edina, MN.He keeps busy playing soccer in an over-40 men's league, watching his older son win 13 medals (nine gold) at the 2005 state swim championships, and coaching his younger son's soccer team. He writes, "I continue with Cummins as head of Power Gen Distribution and Marketing, which continues to entail lots of international travel. This month I will be in England, Holland, Senegal, and Tunisia, which is pretty typical."Over-40 soccer and regular travel abroad! This correspondent is jealous!

Rick Eno and wife Courtney have been busy since their wedding was reported two columns ago. Steven Crump reports that Rick's daughter Marguerite Claire was born on July 23, 2005. After finally getting married at 43 to Claire, David Weis reports that daughter Talia Danika was born on May 23, 2005. David lives in Boca Raton, FL, and telecommutes to his work in Boston,MA, where he maintains his careers as co-owner of the Beacon Hill Athletic Clubs and as senior partner at Wainwright Investment Counsel. -- Mark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu; and Nina Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu.

83 | A number of classmates reported recent job promotions and professional honors this news cycle. Tom Herman was recently promoted to CFO at Ariel Capital Management in Chicago. Ariel is a fast-growing investment management company with over $22 billion under management, Tom informs us. He joined Ariel just last year as their controller--proof that engineering is a great foundation for many careers, quips Tom. On the home front, he says kids Nathalie, 12, Caroline, 9, and Michael, 7, are doing great and enjoying soccer, softball, and T-ball. Nathalie and Caroline can already tell you where they want to go to college (Cornell, of course--no pressure from Dad). Tom caught up with classmate Joel Zackin and his wife Celeste in New Haven, CT, in February to watch the Cornell men's hockey team kick some Yale butt. He and his family were looking forward to vacationing in the Adirondacks this summer.

Peter Sunderland tells us he has been appointed assistant professor at the U. of Maryland in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering.Winnie Sandler (taking advantage of the ease of sending news on our class website) proudly informs us that her husband Steven Grinspoon was selected as the 2005 winner of the American Federation for Medical Research's Outstanding Investigator Award. It is AFMR's top honor for medical investigation given to an investigator age 45 or younger in recognition of excellence in biomedical research. Steven is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and is the founder and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Program in Nutritional Metabolism.

John "Ralph" Russek Jr. from Orefield, PA, writes that he was recently promoted to general design division manager at the Pidcock Company, a civil engineering and land-planning firm located in the Lehigh Valley. Ralph retired from the Navy Reserves as a commander on Jan 1, 2004 after more than 20 years of service.His daughter Erin, 16, enjoys riding and showing her horse, while son Erik, 13, is fascinated by "tough" video games and loves to follow Cornell men's hockey. Sheri Rabinowitz Reig of Bedford Corners, NY, writes that she is "of counsel" at the firm of Bingham-McCutchen. For the last six years she has been intensively involved in the Swiss banks Holocaust settlement. She was also appointed by Eastern District of New York Chief Judge Korman in 2002 to serve as deputy special member of the settlement. So far, she reports, over $750 million of the $1.25 billion settlement fund has been distributed to Holocaust survivors worldwide.Her husband Neil '81 has a thriving estates and elder law practice in Westchester, NY, and she and her husband celebrated the arrival of Adam Phillips Reig in December, who joins big sister Samantha, age 10.

Hunter Johnson of Old Greenwich, CT, checks in to tell us that he was recently named VP and treasurer of Asbury Automotive group (NYSE: ABG), and he and his wife Michele are the proud parents of boys Clark, 11, and Karl, 8. Hunter brings news of classmate Steve Amador, MBA '86, who, Hunter says, could use a call from anyone who knows him. Cheryl Siegel Schneider from Maplewood, NJ, says she can't believe she is sending her child off to college already. Her son Sam will be attending Vanderbilt U. this fall to study music education--a major that Cornell apparently doesn't offer, so she couldn't convince him to apply. But she's working on her other two children. As a consolation, Cheryl says she will at least feel right at home when they play their Alma Mater--Vanderbilt is apparently one of the schools listed in the Alumni News as having "stolen" Cornell's Alma Mater!

I still find our mailbag quite full of submittals from our e-mail blast a few months back. So while I am enjoying the present luxury of selecting from a large pool of interesting notes, please keep the news coming for the next round for my fellow correspondent Dinah. And I'll make one last plea to send some recent photos of yourself and classmates and those from your days at Cornell for inclusion for our class DVD scrap album. Time is running out for the grant money given to our class to fund this project. Also note my new earthlink address to e-mail me your scanned or digital photos. -- David Pattison, dpattison@earthlink.net; Dinah Lawrence Godwin, dinahgodwin@earthlink.net.

84 | Melinda Thaler Milberg and her husband David are happy to announce the birth of their son Emmett Nathaniel on June 30, 2005. Emmett's older sisters Beverly, 6, and Ava, 3, are delighted with the addition to the family, as are Mom and Dad! Melinda writes, "I had been teaching as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School until shortly before Emmett's birth, and plan to take a year off to enjoy my three cherubs before returning to teaching." Jeannette Allen, MBA '87 (Eldersburg, MD) reports that she is kept busy with her two children. Tia is 8 and Ward is 6.Matt Arnold wrote a novel that has been published! He said he would be honored if anyone from his Big Red days would check it out. It's called Crossroads. Find out more at Amazon.com.

Amy Brooks-Kayal was promoted to associate professor of neurology and pediatrics at the U. of Pennsylvania. Susan Bariahtaris Karp and her husband Allen are living in Glastonbury, CT, with their children Alison, 14, Danielle, 12, and Nicholas, 10. Susan was just elected chair of the Glastonbury Town Council. Jon Kimball and his family really enjoyed living in North Carolina, but are excited about returning to California and the Bay Area. Jon was offered the opportunity to serve as a general manager at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco--the same hotel where he began his career, starting as a management trainee following graduation. "It is very exciting to be back!"

Jean Nelson's husband Matthew Di Gioia is a real estate developer in Wilmington, NC. They have children Matthew, 13, Dana, 11, and Jeannette, 9. Jean enjoys the beach, piano, working out, and being a mom. She is also a partner in Wilmington Anesthesiologists, a private practice group in Wilmington. They provide all anesthesia services to New Hanover Regional Medical Center and Cape Fear Memorial Hospital. Susan DeBari and husband David Hooper have been married for nine years now. They have two children, Nina, 5, and Cecelia Grace, 3. The whole family spent the winter in Grenoble, France, and both girls are now skiing on their own. "Back here in Bellingham,WA, we ski, kayak, hike, and bike as a family." Susan is an associate professor of geology and science education at Western Washington U.

Anthony Galbato was recently appointed to senior VP for human resources with Amazon.com after 17 years with General Electric. He is in the process of relocating from Connecticut to Seattle. Sylvia Bartok Reich and her husband David '83,MBA '84, are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Their daughter Nikki is 15 years old and plays singles tennis on the girls varsity tennis team.When the Reichs wrote, their son Alan had just finished 7th grade, and son Noah had just finished kindergarten. Vicki Seiden Sherman and her family relocated to Melbourne, Australia, for two years, due to her husband Jeff 's job. In addition to their children Alec, 13, Katie 11, and Tyler, 7, their black Lab Wendy will be making the trip.When they return in 2007, they will move back to their home in Chappaqua, NY. They saw Beth Marshall Marfurt and her husband Jeff at their daughter's bat mitzvah. Also there were Adrienne Bell Podell and Laura Beckwith Diehl.

Paul Royer and his wife Karen have been married for 17 years and have two beautiful children, Jordan, 12, and Anthony, 8. "Both are exceptional athletes and students hoping to attend Cornell in the future." Paul is a licensed clinical social worker with a thriving practice in Pasadena. He has developed and implemented programs for psychiatric facilities for adolescents and their families. James Clark, MAT '85, and his wife Shirley live in Rixford, PA. James is an extension educator for the Penn State Cooperative Extension in McKean County. In his spare time, he volunteers for the McKean Federal Prison and McKean County Hospice, teaches 4-H dog obedience classes, and is helping to form the McKean County Animal Response Team. In 2004, he received the National Individual Program Leadership Award from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals (ANREP). -- Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net; Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | If you didn't make it to our 20th Reunion, then you missed a great weekend in Ithaca (despite the unusually high temperatures). Our reunion co-chairs Jennifer Sidell Cornelssen and Margaret Nagel Gnegy deserve our gratitude--they have been organizing our reunions since we left Ithaca 20 years ago and have agreed to continue! You may have also missed the announcement that Joyce Zelkowitz and Leslie Nydick are your new class correspondents.We want to hear from you with your news and announcements. Please remember that if you don't send in your news, then it won't be included in the column. In other words, if you don't want to be reading only about Joyce and Leslie for the next five years, then you need to send your news to us.

Some of you did send in news with your dues payments, and we were very happy to hear from you. S. Coleman Bookbinder IV (aka Coley) wrote to tell us about his recent promotion to VP, Investment Officer at Wachovia Securities in Philadelphia. Coley is married to Eileen and they have a 2-1/2-year-old son Quinn and a daughter, Grace, born on April 11. Coley sent a great photo of himself, his wife, Jim Mann '84, and Jim's wife Mai at a recent dinner. Coley also has been in touch with Michael Seznec, who is enjoying the new Wynn Las Vegas as the general manager of the brasserie.

Nina Patterson wrote that she ran into R. Penza (aka Scott) in the Oakland, CA, airport. Nina is the co-owner of Sports & Orthopedic Leaders Physical Therapy, as well as Sol Companion (canine physical rehabilitation). Amy Smith Linton is living in Tampa, FL, with her husband Jeff. They were sorry to miss Reunion, but Amy sends her best to the English majors and "car-guys" (we assume you know who you are!). Elizabeth Fathaver Otto wrote to us from Urbana, IL. She married Milton on October 23, 2004 and the guests included KarenWiney and Pam Slighter. Milton exports farm equipment while Elizabeth is a promotions manager for the Champaign Public Library.

Dr. Nicholas Theodore writes to us from Phoenix, AZ, where he lives with his wife Effie, and their sons Costa, 7, and John, 4. As the director of the Barrow Neurological Inst., Nicholas coordinates multiple research projects in brain and spinal cord injury, and was the first neurosurgeon worldwide to use Cethrin, an experimental drug to treat acute spinal cord injury.Marjorie Reimer Setchko is living in Richmond, CA, with her husband Dirk. Their son Quinn, born March 6, joins the 8 (yes, now 9!) other children in their household.Marjorie also tells us that she heard from Sue Mould Engdahl, who is happy and busy raising children, working eBay, and battling javelinas (an animal, for those who don't know--and I was one of them) in the Southwest.

Jennifer Levenson is in Miami, FL, busy with Piece of Cake Productions offering portrait, landscape, and wildlife photography. Besides earning several degrees since being in Ithaca (MA, MSL, JD, etc.), Jennifer still finds time to be a biology workshop leader at the U. of Miami, volunteering at the Pet Loss Support Group/Greater Miami Humane Society, and to send us her news. If you are ever in Point Loma, CA, stop by Rosecroft, a B&B on the national register of historic places that was recently restored by Scott Ellis Clifton. Scott writes that he is enjoying retirement (yes, he did write that!) with his wife Mary and their children Scotty and Katie. Scott is involved with several charities, including being on the board of the YMCA. He also finds time twice a week to sail/race their 52-ft. racing sloop Brushfire--many wins have brought national recognition. Tara Shuman Gonzalez is living in New Jersey with husband Jack and their three adorable (our editorial addition) children Jesse, Sydney, and Isabelle. Tara has developed a very successful (again, our editorial addition) business as a director with Southern Living at HOME.

Last but not least, you can now read a bit about us. Joyce Zelkowitz Mingorance is living in Florida, where she meets up with Cornellians of different classes (often much older) at the Cornell Club of the Gold Coast events. She also hears many stories from the residents of Covenant Village, where she is the director of dining services. She recently listened to a resident tell a story about the Cornell football team beating the Ohio State Buckeyes back in the mid-1930s! Joyce's son Daniel, who is handsome and a lot of fun (that is Leslie's editorial addition), is the reason for the sparkle in her eyes. During the past few years, Leslie Nydick transitioned from her corporate real estate career to the conflict resolution profession (aka mediator).Her negotiation skills prove to be helpful whether she is mediating conflict in business, real estate, the workplace, or a family. Leslie is still living in (and loving) New York City after 20 years because she balances it with long summer weekends out on the East End of Long Island or at the Jersey Shore. Send news to: -- Leslie Nydick, LNydick@aol.com; Joyce Zelkowitz, ChefJoice0503@aol.com.

86 | There's no avoiding it. Even though it feels impossible, our 20th Reunion is close enough to touch. So mark your calendars for June 8-11, 2006, and while you're at it, think about becoming a class officer! Each reunion brings with it a changing of the guard, so please consider volunteering for a role in the evolution of our fabulous class. Consider your strengths (any writers out there?) and interests, and send an e-mail to class president Lisa Hellinger Manaster (lisahman@aol.com), or call her at (203) 625-9629. Are you a Web developer? Our class also desperately needs your help updating our site before reunion. If you have the skills and the inclination, please contact Lisa today.

As usual, we have several reports from our California classmates. Robert Clendenin writes, "Although many engineering firms were very impressed with Bob's 2.3 GPA, the right offer never flowed in, so he pursued the far more stable career of acting. He has lived in Los Angeles for a dozen years and works steadily playing various oddballs in film and TV. He resides in Burbank with his wife and son and a pug named Helmut." Wendy Wong of La Jolla is director of Digital Marketing as well as a "busy mom of two--Daniel, 12, and Kristin, 9--plus dog Max."Husband Han S. Chiu '84 is managing director of a successful venture capital firm, Novel Bioventures, in La Jolla.

Melinda Stephenson Ohmer of Tiburon, CA, loves life out West with husband John and a son in first grade, but also enjoys her summer visits back East. "About a year ago, I resigned my role as head of organization development at Gap Inc. to start consulting independently," she says. "I love the freedom and balance this gives me." She also completed a one-year training program and is certified as an exercise coach. Eve Saltman of Burlingame, CA, reported that she and husband Skip "welcomed Sydney Simone into the world 18 months ago."

In East Coast news, Ji-Hi Kim of Princeton, NJ, is a medical chemist who moved from Merck to Wyeth Research in January 2005. She "recently married a Scottish man, a chemistry professor," and has daughters Danielle, 7, and Lauren, 5. Jenifer Ong-Meyers of Iselin, NJ, moved back to the ad agency realm from the ad software supplier side. "After more than six years at IMS, a client recruited me and I accepted the new position of VP, associate media director at ZenithOptimedia as of April '05. There are some new responsibilities and faces, but familiar duties and people as well."

Lisa Klass Davin, a category manager for cosmetics/suncare at American Sales Company Inc., lives in Lancaster, NY, with husband Jim, who's been with Procter & Gamble for 22 years, son Connor James, 11, and daughter Cassandra Diane, 9. Kim Traugott, DVM '95, moved from the US Virgin Islands to the east end of Long Island-- Bridgehampton, NY--in September '02. She works at the Veterinary Clinic of East Hampton, and visits sister Stephanie Traugott Frawley '90 and husband James '92, as well as nieces Emma and Isabelle, as much as possible. Kim is eager to hear from classmates as well as any "budding veterinarians" at ktt1@cornell.edu.

My Connecticut "neighbor" DeEtta Cruttenden Spalding owns a financial advisory business, S&P Financial Services, in Willimantic. She has children Carilee, 15, and Alan, 11. Interesting DeEtta factoid: she collects Studebakers--and owns 18 cars and trucks. John and Kelly Greig Ten Hagen of Boyds, MD, have three kids, Katie, 13, Tommy, 7, and Jenny, 6. Kelly runs a molecular biology lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. John is VP, commercial banking at SunTrust Bank in Rockville, MD.

William Alba was named the first director of Carnegie Mellon U.'s Science and Humanities Scholars Program, run jointly by the College of Humanities and Social Science and the Mellon College of Science. Previously, Alba was the associate dean of studies at Bard High School Early College in New York City, an innovative institution that allows high school students to complete two years of college while earning a high school diploma. Alba has also taught science and the liberal arts at St. John's College and the School of the Art Inst. of Chicago, Phillips Academy, and UC Berkeley.

Christopher Reynolds, MD '91, and wife Jennifer Becker '87, MD ‘91, moved to Portland, OR, with kids Alexandra, 8, Andrew, 5, and Ben, 2. Christopher works for Oregon Hematology Oncology Associates. Mary Elizabeth Metcalfe Hall home-schools her daughters Karen, 12, and Kristen, 9, and teaches guitar in South Carolina. Husband Matthew '87 is a design engineer. "We are working together with other families to help plant a new church in our area with Sovereign Grace Ministries." For details, visit www.sovereigngraceministries.org. LaneMarvin and Rachel North were engaged early this year at the home of classmate AaronDonnan, and married in July in Rachel's hometown, Perrysburg, OH. They live in Hillsborough, NJ. Lane is still an avid polo player and enthusiast, as he was when he played for Cornell. He and Rachel will have a delayed honeymoon in November as spectators at the Argentina Open.

Watch your mailbox (and, hopefully, our class website!) for Reunion 2006 details! -- Hilory Federgreen Wagner, haf5@cornell.edu; and Donna Mandell Korren, dk26@optonline.net.

87 | Writing this column on the hottest day of summer makes me look forward to the crisp fall day when you all will be reading it. I will start this column with some news of my own.My husband was recently elected to the Mount Vernon Board of Education. I served as his campaign coordinator, the children were involved as well, and it was truly a family event.

Mike Moore is living in Concord, MA, with wife Stephanie and sons Nolan, 4, and Ian, 3. Craig Standen gets together regularly with Chicago-based Phi Delts. Roberta Samuels spent a weekend at Mt. Tremblant in Canada with a group of friends to celebrate everyone's 40th birthdays.

We have doctors in the house. Lisa Gangarosa is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroentology and Hepatology at the U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mary Boname is practicing optometry at Montgomery Eye Care in New Jersey. Allison Fennel is living in Virginia, where she runs a veterinary practice and is busy with her young child Zachary. Rob Goldberg is living on the beautiful island of Kauai with his wife Mary and their daughters Julie,Mollie, and Leilani.

Classmates on the move. Boris Cvetkovski moved to North Carolina with his wife Lisa and children Laura, 7, and James, 5. Brenna Frazer McGowan moved from Boston to Baltimore with her husband Jack and children John, 3, and Meredith, 2. Verna Ng Tyree and her family (husband Dave and son David, 4) moved to a new home in Bowie, MD, in June. She is enjoying suburban life and going to Lowe's and Home Depot a lot! The McCormick family--Marty, Nicole (Clessuras), Jack, 10, and Zoe, 8--moved to Chicago and are looking forward to seeing any Cornell friends in the area. Karla Griffin is headed back to the West Coast after some time spent in Ithaca. Mark and Susan Arndt Gorman '89 recently moved to Tampa, FL. Finally, after years traveling and working in the Far East, Rick Rivere and his family (wife Sabrina and son Samuel) are now living in Manalapan, NJ.

In the halls of academia, we have Yana Van der Meulen Rodgers, who started a new job as tenured associate professor at Rutgers U. in the Dept. of Women's and Gender Studies. Mary Hohenhaus wants everyone to know she accepted a faculty position in the division of general internal medicine at Brown, and plans on being in Providence for the foreseeable future.

Jacklyn McFadden Case is busy with three small children, Hannah, 7, Harry, 4, and Celia, 2. She and husband Thomas remain involved in the hotel business. They run a frozen food distribution business that supplies institutions and wholesalers. They just won a five-year contract to supply the National Health Service for England and Wales. Heather Behn Hedden is a freelance indexer and website designer. She recently became head of the Web Indexing Special Interest Group of the American Society of Indexers.

Shari Petronis Vander Gast is a surveyor for the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, a watchdog agency for hospitals and healthcare providers. David Schreiner recently took a trip to Puerto Rico, where he snorkeled in the sea for the very first time. John Rosenberg works for USI, a Johnson Controls Company. Bryan Colangelo, Phoenix Suns president and general manager, was named the NBA Executive of the Year by the Sporting News.

John Kenney writes to announce the birth of John Jerome Kenney Jr. John reports that the family has finally settled into their home in Menlo Park, CA, after a year of unpacking! Some other fairly new arrivals include: Daniel James Alonso, born to Dan Alonso and wife Karen; Samuel Singer Glusker, who joins mom Dalia Gold, dad Peter, and big brother Joseph; and Bronwyn Rose, who was welcomed by her mother Maya Crone, father Scott, brother Aidan, and sister Charlotte. Bart Schachter recently tied the knot with Charlene Garland. Bart continues his work as a venture capitalist at Blueprint Ventures. The newlyweds are living in San Francisco. Also newly wed is Kathleen Dowd--to Wayne Mattox. Kathleen is a director and team leader at Pfizer Inc. in New York.

Published authors among us include Sophie Glasser, who wrote I've Known Since I was Eight (iUniverse, 2003), the story of a lesbian and her coming out. Dave Aldwinckle wrote some very interesting news. After he became a naturalized Japanese citizen, changing his name to Arudou Debito, he launched and won one of Japan's first racial discrimination lawsuits. He then went on to write two books about the experience, one in Japanese and the other in English. The book is entitled Japanese Only: The Otara Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan. You can find out more about this at www.debito.org. -- Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com; Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@stanford.edu.

88 | Greetings, Class of '88! As you read this, the air will be cool, leaves will be falling, football games will be going on, and hot chocolate, apple cider, and PBR (that's Pabst Blue Ribbon for those of you who've forgotten popular upstate New York beers) will be flowing plentifully. As I write this in mid-August, it is 103 degrees on the East Coast, and the only hot chocolate in sight is the miniature Dove Bar I accidentally left in my car to melt pathetically in the cup holder. Sigh.

This issue's column is all about fabulous, hard-working women! Denise Filler Strauss hails from Weston, CT, is married to Craig, and has children Emma and Nathan. She is the director of global advertising and marketing for Schering Plough in Kenilworth, NJ, and was named one of Advertising Age's Top 25 "Women to Watch" in June 2004! She has also been named one of the Top 25 Marketers of the Year for 2003 and 2004 by USA Today. Congratulations! Cheryl Dyer Kojima writes that she has been assistant professor in animal science at the U. of Tennessee since summer 2004, and teaches undergraduate animal breeding and genetics, as well as pork production. She is also currently doing research in livestock genetics and genomics. She lives in Knoxville, TN, with her husband Freddie Kojima and children Mia and Erin.

Pam Anderson is busy at home taking care of her three girls--Rebecca, Allison, and Sarah. She recommends to recent graduates and seniors to "have fun your last semester. Travel or explore, and don't worry--you will find a job if you put in your best effort!" Mary Barber and spouse Alleyne Fraser have children Kennedy and Trinity. Mary just finished four years as president of the Association of Gay & Lesbian Psychiatrists, and is working on a documentary "exposing the harm done by treatments that seek to change people from gay to straight."Mary recently lunched with Rebecca Wolff '87, who is completing her advanced law degree at New York U., and keeps in touch with Melita Charles '86, who is working as a breast surgeon in Brooklyn, NY.

Susan Bregman, DVM '92, married Joel Nezezon, DVM '92, on May 8, 2004 in a small, private ceremony in Saratoga Springs, NY. In August they had a big bash on their farm in Brasher Falls, NY, to celebrate with friends and family, and many Cornellians were in attendance including '88ers GailWertheimer,MPS '90, and her husband Mark Palmer, Kim Russell and her partner Len Loomans, and Jeannine Rippa.

Rebecca Schmidt Haydock has a new home in Earlysville, VA, having moved from S. Salem, NY. Her husband John is senior VP of marketing and creative at Crutchfield. Rebecca is at home with her two young boys, and is a part-time oil portrait artist. Jane Gorham Ditelberg makes her home in River Forest, IL, and has been married to Joshua for nine years. Their daughter Claire is 3. They keep busy with gardening, antiquing, and studying great books. Jane works three days per week as counsel in the private clients, trusts, and estates department at Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood in Chicago. From the other side of the US, Karen Franklin Smith writes from Lake Oswego, OR, that she and husband Jimmy and kids Andrew and Shannon are busy with family activities such as Little League, Cub Scouts, and dance classes. Karen is still working for CNF Service Company as manager of the retirement plans administration.

Alison Diamond Levasseur and husband Laurent are in New York City with daughters Lucie and Charlotte. Also in the Big Apple, AnnaWeber is the director of program planning and operations for Carnegie Hall. Husband Martin Schapiro and daughter Hannah, born in November 2004, round out her family. Jane Wiener Parish moved out of New York recently to Tenafly, NJ, with her husband Craig and three children. Jane is working as an administrator at the Solomon Schecter High School of New York.

We end with the happy news that Deborah Shalvey Bueling has "finally found the love of my life, even though it took some time!" Deborah and Scott were married on May 15, 2005 in Dunedin, FL. Cornellians at the wedding included Carrie Gallup Friend '90 and Lynne Raymond Martin '87. They had a brief honeymoon to Siesta Key and West Palm Beach, and plan a longer trip in the fall to Palau (the "Survivor" Palau!). Deborah works as a pharmacist at Bayonet Point Regional Medical Center in Hudson, FL. Congratulations to all the fabulous Cornell women who do what you do so well! We are all in good company!

Did you know that almost twice as many women as men write in to us with their news? Are women better at keeping in touch? Are they leading more interesting lives?! Hey, guys, do you accept the challenge? Write in and tell us what's happening with you! --Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu; and Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu.

89 | Lots of news to share--still from the e-mail we sent out in April. Let's get right to it! Julie Bestry writes that she rarely gets to see her '89 cohorts, but Cornellians are part of her daily life.Her group from Cornell, including MarkMironer (Minneapolis), Paul Quagliana,MS '90, and wife Kindra Kelly-Quagliana '90 (Starkville, MS), Jason Garbis (Boston), John and Lisa McCurry Basile, MD '93, and Brett Walker, talk almost daily in their own e-mail chat group. This year they celebrated the arrival of the Basiles' new baby girl and Brett Walker's return from three-plus years in India with his new bride Zahira. Julie also chats via e-mail almost daily with Dr. Valerie Sprenz '90, her webmaster and pal Biana Brukman Babinsky '98, and Mark Anbinder. Since graduating, Julie is most proud of leaving the television industry and starting her own business as a professional organizer. She received the 2004 Tennessee Small Business Administration Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year Award. She is the proud adopted auntie of her Cornell crowd's little ones: Brian and Mae Mironer, Shira Garbis, Cullen Quagliana, and Robert and Sara Basile.

Rachel Morgan is most proud of her PhD at Emory U. in infant perception/cognitive/motor development. The last Cornellians she saw were people from the Cornell Club on Long Island while they were recruiting new students. Melinda Hammer Lehman is living in Larchmont, NY, and raising her children Matthew, 8, David, 6, and Julia, 6. Elliot Sokoloff shares his pride in his wife of ten years, Nancy (who is director of a school for children with special needs and a candidate for a doctorate in education), daughter Katherine, 4, and son Alexander, 2. Elliot's law firm, Sokoloff & Weinstein P.A. entered its 13th year in Royal Palm Beach, FL, practicing in the areas of injury law, wills, trusts, probate, and business, as well as real estate transactional work. He is licensed to practice in New York, D.C., and Florida and is a member of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; his practice was featured on Kiplinger's Financial News. Elliot never dreamed he would be living in Florida, since he loves the cold weather and skiing. He saw Brian Bock '88, who came to Florida from L.A., where he practices labor law and has a wonderful wife, Judy, and son Sam.

Tim Sherwood joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,MD, as an attending surgeon in thoracic surgery and lung transplantation, and he is also the proud parent of three boys, ages 5, 3, and 1. Scott McMahon became a teacher about five years ago.He still plays soccer and coaches.He lives in Guilford, CT, with wife Erin (Simpson) '90 and daughters Emma, 11, Julia, 8, and Olivia, 1. He still uses some Hotel skills serving 300-plus people at church dinners.

Garrett and Lisa Friedman Stackman '91 have tried on their entrepreneurial hats. They have invented and are marketing a product that can convert a sink into a personal diaper-changing station that can easily fit into a diaper bag. (They have two boys and have had a lot of practice changing them in less than desirable places.) This is a big stretch from their day jobs; he is an attorney for a pharmaceutical giant and his wife is the director of human resources at an executive conference center. The product is called the Diaperbridge and is patent pending. You can find out more about the product at www.diaperbridge.com or you can e-mail him for more information at stackmg@wyeth.com.

After graduating from Cornell, Donald Lynam went to graduate school in clinical psychology at the U. ofWisconsin,Madison. After getting his PhD, he took a tenuretrack position at U. of Kentucky in 1995. He married his graduate school sweetheart,Margo Monteith, who took a tenure-track position at UK the year before he did. He and Margo, who have both been promoted to full professor, have two adorable daughters,Madeline, 5, and Alexandra, 4. Daniel Coultoff, a partner at the law firm of Gronek & Latham in downtown Orlando, FL, is most proud of having been awarded the Community Relations Award by the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando (July 2004) and receiving a second place award from the Florida Press Association for a column entitled "An Ambulance for Israel" (2002). In June 2005, the Orlando Business Journal also listed him in their Top Forty Under Forty for community and professional leaders. Daniel now has daughter Alexa Lee, who joins her brother David. He saw Jordan Alliger and David Vollweiler at the bar mitzvah of Jordan's son Zachary in January 2005. He also saw Stu Rogers '90 that month.

Brian Krabak had an outstanding year traveling the globe as a sports medicine physician for Johns Hopkins. In August 2004 he was a physician for the Athens Olympic Games, taking care of athletes in the Aquatic Center. The experience was wonderful, as Michael Phelps is from Baltimore, so Brian was able to spend time with the US team and watch them compete. Last spring, Brian headed to China as medical director for a 150-mile six-day staged race through the Gobi Desert (www.racingtheplanet.com), in which over 100 of the world's elite runners race across the desert. Peter Chase is most proud of the company he started called BPC, a "creative development consultancy" and management group. Since inception, he has collaborated with Ian Sklaver on the development of Skybar Miami Beach, the Hudson Bar at the Hudson Hotel, NYC, and the Redwood Room at the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, just to name a few. He has just christened a new relationship with Starwood Hotels, creating and managing bar concepts in some of their new W hotels, with the opening of Wunderbar Montreal. Last spring he joined forces with Jeffrey Chodorow to open a bar in the meat packing district of New York City that is of Japanese design and completely outdoors--with a retractable roof. He says that many more are still to come.

Dina Stein Propp and husband Doug had their first child, Ilana Michelle, on June 3, 2004. Dina has been working at her job in the strategy and planning department at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital about four days a week. Dina and her husband live in Manhattan. Ilissa Rubinstein Sternlicht celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary. She and husband David have daughters Rachael, 6, and Natalie, 3, and live on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She works as director of operations for Entertainment Weekly magazine, having been there over ten years. She sees Randi Rimerman Serota often, sometimes in Boca Raton, FL, where their parents have all retired (and so has the father of this columnist--must be a trend!). Randi is married to Howie Serota and they have sons Max and Adam. Aaron and Amy Parker Sumida are the proud parents of two girls, ages 2 and 4, and a newborn boy. Aaron has been with Aldi Foods Inc. since graduating and is responsible for the entire New York division, based in the Syracuse area. Amy enjoys staying at home with her three children and being an active volunteer in the community.

Remember, not only can you submit news with your dues form, but you can always e-mail us.We love to hear from you! --Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; and Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com.

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