80 | Well, folks, now that we have finished our first rotation of the new cast of correspondents, what do you think? I've gotten rave reviews from you readers (some of whom are not even in our class!) in response to our new team approach. Glad you like it. And I'm happy that our new format gives us access to a larger cross-section of the class.

Our class officers have been working hard to facilitate a new cohesiveness in our class. Their efforts have already paid off and have included the "We missed you at reunion" postcards that were sent out to those of you whose friends made the reunion instead of yourself, as well as the great organization of the CACO Mid-Winter Meeting in Philadelphia, where our illustrious Jeff Estabrook, JD '83, put together our class dinner as well as the fabulous alumni event at the baseball stadium on Sunday. It is incredible to see the energy that these middle-aged former students still have! In addition, our own Thomas Murphy has set up a fantastic website to help us keep abreast of what's happening with fellow classmates! Visit it at http://classof80.alumni.cornell.edu/ and see for yourself!

News-wise, I am happy to report that my dear friend Vivian Cok has written about her marriage to Keith Harmeyer in November. Her most recent note is exuberant as she describes her happiness in having found a true soulmate with whom to spend the rest of her life. She and Keith were married at the Truth Presbyterian Church in Queens by the husband of her friend Kummi Kim, after which they were off on a fabulous honeymoon in Greece.Vivian writes, "Our extended family now consists of three terrific teenagers: Andy, Jacqueline, and Kendall.We're currently planning a bareboat sailing trip in the British Virgin Islands for the whole family! Life is full of unexpected twists and turns, and I wish everyone patience if they haven't yet found their true happiness!"

Nancy MacIntyre Hollinshead has checked in, having been sidelined from her "tennis therapy" with a shoulder injury, but is keeping busy with family and keeping a stiff upper lip. She notes that her daughter Sarah is doing well at college, combining math and music, and may delve into modeling soon. Nayla Rizk is the proud mom. She writes that her oldest son, Peter, was accepted early decision to Princeton for the fall. She vows to work on younger son Andrew to come to Cornell! Nayla is busy traveling, having been to Japan, Spain, and Rome. For business? With our international Nayla, it's hard to tell.

Other notable college-bound seniors are Alana Mildner, daughter of my suitemate Esther Elkin Mildner, who was accepted early decision and will be attending Cornell this fall as a public policy major; Monica, daughter of Steven Jackman, from Chatham, NJ, who was also accepted early decision and will be attending the College of Engineering; and Ilyssa, daughter of Eric Meren. All of the incoming freshmen will be reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby as part of the New Student Reading Project. Everyone, including alumni, is encouraged to take part and contribute to the dialogue during the year, both on campus and on the Web.

Jill Abrams Klein has had news from Matt Callahan, who took his stage acting career from his native Philly across the country (with stops from D.C. and Philly to California) and is now finding success behind the scenes in the movie industry.Matt was the set decorator in the 2005 movie The Family Stone, and you can see his name in the credits! Jill notes that Matt loves working in film and looks forward to continuing his artistic endeavors.When he is relaxing, he can be spotted rollerblading along the beach in Santa Monica. Academically speaking, Kenneth Pomeranz has been named Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar for 2005-06. Kenneth is Chancellor's Professor of History and professor of East Asian languages and literatures at UC Irvine. He is also the author of The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy, The World the Trade Created, and The Making of a Hinterland: State, Society and Economy in Inland North China, 1853-1937.

George Frantz, MRP '91, visiting lecturer in the Dept. of City and Regional Planning, had an exhibition of his photographs on campus in March. For those of you that didn't catch it, the exhibit consisted of a collection of photos taken during his four-week trip to central Vietnam in 1996. His daughter Elizabeth had scanned the original 35mm negatives to create high-resolution digital files that he touched up, printed, and framed. He has been very busy both at his day job and teaching his field workshop in CRP. On the overseas front, Shawn Boyne is currently living in Berlin, Germany, doing field research for a PhD that compares prosecutors in Germany and the US. After practicing law for almost ten years in New Mexico, he decided to take a refresher course in school. He writes, "Thanks to the fact that I have a good orthopedic surgeon, I am still rowing and competing in masters events in double scull."

Alumni's teens who had the opportunity to spend part of their summer on campus at the Cornell University Summer College program included David and Laura Day Ayers '78, MBA '86's daughter Kathleen; Sarah Pedraza De Lencquesaing's daughter Cecilia;Walter Isenberg's daughter Nicole; Steven Jackman's daughter Monica; Esther Elkin Mildner's daughter Alana; Lily Berrios DeMille's daughter Marie;Walter Peek's son Walter; and Craig Tendler's daughter Helena. I hope all of these talented students missed the heat wave that the 25th Reunion crew experienced!

Don't forget to visit our website, and feel free to share a picture or two! Any news can be addressed to any (or all) of the culprits below. Have a great summer! -- Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28@cornell.edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky@aol.com; Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@cornell.edu; Dana Jerrard, dej24@cornell.edu; and Tim O'Conner, tvoc0744@optonline.net.

81 | Did you attend our 25th Reunion in Ithaca this past June? It was a grand time. Congratulations and many thanks to Heidi Fleischman, MS '83, Jim Hauslein, MBA '84, Steven Ritchey, and Celia Rodee for planning such a lovely weekend for all of us.Headquarters was Mary Donlon Hall on North Campus and highlights included: tent parties on the Arts Quad, a lecture by classmate Sheryl WuDunn, a beach party at Beebe Lake, a picnic lunch at the Plantations, dinner with President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes, and a University Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance acknowledging the lives of our classmates. In the Sept/Oct issue of the magazine, we will have full coverage of reunion, including the Class of 1981 Reunion Report. In that issue, your class correspondents will have all kinds of scoops for you--stay tuned!

In the meantime, can you believe it's July already? How is your summer going? It's the best time of year. Enjoy every minute of it with your family and friends, wherever you are. Your Cornell friends are busy with life, doing great things throughout the world. Here's the latest update.

Nan Simon recently hosted a ladies spa weekend at her summer home on the Jersey Shore. Attending were LeslieWatson Pearson, Chris Ritenis,Wendie Smith Cohick, PhD '89, CarolWolverton Johnston,Monique van Perlstein, and Anita Romano. The girls had a fabulous time and treated themselves to manicures, pedicures, cocktails, and walks on the beach. Everyone enjoyed catching up with each other and their busy lives. Nan works as an IT specialist at a well-known pharmaceutical company; Leslie teaches fourth grade in Greenwich, CT;Wendie is an animal science professor at Rutgers; Carol is an ophthalmologist in North Carolina; Monique is an interior designer in New York City; and Anita works as a career counselor at CUNY in New York. Chris recently struggled with breast cancer, but we are so pleased to report that she looks wonderful and is on the road to recovery. Her courage and energy are amazing.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheryl Wu Dunn, who spoke at reunion, has written two books with Nicholas Kristof. They include China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power and Thunder from the East: Portrait of a Rising Asia. She and Nicholas won the Pulitzer for their coverage of China's Tiananmen Square democracy movement in 1989.We congratulate Sheryl for all of her success. Jackson Wong (moywong@aol.com) is a pediatrician in Palm Beach County and Fort Lauderdale. He and his wife Millie My Moy live in West Palm Beach with their son Jackson Jr.

Here in Boston, Susan Peck Phillips is an attorney with the law firm Mintz Levin. She received her JD from the U. of Chicago Law School in 1987. Susan practices in the firm's environmental section, where she counsels clients on a full range of federal, state, and local environmental and land use regulations. She advises developers, lenders, purchasers, and sellers of property with hazardous waste or environmental permitting issues, and assists in securing permits and approvals necessary for property transfer and development. Susan was recently invited to join an international task group to develop a national standard for evaluating vapor intrusion into buildings.

If you are a Cornell alum living in the Boston area, you should join the Cornell Club of Boston. They have some exciting events planned for the year, including beertasting in Cambridge, a tour of Fenway Park, a day of service with Habitat for Humanity, dinner at Ming Tsai's amazing Blue Ginger Restaurant, and wine-tasting at Lumiere Restaurant.

On a personal note, I (Kathy Philbin LaShoto) wanted to let you know that this is my last column as a Class of '81 correspondent. Believe it or not, I have served for the past 15 years! Yikes! Where has the time gone? It has been such a pleasure keeping in touch with all of you, sharing duties with Jenn and Betsy, and working with the fine team of professionals at Cornell Alumni Magazine. Thanks for giving me this great opportunity.

That's all the news for now. Enjoy your summer vacation. Look for us in Sept/Oct with all the reunion news. Drop us a line anytime to let us know what you are up to. Take care. -- Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com; Jennifer Read Campbell, ronjencam@aol.com; and Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia.net.

82 | As I write this column in April, I just received my dues renewal form in the mail, which tells me two things. The first is to remind you all to send in those dues so that we will have a treasure chest for our 25th Reunion in 2007. The second is that if I'm getting my dues letter it means that we have pretty much run out of submitted news for the previous year to report to you in this column. So if you didn't do it right away, fill out those news forms and return them with your dues so that Nina and I will have an easy job (I mean, some interesting material) for the columns to come.

Of course, a milestone reunion is on the horizon, and Terry Kilmer Oosterom and Teri Williams Harvey, the chairs who brought you such a wonderful reunion in 2002, remind you to get psyched for reunion, June 7-10, 2007. They are planning a "stupendous 25th event." They welcome those interested in helping "in any way--big or small" or those having ideas for souvenirs, meals, or events to e-mail Terry at cornelltko@aol.com or Teri at harvey@goes.com. On the reunion theme,Wendy Raymond, our class affinity chair, asks: "Who would you most like to see when you come back to Ithaca in June 2007? What memories bring a smile to your face right now when you think of Cornell? Our class officers can get you in touch with friends, compatriots, people from your favorite organized pastime (Big Red Band? the Hangovers? Fine Arts majors? all Aggies?)." Send Wendy an e-mail (wraymond@williams.edu) to get in touch.Wendy herself hopes that she will see Nina Butwell, Jennifer Jorgensen Dempsey, Michael Bergman, Ron Dombroski, and all TriDelts in Ithaca next summer.

We did hear from Michael Lucas (mlucas500@att.net), who has a new street address in Chicago. He reports that he is in sales for Leading Edge Investment Advisors and spends a lot of time on business travel. After hours, he is spending time on his own apparel design business, Catch E Designs. If he had spare time,Michael says he would be vacationing in South America. The one thing he remembers most from Cornell is the time spent on the basketball court trying to make the Big Red competitive. The old Cornell friend he would most like to hear from is Laura Jean McCarthy. Patrick Bennett checked in from Santa Monica, CA. He is married to classmate Varda Hardy and they have daughters Paloma, 13, and Raven, 10. Patrick is the executive director for business applications at E! Networks on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Donna DeSilva reports that autumn and spring have been extremely busy with travels to Japan, California, Arizona (the Grand Canyon), Boston,Miami, Orlando, Rhode Island, Connecticut, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with Vermont upcoming.Most of this travel is associated with her older daughter Kimberly's college search. Younger daughter Maria was admitted to her favorite private high school, Georgetown Day School, and will matriculate there this fall. In between school travels, Donna traveled on business with her husband overseas and to Asia, and for vacations. They also had a French exchange student and a school friend of Kim's staying with them for the spring. The exchange student was visiting Maria, who plans (as of this writing) to take her exchange to Paris in May, and Kim's friend was with them because her parents were transferred overseas for the final semester of her senior year. As with many of us, Donna reports that hectic schedules abound still.

Teacher Miriam Honore Akabas writes that, with her children, she spent three days over spring break as a tourist in her own city (New York City), first visiting the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx and taking in the Orchid Show there. Then it was on to Wave Hill, a park also in the Bronx, to see the grounds, the art exhibit, and the gardens and to make kites and miniature kites. Finally came a tour of lower Manhattan, starting with the Smithsonian (National) Museum for the Native American, housed in the original Customs Building, a glorious structure with a spectacular rotunda. From there, it was across Bowling Green to take in the big bronze bull of the financial district, the stock exchange, and 68 Wall Street (the site of the Buttonwood tree, the origin of the stock exchange). Then they took a bus to Chinatown for a bit of shopping and a visit to Pearl Paints, a huge supply store for all visual arts and crafts projects. A good time was had by all. Class president Lorraine Aronowitz Danzig reconnected with Michael Hoard '81, MBA '82, who also lives in Manhattan.While searching Craig's List for Cornelliana, Lorraine found a listing for someone selling a pristine unopened Cornellopoly game, circa 1990. Lorraine enjoyed catching up with Michael, a fellow Dickson resident. He works in Norwalk, CT, and is involved with Cornell activities. Several of us journeyed to Albany, NY, to see the ECAC championship hockey games there.Mark Fernau and his daughter Leanne saw the Friday night victory over Colgate, several weeks after witnessing a miserable game at RPI with Brian Rooney '80, Joe Kane '79, and Michael Lennon '81. Nina Kondo,Wendy Raymond, and Terry Oosterom, along with various family members, also caught the weekend games. Terry reports that her son Arie, 7, experienced his first Cornell hockey game and kept saying, "I love these fans!" (She did have to deprogram him after the weekend from saying a certain verb related to vacuum cleaners that has become part of the sports vernacular.)

Terry also gave us a recap on the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting, which moved from Manhattan to Philadelphia for the first time this year. Class business was transacted, some of it at a great brew pub attached to the convention site. Officers also viewed the PBS special on Cornell (which Terry reports was very well done; she learned quite a bit about Cornell and its founding that she never knew). A fellow Cornellian who is involved with the management of the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team hosted a "Welcome to Philly" event at the ballpark, and Terry reports that it was exceptional, with food, Cornell hockey, and basketball live on the big screen, a meeting with the mascot, etc. She won two hockey sticks at the silent auction (won the right to pay for them actually!), one signed by the entire current team and one signed by former captain Charlie Cook '05, who plays for the Phantoms. The tours of the stadium were well done and the entertainment was great (mummers and the Phillie Phanatic). Terry says, "I thoroughly enjoyed myself."

Cmdr. Charles Stuppard uses the same phrase to report that he has thoroughly enjoyed his command of destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). He sent along a picture of himself looking comfortable and at home in the captain's chair on the outside bridge of his ship.He has spent time in Spain, Italy, Greece,Malta, and other Mediterranean area spots, with time for some sightseeing. His tour of duty at sea ended in April, and his next duty station will be Newport, RI, a bit closer to Cornell than Virginia Beach was. He looks forward to the fun of the 25th Reunion and hopes to attend Cornell events in Boston,my stomping grounds.We will have to get him into Lynah East with us to boo the Harvard hockey team. (We won't use that S-word, Arie!) vMark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu; and Nina Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu.

83 | In March I sent out an e-mail blast requesting news from those of you who have your e-mail address on file with the Cornell Alumni Association. Thanks to those who responded.Many of the addresses were no longer current, so be sure to log onto our class website, http://classof83.alumni.cornell.edu/, and update your latest personal information. Now, as for the rest of you, I'm sure life has not just passed you by. If you haven't done so yet, please take a moment to write and tell us what's been up with you. Send an e-mail directly to one of the addresses at the bottom of this column, or send back the News Form from the recent class mailing.

News is increasingly dominated by announcements of classmates' kids in or about to enter college--with a few future Cornellians among them. DinaWolfman Baker and husband Brad are the proud parents of Audrey Baker '09, now enjoying her freshman year studying Biology and Society. They also have son Isaac, 15, a freshman in high school.When she was a student, Dina never dreamed she'd be old enough to have a child attending her own alma mater! In the next ten years, Dina hopes to get both of her children through college "and suddenly have some disposable time and income--at the same time--for the first time ever!"Dina also informs us that in late November, she took a position with DuPont as senior marketing communications specialist, going back "inside" after five years consulting with a variety of for-profit and nonprofit clients. Brad continues to thrive as president/founder of Baker Creative, a landscape design/contracting company since 1988. Dina caught up with Ann Trautman Spindler at Ann's apartment in NYC, with her husband and son, when Ann was pregnant with twins. Ann has since given birth to Emma and Eliza. Dina also recently had dinner in NYC with Carin Lewis-Evans. Says Dina, "Carin was the first person I met at Cornell when I arrived (we had side-by-side single rooms).We don't see each other as much as we'd like, but it's always wonderful whenever we're together."

Beginning the college hunt with her oldest, Joshua, 17, is EllenWinchell-Goldman, the thought of which, she admits, "is a little scary." Ellen is also the proud parent of two other children, Benjamin, 14, an avid percussionist, and Jacqueline, 12, who will have had her bat mitzvah in May. Ellen is in the travel business and was fortunate to travel with her husband and children to Italy in December and Costa Rica in February.

Another proud parent of a college-bound student is DebraWilson Strauss, whose daughter Melanie is the valedictorian of her high school class and has been accepted early decision to the Wharton School at Penn, where she will be in the Class of 2010. Debra is a professor of business law at Fairfield U. Dolan School of Business and has a consulting business, where she gives presentations on judicial clerkships to law schools and legal organizations, as well as signings for her book, Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships. She lives in Southport, CT, with her husband Michael '81 and children Melanie, 17, Jonathan, 15, and Andrew, 10.

Starting perhaps later than most of us with the whole "parenting job" thing is Jay "J.J." Solomon, a Hotelie who has been in the restaurant business for 20 years. Currently owner of Jay's Patio Cafe in Denver, CO, and Eat Street, a cafe in the Children's Museum of that city, Jay is planning to open a third cafe later this year. He also had about 14 cookbooks in print at one time or another (Amazon.com still carries some of them). In his salad days, Jay stayed in Ithaca after graduating, and owned a Caribbean restaurant near the Commons ("Remember downtown Ithaca?" quips Jay.) He met Emily (Robin) '92, MS '97, and they are now married and have three children,Maddie, 6, and 4-year-old twins Noah and Bella. They moved to Colorado in 1998 for the sun, the mountains, and the people; according to Jay, all three are amazing.Musing on the thought of raising a family later than most (and I would say to Jay that there are many more than he thinks who followed a similar life path), Jay had this to say: "While many people my age have grown-up kids heading for college, two of my kids are still not ready for kindergarten. I do not regret raising a family at this stage of my life--in fact, I may have a better appreciation for this parenting job. Okay, sure, I'll be working till I'm 85, but at this stage of my career and my life, reading bedtime stories is sometimes the highlight of the day."

Maintaining one foot solidly in business and the other firmly grounded in academia is Ruben King-Shaw Jr., who has settled in Carlisle, MA, with his wife, a UC Berkeley alum, and their daughters Alexandra, 12, and Angelica, 7. They have kept their home in Tallahassee, FL, as a hedge for when they cannot take the frigid New England winters anymore! Since leaving the George W. Bush Administration in 2003, Ruben has established his own private equity investment and advisory firm,Mansa Equity Partners Inc., which specializes in selecting promising emerging companies and technologies that serve the healthcare sector. Among its most successful holdings is Pan American Risk Management Associates LLC, which is jointly held with best friend and fellow ILRie and freshman-year suite-mate in High Rise 5, J.R.Murray. In the fall of 2005, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appointed Ruben as a trustee of the U. of Massachusetts, and in February 2006, he was part of a delegation from UMass to South Africa, where former President Nelson Mandela and his wife Chancellor Graca Michelle were awarded honorary degrees."Meeting Mr.Mandela was clearly the highlight of the trip," enthuses Ruben, "but the energy surrounding the re-birth and re-creation of South Africa was both wonderful and intoxicating. I have been reading how several of America's elite universities--Harvard, Amherst, and Princeton among them--have begun ‘new initiatives' to enroll talented low income and historically disadvantaged populations. Someone should include in such articles that we at Cornell have done this successfully since our founding in 1865 and that their ‘new initiative' in this regard remains at the heart of the Cornell experience. To draw on the words made famous by country music star Barbara Mandrel: ‘We were diverse when diversity wasn't cool.'"Well said, Ruben.

In February, the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) had its annual Mid-Winter Meeting. Our class representatives discussed the budget, our effectiveness at fundraising, and utilizing our class website, and started the preliminary planning for our 25th Reunion in 2008. Now is the time to start thinking about what kind of events you would like to see held at our reunion. Black-tie formal? Dancing? Any particular celebrities or faculty members for a guest speaker? Also begin to consider what skills, time, talent, or knowledge you can contribute to that year's big event.We'd love to hear from you! vDavid Pattison, dpattison@earthlink.net; and Dinah Godwin, dinah.godwin@ earthlink.net.

84 | Terri Port McClellan was wearing a Cornell jacket at her son Harry's first Little League practice. One of the fathers came up and said, "Did you go to Cornell? So did I.What year did you graduate?"Classmate Jim Martin was surprised when Terri said 1984.Harry and Jim's son Luke will be playing for the Hollis Indians this season. And Jim will have the date of our 25th Reunion memorized by the end of the season, because Terri will remind him over and over and over again. Tammy Bieber recently relocated from New York, where she was a litigation partner with Shearman and Sterling, to Washington, DC, to join the Securities and Exchange Commission as the senior legal advisor to the chief accountant. Her 12-month-old son Max is enjoying being next-door neighbors with the pandas for a few years, and Tammy is enjoying being in the same city again with her college roommate, Manette Leeds Mayberg.

A lot has happened over the past few years to Curt Alliaume. He and his wife Karen are now living in Naperville, IL. After 15 years of apartments in NYC and lots of debt while Karen got her doctorate, they became happy houseowners in May 2005. Just a little over three months after moving into the house, Curt's publishing house reorganized the department and let all the top people go, including him.With a realization that it was time to try something else, he's made a complete switch and is now a division leader at Primerica Financial Services, a division of Citigroup. Curt writes, "Starting a new career in middle age is a bit daunting, but I certainly love what I'm doing. The best part of our lives is our 2-year-old son Daniel. Any and all future successes I have will be due to his inspiration."

Christoph Meyer has been in Texas for the past ten years, where he is an orthopaedic spine surgeon. Recently, he partnered with 20 other surgeons to build a hospital, which opened in February of this year. He writes, "It's a great place to work and has been getting great reviews locally.My wife Tina and I are getting ready to go to Italy for our second anniversary, and hope to finally move into the house we've been building for three years!" Vicki Keenan Gillespie lives in Australia, where she is the CFO for PepsiCo Australia. In her after hours, she is school council president and the Parents and Citizens Association ballet patron vice president.

David Kim has been living in Boise, ID, since 1994 with wife Susan and children Zachary, 12, and Ethan, 8. "Amazing how time moves forward so quickly nowadays." He works as an emergency physician in southwest Idaho's only trauma center and is the medical center director for the hospital's flight program, Saint Alphonsus Life Flight. They are excited to be building a log cabin in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area near Stanley, ID, and hope to see it finished early this summer. David continues to take advantage of his Cornell education. In fact, he still enjoys squash and downhill skiing, both of which he learned during freshman year gym class! He writes, "If you like the outdoors, Idaho is the place to be. I'm looking forward to another year of fly-fishing, camping, hiking, and rafting."Robert Altman is an ob/gyn for the Sutter Gould Medical Foundation, a 200-physician multispecialty group in Modesto, CA. His wife Yvonne Brouard '83 is a pediatrician at the Medical Foundation as well. They have three boys, Alexander, 13, David, 9, and Jonathan, 5, who are all doing well in school, scouts, sports, and community theater. Robert spends most weekends hiking, camping, and performing community services with his boys. He has two Cornell friends that he would very much like to hear from: Charles Price and James Fina.

Caroline Sommers Barujel has been a producer at ABC News in New York for the last six years, writing and producing episodes of A&E "Biography," as well as documentaries for the Discovery Channel, Court TV, and other cable clients. She and her husband Marcelo became parents in 2003 with the birth of son Dino Jose, followed by his sister Luna in 2004. Caroline frequently travels to Argentina to see her husband's family. She stays in touch with Lois Baskin and Howard Kagan from our class and looks forward to seeing everyone at the 25th Reunion!

Bill Zempsky and wife Janna are living in West Hartford, CT. Bill is an associate director and assistant professor in the Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, U. of Connecticut and Connecticut Children's Medical Center. Janna is a pediatric nurse practitioner. They have sons Noah, 10, and Eli, 8. Eli is a huge Red Sox fan, and Noah is really into reading. Chris Martin and his wife Ginger are both architects in Boston. They have recently renovated their house in Wellesley, MA, where they live with their daughters Celeste, 10, and Felice, 5. The whole family loves camping and skiing and plans to do a lot of it in the coming year.

Don McManus and I are still living in New Hampshire. Don is a computer hardware design engineer for BAE Systems Inc., and I am an environmental lawyer for the New Hampshire Dept. of Environmental Services. Our kids Collin, 10, and Hannah, 6, are finally old enough to enjoy outdoor activities with us.We like to ski, camp, and walk the beach with our Boston terrier, Molly. -- Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net; Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | Since you are reading this column, I know you expect to read updates on friends you haven't seen in a while. There are also many who want to read about you, so when you're done reading this issue's column, go find that News and Dues mailing from the spring and send us your News! Joyce and I will share it in a future column. Thanks to all who have already written in!

Scott Bookner is still working as a pediatrician in Scarsdale, NY.He may have also completely lost his mind (he said that!) because despite never doing any serious running, he decided to sign up with the American Stroke Association to run a marathon in San Diego on June 4. By the time that you read this, I'm sure that he finished the marathon and is very proud of himself for raising money to fight strokes, our nation's third leading killer.We are hoping that some of you made it out to the race to show your support for Scott. Laura Clark finished up her master's in humanities in August 2005 at the U. of Chicago just in time for the birth of her son Jack at the end of November. Laura also shared that Sam Kamel and his wife Karen welcomed son Jamie in January.

Toyota Material Handling USA (TMHU) announced in January that Brett Wood was named VP of Marketing, Product Planning, and Dealer Development. Brett is now responsible for all aspects of product and strategic planning, marketing, dealer development, and market representation. Brett has been with TMHU for 16 years. He lives in Manhattan Beach, CA, with wife Jamie and their daughter Madison. Ed Catto and his wife Kathe enjoy living in Ridgewood, NJ, with daughters Cassie, 15, Tessa, 12, and Lacy, 9, who are all very involved with competitive dance.When the girls are not at practice, Ed said that they typically transform the kitchen or living room into a stage! When Ed isn't enjoying his daughters' performances, he continues to work in New York City. He recently joined the 141Worldwide Division of Ogilvy Advertising as a senior VP.

Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay, a service of Big Brothers Big Sisters, recently persuaded Wendy Foster to join their organization as the new vice president for program services. Big Brothers of Massachusetts Bay is the nation's oldest and largest mentoring program.Wendy brings her executive leadership and a deep passion for youth development to her new role at the Massachusetts agency.Wendy's career has included consulting for PBS, a longtime senior executive with AOL Time Warner, and a senior director with Time-Life Kids Publishing. She has also had a distinguished volunteer career with several organizations, including Girls Inc., Brookline Community Taskforce on Teen Behavior,Meals on Wheels, and In2Books.Wendy lives in Brookline, MA, with her spouse and daughter.

When you read this in July, the women of 216 Delaware will have already enjoyed their annual weekend reunion. Yes, those terrific women who lived at 216 Delaware during our junior and senior years are still in touch. I am sure many of you remember enjoying some great parties at the 216 house (or maybe you don't remember too many of the details!). This year, the group met in North Carolina in mid-May.We will share news of who made it to the annual reunion in an upcoming column.

For those with whom I am in touch, you already know that I am very active in Cornell alumni events and initiatives. Some of you have asked why I stay so involved. I have come to truly appreciate that in addition to four wonderful (and fun-filled) years in Ithaca, these post-Cornell years have been a real bonus. I have connected with so many amazing individuals simply because our initial bond was that we attended Cornell (and most often not at the same time and not even in the same decade). These individuals have become dear friends, business advisors, networking contacts, and nice people to know.

Whether you want social contacts, to expand your business network, or to participate in community outreach, connecting with Cornellians is an outstanding resource. If you are not sure how to connect in your area, just send me an e-mail and I will put you in touch with the right person.

For those in the Metro New York region, there is an easy way for you to start getting connected. I recently started a monthly business networking breakfast at the Cornell Club-New York. If you can get yourself to the Club at 7:30 AM, then I promise that it will be well worth your time (even though you have to be a bit more sleep deprived). Seriously, it really is an outstanding opportunity to connect with alumni.We even have some attendees who have to take a 5:00 AM train to get to the breakfast on time, but they keep coming back each month. Please send me an e-mail if you want to join us at the next breakfast.

Once again, please send us your news. Let us know what you've been doing since we left Ithaca, if you have gotten together with fellow classmates, if you want to hear from someone you lost touch with, or anything that you want to share.We really do look forward to hearing from you. -- Leslie Nydick, LNydick@aol.com; or Joyce Zelkowitz, jmcornett@bellsouth.net.

86 | As I write this in April, reunion is just around the corner, and I know it will give a lot of us a chance to catch up in person. I must say that connecting with old friends via telephone has been great as well.When else would I have been able to hear my old friend Howard Feiler executing trades while simultaneously chatting with me? Howard is an independent trader and broker of federal fund options in Chicago, where he has lived for the most part for the past 16 years. Howard moved from New York to the Midwest for business school at Northwestern and built his life and career in Chicago. He is married, with four children ages 12, 10, 8, and 4, and is a former member of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Many of the friends I caught up with moved from New York to other states as well. Kim Buckner Boggess, my roommate and friend from AEPhi, now lives in Chapel Hill, NC, where she is on the faculty of UNC and practicing ob/gyn.Her husband John is a surgeon at UNC, and the couple has children Emma, 8, and Mason, 5. Kim made me laugh when she told me that her sister, who lives in Connecticut, gets her weather report from Cornellian BobMaxon '87. Bob was studying to be a meteorologist when we were at Cornell and I'm glad to hear that Kim, among our other friends, reached her professional goals.

It was great catching up with my very dear buddy Carol Baccile Rosenberger, who also lives in North Carolina, in Charlotte. After college, Carol moved to Florida and has never left the South. Carol's husband Larry works for the Bank of America. They have daughters Madison, in ninth grade, and Katie, in sixth. Carol keeps busy with Girl Scouts and the Junior League and has promised me that she will visit me in New York very soon. She also filled me in on her brother Peter Baccile '84, who is now living in Greenwich, CT, with his wife and four children. Peter works for JP Morgan Chase.

My husband Todd and I took a drive up to Greenwich this month to visit with Mike and Lisa Hellinger Manaster.We had a great time, and I truly believe we haven't changed all that much since our college days. At least I would like to think we haven't.We still laugh the same way we did! I traded e-mails with our pal Jim Connolly, who always made Lisa and me laugh. He shared the great news that he is married and has a 3-month-old son Jack. He lives in Manhattan and works for Citigroup in the convert bond group. He keeps up with many of his Phi Delt buddies, including Gregg Kaufman '87, Adam Kaufmann '87, Erik O'Neill, Eric Hage, Erik Sorensen '87, Keith Olson, and Dan Thompson '88, who works at Citigroup as well.

I also heard from Jim's Phi Delt fraternity brother Brian Parmelee, who keeps up with many Phi Delts as well. Brian married Cornell sweetheart Susan (Stiff) '87 and they have three children, Brendon 15, Trevor, 13, and Melissa, 11. Brian is currently the VP, Southeast for JAMS, a mediation and arbitration company that provides alternative dispute resolution worldwide. Brian reports a very busy home life in San Clemente, CA, with the kids' baseball practices, school plays, band, and other activities. Brian aptly explains, "Sue is taking a break from her career as a social worker to keep the kids' teenage ‘careers' on track." Recently Brian attended a reunion dinner in Los Angeles with Peter Bell, SteveMcPherson, and Bob Goldman, along with other Cornell friends including Emile Levisetti '87, Gregg Kaufman '87, Steve Bloom '87, Steve Peters '85, Jason Grode '89, and Geoff DeStephano '89. Those Phi Delts really keep in touch!

Reunion Chairs Dina Lewisohn Shaw and Katie Roth Boyar are hearing from a lot of alumnae who will be coming back for reunion. Sue Elliott-Sink e-mailed Dina with news that she is the editor of a brand new, upscale lifestyle magazine called California Driver, set to debut in Pebble Beach, CA, in August. Sue also edits custom publishing magazines for Primedia, including the Barrett-Jackson Experience and Overhaulin': The Magazine, both on newsstands.

Also in the creative field is Leora Brayer Mechanic. Leora and her sister write music for the children's program "Dittydoodle Works," which airs on PBS Channel 21. After leaving Cornell, Leora and her sister wrote pop songs, but they have found that their catchy melodies translated well into kids' songs. "Dittydoodle Works" is geared toward children ages 3-7. Leora and her husband Steve have three kids of their own, Rick, 10, Jake, 8, and Andie, 4. They live in Rockland County.

A full Reunion Report follows in the next issue! Keep sending us your news! -- Donna Mandell Korren, dk26@optonline.net; Hilory Federgreen Wagner, haf5@cornell.edu.

87 | Former Cornell regional office colleague Karla Griffin wrote in April: "Husband Paul and I moved the family to New Albany, OH (from Southern CA) at the end of March (yes, we did it again!). New Albany is the result of Les Wexner's vision, the founder of the Limited Companies. Lots of new growth and beautiful architecture and it reminds me of being on the East Coast. Paul took a position with a law firm in Columbus as their finance director. It was a big move but a good one for quality of life.We bought a house and I'm still up to my eyeballs in boxes and various renovation projects. I'm getting pretty good at this renovation thing. I'm thinking it may be a profitable business in my future!"

Intrepid ex-class president Gligor Tashkovich, MBA '91, played field reporter for this column. He sent in quite a few entries: The Cornell Daily Sun published an interview of Jose Arroyo on March 13. On the previous Friday, Jose had spoken about his rough journey of making it as a television writer with a lecture in Kaufmann Auditorium entitled "All Jokes Aside:What to Do with an English Major."He has been an Emmy- and Writers Guild Award-winning staff writer for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." After ten years of struggling as a comedic performer and writer, Arroyo persevered to join the staffs of late-night shows, such as "Politically Incorrect"with Bill Maher,"Dennis Miller Live," and now "Conan O'Brien." A pre-med when he first attended Cornell, Jose took a detour to Washington, DC, after he was asked to take a leave. He worked part-time washing dishes and began performing gigs at comedy clubs. "I got hooked," he said, after a couple of comedy shows. He returned to the Hill as an English major with a new career in mind. After graduation, Jose moved back to D.C. and then New York City to pursue opportunities in comedy.He got his big break when Jay Leno took over the "Tonight Show," and got paid when Leno performed some of his material. Eventually, a representative for "Dennis Miller Live" saw one of Jose's shows and asked him to try out for the late-night HBO show, ten years after he had started to pursue a career in comedy. He joined Conan's writing staff in 2002.

Cornell's Entrepreneurship Legal Services (ELS) is offering a new program in professional-quality legal services to emerging growth-oriented businesses. The program is sponsored by JGSM and the Law school. Its executive director is classmate Zachary Shulman, JD '90. He was a corporate lawyer for 12 years before joining Cornell. He also serves as general counsel and faculty adviser to BR Ventures, the Johnson School's student-run venture capital arm, and BR Incubator, JGSM's student-run consulting provider. On April 4, Cornell Entrepreneur Network, in partnership with the Metro NY Regional Office, presented a talk on real estate and the hospitality industry featuring Alan Tantleff, executive VP of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. Alan discussed topics such as what made NYC hotels hot again after 9/11, and the latest trends within the hotel industry. Gligor also went to a talk at the Cornell Club-New York. Randomly he sat down next to classmate Gregory Morris.

Two classmates were in the national news this past spring. New York Times journalist Eric Lichtblau won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. Eric and his fellow Times reporter James Risen were honored for their "carefully sourced" stories on the National Security Agency's secret domestic eavesdropping program. They shared a cash award of $10,000. According to the Pulitzer board, their stories began a national debate about the tensions between combating terrorism and preserving civil liberties. During his undergraduate days, Eric worked as a Daily Sun reporter. He began his professional journalism career as a reporter in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times, and now serves as a Washington correspondent for the New York Times. Prior to winning his Pulitzer, Eric was back at Cornell on April 10 to speak to students on the role of a journalist in a post-9/11 world.

In Redmond,WA,Microsoft shook up its senior management by moving Steven Sinofsky from Microsoft Office to the Windows and Windows Live Group. Steve assumed responsibility for the process and planning of future versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system. Steve, my former RA in South Baker, has been in charge of the Office product line after serving as Bill Gates's technical assistant. During his tenure in the Office division, Steve has achieved a reputation of meeting release deadlines. His transition to head Windows and Windows Vista has led industry watchers to predict "a rock solid release of Windows Vista in January 2007."

Our very own weatherman, Dave Price, spent a week entertaining the troops and reporting from the frontline in Iraq. Appearing on CBS's "The Early Show," Dave accompanied entertainers such as musician Charlie Daniels. Reporting from Baghdad, Dave said: "Throughout this whole journey, despite what the headlines we read and see in the US are, the morale of the troops may surprise you.""The Early Show" co-host Harry Smith asked Dave on the air to compare and contrast this visit to a previous year's trip to Afghanistan. Dave said: "Well, I'll tell you the conditions here in Iraq are significantly better than they were in Afghanistan. And as anyone who's been on their second or third tour will say, things have really begun to improve. Things are operating much more smoothly here, and it's a much more comfortable place to be. Yes, there are still pockets of violence. Our base was shelled while we were in the Sunni triangle and off performing. But I think most soldiers would say that, now, the hard work has begun. Now it is time to settle in." Thank you, Dave, for showing your support of the American troops.

In the spring,my wife Rebecca and I went to Santana Row in San Jose to meet up with her cousin Cid, who was in town on business. I ran into Karen Fann Townsend, who was having a "girls night out"with some of her running buddies. I asked after Karl, and she informed me that he is still with Palm and enjoying his work. He does not travel overseas as frequently as in the past, but he does like the opportunity of developing new hand-held gadgets. Karl and Karen continue to train for marathons and triathlons, a passion they developed several years ago.

Finally, I must remind everyone that our 20th Reunion is now less than a year away! Please mark your calendar, June 7-10, 2007.We look forward to seeing many of you back in Ithaca. And remember, this class column is not as interesting and informative if you don't tell us what you're up to these days. So send your 4th of July pictures, summer vacation itineraries, and news to: -- Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@stanford.edu; or Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com.

88 | Hey there, great '88ers! Many of us are turning 40 this year--that seemed ancient to me when we were at Cornell.When I was 20, I thought 40 meant you were at the top of your career, had been married or were in a committed relationship forever, and had "old" kids. Although that's true for some of our classmates, many others are just marrying or having children now, and I am constantly amazed at the wonderful heights everyone continues to hit with their career advancements. Thanks to everyone who wrote in and shared.

Joel Fetzer tells us that last year he was tenured and promoted to associate professor of political science at Pepperdine U. in Malibu, CA. Joel says, "It's almost always sunny and warm in Malibu, but we try not to gloat too much when reading reports of sub-zero temperatures on the East Coast. In 2002 I married Christina Chiung-Hwa Wu, a Taiwanese computer programmer. Best man at the very-L.A.-style, trilingual wedding (English,Mandarin, Spanish) was Ansar Fayyazuddin, now a physics professor at the U. of Stockholm and Brooklyn College.My wife delivered our son, Isaak I-li Fetzer, in 2003, and he is now keeping us extremely busy. Last academic year we lived in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taipei as the faculty family for the Pepperdine-in-China program."

Nancy MichalskiWall reports, "I am finishing up my MAEd (Elementary) and will soon enter the market for a teaching job. I finished my student teaching (27 fifth graders!) and think that I have finally found my niche! The family and I are also going to be headed back to Georgia, where we recently bought a home to be affectionately known as either ‘Stately Wall Manor' or ‘Oz,' depending on how you look at it. All three daughters are doing very well.Middle daughter Gabi recently won an excellence award at the Okinawa Science Fair for her project called ‘Does color affect perceived sweetness?' She made good use of my degree in Food Science.We hope to stop in Taipei on the way back for a little break before making Georgia home once again this summer."

Jayne Gilbert Peister shares the following: "I traumatically turned 40 in December! My wonderful husband Darren threw a surprise party for me--and I was! Some Cornellians who were there: Laura Pearlman Kaufman '89, Alyse Etelson Lieberman '89, Debbie EtelsonMayblum '91, Damara Gutnick, and Jay Schiff.My husband and I live in New Rochelle, NY, and have daughters Emma, 9, and Sophia, 6. I am STILL working for Lilly selling pharmaceuticals (since graduating Cornell!), and in my spare time I am president of my girls' school's PTA, on the Religious School board of our synagogue, and involved in our local community in various ways. Not much free time! Life at 40, though, is good. I had hoped I'd be exactly where I am now!"

Alicia Schwarcz is having double the fun! "Just wanted to let you know about the birth of my twin boys Liam Isaac and Timothy Jacob on January 10, 2006. They are fraternal twins with their own personalities and smiles that light up the room! I'm living in Princeton, NJ, these days and work for a satellite operator out of D.C. (Intelsat) selling satellite communication networks. It's a fun job and I get to work from home."

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the summer. As always, please write us with your news and updates--on yourself or any other Cornellians you may see or bump into! Take good care. -- Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu; and Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu

89 | Hope everyone is having a good summer reflecting on the memories of beautiful, sunny Ithaca days (yes, there were many!). I spent a few summers on campus during our college years, and they were good times. Speaking of good times, if you haven't done so yet, please e-mail us with your News--or send it in with your class dues payment. Not only do we, your class correspondents, personally want to hear it, but we want to share it with all our classmates. I know I have fallen out of touch with many, but it is always exciting to hear wonderful news of someone I haven't heard about in a long time. It makes all these years vanish in an instant!

So let me share some of this news. Amy Wilson Goodrum wrote in January to tell us that Phil took a new job with Blasland Bouck & Lee based in Syracuse. He will continue environmental consulting on human and ecological risk assessment.Marianne Schnall is the co-founder and editor of two popular websites: the 12-year-old environmental site www.EcoMall.com, which she runs with her husband Tom Kay, and the 11-year-old women's non-profit organization and website www.Feminist.com. She is also a writer and interviewer whose writings have appeared in a variety of magazines and on the Web.Marianne was a contributing writer to Robin Morgan's latest anthology Sisterhood is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium (Washington Square Press). She is married to her soulmate and they have two daughters, ages 5 and 8.What does she remember most about her time at Cornell? Good friends, inspiring conversations, and lots of fun.

On February 15, 2005 Laurence Bailen and his wife welcomed twin girls Lily and Molly to the family. Big brother Daniel loves playing with his new sisters! Stephanie Keene Fox welcomed twin boys Kyle and Ryan on February 5, 2006. Stephanie also has a 3-year-old son, Colin.Mom and Dad are sleep-deprived but doing well.

Here on the home front I have become involved with animal rescue organizations after losing my dear Mr. Grey to an illness. I am on the junior board of PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving), which focuses on turning Chicago into a no-kill city and works to alleviate the pet overpopulation program through saving lives, prevention, and education. If you live in the Chicago area and are looking to adopt an animal or want to come out to one of our fundraising events or simply want to get involved/volunteer, check out www.pawschicago.org.

Remember, you can send us your news all year round--you don't have to wait for the dues forms. Submit the news online or just e-mail one of your class correspondents. -- Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; Stephanie BloomAvidon, savidon1@hotmail.com; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; and MikeMcGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com.