80 | In early 2005, after 25 years of lackluster effort to stay connected with my alma mater, I decided to volunteer as one of five class correspondents. In a further attempt to renew my Cornell linkage, I am replicating my undergraduate study techniques by writing this at 3:00 a.m. on the morning it is due in the offices of the alumni magazine. Unfortunately, there is not a Hot Truck circling the block, so I am relying on a jar of jalapeños and a case of cheap cola to see me through to the finish. The repository is bursting with news of classmates who are sending children off to college to make their own questionable gastronomic choices. Stephen Kohn and wife Nancy have twin daughters. Julia is a freshman at Northeastern and Rebecca is in her first year at George Washington U. Stephen's book, The 6 Habits of Highly Effective Bosses, is available on Amazon.com, and a second management tome is in the works. He is president of his own management coaching and employee assistance firm in White Plains. Former fellow Big Red Bandies Jon and Leslie Scheiner Jaffe are emptynesters as well. Son Andy is a senior at Brandeis, and daughter Jen is a freshman at the U. of Hartford.With time on their hands, Jon and Leslie moved to Rhode Island (remembering to send a change of address card to the kids), and are in the process of renovating their new home. Jon is a financial manager at First Pioneer Farm Credit in Dayville, CT, and Leslie is a social worker in a foster care program for developmentally disabled adults.

Big changes are afoot in the Valliere household. Paul John is now a Villanova Wildcat, and his mother Kathleen Biondolillo Valliere has returned to the workforce following "17 years as a mostly stay-at-home mom." After passing the New York Property and Casualty Agent's licensing exam, she landed a gig in the underwriting department at Amica Mutual Insurance in Fairport, NY. Kathleen's husband Paul is manager of network planning and information technology at JP Morgan Chase. Salvatore Moscatello is a senior partner at a five-man gastroenterology practice in Charleston, SC (whaddya got for jalapeño burn, Doc?). He and wife Julie have sons Matthew, 15, and Nick, who is a freshman at the College of Charleston. The Moscatellos have recently moved to Mt. Pleasant, SC.Matthew Moeller put his Cornell degree and an MS from Harvard to good use. He is president and COO of Dade Moeller and Assoc., a consulting firm specializing in occupational and environmental health sciences.Matt lives in Richland,WA, with wife Catherine and daughter Kelly, a freshman in high school. Elder daughter Katie studies architecture at Cal Poly.

Please forgive Rick and Stacy Orr Morgan of Eden Prairie, MN, for their competing loyalties when Cornell and Princeton take to the gridiron. Their son Nick is an offensive lineman for the Tigers, so we hereby grant a four-year dispensation to the Morgans for occasional misplaced enthusiasm when Princeton has the ball. Rick writes that he enjoyed seeing Bob McDonald '81, who recently visited the Twin Cities for a surprise birthday party. Bob and family live in Indianapolis. George Frantz, MRP '91, was honored with the 2005 Community Achievement Award from the New York Upstate Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. George works as a consultant to small towns and rural communities, and is a visiting lecturer on the Hill, teaching courses in urban design and land use planning. Also recognized was Prof. Sherene Baugher of Cornell's Dept. of Landscape Architecture. Their three-year survey in the Ithaca region identified sensitive Native American archaeological sites in areas proposed for residential development. The resulting plan enabled developers to design around these sites.

Pardon my French, but the news form we received from Sarah Pedraza de Lencquesaing had a certain "I don't know what." Sarah lives in the historic center of Paris, and her passion for Cornell is evident in all that she continues to do for the school. She refers young French students to Cornell's summer program, is a member of the active Cornell Club, and, as a trustee of the American Library, provides a venue for Cornell notables to speak (Professor Kaplan's bread lecture was formidable!). Recent visitors to her home include classmates Susan Kalus and Barbara Stern, and Mary Berens '74. Sarah writes that she and husband Edward live "on the tourist path, so don't hesitate to call" when you come to town. From the minimalist file, Jim Smith reports that he is "alive, well, and enjoying life" in Buxton, ME.

Smithsonian magazine has announced its "35 People Who Made a Difference in the World," and our classmate Jane Mt. Pleasant, MS '82, is among them. She is lauded for her promotion of the ancient Iroquois tradition of polyculture, a food growing technique recognizing the interdependence of crops. Jane's programs have helped farmers preserve soil, and rescued from extinction several varieties of corn essential to many Native American societies.Her groundbreaking work has, according to the Smithsonian, "blended Native knowledge and Western science to give Native Americans a strong presence in the emerging field of sustainability science." Others recognized include Maya Angelou, Bill Gates, Yo Yo Ma, Sally Ride, James Watson, Richard Leakey,Wynton Marsalis, and Steven Spielberg. Jane is associate professor of horticulture and director of the American Indian Program at Cornell.

As I once said to Nobel laureate and Cornell professor Roald Hoffmann at a chemistry department end-of-semester reception, "That's enough about you, let's talk about me for awhile." I married classmate Cathy Vicks Jerrard, and after 25 years and three bouncing teens we are taking full advantage of a well-kept secret: the quality of life in the Mohawk Valley of Upstate New York. I work with two alums, Dwight "Duke" Vicks '54,MBA '57, and Dwight Vicks III '84,MBA '91, in the family printing business. Cathy is an environmental engineer with the US Air Force Base Conversion Agency in Rome, NY.

With the corrosive mixture of peppers and cola now searing my solar plexus, it is time to call it a night.My Big Red renaissance has been fueled not by double suis and caffeine, but by the energetic group of class officers elected at Reunion '05. Led by Jill Abrams Klein, who composed 250 of these columns as class correspondent (that's a lot of jalapeños!), this team is committed to bringing more of us lost sheep back to campus, and more of the current Cornell experience to all members. The Class of '80 now has an official constitution, our class website is getting an extreme makeover, and soon all of us will get an opportunity to learn about and participate in the 2006 Freshman Reading Project.

Your dues payment helps class volunteers do all of this, and keeps Cornell Alumni Magazine coming to your mailbox. Please renew your Class of '80 membership this spring by sending in your dues check or, better yet, consider the convenience of the new automatic dues renewal option.

The Gang of Five, your class correspondent team, encourages you to send along a news card or e-mail letting us know what's happening in your life.We are eager to report those 25th anniversaries, graduations, retirements (yes, we're that old!), career changes, and assorted life-altering moments that are upon many of us.We promise to publish your news before your college freshman earns his/her MA! -- Dana Jerrard, dej24@cornell.edu; Tim O'Connor, tvoc0744@optonline.net; Cynthia Addonizio-Biano, caa28@cornell.edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky@aol.com; Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@cornell.edu.

81 | It's hard to believe that this is the last column I'll write before our 25th Reunion on June 8-11.My family and I had the pleasure of traveling this past summer to Lost Valley Ranch in Sedalia, CO. It was a wonderfully wholesome experience for the family to be at the family-run "dude ranch" and spend time on horses and in the mountains. As it turns out, the owner/manager is a Cornell alumnus, Robert Foster, MPS '79. In September, I enjoyed a mini- Pi Beta Phi reunion at the Maryland home of Rosemary Schrauth Gale, her husband Alan, and their children Samantha, 12, and Jonathan, 14.Martha Garcia Cairnie, from Arlington,VA, was there with her two sons.Martha works in advertising sales for the Washington Post. Jill Flack, also from Arlington, was there with her husband, daughter, and son. Jill is an attorney for the Potomac Electric Power Co. in Washington, DC. Naomi Gelzer and husband Jim Kettler, BArch '81, were there with their son and daughter. Both having received their degrees in architecture, Naomi consults on renovations while Jim is president of Kettler Bros. in Gaithersburg,MD. They all promised to return for reunion in June.

Joanne Kopsick Barmasse had a successful campaign to win a seat on the Board of Education in East Hampton, CT. She has been busy touring colleges with her daughter Jana, a high school senior, and travel soccer with her son Andrew, 14. Husband Mark '78 is a senior associate engineer with Malcome Pirnie Inc., an environmental engineering consulting firm where he has worked for the past 25 years. The Barmasses enjoyed a fall trip to celebrate Dolly Hailstork's 90th birthday in Ithaca. Dolly was the much beloved Sigma Pi "chef" for over 40 years. John DavidWooldridge writes us from Annapolis, MD, where he is a Delta Airlines 737 captain and also runs a boat charter service. He is married to Julie and has children Blake, 7, and Cain, 5. John keeps in touch with Kevin O'Donnell of Houston and Kevin McCarthy of Parkridge, IL, near Chicago.

In Glencoe, IL, another suburb of Chicago, Steve Schwartz is president and CEO of TCA, "an upscale chain of health and racquet clubs and corporate fitness centers."He added that "compared to my employees, I am always feeling out of shape!" Steve is married to Claudia (Perry), MPS '83, and has three kids. Steve has served on the board of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America and has also been involved with the George Eastman House Museum of Photography in Rochester, NY. Also hailing from the Windy City is Mark Kirk, who was re-elected this past year to the US Congress, representing constituents from the North Shore area of Chicago.Mark has been back to campus as a featured speaker in the Government department.

Lynn Allen Cione wrote from Goshen, NY, where she serves as the deputy mayor and was twice elected trustee of the Village of Goshen. She is married to Thomas, a judge, and they have three children, ages 13, 11, and 9. From Merrick, NY, Janet Lockhart Campbell wrote that she has "recently taken up acting, singing, and performing in several musicals on Long Island." Janet has been married to Larry for the past 16 years and has sons Peter, 15, and Tim, 12. She has also done a lot of volunteer work for the school PTA and their church.

I received an e-mail update from Gordon Silverstein.He has joined the faculty of UC Berkeley and is teaching constitutional law, civil liberties, and comparative law in the Dept. of Political Science. Joe Krueger is director of radiation oncology for the Falck Cancer Center in Elmira, NY. He is married to Jennifer and has sons Steven, 18, and Michael, 15. They have enjoyed keeping in touch with the TEP fraternity brothers, as well as catching Cornell/Clarkson hockey games. Robert Contreras is also in the medical field. He completed his medical degree from Tufts U. School of Medicine in 2000, and has opened a solo family medicine practice at Las Colinas Medical Center in Irving, TX.

Hopefully, Ann Cuffari O'Connor will visit her old Stewart Ave. co-op during reunion. She and her husband live on 4-1/2 acres in the northern Virginia town of Jeffersonton. She is a public health nutritionist and dietician with the Virginia Dept. of Health in Warrenton and is active with a local civic group, the Jefferson Ruritans. Ann also enjoys gardening and her three dogs. Jay Bloom wrote from Honolulu, HI, where he is president and CEO of Hawaiiana Group Inc. He has children Riley, 9, and Lauren, 7.

It's really awesome when old friends get together! Susan Wiser reported, "I had a night out with Rhonda Dorfman Greenapple, whom I hadn't seen in at least 15 years. She was in Christchurch to start a two-week bicycle tour around New Zealand. It was as if no time had passed." Susan has lived in New Zealand for the past 12 years and is a research scientist with Landcare Research in Lincoln, New Zealand. Rhonda lives in Randolph, NJ, and works in marketing for a pharmaceutical company.

ReneeMillerMizia, of Lenox, MA, is a graduate ofWestern New England School of Law and reports that DebiWheaton Hemdal was also in her law school graduating class. By day, Renee is an attorney. Other interests include equestrian sports, golf, reading, gardening, and raising teenagers. Her daughter Alyse is a freshman in the Ag college studying viticulture and competing for Cornell on the equestrian team. Renee would love to hear from Sandy Mitchell Kelly,Michael LaChapelle '83, and Lori Smith.

For those of you that are not aware, you can send your news to us directly at the e-mail addresses below, or send it online at http://www.alumni. cornell.edu/classes.htm. You can also update your profile or locate addresses of fellow alumni. Please let us know your news and update your e-mail address. Thanks! See you along with my pad and pencil in June! -- Jennifer Read Campbell, RonJenCam@cox.net (NEW EMAIL ADDRESS); Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia. net; Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com.

82 | It's been a slow two months for class news, but we've heard from a few of you. Daniel Deutsch writes, "I'm a virtual ‘lifer' at a midsize Boston law firm (Deutsch,Williams), where I litigate anything complex and counsel businesses to stay out of trouble. Tough way to make a living but very satisfying." He and wife Brenda live in Lexington, MA. Daniel also writes, "I never imagined that family life in the suburbs could be this fulfilling. I settled in Boston after a business stint, then Boston U. law school. Our son Kerry, 15, and daughter Melanie, 11, are growing up quickly, so soccer Saturdays are giving way to other things. I'm still big on cycling and photography—and hiking, which we all enjoyed while I tripped down memory lane in Ithaca last summer.My attachment to Cornell is alive and well. It would be great to hear from classmates." Daniel can be reached at bd.deutsch@rcn.com.

We also heard from Anthony Cruz, who is living in Middletown, NJ, with wife Mary and daughters Rebecca, 14, and Katie, 12. He is a district sales manager for Sanofi-Aventis, which a Google search tells me is the world's third largest pharmaceutical company (No. 1 in Europe), in the business of marketing major pharmaceutical products derived from its research and a very wide range of medicines adapted to local needs throughout the world. Anthony writes that, in true Cornell fashion, he was named a "2005 Winners' Circle Winner" by the company. Also checking in was Amelia Wrobel Lamb. Amy and husband David live in sunny Pasadena, CA. Daughter Anna, 8, likes soccer and swimming. Daughter Jennifer, 14, enjoys running cross-country track, singing, and doing community service. Son Stephen, 16, does football and musical theater and is interested in history. Amy tells us, "Stephen spent the summer at Andover and met with the Cornell rep during the college fair. He was very impressed." I'm not sure if she means Stephen or the rep, but I'm sure in both cases it was true—and either way it sounds like good news for Cornell!

Hearing from Amy brings back fond memories for this correspondent (Mark). The summer after I graduated from high school (and afterward),my friends and I spent many pleasant nights at the Rafters, the Saratoga Springs discotheque owned by the Wrobel family out on Saratoga Lake. It had a dance floor, game room, and outdoor terrace, and I remember one particular night on that terrace when I witnessed something that could only happen in Saratoga. It was the week of the 1978 Travers Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course, the exciting and ultimately controversial final meeting between Triple Crown winner Affirmed and Triple Crown bridesmaid Alydar. In a perfect spoof of the then-popular light beer commercial "tastes great—less filling," part of the crowd on the terrace started chanting "Affirmed" at which point another group of revelers immediately started the counter-chant "Alydar." It went on for several minutes and I remember it still. Ah, the days of my youth in historic Saratoga.

On a sad note, we were notified of the death of Glenn Rivera of Bayside, Queens, NY, on October 13, 2005 after a courageous battle with cancer. His partner Kevin Kelly says that Glenn was so proud of Cornell that he'd wear the hat, sweatshirt, etc., everywhere. Glenn attended Reunion in 2002 and he also volunteered briefly with the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassadors Network (CAAAN). Karen Cooper, the director at the Film Forum, a theatre at which Glenn worked on staff for the last six years, writes that he "was well-known for his cheerful demeanor and gregarious personality. In Glenn's case, ‘courageous' is no cliché. He chose not to discuss his illness, complain, or solicit sympathy. In a world of much gratuitous brutality, he was a generous soul, who engaged in random acts of kindness.We are better people for having known him." This and many other tributes to Glenn, along with a picture of Glenn sporting the above-mentioned Cornell cap, could be viewed at the time of writing (December 2005) at http://www.filmforum.org/newsletter/rivera.html.

Richard and Elizabeth Hoare Cowles live in Storrs, CT, with daughters Erin, 15, a Girl Scout, and Alyssa, 12, who attended Cornell girls hockey camp in 2005. Elizabeth has a doctorate and is an associate professor in the Dept. of Biology at Eastern Connecticut State U. in Willimantic, CT. She also reports that her sister Kim Hoare '89 is the associate pastor at the United Church of Christ in Farmington, CT. Joan M.Aguado is living in Pasadena with spouse Alan Shapiro. Brian Gordon lives with wife Julie and daughter Emma, 3, in Merion Station, PA. Stephen Mendell of Easton, CT, reports that son Jordan '07 is a junior in the Hotel school.

Kathleen S.Miller bought a new (for her) single-family house in Falls Church,VA, which resulted in numerous decorating and renovation projects. In 2005 she was promoted to Acting Deputy CFO at the IRS. Gina Beebe Nichol (Guilford, CT) writes that she is president of Sunrise Birding LLC, a recently started ecotour business that features personalized, authentic, affordable birding and nature tours around the world. She says, "In 2006, I am leading tours to India in January, Texas in May, and Ecuador in November. In 2007, I will be taking a group to the Galapagos Islands." The website is http://www.sunrisebirding.com.

That's the news for this column. To avoid further youthful reminiscences or other digressions, please e-mail or send news to us or to Cornell with your dues, and start to get fired up for our 25th Reunion in 2007! -- Mark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu; and Nina Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu.

83 | This month's column brings us short greetings from classmates far and near. It is apparent that a number of classmates have been called to, or involved in, the medical profession. Kevin Cope of Broadalbin, NY, brings us news that he continues to serve as chief medical officer for Amsterdam Memorial Healthcare in Amsterdam, NY. In July, he took a medical team from Fulmont Community Church, along with daughter Rebecca, 15, on a medical mission to Honduras. He continues to lead a very busy family practice. Across the pond, living in the Netherlands,Martha Leslie has a private practice in a medical group there, working in the Dept. of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology. She and her spouse have two children: Helen, age 12, and 4-year-old Raphael (née Dang Xiagu), whom they adopted from China in April 2003. Laurie Kuiper dropped us a line that she is currently the director of government relations for Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, WI. From across the world in Seoul, Korea, Sung-Jae Lee, ME '85, announces he was recently promoted to a professorship in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering at Inje U. He has daughters Christine, 14, and Allison, 12. And in another continent heard from, the bush country of Africa, Dr. Stephen Letchford alerts us that he has been practicing medicine in Zambia.

While fulfilling the role of marketing and resource development director for Davidson Medical Ministries Clinic—a non-profit free health clinic in Lexington, NC—Mike Darrow tells us he is also serving as the executive director of the Foundation at Davidson Medical. Lisa Bodenstein Golan of Atlanta, GA, writes that her husband Moti is keeping busy running his business,Mid-Atlantic Renovations. Son Elan, 18, is attending the U. of Georgia and has declared pre-med as his major. Daughter Maya, 18, attends the Paideia School, where she enjoys singing in the chorus. Lisa is still practicing law as a sole practitioner. She plans on running in the Country Music Marathon in Nashville this March '06 to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Rachel Greengus Schultz keeps us up-to-date with news that she and her husband have been ex-pats living in London. Their two younger children are attending the Int'l School there, while their oldest is finishing up 11th grade in Andover, MA. Husband Bill is enjoying his very challenging job running international business for Georgia Pacific, while she has been trying to get licensed to practice medicine. "It's not so easy," reports Rachel, "but I still haven't given up hope." She saw classmate Susan Cohen Pannulo, MD '87, recently while Susan was visiting London giving lectures on a new device used to treat brain cancers. "She is doing very well and looks great!" exclaims Rachel.

After ten extremely fulfilling years as a full-time mom, wife, school and church volunteer, and scout leader, Sharron McGee Prairie of Hughesville,MD, informs us she is completing her fourth year teaching high school chemistry and physics.Husband Michael and her son Chris, 17, went to the Philmont Scout Reservation in July, and in August she headed to Honduras for a mission trip to build a school. Daughter Kaitlin, 14, will be entering high school this fall. Both children have been involved with band, drama, and sports. Ellen Hersch Rabb of Moreland Hills, OH, has twins in 6th grade; Jonah likes building rockets and acting, while Rebecca likes basketball and horseback-riding. Ellen is an avid gardener and is learning metal-smithing "just for fun." She and her family like to vacation at the beach and cook as a family. Barbara Simpson Vadnais of Morristown, NJ, married husband John, a Colgate alum, on March 5, 2005. They met while contra-dancing. John is an amateur fiddle player, and Barbara . . . well, she just likes dancing.

John "Jack" Grein III writes from Floral Park, NY, that their oldest child, Jack IV, is off to Amherst College this fall. Allison, 17, is a junior in high school and an "awesome" lacrosse goalie. Eric, 11, is entering the 7th grade. Jack reports that he and wife Ana have been happily married for 21 years. From Santa Fe, NM, David Contarino is married to spouse Linda and has children Isabella, 7, and David, 5. And while he owns the largest title and escrow company in Santa Fe, he finds time to be Chief of Staff for Governor Bill Richardson.

Proud dad Duncan Huyler reports that his oldest son, Garrett, was accepted early decision to Cornell's Class of '09 in the Ag college. Garrett is a third-generation Cornellian, since Duncan's parents both graduated from Cornell in the 1950s. Brother Connor, 15, is a high school junior and excels in academics as well as sports. Duncan and wife Erica (Nichols) '82 had a third son, Peter, who died of leukemia in 1994. Duncan has changed careers a few times and is now the COO of a startup hedge fund in NYC, while Erica manages their 30-acre horse farm in Marlboro, NY. The farm houses two polo ponies that Duncan rides a couple of times per week, and his polo team successfully challenged the Cornell men's polo team twice in 2003-04. Duncan's continued involvement as treasurer of Scorpion Fraternity (TKE) brings him back to Cornell from time to time. Also returning to Cornell in November 2004 was John Hansen, who joined fellow alumni Hangovers for a performance at Fall Tonic XXV. John's wife and 10-year-old daughter accompanied him on this visit and fell in love with the campus. John began his career in the music field by spending several years as tour manager of the Cleveland Orchestra, but changed careers and is now principal of a small elementary school in central New Hampshire. Keeping some music in her life is Heather Robbins from Kingston, NJ, who informs us she recently started a women's chorus there and that any interested local women would be most welcome to join—"no audition necessary!"

Former class correspondent Patty Palmer Dulman writes that she and husband Scott continue to live in Arlington, VA, with sons Ray, 10, and Miles, 7. Scott is a director of marketing at Business Objects, while Patty works part-time as a technical writer for various software companies. She also volunteers at her children's school being a "reading buddy," assisting kids using the computer, and serving on an advisory council to the school board. Deanne Sobczak '84 is also a parent at her school. Patty says it's always great to run into a fellow Cornellian. This past summer, the Dulmans escaped the humidity of D.C. by visiting relatives in Anchorage and touring Alaska. "The Alaska railroad passes through some amazing scenery!"

Please keep the news coming to me and Dinah. Our annual class mailing will be in your mailbox early in the spring, so be sure to send us news of your life. And don't hesitate to give us your special perspective and personal insights. They make for an interesting column. -- David Pattison, dpattison@earthlink.net; Dinah Lawrence Godwin, dinah.godwin@earthlink.net.

84 | Sherri Samuels Lilienfeld writes, "Since graduating, I changed careers four times and am now selling real estate at the Jersey Shore, managing a Jersey Shore vacation website, www.shorebreeze.com, and doing freelance marketing work for start-up businesses.When I graduated, I started in the chemical industry working for Air Products and Chemicals Inc., and after 13 years with them I changed to the pharmaceutical industry. Three years ago my husband and I decided to relocate from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and cut our corporate ties. Now I am self-employed and living at the Jersey Shore and loving the freedom and financial rewards of being my own boss. However, I am most proud of my four challenging but wonderful children—Rachel, 12, Rebecca, 9, Jacob, 6, and David, 2—even though they never listen to me! Raising children is by far the toughest job for me."

Margaret Crupi Crouse Skelly retired from her law practice last year to be a stay-at-home mom. She has two children, Caroline, 9, and William, 3-1/2.Meanwhile, Jay Lindy is an attorney in Memphis.He and his wife just welcomed their third child last year. The baby joins big brothers Jamie, 7 and Ben, 4-1/2. Daniel Platt is a partner for a law firm in Los Angeles. He and his wife Lisa have daughters Samantha, 10, and Sara, 7. Daniel Kammen is director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley. Recent PhD graduates from his laboratory have taken faculty positions at Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, and Humboldt State.

Ted Jonas, JD '91, writes, "In October of last year I left Baker Batts LLP in Washington, DC, where I had been of counsel for five years, and joyfully started my own law practice, doing international business transactions. I am happy to report that it is going very well." On a more personal note, he adds,"My wife Nino and I are proud to announce the birth of our first child, a happy, healthy, bouncing baby boy, Alexander Tsiskaridze Jonas, to be known fondly by the nickname ‘Sashka,' which seems to suit him well." Ted is good friends and in frequent contact with Rick Renner and John Paul Moscarella '86. They occasionally collaborate on business from their company, Econergy Int'l Corp. Rick and his wife Liz had an adorable baby girl, Charlotte, in February 2005.

Naren Shankar, PhD '90, joined the show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" as a writer! After completing his doctoral thesis on liquid crystal-based fiber optic switches, Naren visited former classmates who were trying to break into the entertainment business in Hollywood. He got a Writers Guild of America internship on "Star Trek: The Next Generation,"which led to a job as a science consultant to the show and then as a writer for its last three seasons. That led to jobs on "Outer Limits,"" Farscape," and then "CSI."

We are running low on news, so please fill out your News Forms when our annual class dues letter comes this spring, or write to one of us at the following addresses. Thanks! -- Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net; and Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | The great news to share is that the size of our column has increased because more of you have paid your class dues. However, the News supply is running low, so don't hesitate to take this opportunity to send an update! Our annual class News and Dues mailing will be arriving soon. Please take a few minutes to fill out the News Form and send it in. Or e-mail one of your correspondents directly (see addresses at the end of the column).

We heard from our class president Mark Sheraden, MBA/MS ORIE '92, who wrote to tell us about some changes in his life."My tenure in public service has ended. I served on the local Board of Education in Connecticut for almost two years. I was surprised at how political the board was. After living in Connecticut for seven years, my family and I relocated to the Dallas area a few months ago and it has been terrific. The people are incredibly friendly, and my golf and tennis games are improving by the week. Having lived on the East Coast most of my life, it is a big change—but a change for the better.We are now closer to family and are looking forward to the mild winters. I'm interested in connecting with any other '85ers in the Dallas area."You can reach Mark at MSheraden@aol.com.

We also received a news article reporting that Shaz Kahng recently married William Diotte. After Cornell, Shaz earned her MBA from the U. of Pennsylvania. She is now the senior director of global strategy for Nike in Oregon. Shaz has also produced Sunday, which is a film about relationships. That film received an award for Best Picture at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. A belated congratulations to Shaz for that achievement.W. Ted Alexander and his wife Patti live in Shelby, NC, where Ted has been the mayor since being elected in November 2003. In August 2005, Ted was selected as the keynote speaker at the Statewide Iowa Downtown/Main Street Summit in Clinton, IA. His presentation was titled, "Getting Down to Business and Making it Work: Downtown Manager Turned Mayor's Perspective." Ted also has a full-time job as the director of the SE Regional Office of Preservation, NC.

Jacqueline Schreiber wrote to tell us that she has left Corporate America to pursue a career in acting. It is best to share her excitement through her own words: "Sounds crazy, I know, but it's been simmering for years, and if I don't give it a try, I'll always regret it. Being laid off from my job at NCR gave me the opportunity to explore this. I am interested in stage, film, and television, and am currently taking acting classes in NYC. If anyone has any advice, help, or contacts to share, it will, of course, be greatly appreciated!"You can reach Jacqueline at jss77@cornell.edu.We wish her all the best in her new career!

There will be a few of us gathering in Florida in the spring for a celebration that we will report on in the next column. I expect to see Eleanor Dixon, Tara Shuman Gonzalez, Sharon Tolpin, and Joyce Zelkowitz. I actually have not been to Florida since Spring Break in 1985! Does anyone want to share memories of those Spring Breaks back in the '80s? Maybe, I should ask if anyone actually has memories of those Spring Breaks!

You are reading this column in March, but it's still not too late to send all of you the very best wishes for a healthy and happy 2006! Send news to: -- Leslie Nydick, LNydick@aol.com; and Joyce Zelkowitz Mingorance, jmcornett@bellsouth.net.

86 | My first phone call to collect news for this column left me smiling from ear to ear and surely will do the same for you. I called Kevin Frank to hear what he has been up to."Did you pursue your goal to become a minister?" I asked. Not only did Kevin accomplish that dream, so did his wife, Emily (Nisco) '87, and together they have spent nearly two decades in the ministry at an inner city Catholic church in Syracuse. Kevin received his Master of Divinity and is now the pastoral associate at St. Lucy's, a church in the poorest area of Syracuse. Kevin feels it is important to share his life with people who are marginalized and has also organized retreats that bring people from the suburbs into the city to break down stereotypes and negative images of people who are in need. Kevin and Emily have four children, ages 14, 12, 10, and 8, and live just five doors down from the house Kevin was raised in.

Kevin keeps in touch with Frank Kelly III, who lives in Baltimore with his family. Frank has two sons ages 14 and 11, and a daughter he adopted from Korea as a baby, who is now 8. Frank is the president of his family's group health insurance business, Kelly and Assoc. Insurance Group.When he joined 20 years ago, there were a small number of employees; today they have 265 and over 11,000 corporate clients. Frank is also a member of the local leadership board for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and he coaches lacrosse in his spare time. So it is no surprise that for the past two summers Frank has convinced Kevin and family to join him in Lake Placid for a lacrosse tournament for Christian athletes. Steve Paletta, Paul Kuehner '87, and Tim Vivian '87 join the fun.We also heard from Tim's wife, Kristin (Garbinski) '86, who wrote that while a fire destroyed their home last February, they were well cared for by their church, school, and community and moved to a new home in the Albany area in June. Tim and Kristin have six children and are grateful to be safe and healthy and to have a chance to start over again.

Meanwhile, in Wayne, PA, another Cornell couple, Grace Wolcott Wadell and husband Aaron '83, MBA '87, are raising their four children and keeping busy with their "daily circus of activities."Grace holds down the fort and does some fundraising for the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Aaron is working in Princeton in the field of solar space. Also working in the science field is Rajat Bannerji, MD '95. Dr. Bannerji reports that he completed his service in the US Army in June, where he was a Lt. Col. and chief of the oncology service at Madigan Army Medical Center. Both he and his wife Rachna are doctors and were seeking academic positions at university medical centers at the time he wrote to us. The Bannerjis have two children, 3-year-old Aradhana and 1-year-old Anand.

Other reports from alumni doctors come from Sanghamitra Ray. Dr. Ray has written a book on health titled From Here to Longevity (www.fromheretolongevity.com). Her book is a science-based approach to health through nutrition. Both she and her husband Doug Barlow market a whole foods nutritional support program that addresses the deficit of fruits and vegetables in our diets (www.juiceplus4longevity.com). They travel the world with their business. Home base is their home on the beach in the Pacific Northwest, where they are raising daughters Leela, 6, and Nira, 4, and where Sanghamitra also teaches yoga. Another published author in our class is Joseph Capella, who is in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Capella has written a chapter entitled "An Approach to the Lower Body," which appears in the first book ever written about plastic surgery after massive weight loss. He and his wife Carlyn welcomed their first child, Lucas, in August.

Yet another published author in our class is Stephen Shapiro.His book, Goal-Free Living, was actually featured as a cover story in O, The Oprah Magazine. Stephen's book sounds like a must-read for every driven Cornell grad. According to the author, we are taught from a young age that in order to achieve great success, we must set and achieve our goals. Often, he says, we become focused on where we are going rather than enjoying where we are right now. His book presents an alternative philosophy on how to have an extraordinary life today (www.goalfree.com).

Sounding like he is enjoying his life right now is my old friend Joseph Herz. Joe is a partner at Greenberg Traurig, a top law firm in Manhattan, and he is enjoying practicing corporate law. (Fraternity brother Jon Lessner '84 joined the firm in their Wilmington, DE, office.) Joe is married and has a daughter Jane, 7, whom he describes as "the cutest girl in the world!" Debbie Goodman Ferencsik is enjoying life with her daughter Olivia, who is in fourth grade. Olivia is an avid dancer and just performed for the second year with the Miami City Ballet in the Nutcracker. They live in Naples, FL, and Debbie has a new job with BEA systems, a software company based out of San Jose, CA. Debbie also traveled to St. Petersburg,Moscow, Copenhagen, and Sweden this past summer.

Michael Malaga wrote in that he too has been traveling and catching up with Cornell friends in the process. This summer he visited Kevin Cornacchio on the Sorrento Peninsula. Kevin and family have just spent a year in Italy, where they had a beautiful home with a view of the Island of Capri.Michael then went on to visit DuncanWood and his family in Edinburgh, Scotland. Closer to home are Michael's friends Nigel and Elizabeth Vandenbrink de'Ath, who just had a new daughter, and Mike Lally, whose daughter Brittany is already in college (just entered the U. of Alabama on a soccer scholarship! How can this be?). Steve Pozzobon made his way through San Francisco this summer and also visited Michael en route to climbing the summit of Mount Shasta. Great to hear that 20 years later, these guys are still scaling new heights. As for Michael, he writes that he lives in San Francisco and started a semiconductor company a year and a half ago that makes sensors for automobiles. He is hoping to have his devices into cars by 2008. Lots of luck to you,Mike.

Reunion is just three months away! Please write to us! Imagine how much fun it will be to get old friends thinking about you before you see each other in June. Also, please visit the Cornell Reunion website. Go to www.cornell.edu, click on "Alumni," and then scroll down to "Classes."You will find lots of information on the weekend and who is registered to attend. Lastly, the search is on for new class officers. It is a five-year commitment and a great way to get involved with the class. All positions are available. Contact class president Lisa Hellinger Manaster at LisaHMan@aol.com. -- Donna Mandell Korren, donna@elementsmagazine.com; Hilory FedergreenWagner, haf5@cornell.edu.

87 | On the rare occasions that I write consecutive columns, there is usually a very good reason. This time, please allow me to introduce that good reason: Quincy Hubert Stern was born to my fellow correspondent Debra Howard Stern and her husband Charles on December 16, 2005. Quincy joins big sisters Veronica and Ella. Congratulations to the Stern family!

Heidi Russell had a busy fall: "After returning from Europe where I took time off to pursue my passions of photography and travel for seven months, I have now settled in New York City to continue the pursuit of my photography dreams. I found a day job in a financial holdings company, which gives me the freedom to live in the city (Chinatown/Little Italy/SoHo area) and indulge in my photography, the art world, and energy of the City. I love the adventure!"Heidi continued with her photographic pursuit and had her first public exhibit through Artists Alliance Inc. After Christmas, she embarked on a ten-day artist residency in Budapest,Hungary. Nearby, Kieran Pape Murphree, MRP '90, still lives in Sag Harbor, NY. Kieran has been one of the assistant town attorneys. Stephanie Scantlebury Forsyth "took a new position as of July 2004 as an assistant superintendent for pupil services in the New Paltz Central School District in New Paltz, NY. Husband Terry '77 continues to teach at SUNY Cobleskill. He is an associate professor in the plant science and landscape program. They have started a small Thoroughbred breeding farm called Hickory Knoll Thoroughbreds Inc."

Former engineering ambassador Jeanne Biemer Grzelak and husband Tom were "thrilled to announce the birth of their fourth child,Matthew John. "He was born on October 23, 2005 and joins siblings Stephen, 11, Joey, 9, and Jill, 6." Even better news from Jeanne is the fact that she is "celebrating life as an eight-year breast cancer survivor and keeping very busy with the children." She and Tom also run a computer consulting business, JTG Consulting Inc. "We do database development, network design, systems support, and other computer-related work. Tom was recently appointed to a new position at Rutgers U. He is now associate director for research technology in the Office of Instructional and Research Technology.We are enjoying life at 40.We celebrated by taking the family to Hawaii!" Further south, Gregory DiMeglio left his old job with the Securities and Exchange Commission last fall and joined the law firm of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP as a partner in its Washington, DC, office.

Mary Hohenhaus, who finally joined the ranks of being 40, traded e-mails with me just before the holidays. I spotted her sister Ann Hohenhaus, DVM '85, in a news segment on gourmet dog treats one Sunday morning on CBS.Mary had this to say about her older sibling: "I'm actually most proud of her appearance on ‘Sesame Street' a few years ago (‘A Trip to the Vet')." She took the week between Christmas and New Year's off and jetted to London for a well-deserved vacation. Andrea Blythe Dickerson is a board-certified ob/gyn. She recently opened her own practice called "A Woman's Place" in Fayetteville, NC, with partner Dr. Lakshmi Gordon. Andrea is married to Edward Dickerson. Greg Bortoff moved to Raleigh, NC, where he is a radiologist at Rex Hospital. Greg is a 1994 graduate of the SUNY Upstate Medical U. MD/PhD program. Douglas and Mary Browne Adelman checked in from East Lansing, MI. I fondly recalled Mary's days as a Big Red basketball star and our freshman year living in U-Hall 5. Finally, as a plug for Cornell's Adult University (CAU), the following classmates took part in the program in 2005: Dan Alonso spent a week studying architecture; Helen Kimmel chose the course titled Eclectic Cook; and Paula Pederson O'Brien learned some new outdoor skills.

The rest of the column is dedicated to West Coast classmates. Dan Oliverio directed the American premiere of Michael MacLennan's The Shooting Stage at New Conservatory Theater Center in San Francisco in April 2005. Dan has worked in theater for over 20 years both as a freelance director and producer. As co-founder of the Antrobus Group, he has premiered many new works and classics.He is also the author of the new American translation of Spanish Nobel laureate Jacinto Benavente's The Scheme of Things, which debuted this past summer in Los Angeles. In addition to his work with Antrobus, he has directed for One Dream Theater in NYC, Theater of NOTE in Los Angeles, and Dead White Male Theater in San Francisco. Dan lives in West Hollywood.

Nick Muccini runs Oratino Entertainment in Southern California. He is a 1996 graduate of UCLA's Anderson School of Management. Last year, he co-organized a program of short films and sketches made by Cornell alumni working or studying in film, media, or the entertainment world in L.A. The program was such a hit in L.A. and Ithaca that Nick and his co-organizer Jim Tavares '92 decided to take the film festival on the road. They presented the alumni works at KQED, San Francisco's Public Television station, last October.

Michael Abdella, DVM '91, lives in Laguna Hills, CA. The former U-Hall 5 resident wrote that he and wife Brenda Perez had their third child on January 14, 2005, a girl named Carolina Danielle. "Staying very busy with our single doctor small animal practice. Carefully avoiding earthquakes, landslides, and wild fires."You can also find Mike's advice column on Dogsforkids.com. From Portland, OR, I heard from Leyan Fernandes, who sent a photo of her two daughters: "We are off to Hawaii this Christmas and are looking forward to seeing family.My parents haven't seen our girls for a couple of years." Finally, from the Pacific Northwest, where I am visiting my parents for the holidays as I finalize this column, Lt. Col. Rob Mendel sent in this postcard: "Hi, classmates! Haven't sent in an update in a while and thought my promotion to lieutenant colonel would be a good reason to put pen to paper. The Army saw fit to promote me on October 2, 2005, after I returned from a year-long deployment to Iraq, earning a Bronze Star medal as a battalion's executive officer for Army CID.My current job at Fort Lewis,WA, has me working on the general staff of I Corps, also known as ‘America's Corps.'" Thank you, Rob, for your service to our country.

Send your Spring Break photos and latest news to: -- Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@stanford.edu; or Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com.

88 | Greetings, Class of '88! As I write this column, the year 2005 draws to a close. I hope it was a good one for you and your families. I always love to receive holiday cards from old friends and Cornellians with whom I perhaps have been out of touch the rest of the year. Included photographs show their children or pets (!) growing up, and I hear about their job changes, house renovations, relationships . . . I wonder whether most people are pleased with how their lives have turned out. Are you? What would you change if you could?

Dayna Krouner Nicles reports that daughter Samantha is 9 years old and in fifth grade. She is a member of a dance team, Dance, Dance, Dance Ltd., and has won a gold in her last two competitions. Other daughter Lily is 5 years old and going to kindergarten. She also dances. They have a puppy named Jade. Dayna is now a real estate salesperson working for Coldwell Banker in Upper Montclair, NJ. Please visit her website to view her profile and the areas she handles (www.dayna nicles.com). She recently saw classmates Leanne Ariosta Lucarelli, Livia Tuzzo, and Loren Lembo Mularz. Her husband works with Leslie Lefkowitz. She also sees Michael Schiff '87, who lives nearby.

MegMiller Ham has been promoted to senior VP of retail operations for Food Lion. In her new position,Meg oversees five retail operations divisions. She joined Food Lion in 2000, and has previously served the company as senior VP of dry merchandising, responsible for perishable and non-perishable product procurement and merchandising.Meg lives in Charlotte, NC, with her husband and two children. Andrew Levi writes that he was married last November, and currently lives in Miami Beach, FL. In attendance at the wedding were David Giat, Dan Halem, Cory Zimmerman '89, AndrewWiesenfeld '89, and Al Goodstadt. Andrew has been appointed Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.He works in the Economic Crimes section, where he prosecutes cases involving corporate, financial, and securities fraud.

Hurray for soccer! Kristen McCarthy Barton shares news that she and husband John have two girls, Xanthe and Alexa. She is hoping one of them will "follow in Mommy's footsteps" and play soccer for Cornell. Both girls are learning Mandarin, so Kristen is already planning to have them enroll in Cornell's new undergraduate program in Chinese studies! She also writes that classmate Allison Goldwasser Blunt is being inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame for her 1984-1988 soccer career. Congratulations!

News from Iowa. S. Scott Florence and wife Alexa (Coin) '87 have children Benjamin and Gabriel. Scott was recently promoted to president and CEO of Hill & Valley, America's leading supplier of sugar-free desserts. Victor Seidel writes with word of his marriage to a fellow bandie, but of the orange and black variety.Wife Sandra Hefelbine, Princeton '97, was in the Princeton marching band. They were married in August at Stanford Memorial Church, with Cornell Big Red Band members Peter Lee, John Pinto '90, Steve Santisi, and Bruce Kruger in attendance. As the only one who still plays his instrument, Bruce provided trumpet accompaniment for the processional. Victor is on the faculty of the business school at Oxford U., and Sandra is on the faculty of Imperial College in London.

We love to hear from you, and so do your classmates. Have a happy, healthy 2006! Hope to see you on the Hill! -- Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu; and Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu.

89 | Hurtling toward our 40s does not seem to be impeding our reproductive capacity as we continue to receive news of the best kind. Chicago native and great friend ChuckWimbley and wife Elizabeth Minaya '91 welcomed family addition Catherine Elizabeth in December 2005 to join her older brother. Also, Gaye Bluthardt Keith added to the legacy with second son Matthew on April 22. His 3-year-old brother David is happy with the new addition to the family.

From Upstate New York, Geza Hrazdina wrote, "Life continues to unfold in a multitude of wonderful ways. Two weeks ago my wife gave birth to our daughter Katarina Claire—our first. She's an absolutely precious little gem who likes to multitask by eating and pooping at the same time, thereby engaging the entire digestive system! Aside from new-parenthood sleep deprivation, my wife and I still love our life in the foothills of the Catskills. The mountain views are spectacular, and it's only a half-hour drive to Albany, where she teaches high school Spanish and I work with the county and regional courts advocating for treatment alternatives (instead of incarceration) for people who have serious alcohol and drug problems. I've been doing this for a few years now and still love it. I'm involved with the local alumni board (Cornell Club of the Greater Capital District) and am looking forward to yet again hosting the area's second CAAAN student send-off at our home this fall."

"Since I was last mentioned in the class notes," writes Peter Klose, "my wife Jean Voutsinas and I have been blessed with the addition of Celeste (we now have two), and suffered the tragedy of losing my father Woody Klose '60, who practiced law in Upstate New York. Given my dad's legacy in the town I grew up in, I decided to continue the law practice at his little red office in the heart of Red Hook (five miles north of its more famous neighbor Rhinebeck). I now commute to Red Hook as often as needed and have two law offices (Nyack and Red Hook), where we focus on real estate, small business representation, and litigation (www.kloselaw.com). Jean and I actively participate in the Cornell Alumni Association of Westchester and the Cornell alumni network.We would love if other Class of '89 alumni would join our association (www.westchester.cornell.edu) and participate in the many civic and social events we hold throughout the year."

Although not the addition of a child, responsibilities increased for Lane Blumenfeld and family. "In a moment of temporary insanity,my wife and I decided that two children was not challenging enough. So we got a boxer puppy who is just like a young child: doesn't listen to adults, is not potty-trained, and makes a lot of noise."Hey, at least you don't have to pay tuition for them! Lane adds, "I recently opened my own law practice, Virtual In-House Counsel PLLC, designed to serve corporate clients on commercial, corporate, and technology matters by applying a methodology and approach similar to how in-house counsels function when doing the work themselves. Please visit my website, www.virtualinhousecounsel.com." Since graduating, Jennifer Ritter Kelly has been busy in the family business. She says, "I'm most proud of helping my family's commercial printing company grow. There are seven family members (18 people total) working at Ritter's Printing and we really do get along.We all have our area of expertise and value each other's strengths.We grew 18 percent last year and are up 12 percent so far this year.We hope to perpetuate the business to my 3-year-old daughter's generation."

With a fantastic promotional spot for Cornell alumni online, Anna Lynn Mantani LaRochelle wrote, "I am so happy with the alumni section of the Cornell website. I was able to find some old friends that I hadn't heard from since school. It's a GREAT way to reconnect to people you miss." Thanks for the reminder to spend some time there (http://www.alumni.cornell.edu). She also updated us on family matters with, "I'm the proud parent of three daughters, ages 7, 4, and 10 months, and I hope to send them to Cornell. I don't get back to Ithaca often enough for my liking, so their attendance would give me plenty of excuses to head back." Echoing the sentiment of many working mothers, "I'm so busy all the time, between work in personal investment management and family, I wish I could take my family and live a simpler life somewhere."

This issue's award for cool career and making that degree from Cornell matter 15 years later goes to Andrea Avruskin. She sends this fascinating update. "I worked the last eight years for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas as a backstage physical therapist, athletic trainer, and EMT. I earned my master's in physical therapy from USC in 1992 and my doctorate in physical therapy from Creighton U. in 2003. I also performed in a large production show, called Jubilee! in Las Vegas, as a dancer, for three years. Presently, I am back working as a physical therapist for the newest show in Las Vegas at the Wynn Resort. This show is another huge, $120 million production show. It is called Le Reve and is being created by the same man who created Cirque du Soleil's first two shows in Las Vegas,Mystere and O, as well as the Celine Dion show at Caesar's Palace.We have been working 15-hour days, six days a week for four months to get this show together and are eagerly awaiting the opening so we can finally settle into a normal schedule. It is a great job to be providing sports medicine for such elite and international athletes." Catch the show on your next visit, and say hello to Paul Berry at the Bellagio. -- Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com; Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@ yahoo.com; Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com.