70 | K. Brendi Poppel (kbrendi@verizon.net) has enjoyed living in Santa Barbara, CA, for the past 18 years. She focuses on the spiritual and creative aspects of life. Brendi has been involved in an assortment of activities including acting in community theatre and television, working with developmentally disabled adults, public speaking, leading creativity seminars, and writing poetry and songs. She is currently studying voice and piano, and enjoys working out and walking.Martin Tang (Mtang@SpencerStuart.com) continues in the executive search business with Spencer Stuart in Hong Kong. Due to the economic boom in China and the shortage of managerial talent on the mainland, his business is doing well.Martin and his wife Anne have two children; Nicole (Stanford '04) is working in Beijing, and Christopher '07 is a junior in the Hotel school. Christopher has been studying Italian since his freshman year and spent the fall 2005 semester at the Cornell campus in Rome.Martin attended our 35th Reunion in June and was happy to see so many familiar faces.

Almost three years ago, Lynn Girolamo Burke (East Northport, NY; lynnagb@hotmail.com) retired from her teaching career and now works as an educational consultant, primarily training teachers to teach reading using a "phonics approach," in conjunction with whatever other instructional system their district uses. The flexibility of being self-employed affords her the opportunity to travel. Since retiring, she has been to Venice, Florence and Milan, Italy, Paris and Provence, Australia, and China. She is single again and learning how to navigate this whole new "singles scene"we Boomers have created. Her daughter Kristin lives in Southampton, NY, and is a high school resource room teacher in Sag Harbor. Son Adam lives in Brooklyn and works in the hotel/restaurant business as a general manager. Lynn and her freshman roommate Diana Roswick-Burr visit regularly. Diana lives in Larchmont, NY, with her husband Jamie and two teenage sons, Kenny a freshman and Jeremy a junior. They are about to embark on that "search for the perfect college" adventure!

2005-06 has been a year of work, weddings, and travel for Pete Hellmold (P1Hellmold@aol.com). He is completing his 19th year with the audit branch of the IRS near his home in Patchogue, NY. He generally works six or seven nights a week for six months, and then travels with a senior singles club indulging his photo hobby. So far these all-inclusive resort and cruise adventures have taken him to New Orleans, Barbados, the Bahamas, and Daytona Beach. Pete also enjoys his annual pilgrimages to Ithaca, and his Sedona, AZ, timeshare. Plans include the Dominican Republic and Acapulco. In June 2005, his son Erich married fellow Johns Hopkins U. grad and athlete Erin Wellner at a gala Gaelic wedding. This May, Erich, a four-year starter as defensive end at Hopkins, graduated from NYU Law School with honors. Erin is an assistant lacrosse coach at Georgetown. Pete's daughter Sara is a graduate of Brandeis and lives in Boston, where she works for Tufts. She spent a year in New Zealand earning her master's degree, with honors, at the U. of Auckland.Her fiancé, Tim, is a senior research librarian at Brandeis. Pete welcomes e-mails from classmates, especially his Sigma Pi friends.

Murem Sakas Sharpe is CEO and co-founder (which means working 24/7 while enjoying mostly every minute of it!) of Evoca, a new Web 2.0 audio technology services company.With a co-founder and team of 20- and 30-somethings (including some Cornellians), the pace is fast and fascinating. She hopes her Cornell friends will visit the site (www.evoca.com) and take a test drive. Evoca makes it easy for everyone to create, organize, share, and search audio recordings.Murem and husband Tom '69 are now settled into the historic district of Savannah, GA, and have begun to entertain visitors to their new home city. Traveling Cornellians are welcome! They have joined with other Cornellians in Savannah to form the Coastal Cornellians of Georgia and South Carolina. Events are held every couple of months in the region stretching from Hilton Head to Savannah on south to the Georgia islands. Tom has launched his second career in real estate sales and development with Celia Dunn Sotheby's Realty (see his ad in the Cornellians in Business section). Their daughter Emily '05 is in Qatar as a Fulbright Scholar, researching the roles of women in emerging democracies. In June she'll go to Kuwait to continue her research. Son Eric is a junior at the Savannah College of Art and Design majoring in advertising design.

Leona Sharpe Chamberlin (leona.chamberlin@nyu.edu) and husband Win live in Manhattan with their three children. Lee has been associate general counsel at New York U. for close to 20 years.Win is a real estate developer in New York City. Their son Brandon is in his second year at Northwestern U., majoring in theater arts with a special interest in theatrical lighting. Their daughter Felicity is taking a "gap" year and looks forward to attending college in the fall. Younger son Ned is a sophomore at Williston Northampton in Easthampton, MA. -- Connie Ferris Meyer, 16 James Thomas Rd.,Malvern, PA 19355; e-mail, cfm7@cornell.edu.

71 | I am hopeful that you are looking forward to joining us at our 35th Reunion, June 8-11. Up-to-the-minute class-related reunion stuff is at our website, http://classof71.alumni.cornell.edu. If you missed the new look of our class website under webmaster Craig Ewing, MBA '72, now is the time to see it. Craig (cse7@cornell.edu) took over the site in late 2005, completely reworked it, and has been keeping it current.He would appreciate hearing your comments and suggestions. Thanks to everyone who was involved in the pre-reunion and reunion activities.Here is the news that was available back in mid- February.

Thirty-eight classmates and spouses joined in for a spirited pre-reunion gathering in Philadelphia last February 17. Thanks to the efforts of James Pfeiffer, who arranged the event, and the urgings of Sally Clark Shumaker, a contingent of Philly-area classmates turned out and helped to make it a memorable evening. Among the Philadelphia crowd were Tony '70 and Karen Erskine Biddle (karbiddle@aol.com),Michael Staines (MStaines@AtlasPipelinePartners.com),Michael and Jill Zimmer (ZimmerM@aol.com), Ron Porter (ronrporter@comcast.net), and Steve Altman (steve@altmanco.com). One Philadelphia couple who got into the spirit was Erik and Joyce Videlock (erik.videlock@verizon.net). Erik is a partner with the firm of Pepper Hamilton as a patent and intellectual property rights attorney in Philadelphia, PA. He was recently elected to the board of directors of Family Support Services.

Also at the Philadelphia event were Richard and Jane Horwitz, who told us about their family's Hurricane Katrina experience and Cornell's help in making a difficult situation bearable. The Horwitzes arrived in New Orleans with daughter Libby for her freshman year at Tulane School of Architecture on August 25, 2005, just hours before the hurricane hit. Little more than a week later they ended their odyssey at Day Hall to take advantage of Cornell's offer to make room for displaced Tulane students. "About 10 percent of Tulane's architecture students did just that," according to Richard. "Cornell deserves credit for its initial decision, and for the way in which they carried out the process."

It was another eventful winter for John '70, JD '74, and Amy Pastarnack Hughes, MBA '74. Unless you have been hibernating since last December and weren't aware of it, the Hugheses had a second daughter skating in the Olympics. It must be some kind of record. Seventeen-year-old Emily, who finished third in the US Nationals last January, is the first US figure skating alternate ever to compete in the Olympics. This was her first international competition and Emily gave a credible performance. Though she finished seventh overall, third among the US skaters, Emily impressed everyone with a poise and presence that belied her age and experience.

During some late-night cable TV channel surfing a few months ago, I noticed a familiar talking head on the History Channel. Quickly hitting the "last channel" button, I was treated to the image of Marsha Ackermann (mackerma1@charter.net) holding forth with an off-camera interviewer about conditions after the famed Blizzard of '88 in New York City. I dashed off an e-mail to Marsha and herewith her reply: "Funny that you should see that! I wrote an article on the 1888 Blizzard for a graduate seminar at Michigan; it was published in a New York State history journal. A George Washington U. professor quoted [the article] in a book he did on snow a few years later.When History Channel producers put together their Blizzard extravaganza, they contacted me out of nowhere, thanks to the professor's book, [possibly] desperate to add a female ‘talking head' to the mix."Marsha knows something about cold in American history. Smithsonian Press published her thesisturned- commercial-book, Cool Comfort: America's Romance with Air-Conditioning.

Efforts to stimulate interest in our 35th Reunion brought me news from Denison Hatch (dhatchjr@comcast.net). Denison and wife Wendy live in Wilmington, DE, while their two children attend Cornell. Says Denison, "When my son was admitted to Cornell,Wendy said he was a legacy, and when Erica '09 chose from among six universities to attend Cornell, she was a dynasty. As for me, I retired three years ago from 23 years with a Wilmington, DE, law firm. I am enjoying retirement, serving as president of the board of directors of the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts and co-chair of Delaware College of Art & Design Capital Campaign."

"I just took my first trip back to Ithaca in 34 years,"writes Richard Perlmutter (richardperlmutter@gmail.com), "to visit Cornell with my son. And we just found out he will be attending Cornell, Class of 2010." Richard, a composer,musician, and voice actor, is best known for his series of Grammy-nominated children's music CDs titled "Beethoven's Wig,"with an illustrated children's book that was released last December.He is currently touring with a quartet of opera singers that performs with local symphony orchestras like the Baltimore Symphony. Richard lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.

Please send news of yourself and any Cornellians with whom you are in touch. -- Matt Silverman, mes62@cornell.edu. Linda Germaine-Miller, lg95@cornell.edu.

72 | Bill Trommer has a new job as a math teacher/specialist at Jay Elementary School in Leeds, ME. Bill says that the kids are genuinely excited about learning-- and that, of course, is about as rewarding as it gets when you are a teacher. He does miss being able to walk or ski to school, as the new school is 16 miles away from home. Bill's daughter Leah has settled into her new job at the Tanglewood 4-H Environmental Center in Lincolnville, ME. She is renting a beautiful little cottage near the ocean in Northport, so Bill gets to see her every week or two. Bill's older daughter, Heather, is enjoying life in Chicago, soaking up the urban lifestyle after growing up in rural Maine. She is the business manager for Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, a professional jazz dance company. Bill, Leah, and Heather ran the Chicago Marathon last October. Bill trained all spring and summer, and although it was very hard work, crossing the finish line was worth the effort. The Trommer family is planning on running another marathon this year.

Bill says that Gerry Roehm '69, BS '72, lives in Colorado and stopped in to see him last fall during an eastern road trip. Another Colorado resident, Dave Hall '71, wrote to let me know that he spent most of November in Florida helping his mother clean up after Hurricane Wilma. Although she suffered roof and water damage, luckily she was able to remain living in the house. Dave reports that daughter Jennifer produces the news for the CBS affiliate in Denver. Younger daughter Melissa graduated college last April and moved to Oklahoma City.

William "Wes" Schulz and wife Diane live in Sugar Land, TX. A year ago the couple went on a vacation to Tucson to attend a mega-bead show. Then in May they traveled to Manhattan to visit daughter Amy, who is a graduate student (playwright) at the Actors Studio Drama School. They saw several one-act plays performed by the production company (off-off-Broadway) that Amy is a charter member of.Wes reports that Amy loves the theater scene in the Big Apple. During the summer, she returns to Texas and works as a swim instructor. Son Doug is with a paramedic team near Houston that performed heroic duty with other emergency personnel when the Hurricane Katrina evacuees were first brought to Houston.Wes and Diane had their own hurricane scare in the late fall when it appeared that Hurricane Rita was headed toward Houston. Trying to decide which items in your house to "save" from an approaching hurricane can be quite a dilemma.

Wes also reported reaching two milestones last year: his 55th birthday (qualifying him for senior citizens discounts); and he finally broke down and purchased a cell phone with camera and text messaging. Now he spends ten minutes sending a text message that he could have completed verbally in ten seconds during a regular phone call.We received an electronic Christmas card from Mike Milley '71 and wife Cathy.Mike's "card" consisted of numerous photographs going back to a Peter, Paul, and Mary concert at Cornell in 1968. The Milleys live in Los Altos, CA.

Larry Baum attended a reunion of "World Campus Afloat" and ran into Roberta Larson Duyff, MS '73. "Bonnie" and husband Phil live in St. Louis, where Bonnie is a nutrition writer and speaker. Bruce McGeoch writes from Vermont that he and spouse Cyndy are getting used to their second winter there since moving from California after Bruce's retirement. They did take a break from the snow last winter, taking a weeklong cruise of the Caribbean, and found time during the summer to travel to Winnipeg for a folk festival. Cyndy joined the local New England Financial Agency, where her focus is helping clients with long-term care. She also joined the Founders Memorial School in Essex, VT, as a para-educator, working one-on-one with special needs children in the third grade. Daughter Lauren works as a research assistant in the Oceanography Lab at the U. ofWashington in Seattle. She is in the process of applying to graduate schools and plans to start a PhD program this fall. Bruce plans to work on his golf game at Vermont National Golf Course when spring arrives, as well as on getting the new house in order.

Nicholas Seay, an intellectual property attorney with the firm of Quarles & Brady of Madison, WI, was selected as one of Wisconsin's "super lawyers" by Law & Politics. The selection is based on an annual survey of attorneys across Wisconsin. Nicolas received his law degree from George Washington U.

I can't end this column without acknowledging the recent victory of my hometown Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL. I know that current and former Pittsburghers like Bob Mauro, John Dougherty, Owen Snyder, John Yaros, DaleWebb, and Pat Narcisi were extremely happy that the Steelers were able to bring home their fifth Lombardi trophy. Send news to: -- Alex Barna, alexander.barna-1@nasa.gov; or Gary Rubin, glrubin@aol.com.

73 | We're halfway to our 35th Reunion in June 2008! Strange, I have the distinct impression I'm not even 35 yet, even though I'm slated to attend my 26- year-old niece's Sage Chapel wedding this year,Molly Oliver '02. Ah well, a trip to Ithaca is always enjoyable.

Peter Yim e-mailed that he is CEO of CIM Engineering Inc. (CIM3). He lives in San Mateo, CA. Recently he's been running a virtual community called the Ontolog Forum. Paul Kross of Macon, GA, is an associate professor of ob/gyn at Mercer U. School of Medicine and head of the division of urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery. He just moved to Macon and is getting acclimated. He joined the medical school after 23 years in private practice in New York State.When not practicing medicine and teaching, Paul tours the south on his motorcycle.

News in hard copy comes from Mark Evans in Madison, WI, where he lives with his spouse Robin Bloom.Mark is the director of technical services for the Madison Metro School District. He enjoys camping, carpentry, stained glass, insect collecting, and photography. You can guess that what he'd rather be doing now is to be outdoors more and in the tropics.Mark recently started a two-year term as president-elect of the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Managers. He fondly recalls his time in Comstock Hall and most often hears from Jesse Perry III, Carol Koval, MAT '74, and Perry Lou.

David and Christine Dickieson Pesses send news from Gloversville, NY, where David is a family practitioner with Nathan Littanes Hospital. Christine is a substitute teacher, president of the library board of trustees, a Hebrew School teacher, an actress in local community center plays, and a quilter. Together they love to cross-country ski, snowshoe, read, and travel. They particularly like traveling to visit their children. Elizabeth is at Rice U. and survived Rita unscathed. Emily lives and works in Charlotte, NC, and Ruth is married and teaching mathematics in Connecticut. Ruth and her husband plan to move to Brazil, his native country. Looks like David and Christine have mostly southern travel in their future. They'd most like to hear from Mike Phillips '74, Ed "Buggsy"Woroniecki, Eric Shirley, Peter Bloch, DVM '76, and Andy and Beth Simon Swartz.

Mona Deutsch Miller already enjoys the warmth of Los Angeles where she's a research attorney for Justice Laurie Zelon '74 of the California Court of Appeal. She and husband Steve spend their extra hours parenting their high school senior Thaïs.Mona continues to try and write plays and screenplays. She recently saw Lisa Pollak '74 when Mona was back in New Jersey for the unveiling of Mona's mother's headstone. Lisa was, as always, a warm and gracious hostess.Mona would rather be traveling in Europe. She fondly remembers meeting friends at the Straight. The old Cornell friend she'd most like to hear from is Shah Allam Khan, MArch '73, from Dacca, Bangladesh.

Thanks for all the wonderful news you've sent.We've plenty to fill our next column, but we always enjoy hearing from you. Send your news to: -- Phyllis Haight Grummon, 1531 Woodside Dr., E. Lansing, MI 48823, or phg3@cornell.edu.

74 | "Don't take this the wrong way, but most of the people we work with are . . . well . . . younger." That was how a prospective client greeted me just before I started a recent presentation. I was shocked, SHOCKED, to think someone considered me old; I sure don't. So I went right out and bought some Just for Men to cover up the lot of grey in my little bit of hair.My wife Susan (St. Clair) said it won't help, but I like to think it will.

And so, to the news . . . starting with classmates' children who attended the Cornell Summer College program: Mort Bishop and Mary Lang's son Clarence; Richard Cohen's son Adam; Benny Lorenzo's son Manuel; Charles Singer, JD '74's son Lawrence; Richard and Mimi Schneider Trudeau, MPS '93's daughter Lindsay; Kim PaulWegener, MBA '76's daughter Melanie; and Peter Baranay's daughter Melissa.

Fellow class correspondent and longtime PC Magazine columnist and editor Bill Howard ofWestfield, NJ, has a new role with parent company Ziff-Davis as editor of www.technoride.com."Technoride is about the technology that makes cars faster, cleaner, safer, and more fun to drive--navigation systems, cockpit controllers, hybrid engines, Bluetooth, back seat entertainment, and wireless communications."He also write a cars section for the magazine. "While cars may never drive themselves, with radar cruise control, automatic braking, night vision, lane departure warning, and blind spot detection, it's harder and harder to get into accidents," Bill says. "But we Americans are a resourceful bunch.We'll always find a way." Bill was also appointed to a second three-year term on the alumni advisory board of Cornell Alumni Magazine.

Ann Berman was appointed director at investment management firm Eaton Vance Corp. John McGrail, a clinical hypnotherapist and corporate performance consultant, reports that he loves golf and blue-water fishing, chasing tuna and marlin. John lives in Marina del Rey, CA, with wife Lynne-Anne. He is also working on a book to help people incorporate change into their lives without "the pain." John would most like to hear from classmates Ellen Isaacs, Dave Lycett, and Joe LaQuatra, PhD '84, as well as Rick Brunette '76. Joel Rothaizer resides with wife Sandra Hill in Edmonton, Alberta. Joel is an executive coach and management consultant, but lists as favorite extracurricular activities "long-distance running, truth-seeking, and dogs."He seeks contact with David Dann and Ed "Arlo" Thomas. Perhaps they can come and watch him run in the 2006 Boston Marathon.

Edward Evans, MBA '75, was named executive VP for HR at Allied Waste in Scottsdale. He was most recently the founding director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at the Hotel school. Lynn Wechsler Mogilensky and her husband Judah '72 finally made the pilgrimage back to Ithaca. Lynne works for the Montgomery County schools and is finishing her master's in library science. Chester Salit joined the L.A. office of architecture firm Leo A. Daly as VP and director of operations. We received a nice note from Randee Mia Berman, who returned to campus twice this year, once to visit old friend and English professor Meyer H. Abrams and again to see singer/songwriter/storyteller Gordon Bok. Randee recalls nostalgically how as a freshman she sought fellow musicians to play chamber ensembles. Her advisor, Peter Kahn, suggested she call up Meyer Abrams. "And that's how I escaped the freshman North Campus dorm and started visiting the homes of professors." Randee is a performer and writer, authoring articles for Cigar Aficionado, Metro, and NPR. She recently was a guest on "All Things Considered" for her unique linguistic skill--talking backwards.

Marlene Strauss Barmish, MA '76, reported that her eldest daughter Lara graduated from the Arts college in 2004 and is gainfully employed and living in NYC. Marlene is manager of administration for Wisconsin's largest homebuilder, and is also chair of the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network (CAAAN) in Madison, WI. Self-proclaimed Geneva Street survivor Jeff Diamond is a partner at Marcus Rosenberg & Diamond, a New York real estate law firm. Jeff lives in Scarsdale, and is happily married with three children.

Margot Biegelson Ellis is the new director for the US Agency for Int'l Development for its mission in Uganda. She previously was with USAID in Gaza and the West Bank. Also in the news, Joseph Boardman has been nominated by the White House to head the Federal Rail Administration. He is currently commissioner of the NYS Dept. of Transportation. Judi Friedman Babcock writes that her son Jim '08 is a freshman in the Engineering college. "It was a strange feeling bringing him to campus and seeing how much had changed." Judi is a social worker and play therapist with school age children. She saw Mary Lacy and husband Jim this year. Mary is living in Maryland and working for the Library of Congress.

Kathleen Denis guiltily admits to not keeping in touch, but she made up for it with a nice note. She and husband Albert Rohr toured campus this summer and were disconcerted to see Ithaca on a fine and sunny day--something we so rarely saw when school was in session, and something son Michael will experience as he matriculates this year. Albert is chief of allergy and immunology at Bryn Mawr Hospital, and Kathy is assoc. VP of technology transfer at Rockefeller U. She recently had lunch with Ken Kramer, and their closest friends are Tim '69 and Libby Peters Blankenhorn '69.

Thirty-two years of married bliss is claimed by Saundra Whitney Curry, MD '82, and husband Don '73. And though they married early, they had kids late-- with Peter, 12, determined to go to Cornell like his folks. Saundra is a senior member of the Dept. of Anesthesiology at Columbia. She keeps in touch with Kathy Tonnessen. Renee Alexander has been named director of minority alumni programs for Alumni Affairs and Development at Cornell. Renee will provide strategic direction for programs focused on increasing participation of Cornell's 20,000 self-identified minority alumni, particularly in volunteer leadership positions. She will take the lead in working with the Minority Alumni Initiatives Implementation Committee (MAIIC), chaired by trustee Liz Moore '75 and composed of 32 alumni, trustees, and students.

Nancy Geiselmann Hamill is in her 26th year as a magisterial district judge, with one more election to go before she retires. She recently visited Susan Schindewolf Hirschmann '73 and husband Tom '70 on Long Island, and says that she's considering going back to grad school. Evan Stewart, JD '77, moved back to private practice, taking a position as leading securities defense attorney at Zuckerman Spaeder. Evan is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Law and Brooklyn Law and has published more than 100 articles on legal issues. Elliot Miller sells industrial and agricultural tanks and pumps and is also a sewer commissioner in Hewlett Harbor. Susan Niner Janes wrote in from London to report on her freelance craft design business. She's written eight books, most recently publishing Bright Ideas in Papercrafts.

Ellen Franklin is the executive director of Temple Judea, a large reform synagogue in the L.A. area. She is married and has three kids. She recently saw several Cornellians: niece Alison Santopolo '05,MerrillWeitzner Naughton from Larchmont, and Eric Roth, who recently celebrated his daughter's graduation from Cornell. Speaking of Eric, he joined the NYU Law School Board of Trustees. His son is in law school there, and Eric is enjoying reliving the experience through him. The thing he remembers most fondly from his time at Cornell: meeting his wife (me too!). Speaking of which, Sue and I are just back from a fascinating "vacation" week at an international research institute in the rainforest of Guyana. And I've been recently traveling to Kyiv, Ukraine, working with a new client marketing their product in the US. I've started taking Russian classes, and it's a real hoot to talk about growing up during the Cold War and how jaundiced our view of each other's countries were. Even more fun: seeing the US through an ex-KGB guy's eyes. Please send your news to: -- Steve Raye, spr23@cornell.edu; Bill Howard, billhoward@comcast. net; or Betsy Moore, emoore@cazenovia.edu.

75 | Straight to the news, except to say that in my Reunion Report last fall, I wish I truthfully could have said that we were entering the last half of our lives, instead of one-third. (Ah, to be 104 in 2057.)

(Author's note: "WLTHF" means "Would like to hear from.") David Smiley '74, BS '76 (dsmiley22000@yahoo.com) has had lightning strike twice: for the second time, the company he worked for was bought out, with the usual reorganizations following. He is now in consulting, working at Rockwell-Collins in Iowa. He recently earned his Project Management Professional certification. Suzy Nagin Klass (snklass@hotmail.com) went to the Homecoming festivities with her son Elliot '05, who is now a first-year law student at U. of Virginia. Traveling with her was daughter Sarah, a high school junior at Friends Academy, who is interested in Human Ecology at Cornell. Son Nate is a freshman at Washington U. in St. Louis. Suzy begins a new job in hospital administration, and looks forward to hearing from her dormmates from Dixon.

This past summer, several of our classmates' kids attended Summer College at Cornell: John Abeles's daughter Julia, Peter and Nancy Natali Baranay's daughter Melissa, and Cliff Thurber and Judith Harackiewicz's daughter Mary.What a great experience. Speaking of great experiences, Dan Barry retired from NASA in April, and this past fall traveled to Panama to be a cast member for this season's CBS "Survivor" edition. (Whatever you do, Dan, outlast any Harvard entries.) Sandra Belsky Auerbach celebrated her 25th anniversary at IBM, where she is a financial planning manager. Son Jonathan '05 graduated from the Engineering college and is now at GW Law School. Daughter Alissa '09 completes the legacy, having just started in Arts & Sciences.

David Smith (seadog1193@yahoo.com) lives in Shavano Park, TX, and works as chief compliance officer for USAA in San Antonio. As a recent transplant from Minneapolis, he says he spends his time "figuring out the identity of the latest creepy-crawly" in the house or outside and "determining whether it's venomous or not." David remembers the Cornell chimes as a unifying theme regardless of whatever was happening in his personal life. Debra Lee Hovatter (dhovatter@spilmanlaw.com) recently became a member of Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC after her stint as general counsel/litigation for CitiFinancial Inc., and specializes in consumer finance, bankruptcy, banking, and commercial litigation.

Bob Reich (resdreich@comcast.net) lives in Landenberg, PA, is married to Beth, works as a principal consultant in environmental engineering with DuPont, coaches baseball, is assistant scoutmaster in a Boy Scout troop, and is heavily involved in a local church. Best Cornell memory: his best friend, Richard Kapuscinski, bringing him a sandwich after taking over the Engineering building (Giap-Cabrall Hall): "After all these years, the sandwich means more than the ‘cause.' " Kathryn Gabinet-Kroo (KgKroo1219@yahoo.com) is in Montreal. She is married to Ira, works as a painter and translator, and has been doing a lot of creative writing but would rather be "painting in Venice!" Best Cornell memory: "the not very surprise birthday parties we threw for each other every year."WLTHF Jeff Coffin '73.

Tom Scheibel is married to Kathleen, and is a vet in Brookhaven, NY. His favorite after-hours activities include clamming, horseshoes, meditation, and home improvement. Best Cornell memory: "sitting on Libe Slope enjoying the view."Michele "Mickie" Patton Flores (flores@cybertrail.net) is an educator at SUNY Potsdam. She likes hiking the Adirondacks and recently had a fellowship in D.C., but would rather be canoeing on Beebe Lake. Dianne Veris Puls (dvpuls@comcast.net) is a homemaker and lives with husband Mike, now in Irving, TX, after having downsized with their two sons in college. They went to CU/Boulder for Parents Weekend, and look forward to returning during ski season. Favorite Cornell memory: Straight Breaks and the beautiful fall days and colors ("We don't get that in Texas"). WLTHF Nancy Newcomer '74.

Steve Sauter (stevendsauter@comcast.net) and wife Leah live in Needham, MA. Steve is administrator for the Transitional Care Units at MetroWest Medical Center. He enjoys folk music concerts at local coffeehouses, playing basketball (Steve, how DO you still do that?), and reading. Best memory: "walking down Libe Slope in the evening, looking across the valley while the chimes played--serene, cosmic, spiritual, beautiful!"WLTHF Chris Todd, MBA '81. Karen Lennox is GM for Magellan Health Services in Columbia,MD, and commutes to San Francisco, where she owns a home and her two teenagers go to high school. Karen recently toured Cornell with her son, who is applying to the Engineering college. She regrets missing reunion, but spent that weekend with Kathy Long Campbell in D.C.

Ralph Padilla (whanimalclinic@yahoo.com) is a vet in West Haven, CT, married to Yvette, and enjoying being a baseball/soccer/basketball dad. Children Kurt (UConn Engineering), Anna (Northwestern), and Gregory (8th grade, "being groomed for the next Yankees shortstop") fill out the family. Best memory: swimming in the gorge. WLTHF Christopher Stamatelos and Paul Kelly. Ann Welge Schleppi (acschlepp@cox.net) lives with husband Craig in Las Vegas. Ann is team leader, managing nurses and nursing assistants and also being a social worker for terminally ill patients.Her non-work "stress relief" is jewelry making. Best memory: "being passed up and down the stands during football games."

Keep those News Forms and e-mails coming. -- Mitch Frank, mjfgator@aol.com; Joan Pease, japease1032@aol.com; Deb Gellman, dsgellman@hotmail.com; Karen DeMarco Boroff, boroffka@shu.edu.

76 | Reunion draws near, and I'm hoping to spot you all in Ithaca very soon! All the more important to catch up on news and be frighteningly up to date when we see our old pals. And, may I point out, we are getting to be very old pals.

At least one classmate stated her intention last summer: From Los Alamitos, CA, Janet Tompkins Rydell wrote that she definitely planned to attend our 30th Reunion. She had just celebrated her 21st anniversary with Toyota Motor Sales and Toyota Financial Services, where she has made her career in the cash management department of the Treasury Group. Janet's daughter Stephanie celebrated her bat mitzvah in 2004 with a party held aboard the Empress yacht, which cruised in Newport Harbor. Peter '73 and Joan Tompkins Lifson '73 and daughter Audra '01 attended. Audra's sister Deborah '04 was busy at graduate school and couldn't attend. Janet's son David turns 12 this May.

Leigh English (Chesterfield, MO) received Monsanto's Edgar M. Queeny Award for 2005, as part of the team that developed YieldGard Rootworm, the first agricultural biotech product to control corn rootworm. The product was introduced only three years ago, and in 2005 it was used on more than four million acres of corn. R&D Magazine named it one of the 100 most technologically significant new products of 2005. Jody JacobsonWedret is a senior pharmacist and assistant clinical professor at UC Irvine and active in the Cornell winter externship program. Her first book, Building a Successful Collaborative Pharmacy Practice, was published in 2004. Jody and spouse Loren live in Tustin Ranch, CA.

James Ellithorpe sends the happy news that he married Anne-Marie Maindonald ofWellington,New Zealand, in January 2004.He moved to Singapore in November 2004 to take the position of project manager, information management deployment for the Asia-Pacific region for Chevron Global Marketing. From Taipei, Taiwan, Charles Chuang reports happily that son Steven '09 is a freshman in the Engineering college. Erika ThickmanMiller writes that her daughter Miriam is a freshman at Reed College. Son Ira is a high school freshman. Erika and husband Matthew live in Gladwyn, PA.

In news from the Northeast,MichaelMcClellan is an attorney with Lefkowitz & Poulos in Hauppauge, NY. Gary Zahakos is a senior VP for investments at Smith- Barney in New York City. Melanie Ancin Scott and husband Peder are partners in an engineering and architectural firm in the town of Southeast, NY. They live in Newtown, CT, with children Spencer, Katherine, Tressa, and Brenton, who range this year from fifth through ninth grades. All four play soccer year-round, have taken up lacrosse, and spent last summer swimming and sailing at Candlewood Lake and along Long Island Sound. In other summer activities, Richard and Robin Marks Kaufman's daughter Jennifer attended the Cornell Summer College Program as a high school student. So did Grace Masters, daughter of Peter and Susan Corbett Masters '78.

Wendy Schessel Harpham's fifth book, Happiness in a Storm: Facing Illness and Embracing Life as a Healthy Survivor, was published by W.W. Norton in September 2005.Wendy is a physician in Dallas and was diagnosed with Stage 3 lymphoma in 1990. As Jane Brody wrote in her "Personal Health" column in the New York Times on September 6, "Between the often-debilitating rounds of treatment that left her plagued with fatigue, Dr. Harpham lived as fully as possible, writing, attending her children's sporting events and school plays, planning their bat and bar mitzvahs, enjoying each precious day and finding hope under every rock." Since trying a new treatment in 1998,Wendy has been out of treatment as a "healthy survivor." Those facing serious health challenges will also find encouragement and help in some of Wendy's other books: Diagnosis: Cancer, After Cancer, and When a Parent Has Cancer.

Another physician, Paul Mitchel Brager, writes that he and wife Laurie are thrilled that their twins Max and Sophie are now 2. Paul's oldest son Daniel is a Cornell freshman, older daughter Sarah is in her third year at the U. of Pittsburgh, and Jonathan, 12, is a seventh grader. Paul wrote last summer, "I just completed a rigorous triathlon--mountain biking, kayaking, and running--in June and came in first in my age group. As an oncology-hematology physician I have been practicing in West Virginia for almost 20 years and enjoy my community and rural outreach focus."

My Cornell Daily Sun pal Ira Rosen moved in 2004 from ABC to CBS, where he is a producer for "60 Minutes." Ira's spouse Iris Schneider works as an adjunct in the math department of Pace U.My greetings to them in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Speaking of the Sun, I spotted many friends at the Sun's 125th anniversary banquet in New York City last September. Curt and Gail Kaminsky Travers '77 publish the weekly newspaper of Surf City, NJ, the SandPaper. Among other illustrious alumni banquet speakers, Kurt Vonnegut '44 gave a short and pithy talk.

If you're traveling, be sure to stay at a hotel with a Khanna family connection. Arun Kumar Khanna writes from New Delhi, where he is executive director of the Claridges Hotel and where wife Rashmi is director of Krishraj Hotels and Motels. Their son Rahul, 23, received his degree in hospitality management in Switzerland and is now service manager at Jumeirah Int'l Hotel in Dubai, UAE. Only daughter Rakhi, 25, is not working directly in the hospitality field; Rakhi earned her master's degree in psychology at the London School of Economics and works for Grow Talent Ltd. as a research and management consultant in Gurgaon,Haryana, India. From Winchester,VA, Deidra Dain writes that her spouse Michael Sottosanti "continues to enjoy working his craft of primitive technology with local and regional audiences. Scott has finished ninth grade; Daniel finished seventh. Both are avid tennis and soccer players, wrestlers, and paintball sportsmen. I've recently moved to a new firm, Danya Int'l, a health communications contractor, where I lead program development and support for the Head Start reviews." Deidra adds, "Very sad news that my best friend and roommate at Cornell Mary Jo Del Popolo Myer passed away on May 27, 2005 of lung cancer. Diagnosis was September 2004. A great loss of friend and relationship."All of our sympathies to Mary Jo's family and friends.

Each loss and close call reminds us of how much we value each other. I can't wait to see everyone at our 30th Reunion this June. To think that we've known each other for almost 34 years now . . . Just be there! -- Pat Relf Hanavan, relf@tds.net; Lisa Diamant, Ljdiamant@rcn.com; Karen Krinsky Sussman, krinsk54@optonline.net.

77 | This column brings a lot of news from our far-flung classmates. Julie Lee-Richter is a clinical psychologist in Littleton, CO. "After hours" extra-curricular activities include jewelry design, knitting, hiking, Red Cross volunteering, and reading. She says that she loves what she does, but would enjoy more days at the beach ("There are no beaches in Colorado"). Her fondest memory of Cornell is the beautiful campus. Julie would most like to hear from Susan Chin. George Drew lives in Rochester, NY, where he is retired--perhaps one of the first in the class.He has been traveling recently. George would most like to hear from L. Pearce Williams '48, PhD '52.

After 18 years as a senior executive at the greater New York Hospital Association, Dana Eisenman Sherwin joined Deloitte's Life Sciences and Health Care focusing on strategic client services in the Northeast. She has two sons, Kevin, 11, who is a classical guitarist and Brian, 15, who is a golfer and track/cross-country athlete. She has been living in East Hills, NY, for the past 12 years, and has been friends with Ruth Raisfeld for the past 32 years. Bernadette Fabrizio is an RN at United Health Services in Endicott, NY. She is working on her Master of Education via the Penn State World Campus and will finish in May 2006. Her fondest memory of Cornell is Libe Slope.

Robert Moore lives in Longwood, FL, and is director of strategic planning for Convergys Corporation. He is also owner of Signature Systems of Florida, one of the largest fire alarm contractors in Central Florida. He has bought two condos in Daytona Beach as investment properties. Robert says he would rather be lying on a beach in Hawaii. He has many wonderful memories of Cornell. Susan Lewis Solomont of Weston, MA, is a senior fellow for the Philanthropic Initiative. She does lots of not-for-profit board work in her spare time. Daughter Becca, 19, is a sophomore at Tufts, and daughter Stephanie, 14, is a freshman at Weston High School. Susan just re-united with Ellen Fields.

Bruce Schafer,MBA '79, is in "transition" to his next day job, but in the meantime is supporting local town (Maplewood, NJ) and county politicians, chairing the membership committee of his church, and the father of twin girls.He is presently working in a self-owned consultancy in Philadelphia, which he states is "a charming city with a real sense of culture and poised for great things in the next 20 years" (those of us who live there would agree). Bruce remembers the amazing diversity of the students at Cornell. Seth Berman works on the structural analysis of anticlastic fabric radome and lives in Marblehead, MA. In his spare time, he coaches FIRST Robotics Lego Mindstorms for fourth and fifth graders. He most fondly remembers the Map Room in Olin Library and would like to hear from Harry Tom, Joe Johnson, BS Eng '83, and Joe Abelson.

Colleen RaceMartin lives in Newburgh, IN, where she is an employee relations manager for Alcoa. She would rather be touring Eastern Europe. Colleen is a parent of a 14-year-old daughter who is in the marching band. Her fondest memory of Cornell is working at Noyes Hall Dining. She would most like to hear from John Vitale. Catherine Marschean-Spivak is a group manager at Campbell Soup Co. and lives in Boothwyn, PA. She spent a week in Tuscany in May 2005 visiting wineries and sites and taking cooking classes. She most fondly remembers life at Delta Phi Epsilon. Lori Jalens Sternheim lives in Boca Raton, FL, where she works as a diagnostic radiologist. She has children David, 16, Gillian, 13, and Andrea, 12. Lori is planning her daughter's bat mitzvah. Congratulations!

Linda Snyder Huganir is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Baltimore,MD. Alice Benton Lanham is a self-employed architect for mainly high-end, custom residences, condominiums, and offices in Charleston, SC.Her daughter Katie is a freshman at the U. of South Carolina, majoring in chemical engineering. Diane Freedman, MAT '78, is a professor of English at the U. of New Hampshire and is married to Brian McWilliams,MFA '83. Diane enjoys open-water swimming, hiking, and gardening and recently traveled to France with her family. She is also home-schooling her son. She most fondly remembers hanging out with friends at Six Mile Creek and Fall Creek.

Steve Kessinger is a group manager for AT&T Government Solutions and program manager for a Dept. of Defense research and development program to revolutionize simulated combat.He is working toward getting his children through seminary, law school, and elementary school. He most fondly remembers the fellowship of engineers, Army ROTC, and waffles at the Straight on the weekends. He would most like to hear from Jonathan Goldsmith. Gene Wypyski is a clockmaker at his antique store and spends his spare time keeping up with teenagers Eric and Adam. Chuck Samul is wine consultant and sales representative for Winebrow, a wholesaler and importer of wine in suburban Philadelphia.His wife Pamela is a 1980 graduate of Sarah Lawrence. Chuck also conducts private wine events at homes, restaurants, and clubs. He most fondly remembers going to Fall Creek and to lacrosse and hockey games and would like to hear from Doug Minard.

That's it for the months of May and June. Please forward news and views (and feel free to be wordy and to encourage friends to contribute) either to Lorrie or to me. -- Howie Eisen, Heisen@drexelmed.edu); Lorrie Panzer Rudin, rudin@starpower.net).

78 | Joan Leibowitz Breidbart (Twiggletoo@aol.com) and her husband David '75 are excited that daughter Emily '06 has been accepted to medical school. Stephen Kesselman, JD '81 (skesselman@rmfpc.com) lives in Old Westbury, NY, and is senior corporate litigator at a large Long Island law firm. He has three children between the ages of 4 and 7. He regularly speaks with his ZBT fraternity brothers Bill Sternberg, Ron Frier, and Brian Ochs. Roger Davis (rmd2754@yahoo.com) is a professor at Youngsan U. in Pusan, South Korea. He is a graduate of the Indian Inst. of Yoga and is the founder of the Ikologiks Center for Global Studies. He is the author of a book titled The Yoga Therapy Handbook.

Doug Baumoel (dsb@pobox.com) lives in Massachusetts with his wife Victoria and children William, 2, and Emily, 3. Doug graduated from the Wharton School of Business with an MBA in 1984 and spent 25 years working in the family business, which was sold to Siemens. He is now a family business consultant with his own firm, Continuity Family Business Consulting, in the Boston area. He is interested in connecting with other alumni who have experienced family business from any perspective, as he is always on the lookout for good case material and is interested in sharing stories. Doug still plays guitar, but says that lately it has been jazz arrangements of "Old MacDonald" and "Twinkle, Twinkle!" Doug is active in the Cornell Entrepreneurial Network and he also keeps in touch with Marty Lustick, his old roommate from Donlon. He has recently touched base with Bruce Zalaznick. Doug is looking forward to a visit to the Cornell campus soon.

Cornell University Summer College reports that many Class of '78 children attended this great program for high school sophomores, juniors, or seniors: Timothy '77 and Ann Kane LaBeau's daughter Kate; David '80 and Laura Day Ayers, MBA '86's daughter Kathleen; David Bilmes's son Elie; Glenn Fishman and Joanne Wallenstein's daughter Julia Fishman; Seth Klion's daughter Rachel; Daniel Sones's daughter Amy; Abby Tucker's son Simon; and Peter '76 and Susan CorbettMasters's daughter Grace.

Cynthia Kubas Odegaard (cmk19@cornell.edu) hosted a Cornell Club of Hawaii event featuring our classmate and Cornell professor Steve Squyres, PhD '81. Steve is currently the scientific principal investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover project and was in Hawaii as a "distinguished lecturer" at the U. of Hawaii. Steve also reminded Cynthia that it snowed at Cornell during September our freshman year. In November, Cynthia traveled to Naples, FL, to join classmate Linda Piccinino, MPS '83, who was maid of honor at her sister Lisa Piccinino '82's wedding to Kevin Cook '89! Linda is planning to come to Hawaii this summer so that they can celebrate (?) their 50th birthdays together. Bill Proscia received the George Mead Medal, United Technologies Corp.'s highest honor for individual accomplishment in engineering. This award was presented to Bill by CEO George David for the development of the application of resonators to dampen afterburner screech in aircraft engines.Without the use of a resonator, screech can destroy an aircraft's hardware. George David called this technological advancement a "great, great product." Bill was also recently promoted to Fellow at UTC's Pratt and Whitney Division in East Hartford, CT.

Barry Berkowitz reports on an accomplished career as a real estate investor/developer with over 20 years of experience in the acquisition, financing, development, management, and leasing of commercial and residential properties in NYC. He joined Eastern Consolidated Real Estate Investment Services in New York City, a firm with clients the world over. Anyone who is involved in the real estate market should feel free to contact Barry at BBerkowitz@easternconsolidated.com. Barry and wife Helene are the parents of three "children" ages 20, 18 and 16, and live in Bergen County, NJ. Boy, does time fly when you're having fun.

Jim Megna writes that his daughter is a freshman in the Engineering college. Jim is impressed with the changes on the Hill. Helen Graham Gurny's son has followed in her footsteps and is a biology major in CALS. He hopes to be premed. Her daughter is graduating from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse U. She is interested in sports production. Helen received her MA in art education at the College of New Rochelle in 2003 and now has her permanent certification in art in grades K-12 in New York State. She teaches art to grades 3-5 in the Bronx, creates murals in artist-in-residence programs in Westchester, and teaches metal sculpture in schools, camps, homeless shelters, etc. As a professional artist, she has commissions in metal sculpture and jewelry for private and public collections.

Michael Riley (mdr14@cornell.edu) writes in with an update on the Cornell Hockey Hat Project.Michael tied in the Vermont Originals company, founded by the late Cornell professor Wendell Earle, PhD '50, to the Cornell hockey team. Dr. Earle was a great Big Red hockey booster. Sales of the Cornell Hockey Hats benefit the Big Red Hockey team and honor the memory of Dr. Earle.Make your purchases at www.store.cornell.edu or www.vermontoriginals.com.

Cindy Sweberg Kleiman reports that she and husband Mark are doing well in Marlboro, NJ. Cindy works with Lockheed Martin REAC and has daughters Gillian and Rachel. CindyMorgan currently enjoys a variety of work. She has a private practice as a psychologist and serves as the outreach and training coordinator at Albion College Counseling Services. In her spare time, she performs with her husband of five years, Jim Hall, as the duo Hall & Morgan. They specialize in acoustic Americana with contemporary touches, and they released a CD, "The Real Deal," in 2003. The CD demonstrates the variety of musical genres (folk, blues, bluegrass, oldtime, singer-songwriter) and musical instruments (guitars, mandolin, fiddle, concertina, banjo) that Cindy and Jim enjoy, as well as showcasing their vocal harmonies. When they're not exhausted from these activities, they enjoy working on "the never-ending project" of their 1860s farmhouse, and spending time with their family (including two grandchildren) and friends.

Steve Potter, former fellow Cornell intramural sports guru, practices law in Cleveland as a partner in a small firm (Dinn, Hochman & Potter LLC). His oldest son, Brandon '09, is finishing his second semester at Cornell. Other son Justin is a high school junior. Steve recently visited Chicago and saw several Cornellians, most from the Class of '80.

Thanks for letting me step up and take the assignment as rookie class correspondent. I appreciate all the email responses to my request for news and updates. Please continue to send news to: -- Chip Brueckman, jcb58@cornell.edu; or Pepi F. Leids, PLeids@aol.com. Go Big Red!

79 | Summer will soon be upon us as you read this column, though I'm writing it on a snowy February day.With that in mind it seems fitting to think about summer plans for our family members, particularly those of high school age. In the summer of 2003 our son Brandon had a great experience at Cornell Summer College. He took a course in American Studies,"Democracy and its Discontents," taught by Prof. Nick Salvatore in the ILR school. He had an excellent academic experience and entered college with three credits from this three-week summer course. Summer College offers a taste of the undergraduate experience to high school students who have completed their sophomore, junior, or senior year and have the academic ability, maturity, and intellectual curiosity necessary to undertake college-level work.Many students who participate in this program are children of alumni. In 2005, children of our classmates included: Alan Fox and Resa Mestel's daughter Ariel;William and Margie M.Wang's daughter Marlene; James '77 and Catherine Gobel Farrell's son Mac; and Michael Lau and Janice Chan's daughter Tatum.More information about Summer College can be obtained by visiting the website at www.summercollege.cornell.edu for details about all of the programs.

Sherri Kapel Kaplan writes that her daughter is a sophomore at Cornell and loves it. Sherri is a dermatologist in Ardsley, NY, and can be reached at uroderm@aol.com. Patrick Culligan (HCGINC@aol.com) writes that his daughter Cailin arrived at the Hotel school last fall. In describing his experience as a Cornell parent, Patrick paraphrases the credit card commercial: "Souvenir Cornell shot glasses and T-shirts: $91.00; textbooks, pens, and computer stuff: $725.00; first semester tuition, room and board: $23,000; having my old dorm overlook her new dorm: priceless." Patrick and wife Barbara live in Germantown, TN, where he is president of the Hospitality Consulting Group Inc.

We all know how wonderful Cornell is, but if your child is looking at other colleges, this may be helpful for you.We have classmates' children attending a variety of schools, and they are willing to offer personal perspectives on their campuses to sons/daughters of other '79ers. To request an e-mail contact for a college applicant, visit http://classof79.alumni.cornell.edu/class79_029.htm and we will make a match.We are also seeking other college students to broaden the number of schools for whom we can provide information. Parents of college students, please visit http://classof79.alumni.cornell.edu/class79_007.htm.

Several of my former Alpha Phi sisters are doing interesting things this year. Toby Nagle Ratcliffe writes that her husband Ray and daughters Rachel, 15, and Robyn, 13, are living on their 42-foot sailboat and sailing the Mediterranean Sea. They left port in June '05 and plan on returning in summer 2006. You can visit their website at www.ketchyalater.org or e-mail Toby at ketchyalatermom@yahoo.com. Another former roommate of mine, Denise Gilbert, is planning an adventure this summer. She and several friends plan to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. This approximately 2,600-mile hike extends from the Mexican to the Canadian borders. Denise will traverse mountains and deserts during her hike that should take from April until early October. Ever the adventurer, Denise has previously bicycled across the country and around the world in 2000. In fact, she is reuniting with friends from the 2000 cycling trip to make this hike.When she is not traveling she lives in Portola Valley, CA. Professionally, Denise claims that she is semi-retired and serves on the board of directors for a few biotechnology companies. She also spends a lot of time volunteering with open space and trail maintenance projects.

Another Alpha Phi sister, Jeanne Hartley Talbourdet, is hard at work starting a new job as a project engineer at BAE Systems in Lexington, MA. She feels that she has come full circle as she is working in the same facility as her first job out of college at Honeywell. In fact, she is even taking over the office that she once shared with a coworker all those years ago. She is also the New England section chair for the American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics. This organization works to bring more science education to today's children. Jeanne writes that she would love to see Alpha Phi sister Sunny HallananMcMillan, who lives in the Philly area.Her fondest memories of Cornell are sunbathing on the roof of Alpha Phi and "fluffling" through the leaves in the fall. Jeanne and her husband John live in Danvers, MA, and can be reached at jandjt@aol.com.

Richard Bowdon writes that after leaving Texas and the oil industry, he moved to the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina and became executive director of the Summer Science Program (www.ssp.org). He is working from home, where his wife also home-schools their children who are 8 and 5 years old. The Bowdons spend a lot of time at home and can be reached at rdbowdon@juno.com. Classmates Mary Wilensky Kahn and Cathy Cappucci Needle hosted two events in conjunction with the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting in Philadelphia. The class dinner was held on February 17 at Bellini Grill in Center City.Wines from the Finger Lakes were brought in to enhance the Cornell experience.Mary Kahn was co-chair, along with Marcia Goldschlager Epstein '64 and Jeff Estabrook '80, JD '83, for "Cornell in Philly," the Saturday evening event held at Citizens Bank Park. This event included a Mummer's band, a "Taste of Philly" dinner, behind-the-scene tours of the park (including the locker rooms), and viewing of Cornell sporting events throughout the evening. These events were open to all '79ers and guests and were well attended.

On a sad note her friends write, "With great sorrow we report the death of Debra G.Moses, who lost a valiant nine-year battle with breast cancer. Roommates Beth Anderson '80, Janet Goldin Rubin, Sue Landzberg Schatz, and Nancy Sverdlik were there during her final days and witnessed the same courage then that kept Deb fighting each step of the way. At a memorial service, Beth spoke of Deb's time at Cornell and how she was always a woman in a hurry--wanting to squeeze in as much as possible. Deb never looked at survival rate statistics for cancer patients, feeling they reflect the past, and she was focused on the future. Deb was a voracious reader, and gifts in Deb's memory may be made to the Cornell University Library, Attn: M. Taube, 701 Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853."

Renewal forms for alumni class membership are sent every September. By mid-January, 524 classmates had already responded.However, we know that more than 100 classmates who paid dues last year have not yet renewed. Remember, in addition to supporting class events as we build toward our next reunion, your membership renews your subscription to this magazine. If you are reading this now, you are a member and you can encourage your Cornell friends to become members or renew their membership. You can direct them to http://classof79.alumni.cornell.edu/class79_005.htm for more information about membership and the link to the secure website to pay class dues.Member news that we receive at dues time is an important contribution to this column. However, your class correspondents would love to hear from you at any time.When the news gets sparse, it is difficult to write about your exciting lives. The column is only as good as the news that you send us. Send us an e-mail and let us know what is going on in your life. You can write us at classof79@cornell.edu, or directly at: -- Kathy Zappia Gould, rdgould@suscom.net; Cynthia Ahlgren Shea, cynthiashea@hotmail.com; and Cindy Williams, cew32@cornell.edu.