80 | It's difficult to follow on Dik Saalfeld and Dana Jerrard's exceptionally entertaining columns in the last issues. I, too, have just reconnected with Cornell and our class, starting with last year's 25th Reunion. In fact, in a weak moment, I volunteered to be a class correspondent, restarting a family tradition dating to the Class of '26, and thus here I am.My challenge as class correspondent is not being able to use PowerPoint,my usual communication tool. All these extra words . . . no bullets . . . not even animation? My Strunk and White must be somewhere . . .

We have a new class website to check out, thanks to volunteer webmaster TomMurphy, at http://classof80.alumni.cornell.edu/ (note: no www).We want the Class of '80 Web page to be the gateway for your continuing or revitalized relationship with your class and Cornell. It has links to the Daily Sun, Cornell's main and alumni sites, previous alumni magazine columns, and Big Red Sports. It's much more interesting and up to date. A special feature to check out is the link called "The Back Pages." This takes you to a very special Cornell University Library/Cornell Daily Sun project--the digitization of the Sun's historical files. The full 1978-79 year is online thanks to donations by the Class of '79. It's user friendly and easy to get into, though looking at some of the advertisements reminds me of looking at the turn of the century (1900) Sears catalogs--entertaining, yet frightening.Might we think to challenge you all to fund the 1979-80 year? Speaking of the Web and things of old, there is an archive site out there with mp3's of the 1980 Dead concert at Barton many, many, years ago. Check it out at: http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-detailsdb. php?id=17104.

Now to catch up on the news from you! On the Legal Front: Jonathan Halpern checks in from his new role as partner in the litigation department of Winston and Strawn in New York. Jonathan had spent 15 years on the legal side of the major crimes unit as an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York. Geoffrey Jarvis e-mailed us that he lives in Chadds Ford, PA, with his artist wife Judith and their girls Mary, 11, and Anna, 9. Geoffrey is a partner in a Wilmington, DE, law firm specializing in securities litigation. Jeffrey Pargament is in employment law at Piliero Marra and Pargament in Potomac, MD, where he and Jill have children Sam, 15, and Michelle, 11.

From the Halls of Medicine: Nancy Dobkins Medford sends regards from herself and husband David, an ophthalmologist (Bifocals anyone? Get in line!), with Nancy managing the office. Daughters Rachel and Allison are in college, with Rachel just finishing at NYU, and Allison a freshman at GWU. Is there hope for Cornell from Michael, a sophomore in high school? From the Boston area, Annette Kriegel-Davidoff writes that she is a dentist in Quincy, married to a cardiologist and raising children Sara, Alisa, and Perry. Doreen Stewart, PhD, is working at Sound View Community Mental Health Center in the Bronx. Robert Parry, MD '85, is a pediatric surgeon at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH.

And the Corporate and Business World: Jarett Wait keeps his Cornell connections going at Lehman Brothers, where he has worked for 24 years. He writes that there are more than 140 Cornell alumni currently at Lehman, including: Tom Marino '78, Paul Shang '78, Jay Ernst '81, and Woody Jay '81, who recently retired to start a hedge fund. Cindy Cabral Donaldson writes that she has become an entrepreneur, having bought her own Allstate Insurance agency in Succasunna, NJ. Terri Ann Lowenthal writes in from Washington, DC, where she has been since graduation, raising her daughter and working as a consultant on census and demographics after a 14-year stint as a congressional aid. Terri is active in skating and continues her support of Cornell through the Washington Cornell Club and President's Council of Cornell Women.Mario Alfano, MBA '84, is a senior VP, marketing and strategy for CanWest, Canada's largest media company, where he divides his time between Boston and Toronto.Mark Storer is VP, transformational solutions in the Center for Transformation of BAE Systems in San Diego, where he lives with his wife Toni and son Alex.

Checking in with one liners (literally): Donna Chin reports in from Madison, NJ. Kwong A.Yeung lives in Irwindale, CA, with wife Anna and twins Albert and Ann. Evelyn Hurvitz is a doctor in Williamsville, NY. Ed Friedman called in from Merrick, Long Island, where he and his wife both practice law. Finally, we thankfully hear from Fr. Robin Dodge, also from the Washington area (Arlington), where between raising two teenage sons, he became the rector of St. David's Episcopal Church in the Spring Valley section of Washington (NW) in February '05.

In the spirit of sharing, I live in Redding, CT. After 25 years in package goods sales and marketing, I'm doing the second career thing as a retail marketing consultant. I enjoy spending any spare time with my boys Campbell, 12, and Will, 10. Campbell hopes to be a fourth-generation Cornellian, while Will plans to be a professional cellist.My daughter Caitlin is a sophomore at the College of the Holy Cross and hopes to spend next year in Galway, Ireland.

There seems to be lots of news of kids off to college, as well as second careers and lives. It's a great time to network with friends and classmates with whom you share a common experience called Cornell.With last year's reunion rush over, the news of classmates has dwindled down, so send us your news! And dues too! Please renew your Class of '80 membership with the convenient online payment link from our home page and consider using the automatic dues renewal option.

Get in touch and involved. Only four more years to our 30th Reunion! Cheers! -- Tim O'Connor, tvo2@cornell.edu; Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28@cornell.edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky@aol.com; Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@cornell.edu; and Dana Jerrard, dej24@cornell.edu.

81 | It's hard to believe that our 25th Reunion is right around the corner (Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 11, 2006)! Please send in your reservation if you haven't already done so. From the ever-growing open reunion activities Cornell provides to our special Class Forums and activities for children-- from toddlers to teens and a BYO babysitter room discount--it's sure to be a grand event for those coming single or with extended family in tow.

Reunion committee co-chairs spent the winter and early spring making plans, scheduling events, and pulling together great entertainment.We used the leverage of our 25th to be sure we had priority for time with the premier member of our entering class, President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes. If you missed him at our 20th, he has forgiven us for Primal Scream Club and attempting to march on his house (some thanks should be given to that fact that nothing like "Mapquest" existed in the fall of '77!). See you at CU! If you really can't make it, we will miss you, so please send along greetings to classmates. You can go to the class reunion website, http://classof81.alumni.cornell.edu/reunion2006.htm, and send a message or postcard.

The Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting was held in Philadelphia this year during the Presidents Day Weekend. A few officers could not make it as a result, but the ever-present reunion co-chairs were represented by Heidi Fleischman, MS '83, the registration chair, and Robin Rosenberg Segall, who learned of the new online registration process. The luncheon talk was called "An Insider's Guide to The 100 Most Notable Cornellians," and two of the three authors spoke. Prof. Isaac Kramnick shared where and how the idea for the book came to him and co-author Larry Moore, and told some stories about how they picked which alumni to include. Co-author Prof. Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, also spoke. Kramnick was quite the comedian and had the room laughing.

I'm delighted to let you know that I am the director of classroom education for Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches Inc., running all types of programs in the classrooms of Palm Beach County, FL. It is a very rewarding and special place to work. Along the way, I've seen Monika Woolsey '82, who was in South Florida speaking to a group at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale. It had been more than 10 years since we'd last seen each other--we had gone hiking around Sedona and the Grand Canyon!

Rhonda Brauer let us know that she has been named corporate governance officer of the New York Times Company. Pamela Reiss (pbr8@cornell.edu) is living in Ojai, CA. Also in California is Paul King (paul@kingwealth.com), in San Jose.He published the Identity Theft Resource Kit and founded KnightsBridge Castle Corp. to provide identity theft protection, detection, and recovery services to individuals and families.Mike Stocker (barry.m.stocker@smithbarney.com) joined Smith Barney in Allentown, PA, after 17 years in telecom with AT&T Microelectronics and Lucent Technologies.

Marshall Watson (actmid@sbcglobal.net) now has a master's in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech U. He was accepted into the doctoral program and awarded the Chancellor's Endowed Fellowship, also at Texas Tech. In addition,Marshall co-authored an engineering monograph in 2004 entitled "Lily White or the Problem With Ethics." RogerWertheimer (rljrw@adelphia.net) is the VP, general counsel, and secretary for Independent Energy Partners Inc. in Englewood, CO. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Lori and daughters Julie and Rachel. In the Midwest (Kentucky, to be exact), Dan Kloiber (danexstream@hotmail.com) tells us his company, Exstream Software (www.exstream.com), is doing very well! They have five offices in Europe and Sydney, Australia, and were ranked 180 on the Inc. 500 last year! Gary Lapera (glapera@michaelgraves.com) lives in Pennington, NJ, with his wife and two children. Jim Hahn works for a travel agent and was with a group in Antarctica at the time he wrote!

Vicki Bunis Rosenthal's second daughter, Stephanie, was bat mitzvahed on April 1. Lots of good wishes go out to the family! Sheila Gorman Steffel tells us that she saw Rich and Alison Wehmann Conley over Christmas. She says they look and are great. They are busy with three kids--the oldest is looking at colleges--and Alison is still enjoying her career as a school psychologist. The last time Sheila saw other Cornellians was when she did the Avon Breast Cancer Walk in NYC in October. Sheila, Kati Lennon Matthews '82, and Karen Reusswig '82 all walked, and they had a chance to catch up with Kathy Buckley Boak, Laura Baskes Litwin, and Alison Fial Greene at dinners in the city. Sheila will be at reunion and looks forward to seeing everyone!

We can't wait to see you in June! And even if you think everyone knows your news already, we don't--so let your correspondents in on it! -- Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia.net; Kathy LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com; and Jennifer Read Campbell, ronjencam@cox.net.

82 | Congratulations to Julie Vargo, who sent exciting news about the recent publication by HarperCollins of her book, A Few Good Eggs, and the book tour that found her "talking about infertility on the ‘Today' show, ‘ABC World News Now,' and NBC's ‘Your Total Health,' as well as regional television and radio shows nationwide." Julie adds that even People magazine, "her guilty pleasure read," featured the book."Most importantly," the book tour allowed her to meet up with some of her "best Cornell buds," including Sue Kravetz Syversen, who traveled from Boston to NYC; Jill Novack Lynch '81 and "her beautiful brood of boys" in San Francisco; and Ellen Blum '84 and her family in Vermont. Julie is currently working on a novel and looking forward to our 25th Reunion next June. She adds,"How did the years fly by that fast?"

We wonder the same. Terry Kilmer Oosterom and TeriWilliams Harvey, reunion chairs extraordinaire, say it's not too early to start thinking about reunion, June 7-10, 2007. They welcome those interested in helping "in any way--big or small" or who have ideas for souvenirs, meals, or events. Please e-mail Terry at cornelltko@ aol.com or Teri at Harvey@goes.com.

Mary Ellen PlubellMiller reports that she and Dianne Renwick are members of the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW). They were both Browsing Librarians at the Straight, so Mel adds, "There is life after the B-libe." According to the Cornell website, PCCW is a group of approximately 300 alumnae who are appointed by the Cornell president.Members "have achieved a high level of success in their career or avocational activities, and have a commitment to strengthening the experience of women affiliated with Cornell, as well as to involving more alumnae in Cornell activities."

Former class correspondent Neil Fidelman Best retired from covering the New York Giants for Newsday on Long Island after ten years on the beat. In his new life, he is the newspaper's sports media and business columnist. He reports that instead of getting paid to attend football games, he now gets paid to watch them on TV, adding, "It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. Pass the chips and dip!"With Brian Hayward doing commentary for NBC's hockey coverage, there is potential for a Class of 1982 conflict of interest, writes Neil, but he promises to treat Hayward with complete objectivity and honestly write how great he is at the job.However, "if any Harvard goalies turn up on TV, he honestly will write how awful they are."

Jennifer Gardiner Liguori's annual holiday letter was a Merry Kris-Moose contest, with the prize of winning a "stupendous seven-day/six-night, no-expense-paid excursion with the Liguori family!"Any takers? One question is, "Can you participate in at least three strenuous physical activities while on vacation? Concourse sprinting and baggage hoisting count." You can e-mail Jennifer at jenliguori@msn.com. Julia Martin Langan reports that several former ILRies, including husband Greg, were in attendance at the January 2005 bar mitzvah of Jonathan Heiden, son of Lisa Kandel Heiden and her husband Rich. Lisa, an attorney with Hartford Financial Products, and Rich, a radiologist, live in Manhasset, NY, with their three children. Joining the celebration were John Levitt '80, JD '83, and EllenMechlin-Levitt. John and Ellen are attorneys and financial advisors who work together and live in Syosset with their two children. Julia also wrote that she and Greg got together with Bruce Miller, MBA '87, and his wife Ann Delaney, MBA '87, last year, who were in town from Orlando, FL, where Bruce is an "Imagineer"with Disney. They were with children Derek and Mackenzie visiting Bruce's ATO brother Mike Brody '83 and wife Laura Delaney, who is also Ann's real-life sister. The Brodys and their three children live in Summit, NJ.

For those of you who lived in U-Hall 3 freshman year, you may remember two of our RAs, Beth Linderman '79 and Bob Kimball '79, who married, had two children . . . and recently became grandparents! Beth writes, "Bob and I are delighting in our granddaughter and adapting to the (mostly) empty nest." She adds, "Bob continues to look for a general surgeon to join his practice, and I have taken on the job of interim executive director of a local counseling agency." Their e-mail address is rkimbal4@twcny.rr.com. Sue Casey Austin reports that they love their new home in Dallas, but she's wishing that their house in Sherman, "now called the summer home,"will sell. "I no longer have to drive 60 miles to shop, eat, and have fun," she writes, and even started an executive recruiting job with a firm in Dallas. Older son Anthony pulled off perfect PSAT scores, and younger son James wants to be a rock star.

Speaking of great students, Cornell Summer College reports that several classmates have children who attended the 2005 program. These students "have the academic ability, maturity, and intellectual curiosity necessary to undertake college-level work." Congrats to Sophia Logozzo Amaro's son Ismael, Will and Julie De Simone Conner's son Brian, and Kenneth Klimpel and Whitney Parker-Klimpel's son Andrew, who were among the talented high school students who attended the 2005 Cornell University Summer College Program.

I sure hope my 5-year-old son is as capable. He currently wants to be Cornell's hockey goalie and runs around the house yelling "Sieve, sieve, sieve! It's all your fault!" when someone does something wrong! -- Nina M. Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu; Mark E. Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu.

83 | I'm writing this on the heels of an impromptu visit from my former dormmate and Collegetown roommate Dana Gordon, who had an unexpected layover in Houston on her way to vacationing with friends in Mazatlan,Mexico. For those of us who live far from Cayuga's waters, getting to see one of our classmates is a major event and it was great fun to have a chance to visit with Dana. She's working as deputy director of the Newsweek Research Center, and in her spare time serves as our class historian along with Omar Saldana. Dana recently enjoyed her 15 minutes (or was that seconds?) of fame when she and Ellen Bobka served as extras in a crowd scene toward the end of the direct-to-DVD film Cooch. "Don't blink, or you might miss us!" warns Dana.

Our mailbag is running on empty at this time of year (send News with your Dues when you get the class mailing this spring!), but we have received a few press releases highlighting the accomplishments of some of our classmates. Last fall, Stephen Nesterak joined Lowe Enterprises, a national real estate investment, development, and management firm, as senior vice president, and is responsible for all new commercial acquisitions and development opportunities throughout the Midwest, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain regions of the US. Steve was previously managing director for PDC Europe, the European affiliate of Panattoni Development Company. He now resides in Parker, CO.

According to videogaming industry blogs, Reggie Fils-Aime is perceived as the "bad-boy of video game executives," thanks in part to his 2004 presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Exposition, where he was quoted as saying: "My name is Reggie. I'm about kickin' ass. I'm about takin' names. And we're about making games."As the then-new executive VP of sales and marketing for Nintendo, Reggie developed an instant fan club whose members wrote rap songs, drew comic strips, and created Reggie action figures idealizing their new straight-talking hero. Before joining the Nintendo team, Reggie was chief marketing officer for VH1.

Jonathan Hubchen shared with us his 2005 travel experiences, which had the added benefit of keeping him away from the immediate impact of Hurricane Katrina. "I traveled to Africa three times for the food industry project that I coordinate for the Louisiana State U. Agricultural Center. Two were early in the year, and since I didn't want to miss Mardi Gras, they were strictly business. That was probably a good idea as I enjoyed the debauchery and I doubt the festival will be the same this year. The third time was at the end of August/beginning of September, which meant I missed Hurricane Katrina.While Mom was braving the elements, I was taking some annual leave and enjoying the sun. I did, however, almost kill myself going up this mountain--a jaunt that I could have done in my sleep during my younger days.My job also took me twice to Washington, DC, once to Michigan, and once to Chicago.My latest business trip took me to Nicaragua and El Salvador to explore the possibility of a composting project."

Back from across the pond is Scott Boltwood and family, who spent a year-long sabbatical in the Northern UK. Shortly after their return to the US, Scott's wife gave birth to twins.Welcome home, and welcome to the baby Boltwoods! Tara Priolo D'Amato is an attorney/solo practitioner in Jersey City, NJ, and is mom to Joseph, 13, and Ryan, 11. Kenneth Gassman is general manager for Dynatron, a manufacturer/importer of CCTV products, remote controls, and telephones. Kenneth, wife Jordana, and their two kids live in Woodmere, NY. Shawn Feeney Takacs and daughters Kristia, 15, and Kara, 13, are raising alpacas at the Treasury, home of "the world's most treasured alpacas," in Little Silver, NJ.Visit their website at www.thetreasuryalpacas.com for a glimpse of these beautiful and intriguing animals.

Among the many talented high school students who attended the 2005 Cornell University Summer College Program were Paul and Joni Gottlieb Jablansky's son Jeffrey, as well as Mr. and Mrs. David Levitan's son Brandon. Cornell's Summer College Program offers opportunities for 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. Please visit www.summercollege.cornell.edu for more details.

Class president Lisa Esposito Kok reports that we have a new Vice President of the Class of '83--Linda Moore! Linda has graciously undertaken the post and will be in charge of membership for our class.Welcome, Linda! And many thanks to Abbie Bookbinder Meyer for finding Linda for us!

Lastly, we have news from a class correspondent in training, Julia Grace Randall, 8-year-old daughter of Eric Randall. Julia's parents, maternal grandparents, two uncles, an aunt, and three cousins are all Cornellians. Given her early demonstration of school spirit, we hope to see Julia carry on the family tradition in a few years. Writes Julia:

"My mom and I have a friend named Ezra Cornell '70. He had an extra ticket worth $25 for my mom to the Cornell-Harvard hockey championship game in Albany on March 19, 2005. It would only cost $12, so I went to the hockey game, too.We got there just in time to see a horrible move--Harvard had scored! The cheering for Cornell stopped and became ‘Boo, Harvard!' In a flash the Big Red Band played a happy tune to cheer us up.We clapped after the music stopped. Then it was intermission.We walked around the rink looking for my Grandpa.We knew where he was, but it was a long walk. He was happy to see us and we were happy to see him. Then the game started again.We cheered again and again, each time louder than the last. Cornell had finally scored! Now, the audience roared! Twenty minutes later, they scored again! Then it was intermission again.My mom bought me a Pepsi and then, back to the game! We cheered again and again! Then for the third time, Cornell scored! At last, they won the game, three against one!"

We're waiting to hear from you, too. -- Dinah Lawrence Godwin, Dinah.godwin@earthlink.net; and David Pattison, dpattison@earthlink.net.

84 | We are between news cycles, so I tried an e-mail "reach out" for this column. I made a few mistakes along the way, but generally it proved to be an effective method of gathering news. Karla and I welcome news of you and friends, so please provide us with your e-mail address for future news gathering purposes! You can also provide your current e-mail info to the university via the website and the alumni link.

EmilManzo writes a long note that encompasses 1984 to the present.We present a summary of the note here. Emil moved to Florida in 1985, quickly got involved in his chosen field of Ag Engineering (selling agricultural products), and discovered that his high school sweetheart was living nearby! Annmarie and Emil moved to the Tampa Bay area and have two boys, 5 and 7. Emil is in touch with various Cornellians, including Al Rolli, who is in charge of a seafood marketing firm in New Jersey, but who travels to Florida often.Michael "Miles" Vinson lives in Sarasota with his wife Pauline and three children.Miles completed his PhD, taught at a university in the United Arab Emirates, and now writes software for a marketing company started by one of his students. Emil also tells us that Lew Senft has recovered from a serious job injury from awhile ago and now resides in Land-o-Lakes and markets ice cream. All of these folks mentioned lived in the same dorm on Thurston Ave., so this is a "shout out" to others from that dorm to stay in touch. You can reach Emil at ejm27@cornell.edu.

Larry Delhagen is in Emmaus, PA, and was elected to a second term as president of the East Penn Chamber of Commerce for 2005-06. Larry works in Allentown for Ryan Beck and Co. in their Private Client Group. Terry Schillinger McLaughlin writes with the sad news that her husband died in September 2005 at the age of 44 from a reoccurrence of melanoma. Terry and her two boys want to remind everyone to get annual skin checks. Terry looks forward to hearing from classmates; you can reach her at tmclaughlin@nc.rr.com. Arlene Bluth (apbluth@aol.com) has retired from the practice of law and was elected in Manhattan as Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, beginning in January 2005. Arlene says, "I think it is the best job in the world--being able to treat people the right way and do the right thing all day long. I always keep in the front of my mind what Prof. James Gross taught us in the ILR arbitration seminar: every decision has to be written for the loser; it has to address all the arguments and explain the reasoning that led to the conclusion. Thanks, Prof. Gross!"

Vicki Seiden Sherman (vssconsult@aol.com) sends this update from down under. The Shermans are in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, and will return to their house in Chappaqua, NY, when their adventure is completed.Vicki's husband works for AXA Australia and Asia, after having been in the AXA New York office. Children Alec, Katie, and Tyler are under 14 and keeping busy with swimming, tennis, and soccer.May 2006 brings the family back to the US for Alec and Katie's bar and bat mitzvah. Tom Allon is the president/CEO of Manhattan Media, a publishing company that owns the four largest weekly community newspapers in Manhattan, AVENUE magazine (the second oldest city magazine in America), and a new magazine for parents, New York Family. This new magazine is edited by Eric Messinger '83. Eric is married to Rebecca Tayne '81 and they are raising their children Elena, 6, and Adam, 2, on the Upper East Side. Tom has three children, Jonah, 11, Tess, 9, and Lena, 7, and is raising them in the same neighborhood where he grew up, the Upper West Side. Tom is in touch with Steve Nachman, who is an assistant attorney general of New York State and married to Dr. Donna Better '85. Steve and Donna live in Port Washington, Long Island, with their boys Michael, 7, and Ryan, 5.

Joe Giles recently hosted a terrific Cornell Club of Philadelphia event at the Phillies' ballpark, Citizens Bank Park. The Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) moved their annual Mid-Winter Meeting from NYC to Philadelphia this year, and Joe, in his role with the baseball team, hosted the "Welcome to Philly" event, where he spotted Dave Devereaux, Abbie Bookbinder Meyer '83 and several other Hotelies. Joe, his wife Paula, and their children spent quality summer time in Bald Head Island, NC, with Curt Gilliland, his wife Cynthia Watros, their twin girls, and five other Cornell families (Paul Sheridan '87, Geoff Koester '85, Mike Szuromi, John Garibaldi '85, and Jeff Cochran '86). I received a great group photo taken on the beach--too bad it cannot be reproduced in the Class Notes. Although Curt is too modest to say it, his wife Cynthia Watros is one of the stars on the hit TV show "Lost."

Annie Higbee lives in Owl's Head, ME (I have to look up the geography of such a pretty sounding place!), and spoke at the Waterford Inst. for Technology Design Conference in Waterford, Ireland, in March 2006. Rob Goldwasser (a Donlonite) and his wife Jenni (Katz) '85 are paying for Cornell again! Their son Matthew was one of the many talented high school students who attended the 2005 Cornell University Summer College program.Melinda ThalerMilberg and her husband David recently welcomed their third (and final!) child. Their son Emmett Nathaniel was born in June 2005.Melinda "is taking the year off from teaching law school to enjoy their two daughters and new baby and to think about whether she ever wants to go back to work!" -- Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com; Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net. Class website, http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | It's a chilly 57 degrees here in South Florida. I've got the heat on in the condo. I remember days in Ithaca when the 216 Delaware girls would be lying out on the roof in this "heat" to catch some rays--long before we realized the effects of the sun on our skin.How naive and wonderful, those lazy, crazy, freedom-filled days at Cornell. Now it's deadlines, budgets, children's science projects, and coming to grips with the fact that we are at least two years over 40 at this point. Sorry, everyone--it's true.

The news is low as we near the end of another class dues year, though I did hear from four of you recently. But the time has come for each of our readers to send another update. If you haven't done so yet, grab that recent class News and Dues mailing and send the News Form in.We are always happy to report on the normal goings-on of everyday life, as well as promotions, honors, babies, marriages, trips, or triumph over disease.Have you read a great book? Have you written a great book? What are your fondest memories of Cornell? Who would you like to be in touch with again? Write us!

My life is hectic, chaotic, and full of wonderful moments of watching my 4-year-old son learn something new about this world. Like the other day when he announced to his classmates that in Florida, "a man can't marry a man, but he can in California." Progressive teaching, that's what I am all about. Or that, unfortunately, he was given a holiday gift of a computer game. He plays it all the time. Now I'll have to buy that X-Box thing and spend my life's savings on technological things that keep our children from talking to us.

Here's the news I have. Sheri Wilensky married Tom Burke on September 25 last year and is now living in Exton, PA. Cornellians in attendance at the wedding included Ron Prague, John Spielberger, Ronee Trosterman Cowen, Lisa Reznick Mayer, and Scott Mandel. SheilaWinik Silberglied was Sheri's matron of honor. Sheri is working for the National Headquarters of the American Lung Association. Congratulations, Sheri!

Ed Catto recently joined Ogilvy's 141 Worldwide as a senior account person in New York. This division focuses on integrated marketing and promotions for clients such as Unilever and Kraft. On the Cornell front, Ed recently championed a fundraising project for his fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha. To honor longtime houseman Hugh S. Gibbs, Ed is coordinating the remodeling and refurbishing of the fraternity's library. Elliot Dee '84, MA '86,Mike Greenberg, Dave Bloom, and Bill Page have been great supporters. A preview is planned for Reunion '06, and the official kick-off is scheduled for Homecoming.

Laura J.Clark has a newborn! Not sure of all the details, but I'll include them in my next column. Congrats! Hope you are getting some sleep, Laura! I also heard from Steve Garrison, who has been living a mere three hours north of me in Orlando, FL. He hangs out with Mickey on the weekends, he said, but works during the week as director of sales for Marriott Vacation Club Int'l with fellow DU alums Dan Autiello, Brian Miller, Dom Albanese, and Derek Baum '88. Steve mentioned that Ed Utz '87 moved out to California. Steve proudly boasts a 20-year marriage to wife Lisa, and has daughters Carly, 15, and Kristy, 10. Carly is starting to drive!

I got a very funny e-mail from Ginny Scarola Sidman, who is enjoying life--in the manner only Ginny can! She's raising her girls Melanie and Julia and doing a great job at it, if I may say so. Ginny recently went skiing with friends in Maine and had a great time, giving me moral support for my upcoming trip to Steamboat Springs, CO, with my fiancé!

It is interesting at what different stages we are in our lives--even though we are all that 40-something age together. Sheri is starting out her marriage, Laura has a newborn, and Steve is teaching his daughter to drive. Some of you may be sending your kids off to college this fall. How's that for an emotion to deal with? So send your news, please! It can be about anything, or nothing, or maybe you just want to find your old roommate, or tell a story about something that happened 22 or so years ago.Whatever we do makes an impact on this earth. Share your life. Send info to: -- Joyce Zelkowitz, jmcornett@bellsouth.net; or Leslie Nydick, Lnydick@aol.com.

86 | This month brings some interesting news from classmates on the healthcare front. Robert McKersie's memoir, In the Foothills of Medicine, which describes his experiences with inner city patients as well as his medical treks to remote villages in Nepal, was published in 2005. Robert is a family physician who works on Chicago's South Side and travels regularly to Nepal, where he volunteers his time as a doctor and teaches physical diagnostic skills to Nepalese healthcare providers. Susan Hirsch Levy Cantor recently joined Schering-Plough Consumer Healthcare (known for Claritin, Coppertone, and Dr. Scholl's) as director, business development. Outside the office, Susan continues her interest in volunteerism: she was recently appointed to the board of directors of United Way of Greater Union County. Susan and her husband Josh reside in Westfield, NJ, and enjoy a hectic Brady-esque life with a combined five children.

Gail Isaacson and family of Gaithersburg, MD, recently purchased a business in Bethesda. The Village Green Apothecary (www.myvillagegreen.com) is a blend of traditional pharmacy and complementary medicine, along with a compounding department. "We have some very exciting things going on at our store," Gail writes. "We just started scheduling appointments with our four nutritional experts with a no-risk guarantee. And along with having extensive selections of nutritional herbal and homeopathic vitamins and supplements, we have a full-service traditional pharmacy and a compounding pharmacy, which produces prescription and individualized nutritional formula products that can be custom-made."

Other movers and shakers who've reached new heights: Appropriately, JefferyWeaver, MBA '90, of Shaker Heights, OH, wrote of his new position, executive VP and group head, portfolio management, at KeyBank. Jeff Dunlap reported, "As of January 1, I have taken over as chairperson of the Employment and Labor group of my law firm, Ulmer & Berne LLP." U&B is a firm of 190 lawyers with offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Chicago. Last August, Diana Collazo rejoined the Boston office of Fish & Richardson PC as counsel in the firm's Patent Prosecution and Strategic Counseling group. She focuses on biotechnology, chemistry, and medical sciences. Prior to her return, Diana worked as an in-house attorney at Wyeth on patent matters relating to biotechnology.

In January, Steve Dorritie of Syosset, NY, joined NorthMarq Capital after nearly two decades of experience in the mortgage and real estate business. He previously served as a principal and advisor for SplitRock Property Group and as director of commercial real estate for Washington Mutual. NorthMarq Capital is a national real estate investment banker providing financing for commercial real estate, including office, retail, industrial, and multi-family developments. Steve offers his free time to coaching his three sons (twins Michael and Matthew, 12, and Andrew, 9) in youth soccer. Sari Gelfman-Harner is president of Know A Baby LLC, an educational video company "devoted to children and their world." The "Know A Baby"DVD released in December for children 3-48 months is designed both to stimulate a child's imagination and activate the senses. Check out www.knowababy.com for more info.

Correction Dept.: Our apologies to Rajat Bannerji, MD '95, whose name was spelled incorrectly--three times!--in the March/April issue.

Hope to see you at our 20th Reunion! For up-to-date info, visit http://classof86.alumni.cornell.edu/reunion2006.html. -- Hilory Federgreen Wagner, haf5@cornell.edu; and Donna Mandell Korren, donna@elementsmagazine.com.

87 | First I bring news from our Class President as he heads out to Philadelphia for this year's Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) Mid-Winter Meeting.He reminds us that reunion is right around the corner and our intrepid officers will be turning their attention to this at the meeting this year. You should be hearing plenty about our 20th (yikes!) in the months to come.We are going to need everyone out there to make sure that this is the year you bring a new classmate into our fold. If you are reading this, then you are already a duespayer.We want to get others who have not signed on this year, last year, or maybe never in the years since graduation to come on board as a duespayer! We reached 84 percent of our goal for duespaying classmates (485 of 600).We would really love to know why some classmates who have been duespayers previously did not pay their dues last year. If you know of classmates out there who haven't paid, reach out to them, because this is the year to get involved and get geared up for our 20th Reunion.

Here is some news from the latest gathering of your hard-working class officers. In attendance at Mid-Winter Meeting were Fred Barber, John Gee, Melissa Hodes, Eileen Napolitano, Scott Pesner, Heidi Russell, Stacey Neuhoefer Silberzweig, Tom Tseng, and Amy JanowerWeinstein. Fred Barber has redone the website, and missing links have been updated. Fred is also planning to create an interactive class history project.

Below are random shout-outs from classmates. No big theme this month, as I write this column between naps and feedings (ah, life with a newborn). Allison C. Fennell, DVM '91, is enjoying a less stressed lifestyle in Springfield, VA. Heather Behn Hedden is a freelance indexer and website designer. She is head of the Web indexing special interest group of the American Society of Indexers. Shari Petronis Vander Gast is a surveyor for the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, a watchdog agency for hospitals and health care providers.

Jacklyn Patricia McFadden Case stays busy with her three small children and work. She and her husband run a frozen food distribution business that supplies institutions and wholesalers. She lives in the United Kingdom. Roberta Tulman Samuels, JD '90, celebrated her 40th birthday at Mt. Tremblant in Canada with Astra Groskaufmanis, Anne Blum, Anne Drotning Alexander, Josephine Connolly Schoonen, and Lisa Sauer, MBA '88.

From Ithaca,Michael Riley Jr. has been named associate dean of alumni affairs, development and communications by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell. Daniel and Susan Kazazean Robbins, MS '87's daughter Emily was one of the many talented high school students who attended the 2005 Cornell University Summer College Program. Charlie Muller took family and friends to Cornell lacrosse last year as they bid for a national championship.

Verna Ng Tyree celebrated her "we're turning 40" year with a girlfriend getaway shopping spree and spa weekend in Reading, PA. "Present were Jaea Hahn, Susan Sheu Mann, Grace Liu Spring, Sharon Holland Loucks, and myself.We had a fun time reminiscing."

Amy Janower Weinstein and her family have moved back East and are now happily settled in Chappaqua, NY. Another mover, Fred Barber took his family from Austin, TX, to the Dallas suburb of Frisco.Heidi Russell spent part of last fall in Budapest on a photography program. She's also been showing in NYC, and her work is most excellent! Heidi also organized a top-notch happy hour at Bliss Bar in NYC in June. She and several officers brought together the classes of the '80s for a summer celebration. Hope D.Mehlman has a new job, associate counsel at Regions Financial Corporation.

So, that's all the news for now--but I know that isn't all of the news. So I make a personal plea to all of you out there to take a minute and send your class correspondents an e-mail with news! Or, if you haven't done so yet, grab the News Form out of the annual class mailing and send it in! -- Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com; and Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@stanford.edu.

88 | Greetings, fellow '88ers! As you read this, I hope you are enjoying a warming spring, or perhaps even an early summer, in your neck of the woods. I am writing during a period of roller coaster weather patterns on both coasts. Recently, New York and points east had a snowstorm with record accumulations at the end of the same week that saw record high temperatures here in the San Francisco Bay Area.Mother Nature certainly has kept things interesting!

Speaking of weather, classmate Debbie Brown sent word in her holiday greeting that she performed two weeks of Hurricane Katrina recovery duty at Chevron's Pascagoula, MS, refinery. Chevron built a camp and 24/7 medical clinic for displaced workers and their families, gave food, ice, generators, and other supplies to employees and contractors, and donated ice and funds to the local community. Debbie said, "It was such a positive experience for me, so intensely real and affirming of the power to achieve when working toward a common goal and caring for each other."As if that were not enough, Debbie returned to Houston just as Hurricane Rita was headed in that direction. She attempted to evacuate to San Antonio only to be caught in the incredible traffic jams. She remained behind and Houston was fortunately spared any major damage. In January, Debbie relocated to St. Paul, MN, and, after eight years with Chevron, has joined 3M's corporate industrial hygiene division.

Another '88er with news of a move is Sara Miner Bailey. Sara and husband Al have moved to Champaign, IL. Sara now works for the Cabot Corp., which owns a plant in Tuscola that makes fumed silica, used primarily for polishing computer chips. The Baileys' daughter Kathleen is 9 and in the 4th grade, while sister Melanie, 6, started Kindergarten last fall. Former class officer and regular writer Pam Darer Anderson let us know that her family got a little bigger last August with the birth of fourth daughter Kathryn Laurel. Pam is a very busy mom caring for four girls, running from art class to ice skating lessons. Pam noted that she thinks being a mom is "busier than being a Cornell student on the Hill." Pam has been in touch with Cathy Bendor, who is "doing fine" in Washington, DC, as is Nancy Beck. Pam has spoken with Crissy Russo, who is busy with three girls of her own, and visited Tracy Sebastiano Patracuolla, another mother of three, who lives in New Jersey with her husband Dan. Thanks for all the updates, Pam!

Another busy mom is Lori Schain Hiller, who works as a parent coordinator at her children's school in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. She gets to work full-time and still see her kids Emily, 9, and Samuel, 6, quite a bit during the day. As Lori said, "A nice perk!" Lori keeps in touch with Alena Tepper Margolis in Philadelphia, Jamie Platt Lyons '89 in Atlanta, and Amy Susman-Stillman '89 in Minneapolis. The group tries to have a "moms' weekend away" together once a year or so.

My one-time roommate and Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brother Ken Szydlow was recently recognized by the Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce as one of the region's "Forty Under 40." The award recognizes individuals under the age of 40 who have made significant contributions to the Hudson River Valley community. Ken was recognized for his efforts as a board member on the Jewish Community Center of Dutchess County, the Vassar Temple, the Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce, and the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County, and for his participation as a member of the City of Poughkeepsie's Marketing Council. Wendy Huang has been appointed executive VP and general counsel of Crown Realty and Development, headquartered in Irvine, CA.Wendy welcomed her third child, daughter Morgan, into the world last year, joining big brothers Dermot, 6, and Connor, 2.

Finally, we've heard from Robyn Tice, who is working at Bank of America as the head of communications for the asset management division, Columbia Management. Robyn sent in news about a number of classmates. Stefanie Morak Kalman, her husband Ken, and three children left Manhattan last summer after buying a house in Roslyn, NY. The family of Kara Danehy Maloney and husband Michael '89 has continued to grow, with the addition of twins, who join two older sisters. Jana Dlouhy is still living in Colorado and is recently remarried. Kendra Eaton Smith lives in Medfield, MA, with her husband and three sons. Rebecca Church Bartlett still lives on Nantucket Island with her husband John '87 and two daughters.

Well, that's all the reporting for this column.We are running low on news, so please take the time to fill out your News Form and mail it in when our annual class mailing arrives this spring. Update us on your own jobs, families, vacations, and general life adventures or those of any other Cornell classmate with whom you keep in touch. I hope everyone enjoys a warm and pleasant summer. Until next time, I wish you peace. -- Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu; and Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu.

89 | Our chilly Vermont winter was warmed by a special visit from the Cornell Glee Club, who performed at the U. of Vermont in January. John Treadwell and I and our children had the pleasure of attending the performance, organized by local alumnus Bruce Hewitt '61, and of hosting two of the talented singers overnight. Our guests, Justin Nisly '06 and Matt Crooke '06, both graduating English majors, brought back fond memories of senior year and the job search, and inspired our children both to keep singing and to go to Cornell!

Continuing the indoctrination of the offspring, I will be taking the kids back to campus for Cornell's Adult University (CAU) in July, having greatly enjoyed our first outing there last summer.What's not to like about summer in Ithaca, unlimited chocolate milk in the dining halls (that's the 7-year-old talking), terrific courses for the adults, and fun activities for the kids? They're chiming in: "Swimming! Laser tag! The clock tower! The Dairy Bar!"We met some great people, including--as always--classmates I never met as an undergrad:Mary Riordan, who lives in Washington, DC, and is an attorney at the Dept. of Justice, and Mary Parente, who came up from New Jersey with her family. I delved into Architecture with Prof. Christian Otto and his wife, architectural historian Roberta Moudry '81, PhD '95, learning a lot from their lively lectures and inspired local tours--which even managed to include a winery! This summer I'm going to try Rowing. I figure checking off the list of things I never did while I was an undergraduate should make for quite a few fun CAU experiences over the years. Hope to see some of you there!

I have some happy news to report from California. Cynthia Charatz Deculus and her husband B.J. welcomed a new daughter on January 11, 2006. Their son Julien is 3. The Deculus family recently moved to a new house in Tarzana, CA. Cynthia continues to work as an executive director at Cedars-Sinai Health System, and B.J. is focusing on his music; he is the leader and bass player for a Zydeco band, Bonne Musique Zydeco. Marisa Caruccio Khurana wrote in with a birth announcement also: she and husband Pradeep celebrated the birth of their twin daughters Asha Maria and Amita Elisa on the same weekend that their son Arjun Francesco turned 2! Marisa reports, "We moved out to Harvard, MA, just before the birth of our twin daughters. Needless to say, we have our hands full, and our home is full of joyous sounds (cries)."

Via email, some news from Karen Leshowitz Colonna: "I just became general counsel of the US Insurance Ops of Allied World Assurance Co. I also recently attended the wedding of Andrea Goldschlager. Andrea, now the COO and CFO of Prism Business Media, married Nate Persily, a Penn law professor. In attendance were many '89 Cornellians, including Dianne Nersesian, Shannon Gallivan, Rachel Hollander, Julie Holden Pollack, Steven Frank, and Shari Fagen. Even the groom's mom was a Cornellian: Nancy Alfred Persily '64. Julie Pollack also got a promotion in her position as counsel for Swiss Re; Rachel Hollander is now partner at Brown Raysman; and Dianne Nersesian has branched out into her own business as an intercultural and communications consultant. Hope everyone else is good."

Our class president, Debbie Schaffel, sent some news after she attended the Cornell Association of Class Officers (CACO) annual Mid-Winter Meeting in February in Philadelphia. Other '89 class officers who attended were co-president Rob Chodock and secretary Michael Dabrush.Michael is also our new volunteer webmaster (thank you to him, and read on for exciting class website news). Debbie reported that Shannon Gallivan is working with class officers and class council members to plan a volunteer activity for the fall in various cities around the country. Anyone interested in helping to plan or in participating should contact her at smg38@cornell.edu.

Another exciting class initiative that Debbie passed on from the CACO meeting is a plan to send this fall's New Student Reading Project book, The Great Gatsby, to all of our classmates who pay their class dues by June 1! Book groups will be scheduled around the project, and interested '89ers are encouraged to participate. Anyone interested in facilitating or attending a book club, please contact Rob (ric4@cornell.edu) or Debbie (cornellian89@yahoo.com).

Debbie also notes that our class website is being updated again and should be everyone's first stop for all things Cornell. Check it out at http://classof89.alumni.cornell. edu and check back frequently for new additions. Note that on the Cornell alumni website (www.alumni.cornell.edu) there's a quick-and-easy link for you to send us your news! Please try this new way of keeping in touch, or keep e-mailing your updates to one of your correspondents: -- Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell. edu; Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; and Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com.