90 | This holiday season, we are thankful for all who have sent us news. It's the gift that keeps on giving. (Hint!)

What gift could be better than a new child? Kent '88 and Jeannine Cavender-Bares had a second daughter, Celine Cavender Bares, on Oct. 19, 2005. "She was greeted with great enthusiasm" by big sister Valerie Cavender Bares, 5, says Jeannine.Mom is an assistant professor in the U. of Minnesota's Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. Dad is a senior research associate in the Minnesota office of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment. David Schiffhauer and wife Linda are also on the parenthood ride for the second time, welcoming Emily in May 2006. "Big sister Sarah is thrilled with her new role!" reports Dad. Add Adrian Spidle, MS '94, to the "Still Not Sleep-Deprived Enough" Club, courtesy of Margaret Jean Spidle, born Dec. 24, 2004.Meg has a brother,William, in kindergarten.

Jessica Lattman and David Rosenberg '89, MD '93, had their first son, Zachary Louis Rosenberg, on April 6, 2006. He'll be kept in line by two sisters Alexandra Grace, 7, and Samantha Belle, 4. SpencerWolf and wife Almuth are first-timers learning the ropes with Lukas, born March 12, 2006. "Lukas has already begun his pre-Cornell business education, reading Investors Business Daily with Spencer every morning before the markets open. Go, Class of 2027!" writes the proud papa.

Here's another great gift: a hassle-free commute! Ana Peralta Bierman works only two days a week—and on those days travels all of five minutes to her job as director of the career planning center at the U. of Miami School of Law. Ana's credentials for the job include a Penn law degree, experience in corporate securities law, and a marriage to fellow attorney Mitchell, "despite his not being a Cornellian," she confesses. They have two little lawyers-in-training, Kai, 4, and Sabrina, 2. Ana would like to hear from classmates in South Florida at abierman@law.miami.edu.

Sometimes just changing your job description is enough of a present. Jennifer Henry Smith e-mailed to let us know of her new position as senior manager, business development, with Spectra Clinical Research. And my fellow correspondent Tamiko Toland is now editor of Annuity Insight, which is part of Strategic Insight, a data, research, and consulting firm in New York. She researches and writes about variable annuities, which, she notes, makes her very popular at cocktail parties. (We are getting old.)

Sarah Ali has thoughtfully provided all of our Long Island classmates with a gift idea: her recently published book, Baby Friendly Long Island: A Guide to Places to Take Babies and Toddlers. It combined her two major pursuits, motherhood and writing, into "one glorious little project," says Sarah.Maybe she can write a sequel for our classmates in Virginia, where she moved over the summer with husband Karel Svoboda '88 and sons Benjamin Wade, 5, and Tycho Augustus, 3.

Kevin Keane gives our alma mater the gift of his time by volunteering with the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network, or CAAAN (http://caaan.admissions.cornell.edu). I can join him in attesting that this is a totally worthwhile experience, as it allows you to represent Cornell to bright, ambitious, and inspiring teens who will deepen your faith in our future. Kevin and his wife Jennifer work as veterinarians in the drug safety division of Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals in New Jersey and have a toddler son. Arron "has energy and fearlessness that demands I keep my medical insurance paid up!" says his father. In Kevin's spare time, he is doing his best to claim a New Jersey Road Racing bicycling title. Also spreading the Big Red word via CAAAN is Ana Petrovich (apetrov68@hotmail.com). "All three students I interviewed were accepted into Cornell for the upcoming year," she says with justifiable delight. Ana graduated from Harvard in June. She'd love to hear from Marc Koutoufaris '91.

A very newsy update comes from Steven "Slip" Rueben. He's founding member of Software Leader LLC, which is pursuing patents with vigor. He also has been consulting for Eighth Wonder, a casino/resort developer, and assisting it in developing East Village, a million-square-foot retail/commercial project in Las Vegas. Slip recently dined with Lan Elliott, MBA '91, and her husband Mike Rosenblatt before they jetted off to Belgium to work for a few years in hotel development for Starwood. Slip also attended the wedding of Dan and Laurie Berrien in Florida in May 2006 and caught up with fellow guests Scott Ginesin and Chris Caswell '91.

That does it for the mailbag for this year.Happy holidays, and may the best of 2006 be the worst of 2007. --AmyWangManning, aw233@cornell.edu; Kelly Roberson, kelly-roberson@sbcglobal.net; and Tamiko Toland, stmoluag@yahoo.com.

91 | Philip Mekelburg writes from Atlanta earlier this year to announce that he and Rob Forster '90, MD '94, attended the bris of Ethan Goodhart, son of Josh '95 and Jen Hansen Goodhart '95 in March. Philip and his wife also hosted Donna Myers Vallone '93, who was visiting from New York in order to enjoy some rest and relaxation from the rigors of getting her master's degree in Italian language and of motherhood. A good time was had by all, and plenty of red wine and great food were enjoyed. Philip reports that he was very appreciative and extremely excited to receive a shipment of wine stored in the cellar of Dale Arrison Grossman '72, senior lecturer at Cornell. The wine had been purchased 15 years ago with Dale's husband Peter. Philip had been afraid that he would have consumed the few cases of fine Bordeaux before its due time had the wine been stored closer to him—not to mention it was only recently that he had a suitable place to store such fine drinkables. Philip exclaims,"Merci mille fois Monsieur et Madame Grossman!"

Jessica Lifland, BA/BFA '92 (San Francisco) works as a freelance photographer, so keep your eyes peeled for photo credits as you read the New York Times or USA Today. Jessica also enjoys teaching photojournalism at San Francisco State and San Francisco City College. In her spare time, she serves as director for the photo community Photonite, a three-year-old organization that serves as a monthly gathering for local photographers, editors, photo educators, and photo students to meet, share work, and share ideas. Jessica encourages Bay Area photographers to drop by on the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. After several years of exercising her Communications degree in the nonprofit, educational, and corporate sectors, Corinne Kuchling has begun work as a self-employed consultant from her Seattle home office. Besides the five-second commute, Corinne is delighted that the flexible schedule allows her to continue her active pursuit of wanderlust, enabling her to explore both Costa Rica and New Zealand this year.

Amanda Telford writes that she and her husband Geoff Crosby are living in Portsmouth, NH, where she works in the human resources department of the Red Hook Ale Brewery. In her spare time, Amanda enjoys swimming and playing with her children.Wendy Fuhr is a family physician in Collegeville, PA, and honing her skills as a semi-professional musician—a singer and fiddle player.Wendy and her husband Eric Allen live in Philadelphia, PA, and have a 1-year-old daughter named Iris. Christine Anderson Perkins writes from Bellingham,WA, where she is the director of the Burlington Public Library. Christine recently won the Library Journal Fiction Reviewer of the Year Award in 2005. She and husband Chris have children Katie, 6, and Jackson, 4. They were all planning to rent a house last summer on Cayuga Lake with some other Cornellians.

On September 11, 2005, the New York Times reported that Claudia Reitenbach married Michael Rudegeair '93. At the time of their marriage, Claudia was working as a kindergarten teacher in Old Brookville, NY. Jean Signorelli Spiegel and her husband Bruce recently moved back to Ballston Lake, NY, with their 4-year-old daughter Lauren, and they are reconnecting with family and Cornell friends. Jean is extremely busy as a manager for Kohl's Department Store. Scott A. Edwards and his wife Cher happily announced the birth of their son Chase Robert, born December 26, 2005 in Seattle,WA.

Jeffrey Nagel recently joined the business and commercial litigation department in the New York office of Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione PC, a 200- plus-attorney law firm headquartered in Newark, NJ. Jeffrey's practice is very broad, encompassing the areas of commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, antitrust and trade regulation, appellate practice, internal and audit committee investigations, and securities litigation. He has also defended foreign and domestic corporations and individuals in cases involving international human rights and sovereign immunity issues, First Amendment challenges, criminal and civil antitrust claims, tort actions, and employment discrimination disputes. Jeffrey received his JD from the NYU law school, and also holds a master's in philosophy from the NYU graduate school. After 12 years with Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, Linda Horner accepted a position as an administrative patent judge at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Linda will conduct reviews of ex parte appeals from adverse decisions of examiners at the USPTO.

Chuck Kemper was promoted to VP of human resources for Aker Kvaerner's oil, gas, process, and energy division. His HR responsibilities will span all of the division's operations, including centers in the US, Canada, Chile, China, India,Malaysia, and Australia. Chuck and wife Melissa continue to reside in Houston with their children Hilary,Wilson, Henry, and Charles. Ricky Li was promoted to LeSportsac's director of international sales for Asia and Europe, where he manages international business with France, Italy, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore,Malaysia, and Thailand. Since graduating from Cornell, he has lived in Los Angeles, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Paris, and New York City. He is also assisting his wife Laura by handling overseas marketing for her newly published biography on Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. Following in her parents' international footsteps, Ricky's 5-year-old daughter Sienna is attending a bilingual Chinese-English kindergarten in New York City.

Thanks for all your news! More to come in the next issue. -- Nina Peek, nsr5@cornell.edu.

92 | Hello, everyone. As I write, summer is winding down and school is starting.Many of you may be feeling what I am right now—the amazement that my oldest child is headed to kindergarten in another week! I am sure it will be old hat by the time I receive my magazine, but for now, it is unbelievable to me how fast time flies and that I have a child starting "real school!" Speaking of time flying by, our 15th Reunion is fast approaching.Mark your calendars for June 7-10, 2007, and make plans to be in Ithaca. Hope to see you there.

The news is running low, so let us know what you and your Class of '92 friends are up to. Our News and Dues form included some fun new categories, including classmates you'd like to hear from and your fondest memory of Cornell. Return the News Form, or write us directly at the e-mail addresses below.We'll do our best to get your news into the column as soon as possible.

Liz Vega sent a great update. She is currently the managing director of admissions at Fairmont Private Schools in Orange County, CA. She spends time outside of work "building enormous cool Lego structures with my 5- and 3-year-old girls." Liz's favorite memory of Cornell is the Language Lab—and Marge Leonard, who ran the place. She notes, "What a sense of community that place had—a wicked good time." Liz would like to get back in touch with Maria Gomez Colon '91 and Elice Maldonando '91. Debra Lubar Lightsey lives in Decatur, GA, with husband Scott and their children Lilah Tille, born Aug. 24, 2005, and Noah Benjamin, 6. Debra is a strategy and innovation officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Debra's fondest memory of Cornell is her roommates.

Sandi Rappe Spindler and husband Steve live in Jenkintown, PA, with their daughters Kate Olivia, born March 30, 2006, and Jessica, 2. Sandi is an ob/gyn. Alice Lin Yang's fondest memory of Cornell is "summertime at Cornell, taking landscaping painting class and painting a view of West Campus from the library." Alice lives in Warren, NJ, and currently stays at home with her two children, ages 2 and 4. Alice would love to hear from Cornell friend Evan Powers and wonders if he is still in California. Freelance writing is Sue Eisenfeld's present "after-hours" activity. In the rest of her life, Sue attends graduate school at Johns Hopkins U. and is pursuing a master of arts in writing (creative nonfiction). She also works as an environmental communications consultant. Sue and husband Neil Heinekamp '91 live in Arlington,VA. Sue writes that she would love to get back in touch with friend Holly Martin.

Eric and Rachel Levin Klopfer '91 live in Winchester, MA. Eric recently became a tenured professor at MIT, where he is studying educational technology, and Rachel is a veterinarian. In September 2005, Rachel completed a full Ironman triathlon—her first. Eric and Rachel have two children: son Oren, 3, and daughter Maya, born on July 8, 2006.Michael and Alisa Alma Mertens '91 make their home in Lancaster, NY.Michael is a partner in one of the nation's largest Tae Kwon Do schools—World Class Tae Kwon Do Centers. After hours,Michael enjoys spending time with his sons Joseph, 6, and David, 1-1/2. Eric's favorite memory of Cornell is training with the Tae Kwon Do team and sneaking members of the team without dining plans into the dining hall. Rachel Golden Carlson lives in Knoxville, TN, where she is an assistant professor of musicology at the School of Music at the U. of Tennessee.

I received a press release from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, a NYC international law firm. They announced that Stacey Rappaport, one of their partners in the litigation department, was recently elected to a one-year term on the New York County Lawyers Association's board of directors. Michelle C.Nino is a staff clinician at the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse. She enjoys playing tennis, traveling, writing poetry, and skiing.Michelle remembers swimming in the gorge, the falls, and eating ice cream at the Dairy Bar.

Please keep your news coming. If you send e-mail, please write "Cornell News" in the Subject: line. This will make it easier for us to maintain the news and save it for the next column. Thanks and have a great winter. -- Debbie Feinstein, debbie_feinstein@yahoo.com;Wilma Ann Anderson, info@WilPowerEnterprises.com; and Renee Hunter Toth, rah24@cornell.edu.

93 | As winter comes roaring in, it's natural to be reminded of Cornell—trying to keep warm on a brisk, slushy walk to class; looking out the library window to watch the snow fall; cutting through the Campus Store for a few moments of warmth on the way to Collegetown. If you've been thinking about your college days, a great way to enhance the nostalgia would be to share some memories or news with your class correspondents for inclusion in the Class Notes! We really need your updates to keep the column fresh and interesting, so please drop us a line. Our contact information is at the end of the column.

Speaking of Class Notes, our first bit of news comes straight from the source.My co-correspondent Yael Berkowitz Rosenberg and her husband Sandy welcomed their first child, Jonathan Shai, on July 9, 2006. Yael reports, "He was born on his due date—very punctual!" Holly Zax Shuter and her husband also had their first child, Tyler Logan Shuter, on January 31, 2006. She writes, "All of our Cornell friends have sent him Big Red gear, so he's getting early Ezra brainwashing!"Holly lives in Los Angeles and is AVP, Corporate Communications at Zenith Insurance. Jess GrausWoo is also a new mommy. "On June 29, my husband Dan and I picked up our daughter Kaia Sophia at the Detroit Airport. She was born on June 23, 2005 in Seoul, Korea, and is just a joy. She has a wonderful, happy personality and is quickly learning all kinds of things, including a couple of English words already! I am taking the summer off for maternity leave, returning to my position as assistant professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in September. I also just got an NIH grant funded, which is big professional news given the recent NIH budget cuts!" Great news and big congratulations to all the new parents!

We have a few marriages to celebrate this issue. The New York Times reported that Jose Chan married Laura Ellen Forlano on April 15, 2006 in Manhattan. Jose is a buyer for men's clothing in Manhattan at Loro Piana, the retail and wholesale business that produces cashmere clothing, accessories, and textiles. He is also an adjunct instructor in merchandising strategy at the Fashion Inst. of Technology in Manhattan. The New York Times also reported on the wedding of Hans Henkes to his German girlfriend Nicola Summer on July 10, 2006. Hans tells us, "Last year, I repatriated to the US after eight enjoyable years in Europe, during which time I started and managed a couple of subsidiaries for technology companies. I now reside in New York City and am the general manager of MindMatics, a German mobile services provider."Hans's new wife will move to the US at the end of the year. Oliver J.C.Wharton wrote, "I just returned from my [July] honeymoon in Greece and Turkey. Still in Las Vegas working on restaurant development for the LightGroup, which operates FIX at the Bellagio and STACK at The Mirage."

Hooman Yaghoobzadeh wrote in to tell us that he finished a year as chief resident in internal medicine and a cardiology fellowship at New York Hospital and joined a cardiology practice with David Blumenthal '71, MD '75, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Hooman lives on the Upper East Side with his wife and two sons. Nora Lin is also a physician. She is with Vireo Allergy Centers in Philadelphia. The Center is one of the few that offers sublingual immunotherapy—which means that instead of giving lots of allergy shots, Nora can just place a liquid extract under the patient's tongue. Sounds good to me! Nora got her medical degree at New York Medical College and did her pediatric residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.

Amy ChurchWood responded to a recent plea for updates with a much-appreciated news-filled note. She writes, "Since graduating from business school in 2004 (I went to that other rather remote Ivy league school in New Hampshire), I am living in Southborough, MA, and working for a regional insurance company. Stu and I have an 18-month-old son Joshua.What's even more fun is that Jessica Baker Flechtner, PhD '00, and Meredith McAlear McClements live nearby and we all enjoy the fact that our kids are surviving us together! We went to Deana Herrick '92's wedding this summer and got to see Kristin Holcomb Stahl '92.Michelle Catanzaro Webster, I would love to get in touch with you sometime soon!"

Please keep the news coming. You can either e-mail your class correspondents or submit your news online at http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.htm. Thanks! -- Erica Fishlin Fox, ericazzz@aol.com; Yael Berkowitz Rosenberg, ygb1@cornell.edu.

94 | Well, after many years of stressing out about where the class news is, the folks in Alumni Affairs have given us a great device to ensure we get current news— everybody's e-mail addresses! We are now full of great updates from the Class of '94 (current as of early August), and while I attempt to get everybody's news in, if you don't see it, don't despair. I forwarded it onto Dineen, who will include it in the Jan/Feb '07 edition. FYI, we cannot report about pregnancies or engagements—only births and weddings!

Kurt and Jennifer Quin Henninger used snail mail to write us in June. Kurt is in operations resources at Frito-Lay, and Jennifer is enjoying being home with Elisabeth and Abigail and running a health and wellness company. The family lives in Highlands Ranch, CO. Also in Colorado is Clayton Sparks, who is a photographer in Boulder (www.claytonsparks.com). By day, Clayton serves as VP of business development for a local telecommunications start-up.Margot Vigeant and Steven Stumbris also wrote in via regular mail.Margot is now tenured, serving as associate professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell U., and Steve is in manufacturing support for Yorktowne Cabinetry. The couple lives with their children Gabriel, 5, and Simon, 2.

Andres du Bouchet lives and works in New York City, where he performs comedy in his weekly show, Giant Tuesday Night of Amazing Inventions And Also There Is A Game. Check out his website at www.andresdubouchet.com. Joshua Veshia is managing sales for WebGen Systems, a provider of energy management and conservation solutions for Fortune 500 companies, and lives in Boston's Back Bay.Michael Rubin lives in Chicago with wife Marsha (DeMay) '95 and new son Matthew Aaron.Michael works at SwissRe as CIO of the commercial insurance business. Prior to that he worked at GE and completed his MBA at Northwestern. Suzanne Perry recently joined the Washington, DC, office of Baker & McKenzie LLP as "of counsel."Her practice focuses on international business transactions, with a particular emphasis on the financing of energy and infrastructure projects. Prior to this, Suzanne lived an international life, working in Luxembourg at the European Court of Justice and completing a Fulbright in Florence, Italy, before moving back stateside. Also practicing law is Erin Vocke Bailey, who recently took the Georgia Bar exam and began work as a trusts and estates attorney. Erin also has a 2-year-old daughter Ella.

Ursula Kriegl, MMH '98, writes from Munich, where she is senior VP with Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, responsible for the advisory and valuations team in Germany. She also married in January 2006.Nilay Shah writes in that he is in charge of the epilepsy monitoring unit at White Plains Hospital, just north of New York City. Since graduating, Nilay has also founded a successful Internet company called MedicalPocketPC, the largest website in the world for healthcare professionals using Pocket PC hardware/ software to improve patient care, and also helped found the NYS Neurological Society, whose mission is to improve patient care through coordinated efforts in the field of neurology.

Tom Goldstone writes from New York City, where he is a senior producer for CNN. Tom and wife Jenn welcomed son Max in December 2005; Tom notes that Max has already been to Ithaca, where he had a drink (of formula) at Rulloff 's and is ready to enroll in the Class of 2027! Carrie LefflerWofsy and husband Matt welcomed daughter Rebecca Michelle on May 22, 2006. Carrie works as a therapist at the Renfrew Center, serving as team leader for the Intensive Outpatient Program, a program for women struggling with eating disorders. Sallyanne Mitchell Meier works as a nurse practitioner with a nephrology group in Nashville, TN. She writes that she and husband Carl, who serves as a vice president for a community bank, have a 1-year-old daughter,Maggie. Nina Hattiangadi Thomas recently married husband Dave this June, and is a pediatric neuropsychologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Pei-Hua Ku is a lieutenant in the US Navy as an information professional specializing in communications. He also is pursuing his second master's degree at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, in systems engineering. David Shriberg, PhD '94, serves as assistant professor of psychology at Loyola U. in Chicago. He and wife Amy have children Emma, 3, and Nathan, 1. Craig Hallstrom is also an assistant professor, working at U. of Mississippi Medical Center as a pediatric intensivist and director of the pediatric residency program. Rob Stevens wrote that he received his MBA from MIT in the summer of 2005 and is now VP Business Development at Kiva Systems, a startup in Boston that manufactures robotic systems for warehouses. Rob also recently married Alison Vaughan and moved to a new home.

Quick hits: Barbara Taylor Sciarrino is president of Integrated Promotions Inc., an advertising specialty firm in upstate New York. Daniel Burgess lives in Bergen County, NJ, with wife Sarah O'Dell and their three cats, working as a contract writer for various clients. Rachel Gurshman and Sunil Srivastava recently welcomed their first child, Samuel Kumar. The family lives in Decatur, GA.

Well, I barely scratched the surface. Keep a lookout for more updates in upcoming issues! Michael, Lindsay, and I wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season, and a Happy New Year! -- Jennifer Rabin Marchant, Jennifer.Marchant@kraft.com; Dineen PashoukosWasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; and Dika Lam, dikaweb@yahoo.com.

95 | I knew I'd find you back here in the Class Notes section! Unfortunately, there is not a lot of news to share. Of course, this could be easily fixed if you sent Alison and me an update . . . pretty please. Remember, it doesn't have to be about jobs or weddings or babies. You can write about Cornell memories, new houses, trips, volunteering, personal achievements, and anything else you would like to share with your classmates. If you haven't done so yet, mail in that News Form from our annual fall class mailing, or write to Alison or me directly at the e-mail addresses at the bottom of the column.

This past June, Deborah JamesWalend opened her own pediatric practice in Cambridge, MA. It is called Children's Garden Pediatrics and you can check it out online at www.childrensgardenpeds.com. David Anderson sent in a fun e-mail."My wife Beth and I just celebrated our first anniversary, and we're enjoying being first-time homeowners in Minneapolis. I continue to sing full-time with the a cappella group Four Shadow.We just released our latest album, and have lots of info up on our site, www.fourshadow. com. I missed reunion but vow to tread the Hill again soon!"

Another big post arrived from SarahMargolin Jacobson. Sarah writes, "It's been a long while since I've sent any news, but the last year has been so eventful that I thought I would send an update.My husband Chris and I traded in city living for life in the suburbs.We bought a new home in Cortlandt Manor, NY, about an hour north of NYC. Chris is still working as a trader at Caxton, a hedge fund in Manhattan. I have left my job as jewelry product manager at Bulgari to be a full-time wife and mother. Our son Sam was born on December 27, 2005. He is an absolute wonder and brings great joy to our lives."Happy first birthday, Sam!

The progeny of our classmates continue to increase (as does the number of future Cornellians!) and more and more accounts of growing families arrive.Melissa Biren Singer sends the following: "Scott '94 and I are thrilled to announce that our family has grown with the birth of Jordana Biren Singer on July 24, 2006. Big sister Kayla turned 3 in August and could not be more excited about her new baby sister.We are all settled in Chappaqua, NY, and have been living here for the past three years. I am a licensed clinical psychologist, and Scott is working in real estate finance."

My final piece of information comes from Seth Traum and is written in a way that could only come from Seth."Here's my news. Just had kid number two (scary, huh?). Jordon Hunter Traum joined his older brother Zach on June 28.We're getting adjusted, and my wife is in shock just thinking about the amount of testosterone flowing through the apartment. But all is good. Other than that, not much to report for me. Still at Smith Barney working my butt off and enjoying it. I was recently the best man at Jon Stern's wedding. It was a really nice event in Roslyn, NY, and Jon and Heather just returned from their honeymoon in Africa."

That's all the news that's fit to print . . . or at least all the news that's available to print. Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year, everyone! -- Abra Benson, amb8@cornell.edu; Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof95.alumni.cornell.edu.

96 | Greetings, Sixers! As you read this, I hope the memory of the oppressively hot summer is slowly receding into the recesses of your mind, and you are enjoying all the splendor of the fall. Autumn was always my favorite time in Ithaca (well, all six days of it), and this year, I have vowed to leave the Bay Area in search of some foliage and flannel shirts.

But enough about me. I'd like to share with you some of the excellent musings of our fellow classmates that they have included in their Class of '96 news forms. Bravo to those of you who took the time to really ponder where you are, where you'd like to go, and what you appreciate about life at this time. Robin McLean is a New Jersey Department of Agriculture Education Planner (an FFA specialist, for those of you in the know). Robin's current "after-hours" activities are riding motorcycles, reading on her deck, and traveling abroad. She'd rather spend less time at work and more time traveling around the globe. One of Robin's fondest Cornell memories is eating breakfast at Trillium while reading the Daily Sun. And Becky Cady '95, if you're out there, Robin would love to hear from you!

Sayira Valdez works as an administrative secretary and lives in Philadelphia. Her present activities are crafts, biking, gardening, studying drawing and painting, and falling in love with a beautiful woman (rock on, Sayira!). Sayira misses "the beauty of campus, the constant energy and excitement about learning all around, and the great Ithaca gorges and thunderstorms." And Sayira would like to hear from her long lost Cornell friend Ellie Kim. Alison Derow Gaudet is a pediatrician in private practice in Pittsburgh. Alison, husband Michael, and daughter Caroline welcomed Julia Rose into the family on April 14, 2006. Congratulations to the Gaudets!

Patricia Gaigals Bolduc is a small-animal veterinarian in Bellingham, MA. Her present after-hours activities include being a mom and a wife, and she and husband Dave '94 recently managed to add a new addition to the clan, second daughter Caroline Rose, born February 15, 2006. Caroline's older sister Natalie Grace recently turned 3. Thinking about the future, Patricia would someday like to bike the south of France wineries and go wine touring. As for fond Cornell memories, Patricia writes, "Playing in the Big Red Marching Band and going to Cornell hockey games!" Bridget Lowell recently left Capitol Hill (where she was working for Democrat David Price, not Republican Joe Pitts—and by the way, Bridget still wants to know who spread such slanderous lies about her!) for a job as the senior manager for media relations at the Nature Conservancy's worldwide office, just outside Washington, DC. And speaking of D.C., Samantha Klein is bidding adieu to corporate law life in New York City and heading down to take Dupont Circle by storm.

Dave, MD '01, and Lauren Kalter Hass and daughter Samantha welcomed Ethan Lee into the world on October 17, 2005. Lauren writes, "Big guy at 9 lb. 10 oz. So basically that's our life—not much time for anything else!" The Hasses live in Ossining, NY, where Dave is a gastroenterology fellow and Lauren is a consultant to non-profit organizations.Hootan Yaghoobzadeh updated us on his long-lost freshman-year roommate, Yuly Lyandres, who along with wife Evunka, are the proud parents of two little girls, Lilina, 2, and Lulu, 3 months. Yuly is starting up his medical practice on Staten Island. Antonio Mastroberardino writes that he is a research associate in Upstate New York.

Lucky for Lisa Kubicki Bedford, she gets to get in some good summer days in Central New York. Lisa lives in Ithaca and works for Cornell. Lisa's started in a new MBA program at the Johnson School in July. She writes, "It's the Executive Boardroom MBA joint program between Cornell and Canada's Queen's School of Business—17 months long and I'll have two MBAs (one from each school) upon completion in November 2007."And speaking of dual degrees, Ian Shea recently started the joint executive MBA program between Berkeley and Columbia.

LisaWright was married to Alex McAulay (Brown '96) on October 8, 2005, and is living in Chapel Hill, NC. Lisa's brother Mark "Koni"Wright '98 was in the wedding party. Lisa works at UNC, and Alex is a novelist. Alex's first novel, Bad Girls, was published last summer by MTV/Pocket Books and is being turned into a movie by MTV Films. His second novel, Lost Summer, is being released this August, also by MTV/Pocket. Congrats to Lisa and Alex, and hey—can I trade you my official Class of '96 wine opener for an invite to the premiere?

And lastly, I wanted to give some well-deserved props to Darcy Peterka, who recently completed his doctorate in chemistry at Berkeley. Don't worry, Darcy—I will make sure to study hard, and not devalue your degree. Congratulations! Please keep the news coming, folks! It's always a pleasure to hear from you and document your wonderful adventures. -- Sheryl Magzamen, slm1@cornell.edu; Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu. For updated class events, news, and resources, visit http://classof96.alumni. cornell.edu.

97 | Many of you received e-mails from Sarah and me this summer encouraging you to get in touch and share memories from our time at Cornell as well as current updates on how you've kept busy since graduation nearly ten (gasp!) years ago. This class column is one of the primary ways we keep connected throughout the years, and we're proud to serve as your class correspondents.We thank those of you who have taken time out of your busy schedules to send in news, and we hope that the rest of you enjoy reading those updates over the next few months as we build momentum for our 10th Reunion in Ithaca, June 7-10, 2007. Please save the date!

Our professional lives are moving forward at a rapid pace. Nicole Smith Chevalier enjoys the challenges and travel associated with her work at a family foundation making grants to nonprofit organizations in art, the environment, and education around the country. Nicole and her husband purchased their first home this year, a 1935 colonial in West Haven, CT. She reports spending spare time removing wallpaper, painting, plastering, refinishing hardwood floors, and battling vegetation in the backyard, but is excited about turning the house into the home they envision. Nicole is looking forward to seeing people from her old dorms and classes at reunion next year. Mary Jo Fidler is in her last year of fellowship in hematology/oncology in Chicago. She is hoping to meet up with Jessica Lewis at reunion.

Rich Baecher is working toward a January 1, 2007 incorporation date for Baecher Consulting Group Inc. (www.BaecherConsulting.com), which will specialize in information, communication, and medical system solutions. Since getting his MBA in 2004, Rich has been selling medical solutions to physician offices, hospital administrators, and health care executives in the New York City area and southern Connecticut. Currently, he is an account manager for Philips Medical Systems in the Brooklyn and Queens territory. Jeremy Allen, MPA '98, is a lobbyist for Johnson & Johnson in Washington, DC, focusing on issues facing the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He married wife Ashley in July 2004, with many Cornellians in attendance, and the couple recently purchased a home. Jeremy is looking forward to a beer at the Palms when he gets back to Ithaca. (Me too!)

Margaret Billy, MILR '00, accepted a job this summer working on the human resources team at CitiCards, a division of CitiGroup, and planned to relocate to New York City. After six years of human resources at Bristol-Myers Squibb in central New Jersey,Margaret is excited to be "moving on and out." She also went solo on an "amazing" two-week vacation to Thailand in March. Aaron Hutman is another accomplished traveler. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2001, he worked as an international trade attorney at Steptoe & Johnson until 2005, then left to spend a year traveling in Latin America. Aaron is currently working on a book and planning future travels.

Rebecca Ingalls is an assistant professor of composition and rhetoric in the Dept. of English and Writing at the U. of Tampa. She finished her PhD at the U. of Michigan in 2005, and moved down to Tampa with her partner. Rebecca's also currently working on a book about writing pedagogy and student spoken-word performance. Congratulations to Andra Schnabolk, who sent in word of her March 11, 2006 wedding to David Grossman in Cantonsville,MD. Andra is an attorney for the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.

Classmates are keeping the stork busy with new arrivals. Scott Hatherley and wife Stephanie greeted their first child, Derek Ryan, on January 12, 2006. "Very happy parents" Seth and JaniceWynn Guikema '98 welcomed son David Woodson on July 3, 2006. It's been a busy year for Seth and Janice: they finished their post-docs at Cornell in summer 2005, then moved to College Station, TX, and bought their first house. Seth is an assistant professor in civil engineering at Texas A&M, and Janice is a lecturer in physics; classmate Patrick Lynett, PhD '02, also is a faculty member in civil engineering.

Jason Matyas and wife Shannon celebrated the arrival of daughter Norabel Faith (Norabel means honor in Greek) on April 29, 2006. Big sister Lydia Rose turned 2 on May 10, 2006, and Dad reports "she's quite the energetic and precocious little lady."Norabel arrived two weeks after Jason returned from Afghanistan, where he supported the deployment of the Army's 10th Mountain Division and other units to Operation Enduring Freedom. He helped move more than 8,000 soldiers and 69 helicopters via Air Force airlift.He also traveled to Eastern Afghanistan, where he trained Army troops on airdrop procedures, and set up and controlled numerous airdrops to deliver critical supplies to the most remote base that conventional forces have ever used in Afghanistan. These efforts contributed to the success of coalition forces‚ Operation Mountain Lion, in April and May. At home, Jason continues to fly KC-10s about one week a month at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey, and keeps busy with landscaping and other home projects.

Please share your news! What have you been up to these last few years? Who are you looking forward to seeing at reunion? What will make your trip to Ithaca complete? A Hot Truck run? Last call at the Palms? Paying your freshman dorm room a visit (provided your freshman dorm is still standing . . .)? Let us know! -- Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu; Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof97.alumni.cornell.edu.

98 | Wow, it seems like the two months between columns fly by. Erica and I think that we have now finally caught up on all the announcements we received this year, and are ready for another round. It's great hearing from everyone, so please fill out the News Form from our annual fall class mailing (or write us via email at any time) and keep the news coming! Erin Dodd took a leave from her job at NYU to work in a museum in Peru—El Museo Sican in Ferreñafe, Lambayeque. The museum shows the finds of local archaeological excavations (gold masks, ceramics—in her words, "lovely things!"). Just up the road are a series of pyramids of the Sican culture that inhabited this area over 1,000 years ago. If you have some free time, she would love for you to visit! The website is http://sican.perucultural. org.pe/ and you can email her at eed1@cornell.edu. She will be happy to help you arrange a visit.

I guess one degree is not enough. Liz Dewey must have missed her days at Cornell, as she is now a student at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. James Farry is an internal medicine resident at the U. of Michigan Medical Center. He mountain bikes when he has free time and occasionally camps. He would rather be traveling, camping more, and drinking a beer at the Chapter House. He remembers Slope Day and hanging out with friends at his house on Highland Place. He would like to hear from Vinnie Gentile. Daniel Babitz is working as a financial consultant for the environmental consulting group INC. in New York. He is trying to be a "Superdad" and reports he has a lot of new things in his life: new baby, new house, new car, and new empty wallet. He misses those late-night ramblings in the Donlon Common area.

Congratulations to Phoebe Furey and James G.McGall V, who were married on August 27, 2005, at the Elkridge Furnace Inn. Phoebe earned her MBA from Columbia U. and is working as a consultant at Deloitte Consulting in Washington, DC. They honeymooned in Hawaii and live in Odenton, MD. Congratulations also go out to Toni Stabile, who married Will Weiss in February 2006.Many alums (and Alpha Phi sisters) were in attendance, including bridesmaid Andrea Muchinsky '97, Anne Savage Malenfant, ME '99,Megan O'Brien, Soo Youn Yi, Ann Law '99, Laura Rossier '99, and Rebecca Whittles '99. Toni and Will became homeowners in North Babylon, NY, and Toni has taught English for five years at Long Beach High School.

Esther Wasserstein is a physician assistant in internal medicine and critical care at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, NJ. She horseback rides for fun and is training for a marathon. She misses Slope Day and would like to hear from Joanna "JoJo"Marks Ortiz. JuliaWells is working as a principal scientist at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products in Skillman, NJ. At the time of her submission, she was working on launching new skin care products for the Aveeno and Clean & Clear brands. She now has a lot more free time on her hands, as she finished up her part-time MBA at NYU's Stern School of Business. She would love to be independently wealthy (good goal!) and lie around on different tropical beaches. She remembers fondly her senior year and spring break trips with her TriDelt sisters.

Kristin Caruso is a lawyer and loves to travel in her free time. She took a trip to Italy in September 2005 and has been back east a few times as well. She loves what she is doing, but would like to be able to hang out on a beach with a margarita in her hand—"hey, my TCAB (hotel school project) theme was ‘Margaritaville,' and it is still in my blood!" She remembers fondly College Ave. (the Palms, Club House, etc.), Senior Week (Cups!), Slope Day (Carl Mittleman on Slope Day), and hockey games ("We want Weedler"), and she misses all her friends from Cornell! Kristen Choe Donty is a dentist and opened up her own office in downtown Boston. Just as I am hearing from many people, she loves what she does. She misses watching the sunset at Uris Library and would love to hear from Jennifer Huang and Paula Lee Hauck.

We hope everyone is doing well. There are still so many of you we haven't heard from. Come on, brag a little about your accomplishments or about how you've dropped out of the business world and are now laying out on a beach in the Caribbean. Send any announcements or news or what you ate for breakfast to: -- Gregg Herman, gdh5@cornell.edu; or Erica Chan, hc31@cornell.edu. Hope to hear from you soon.

99 | Happy Holidays! "Life is good in Big Sky country." So says Jeff Shay, PhD '99, an associate professor at the U. of Montana who recently received his fifth teaching award and, even better, tenure. Jocelyn Ram is finishing up her last year of law school at Boston U. and will head down to Washington, DC, after graduating to work as a patent attorney for Kenyon & Kenyon LLP. Jocelyn has taken good advantage of her student schedule to travel, managing to visit Scandinavia, Jamaica, Niagara Falls, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the last year. In other lawyer news, Thomas Utzinger joined the environmental law team of Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP in Morristown, NJ. After graduating from George Washington U. law school, John Haran joined the mechanical group of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, an intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC. Tennis champ and St. Louis marathon-completer Michelle Degen graduated from the JD/MBA program at Washington U. in St. Louis. Stephen Rockwell is another joint-degree candidate, earning his MBA/MPA through a Harvard/MIT program.

With the number of our classmates becoming internal medicine doctors, hopefully the rest of us won't have to book our appointments months in advance too much longer. Natalie Bello graduated from medical school at the U. of Rochester and is a resident in internal medicine at Columbia U. Among Natalie's graduating class was '99er Jennifer Richman. Sunny St. Petersburg, FL, is home to Justin Nudell, a resident in internal medicine at Northside Hospital and Heart Inst., pursuing a gastroenterology fellowship. Justin is married to his "medical school sweetheart" Michelle Zetooney. Our third featured internist-to-be is Matthew Olah, who completed medical school at Thomas Jefferson U. and is an internal medicine resident at Temple U. Hospital in Philadelphia. Carina Rizzo graduated from Cornell Medical College last year and is a dermatology resident at New York U.Medical Center.

Although he'd rather be "running a B&B in Ohio,"Mark Reardon works as a contract administrator for the U. of Pittsburgh, where he writes employment agreements for the 1,600-member physician group. San Francisco is home to David Goodman, the director of corporate real estate for the Clorox Co. Job changes have taken a few classmates in new directions recently. After six years at Marriott Int'l, hotelie Kristin Sander is working toward her MBA at Oxford's Said Business School in London.While she's embracing the experience of "group life" in a shared townhouse, Kristen admits: "Oh, how I miss my condo in Washington!"With an address in "Happy Valley," hopefully Philip Chiu feels the same about his new home in Hong Kong, where he works for Citigroup in equity derivative sales. Philip received his master's in economic and social history from Oxford U., and spent two weeks traveling along the Yellow River in China, from Xian to Qingdao. After working several years as a copy editor in New York and teacher in Baltimore, Anthony Zuba is studying at Boston U. School of Theology.

Finally, our wedding roundup:Wendy Meyer and Peter Sterling '98 were married last October in Brant Lake, NY.More than 25 Cornellians were in attendance (sorry that we can't list all of them here)! Wendy and Peter traveled to Italy for their honeymoon, hitting Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome. Chris Comarato walked down the aisle with Katie Zoltek, with a bridal party that included Cornellians Mike Greiner '00 and Matt Markovich. The couple honeymooned in Tahiti and lives in Philadelphia, where Chris works as a senior applications specialist for SunGard Data Systems.

Justin Mayer and Tina Meyer were married in Washingtonville, NY, and honeymooned in Hawaii. The wedding was a Cornellian family affair, with Justin's brother Wesley '01, Tina's brothers Alex '94 and Marc, and Tina's sister-in-law Leanne Cronin. Sandra Saluke married Daniel Saha in her hometown of Dayton, OH, last year. The wedding party included maid of honor Elizabeth Pynadath, Kathryn Kadash Edmondson '00, and Edward Morrell. The couple lives in Maryland, where Sandra develops educational programs for the Girl Scouts Council while David pursues graduate studies at Johns Hopkins U.

As reported in the New York Times, Thomas Troubh married Natalie Tung at Tavern on the Green in New York's Central Park. Tom works as a stock trader at First New York Securities. A manager of community relations for the NBA, Tara Gutkowski married Eric Schwartz last October in Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Last November, Daniel Schubert married Ana Molina in Washington, DC. Dan graduated from Georgetown U. Law Center. Israel and Greece were the honeymoon destinations for Dylan Pollack and Shirael Vaknin, married in New Jersey last July. Dylan is an attorney at Proskauer Rose in Manhattan. David Strome married Melissa McCarthy in New Jersey last June. David is a vice president and account director at KSL Media, an advertising agency in New York.

With the retirement and sabbatical, respectively, of beloved columnists Jessica Smith and Melanie Arzt, disaster seemed imminent. How ever would we replace these talented ladies, two-thirds of the team for the last seven years? Fear not, Class of 1999, we have found two brave volunteers: introducing Melanie Grayce West and Brady Russell, our newest class columnists. Legends in the making,Melanie and Brady will write upcoming columns.What better way to welcome the new recruits than by inundating us with your news? Our inboxes await. -- Jennifer Sheldon, jennifer.sheldon@gmail.com; Brady Russell, bradydale@thistoowillpass.com; and Melanie Grayce West, melanie@melaniegrayce.com.