90 | Perhaps everything they say about Gen X'ers isn't true, as some of us are endeavoring to produce future Cornell presidents. Karen Erika Prymak-Oldick reported that she and husband Bradley Oldick '91 hope that their son's long name may give him a leg up. Brock Alexander Prymak Oldick turned 1 on March 18. Karen adds, "The name is long for such a little guy but we figured if he used his initials (Brock A.P. Oldick) he is destined to be president of Cornell! (Remember the great Frank H.T. Rhodes!)" Last year, Evan Cooper and his wife's plans to attend reunion (no jive—they had hotel reservations!) were stalled by the arrival of twin girls Sophie and Evie.With big sister Rachel, the family had three girls under the age of 2 on their hands, but Evan reports that they are surviving. Since graduation, he has been working for GE in Cleveland. Currently, he is a product manager for advanced materials used in various industries, including III-V crystal growth, traveling wave tubes, and thermal management.

NatWasserstein and wife Melissa (Pittel) '88 moved to Pierpont, NY, with their children Clara, 9, and Ben, 6. Nat runs a crisis management company that assists companies in various stages of financial distress, while Melissa is a biochemical geneticist at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. Karen Snelbecker Stern gave birth to Zoe Inanna on December 13, 2005. The happy and healthy girl has a big brother, Oliver, who is 4 and interested in art, aliens, and flowers.

In Atlanta, Lisa R. Riso Lilenfeld welcomed son Alec on December 1, 2005.He completes a planned triptych of three children under the age of 4, she assures us, adding that she is both extremely tired and extremely happy (!). Sisters Hannah and Sarah are 2 and 3-1/2, respectively. Lisa also spends lots of time with her old Cascadilla Hall roommate Erica Lemcke, who is also in Atlanta and has two daughters, ages 1 and 4. Lisa recently got together with Andrea Geisert Grieco '91, a Pi Phi roommate who lives in Atlanta and has a son, 5, and a daughter, 1.

Classmate Roger Wolfe lives in Charlotte with his wife Karen and their children Virginia Anne, 6, and Ben August, 1-1/2. Roger reported that, even at her tender age, his daughter is already a budding writer, like her namesake. He is general manager of Carolina, a private golf club near downtown Charlotte, and hangs out with Jed Barry '91. Roger is anticipating a summer reunion of former Zeta Psi members and their families in Black Butte, OR. Classmates expected to attend: Greg Connor, wife Heather Hart, and children Ben and Ellie; Chris Downey, wife Sylvie, and children Alexander and Addysen; Scott Everling, wife Lynne, and children Paige and Kate; Chuck La Macchia, wife Susan, and children Matthew, Abby, Sean, and Tyler; Billy Navas, wife Susanne, and children Jackie and William; Charlie Norwesh, wife Kim, and children Griffin and Michael; and Sam Shiffman, wife Beth, and children Ben and Elias. It is the first time the 32 adults and now-32 children are reconvening since the last wedding nearly five years ago. "One of the highlights is a memorial service for our great friend Eric Kussoy '89, who passed away in NYC in June 2005."

Ellen AlenceMatheson, who lives in Florida, visited Connecticut in February with her daughter Gillian, now 1, and had a jolly time with classmate Gillian Lucks Kaeyer and her growing brood. Gillian and Erik '89 have a 3-year-old daughter Megan, and had twins in January, a boy, Finlay, and a girl,Molly. In January, Ellen took part in a lacrosse tournament in Ft. Lauderdale, playing with a team from Baltimore. It was her first time back on the field for a tournament since Gillian was born, and the team went undefeated, except for a game against a team with Cornell alums. In Houston, Matt Scandale continues to remain active with Cornell as a volunteer for Cornell's Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network. He works as a software developer and is married with three girls who are active in soccer, basketball, swimming, and drama. "Especially drama," he added, with an emoticon smile.

News from the Left (coast): Benjamin Pavone has moved to San Diego, CA, where he is a civil lawyer and living "the dream." Also in San Diego, Kathy Kirk has finished building her home after the fires there in 2003. Living on a small cul-de-sac, she is recommitting her efforts to www.appliedspirituality.com and hopes to get back to public speaking by the end of the year. Susan Miller and husband Jonathan Davis just moved into a new house in Piedmont, CA, and have put out the call for any classmates in the Bay Area to get in touch with her. They have two boys, Ellington, who turns 4 in August, and 2-year-old Murray. She is also arranging an annual reunion of a group of Cornell women in New York City, including classmates Nicole Page, Nicole Beauregard, MBA '95, Ruth Silman, Karen Tyler, and Anne Peracca Bijur, plus Jenny Rosenberg Obel '91 and Kim Shleman Selzman '91. -- Tamiko Toland, stmoluag@yahoo.com; AmyWangManning, aw233@cornell.edu; and Kelly Roberson, kelly-roberson@ sbcglobal.net.

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92 | It's hard to believe that a year from now in this very column we'll be writing about the adventures of our 15th Reunion. Yikes! 15 years! The babies who were born when we were freshmen are now freshmen themselves. Do you feel old? To feel young again, start saving the dates of June 7-10 to trek to Ithaca to relive some of the good times we had on campus. Not sure you'll remember who everyone is? Check out the yearbook . . . and if you never bought a yearbook, it's not too late! The Cornellian office has notified us that they have many extra copies of our yearbook available, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

I hope Cornell is reserving lots of dorm space for our class, as it seems so many of us have new babies that may be in tow. After all, it's never too early to encourage the next generation to get a Big Red education! Among the parents who may be packing a crib next June is Patricia Gernavage Juza, who welcomed son Tomas into the world on April 21. The Juza family lives in New York City, and Patricia is Director of Language and Test Preparation Programs at Baruch College at CUNY. Diane Heith and Stephen Kline are proud to announce the birth of their son Owen Adam Kline. Owen was born early but is doing wonderfully well. According to Diane, "His parents are quite sleep-deprived, but loving every minute of it." They live in NYC where Diane is an associate professor of government and politics at St. John's U. and Steve is an environmental engineer. Umbereen Mustafa lives in Webster, NY, and is a marketing manager. "We now have two children (one is 7 months old), so we spend most of our free time with our children." Daughter Jinan Noor was born Sept 30. Siraj, her older brother who is 4, loves playing with her.

Danielle Alsop serves as the executive director of an educational nonprofit corporation in Alexandria,VA. In her job she has been building businesses and is preparing for national expansion. She is also focusing on expanding the Olympic training facility for Sport Taekwondo. Danielle fondly remembers spending time at Ruloff 's. Tracy Ellen Kamens completed a doctorate in higher education administration from the U. of Pennsylvania in 2004 and is now the director, professional development and special projects at NYU College of Dentistry. Outside of work, she is involved in the Society ofWine Educators and the American Wine Society and is presently enrolled in the WSET Diploma ofWine & Spirits course. Tracy and her husband have launched Grand Cru Classes (www.GrandCruClasses.com), a wine education center on Long Island's North Fork, located amidst the wineries. They started teaching wine classes on the weekends in June.

Gregory Frisoli celebrated a promotion to senior director at Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate brokerage in Fairfield County, CT, and Westchester County, NY. In 2005 Westchester Business Council recognized Gregory as one of Westchester County's "40 under 40 Rising Stars."Way to go! Greg also serves on the Cornell University Real Estate Council and is on the board of directors for the Building Owners and Managers Association of Westchester. Nathaniel Zoneraich, MD '96, opened Advanced Fertility Care in Scottsdale and Tempe, AZ. He is the medical director, specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Brooke Lupton lives in Canandaigua, NY, and is the sales director for Global Crossing. Outside of work, she enjoys running, skiing, and taking care of her two girls MacKenzie, 5, and Kailee, 3. Brooke recalls lots of fun nights at Ruloff 's and would love to hear from Marianne Danko Diamond '93, MBA '99, and Kathy Bell. Peter,MD '97, and Sarah Cho Kim are the proud parents of two boys. Sarah is an ob/gyn, but is currently enjoying being a stay-at-home mom. "I'm doing just what I want to do!" she wrote. Lisa Burton Radzely is also putting in long hours at home as a stay-at-home mom for her two children. Lisa shares her talents as coordinator of a DC-area group for vegetarian families. She also works with a group for parents of children with severe food allergies, and with her synagogue, where she is strategizing ways to increase attendance. Lisa admits she wishes she could get more sleep as "there just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done."

Lisa Nelson-Rangel lives in Rutherford, NJ, with her husband David, daughter, 4, and son, 2. She works as a regional director for AccountPros, and recently opened a northern New Jersey office for them. Lisa oversees the executive search and financial staffing practices for New York, New Jersey,Virginia, D.C., Illinois, and Michigan.BonnieWolf Greenwald is an endocrinologist in Scarsdale, NY. She and her husband Joshua work hard at taking care of their children. Brian Cantor is a laparoscopic and general surgeon in North Bethesda, MD.

Patricia Wagner, MS '95, is a veterinarian and lives in the Bronx. She and her husband Bradley Corsello enjoy wine tasting, bicycling, gardening, and traveling. They have recently enjoyed trips to Ireland, Scotland, and the Caribbean. Jill Mastoloni Furno is a portfolio manager for a multistrategy fund. She and her husband Erik '86, BArch '87, are renovating their 1890 house in Greenwich, CT. Linda Richichi Stahl is a partner in a law firm specializing in commercial litigation in Dallas. She still tries to run regularly and enjoys traveling.

My husband David Toth has moved his endocrinology practice to a physician-owned group located a half-mile from our house near Milwaukee, WI. In his free time, our 4-year-old son Brayden keeps him busy, and David got the privilege of coaching his first T-ball team this summer. As a family we have done some traveling this past year, visiting Cornell friends, touring the Caribbean, and trekking back East. I stay home with our son and keep busy with volunteer work, including the Cornell Club of Wisconsin. I try to keep up with hobbies of gardening and photography, but anyone with kids can probably guess just how involved I am!

Keep us posted on your latest achievements, what you look forward to at reunion, and whatever else is on your mind. -- Renee Hunter Toth, rah24@cornell.edu; Debbie Feinstein, debbie_feinstein@yahoo.com; and Wilma Ann Anderson, info@WilPowerEnterprises.com.

93 | Hello, everyone. Hope you all enjoyed the summer! The news mailbox brought just two pieces of news this month. Jason Hitner wrote in to say that he is now a solo pediatrician in a private practice on Long Island, and Anthony Elia married Melanie Lefkowitz '95 on October 1, 2005. Anthony is an associate at the law offices of David J. Sutton in Garden City, NY, and Melanie is an assistant city editor at Newsday. Since my mailbox was almost bare, I sent out an e-mail looking (OK, begging) for news. Thanks to everyone who responded to my plea! Remember that you can always send us an update through the alumni website at http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.htm.

Ed Gildar wrote that having taken Intro to Asian Studies as an afterthought elective, he has now recently moved to Hong Kong to work for Asian Fixed Income Securities for Citigroup and has been able to spend some time traveling through Asia. He noted that there are many Cornell grads in Hong Kong and was at a recent alumni event with about 40 of them. Jennifer Maya Iwata wrote, "As of last June, I have returned to working in the field of HIV/AIDS as the executive director of SMART Inc., a women's health organization that provides treatment and prevention education and support to women and adolescents living with/affected by HIV/AIDS."You can check out her website at www.smartuniversity.org. Jennifer Keiser Babb was inspired by reading the news of Pankaj Talwar's wedding to write in with an update. She says, "I am currently working part-time as a Web developer and full-time as a mom. I have a 4-year-old son and my daughter will be 2 in May.My husband Charlie and I live in lovely Bend, OR. Charlie is a Bend native and we moved here four years ago to take advantage of the grandparents' offers to help with the children. He's been teaching me to live the Bend lifestyle—so far I've summited four mountains!" Seth Kestenbaum recently started his own business—Altitude Realty Group—and continues to live in Manhattan.

The e-mails also brought in lots of new baby news! Peter Hedlund, MRP '00, wrote,"My wife Maile and I had twins, a boy and a girl, last December. Between the twins and improvement projects for our home in Arlington, MA, we have our hands full—literally! We saw Will Gluck and Trista Gladden and their two daughters in the Catskills back in April, and reminisced about good times on the Hill."Matt Gerstein wrote to let us know that he and his wife Laurie had their first child, Emily Rachel, on March 17, 2006. They are now living in North Wales, PA.

Per Jacobson wrote, "Betsy (Wilson), Nathan, and I recently moved to Chicago. Shortly thereafter we were joined by a new baby girl, Evelyn Dagny." Betsy is building a sentencing advocacy practice, working primarily on death penalty cases, and Per is working for Leo Burnett Co. "We're all enjoying living right off the lake."Rick and Jessica Silber Jentis '94 welcomed Jonathan Fletcher Jentis on March 21, 2006. He joins older brothers Eitan, 3, and Gabriel, 5. Rick is now the director of marketing for infant nutrition at Gerber Products Co. Rick also let me know that his former housemate Bryon Colby and his wife Dina welcomed son Tyler in October 2005. Lauren Bailyn Sapira, MBA '94, and husband Valdi welcomed daughter Samantha Lee on April 13, 2006. She joins older brother Josh, who turned 3 in August. Lauren and Valdi are still living in Hoboken.

Just a few days later, on April 18, Beth Fisch Cohen and husband Ron welcomed their first child, Julia Dina. Matt Kelman, JD '97, and his wife Karen welcomed their second child, Ryan Joseph, on May 30. Ryan joins big sister Caroline, who just turned 3.Matt is currently employed as senior counsel, business and legal affairs for Spike TV. Just prior to Ryan's arrival, the Kelmans spent a few days in Disney World with Mitch Goldberg and his family.

In late breaking news (well, for me anyway, since I am writing this in June), Loren Rosenzweig-Feingold and her husband Jeff welcomed Kenneth Tyler Feingold on June 17, and Meg Morrissey Heinicke and her husband Malcom welcomed Alexander on June 23, who joins 2-year-old big sister Charlotte.Meg is living in San Francisco and works as an appraiser and auction manager for WineBid.com Inc. Congratulations on all the new arrivals! I can see that the Class of 2028 will be well stocked!

Finally, we have a public service announcement: Never bought a yearbook? Want to look up your old friends and recount memories? The Cornellian office has notified us that they have many extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for more information. Until next time! v Yael Berkowitz Rosenberg, ygb1@cornell.edu; Erica Fishlin Fox, ericazzz@aol.com.

94 | As I write this column after a spring deluge, I'm cursing my June deadline: I often end up missing out on covering all those summer nuptials. Nevertheless, I do have some old good news from last fall, courtesy of the New York Times: Courtenay Morris and Jeffrey Gettleman, who met at our alma mater, were married in Hoboken, NJ, in October 2005. The festivities continued at Lyndhurst, a historic mansion in Tarrytown, NY. Courtenay, a graduate of the U. of Michigan Law School, is an assistant deputy public defender. Jeffrey, who was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, is a war correspondent for the New York Times, filing reports from Iraq since 2003. He has also served as a commentator for various television networks, including CNN. Also last October, Eric Berniker wed Jennifer Meerow at the Dellwood Country Club in New City, NY. Armed with an MBA from Harvard, Eric is the director of marketing for Glacéau, the folks who make the ubiquitous and tasty Vitamin Water.

An update from the Boston area: Patrick Herguth is married to Sunny and is the father of two boys, 2-year-old Aidan and 1-year-old Logan. "I am working at Planar Systems as the VP and GM of the medical business unit, where we manufacture and sell high resolution LCD panels into the medical market to display radiology images (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound, etc). Prior to that I spent almost six years at GE Healthcare. In May 2004, I earned my MBA from Kellogg School of Management through their executive program."

Congratulations to Praveena Nallainathan, who earned her JD from Rutgers School of Law in May. She's a business immigration lawyer at Proskauer Rose in New Jersey. Kudos to Laurie Taylor McKernan, a newly minted Harvard PhD; the news comes from Liza Brown Somilleda, who described a New Year's Eve reunion that included herself, Laurie, and a group of U-Hall 4 alums who also lived at 407 College Avenue: Sandip and Carly Powell Tarafdar, Jane Gorayeb Kiernan, and Kathy Burdette Shields. "After traveling from Los Angeles, New Jersey, Boston, and Cincinnati to the Tarafdars' home in Virginia, we learned that we certainly don't party like we did back in '94! The whole group—inclusive of the four kids under the age of 4—was fast asleep before 1 a.m. In fact, several of us were begging to go to bed before the ball dropped! Ah, how times have changed."

Times are changing for many alums as the stork lands yet again. Dave Martin and wife Kay checked in from Mexico City, where their first child, Sarah Corinne, was born on June 3. Dave is managing a power plant project for General Electric, living south of the border until early 2007. Last October, KimMcKenzie Bendus, a resident of Pleasantville, NY, became the proud parent of Owen David. She added that Karen Bierman Hirsh has two children, and that Mike Stroud '95 is the father of a little girl.

Matthew Hiltzik reported the birth of a second daughter,Molly Kate, little sister to Ella Joy.Matthew is the president/CEO of New York-based Freud Communications, a strategic communications firm. Chris and Carol Rim Hanscom have a second daughter, Stella, little sister to Alice. The couple had plans to leave L.A. for the Northeast, where Chris will do a post-doc at Harvard before heading up to Dartmouth College for a teaching position next year. Nico Marcellino '95 and Liz Gonzalez-Marcellino welcomed baby boy Alfredo on February 17.Writes Liz, "It was an easy labor—three pushes, no epidural." Big sister Isabella is 3. The family lives in Manhattan.

According to fellow New Yorker Mara LeffWood, Ali Kleger-Ramsey is a mother of two, a boy and a girl. Last December, Heather Annesley Hoyt, JD '97, and husband Garth '93, JD '97, became the proud parents of a third son, Benjamin. His siblings are Eric, 5, and Zachary, 2.Writes Heather, a labor and employment attorney with Pepper Hamilton, "We live in suburban Philadelphia and are just a little bit busy these days, now that we're outnumbered by our extremely energetic boys!"

And now, some inspiration for those who sometimes feel as if their creative endeavors are destined for obscurity: About eight years ago, I sent a short story to Epoch, the literary magazine of Cornell's graduate creative writing program. It was rejected. I moved on. But little did I know that Elizabeth Merrick, MFA '00, had taken notice. Years later, long after I'd earned an MFA in creative writing from New York U., Elizabeth tracked me down.When she became the editor of the Random House fiction anthology This is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers, she kindly asked if I had anything to submit. I did! The happy result: look out for us on the shelves of your local bookstore.

Speaking of important books, if you never bought a yearbook, here's another chance. The Cornellian office has informed us that they have extra copies for sale. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for information. -- Dika Lam, dikaweb@yahoo.com; Jennifer RabinMarchant, Jennifer.marchant@kraft.com; Dineen PashoukosWasylik, dmp5@cornell. edu.

95 | As I write this month's column,my friends from the Class of 1996 have just returned from their 10th Reunion. Can it be that a year has already passed since ours? As always, our classmates have been using the time productively, keeping busy with weddings, babies, career achievements, and more.

Alon Barzilay, VP of development and partner at the Klein Company, was recently honored by the Philadelphia Business Journal as a recipient of the publication's "40 Under 40"Award, which recognizes 40 individuals under 40 years of age who are leaders in their professional fields and communities. The awards were presented at a ceremony on May 2, and Alon, along with the other recipients, was featured in a special section of the Journal on April 7, 2006. Another Philadelphian classmate has been making a name for himself as well, this time in sports marketing. Tim McDermott is the senior director of marketing for the Philadelphia Eagles and has spearheaded such recent campaigns as "One Team, One City, One Dream" and "Tackling Breast Cancer." After graduation, Tim interned with the Jacksonville Jaguars, after which he took a position as assistant director of marketing for the San Diego Chargers. He has been with the Eagles since March 2004.

In Washington, DC, Jennifer Keene (keene.jennifer@gmail.com) is also pursuing a sports career, having joined Octagon (www.octagon.com) in March as director of athlete marketing.Most of her time, Jennifer writes, is dedicated to marketing NBA clients, but she says she also spends some time doing marketing for Octagon's clients in other sports. As if this wasn't enough excitement, Jennifer took almost a month off between this job and her last, part of which was spent in Jamaica. Actually living in more exotic places, Jake Karam, MBA '00, is currently "between Malta and Cyprus . . . and will hopefully settle in Cyprus for the next year."He's working on an Internet gaming business, which he says is growing nicely. It's a world away from his native home of Canada and adopted home of NYC, but outside of missing the crew of mostly former Cornell hockey players, he says that all is well.

In baby news, New York resident Howie Kubel reports the birth of his second son, Evan Zachary, on March 21. Just a couple of weeks later, on April 4, Daniel Brachfeld and his wife Deborah had their first baby, also a son, named Rome Stefan. Also welcoming baby number one were Jessica Knoble and Jim Gray, the proud parents of Sadie Elizabeth Gray, born in December 2005.

In Arlington, MA, the family of Dana Buske and husband Michael Schneider is growing quickly—as are their twins Benjamin and Clara, born February 20. Dana works for an environmental engineering firm outside of Boston. Looking back, Amy Kaplan Rosenow (rosenow_amy@hotmail.com) writes that 2005 was an exciting year for her and husband Joshua: "I was sorry to have missed our 10th Reunion, but I did have a good excuse as my daughter Ava was born two weeks later."Amy also changed jobs in October and is now the COO of Sheffield Asset Management, a hedge fund in Chicago.

Of course, before the babies come the weddings—and there are still plenty of those on which to report! On August 20, 2005, Nicole Paccione,DVM '99, married Thomas Gerbe in Long Island's wine country.Marlene Schaefler, DVM '99 (an associate at New Canaan Animal Hospital in Connecticut) and Michelle Egli, DVM '99, were bridesmaids. Also in attendance were Russ Levitan, Chris and Sarah Margolin Jacobson (who welcomed their first child, Samuel Robert, on December 27, 2005), Ralph Ciotti, Christian and Brie Perigard Gervin (who have three children: Leah, Alexander, and Matthew), Jeff Anbinder '94, and Kate Donis '93, DVM '97. Nicole and Tom honeymooned in Hawaii for two weeks before she returned to working in a private small animal practice in St. James, NY.

Last November marked the wedding of Nell Maloney to Manish Surendra Patel in New York. A Catholic ceremony in Brooklyn was followed by a Hindu one in New Rochelle. Both newlyweds are chief residents at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk,VA, she in general surgery and he in internal medicine. Nell received her medical degree from SUNY Stony Brook.

Lastly, an important save-the-date on a tribute to one of our classmates who, sadly, is no longer with us. Sarah Jensen, AmyMelnikoff Rosenberg, and Samantha Shaber '94 have reestablished a memorial award with the Cornell Public Service Center in honor of classmate Maribel Garcia, who was killed in a tragic accident a couple of years after graduation. The Maribel Garcia Community Spirit Award for Remarkable Contributions to the Spirit of Humanity will be given each year to a Cornell student who has made a remarkably insightful, selfless, and/or creative contribution to their community and, thus, to the community of human beings at-large. To donate or find out about the award, go to http://www.psc.cornell.edu/resources/recognition/maribel-garcia-award/default.html. A concert on the Cornell campus is being planned for the end of September to promote the fund; details are posted on the fund's Web page. -- Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu; Abra Benson, amb8@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof95.alumni.cornell.edu.

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97 | Have you recently tied the knot or welcomed a new bundle of joy into your life? Often classmates let us know about engagements or pregnancies, but the magazine's policy is to wait until these events come to pass—mainly to prevent duplication of news—and only publish wedding and birth news. Sarah and I try to be diligent about following up with classmates who've advised us about engagements and pregnancies to obtain the details on the births and weddings, but we encourage you to resubmit your good news once the dust has settled after you're back from the honeymoon or an expert diaper-changer. That will help ensure your important information appears here for other classmates to see! Speaking of which, Amanda Martabano and Adam House were married on August 27, 2005 at Chateau Elan, outside of Atlanta. Amanda is a large-animal veterinarian at the U. of Georgia, and Adam is a stockbroker.

School has just started again for some of us, but I'm writing this in early summer and would like to share news of recent graduates.Michael Tunick completed his family practice residency at Wilson Regional Medical Center in Johnson City, NY, in June.Michael's not traveling far to make his next professional move: in July, he started a sports medicine fellowship at the same location.Michael also shared word of Brian Phillips, MBA '06's graduation from the Johnson Graduate School of Management this past May.

Karen Galinsky,my fellow Class of '28 floormate, relocated to Hamden, CT, after four and a half years in New York City. Karen left Kraft Foods and is now working as a global business/marketing manager at Schick (yes, the razor company!). Elliott Schneider lives in Irvine, CA, and works as an industrial designer at Black & Decker's hardware and home improvement group. Elliott, who completed his first triathlon in October and makes the most of Southern California's beautiful weather, cites winning the 1997 Formula SAE championship as one of his fondest Cornell memories and continues to look for a job as a car designer. Elliott has lost touch with Lou Horvath '96 and would like to reconnect.

With our 10th Reunion approaching in June '07, it might be a good idea to crack open your yearbook and refresh your memory on the names and faces. Didn't buy a yearbook? The Cornellian office has notified us that they have many extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@ cornell.edu for more information.

Surprised to find yourself at the end of the column already? Help us use all the space available to us by sharing an update and letting your classmates know how you've been keeping busy.Write either of us at the following addresses: -- Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu; Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof97.alumni.cornell.edu.

98 | The year supposedly starts in January, but to a lot of us, the year really begins sometime between the end of summer and when the first leaves fall. This is when we started/start new jobs, move to apartments, entered/enter graduate programs, and make new friends. According to that calculation, it is almost the end of the year as we write this column. Given that, let's survey what Class of '98ers were up to in the past "school" year.

What were our classmates' favorite pastimes and activities? As you might have guessed, reading the Class Notes is an obvious one. Anthony Mato was reading the column in Philadelphia and thought that he would check in (great idea!). He just finished his residency in internal medicine at the U. of Pennsylvania and is currently a fellow in hematology and oncology at Penn. He will be specializing in leukemia and bone marrow transplant.

We watched a lot of movies last year as well. But while most of us were wedged comfortably in stadium seats, others took a more proactive role toward films. Jennifer Yen is an attorney in business litigation who acts in independent films and theater in her spare time. She recently argued summary judgment in a prisoners' rights case. She says she remembers fondly the gorges in the summer and Slope Day.

Julie Pactovis Katz and husband Sam are proud to announce the birth of their son Miles Israel on February 21.Mom and baby are doing well. Also in the department of parenthood is Jason Miller, whose daughter Ava Hailey was born on August 18, 2005 to him and wife Jessica. Jason and Jessica are both physicians living in Houston. When this piece of news was submitted, Jason had just attended the wedding of Byrke Sestok to Jennifer Raskas in Central Valley, NY.Many other Cornellians were there too.

Gail D'Alessandro O'Donnell moved to Germany about one and a half years ago and gave birth to daughter Sofie Katrine on January 9, 2006. Still kicking about far above Cayuga's waters is Jeffrey Ellens, who is the assistant dean of Carl Becker House back at Cornell. After three years of working for the National Audubon Society in Connecticut, Eileen Galinski has moved to Rochester, NY, where she is the assistant director of development and alumni relations for the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at RIT. (Eileen has a huge business card these days!) She would like to catch up with any alumni in the area (emg12@cornell.edu). Not moving far, but moving onward to another stage in life is yours truly, Gregg Herman, who finished business school at Columbia U. this summer. Gregg will start working at Schering Plough (in addition to laboring over these class columns, of course) in the fall in NYC, after a tour in the Mediterranean.

Just in case you need a healthy dose of nostalgia to keep you afloat, here goes. Things Francoise Bell remembers most about Cornell are her friends, the gorges, snow, the lake, GreenStar Co-op, great music, and restaurants. Though currently slightly further away from the aforementioned, Francoise reports that life is good just as it is. She recently moved into a new home in Rhinebeck, NY, and is pursuing an M.Ed. in school leadership at Teacher's College. She spends her free time running, knitting, painting, and helping her husband start a furniture business in New York, Fine Wood Worker. She would like to hear from old friends Jon Fahey '97, Craig Maldonado, and Safi.

That's the news in the bag for now, but here's a note from the Business Manager at the Cornellian: If you never bought a '98 yearbook, lost it in the last move, or just want another, the Cornellian office has extra copies. You can purchase one now until the supply runs out. E-mail Cornellian@cornell.edu for more information. Happy fall, and have a good year. Please continue to send updates and tidbits to: -- Erica Chan, hc31@cornell.edu; and Gregg Herman, gdh5@cornell.edu.

99 | 29-yr-old SWF Seeks One Year of Her Life Back to Act As Buffer to Age 30. If I had a CraigsList posting that stood a chance of being answered by some higher force, that's what it'd be. Ah, kids, we're almost there . . . that gargantuan round number just sitting there, waiting for us to take the plunge. The good news is that, by the time we turn 30, '99ers have accomplished more than most do in a lifetime.

I, for one, just got back from two weeks in the Greek Islands, Athens, and Istanbul. Sitting across aisle 25 from me on my Alitalia flight to Milan were Arjun and Erin Wilson Joshi, who were on their way to Cinque Terre and the French Riviera. Bellissimo! This doctor/lawyer couple live in the Glover Park neighborhood of D.C. with dog Yogi. Jessica Gunter, a Boulder, CO, resident, has done some traveling of her own. Taking a break from her life of marketing and skiing, she visited younger sis Allie Gunter '02 in South Africa and Mozambique for a few weeks earlier this year. Before reaching 30, recent med school grad Eki Edwards has jetted to Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, the Caribbean, and South America. She's ready to embark on her anesthesiology residency at Mount Sinai in NYC, and would like to spread the message that "medical school is not malignant and can be an enjoyable experience!" I wonder if Sari Weinstein or Mark Prasarn would agree with this assessment. Sari started her dermatology residency in Chicago last summer.Mark is a third-year resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

Dreading the big 3-0 can't be that bad if you're, say, Jenna Aronson.While completing a master's in wine chemistry at UC Davis, Jenna fell in love with a South African brandy chemist, got married, and moved to Cape Town, where she works for a fruit export company. The impressive Helen Hwang and her team at Cushman & Wakefield won the "Deal of the Year" award for the sale of the MetLife building, tallying $1.72 billion. One of my favorite '99 grad stories is that of Mike Puterbaugh.Mike works as a Web developer for Brides.com, but concedes,"No plans of yet to write a best-selling roman à clef loosely based on my experiences there." One famous Cornellian who did write of her experiences on the job, LaurenWeisberger, has seen her novel, The Devil Wears Prada, hit the silver screen. As if a New York Times bestseller isn't enough at age 29, Lauren can now enjoy seeing her characters come to life in the form of Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep.

Two fun wedding stories to print.Women's empowerment lawyer Emily Bourque and rock star Matt Burks married last summer on the shores of the beautiful Sebago Lake, where classmate Natalie Bridgeman sang. Emily came ashore to the wedding aisle by boat with her family. This fairytale story can only be rivaled by the wedding of Ashish Vaidya and Jennifer Jolly '00 in Toronto last year, where, James Grady reports, bridegroom Ashish rode in on horseback.

Speaking of weddings and things-to-accomplish-before-turning-30, what column is complete without a New York Times Sunday wedding section? When Natalie Horowitz married Christopher Prokop last June, the Times profiled their first kiss: a hiking trip along the Appalachian Trail involving a convenience store stop and "Slim Jim breath." Romantic! The sporty couple of Tara Gutkowski and Eric Schwartz married last October. Tara is manager of community relations for the National Basketball Association in New York, while husband Eric is a sales manager for sports apparel company Majestic Athletic. Josh Tuzman, an Army dentist at the Military Academy at West Point, met bride Rachel Kreiner at Columbia U. Dental School. Josh and Rachel, I hope your kids have perfect smiles. And Gerald Lundgren writes, "Just in case you missed the announcement in the NYT Sunday Styles, David Shaw married Allison Dunloy '00 after an eight-year courtship that began in the courtyard between JAM and the Class of '18."

Kelley Prebil, who returned to school for a second BS in physics, works as a database specialist for Gensler, a prestigious architecture firm founded by Cornellian Art Gensler '57. No wedding bells or kids yet ("none planned ever"), but she cares for one very rambunctious bunny. At the end of the day, I don't know if we can negotiate an extra year of our lives on CraigsList (it's a great site, but not that great). So grab that bunny, framed New York Times profile, wine expertise, and multiple advanced degrees, and face the big 3-0 boldly. Uncle Ezra would expect nothing less. -- Jess Smith, jessica@fenton.com; Jennifer Sheldon, jennifer.sheldon@gmail.com; or Melanie Arzt, snoopymel@gmail.com.