80 | This column comes to you through the courtesy of my latest basement invention, the Big Red Trite Expression, Bad Pun, and Cliché Generator.Version 2.2 is a contraption the size of a dorm refrigerator, drawing about 30 amps at 240 volts. OK, so it's not as elegant as the oft-imagined funicular apparatus used to hoist the Great Pumpkin of 1997 atop the clock tower, but I am as proud as punch nonetheless.

Our stroll down memory lane begins with Clifford Chapin, who fondly recalls careening down Libe Slope on a cafeteria tray (been there, done that, Dr. C, only I did it during the summer months). Clifford is a physician and emergency department director at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital. He literally works until he comes home to the cows, as his hobby is running a 24-head dairy farm in Colebrook, NH. Cliff also experiments with winter hardy orchard trees, falling back on the core values of his Pomology 104 training.

Dan Dube, MBA '88, has emerged from a three-decade retirement from the drum set and joined a newly formed rock-and-roll band.We can only hope that after such a layoff, his playing is not timeless.When not marching to the beat of his own bass drum, Dan is VP of AHL Consulting, where he conducts market research and offers strategic consulting services.

When Kira Janssen Reoh walks through the front door after a hard day of work and shouts to husband Bryan, "Honey, I'm home," she really means it. The Reohs own and operate Wild Prairie Honey Farm in Jerico Springs, MO. They have built an addition to their home using lumber from their farm, and enjoy gardening and anything to do with the outdoors. It is safe to say that their staple products--raw honey, beeswax candles, comb honey, and pollen--are the bee's knees. (Sorry, bee's knees are not offered at this time.)

The Maas spectrum at Cornell spans generations--the tenure of Prof. James B.Maas, PhD '66, that is.Monica Rogers Rothstein and husband Jeff '79 report that their son Jeremy '10 is taking Psych 101 from Prof.Maas, just as they did back in our day. This reporter is in the same boat, with a son (Erik '10) and a spouse (Cathy Vicks Jerrard) as alums of the class.How often have legacy students taken the same course as their parents, with a common professor? In the case of psychology, this would certainly benefit the relationship between mothers and children; we all know that Oedipus wrecks it for the dads. [That did it. The BRTE, BP, and CG, v. 2.2, has just brought down the power grid in a fivesquare- block area (note to self: version 3.0 must be wood fired).] Where were we? Ah, yes, the Rothsteins ofWestport, CT.Monica is a psychologist in the Greenwich Public Schools, and Jeff is in IT/derivatives management at UBS in Stamford. Jeremy "can't stop smiling" about how great Cornell is, and son Ethan is a high school sophomore into media, guitar, and baseball.

Each summer, Cornell's Adult University (CAU) holds a series of week-long programs on the Ithaca campus. In 2006 the offerings included Natural History of the Oceans, Mozart, Sailing, and Book Conservation. Several of our classmates took advantage of this series last July: Regina Brab (Great Hollywood Filmmakers and their Films), Judy Burstyn (Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita), Leslie Gallo (The Roman Epoch, and Ours), Barbara O'Mara Hinsley (The Way Bugs Work: Insects in Their Natural World), and Karen Schupak Horan (Ornithology). Jay Cohen also attended, but no class information was listed.We can only speculate that Jay took the session entitled "Underground Ithaca," and really got into it. Point your browser to sce.cornell.edu/cau for more information, and to sign up for automatic e-mail notification of the 2007 session schedule.

Lucille Muccin Oricchio returned to the Hill last summer to bring her son to Cornell's summer program for high school students. The site of North Campus 6 brought back memories of good times with suitemates Lidia Diminich Depardieu '82, Elisa Joseph Anders '81, Emily Oshin Turell '82, John Groth '81, Steve Romocki '81 and others. Lucille is IT director at PepsiCo Int'l, and lives in Pound Ridge, NY, with husband John. Karen Williamson is a landscape architect working for a nonprofit land trust that specializes in preserving natural and historic resources. She recently received the Emerging Star award from the Bethlehem, PA, branch of the American Association of University Women.

If anyone plans to hold a candle to Ellen Guba Gordon, please make sure it is a Yankee. Ellen is executive assistant to the SVP of wholesale operations at Yankee Candle Co. She enjoys running, bicycling, and hiking near her home in Conway, MA. Fellow New Englander Bruce Cochran sounds like the kind of guy who could build a pretty sleek Trite Expression, Bad Pun, and Cliché Generator. He is director of FAB operations at Tyco Electronics and lives in Nashua, NH, with wife Sherry. Down Nashville way, RobertaWalter Goodman is a consultant to healthcare companies in market communications, business strategy, and public policy matters. She is also adjunct professor at Vanderbilt U.'s Owen School of Management and on the advisory board of Owen's new healthcare MBA program. In her "free" time, she is president of her synagogue and VP of Nashville's Jewish community day school.

Dr. Stephen Lane lives in Princeton, NJ, and works at Penn. He is the director of the Computer Graphics and Game Technology master's program in the computer science department. Lest you think he whiles away the hours tweaking Madden football, he is also president of soVoz Inc., a company developing serious computer games for training and education applications. Stephen is married to Linda, and son Brandon is a lacrosse-playing seventh grader. In our Just the FACS,Ma'am file, Victoria Dougherty is a family and consumer science instructor at Hudson High School in the Coxsackie, NY, area. Daughter Samaria is in college, and son Dacclan keeps her on the move with a busy sports schedule. Victoria is also working on a health development project in Latin America.

I speak for all five of your class correspondents when I say that this job is far out and groovy. Reading notes and e-mails received from classmates brings back fond memories of life at Cornell. Some things are experienced by today's students--the gorges, Libe Slope sunsets, prelim anxiety, enduring friendships. Others are unique to the wizened generations-- tossing boxes of punch cards into the air after a grueling semester of computer programming. To those who have taken the time to drop us a line, thanks for the memories. To the rest, make it a Red letter day and send your latest news to one of your Class of '80 Bear Cubs. -- Dana Jerrard, dej24@cornell.edu; Tim O'Connor, tvo2@cornell.edu; Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28@cornell.edu; Leona Barsky, leonabarsky@aol.com; Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@cornell.edu.

81 | Happy 2007 and greetings from Beantown! I am pleased to report that I am staying on as class correspondent for another five years. Jenny, Betsy, and I make a pretty good team--and we're old pros at this after 15 years! It's amazing how much technology has changed since 1991, when we first started writing the column. Back in the day, we had to type the column, print it out, and then fax it to Cornell--that is, if you had a fax machine; otherwise, you sent the column via snail mail. E-mail was still years away!

Already half a year since our 25th Reunion! I attended the weekend and was thrilled to be in Ithaca again. It was wonderful hanging out in our freshman dorm,Mary Donlon Hall, with dear friends Leslie Watson Pearson, JoAnn Minsker Adams, Sally Furness Dawson, Chris Ritenis, Nan Simon, and Wendie Smith Cohick, PhD '89.Most of us lived in Donlon as freshmen and then moved on to Kappa Delta as sophomores. On the Saturday of reunion, we all caught up at KD for a house tour and group photo with fellow sisters Kathy Golden Dussault, Celia Rodee, Cindy High-Fischmann, Barbara Tai Roselle, Katie Gefel, Pui Shan Ng, Janice Kerzner Tillo, and Monique van Perlstein. From the lectures to the tent parties to Cornelliana Night to our festive Class of 1981 dinner, the weekend was just fabulous!

On Sunday morning, before my return to Boston, I took time to do two things I had never done at Cornell. First, I climbed McGraw Tower, home of the Cornell Chimes. The bells have been housed in the library tower since its completion in 1891.McGraw Tower is 173 feet high, and there are 161 steps to the belfry. The panoramic views of Cayuga Lake and Ithaca are breathtaking. In his book, The Bells of Cornell, Albert Smith 1878 captured the feeling eloquently: "This music of the bells becomes a part of the emotional memory of Cornellians; and when they return, the first sound of the bells brings back unforgotten days."

My second visit was to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.We used to call it "the Singer sewing machine building," but I never explored its many wings and exhibits. Built by I.M. Pei in the Seventies, the museum houses six floors of collections spanning the history of art. The Johnson Museum is especially strong in Asian art, 19th- and 20th-century American art, and the graphic arts. The views of the campus and Ithaca landscape from the balconies and higher floors are gorgeous. It only took me 25 years to discover two of Cornell's treasures!

Thanks for sending us your latest news. Cheryl Spinner Kravatz lives in Plainview, NY, with her husband and sons Nigel and Max. She is also a full-time attorney practicing civil litigation at Gold, Stewart, Kravatz & Stone LLP. In Ardsley, NY,Maria Betancourt is an ob/gyn who started her own solo medical practice for women's care. She has a 3-yearold daughter. Congratulations to Anthony Boyadjis, JD '84, an attorney in Morristown, NJ, who completed the 2006 Boston Marathon and raised $13,000 for the Myositis Association. Polymyositis is a disease in the Lupus family from which Anthony's wife Lauren suffers.

In Washington, DC, Brian Coyne is an SVP with Amerigroup in the federal government relations division. John Diebold recently moved from San Diego to Atlanta, where he is a senior associate for Echelon Engineering LLC. John designs midrise concrete for mixed use, residential, and retail structures and buildings. In San Diego, John Kilcoyne is president and CEO of Micrus Endovascular. He and wife Susan enjoy mountain biking and spending time with their family. John would really like to hear from Dick Clasby, and he has fond memories of Chi Psi. Up in Shoreline,WA, Sharon Raymond Haensly is an attorney with the Seattle law firm ofWilliams, Kastner & Gibbs. She stays active running, biking, and enjoying her children.

Please make a New Year's resolution to keep in touch with your correspondents.We promise to keep the news fresh and fun.May the year ahead bring you and yours much peace and happiness. Take care. -- Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com; Jennifer Read Campbell, ronjencam@aol.com; Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@adelphia.net.

82 | During the summer of '06, several of our classmates took part in the Cornell Adult University programs on campus. Daniel Schilling took the Bookbinding and Book Conservation Workshop, while Donna Tobin and a few family members studied All Creatures Great and Small: Animal Health and the Veterinarian's World.

We hope to see all of you back on campus to celebrate our 25th Reunion this summer, June 7-10, 2007! If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help with class events, please contact our reunion cochairs, Terry Kilmer Oosterom (cornelltko@aol.com) and Teri Williams Harvey (taharvey@earthlink.net). Terry and Teri are planning a barbeque on Friday night, and our very own Marc Jacoby will be playing at the dance party on Saturday night.We may even have a special surprise guest joining in on the fun, so mark your calendars for a great celebration, June 7-10, 2007!

Classmates sending in news include Scott Irgang, SVP of labor relations for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., who would rather be expanding his wine cellar. His fondest memory of Cornell is the 1:00 a.m. Hot Truck run. "Triple Suie, anyone?" Donna Lippman is the director of major gifts for the Jewish Museum.

Write us at the addresses below at any time, and look for your annual News and Dues mailing coming this spring. -- Nina Kondo, nmk22@cornell.edu; and Mark Fernau, mef29@cornell.edu.

83 | Happy New Year to everyone! We've heard from a number of our classmates in the last few months and appreciate all your news, whether humble or grand.Michael Kallay from Bloomfield, NJ, is an architect and project manager at Ronald Schmidt Associates and loves what he does! He is busy fixing up an old house of his own, too. His children Ellie, 6, and Katie, 4, also keep him busy. The Cornellians he would most like to hear from are Mark Feldman, BArch '84, and his old UHall 2 buddies from freshman year, Noel Epstein and Mike Rosen.

As executive editor for the Idaho Falls, ID, Post Register, Dean Miller acknowledges that "everything that isn't an ad is my fault." The job comes with some major perks, though, such as getting to rub shoulders with "the big dogs--Wallace, Safer, Brokaw, Gibson, etc." at a Yale Club reception honoring one of his reporters who won an award for local news reporting. Dean also teaches young journalists at the Poynter Inst. for Media Studies. From his days at Cornell, he remembers Bobby Wirth thoughtfully blasting Donna Summer tunes from his stereo for his U-Hall dormmates, even after he had left the building for the afternoon. "So '80s, so 18, so Bobby…," reminisces Dean.

Andrew Bucki is director of design and development at Corner Bakery Café in Dallas, TX. After hours, he enjoys roller-hockey and being a scoutmaster to a local troop. He remembers (fondly?) the all-nighters he pulled at Rand Hall. And the classmate he would most like to see is Vince Babak. In Cupertino, CA, Nat Bowditch is president and CEO of Apneon, a medical device company. Though his time is occupied mostly by "work, work, work" (he writes that he would rather be backpacking), he does find time to volunteer with the Santa Clara County search and rescue team. Nat has fond memories of summers in Ithaca and would like to hear from classmate Bob Kempf.

John Davis is now professor of art history at Smith College. He informs us he just won a Fulbright Fellowship for research in Belgium in 2007. Following that assignment, he will become dean for academic development at Smith. Paul Green works in frame-to-finish construction in Acton, MA, and plays basketball in his spare time. After 44 years of living,Mark Spiegel has finally realized he wouldn't prefer doing anything other than what he is doing now: being an investment banker and helping raise money for the companies that need it. He says he's good at it, and that's why he likes it. From his days at Cornell he remembers most fondly his overnight shifts on WVBR and the veal parmigiana at the Dining Hall.

Leanne Skelton of Manassas,VA, is working at the USDA leading their fresh fruit and vegetable grading and inspection service. In addition, her division provides standardization (US grades standards development) and training service for the produce industry. Leanne loves her job, as it allows her to travel for both work and play all over the US and Mexico. In her spare hours, she enjoys golfing, landscaping, photography, and relaxing on the beach. Leanne remembers her time at Cornell participating in intramurals with her fellow Transfer Center pals. Also successfully mixing work and play is Dale Colle, presidential sales executive at Marriott Newport Coast Villas. Dale spends his time working and vacationing worldwide with Marriott Vacation Club Int'l, and in his spare moments enjoys bodyboarding and beachgoing with sons Ryan and Rycky. Dale would enjoy hearing from Cornell chum CorkyWitteman, MPS '01.

Bonney Freeman Hughes, MS '86, writes that she serves as assistant director at the Eldorado Children's Theatre in Santa Fe, NM, and is responsible for their fundraising activities. She recently returned from a trip to the Mexican border with youths and adults from her church, where they learned about immigration issues and filled water stations to save lives in the desert. Bonney is married to fellow Cornellian Hank '79, MCE '81, and remembers most fondly spending time at Cornell with fellow students and friends at the Protestant Cooperative Ministry. She would most enjoy hearing from Diane Biederman-Brinda, DVM '87.

From Los Angeles, CA, Diane Shakin reports that she is the owner/creator of www.kidsoffthecouch.com, a website containing free ideas for parents to "get their kids off the couch and into culture." The website features unusual destinations and creative activities for families, as well as tips for parents trying to broaden their kids' horizons. By day, Katharine "Kit" Palmer Antinozzi, MBA '87, sells advertising for a monthly newspaper called Vermont Woman. After hours, she manages a five-unit apartment building in addition to keeping her own household (husband Steven, MBA '87, and two kids) organized. Kit would love to hear from any of her Tri Delta sisters.

Jamie Musiker Nemirov of Setauket, NY, informs us that she serves part-time as a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Community Hospital-Good Samaritan. But her favorite activity is coaching her third grade daughter's lacrosse team--"currently undefeated!" beams Jamie. She and husband Michael have been doing a lot of vacation traveling-- New Mexico, Florida, California, and skiing in Colorado and Vermont--and they are planning their oldest son's bar mitzvah in November '06. Jamie misses most the Bacchus meetings at Cornell and fellow club members Lynn, Beth, Cammy, Nancy, Kathy, and Michele. Of the Cornellian she most would like to hear from, she asks, "Marty Heslin, where are you and what are you up to?"

Alice Shing Yih Lee lives in Scottsdale, AZ, where she's an ER doc by day and a kid chauffeur the rest of the time, spending her off-hours going on sports trips (tennis, basketball, and karate) with her 9- and 12-year-olds. Also driving "Mom's taxi" is Ellen McCann Scott, who juggles her three children's activities along with her day job as a systems consultant and her outside interests, including swimming, kayaking, and walking the beautiful beaches in her hometown of Sandwich, MA. Ellen is also working to establish a nonprofit organization to fundraise and advocate for the band program at Sandwich Public Schools.

Happily ensconced in the roles of wife and mother is Betsy Title Silverman, who lives in NYC and wouldn't want to be doing anything else.Wei-Leong Chan, MBA '85, recently took a long sabbatical to spend more time with son Kah Hon, 11, and daughters Kah Mun, 9, and Kah Yan, 6. Echoing this theme, Karen Tanner Allen enjoys spending time with husband Kent and sons Nick, 14, and Daniel, 12. Now a freelance writer and editor in Washington, DC, Karen fondly remembers how she loved living in Cornell's "gorges" setting.

Your faithful correspondents look forward to hearing from more of you in 2007! -- Dinah Lawrence Godwin, Dinah.godwin@earthlink.net, and David Pattison, dpattison@mac.com.

84 | Domestic News. Lisa Jae Predella lives in Medfield, MA, with her husband Peter and their children. Lisa is a freelance writer and would like to hear from Carolyn Kaulfuss Beyers. She has been busy moving to a new house, exercising, and swimming.When asked what she remembers most fondly from her Cornell years, Lisa writes, "Biking around the lakes and walking across the suspension bridge at night."NanetteMalatesta Saylor is the general manager at the Boca Raton Bridge Hotel, working with Ron Muzii '83. This summer, Nanette took a fabulous trip to the San Francisco area, including Napa Valley and Sonoma. She toured some great wineries and came back with nearly two cases of reserve wines, finally making an investment in a wine cooler when she got back home! Cornellians are always welcome at the Bridge; contact Nanette at n.saylor@bocaratonbridgehotel.com.

I have my own Napa/Sonoma story from this summer. Janet Insardi, Glennis Barr '83, Colleen Forness '90, and I spent a week biking with Backroads Tours in August.We finally took a girls' trip, without spouses, children, etc. The tour company was great--the food, our leaders, and the locations. The biking was fun, but challenging, and the restaurants were wonderful!

Terri PortMcClellan was at the Cornell-Harvard game, which included a pre-game luncheon with President Skorton. Tom Hall was there with his daughter and father-inlaw. Tom is the managing partner of BrandworksPartners in Norwell, MA, a company that seeks out and develops unique consumer products throughout the world, primarily in North America, and secondarily in Europe and Asia. She also saw Steve Howell in the stands. Last summer, Terri bumped into Kersten Lanes on Main Street on Nantucket. "We were all participating in the annual Fire Department water fight on Main Street. Kersten, a partner with PriceWaterhouse Coopers, is staying busy with her three children and renovating a new home on the North Shore of Boston.

International Updates. Yossi "Joseph" Shapiro, PhD '93 (js25@cornell.edu), his wife Sara, and their daughter and son are living in India, where Yossi leads Monsanto's cotton breeding R&D program. He writes that life in this wonderful setting is very different from the familiar, but very exciting. Yossi's fondest '80-84 memories are of Ithaca and the great academics at Cornell. Ted Jonas, JD '91 (ted.jonas@dlapiper.com) has a mailing address in Atlanta, GA, but lives in another Georgia--the Republic of Georgia--where he is managing partner of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, a worldwide legal services firm, in Tbilisi. Before his assignment with Piper, Ted was of counsel with Baker Botts in Washington, DC. Ted and his wife Nino welcomed their son Alexander in February 2005 in Washington, DC.

We had five classmates participate in CAU in the summer of 2006.Mark Daniels came from Thousand Oaks, CA, to play golf, as did Mike Severance, who traveled from Jefferson City,MO.Mike's wife, Gail (Mosinger) took advantage of the Landscape Design Workshop. Emily Liu Filloramo took two one-week sessions in Outdoor Skills and Rowing, abilities she can probably use in or near her hometown of Glastonbury, CT. Carol Leister traveled in from NYC and took The Senate with Glenn Altschuler, PhD '76, and Joel Silbey. Bronze Sculpture was the choice of Huntington, NY's Virginia Greene. -- Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com; and Karla SieversMcManus, Klorax@attbi.com. Class website: http://classof84.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | From those who responded with "Just the facts, ma'am" . . . Marty Dunn Nelson is living in Santa Fe, NM, with husband Owen and is a designer with Inside Out Design and Build Inc. Joni Palmer is a doctoral student in geography and spends too much time studying when she would rather be sunning and surfing at the beach.

Congratulations to Joyce Fries Sidopoulos, who recently was awarded the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Award for Meritorious Service. Joyce has been busy as the business development director for General Dynamics Information Technology and the First VP of AFCEA's Lexington-Concord Chapter in Massachusetts. Cindy Jo Gross lives in Brookline,MA, where she is the VP of provider relations and network development for Senior Whole Health. Cindy Jo gets together regularly with Melissa Josephson Edwards, Bev Schwartz Fox '84,Michael Delman, and Myra Michael '84. She also keeps in contact with Marcie Mercatili Krauss, Audrey Sher, and Becky Greenberg Jackson.

Jim Flood writes from his home in Reston,VA, that his best memories of Cornell include meeting wife Nancy Nunan and watching the sunset from Libe Slope. Jim is a federal prosecutor in D.C. The Floods have two boys and a girl. Teresa Cheng is a primary care doctor at a neighborhood health center in Boston, wife to Ira Chan '84, and mom to two sports-playing kids. Her main job, though, is car-pooling to soccer events. Pedro Torre has given up operating nightclubs in Mexico and gotten into the real estate business there instead. He continues to train in Shotokan karate and would like to hear from any former Karate Club members.

Carolyn Walter Calupca wears many hats: wife, mom, doctor, counselor, accountant, coach, and cheerleader. Her time is consumed by raising her two boys, and the only change she would make to that job would be doing it in New Zealand. Elizabeth "Lizard" Leach Buckley: you owe Carolyn a call. Fredilyn Sison is an assistant federal defender in Asheville, NC. She and husband Rick Hays recently moved to North Carolina from Reno. She is working to become certified in psychodrama. Marc Sigle is in Bellmore, NY, with wife Lisa. He tore down his home on Long Island to relocate and rebuild in Seattle,WA, and be the Global CFO on the Microsoft account for Y&R Brands, which handles relationship marketing for Microsoft in 29 countries.Marc has two teenaged girls, Amy and Sara, and enjoys skiing, hiking, and pretty much anything outdoors.

Doug Kelley is in San Francisco as a senior scientist for GE Healthcare developing new technology for magnetic resonance imaging at UCSF. He spends his downtime doing Aikido. Barry Greenblatt is our European connection, sounding in from London. His day job is manager of capital marketing credit and risk management for Bank of America, and he spends a lot of time traveling all over Europe, Asia, and the US. Linda Messinger Manos, DVM '90, is a specialist in veterinary dermatology. Animals with skin and ear problems associated with allergies, hormonal issues, and congenital and autoimmune diseases are her clientele. She and husband Michael are raising their son and daughter, along with, of course, two dogs and six cats. Linda's memories of Cornell include Johnny's Big Red Bar and Grill (my favorite spot, too) and living with Vig at 636 Stewart.

David Votypka continues his family's more than 60 years of vegetable farming, growing on a commercial scale AND selling from a roadside stand.He, wife Lisa, and son are involved in baseball, cub scouting, and vacationing in the Caribbean. Christopher Borysenko is professor of interdisciplinary sciences and laboratory director at Carnegie Mellon U. He's loving what he does professionally, and at home he is vegetable gardening and judging high school science fairs. Christopher would like to hear from Betsy Grout Wiramidjaja. David Bloom is in Huntington Beach, CA.He has a private medical practice specializing in family and sports medicine. The L.A. Riptide professional lacrosse team has hired him as team internist. David loves having his wife and daughters along the sidelines during games.

Jonathan Miller's new legal thriller, Volcano Verdict, was released in September.His last novel, Crater County, made the master list of Southwestern Books of the Year! He also spoke at the Men of Mystery Conference in Irvine, CA, and at USC in October. Jonathan is practicing criminal law in Albuquerque, NM. Carol Lakatos Kimble writes in from Lewisville, TX, announcing the birth of her son Ryan Alexander on June 9. Congratulations, Carol!

Four of the News Forms had names I personally recognized! Scott William Taber ("Scottie" to the Hotelies who know and still love him!) is general manager of the Four Seasons Resort in Whistler, BC, Canada. Scott and wife Kelli have an 11-year-old son, who is doing what all good Cornell offspring should--playing hockey! John Gabel is in Miller Place, NY, with wife Lesley and three children. John is the director of global logistics at Arrow Electronics. He spends his after hours coaching his children in football, basketball, and baseball. Stephen "Walt" Garrison is the director of sales for Marriott Vacation Club Int'l in Orlando, FL. He just got back from a family vacation to California with wife Lisa and his daughters. Steve is in touch with Danny Autiello, Brian Miller, Dom Albanese '86, Ed Utz '87, and Derek Baum '88. He keeps busy coaching his daughters' lacrosse teams, working out, and being a board member for the Cornell Football Association. Steve's greatest memories are being the Varsity football captain and being a DU.

The next entry is from a great human being . . . modest and, certainly, very serious about all he does. Robert Mack of Oak Park, IL, is no mild-mannered man. No! In his words, he is "a balding, middle-aged ophthalmologist by day and a superhero by night!"Working at the Midwest Refractive Surgery and Cornea Consulting Office, Dr.Mack is "making the blind to see and the lame to walk" and is hoping to someday "treat well-insured hypochondriacs." Sounds like you need a Dr. 90210 gig, Rob. His fondest memory is of Rosa Rhodes complimenting him on his Frank Rhodes impersonation. Rob, I just remember . . . your laugh. I heard recently from Sharon Tolpin, who is in a new apartment in NYC and keeping us all on our toes with her new and daring adventures. Best of luck in all your endeavors, Sharon!

I hope that your holiday season brought family and friends together in health and good times. Please continue to send your news to: -- Joyce Zelkowitz Cornett, jmcornett@bellsouth.net; and Leslie Nydick, Lnydick@aol.com. Class website, http://classof85.alumni.cornell.edu. Online Alumni Directory, https://directory.alumni.cornell.edu.

86 | What do you remember most about Cornell in the fall? We came up with football games and the tailgate parties, Fall Fundown, and enjoying the last warm days swimming in the gorges. But the most fun was coming back to campus and reuniting with friends. I relived some of these feelings today when I attended the Big Red big spirit celebration at the Cornell vs. Harvard football game, held at Harvard. It was the first crisp, sunny fall day, the trees aflame with color. The parking lot was a sea of red hats, sweaters, and sweatshirts. Under the Cornell tent we were greeted by President David Skorton and the Big Red Marching Band. I was surprised at all the familiar faces. Though I didn't recognize anyone from the Class of '86, I enjoyed catching up with Jeff Gibb '83, John Bruins '85,Mark Miller '85, and Michael Shumway '84.

Some of our classmates offer other fond fall memories. Lecia CushingWhitlock remembers the beauty of Ithaca and the life-long friends she made. Lecia is currently a florist living in Waltham, MA, with husband,William, BArch '87, and their two daughters, ages 12 and 16.When not working, she trains and shows Australian shepherds. Alice Kimm remembers the freedom that came from making her own choices. Alice and husband John Friedman are partners in their own architectural practice in Los Angeles. IleneWeisbard Berman's best memories are of Senior Week. These days she is practicing employment litigation in Atlanta. She also enjoys competitive tennis and running. She takes care of her three children and serves on the board of the Marcus Jewish Community Center. Another employment litigation lawyer is Jeffrey Dunlap. He lives outside of Cleveland, OH, with his wife Amy and two daughters, ages 11 and 9. His best memories of Cornell are all the wonderful friends.

Other attorneys among our classmates include Caryn Silverman, a litigation partner specializing in product liability and health care. She's also a mom to a 1-year-old and lives in NYC with husband Steve Pitchon. Jon Meer is a partner in a law firm in Los Angeles and the chairman of the L.A. labor and employment department. In his spare time he's been restoring a home in the Hollywood Hills that was featured on the cover of Metropolitan Home and used in several movie shootings. After winning a long jury trial, he rewarded himself skiing around the world, including the slopes of Canada, Chile, Colorado, Austria, and California. Eve Saltman is associate general counsel in Burlingame, CA, where she lives with husband Skip Poncal and daughter Sydney, 2-1/2. Jeffrey Cowan is a litigator in Santa Monica, CA, and father to identical twin boys who are 1-1/2. Steven Getman practices law in Seneca County, NY, where he is currently involved in a case against NYS and the Cayuga Indians over sales of untaxed cigarettes.

Perhaps inspired by their great teachers at Cornell, some of our classmates are now professors themselves. Julie Jacobs Henry is chairperson of the education department at Cansisius College in upstate New York and mother to three daughters, ages 11, 13, and 15.Matthew and Kathy Robinson Krane recently returned from a year abroad in Worcestershire, UK, where Matthew was on a sabbatical leave at the U. of Birmingham. They are parents to four boys, ages 8 to 13, and a 2-year-old daughter. They report that the English Midlands have more rain and unpredictable weather than Ithaca. Is that possible? Matthew has now returned to his position as an associate professor of materials engineering at Purdue U. Ron Schiller just completed his first year as VP for development and alumni relations at the U. of Chicago. In his spare time, Ron volunteers with the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus, and is helping them plan their 2008 trip to China, 20 years after he helped the Glee Club take their first trip there. He also enjoys traveling regularly to Aspen to be with his partner, Alan Fletcher.

Our classmates continue to produce possible future Cornellians. Jim LaFollette, wife Ann, and son Joseph welcomed Timothy Ryan on July 25. Timothy was able to stake bragging rights as the largest LaFollette baby ever, weighing in at 9 lbs. 3 oz. The next day, Jeffrey Rosenberg, wife Coleen, and daughter Grace welcomed twins Grant and Bradley into the world. This was not long after Jeffrey attended reunion, where he hopes "no one was too offended by the version of ‘Itsy-Bitsy Spider' offered at the end of the evening in the tent by my fellow Pikes and me."

Thanks to everyone who filled in a class news form. Please continue to send us your news, so we continue to have material for this column! -- Susan Seligsohn Howell, susan cornell86@comcast.net; and Laura Nieboer Hine, lauracornell86@sbcglobal.net.

87 | Our 20th Reunion is now less than six months away! It is not too early to start planning your trip back to Cornell for a weekend of fun and '80s nostalgia on June 7-10, 2007. Just think. Instead of waiting for news from classmates and old friends every other month, you can get all the updates, in person, in one giant dose during Reunion. Our class headquarters will be in the newly completed Hans Bethe House. Come and see for yourself a West Campus that is devoid of the UHalls and the "Dust Bowl."

From the Big Apple, Nicole Hollant-Denis wrote to report that she is "the principal owner and partner of AARRIS Architects PC in NYC." She is married to Patrick and they have a little girl, Elana Carmen. Nicole enjoys running and swimming in her spare time. Next time you swipe your American Express card, send your regards to SondraWuDunn, who is a senior marketing product manager at AmEx. She got married to Ari Sklar, and they welcomed their first child, a boy, Jake Samuel, on March 24, 2006. Sondra is "currently on maternity leave and trying to sleep" when Jake sleeps. Gregory D. L.Morris "founded a company to provide museum-quality historical research and writing to businesses, academia, and community organizations." The company is called Enterprise & Industry Historic Research.When asked what he has been up to lately, Gregory replies, "I wrote chapters on the history of money and the history of stock markets in the New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge, [and served as a] guest curator for an exhibit on the history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the Museum of American Finance."He and wife Judy have a 4-year-old son. Not far away, Michelle Turk Schneider is a senior consultant at the Masters Circle, a leadership coaching, practice building, and personal development program for doctors of chiropractic who are serious about achieving success. She and husband Andrew live in Woodbury, NY.

Julia Pisani Liebhardt and husband Martin make their home in Downingtown, PA. She works part-time as a receptionist at a busy pediatric practice. In her spare time, she performs in community theater productions at Barley Sheaf Theater. Julia also coaches her daughters in violin using the Suzuki Method.Mark Alan Lambrecht and his wife Amy live in Huntsville, AL. He works as a senior systems engineer at Lockheed Martin Missile Defense. David J. Spencer is building a new business called Emerald Hill Capital Partners, which is an Asian private equity fund. He travels around Asia and makes Hong Kong his base.

Craig T. Standen and wife Helen Pope raise their kids Hunter, 12, and Madeline, 9, in Oak Park, IL. In April 2006, they traveled to the UK (London, Carlisle, and Oxford). He met up with JacklynMcFadden Case in Bath while visiting Roman ruins."Nice to catch up with old friends."Craig works as a healthcare investment banker with Zegler Capital Markets Group, "helping hospitals and various healthcare providers raise debt and equity capital."He writes, "I feel fortunate to have a large group of Phi Delta Theta fraternity brothers in the Chicago-land area with whom I keep in touch." In the Big Sky country, Michael Strand is CEO and general counsel of Montana Independent Telecommunications Systems (MITS). He and wife Tammy and their children make their home in Helena.Mike is into Tae Kwon Do, classical music, reading novels and poetry, and Bible study. He counts winning a case before the State Supreme Court, testifying several times before Congress, and co-authoring a treatise on national deployment of broadband services among his professional achievements. In Browning, MT, Ernest Joe Gray is a physician with the Indian Health Service.

Finally, I'd like to share my personal news.My wife Rebecca and I became homeowners for the first time in our life.We bought a ranch-style house in Redwood City and moved in June. Special thanks go out to Brent Vallat, who drove down from San Francisco with his tool kit to help me assemble a full-size gas grill in time for the barbecue season. In July, I concluded my almost eight-year service at Stanford and jumped ship to the U. of Chicago. Ron Schiller '86, who is vice president for development at Chicago, recruited me to become regional director of individual giving,West Coast and Asia-Pacific. In short, I am directing the major gifts operation for the U. of C. from the Bay Area. This new job requires me to travel to Chicago's Hyde Park campus monthly, which affords me the opportunity to visit my almost 1-year-old niece and goddaughter Mirabella on a regular basis. Rebecca and I ended the summer months with a holiday in Italy (Rome and Cinque Terre) and Paris. The highlight of our trip was a visit in the embassy with the US Ambassador to Italy and a private reception at the residence.

We look forward to seeing you at Reunion! Send your flight plans, itineraries, and news to: -- Tom S. Tseng, ttseng@uchicago.edu; or Debra Howard Stern, dstern39@yahoo.com.

88 | Greetings, '88ers, and Happy New Year! It always feels a little strange to wish you post-holiday greetings when at the time I am writing we've just barely entered fall. Nevertheless, I hope that 2006 came to a happy and peaceful close for you all and that the new year is one entered with hope and promise. Keep in mind that in just a few short months we will start the one-year countdown to our 20th Reunion. Time does indeed fly!

Fortunately, there is a healthy amount of news from the last year plus, so let's get right to it. It is always fun to hear from Cornell couples and this time we have word from three of them. Angelica Watson Botkin is a stay-at-home mom here on the West Coast in Monterey, CA. Angelica and husband Bradford moved back to the States after four years in the Netherlands where Brad served with NATO. Brad is now attending naval post-graduate school to earn an MBA and serves as a commander in the US Navy. Angelica is a teaching director for Community Bible Study Int'l and this past fall spent time looking at colleges with their son. Another classmate couple is Oner and Ana Jaramillo Bicakci. Oner is a software manager and director at AGEIA Technologies, and Ana keeps busy with their four children, including coaching daughter Cassandra's soccer team. And finally, there's Harry Lin and Cynthia Liu. Harry and Cynthia live in Los Angeles, where Harry is a senior vice president and general manager at Evite.

There's quite a bit more news from other West Coast classmates this time around. Kristen McCarthy Barton is here in the Bay Area in Los Altos, CA. Kristen and husband John had their third child, Zoe, back in September 2005, joining big sisters Xanthe and Alexa. Lisa Widmier wrote from La Jolla in Southern California, where she is a senior vice president at CB Richard Ellis Inc., an institutional real estate and investment properties brokerage. Also in the lower half of the state is former class correspondent Diane WeisbrotWing. Diane lives in Redondo Beach, where she works as a physical therapist three days a week and is mom to David, 8, and Kana, 5. Diane mentioned that the thing she'd "rather be doing now" is getting ready to attend reunion.Well, Diane, it is getting closer all the time!

Of course, there are many classmates in the eastern metro areas as well. Cassandra Ramirez King is a webmaster in Philadelphia and married husband Kenneth on May 4, 2006. Also wed last year was George "Chip" Bradish, in Boston, to Dr. Benjamin Davis last June. Chip is a psychotherapist and Benjamin is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Also in New England, Christie Dustman married Patti Ryan in 2004. Christie lives in West Roxbury, MA, and is the principal owner of Christie Dustman and Co., a landscape design, installation, and maintenance company in the Boston area.

In the Big Apple,Marielle Jan de Beur is a managing director at Bear Stearns. She lives in Rye, NY, and has children Alexandra, who turned 3 last April, and son Holbrook, born in December 2005. Across the river in New Jersey, Frank Condon lives in Marlboro with wife Samantha and their sons Jake, 7,Mattie, 5, and Ryan, 2. Frank is a certified financial planner and VP, investments at UBS Financial Services in Manalapan. Up north in Buffalo, Christopher Porter is senior deputy legal counsel at Independent Health Association, a health insurance carrier in western New York. Christopher and wife Debra live in North Tonawanda, NY, with daughter Carlie Ann. On the delivery side of health care is Paula Flummerfelt Guinnip. Paula is a cardiac surgeon in Marion, IL, where she lives with husband Carlisle and their three children.

Delivering health care to our four-legged friends is Karen Luludis Gundrum. Karen is a veterinarian in Ocean Isle, NC, where she lives with husband Dave and their baby daughter. Further south in Orlando, FL, is Lynn Tomlinson. Lynn is an award-winning animator and media artist who is the creative director of Summer Kitchen Studio, an independent media production company.

On the legal front, Steve Aschettino is now a partner at the firm Nixon, Peabody LLC. Steve and wife Cathy welcomed their second daughter, Aurora, into their lives back in March 2005, and the family currently lives in East Norwich, NY. Kristin Hileman-Adams has been an attorney for 15 years and currently represents the Dept. of Social Services in cases involving abused, abandoned, or neglected children. Kristin reported that one of her extracurricular activities is playing Dungeons and Dragons with her two older children and her husband--"They love it!" She and husband Wes, with kids Sabrina,Wesley, and Colton, built and moved into a new house in Severna Park, MD, in the summer of 2005. Another attorney, Sharon Berlin, is a partner at Lamb and Barnosky LLC and represents management and employers in various forums and litigations. She and husband Jeremy Scileppi '86 have fun chasing soccer balls with sons Matthew, 5, and Jonathan, 4, at their home in Dix Hills, NY.

Michael Fishman is a senior wetlands and wildlife scientist at Stearns and Wheler Environmental Engineers and Scientists in Cazenovia, NY.He is pursuing a master's degree in conservation biology at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He enjoys spending time with his wife Julie and their daughter, fishing, and hiking. Kristen Borror-Chappell is a substitute teacher and jewelry designer living in Marshfield Hills, MA. Kristen and her husband George have made trips this year to Mississippi to raise funds to rebuild homes in Gulfport for those least able to do so on their own. The couple is part of an organization helping local pastor Eddie Hartwell in this effort. "Sten," as she is known, wrote that anyone looking for more information can Google "Operation Rebound" to find out more, and that they "always need volunteers if anyone would like to go!"

Brian Hansberry,MBA '91, is the chief marketing officer and group vice president for US consumer products for HJ Heinz Co. Brian lives in Presto, PA. Jeannine Rippa works scoring minor league baseball games for MiLB.com in New York City. And last but certainly not least, the most recent news available fresh via the Internet, Andrea Lieblein sent word that she and her fiancé David have launched an online nutritional and fitness program for diabetics. Their mission is to "improve the health and well being of the global diabetic community through online integrated physical fitness and nutrition coaching."You can check them out at www.fitness4diabetics.com.

Well, that is quite literally the very last piece of news I have to report. This of course means that Suzanne and I will be longing for news for up and coming class columns. Pick up a pen or sit down at a keyboard and send us a note anytime about your latest accomplishments, be they at work or play. Also, look for the annual News and Dues mailing coming this spring. A News Form is always enclosed. Until next time, I wish you peace. -- Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu; and Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu.

89 | Are we old enough that classmates' children could possibly be currently enrolled at Cornell?! That's what I first thought when I read LynnWeidbergMorgan's email (see next paragraph). Then I realized that she's talking second grade. Phew! But it has been almost 18 years since we graduated, so I expect some legacy names to be popping up in this column pretty soon!

Here's Lynn's news: "The next generation of Cornellians are all in second grade together! My daughter Natalie Morgan is in the same class as Alexander Byck (son of Howard and Eliana Saragovia Byck) and Jonathan Foldi (son of Bonnie Glick '88 and Paul Foldi). They all attend the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville,MD. The school's 1,500 students, 1,800 parents, and over 300 faculty are lucky enough to have Eliana Saragovia Byck serving as the co-president of the Parent Teacher Organization (with Lynn Weidberg Morgan as a co-VP). I am serving my fourth year on the National Young Leadership Cabinet of United Jewish Communities. This summer at our retreat in Scottsdale, AZ, I was thrilled to re-connect with my Sigma Delta Tau sorority sister Dana Post Adler, who just joined the Cabinet." Thanks for being in touch, Lynn.

There's a line on the news form that prompts, "What I'd rather be doing now." I was struck by two similar responses from classmates who seem to be doing exactly what they want. Stephanie Keene Fox writes,"Nothing. I am happy." Stephanie is a full-time mom to Colin, 3, and infant twin boys. She says that family life is keeping her very busy and that she also does lots of volunteer work for the community and for Cornell. Allison Strang Shaw writes,"Nothing--I love being a mom!"Allison lives in Washington, DC, with her husband Brent, and lists her day job as "taking care of three children under the age of 5!" George Lopez responded to the same question with an emphatic, "Taking back the Slope!" George lives on the Upper East Side with wife Diane and children Carolina, 3, and George Jr., born June 8, 2006. He works as an account executive at Hewitt Associates. George says he's seen a few classmates and their families lately, including Ross Rubin, and has spoken with Alan Pittler, who has a new baby boy. He says he and the classmates he's in touch with would like to find Phil Oren '90. So Phil, if you're reading this, please share your news and contact info at http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.htm.

Ilyse Zable writes that she's an economist with the World Bank, living in Washington, DC. KarenWeinreichWeiss writes from Miami: "I am happy to announce my recent marriage and new name (although no change to the monogram!).We started dating two years ago on my way to our 15th Reunion, but I actually met Jay (an Emory grad) ten years prior, when he was a guest at a Cornell Club event. All I can say is, it pays to be involved! I love living in Miami and continue to travel for Cornell as the Southeast Regional Office director. I invite anyone coming to Florida, or moving to the Southeast, to be in touch (krw6@cornell.edu)."

From Los Angeles comes an announcement that Jason Haas has been appointed to the newly created position of senior portfolio manager at Cohen Asset Management, a private real estate firm. After graduating from Cornell, Jason earned an MBA at the U. of Michigan and co-founded Palisades Associates, a Southern California-based real estate investment firm.

After news from the coasts, here's a snippet from the Midwest: Paul Schulte, who lives in Ann Arbor, MI, with wife Krista and daughter Alison, participated for the third consecutive year in the MS 150 Bike Tour.He's raised more than $1,000 each year for multiple sclerosis research and local programs, while biking 150 miles in a weekend. Sometime Midwesterners Marina Memmo and Karl Yoder '87 are now well settled in Stoneham, MA, with daughter E.G., 8, and son Eli, 5. Karl recently started a new job as a senior project engineer at MicroCHIPS Inc., working on implantable sensors and drug-delivery devices.Marina received her PhD from the U. ofWisconsin,Madison last summer.

Lastly, a little Ithaca news. I was back on campus in July, enjoying my second summer as a Cornell Adult University participant. This time I took Rowing, benefiting from the expertise of Todd Kennett '91, head men's lightweight rowing coach, as well as from some beautiful days on Cayuga Lake and the camaraderie of a diverse group of alums, including Carl Schwarz '57, who was the coxswain for the fabled Big Red crews of that era and who had many wonderful stories to tell. A highlight of the week was an architectural tour of campus by Roberta Moudry '81, PhD '95, who highlighted some of the beautiful old and new buildings from the Arts Quad to the Engineering Quad. The tour ended at Uris Tower, where chimesmaster George Ubogy '58 treated us to a nostalgic concert. For those of you who need a chimes fix but won't be traveling to Ithaca anytime soon, did you know you can listen at www.chimes.cornell.edu? And if that whets your appetite for things Cornellian, check your mail this winter for the CAU brochure. There's sure to be a course offered that you didn't take while you were on campus, and Ithaca is gorgeous in the summer.Have a great year, and keep sending your news! -- Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com; Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com; Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com.