90 | Taking off into the blue skies and ascending into the class news--typed from 35,000 feet somewhere over the Southwestern US. Gail Hoffman Limmer moved to Old Bethpage, NY, with husband Scott.Her kids must have taken a break from T-ball, gymnastics, and soccer the help with toy packing. After the move, she relaxed tired muscles by sitting in the sun to read and cross-stitch. Gail works at Uniondale's Walnut Street Elementary School library. Pei-Lee Lin spent the summer gardening and remodeling her Ithaca home when she wasn't busy at her hotel management job.

Deidre Hubbard Michael and husband Mark '89 often travel with their children Sean, 5, Catherine, 3, and Colin, 1. Recently the whole family went to Florida, Deidre and Sean visited London, and Mark and Deidre vacationed in St. Barts. (Makes my business travel sound like a piece of cake by comparison.) She would like to reconnect with classmate WillWerner. Lauren Berkow is an assistant professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine with a shared appointment in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at Johns Hopkins. She develops new Simulation Center curricula and teaches residents. Husband Curtis Kuhn and daughters Cassie, 3, and Mia, 1, must run fast to keep pace with their mom. Lauren would like to relax on a beach with the family. She hopes to contact Dan Berrien.

Kristin Gillispie Lorenz chases after her three young children, perhaps as a warm-up before training for a 10K run. She is pursuing a master's degree in education--her second master's. Kristin wants to communicate with Sheri Appel, who introduced her to husband Todd. Allee Peck Hoover, husband Chris, and children Kelly, 12, Jenna, 9, and Matthew, 6, all practice mixed martial arts together, mainly Tae Kwon Do. Kelly is preparing for the Black Belt level. Allee wishes to reach Rita Landman '91.Watch out, Rita!

Kerri Jew reports that newborn Tess adds great joy to the family. New dad Zamir Iosepovici and older sister Skylar, 6, are thrilled. Kerri works at the NYC Dept. of Small Business Services as assistant commissioner leading two economic development programs that promote workplace diversity, especially within small businesses. Bausch and Lomb promoted Amy Kiss to Director of Contact Lens Strategy. She is responsible for product branding, positioning, launching, and marketing support for B&L's worldwide contact lens business. Jonathan Goldberg and wife Adena (Walker) welcomed their fourth boy, Jonah, on Jan. 30, 2006. Big brothers Noah, Benjamin, and Daniel enjoy taking care of the baby.

From Jennifer Bell: "I am currently a clinical nutritionist at a Level I trauma center and university teaching hospital in Hartford, CT, working in the surgical critical care arena and consulting for the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine there as well. I also hold a graduate certificate in spirituality and am working on my MA in counseling, spirituality, and psychology at St. Joseph College,West Hartford, CT.My fiancé Karl Dauphinais is completing his third year of residency in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Program. Karl almost attended Cornell as an undergrad, but opted for Colgate at the last minute."

Marta Bechhoefer writes that her favorite CU memory is running through the wildflower reserve and skinny-dipping alone in the reservoir. (I once indulged in a late night summertime Cayuga Lake skinny-dip with friends. Cold water promotes quick dips, I can tell you.) Marta embraces cold water while ocean swimming. She trains with an English Channel swimmer and anticipates cheering him on from the support boat as he crosses the Channel during the summer. She recently designed a communicative language learning program for the Dept. of Defense. She works as a project manager for Kmotion, which develops distributed learning programs for training and development.

Sean Williams and wife Sarah Hammer had a big day on Dec. 16, 2005 when their twins were born--son Casey and daughter Blair. Lori Silverbush lives in New York City and loves her filmmaking work. She recently finished an international press tour for On the Outs, which she directed. She will begin a narrative film addressing immigration and the US-Mexico border. She would like to reach Kiyo Doniger Tukman. Jennifer Harlan Sisca just bought a house in Northampton, MA.When she is not working as an instructor for a software company, home improvements and reading occupy her spare time. She would like to develop a career as a fiction writer. She is looking for Steve King and Tom Conboy.

Theodore Goldwyn and wife Maria raise their kids Noah, 3, and Neila, 8, in Painted Post, NY. Theodore works as a business services manager at the Corning Credit Union. Rachel Korn Goldberg spends most of her time with her children Daniel, 6, and Joshua, 3. She runs for fitness and reads for pleasure. David Coyne happily traded in his IT job by developing his restoration and repair hobby into a full-time business named Home & Hearth Remodeling in Springfield, MA. He is very happy with this change.

Please keep in touch with fellow alumni through your ever-faithful class correspondents: -- Kelly Roberson, klr25@cornell.edu; Tamiko Toland, stmoluag@yahoo.com; and AmyWang Manning, aw233@cornell.edu.

91 | As we bid adieu to the former class officers, we welcome in our new slate as follows: President: Bob Baca; Vice President: Paul Hayre; Membership Chair: Nina Rosen Peek, MRP '00; Treasurer: Zina Spezakis; Secretary: Wendy Milks; Class Correspondents: Ariane Schreiber Horn, JD '96, Kathy Kraus Bolks, and Shar Carter Heslam; Cornell Annual Fund Reps: Meredith Clark Shachoy, Andrew Stifel, Nicole Bisagni Del Toro, and Karen Paul Zimmer, MD '98; Webmaster: David H. Nguyen; Reunion Co-Chairs: Dorine Colabella Scher and JeffWeintraub, MD '95; and Class Council Members: Jeannette Perez-Rossello, Stephen Lo, and Chuck Taylor.

In June 2006, Joanne Kaufman accepted a position an as assistant professor in the Dept. of Sociology at U. at Albany. Joanne reports that she recently visited Monica Van Every in Lansing, NY. Kathleen Dunn is also at U. at Albany, as an assistant professor of nanoscale science and engineering.When not nanosciencing, Kathleen enjoys playing volleyball, piano, and guitar (though not at the same time). Jim Hanson, PhD '00, writes from Terre Haute, IN, where he is assistant professor of civil engineering at Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology. Jim recently received two national teaching awards, one from the American Concrete Inst., and the other from the American Society for Engineering Education. Jim and his wife Diane (Ellis) have two children and recently ran "the world's largest mini-marathon."

Jason Chandler writes from Coral Gables, FL, where he lives with wife Susan and their daughters Ava and Eliza. In addition to running his own architecture firm, Chandler and Assoc. Architecture, Jason is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture at Florida Int'l U. David Berman teaches English as a Second Language to sixth through ninth graders at JHS 157, Halsey Middle School in Rego Park, Queens. David's students come from five continents and speak 30 different languages. David and his wife Diane met through their mutual enjoyment of Israeli folk dancing and currently live in Kew Gardens, NY, with their children Ilan and Aaron. Kimberly Mansell Koness is currently a lecturer at the U. of Rhode Island. Kimberly and husband R. James live in Providence, RI, with their 1-year-old daughter.

Debi Epstein Fried writes that she recently married Marc, MBA '94, and had daughter Sasha Chaley on August 20, 2005. The New York Times reported the wedding of Joshua Levine and Jacy Young. Josh is a partner at Dongell Lawrence Finney Claypool, a law firm in Los Angeles. Erika Ackermann Duffy and her husband Matthew reported the birth of their son Jonathan Tuckerman in May 2005. The Duffys live in Reading, MA, where Ericka works as a school social worker. Kimberly Moy and her husband Doug Fambrough announced the arrival of their daughter Ramsey, whom they adopted from China. Olen Honeyman and Carla Heiss announced the birth of their second son, Alex, in July 2005. Alex joins brother Maxwell, 7. Laura Hubbert DiCarlo and husband David, PhD '94, live in Oxford,MS, where Laura is a stay-at-home mom raising three sons. In her free time, Laura volunteers with the local Meals on Wheels program and various other school-related activities. Kate Pierson Lundin and her husband Steve announced the May 2006 birth of their son Gunnar Alexander. The Lundins live in New York City.

Lauren Schmerl writes from NYC, where she is a clinical psychologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital and in private practice. Lia Belanger Book, DVM '95, reports that she and husband Glenn, DVM '95, live in Elizabethtown, PA, where she is a veterinarian/owner of Londonberry Animal Hospital. Lia and Glenn are raising children Miles and Avery and also some sheep. Debra McMahonWilliams recently went back to school for a graduate degree in psychology with a concentration in learning and development. Debra and husband Christopher live in New Haven, CT.

Amy Spivak Itzla is working as an arbitrator, mediator, fact-finder, and professional in private practice. Amy and husband Robert live in Briarcliff Manor, NY, and have children Emma and Andrew. Kimberly Epstein is an attorney at Bartlett Hackett Feinberg PC. Kimberly also sits on the board of directors ofWomen's Lunch Place, a daytime shelter for poor and homeless women. Zina Spezakis is the managing director and COO of Allianz Global Investors in NYC. Susan Lipetz is director of compensation at Siemens Corp. She reported on her recent wedding to Stephen Brown, which took place in Southampton, Bermuda, in June 2006.

News from Howie Stein, who lived in my dorm freshman year! Howie is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and expects to be ordained in May 2009. Before starting at HUC, Howie spent two years at the Jewish Communal Service program at Brandeis and then lived in Jerusalem for his first year at HUC. Howie married Debbie Swartz in June 2006. Congratulations, Howie! Maj. Jennifer Caci writes from Leavenworth, KS, where she is in the US Army Medical Service Corps. Jennifer was previously a student at Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, and then joined the staff of the 82nd Airborne Division, which was deployed to Afghanistan in June.

I am capping my pen and hereby delivering my last column as your class correspondent. I'm happy to report it's been mostly good news, and it's been a fun ride. To all of you who have shared your news, thank you and good night! -- Nina Rosen Peek, nsr5@cornell.edu. New correspondents: Ariane Schreiber Horn, ams14@cornell.edu; Kathy Kraus Bolks, klk22@cornell.edu; and Shar Carter Heslam, sheslam@berkshirepartners.com.

92 | Lately, I've been focusing more on my life's passions: singing and writing. Drop me a line if you want to hear a tune or read one of my published works. Now on to the news! Anthony Sapi reports that he is having fun with his twin boys and just opened a new nightclub called Lulu's Nightspot! Anthony's dream page in history includes sitting on a beach with his new restaurant and his wife Karen. Anthony remembers good times on the Hill fondly and would love to hear from Mike "Hot Tub" Craigen '93.

Scott Samuels has been promoted to member (partner) status at the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo PC. Scott practices in the business and finance section of the firm's Boston office, focusing on corporate and securities law matters, with an emphasis on public offerings, venture capital financing, and mergers and acquisitions, primarily for life science and technology companies. He devotes a significant portion of his practice to counseling public companies with respect to SEC disclosure, compliance, and corporate governance matters, and advises earlier stage companies on general corporate matters. Scott received his JD, with distinction, from George Mason University in 1996, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review.

Rebecca E.Greene has been auditioning in New York, conducting focus groups to pay the rent, lecturing on non-academic applications for anthropology at Cornell, and performing here and there. Rebecca aspires to spend her days acting and dancing in New York City.While she's reaching for those stars, her present "after hours" extracurriculars include dance, photography, and writing. Don't quit, Rebecca. As Ed McMahon of the show "Star Search" used to say, "Reach for the stars and catch 'em!" Jon Baker dropped a note saying he enjoys swimming and exercising after the sales floor closes; his present day job is as an emerging market bond salesman at Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

Steven A. Bowers has recently joined Fish & Richardson PC's Washington, DC, office as an associate in its litigation group. Steven focuses his practice in the areas of consumer electronics, computer hardware, and semiconductor technologies. Prior to joining Fish & Richardson, he served as an associate at Dewey Ballantine LLP, and before that, he was an engineer/analyst for 11 years at the CIA. Steven earned an MS in aeronautics from Caltech in 1993 and a JD from George Washington U. Law School in 2003. Geoffrey Hess spends his day hours working as a Monrovia sales craftsman.He'd rather be sailing, but is presently pouring his passion into restoring a 1973 Triumph Stag.He spends many "after hours"working in his new shop.When Geoffrey dares to reminisce about his Cornell days, he fondly remembers delivering milk for the Cornell Dairy plant with his brother. He'd really like to hear from John P. Thomas. Are you out there, John?

Steven Oh shares with us that he is VP of Abbi New York, a company that designs and manufactures workbags for women. He enjoys playing basketball and golf and spending time with his three daughters. He's been doing lots of business travel, but would rather be traveling for pleasure with his family.When he has time to reflect on the many joys of his life, he's nostalgic about walking across the Arts Quad while it was vibrant with student life--he misses this the most.Margaret Kang '93 is an old friend Steven would most like to catch up with.

And I'd like to catch up with so many of you! We all are so wrapped up in the afterlife (life after Cornell, that is) that we forget to stop and recall the sweet smell of fertilizer . . . or the melodic and ever-present hum of construction machinery hard at work . . . or the site of Louie's Lunch Truck on North Campus.What do you remember? Who would you like to hear from? What's happening in your afterlife? Share your news! Write us! -- Wilma Ann Anderson, info@WilPowerEnterprises.com; Debbie Feinstein, Debbie_Feinstein@ yahoo.com; or Renee Hunter Toth, rah24@cornell.edu. Until next time. Be a light, and be well.

93 | Can you believe it's already 2007? It's amazing to think how many years have passed since we were at Cornell. I don't know how many of you feel the same way, but sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday and sometimes it seems like it was a lifetime ago!

The annual News and Dues forms came out and brought a fresh crop of news. Jason Scopp, a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, was recently named director of the Cartilage Restoration Center at Peninsula Orthopedic Associates in Salisbury, MD. He mentions that his after-hours activities include sailing, surfing, competitive cycling, and playing with his two Labs.William Andersen is a landscape architect for a multi-disciplinary design firm. In his spare time he is a chairman for CAAAN in Hunterdon County in New Jersey and a ski instructor at Camelback Mountain in Pennsylvania.He recently celebrated his first anniversary in his condo and finally has all his rooms furnished--including a large screen HDTV! Recent visitors included Matt '92 and Kim Powell Sendelbach and Kristen and Cheng Lee.

Kim Martucci writes that she is currently a morning meteorologist on WUSA TV 9, CBS,Washington, DC. She recently raced in the Head of the Charles Cornell Alumni boat with fellow Cornellians Sandy Stroope Dupcak '91, JennWolfson '95, Amy Capron '95, and Shay Crawford Pokress '95. Yvette Politis was named section council member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and MBS section liaison to the Boston Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section. She is employment counsel at Reed-Elsevier Inc. in Newton, MA. Joel Silverman writes that he is concluding his long career as a professional student. He successfully defended his dissertation and earned a PhD in American studies at the U. of Texas, Austin. He is currently teaching English as a lecturer at Yale and caring for his happy-go-lucky first grade son.

Nicole Teitler Cave writes, "In September, I was a bridesmaid in the wedding of Samantha Hardaway and Daniel Richard." The outdoor ceremony overlooked the vineyards at the Navillus Birney Winery and Estate in Glen Ellen, CA. The guests included Francine Olman Hardaway '62, Bradley Olman '65, Scott and Britton Robinson Walker, and Michael '92 and Angela Cheng Cimini '92. Samantha and Daniel reside in Amsterdam. The New York Times reported that Jose Chan married Laura Forlano on April 16, 2006 in New York City.

We also have some births to report. Zoe Marchal Phillips had a second baby this past summer. She is commencing a master's in public health at USC and spends her free time with her two children and husband, reading, and making jewelry. Jill LevyMorris writes, "On November 21, 2005 we welcomed our second son, Benjamin Levy Morris.His older brother Zachary is having a lot of fun with him. I ‘retired' from my job in the hospital and am doing physical therapy in people's homes, working for Gentiva. I work with Rochelle Spring Flint's hubby Adam!" Jessica Backer Flechtner, PhD '00, writes, "Cullen Peter was born on August 14, weighing in at a whopping 10 lbs., 13 oz.! Big brother Hogan is taking it all in stride, but was slightly disappointed to learn that we were keeping him. Kidding aside, both boys are doing well, and we are enjoying watching them grow and interact with one another. I'm sure they'll be fast friends in another couple of years."

Lori Hamrick Bean writes, "We happily added daughter Allison in December 2005. She joins big brother Alex, who turned 4 in September. I've limited my financial planning practice so I can work from home three days and meet with clients on two very long days in the office. It's well worth it.While teaching at UNLV this fall, I had the opportunity to have a ‘career changer' in my class. It turns out that she attended Cornell in the '60s and was one of the African-American students who took over the student union. It was fascinating to hear about what happened on the inside--I had seen so many pictures and heard faculty members tell their side. She said it was very scary and traumatic. She had some interesting commentary on what it was like to be a minority student attending Cornell at the time; the university lumped them all together even though they were extremely diverse economically, geographically, socially, etc. In response to one of my questions about the weapons, she said she personally had a rifle; and when I asked where she learned to shoot it, she smiled and said, ‘In the Cornell P.E. Riflery class, of course!' She left Cornell after the incident and was happy to hear that Ujamaa was still around when I was there. It was extremely interesting to meet someone who was such a part of Cornell's history."

As for me, I am still adjusting to life as a new mom to our son Jonathan Shai. It's been a big change, but he is a welcome upheaval! I am on maternity leave through the end of 2006, and in January will be returning to my job as a principal and consulting actuary for Buck Consultants in NYC.Happy New Year! -- Yael Berkowitz Rosenberg, ygb1@cornell. edu; Erica Fishlin Fox, ericazzz@aol.com.

94 | The theme of this column is then and now.Many of you responded to an e-mail request for news with stories of what you were doing when we graduated, in contrast to where you are in life today. This request for a retrospective prompted Kim Greene-Liebowitz to send in her first-ever class notes update. Kim writes, "Twelve years, a master's degree, and some detours later, I have just finished residency and am an emergency physician in New York. In 2004 I married Gary Liebowitz, a wonderful man I met here in New York. This past year we bought our first house after years of city living, and now live in Westchester. The best news of all: we have a beautiful daughter, Hannah, born May 30, 2006. Being a parent is the most amazing thing I have done and brings new meaning to the term ‘the miracle of life.' "

Allison Himelfarb Satyr and husband Alan welcomed daughter Cara Shoshana on May 21, 2006. Big brother Jonah Samuel turned 3 in August. The Deerfield, IL, residents are both lawyers in downtown Chicago; Allison works part-time as a partner in the banking and commercial finance practice at Sidley Austin LLP. Tom LaFalce and wife Marisa (Piliero) '96 welcomed son Thomas Francis on June 22, 2006. Twelve years later, both are still at Cornell. Tom now works for the Cornell Annual Fund on reunion campaigns, and Marisa is a project coordinator in Student and Academic Services. June 22 was a popular day for babies! Steve Hewitson and his wife Michelle welcomed second son Eli Parker on that date as well. Along with older son Connor, they live in Atlanta, GA, where Steve is a partner at the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP.

Cristina Guastello Niccolini and husband Michael '93 recently moved to Baltimore,MD, from Washington, DC, with their children Charlie, 4, and Caroline, 1. Cristina is taking time off from her legal career to spend time at home with the kids.Michael owns a mortgage and settlement company with offices in D.C.,Maryland,Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Also enjoying newfound parenthood is Rachana Singh. She and husband Kekul Shah live in Princeton, NJ, with daughter Rania Amalia Shah, who is now almost 2. Rachana is a radiation oncologist with Penn, and her husband is in a private vitreoretinal practice.

For the past eight years, Daniel Mathews has been president of the Onondaga Deputy Sheriff 's Benevolent Association, a labor union, and is currently writing a book about his experiences as a union official. Christian Prada reports that he is now a plastic surgeon in St. Louis,MO, in private practice. He and wife Angie have a 1-year-old son, Jackson. Camilo Echavarria has changed jobs, leaving his position as litigation counsel at NBC Universal to become of counsel at Davis Wright Tremaine. Camilo lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children Sofia, 3, and Gabriel, 1. Kristin Wachtel Recchiuti is currently a director of marketing at the McNeil Consumer Division of Johnson & Johnson and a busy mom to daughter Megan, born September 16, 2005--which also happens to be her fifth wedding anniversary.

Carrie Skolnick Rothfeld took the 12-year challenge as an opportunity to wax philosophical, writing, "Life 12 years post-Cornell is shaping up to be quite good, and I find myself realizing lately that I'm finally almost a responsible adult! Four years ago I embarked on a career in architecture; three years ago my husband and I bought an apartment in Manhattan, which we are about to expand; and almost two years ago I gave birth to my daughter Stella Esme, in December '04. The road to today was much less direct and much more exciting than I ever could have imagined!" George Bullis is in his third year as assistant principal at Frick Middle School in Oakland, CA, and recently finished his second master's degree--this time in school administration at the Principal Leadership Inst. at UC Berkeley.

Over Labor Day weekend, David Turell married Yusi Wang in Colrain, MA. Several Cornell alumni were present, including classmates Kerrin Flanagan, who's teaching in Boston, and Peter Jester, who's just finished a master's at the U. of Wisconsin and is now doing research there. David and Yusi met playing Ultimate Frisbee and on Halloween embarked on a ten-week honeymoon beginning in Hong Kong and including a stop in Perth, Australia, to compete in the Ultimate Frisbee World Championships. And although it didn't happen in front of It's A Small World, I ran into Jeanne Ramage Rentezelas at Walt Disney World in October. She was on a family vacation with husband Ed and their two adorable little ones, Evan, 3, and Michael, born April 25, 2006. Jeanne is now back to work as assistant vice president and senior assistant counsel at Popular Financial Holdings Inc.

How have you spent the past 12 years? Let us know! -- Dineen PashoukosWasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; Dika Lam, dikaweb@yahoo.com; and Jennifer Rabin Marchant, jennifer.marchant@kraft.com.

95 | With the start of yet another new year, a bit of reflection. Six times a year, Abra and I write this column, filled with the wonderful news of weddings and babies, promotions and changing career directions, new homes and fabulous vacations. Personally, I have loved doing this for the past ten-plus years--hearing about the exciting things classmates are doing and helping people connect with long-lost friends, roommates, and the like.

But every so often I get news that doesn't fit this model, sad news that seems nearly impossible to be applicable to someone in the Class of 1995. Such is the case this month. As I write the column, just a few weeks after the five-year anniversary of 9/11, I remember our friend and classmate Kaleen Pezzuti, who worked in the World Trade Center at Cantor Fitzgerald, and I trust her family and friends continue to support one another through the healing process. But what I sometimes forget is that there are others, too, fighting battles right in front of us, whom we don't always recognize.

On August 19, Paul Nabil Bustany passed away after a long fight with cancer. Diagnosed 12 years ago, Paul--or Nabil, as many of his close friends and family knew him-- fought the disease, learning all he could about his condition (synovial sarcoma), and enduring numerous surgeries, bouts of radiation, and cycles of chemotherapy.When, a few years ago, he relapsed and doctors told him he was not a good candidate for a surgical procedure, Paul would not take no for an answer and fought until he was granted the surgery. Sadly, it did not have the hoped-for results.

This story and many others were relayed, emotionally, at Paul's memorial service by his friend and classmate, Syracuse University Office of Judicial Affairs Director Rami Badway. Reminisced Rami,"Nabil was always so willing to give of himself and put others first . . . I remember many times during college Nabil would be working on a problem set that was due the next day or cramming for an exam the next morning. Inevitably, one of his many friends would call him, upset about something. Nabil would drop what he was doing and talk to you for 45 minutes, an hour and a half, two hours . . . it did not matter. That was just the kind of person he was. If you were his friend, you never had to think twice about Nabil putting you first."

Paul Nabil Bustany was laid to rest in Morristown, NJ, in the presence of family, many friends and classmates, and his wife Asu Okyay, whom he had married in 2004. In lieu of flowers, tax-deductible donations may be made in his memory to synovial sarcoma research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021. Similarly, Paul's friends have requested that his spirit be honored by celebrating life. As Rami so eloquently put it, "To celebrate Nabil we need to honor him. And the best way is to do what he would have done, to do what we can with the gift of time that we have, the only gift that he did not have. Let us experience different places, learn about different cultures, help other people, and, above all else, live life with the same determination that Nabil had. That is the best way to celebrate and honor Nabil."

With that, it seems only fitting to welcome new births into our Cornell family and celebrate the many life events and accomplishments of our classmates, as we have been doing these past ten-plus years in the pages of this magazine.

Entering the world July 31, 2006 was Nathanial Evan, the first child of Sonia Malhotra Cunningham and her husband Tom. Sonia is a human resources manager for DePuy Spine. Lynn Leitner Hickey sent word that she has a new job and is now part of a small medical practice in Scotia, NY, seeing patients in the fields of internal medicine and pediatrics. She and husband Kevin have two children, Danny, 4, and Tara, 2. Recently, the family visited Adam and Laura Stout Sosinsky and their kids Jacob, 3, and Alexander, 7 months, and the two sets of full-time working parents swapped tips for handling such a hectic family life.

Lastly, an example of celebrating life's meaningful moments comes by way of Cape Cod Magazine, which on September 12 featured classmate (and the magazine's managing editor) Scott Lajoie on a New England program called "Chronicle." The show was based on Scott's August 2006 issue, where he created a feature to showcase individual towns on the Cape and summed them up in one unique photograph.

These classmates are just three who are making the most of their time, each in his or her own way, and I encourage us all to do likewise--and it needn't be something "big," either. Learn a new skill, take a trip with a sibling, visit your grandparents. Heck, even look up an old friend from Cornell and relive the "old days" together. In short, do what makes you happy and value the life you've got. And--if you're up to it--write us about it so we can continue to share your meaningful experiences with the rest of our classmates. -- Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu; and Abra Benson, amb8@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof95.alumni.cornell.edu.

96 | Greetings, Sixers! Last column's musings came during my time in a lively park on a warm summer morning in Manhattan. This month's witticisms come to you from a cold, pre-turkey-day evening in Boston. There's just something about being on the East Coast this time of year. Trees strung with winter lights, pedestrians in pea coats--I even got to jump in a pile of leaves in Jessica Katz Poscover's backyard! Of course, today's weather report from the City by the Bay was 70 degrees and sunny. Temperate Novembers in shorts and T-shirts make me rethink my constant lamentations about my circadian rhythms not being expressed to their fullest extent due to the lack of seasons.

Anyway, rather than waxing my usual pseudophilosophical notions, I'd like to share some thoughts provided by Nyree Van Maarseveen. In the "What you've been doing recently" space on the News Form, Nyree wrote, "Deciding how I feel about being in my 30s." Nyree, I think you hit it right on the head. The boundless energy of my 20s has seemed to subside, but has been replaced by an incredibly fulfilling and meaningful daytime gig. It's a strange trade-off, indeed. If any of you out there have any thoughts about life transitions, please write in and let us know! Nyree and husband David Ruelof live in San Diego, where Nyree is a labor and delivery nurse and a nurse-midwifery student. The couple is taking full advantage of SoCal life, exploring tide pools, walking on the beach with their dogs, frequenting bookstores, and studying Spanish. Kristen Jabbs, if you're out there, Nyree would love to hear from you!

But I digress . . .When in Boston (besides filling up on all the Dunkin' Donuts coffee I can imbibe), write about Bostonians! First on our list is Emily Hart Reith, who lives in Brookline. Emily is enjoying staying home with children Spencer and Arianna. Ellen Schiffer Berkowitz lives in nearby Dedham and is busy raising sons Noah and Jesse. Beth Malizia is a fellow in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Beth and husband Benjamin Taylor enjoy spending time with their baby girl Kaelin.

Moving geographically south and west,Mike Killeen and wife Lisa live in Riverside, CT, where Mike works at Ranzal Associates as the director of technology.Mike's current "after-hours" activities include running after daughter Alexis and recent arrival, son Christopher. If that were not enough to keep one guy busy, he recently received his MBA and advanced business certificate in information technology from UConn, Stamford's part-time program. And proving that ChemEs have endless reserves of energy and capacity for fun and hijinx,Mike also plays lead guitar in a local rock cover band.

Several classmates from New York have written in to share some news. Allison Jeffer Patterson is on leave from her position as an elementary school psychologist, and is busy raising son Jack, born July 12, 2005. Stacy Aronowitz is an assistant attorney general in the Public Integrity Unit in the State of New York Office of the Attorney General. Stacy is also keeping busy as an adjunct lecturer at Hunter College, teaching business law to undergraduates. Nicholas Karoutsos is a podiatrist in Queens and reports such recent activities as "trying to keep up with our 10-month-old son, our first." Good luck to you, Nicholas!

In additional news from New York, class co-president Erica Gantner was married to Seth Brandler on Long Island on August 20, 2006. Cornellians celebrating with Erica and Seth were Alicia Parlanti, Karen Szczepanski,Marguerite Carmody, Sheila DiGasper, Robin Smith, Kate O'Brien '97, Darcy Peterka, Karl and Anne Snelgrove Schimmeck '97, and Tim and Robyn Tuttle Burns. Congratulations!

Continuing in our southerly direction, Terri LevineMicklin and husband Martin reside in Fairfax,VA. Terri is an engineer for Wawa Inc., responsible for land development activities in Virginia.When not spending time with daughter Jenna, born November 4, 2005, she serves as a soccer referee for the local youth association. Terri would like to send a shout-out to long-lost Cornell friend Lance Vikaros '98. Mark Tilton lives in Winter Park, FL, where he is the regional beverage manager for Ruth's Chris Steak House in Orlando.Mark's after-hours activities include golfing, swimming, shooting pool, and playing darts. As for Cornell memories,Mark misses studying at Stella's café, and would love to hear from Maggie MacDougall.

And last, getting to our Sixers abroad. Rosamond King completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the U. of Chicago and is a Fulbright Fellow in Gambia,West Africa, for the 2006-07 academic year. Rosamond is on leave from her appointment as an assistant professor at Long Island U. in Brooklyn and working on her book, "Island Bodies: Transgressive Caribbean Sexualities." She has been traveling around the world, including trips to China, Haiti, Senegal, and Trinidad, presenting movement and text-based performance. Vinay Varughese '93, if you're out there, Rosamond would love to hear from you! Emre K.Mimaroglu recently relocated to the UK and is working for Credit Suisse.

That's all the news I have for now.Happy 2007 to you all, and I hope this year brings you much happiness, success, and peace. -- SherylMagzamen, slm1@cornell.edu; Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu. For updated class events, news, and resources, visit http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu.

97 | not available this issueCan you believe that reunion is right around the corner? Make sure to mark your calendar to join your classmates in Ithaca, June 7-10, 2007. In the meantime, catch up with your classmates so you know the entire scoop when you arrive on the Hill.

Sunny Kim (sunnykim750@yahoo.com) sends news of practicing medicine in Cedar Rapids, IA, focusing on spine care after becoming board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Sunny looks forward to seeing classmates at reunion. Shaown Nandi (sn16@cornell.edu) has returned to the Hill as a member of the Cornell Executive MBA program. In his spare time he is a managing consultant at IBM. Former Army captain Luis Garcia (luisandtreva@gmail.com) has adjusted to civilian life by staying connected to the military. He currently works in Huntsville, AL, at Redstone Arsenal, training soldiers in the employment of the Raven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). He and his wife have purchased a home in nearby Madison, AL.

Catching us up on his last ten years is Emin Ozgur (emin@sarapci.com). After working in NYC for three years after graduation, Emin moved to London. In 2001, work took him to Istanbul, Turkey, where he currently works as an engineer in the family business, manufacturing building and packaging materials. Thanks for updating us on your world travels, Emin. Lt.Marc Picard (Patac8@cs.com) hopes to make it for reunion this June, but that will depend on his current naval assignment. He is on his second submarine, the USS Toledo, allowing him to travel all over the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf. He also got his master's from George Washington U. while working at the Pentagon. One classmate who sounds like he is bound for reunion in June is Keith Scala (kscala@myersbradford.com). He recently co-founded a law firm (Myers Bradford PLLC) specializing in patent and entertainment law. He even has some fellow Cornellians as clients. Keith is looking forward to swimming in the gorge, the wine, and sailing on the lake once he connects with Simon Cheng, Jill Savolskis, Natalka Purij, Alex Saporito, and Lauren MyersMarion.Here's a hint for all of you on his list: start making travel plans to Ithaca now!

Also planning a trip upstate in June is Seanna Thompson (sat9006@hotmail.com). Seanna sends word that after graduating from medical school at the U. of Illinois, Chicago in 2001, she completed a residency in ob/gyn at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell and is currently an attending in Brooklyn. Husband Tim Niewold is a rheumatology fellow at the Hospital of Special Surgery in NYC. Seanna and Tim have a 1-year-old son, Lars, and hope to see everyone soon. Fellow ob/gyn doc Renee Sato (sator630@hotmail.com) and husband Joseph Kotowski III were married in June 2001 and now live in Hawaii with their baby daughter Katherine Lynn. Renee has just completed her residency and hopes shortly to open her own practice, while Joseph is a litigation associate with the law firm Carlsmith Ball.

Another classmate using her MD is Danielle Ledoux (danielleledoux@hotmail.com), who is a practicing pediatric ophthalmologist in Providence, RI. Danielle got her degree from Emory Medical School in 2001 and did her residency at NYU, followed by a fellowship in Charleston, SC. She is looking forward to seeing the beautiful campus and doing some wine tasting--as am I! Andrea Madrigrano (andreamadrigrano@yahoo.com) has just finished her surgical residency at U. of Illinois and is currently in California doing a fellowship in breast cancer at Stanford. To quote Andrea, "Life is good, but busy!" I think many of your classmates would agree with you, Andrea! Mia Raznatovic (miabgny@hotmail. com) hopes to catch up with classmates at reunion and see what has happened on campus since she was last there in 2002. In the meantime, she will stay occupied working as a vice president at Lloyds TSB Bank PLC in the area of structured and municipal finance. Erica and I hope to see everyone in Ithaca this June! -- Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu.

98 | If astrology is anything to go by--that our birthdays and the stars under which we were born play a part in who we are and how our love lives come about--then I wonder if similar effects will apply to babies announced in the same class columns.We'll have to see. This month's cohort includes babies Zeve, Rebecca Leigh, and Maya Bailey. Zeve was born to Jesse Lefton Zilberstein July 30, 2006. Catherine Meeks Schwiebert's second child, Rebecca Leigh, was born on May 6, 2006. Catherine reports that big brother Andrew, who will be 3 on Dec. 17, is so far enjoying the new addition. In addition to being a full-time mom, Catherine is on the board of Postpartum Support Int'l of Washington, a group that supports families dealing with a postpartum mood disorder. Amy Snyder Kaminski announces the birth of beautiful baby girl Maya Bailey on May 22, 2006. A NASA program examiner at the White House Office of Management and Budget by day, Amy spends her free time washing bottles and burp cloths while trying to recall the days when she could claim that she ran and exercised most days of the week. She would now rather sleep.

Classmate Brian Sidlauskas is a postdoctoral fellow at National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. Brian recently completed his PhD in evolutionary biology at the U. of Chicago and has moved to a postdoctoral position at a new NSF-sponsored think tank at Duke U. After hours, Brian can be found playing early, Baroque, and folk music on historical woodwinds and a lap harp. He looks fondly back to his days in coed fraternity Sigma Chi Delta, and wishes to hear from Natalia Estrada '97, whom no one in SCD has heard from in years. Also working in the field of science is Anne Sperling. Anne lives in Silver Spring, MD, and is an AAAS science and technology policy fellow at the National Inst. of Mental Health. Karen Ruenitz is an artist living in San Francisco. She also teaches fashion illustration at California College of the Arts. You can view her current work at www.karenruenitz.com.

Wondering where the wedding announcements are? We thought you'd never ask! Our classmates continue to get hitched/walk around the fire circle/take the plunge/bite the bullet/tie the knot--pick the cultural reference of your choice.Here are the latest. Emily Lobel married Dean Kameros, a Brandeis and Columbia MBA alum, on August 19, 2006 in Woodmere, NY. Lots of classmates attended the wedding, including: Nicole Sandman Karp, Jessica Gruner Studness, Beth Fingerman Spirn, Priya Kalwani Semanchek, Karen Bernstein Kandel, Jen Sturtz Goldstein, Risa Levine Salins, Karen Dorman Kipnes, Keri Stahl Young, Sara Leeder, Daphna Abrams, Shana Elberg, JD '01, and Erik Weinick, JD '01. Emily and Dean live in Hoboken, NJ, and Emily works at Ernst & Young on gender equity and diversity programs. (Unfortunately, we have not received any news on what the wedding guests have been up to--aside from attending weddings.Write to either of us and we'll add your news to this space. Addresses below.)

On Sept. 23, 2006,Michael Raffaele married Kathleen Ruane (Penn '01, but we don't hold that against her).Matt Palmer '96 and Ryan Nakagawa '97 were groomsmen. Kevin Marks was an usher and an "island of calm." Brian Ming Chu '96, Jeremy Flood '97, Andy Goldin '03, I-sah Hsieh '97, Amy Kerivan Marks, and Tony Mangaser '97 performed selections from the repertoire of the Cornell Glee Club for the wedding ceremony itself and did a spectacular job.Michael reports that a wonderful time was had by all. Jonathan Rynd announces his marriage to Elizabeth Oen of Teaneck, NJ, on August 5, 2006. Their honeymoon was spent in Rome, Casablanca, and Hamburg. Jonathan is a software developer, and Liz is a high school biology teacher; the couple lives in Teaneck.

And if you missed it in the New York Times the first time around, here is an excerpt of Jennifer Yen's wedding announcement: "Jennifer Heather Betit Yen, the daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Andrew Yen of Ithaca, NY, was married on Sept. 16, 2006 to Jeffrey Peyton Worley at St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church in Boston. The bride and bridegroom are law associates, she in the Boston office of Greenberg Traurig, the Miami law firm, and he at Sullivan & Worcester, a Boston firm. They met at Boston U., from which they received their law degrees. Jen also acts in films, including Interrogation (2006), which was shown at the Boston Int'l Film Festival."

I think we have digressed from talk of babies and fate. As destiny would have it, though, this piece of news arrived ten minutes ago in my in-box: Betsy Patterson reports that she is now practicing obstetrics and gynecology in Cleveland Heights, OH. On that note, happy holiday wishes from both of us. Don't forget to send us highlights of your latest adventures and favorite pastimes! -- Gregg Herman, gdh5@cornell.edu; and Erica Chan, hc31@cornell.edu.

99 | Remember Fall Break? We were supposed to use that time to study for prelims. But if you were like me back then, you just wasted that long weekend and goofed around, picking leaves and eating apples. I remember making special trips to Collegetown Bagels to get a large hot apple cider. And, occasionally, I would sneak out to the Plantations for a hike (or a nap).

Things are different for me now, just as they are for you. Instead of the Plantations, I've got Central Park. The hot cider at Starbucks just isn't the same, so I've learned to make my own. And instead of whiling away the first weekend in October leaf-peeping or apple-picking, I've got a wedding anniversary to celebrate now (more on that in a bit). But no matter what changes, when it starts to get a bit chilly, I begin to daydream . . .

I'm not the only dreamer. Gabriela Cadena is living out in Rockville,MD. She's dreaming of traveling the world, and right now she's reading up on Africa, where she hopes to be living someday soon. Theresa Thomas Holliday is California-dreaming about the design of the first 45nm processor (and her growing family). She's working at Intel in Folsom, CA, in the mobile microprocessor design group. Theresa and her husband James are building their family and raising their 3-year-old son J.R. GavinMcKay is in Philadelphia dreaming of his first business. In October 2006, he will launch a fitness and wellness center called Fusion.He says, "The major offering is a holistic and efficient group training session that brings together the elements of heart, muscle, and mind via a coach in our intimate setting. Fusion is a completely original concept based on science, not fads, and aims at helping people get fit by providing the motivation, guidance, and support we all need." Check it out at www.fusioncrosstraining.com.

Talk about dream jobs. James Lauer is producing electronic music and hosting events in Chicago. If you live in Chicago, you can check out his weekly radio show on Wednesday nights, from 9:30 to 11 p.m. on WNUR 89.3 FM. Or check out his calendar at www.jameslauer.com and see him DJ in person. Philip Righter is in Hollywood living out his dream job. He was recently promoted to VP, marketing and media for NBC Universal Inc. And I recently read that a '99er is the general manager for the Texas Rangers baseball team. Last October Jon Daniels became the youngest GM in major league history.

Chris Huang dreams of finishing his degree at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the U. of Michigan. Chris wrote to tell us about Lauren Harshman and Brian Stark, who were married this past June. Lauren, now Dr. Stark,MD, and Brian, that's Dr. Stark, PhD, are living and working in Palo Alto, CA. Justin DeKoszmovszky, MBA '06, wrote to tell us that 2006 has been a busy and fantastic year: "I finished my MBA (at Cornell, of course), got married to my best friend, Tatiana Thieme '00, and moved to England to start a new job managing strategic sustainability projects for S.C. Johnson." Aaron Arnold is the new director of the upstate office of the Center for Court Innovation, a nonprofit that works with the NYS Unified Court System to develop specialized courts such as drug courts, mental health courts, domestic violence courts, etc. Aaron and wife Stephanie recently moved from Phoenix to the Syracuse area and bought an old Victorian home in the town of Liverpool.

Last, but not least, there were some '99ers in attendance last year when I married DougWest '98. Brady Dale Russell has a home in Philadelphia now and is working as an organizer for the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, an economic justice group that works to help people win unemployment cases, save their houses, and get healthcare. Kelly Scalia is the director of operations at the Statler Hotel on Cornell's campus. And Shannon Smith Brock and her husband Paul have an awesome 100-year-old home in Geneva, NY, that they are working to restore to its former glory. Shannon was recently promoted to wine director at the newly opened New York Wine and Culinary Center in Canandaigua.

Send in your news and daydreams to the class columnists. Our IN boxes await. -- Melanie Grayce West, mga6@cornell.edu; Jennifer Sheldon, jennifer.sheldon@gmail.com; and Brady Dale Russell, bradydale@thistoowillpass.com.