90 | Jumping right into the cool water and news streams . . . Thanks to all classmates who kindly responded to the correspondents' e-mail requests for news.Without your contributions, this column would be a blank page.

New York Alumni. Scott Miller, JD '95, remained in Ithaca after getting his law degree. He is a partner in a local law firm specializing in criminal defense and became an adjunct professor of law at the Law school. Scott and wife Teri own Madeline's Restaurant on the Ithaca Commons. Teri is Madeline's award-winning pastry chef. He writes, "I hope some of my classmates will visit the restaurant and sample our scotch and reminisce about the late '80s!" In New York City, Marc Goldman and wife Cara celebrated the birth of daughter Olivia Kate on Jan. 16, 2007. One month previous,Marc served as groomsman at the wedding of his sister Cheryl Goldman '94. Alums wishing to contact Marc should e-mail the class correspondents, especially if they are visiting NYC.

Andy Alpart and wife Cindy Chan welcomed new baby Simon Ming Xi this spring in Albany. Andy is a family physician and chairs the family practice department at his hospital. Combining some administrative work with clinical responsibilities is exactly the mix that he desires. He wishes more sleep could be part of the equation. I'm sure daughter Maxine never wakes up her dad during a weekend afternoon nap. Elisa Barfus Bremner started working for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Westchester County, providing nutrition education to those in need. She also volunteers at a community center in Mount Vernon, teaching "My Pyramid" to children in an after-school program, where her communications degree benefits her greatly. Eun-Joo Kim was recently ordained as a Minister of the Word and Sacrament of the Presbyterian Church (USA) on April 1, 2007. She serves at a Korean-American church in Hicksville, Long Island, and as hospital chaplain at New York Hospital Queens.

East Coast Alumni. At long last the ebullient Julian Ha and wife Annett return to the States! In his own words, "We recently moved from London to McLean, VA. After ten years in London and Asia, we concluded that there is no better place to raise a family than the suburbs of America. After Cyrus arrived almost a year ago, we decided to make the move. After ten months of planning we finally landed in Northern Virginia! I am now an executive search consultant, aka headhunter. I think I decided on this new career so that Cyrus can someday run around the schoolyard and say, ‘My daddy hunts heads for a living.'We are about ten minutes away from my close friend Ming Shao and his two sons, ages 2 and 6 months. I am excited to be back in the States and look forward to bringing my family to our 20th (!) Reunion."

Grand Canyon State Alumni. Allison Duncan has joined the Art Center Design College in Tucson, AZ, as chair of the Dept. of Landscape Architecture. She really works hard on xeriscape garden designs and community bicycle transportation plans. Fourth-generation alumni Kurt Fenstermacher and Jennifer Demsey met in Sheldon Court. Since then they've lived in Hoboken, Chicago, Tucson, and now Westport, CT. Boys Kyle, 8, and Ryan, 4, will cool their heels in Atlantic waters now. Kurt leaves the UofA faculty to join hedge fund Bridgewater Associates. RyanWyatt moved to San Francisco to work at the California Academy of Science as Director of Morrison Planetarium. Now he is a local star.

Items from International Alumni.Michele Plaue Kijak sends word from Taipei. She is working as business development manager for Electronics Asia, where she develops and manages the assets for the company's industrial gases on-site business in the electronics industry. She enjoys hiking and motorcycling through Taiwan's mountains and will visit as many Asian countries as possible during a three-year stay. Sailing in Bali and golfing in Phuket top her vacation to-do list. If you knew her at Cornell and are near Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, or Bangkok (her current business destinations), let the class correspondents know and we will make the e-connection.

Meanwhile, in Singapore proper, John Lin reports there is a large alumni population and he runs into schoolmates every couple of years. His two boys and his Ultimate disk team have him running around pretty hard. The team recently returned from the World Championships. John works as a trader for Asian equity index futures and enjoyed the last days of the Singapore Exchange's open outcry pits. Now his fingers do the trading on the computer keyboard.

Upcoming Event. Here is a super-interesting event that Mid-Atlantic alumni might want to attend at the Washington, DC,Mall, October 12-20, 2007. Cornell's student solar decathlon team will build a solar house scored in ten categories. In 2005, the Cornell team won second prize (http://cusd.cornell.edu/). -- Kelly Roberson, kellyroberson@ sbcglobal.net; Tamiko Toland, stmoluag@yahoo.com; and AmyWang Manning, aw233@cornell.edu.

91 | Greetings from Boston! After nine years in Texas, I relocated to Massachusetts in 2004. One of the perks, among many, is living within driving distance of Cornell again, thus making it possible to "road trip" with Kristen Sciacca (a resident of Portland, ME) to our 15th Reunion. Having survived the journey, despite my poor driving (as Kristen would point out), and having had such a fabulous time over Reunion Weekend, I decided to volunteer as a class correspondent.

Reunion provided a great opportunity to catch up with old friends such as Kristen Hurley van Riper, who roomed with me at the Delta Gamma house during the weekend. Kris is enjoying life back in her hometown of Washington, DC, as the married mom of two boys, Finnbarr, 3, and Cormac, 1. She has recently become an expert at appreciating the finer points of Matchbox cars, Brio trains, and Jello jigglers. During our post-Reunion recap, Kris wrote that she was very flattered when several classmates thought she was an undercover spy working for the CIA. She actually works at the Corporate Executive Board, which is a real publicly traded company on the NASDAQ. Also in attendance were Richard and Sabrina Strickland Fertig, who live in New York City with their girls Alexandra, 5, and twins Natasha and Victoria, 2-1/2. Richard works in finance and Sabrina is an assistant attending orthopaedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, as well as an assistant professor of orthopaedics at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

Continuing on the roster of '91 medical professionals, Sameer Desai writes that his fellowship in hematology and oncology at the U. of Michigan ends in July 2007 and that he is looking forward to moving back East for his new job in New Brunswick, NJ. Sameer and his wife had their second daughter, Aria, during reunion, so they could not be there in person. But, he says, they "can't wait for the 20th!" Therese Duane keeps busy as an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Trauma/Critical Care and Emergency General Surgery in Virginia and as a mother of three: Luke John, 4, Xavier, 2-1/2, and Lila, 7 months.

Sumaya El-Ashry Ali of Boca Raton, FL, sends news that she and her husband welcomed Sofia last June 2, 2006. She joined big brothers Zane, 8, and Jaden, 5. From the other coast, Josephine Burns writes that she is married, with one really super cat. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and plays in a community orchestra with a surprisingly large number of Cornellian viola players.While currently working as a senior research associate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and finishing up an MSc in environmental management at USF, Josephine intends to embark upon a summer of traveling throughout Australia, Germany, and Norway.

In addition to the births mentioned above, other members of the Class of '91 continue to add to their growing families at a healthy rate. In May 2006, Judy Zuidema welcomed son Antonio James Milan into the world. Big sister Anna, 2-1/2, loves having a little brother to tease. In August 2006, Pete Boksanski and his wife welcomed a second son, McCully, who joins big brother Murphy, 2, and Malia, 4. Pete is maintenance superintendent at the Tesoro oil refinery in Hawaii, where he has lived since 1994. Amy Shortlidge Cox and husband Aaron report the birth of their first child, Lydia Elizabeth, on December 30, 2006.

Patrick Farrell and wife Charity welcomed their first child, Caitlyn, in January 2007. Patrick writes that it was "simply an amazing experience." Professionally, Patrick has moved from the design side of structural engineering to the forensic side, providing investigative and expert witness support to the insurance and legal communities for CASE Forensics in beautiful Denver, CO. He is also still active in the Army Reserves, serving as operations officer for an engineer battalion, and, as such, has been deployed to the "sand box" twice since 9/11. In trying to make something good of the experience, a fellow soldier and Patrick have started a business importing Persian rugs for sale in the US (www.hardcastleimports. com). In contrast to first-time parent Patrick, Kim Scott Baxter and husband Kevin had baby number four in August 2006,Margaret Suzanne. They call her Meg and note that she was named after classmate Margaret Showel. Baby Meg joins siblings Ella, Scott, and Sean.

Joseph Carolan, BA '96, has been in the Detroit area since 1995, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He went back to school in 2002 and, having finished his MBA, is currently working on his PhD, studying supply chain issues associated with cellulosic biomass as an ethanol feedstock for his dissertation. Joe writes that he is at Michigan State U., working with the State of Michigan on developing a sustainable bioeconomy as a strategy to provide impetus to the stagnant economy in the non-manufacturing sector. The award for news from the farthest distance goes to Hans Aramburo. Hans and his family have been living in Torino, Italy, since June 2006. He writes that it is his first experience living abroad and that he has particularly enjoyed their easy visits to other locales within and outside of Italy, such as Barcelona, London, Paris, southern France, Nice,Monaco, and Cannes. His family seems to have adjusted quite well and his children, ages 8, 7, and 6, picked up Italian in about three months. Hans says their easy bilingualism is the result of putting them in an Italian school for a total immersion experience. As a personal accomplishment, Hans completed his first marathon in Torino, and since then has completed marathons in Monaco and Barcelona, with Vienna and Prague in the works.

DanielMilstein lives in Mount Kisco, NY, and works as a real estate broker.He spends his free time taking digital photographs—mostly of his own children, he admits. Daniel writes that he and his wife enjoy watching WABC-TV news at 11 pm to see Lee Goldberg '94 deliver the weather forecast and wonders if anyone has started a "What will Lee wear?" contest. I wonder if anyone at ABC knows that during college Daniel and his friends used to have Lee deliver a forecast every night at dinner. In April, Katrina Schreiber Firlik gave a University Lecture at Cornell. She talked about her book, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside. You can check out her author website at www.katrinafirlik.com.

With this column, the '91 class correspondents hope to bring a little of the Cornell experience to you regardless of where you live or what you're doing. If this small taste of Cornelliana has made you hungry for more, why not look up college friends or check out the photographs from our time on the Hill? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our 1991 yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http:// cornellyearbook.com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

Please continue to share your news with us via e-mail, through the link on our class website, http://classof91.alumni.cornell.edu, or on the News Form included in our class mailings.We look forward to hearing from you. -- Sharlyn Carter Heslam, sheslam@berkshirepartners.com; Kathryn Kraus Bolks, klk22@cornell.edu; and Ariane Schreiber Horn, ams14@cornell.edu.

92 | I live in "Stress City," and new residents are moving in every day. But I'm trying to move out! Family concerns, work challenges, relationship drama . . . "Calgon, take me away!" Thankfully, there are days that I stop to breathe and remember that the sunshine ALWAYS comes after the rain. ALWAYS! So while I'm working on my move-out plan, I can still give "Stress City" a makeover and make it bearable. That's the lesson of the year. Be thankful for what you have, and get rid of what you don't need!

As I write in April, I anticipate lots of sunshine at reunion. You'll read this column after reunion has passed, but stay tuned to the Sept/Oct issue for a full Reunion Report. Ajay Makhija writes, "We now reside in McLean, VA, and are hoping to make it to reunion!" Ajay recently left the military, where he served as a major in the USAF as a psychiatrist. "I was deployed in OIF to Kuwait for six months. Now I have started my new job with the State Department in Washington, DC, where I work as clinical director of mental health services. I am married to Laura, a child psychiatrist, and have daughters Emily, 3, and Kate, 1."Ali Raza reports, "Just celebrated my ninth anniversary this month. I have two children (ages 5 and 2) and I am in my final year of medical school at Sydney U. in beautiful Sydney, Australia."

Abi Gail Eiger (age2001@med.cornell.edu) is currently the international coordinator and liaison to Qatar for the Weill Cornell Medical College. She lives in Connecticut and works in Manhattan. She is still married to Gary Hilfiker and they recently traveled to Doha, Qatar. Alison Miller is married to Ray Meek, an architect. They live in the city of Chicago and have children Emma, 6, and Aidan, 2. Alison has her PhD in clinical psychology and runs a coaching and consulting business.

Cornell's Adult University (CAU) has been busy traveling with many of our classmates, and Diana Carida is one of them. She attended the off-campus study tour called Take Me Out to the Ballgame: The Culture and Business of Major League Baseball. Check out CAU online, http://www.sce.cornell.edu/cau/.

Do you wish you had bought a copy of the yearbook back in your senior year? Want to look up old friends or check out the old photographs from our time on the Hill? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook. com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

What's your lesson of the year? Share your news! Write to us! -- Wilma Ann Anderson, info@WilPowerEnterprises.com; Debbie Feinstein, Debbie_Feinstein@yahoo.com; Renee Hunter Toth, rah24@cornell.edu. Until next time. Be a light, and be well.

93 | Happy summer, everyone! We have lots of news from near and far so I'll get right to it. First, news from the southern hemisphere: Helena Pachón, PhD '06, sent an update from her new home in Colombia in South America. "I direct the nutrition research activities for an international consortium evaluating a novel agriculture-based intervention to reduce malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean. The project's website is www.agrosalud.org. I moved to South America in April 2006 and have been enjoying traveling internationally for work and nationally for pleasure."

We have two new partners to congratulate. Eric Beane was recently made partner at law firm DLA Piper. Eric is part of their labor and employment practice group and is based in Los Angeles. Eric, his wife (a native Californian), and their 2-year-old son live in Marina del Rey, CA. Michael Baughman recently joined law firm Pepper Hamilton as a partner in their Philadelphia office.Michael focuses his practice in financial services, securities and shareholder litigation, and media law. He also recently became a father. "Kelly and I are happy new parents of our first daughter, Charlotte Campbell Baughman. She was born on May 24, 2006."

Speaking of new daughters, Jennifer Hancock Cardillo and husband Louis welcomed daughter Daphne Sara on June 5, 2006. Jennifer is VP and sourcing manager at Citizens Financial Group. She reports, "Life's pretty good right now. I can't think of anything else I'd rather do or anyplace else I'd rather be." The Cardillos live in Cranston, RI. In addition, Laurie Mayes, husband Joe, and big sister Jackie are happy to announce the birth of Caroline on April 7, 2006. Laurie is an attorney at the US Patent and Trademark Office and Joe is a marketing executive.

Lisa Taylor Scanlon dropped us a line in February filled with lots of colorful news. She writes, "I don't believe I have written in since graduating. After working for 11 years at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago (which was an amazing experience, working with gorillas, chimps, birds, reptiles, takins, camels, and farm animals—I was able to use my skills learned at Robert Purcell Dining since my last five years were as a manager!), I left LPZ last September to be a stay-at-home mom to my two beautiful children, Nicholas Taylor, 2, and Sophie Marie, 9 months. It's certainly a different world, being at home with them, and I love all of it! My husband Sean and I live in the Chicago area and love to get the kids out to nature as often as we can.We have a huge garden in our yard, and Nicholas already knows how to harvest tomatoes! We live here with our dog, Zachary, and two cats, Bruno and Smudge. So it's a full house! I still keep in touch with Amy Fleischman, who is doing well in central New York; Jeannie Ng Dubbels, who has kids Connor and Skyler and lives in New Jersey with husband Ben; Craig Maynard, who works for NASA and lives in Texas with wife Tami and their children Orion and Miranda; and Christine Barnes '94, who lives in Ohio with her son Zachary and husband David. Since we're kind of spread out through the country we don't see enough of each other!"

The New York Times reported on the marriages of several of our classmates recently.Marc Axelbaum married fellow attorney Katherine Dowling on October 7, 2006. Marc is a senior associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman in San Francisco, CA.He received his law degree from Columbia. Scott Fink and Amy Schwartz tied the knot on March 11. Scott is a gastroenterologist who specializes in liver disease.He is an assistant professor of clinical medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia U. and is an attending physician at the Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia U.Medical Center. Finally, Farrell Redwine married Conway Downing III on November 4, 2006 in Manhattan. Farrell is a senior VP for diversity and inclusion at Lehman Brothers, the investment bank in Manhattan. She is also the chairwoman in Manhattan of Art Start, an organization that introduces homeless and impoverished youths to fine arts,music, and computer-based graphics. After graduating from Cornell, Farrell received a master's degree in organizational development from American U.

Do you wish you had bought a copy of the yearbook back in your senior year? Want to look up old friends or check out the old photographs from our time on the Hill? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook. com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

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

94 | We are approaching lucky 13—13 years since graduation.Mark your calendars now. Our 15th Reunion will be June 4-7, 2009. Here's all the news that will fit in print:

Christa Shurman Kenin reports that in 2006 she graduated from Brooklyn Law School, passed the New York Bar Exam, got married to Michael ("Misha") '93 in a barefoot ceremony on the beach in Montauk, Long Island, started a new job at Reed Smith practicing advertising and marketing law, and moved into a new apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Now that's a busy year! Mike Rapolas got married in October—"to my wonderful new wife Christina Azzinaro."Mike reports, "I am still working at Merrill Lynch in Pennington, NJ, in their private client banking finance area as a controller and analyst. I also have about 150 kids—as part of the Mercer County (NJ) Youth Bowling Association that I run."

Melissa Unemori Hampe and husband Greg welcomed their second daughter, Catherine Sylvie Maria Unemori Hampe, on January 15, 2007.Melissa writes, "Catherine (‘the great') joins her older sister Elizabeth (‘the first') in the princess club and also the ‘crushingly long name' club."Melissa recently became director of government relations for MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership. Mary Sue Page Youn just became director of college counseling for College Coach's office in Ridgewood, NJ. Also in the field of college admissions, Jarrid Whitney completed a master's in higher education at Harvard in June 2005, and in August 2006 he became the new dean of enrollment at Notre Dame de Namur U. in Belmont, CA. Jarrid explains, "College admissions is obviously my passion, especially dealing with issues of access and equity influenced by my own personal story of coming to Cornell."

Scott Bielicki reports,"My wife Amy and I had our first child, Andrew, last June. I share season tickets to the Nationals with Chris Muldowney '95,Mike Stroud '95, and Wally Davis '93. Chris and Mike each had a daughter within one month of Andy being born.We also see Bill and Nicole Pasquariello Lazor '95, whose son Nolan is a few months older than Andy—whenever we all are free from work.When not attending baseball games, we watch football and sneak beers between diaper changes." Abhinov Singh reports, "My son (and second child) Sebastien Charles was born on October 24, 2006. Everyone in the family, especially his older sister, now 22 months, is happy, healthy, and adjusting to the new addition!" Christopher Byron, DVM '98, and wife Rachel welcomed daughter Gracie—Rebecca Grace—on May 1, 2006. He and Rachel are on the faculty of the veterinary teaching hospital at the U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Drew Brody has several new babies. His first movie as a producer, Desert of Blood, was screened last August in Beverly Hills. He notes, "It was an amazing experience to hear a packed house applaud wildly—not just at the end, but also at the two biggest moments in the film. You can edit all you want, but there's really just no way to be sure you've done it right until you sit in a dark theater with a few hundred people and see what happens." Baby number two is his seventh produced play as a playwright, Tommy's Friends, which opened in L.A. in July 2006. Baby number three is a production of his play CHESS at the New York Int'l Fringe Festival in August 2006. But Drew's biggest news is the most important baby in his life. Son Isaiah was born in May 2006.

Several classmates are thrilled to have the privilege to stay home with their children. BetsyMcAfeeWilson writes, "There is nothing I'd rather be doing that being a stayat- home mom. I find the challenge of raising my kids to become society's next leaders and contributors to be very rewarding." Jackie DeLuca Emmet similarly states, "I am currently a stay-at-home mom with two children, Robert and Elizabeth. I am thrilled to be able to stay home with them. I plan to go back to work in some capacity when the kids get a bit older."Husband Dick is a partner at Jane Street Capital in New York City. Jennifer Allison Hertel Bignault made the time to train for her first triathlon while caring for her two daughters. She completed the race in May 2007 with Ellen, 4, and Claire, 3, cheering her on in shirts that said, "See Mom swim / see Mom bike / see Mom run / go Mom go!"

By the way, if you are looking back over the past 13 years and wishing that you had bought a yearbook in 1994, you are in luck! The Cornellian office on campus still has copies of our yearbook. Just go to www.cornellyearbook.com to order a little piece of your personal history.

Wouldn't you like to see your news in this space? Drop us a line! -- Dineen PashoukosWasylik, dmp5@cornell.edu; Dika Lam, dikaweb@yahoo.com; Jennifer Rabin Marchant, Jennifer.Marchant@kraft.com.

95 | A big hello to all you 1995ers! I hope you are enjoying your summer sun, barbecues, warm breezes, good friends, and family. Your updates have come in from all over the world, making this is one of the most global Class Notes columns to date! Let's start with the far left (West) and make our way to the right.

Rebecca Gardner works as a law clerk in criminal court in Honolulu, HI. Rebecca graduated from the U. of Hawaii Law School in May 2006 and recently passed the Hawaii Bar exam. Several years ago she married Michito Kawai and adds, "I live in Hawaii now, so I don't have too much trouble doing what I'd always rather be doing— lounging on the beach." Back on the mainland in Carlsbad, CA, Brent Alspach, MS '97, is employed by Malcolm Pirnie as an environmental engineer specializing in drinking water quality and treatment. Outside of work, Brent is a member of a local land emergency board and volunteers with local youth. Recently, Brent was doing volunteer work in Uganda.

Going up the Left Coast, Emily Smith Bradley is married to Dewayne and works as a urologist in Seattle,WA. Emily and Dewayne have a 1-year-old daughter, Flora, who is Emily's "favorite pastime!" Also in Seattle, Brian Fox is a senior computational biologist for ZymoGenetics. Brian and wife Taya have daughter Madeline, born on July 27, 2005.

Traveling toward the middle of the country, several Cornellians have sent updates from Chicago. Dave Beck works as a "marketing manager on the Altoids brand at Wrigley.We are curiously strong!"When not coming up with ways to be curiously strong, Dave coaches youth basketball, travels, and recently heard Mitch Albom discuss his new book, For One More Day. Steve McKee, ME '96, if you are out there, Dave would like to hear from you! Thomas Kim, also in Chicago, is a senior portfolio manager (Ontario Funds) for Mansur Capitol Corp. In addition to his day job, Thomas is finishing his PhD at the U. of Chicago, where he is researching American studies and teaching part-time. Pelleg Graupe completed his MBA at the U. of Chicago and is now the controller at Globalcom, a Chicago-based telecommunications company. Pelleg has been married to Betsy for over nine years and the couple has two sons, Amir and Nadiv.

A few '95ers have found their way back to Upstate New York. Heidi Kretser has not only returned to Upstate New York, but she has returned to Cornell as a graduate student (you are sooooo lucky, Heidi!) in Natural Resources. Additionally, Heidi works as an affiliate scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society. Heidi is married to Andy Keal and has children Leena, 3, and Owen, 1. From SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, Thomas Hughes writes, "I am a project staff associate for ESF Outreach, where I am a coordinator for both the college's post-baccalaureate certificate programs and a summer science program called ESF Science-Summer Camps Investigating Ecology in Neighborhood and City Environments." In Bethpage, NY, Jenny Tu is a pediatric dentist and lives with husband Calvin Zhao.

Heading down the Right Coast to Allentown, PA, Signe FreibergWhitson and her husband Richard live with their two daughters Elise Caroline and Hannah. Erika Eason lives nearby in Baltimore,MD, where she works as a middle school Spanish teacher. Erika is experiencing life as both a teacher and a student: she is pursuing an MA in liberal studies at Loyola College. Continuing even further down, all the way down to South America, Esteban Viteri sends news from Quito, Ecuador. Esteban is employed by Goddard Catering Group as a general manager.When not bicycling, scuba diving, sport shooting, motorcycling, and spinning, Esteban is working toward his EMBA at IDE-IESE Quito-Ecuador.

Crossing the Atlantic to Belgium, Savvas Savvides, PhD '00, enjoys family life with his wife Julie Bouckaert and three children. Savvas is a professor and researcher in the biochemistry, physiology, and microbiology department at Ghent U. Savvas fondly remembers "listening to those noon concerts reverberating out of McGraw Tower." Don't we all, Savvas! Rounding this classmate-driven tour of the globe, the last bit of news comes from Thomas Hunter in Shanghai, China. Thomas's day job is as the general manager at HUSCO-Kayaba Hydraulics Ltd. Outside of work, Thomas is "active with the Future Executives Forum with the Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce, as well as pioneering a peer group of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) managers and leaders." As if this isn't enough to occupy Thomas's time, he ran the 2006 Great Wall half-marathon and spent Chinese New Year in Cambodia exploring the temples of Angkor and learning more about the Cambodian people's history in Phnom Penh.

Thanks so very much to everyone for sending lots of news and updates! Please keep it up! -- Abra Benson, amb8@cornell.edu; Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof95.alumni.cornell.edu.

96 | As the baseball season starts, I am reminded of the trials and tribulations of being a New Yorker living in Red Sox Nation.My husband (Josh Silverman, a perpetual student currently in residency in head and neck surgery at Harvard) and I are transplanted Mets and Yankees fans, respectively, living in the midst of Dice-K mania. Our big update is that our son, Jacob Seth, entered the world on September 8, 2006. Proud Grandma is Susan Perlstein Lustig '61. I am taking a sabbatical from my life as a CPA to stay at home with Jacob and our daughter Abigail, who is 3. Along with my co-correspondents, I hope to help keep you informed about the accomplishments and happenings of our fellow '96ers.

EdieMarshall wins the WOW award for this month's column. She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro last July as part of the USAF 7 Summits Challenge. There were ten climbers, eight members of the Air Force and two civilians, and everyone made it to the "true" summit at Uhuru Peak (19,340 ft.) for sunrise! The team raised almost $10,000 for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. Edie is a veterinarian and headed to Indonesia to train public health vets in early recognition of bird flu in order to control outbreaks.

How many of you can say that 11 years out of school you are doing exactly what you want to be doing? Kudos to Melissa Kacalanos, who is doing just that. She is a musician, and writes, "I just released my third CD, ‘The Middle East Side,' with my band Djinn. All my CDs, and some sound samples, are available on my website, www.melissatheloud. com. Last summer, I performed in the orchestra of Mother Courage and Her Children, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline." Christopher DiMaio wrote in that he will be completing a fellowship in gastroenterology at Columbia U. this June and moving to Beantown to complete a one-year fellowship in advanced endoscopy at both Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital.

Lori Marino, a lawyer at Avaya in New Jersey, celebrated her commitment to Megan McCarroll on September 9, 2006 at Vanderbilt Mansion in Oakdale, NY. Cornell alums in attendance included Mike Rapolas Jr. '94,Meghan Work Boedges '97, Valerie Novellano McLaughlin '97, Laura Barrantes '97 and her husband Todd Humora, Kathy Rombach, Brian Jacobs, Rachel Effron Barkin, and J.Mijin Cha '97. Lori and Megan honeymooned in Hawaii. Kathy Rombach works at Bank of America Securities in NYC in the finance department, Brian Jacobs is a tax attorney at Honeywell in New Jersey, and Rachel Barkin is a pharmacy benefits manager at MedCo in New Jersey.

Veronica Vazquez is keeping extremely busy with her children, ages 3 and 1, as well as knitting, spinning, and caring for sheep. And she still has a day job as a math department chair! She will be moving from New Lebanon, NY, to Delaware to start a job at Friends School. Luciana Vasconcellos Torres relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Carlos and their 2-year-old son Nicolas. She remembers, "The first time I ever used a mouse was in Computer Lab 101. Isabelle Claver Lunt '97 gave me instructions!" Samantha Sudre Roux '97, if you're out there, please give Luciana a shout!

We received an update from one of our former correspondents, Sheryl Magzamen (thanks for all of your hard work, Sheryl!). She is leaving California for a two-year post-doc at the U. of Wisconsin in the Dept. of Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health. She is very excited that she will have to fly across fewer time zones to visit her family in New York and is looking forward to the change of seasons.

'96ers are doing their best to populate the future generation of Cornellians. Chris and Catherine Gallagher Olney had a baby girl, Jane Marie, on January 14, 2007. Catherine is busy at home with Sarah, 5, and Ben, 2. Chris is working in marketing at Kimberly Clark. Robyn Levey Laveman and husband Michael had son Andrew Ethan on March 10, 2006. Proud aunt is Rachel Laveman Manne '97. They live in Livingston, NJ, and Robyn is the controller at Thor Equities, a real estate company in New York, while Mike is a partner at Eisner, an accounting firm in New York. JenniferWinter Persico is working as an attorney with Mintz Levin in Washington, DC, and had her first child, Christopher Alfonso, on October 29, 2006.

And lastly, a bit of business. Do you wish you had bought a copy of the yearbook back in your senior year? Want to look up old friends or check out the old photographs from our time on the Hill? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook.com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information. Finally, if you have not paid your class dues yet, please do so. There is still time! And tell your friends to pay their dues so we can work toward our goal of 996 duespaying classmates! v Carin Lustig-Silverman, CDL2@cornell.edu; Ron Johnstone, raj6@cornell.edu; and Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu. Class website, http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu.

97 | A few words about our news timeline. As I write this column (in April), preparations for our 10th Reunion are in full swing, but by the time you actually read it in the magazine, Reunion 2007 will have come and gone.Magazine coverage of Reunion, including our class's Reunion Report, will appear in the Sep/Oct issue.

Chris Braceland moved back to the Northeast last year to work in Manhattan, where he continues to trade telecom and media equities for Jefferies. Lee Hiram Saltzman and husband Alex tied the knot on September 3, 2006 in Chappaqua, NY. Several Cornellians were there, including Lee's sister Tamar '03 and boyfriend Josh Arisohn '02, as well as Ari Cooperman, Kate Nemens, Chris O'Keefe '98, Jeff Lawrence '96, Ryan Donovan '99, Dan MacDonald, Jody Herndon '98, ME '99, Alison Napjus '99, and BeckyWolfe '99. Justin Kaplan sent in word last year of his marriage to Alexandra Laptook. Justin works for BNY Mezzanine Partners and cited triathlons as an extracurricular activity. Heather Brill married Neal Skolnick on November 4, 2006 on Long Island. Jill Akst Sheflin, Stephanie Shaps, and Angie Datta Kamath were bridesmaids. Sandra Loeb Salsberg, MD '01, Alexandra "Sasha"Kahn, Amit Bhalla '96, Lauren Bergida '96, and Ben Faulkner '96 attended the festivities, as did brother of the bride Jeffrey Brill, JD '98.Heather is director of business planning for Juicy Couture Accessories, Kenneth Cole Jewelry, and Laundry Accessories. She and Neal planned to move from the Upper East Side to Westchester.

The physicians among us have been busy. Last year, Paula Gerber-Gore spent six months in Sydney, Australia, where her husband Pankaj completed a neurosurgical fellowship and where they welcomed daughter Leyla Vimal on September 14, 2006. The family planned to return to Phoenix in January 2007, and Paula expected to return to her fellowship in epilepsy in July. Iris Kassem was putting her MD and PhD to use at Stony Brook U. Hospital; she planned to start her ophthalmology residency in July. Iris and husband Christopher Ocampo welcomed son Ryan Kassem Ocampo on January 3, 2007. Iris loves what she does and added, "Being a mom and an intern is so much better than being pregnant and an intern!" Iris hopes to reconnect with Elizabeth Fichtner.Mary Beth Turell also planned to begin a residency in ophthalmology this year; she'll be working at the Cleveland Clinic after interning at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. At Offutt Air Force Base, Drew Keister has been completing his family medicine residency and was appointed associate program director. Asked about his extracurricular activities, Drew said, "Fatherhood pretty much covers it." Daughters Alina Noelle, born July 23, 2006, and big sister Rowen keep Drew and wife Mary on their toes.

After graduating from law school in 2002, Subha Dhanaraj Lembach and husband Michael moved to Columbus, OH, and are the proud parents of daughter Elizabeth. Subha directs the Juvenile Justice Community Planning Initiative for the United Way of Central Ohio, working to evaluate and develop more effective ways of serving at-risk youth. She is also an active volunteer with a number of organizations, including the Junior League of Columbus, CASA of Franklin County, Columbus Children's Hospital, and several youth-serving agencies. Subha was recently recognized as one of Columbus's Forty under 40 and Young Catholic Woman of the Year, and received the Wendy's Int'l Service for Children Award. Heather Adivari, JD '07, is an attorney at DLA Piper in New York; she and husband Robert Riva, JD '00, have relocated to Princeton. They attended Leda Anastasiades's marriage to Demetri Tsapralis on September 30, 2006 in Newark, NJ, as did Melanie Chieu '97, JD '00, and her husband Michael Riela.

More baby news: Heather ZieglerWeitzel and husband Bryan '99 welcomed Ethan Carver on March 11, 2006; he joins big brother Noah Jacob.Heather enjoyed a ninemonth maternity leave from Carnegie Mellon U. in Pittsburgh, where she teaches genetics/molecular biology and cell/developmental biology.Viktoria Sveinsdottir Seymour and husband Jeremy welcomed Isabella Helga in July 2006; the family lives in Orlando, FL.

Craig Nathan's interests have taken him far from Ithaca: he checked in last year from the Gambia in West Africa, where he is a Peace Corps volunteer. Craig is implementing a computer science major and minor at the U. of the Gambia, the first bachelor's-level technology education to be offered in that country. Craig asks that anyone interested in helping springboard the technology infrastructure in one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world by teaching, even for a just semester's sabbatical, contact him at lie@KismetWorldWide.com for more information.

Wish you had bought a copy of the yearbook senior year? The Cornellian office has told us that they have extra copies of our yearbook. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook. com, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information. Thanks to all of you who have sent in updates over the past year.We have a big pile of updates, but limited space in the magazine, so we're working our way through news in order of receipt. Be patient, but if you think we might have lost your update, don't hesitate to contact us again! -- Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu; Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu.

98 | One thing I realized after writing these columns with Erica Chan over the last four years is that she is the creative one and I am the one who just types out the information. I guess we each have our strengths. As you can tell, this is Gregg's turn to write the column, so no Wizard of Oz references, Google searches, or Mad Libs columns—just the facts. Here we go.

Suzan Ayasun Thompson is a Marine Corps judge advocate. Congrats on her new baby, David Presley Thompson, who was born on Dec. 27, 2006. She is back to work for the USMC after three years of law school, currently assigned as trial counsel at Camp Pendleton, CA. Janelle Miau lives in NYC and is a paralegal. I guess the longer you are away from something the more you miss it, and that is definitely the case with Janelle. She fondly remembers the long, sweet winters while at Cornell. She would like to hear from Christophe, Asa, Christine, Karen, Julie, Eliseo, Ewa, and Verda. Hopefully you know who you are, since she did not provide last names.

Scott Lerner also lives in NYC and is a technical project manager at Ahomal Technologies. He likes to play volleyball and watch his little girl grow up in her first year. Seems like a lot of people are having babies. Trina Young Barton is also full-time mom to 16-month-old Kira. She gave up teaching when she moved to Florida in June 2006.

Glenn Rosenbluth, MD '02, stayed in the Cornell family and went on to the Medical College.He is now the assistant director of the pediatric residency program at UC San Francisco. Glenn spends his free times snowboarding at Lake Tahoe and wine tasting in Napa. Sounds like a great life! Allyson Byrne is an endodontist, which, she reports, is a dental specialty doing root canals. She runs in her spare time and she is opening a new private practice with her husband Francisco Banchs. She would rather be sitting on the beach, but sounds like she is enjoying living in Saratoga Springs. She misses her friends, summers at the gorges, wine tours, and friends at Pi Phi. She would love to hear from her Pi Phi Big Sister Shannon Cadile '97. "I miss her!"

Patricia Bolen passed the South Carolina Bar and is now working as a lawyer in Abbeville. She is married to J. Brooks Kuykendall, PhD '05, who is a professor at Erskine College. Colleen SorrellWelker is also a lawyer. She and husband Joseph welcomed son Sean Joseph on June 20, 2006. She says it has been an absolutely wonderful experience. Sean keeps them laughing and they are loving every moment.

Erin Witek Cohen is excited by all the travel opportunities associated with being self-employed. Erin is an orthodontist and is beginning her own practice. Her fondest memory is meeting her husband Scott '96 and thinking, "Will this really ever work?" Fellow classmate and independent business owner Shannon Campbell-Lacy reports that she also enjoys traveling around Europe. Gary Pollakusky is an executive producer for Brilliance Audio. Check out his company's website at www.brillianceaudio.com. He is working on building the Spoken Word Inst., as well as business and organizational consulting business through Media Barrel LLC. Kara Levi Zlotnick is a child psychologist in a private group practice in Livingston, NJ. Kara and husband Matthew '97 also celebrated a birth—twins Daniel and Eliana were born on June 27, 2006. Both are growing and doing well. They keep Kara extremely active.

Now for an advertisement . . . Do you wish you had bought a copy of the yearbook back in your senior year? Want to look up old friends or check out the old photographs from our time on the Hill? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook.com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

Hopefully you were not too bored by my style of column writing. Don't worry, Erica and her wit will be back next column. Please keep on sending us information about what you or your friends are up to. Hope everyone is doing well. -- Gregg Herman, gdh5@cornell.edu; and Erica Chan, hc31@cornell.edu.

99 | Happy summer, Class of 1999! Hope that this column finds you well and enjoying the warmer weather. Let's get right to the news. Kara Buscaglia-Butcher has opened her own law firm, the Law Office of Kara A. Buscaglia. Kara and husband Frank live in Williamsville, a lovely suburb of Buffalo, NY. Engineerturned- attorney Benjamin Hurwitz lives in Arlington, MA, and practices law at Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds, a firm specializing in intellectual property law. Asked what he'd rather be doing these days, Ben writes, "Learning to fly."

From the New York Times wedding pages, we've learned that Jamie Danow married Joshua Camhi in Hollywood, FL, last December. Jamie is a VP and client manager in the private banking unit of Bank of America in New York City. Nearby on Long Island, Angela Martin, DVM '02, is an associate veterinarian at West Hills Animal Hospital in Huntington, NY. This lucky lady says, "There's nothing else I'd rather be doing. I love my job, my boyfriend, my cats, my house . . . everything." Outside the animal hospital, Angela enjoys working out and decorating her new house. She fondly remembers a few notable dining spots in Ithaca from our Cornell days, including Little Joe's, Thai Cuisine, and cramming for finals over DP Dough's calzones. Anyone else craving Collegetown Bagels now?

On the international front, Philip Chiu is a VP of equity derivative sales at Bear Stearns in Hong Kong.When he's not working, Philip hikes, travels, reads history, and spends time with Cornellians Derek Lam, Ken Kwok, Alan Lam '98, and William Kwong '98, MEE '99. On the other side of the globe, CarlWinter has spent the last two years in Brazil learning Portuguese and getting to know his mom's Brazilian side of the family. Carl is embarking on a social project involving high school students and plans to roll out a pilot program in 2007. Check out Carl's pictures, stories, and videos at his website, www.iid8.com.

Now a special agent, immigration and customs enforcement, Anne Trawinski spent six months last year in Brunswick, GA, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Anne now lives in Ellicott City,MD. Nearby in Washington, DC, former Class of 1999 columnist Jessica Smith was featured in Capitol Hill's favorite newspaper, Roll Call, for her new position as Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's communications director. The article highlighted Jessica's formidable political resume, which she humbly attributes to "parking karma." Amy Hutton Spaziani works in the clinical trial research department of AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in Landenberg, PA. She's also the assistant swim team coach for her local YMCA and is studying for her Master of Science degree in quality assurance and regulatory affairs.

We've also received a couple of quick updates from classmates working around the country, including Euborn Chiu, who works for Oracle Corp. in Redwood Shores, CA. Sheela Kadekar updated us on her new address in Arlington, VA. A. J. Preller is the director of professional and international scouting for the Texas Rangers baseball club in Arlington, TX.

Do you wish you had bought a copy of the yearbook back in your senior year? Want to look up old friends or check out the old photographs from our time on the Hill? The Cornellian office has notified us that they still have extra copies of our yearbook, and you can purchase one now until the supply runs out. To order online, go to http://cornellyearbook.com/wordpress/?page_id=8, or e-mail cornellian@cornell.edu for more information.

Class of 1999, let us all be entertained and enlightened by the events in your lives.We look forward to hearing from you! -- Jennifer Sheldon, jls33@cornell.com; Brady Russell, bradydale@thistoowillpass.com; and Melanie GrayceWest, mga6@cornell.edu.