80 | One afternoon freshman year, Hobart (Dave Valley) and I were wandering around campus looking for adventure and free beer when, crossing the Triphammer Bridge over Fall Creek, I looked down and said, "I wonder what is in that crumbling structure built into the rocks?" "Let's find out," said Hobe, so we went downstream a bit, worked our way down the wall of the gorge--an insanely dangerous thing to do, so don't try this at home--hiked back up to the pool below the falls, and plunged in, fully clothed, sneakers and all.We fought the swirling torrent and pulled ourselves out, barely alive, at the foot of the old stone building. ("Barely alive" is a literary device called "licentious poesy"; remember, I am a trained professional.) Almost two hours after we started our adventure we had reached our goal, cold, sopping, and shivering.We went into the building.

"It's dark," said Hobe. "I can't see three feet in front of me." Ever the well-prepared Boy Scout, I said, "That's okay, I have matches."

Juliet Kolm Gibbs writes from Sudbury, MA, that she is consulting in human resources for high-tech firms; a current client is a supercomputing software company. Her sons are wrestlers, and the older one competed with his college team in Finland and Russia. She has fond memories of camping out all night for hockey tickets. One time a bunch of us camped out for hockey tickets and befriended a fellow guarding a big Army truck parked in the Lynah Rink lot. It looked old but well maintained, and the soldier let us take turns starting the beast up by using the old-timey floor starter. Fraternity boys with a few beers in them are easily amused. Politically correct disclaimer: we didn't drive the thing, we just started it, over and over.We were tempted to drive it because it had to be double-clutched, and who doesn't want to do that? But the Army doesn't take knuckleheads, so we had to make do.

Most of us are turning 50 soon. Some of us are more prepared than others. Class president Jill Abrams Klein is looking forward to it because it represents a milestone during which she can assess her accomplishments, learn from her few mistakes, and prepare for the glorious future. I'm looking forward to it as the expiration year of my driver's license, thus giving me an opportunity for a new picture in which I am clean shaven and don't have spinach between my teeth. Also, I'll try to point my eyes in the same direction.

The theory of relativity is becoming clear to me now. Fifty was beyond geezerdom back in those gauzy Cornell years--heck,my mother wasn't even 50 back then, and she represented the sepia-toned, horse-drawn past--but now it's a sort of post-teen era, albeit one involving wrinkles, gray hair, and the occasional memory lapse in which I can't recall if we painted the house the year the washing machine hose broke and flooded the basement, or the year I smacked up the car, events that later research revealed were separated by half a decade. Think back--senior year you engaged in "remember when" reminiscences of events that were only a few months old. The personals in the Cornell Daily Sun were full of stuff like that.

DonWierbilis and his wife Donna MacLauchlan '81 live in Ft. Collins, CO, with their two children. They're both New Englanders by birth, but have made the transition well. Donzo is an executive with Hewlett Packard and Donna teaches. They spend a lot of time outdoors, and Donzo bikes the Rockies regularly. Donzo was my roommate sophomore year and made up for my lack of an alarm clock by opening the windows over my bed at the ungodly hour of 10 a.m. Not every morning, mind you--only on mornings when it was nice and frosty. I'm still plotting my revenge, although I probably have him to thank for the fact that I managed to graduate.

My lovely bride and I are touring the Three Gorges Dam in China as I write this. I used to think the Noyes Lodge advertising slogan, "Best restaurant by a dam site," was a scream, but the street vendors here have learned a bit of English, and they're flogging the dam theme to bits: "Buy your dam souvenirs!""Buy some dam postcards!" I'm tired of the whole dam thing.

When we started college the Cultural Revolution in China was winding down, and Mao had just died.Mao famously described capitalism as one of the world's greatest evils. If he weren't on display in a glass case, he would be spinning in his grave.Mao is remembered very selectively now, and you can't swing a dead cat anywhere in China without clobbering people buying and selling consumer goods. Shanghai makes Manhattan look quaint.Mao's "Little Red Book" is sold as an ironic tourist curio, a darkly comical "remember when" of a uniquely oriental stripe.

Speaking of the pancake house at Noyes Lodge, Doug Wright '81 and I went on a feeding binge there once, stretching lunch so long that we were still there at dinner time, at which point we started over.We wore out one wait shift and half of the next.We have since given up our gluttonous ways, as eating all day interferes with nap time. Doug lives on a houseboat near Phoenix, and, yes, there is enough water near Phoenix to float a boat. He took up drumming and boasts that his band never plays on land. Roy Apseloff writes from Arlington, VA, that he is the "director of a national intelligence center involved in computer forensics and document processing for the intelligence community."He says that he makes frequent trips to Iraq and Afghanistan, but states he would rather be "traveling to the Caribbean or Hawaii." Roy still lifts weights, and reminisces that he was an early member of the weightlifting club that worked out in the Teagle Hall attic. (Weights in the ATTIC? Whose idea was that?) Roy also writes that he would like to hear from Caryn Kraus Kaplan.

Cliff Strat, who makes his home in Peachtree City, GA, is still flying big jets for Delta Air Lines, and spends spare time as an assistant scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts. He says he has warm memories of the Big Red Band tuba section, adding "Go, Dana!"He is married to Amy (Warner) '81. He says he would like to hear from Neil Golightly, with whom he studied in Navy flight school.

Take some time to think of a funny or odd Cornell experience you had and sum it up in an e-mail to me. If space permits, I'll highlight some of them when my turn in the correspondents rotation comes up again. Of course, you may also do so by using the usual response form. Echt Cornell is the theme we're looking for: dogs doing funny things in lecture halls, Libe Slope tray sliding stories, graduation gown add-ons, etc. Funniest or oddest story, as judged by the class officers, wins whatever class geegaw we have too many of, be it a fleece vest or a straw hat or whatever is taking up too much room in the reunion chairpersons' attics. -- Dik Saalfeld, rfs25 @cornell.edu; Dana Jerrard, dej24 @cornell.edu; Tim O'Connor, tvo2 @cornell.edu; Cynthia Addonizio-Bianco, caa28 @cornell.edu; and Leona Barsky, leonabarsky @aol.com.

81 | It's hard to believe the summer is behind us now and we're back in to our September routines. Thank you to Kathy Philbin LaShoto, whose plea for news was responded to by obliging classmates!

Joe Bachich, MPS '85, reports that he recently took a "boys vacation" down in the Big Easy, "spreading around some much needed tourism dollars" in the wonderful French Quarter. He didn't indicate exactly how he responded when his youngest daughter, 11, with limited knowledge of the specific itinerary with the buddies, asked what kind of Katrina relief he'd be providing in New Orleans. Joe, who lives in Woodbine, NJ, told us that his oldest daughter plans on applying to Cornell to pursue a degree in archaeology. Another new Cornellian in the Class of 2011 (Arts and Sciences) will be Alexandria Strauss, daughter of Michael Strauss and Dr. Debbi Kaufman Strauss. Debbi is well and enjoying her private practice in infectious diseases in Rockland County, NY. Younger daughter Nicole, 15, loves dance and lacrosse.Mike lives in Valley Cottage, NY.

Jeff Resnick lives in Irvington, NY, and works for Goldman Sachs Commodities. Paul Evans wrote that he is the park and recreation manager for the NYC Dept. of Parks Districts 7 and 9, which includes the Upper West Side and Harlem. He was recently honored by Partnership for Parks and the Parks Department for work in St. Nicholas Park. Also in NYC, Rhonda Brauer lives with her husband Greg Holch and children Jillian, 12, and Justin, 9. Rhonda is secretary and corporate governance officer in the legal department for the New York Times. She would love to get in touch with the old group from Watermargin.

Congratulations to Sue Edinger, who joined the Cornell Hotel School as director of the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Inst. for Hospitality Entrepreneurship. Before joining the Aurora Foundation in 2006, Sue was a founding partner and corporate director of human resources and quality for Hospitality Partners, a hotel management company in Bethesda,MD. She won Inc. magazine's Positive Performer award for her innovative hospitality customer service training program, helping the company grow to 16 hotels and 1,400 employees. Sue also spent six years with Guest Quarters in Washington, DC. In 2003, she was selected by American Girl's Pleasant Rowland to launch the reopening of Wells College's commercial properties, including the historic Aurora Inn, E.B.Morgan House, Fargo Bar & Grill, Pizza Aurora, Village Market, and Dorie's Sweets and Treats. Her work has been in featured articles in publications such as the New York Times and Gourmet magazine, and a spot in Select Registry.

Bobette Leidner Fisk wrote from Thornton, PA, "After 18 years on Wall Street as senior managing director at a global investment bank, I have spent the past two years pursuing a career in academia." She is on the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Women's Board and the Philadelphia Art Museum Associates Advisory Board, and is a Brandywine River Museum docent and a political writer for local campaigns. She has fond memories of Cornell, including seminars with Prof. Frederick Marcham, PhD '26, and working as a research assistant for Prof. George Kahin's book, Intervention: How America Became Involved in Vietnam. She would love to hear from Susan Rehm Gatto, MBA '81.

Doron Bard (BardDD@state.gov) sends greetings from Seoul, where he is serving as deputy consul general at the US Embassy.He says he is enjoying life in Korea with his wife and two sons. Amy Levinson Brener updated us that she is a soccer and gymnastics mom and works as a Web manager and workflow specialist in the human resources department for George Mason U. She and her family live in Burke, VA. Also in Virginia, Jan Lesser wrote that he is director, marketing/operations for Dominion Development Resources in Charlottesville and volunteers his time in the "business of prayer"with Young Life.He remembers fun times at the North Forty and would like to hear from Jeff Peters in Australia, Rory Deutsch in the New York City area, and Dave Puente in Maryland.

Congratulations to Dr. Duane Dyson, chairman and CEO of the Violence Prevention Inst., who received the Citizen of the Year Award from the National Association of Social Workers, New Jersey Chapter. His work in preventing youth and gang violence can be viewed at his website, violencepreventioninstitute.org. Dyson, an emergency medical physician, founded the Violence Prevention Inst. of East Orange, NJ, to bring the "medical aspect" of such violence into the classroom. An '86 graduate of the New Jersey Medical School, Duane is board certified in emergency medicine and a founding Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. He lives in West Orange, NJ.

In other medical news, Eric Sargent wrote from Birmingham, MI, where he is an ear specialist, treating hearing, balance, facial, nerve, and skull base tumors. For fun, he continues to play classical guitar, as well as make cheese and maple syrup with his wife Annette and son William, 10. He fondly remembers being a coxswain with the crew team at Cornell before they went to the IRA and won.He would love to get in touch with his old crewmates. Tom Nucatola recently opened a solo practice in rheumatology at the Arthritis Center of Westfield, NJ. He lives in Scotch Plains with his two kids and would love to get in touch with Peter Snell of South Salem, NY.

Congratulations also to Brian Coyne who was promoted last year to senior VP of federal government relations for Amerigroup Corp. in Virginia Beach,VA. The focus of Amerigroup Corp. is to bring healthcare to low-income Americans. After Cornell, Brian earned a master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He worked for 18 years with government and political issues, and served as the chief of staff for the commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Brian was principal advisor to the commissioner and managed agency-wide operations. He was also previously the deputy chief of staff for Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun. Brian lives in Arlington, VA. Barbara Minor Headrick, MBA '89, writes from Burlington, VT, where she works with elder care. For fun, she has been following UVM hockey and basketball programs, learning to snowboard, and helping her 8-year-old son with school and sports. She has fond memories from senior year of Richard Aplin, PhD '59's,Marketing course.

Send photos to our webmaster Jordan Strub at jjs36@cornell.edu and look up classmates at the Cornell website, www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.htm. Have a great fall season and keep in touch! -- Jennifer Read Campbell, RonJenCam@aol.com, Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@comcast.net, Kathy Philbin LaShoto, lashoto@rcn.com.

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83 | As we approach the 25th anniversary of our graduation from Cornell, it's clear that we are in the midst of very busy lives. In August 2006, Chris and Barb Warner Deane moved their family from the suburbs of Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, for an expected three-year stint. Chris is now the director of global technical centers for Freudenberg Household Products, the worldwide head of R&D at the corporate headquarters in Weinheim. Their three daughters attend the Int'l School of Frankfurt in grades 11, 8, and 6, and are doing well. Barb came back to the US for a week of college visits last fall, as their oldest, Elizabeth, prepares for big college decisions. So far, they're all enjoying Germany and the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, although Barb confesses that their mastery of the German language leaves a lot to be desired.

Steven Ciabattoni moved to Zurich, Switzerland, last year and loves it, saying it's a nice change from ten years of living in New York. Steven works as a radiologist for Night Hawk Radiology Services, a medical consulting firm. He often hears from classmates Andy Hahn, JD '86 (a NYC attorney), Kate Keib Johnson (an attorney in Syracuse), and Susan Ades (director of exhibitions for the National Zoo in D.C.), but would also love to hear from Dan Slaughter,Mark Morrissey, Anna Esaki-Smith, and Kevin Smolich, MBA '82.

Though Dave Twyman and wife Elise reside in Memphis, he admits that "the Northeast is still considered ‘home.'" Dave and Elise made it a point to attend Homecoming last year, where they met Steve Amador, ME '85, MBA '86, for a few beers at the Chapter House. Dave flies for FedEx as a MD11 Captain, and he and Elise are on the MidSouth Airshow Foundation's board of directors, which puts on a biennial airshow and raises money for local children's charities. Seth Krosner is busy in San Diego as a trauma surgeon and quips that "building a house addition is more challenging than climbing up Libe Slope from West Campus in an ice storm!" Seth and partner Phil Johnson have been together more than 15 years. He also spends time with Gary Schwendig '86, a fellow San Diego trauma surgeon. Another weekend warrior is Ronald Dreifuss, who finished a gut renovation on a winter home in Miami and now enjoys the sound of the surf whenever he has a chance to break away from work. Ronald recently switched from administrative medicine back to academic and clinical practice and now works as a full-time interventional radiologist at Roosevelt Hospital in NYC.

After spending 17 years on Metro-North, Eric Blinderman has found work closer to home in Connecticut, as managing director of CJP Communications, a leading mid-sized public relations agency. Eric runs the Babe Ruth Baseball program in Fairfield, also managing his son's team (will he be the Big Red catcher in '11?).He recently caught up with Cornell friends at the induction of Howard Borkan '81 into the Long Island Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Duncan Huyler's second son, Connor, was accepted early decision into the AEM program in the Ag college, Class of 2011. Brother Garrett '09 is a sophomore Information Sciences major and moved up to number four outdoor and number nine indoor on the Cornell all-time list for high jumpers. Duncan and wife Erica (Nichols) '82 have traveled to Cornell to see Garrett compete in track events several times over the past two years. Duncan is currently the CFO for Thesis Capital Management, a hedge fund in NYC. Duane Hanrahan joined Compass Group-North America Division in July 2006, necessitating a move from St. Louis to Indianapolis. Duane has continued in the hotel accounting field serving as controller with Compass's Flik Int'l division, which manages day and residential conference centers across the country. Gail Girard works for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide in White Plains, NY, in the property technology group. Gail loves her job "translating" the technology into English for the hotel associates and also does training at hotel properties, giving her the opportunity to travel occasionally. Gail is married and has a 2-year-old.

As a member of Cornell's University Council for the past two years,Wai Leong Chan, MBA '85, has had the opportunity to travel to Cornell for Trustee/Council Weekend the past two Octobers.Wai Leong lives far from Cayuga's waters, in Singapore, with wife Heng-Yee, son Jia Han, 11, and daughters Jia Min, 9, and Jia Xin, 6. He recently joined Spencer Stuart, an executive search firm, and is enjoying the work and the work-life balance. He has also been involved as an advisor in the Singapore Cornell Club, which has enjoyed outings to an Eric Clapton concert as well as a private screening of An Inconvenient Truth.Wai Leong encourages Singapore visitors to contact him at CWL1960@yahoo.com.

Laura Berkowitz Lokker, JD '86, took a detour from her original career path after graduating Cornell Law in '86 and practicing as an attorney for ten years. Laura is now in the process of completing her doctorate in clinical psychology at Rutgers, while also working part-time in a college counseling center in NYC and keeping up with husband Brian and their children Andrew, 14, Nicholas, 11, and Katherine, 7. Also on the academic track is Francine Baffa, who is pursuing a PhD in autism studies at Columbia Teachers College. Elaine Renner Lippman is now the chair of the fundraising committee for the Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps in New Jersey, where she has been a volunteer EMT for five years, responding to 911 calls.

Cynthia Peck Gallagher and husband Paul '82 are still dairying on Paul's family farm in Sangerfield, NY. Paul practices law from his home office while Cynthia helps with the farm and volunteers as a 4-H leader and with the Junior Holstein Club. They are proud parents of Jean '09, majoring in Dairy Science at Cornell, Robert, a freshman in high school, Kristen, in fourth grade, and Kathleen, a Kindergartner. Dan Gleitman is currently director of technology ventures for Halliburton in Houston. He married Pauline Schloesser in 2000 and they have boys Jonah, 5, and Aaron, 1."Having kids in one's 40s has its advantages, but probably could benefit from the energy one has in one's 20s," writes Dan.

Bryan Clark majored in Civil Engineering, but is now thriving in his second career as an emergency physician in Richmond,VA, working at several hospitals in the area as well as serving on the faculty at the Medical College of Virginia.He acknowledges that "construction and real estate development were fun while they lasted, but projects with such a long timeline weren't a good fit with someone with ADHD." Bryan's wife Susan (Wyler) '82 put him through medical school at age 37 and is currently taking a break from her own business in construction estimating and management consulting. Their daughter Lexi will be a senior in high school this fall. Bryan works with Jiho Han, a cardiologist in Richmond, and regrets not knowing him earlier when they both were in Ithaca.

Reunion 2008 is less than a year away and will be a great time to catch up with old friends and make a few new ones as well. In the meantime, we're still trying to catch up with the news you've submitted this year. Keep those submissions coming, and mark your calendars for our 25th Reunion next June! -- Dinah Godwin, Dinah.godwin@earthlink.net; and David Pattison, dpattison@earthlink.net.

84 | Judy Marcil Joannou is in Ashton, Ontario, and is designer and owner of Judy Joannou Designs, a ready-to-wear ladies' fashion manufacturer and retailer targeting women ages 35-65. You can see the collection at www.judyjoannoudesigns.com. Judy and husband Peter have sons Nicholas and Andreas, both in elementary school. Judy's fondest memory of Cornell is her friendships with Kati Miller,Maria Agresta, and Ann-Margaret Giovino, all classmates from Hum Ec. This came from the ALS spring alumni publication: Patrick Hooker is serving as commissioner of the NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets. He served as director of public policy at the New York Farm Bureau from 1999 until 2007 and before then was deputy director of governmental relations (1990-99) and director of the NYS Senate Agriculture Committee (1987-90). He and his wife Karen own a 360-acre farm in Richfield Springs, where they grow hay, board horses, and produce maple syrup.

Maya Koopman-Bechtel is a child psychiatrist in a nonprofit agency in the Bellingham,WA, area.Maya's family includes her husband, who is a pastor, and children Kari and Brant. Kari spent the last school year in Japan as a 16-year-old exchange student.Maya can be reached at kids-psych@msn.com and would like to hear from Debbie Vrablic SeGuin, who I show as living in Erieville, NY. Linda Zell Randall auditioned for "Jeopardy" in May 2007 and could get a call anytime between now and April 2008! The Randall family went to the New Orleans Jazz Fest for a return visit and saw Bonnie Raitt, Norah Jones, and Irma Thomas, among others. Linda recently met Mary Parkman Rowe '82 at the Naples, FL, library and had a good time discussing books for their respective book clubs.Mary and her husband relocated to Naples from Red Hook, NY, in 2005.

Janet Insardi and Glennis Barr '83 enjoyed their 2006 bike tour of Napa and Sonoma, CA, so much that they repeated it this year (minus me and Colleen Forness '90) with a tour in France, again with the travel company Backroads. Bob Geise writes: "I have moved from Monterey, CA, and private practice in infectious diseases to the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center at the U. of Washington. I am a clinical assistant professor of medicine and working on HIV vaccine research at the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. I recently went to South Africa where the HVTN has started a large vaccine trial.My partner Tim and I also welcomed our second daughter, Sophia, in March 2007. Big sister Lucy is very excited and happy to share the spotlight.We are living on 1.3 acres in Woodinville,WA, and loving it."Ken Yanagisawa lives in Woodbridge, CT, and is an otolaryngologist (ENT). Ken is coaching softball and helping at swim meets while raising five children between the ages of 12 and 4!

Spotted at Reunion 2007 were Duncan Perry, MBA '88, and his wife Heidi (Claus) '87. Duncan does the same thing at reunion that I do: when it's our spouse's class, we take care of the kids and vice versa. Duncan and Heidi's children are younger than mine, though, so Duncan was busy running around the campus. I also saw Nancy Law at the Kappa Delta gathering, along with at least five KDs from the Class of '87.

My big news is about a recent experience in New York City.My daughter Keri and I had the opportunity to have lunch with Lin-Manuel Miranda, the author, lyricist, and lead actor of In the Heights, an off-Broadway musical that's closing in July and reopening on Broadway at the time this magazine is printed. Lin is a 27-year-old graduate ofWesleyan, who wrote the play as a sophomore majoring in theatre. The production is, as Lin puts it, "a first for Latinos on stage," with a neighborhood story about recently arrived immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,Mexico, and Cuba. The other Broadway first is the music--a combination of hip-hop, rock, and calypso. This is a great example of fresh material hitting the New York stage, in the realm of "Spring Awakening."

All for now. If anyone can help with occasional e-mail outreach for gathering class news, please contact me or Karla. -- Lindsay Liotta Forness, fornesszone@aol.com; Karla Sievers McManus, Klorax@comcast.net. Class website, http://classof1984.alumni.cornell.edu.

85 | It is 8,000 degrees outside, and the sun is DOWN! South Florida is no place for the weak--and it's hurricane season, so I am typing fast.

Alumni abroad: Rosemary Stasek wrote from Kabul that on April 3, 2007, she awoke to an earthquake. Rosemary is training women police officers and prison guards as first responders in emergency obstetrics. She writes, "Afghanistan has a dire shortage of doctors and midwives, so any little bit helps." She is also raising funds for tents to serve as schools for girls there, as the Taliban is burning the girls' schools. Check out podcasts at http://www.stasek.com/afghanistan/podcasts. If that does not put the rest of the column in perspective, I don't know what does.

From Volos, Greece, George Liberopoulos, ME '86, writes that he is associate professor of production management and head of the lab in the Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the U. of Thessaly. He is also acting chairman of the department and VP of the university research committee. He married Alexandra Kokkevi in 2004 and has two daughters, 2-1/2 and 10 months. Jeffrey Geiger, BA '87, is director of American studies at the U. of Essex in the UK.He published two books in two years: Film Studies: A Norton Reader and Facing the Pacific: Polynesia and the US Imperial Imagination.

Another author, Jon Miller, is living in Albuquerque, NM, practicing law by day and completing his fourth novel, Volcano Verdict, in his spare time. David Lustick is an assistant professor of education at UMass, Lowell, where he teaches, writes, and conducts research in the area of science education. He lives in Nashua, NH, with wife Doreen Marcks, BA '87, their three children, and an Old English sheepdog named Phoebe. Yet another teacher, Sarah Palmer (mushiko_99@yahoo.com) is taking on the more difficult task of educating elementary students. Sarah is the academically gifted specialist for Wiley Int'l Magnet School in Raleigh, NC. She is also creating a natural learning garden at the school and becoming an environmental educator.Most of her spare time is filled with researching sustainability, exploring the natural world, and energy efficiency. Sarah's memories of Cornell include "discovering and nurturing a community of feminist, mostly lesbian, housemates and friends." She'd love to hear from Lynn Marshall and Ilene Friedman.

Mark Sheraden, MBA '92, writes from Mansfield, TX, his new digs of two years. He, Amy Schwab Castillo '02, and Rick Lam '04 held a networking reception and "Conversation on Leadership." Panel guests included the Hon. Karen Gren Johnson, JD '82, Pete Kline '69, MS '71, David Litman '79, JD '82, and RonMcCray '79.Mark was able to connect with Tom Marsan, MS ORIE '87, MBA '90, and his wife, whom he had not seen in 20 years. Tom is VP of IT at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.Mark also bumped into Jen Ellenberg '86, VP with GE Consumer Finance, and discovered that his tennis partner is a Cornellian--Dave Stout '74.Mark and family participated in the Arthritis Walk in Dallas in May. His daughter was diagnosed last year with the disease, and he notes that more than 300,000 children in the US are afflicted.

I received an article from Shaz Kahng. After Cornell, she worked for Kraft General Foods and developed synthetic blueberries for cereals. But, with her heart in marketing, she switched gears and earned her MBA from Wharton School, worked for Kurt Salmon Associates, a global consulting firm, and then Wolff Olins, a global brand consultancy working with GE, Carter's, the College Board, Staples, and the re-branding of NYC. Now she works for Nike Cycling, developing a new strategic approach to the product and spearheading the first head-to-toe cycling collection, the Alpe d'Huez, named after one of the climbs in the Tour de France. Sounds like she knows what she wants and goes after it. Just do it! Right?

Julie JeromeMcCallen,MD, writes that she is practicing rural family medicine in Norwood, a small town just west of Telluride, CO. She has lived there ten years with her husband and daughters Bailey and Samantha, 12 and 10. Julie started her own practice three years ago specializing in hormone modulation and age management medicine. She took up bowhunting and traveled to South Africa to hunt plains game and is planning to return there this year for a family safari adventure and hunt more dangerous game. Julie stays in touch with Erin Gehler Layne and would love to hear from Shirley Fox. Coleen Curley-Franzel and husband Jonathan are the proud parents of Marin Marie, Cornell Class of 2029, born March 4, 2007. Coleen feels she's a "little behind" in starting her brood, but is thrilled nonetheless. Congratulations, Coleen!

Debbi Neyman Silverman's household is headed into summer vacation mode. Husband Michael is on the way back to the Far East, seventh grader son Zach plays Babe Ruth baseball and Division One club soccer, and fifth grader Max loves lacrosse and tennis. Both made high honors in school and all love living in "small town"Westborough. Debbi works part-time, is renovating their 200-year-old farmhouse, and is training to compete in triathlons! She got into the actual mileages for swimming, running, biking, etc., and I got tired and achy just reading it. She wrote, "For a girl who was always in remedial gym in elementary school, this is quite an undertaking!" Erika Riebel-Trauring has petitioned to run for town justice in Clifton Park, NY. If she wins, she'd be the only woman in town history to do so! Having been elected to the school board for two terms and practicing law for 12 years, she has some experience. Her son, 7, and daughter, 6, are the lights of her life, for whom she stopped practicing law.Most importantly, she is a breast cancer survivor, enjoying every day as it comes. Her prognosis is excellent, but she never takes tomorrow for granted.

Risa Mish, JD '88, joined the Johnson School faculty as lecturer of Leadership. She also serves on the board of directors for the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. Risa enjoys parenting son Daniel, 12, and daughter Julia, 9, and rooting for the Mets while married to Yankees fan John Lauricella, PhD '93. She says, "If I'd known how great the 40s are, I would have anticipated them with much greater enthusiasm."

I must agree with that. In May, I got together with Cornell women friends Cindi Cowen Bowman, Leslie Nydick, Margaret Vanasse, Karen Magri Dadd, Jill Beckenstein Lerner, Liz Mozesky Langston,Maryellen Fisher Magee, Debbie Eisenstat DeRoche, and one lone man, Robert Tchack.We came together for a mini-reunion of reconnecting, bonding, support, and chocolate and carbohydrate overeating. It was all of that and more, as we reaffirmed our strong bond of friendship--to be there for each other in good times and bad, and to laugh and cry together. It was an incredible weekend and I look forward to the next one. Send news to: -- Joyce Zelkowitz Cornett, jmcornett@bellsouth. net; or Leslie Nydick, LNydick@aol.com.

86 | As I write this on a June weekend, it's been exactly a year since many of us saw each other at our 20th Reunion. Another summer is upon us, full of all of those ceremonial occasions that mark life-changing events . . . graduations, marriages, bar/bat mitzvahs, reunions. I've been fortunate this year to attend some of these events with Cornell friends. In May, my family traveled to Miami to attend Sydney Solomon Neuhaus's son Harrison's bar mitzvah. Other Cornell friends in attendance were Carol Getz Abolafia and Clarkson '85 and Laura Nieboer Hine.We enjoyed marking this special occasion with Sydney, husband Harry, and daughter Sophie, 8. Following the service, we danced the night away at a Mexican-themed party and tried not to feel too old among the 13-year-olds. Several comments were passed that it was hard to believe we'd reached this stage of life where we now attend events honoring each other's children, rather than each other's marriages.When not planning bar mitzvahs, Sydney works as a senior VP for the Fleishman-Hillard public relations firm, where she focuses on public relations for the medical industry.

In June, I caught up with Maria Elias-Williams, a sorority sister I hadn't seen in 21 years, when she was attending her 25th high school reunion close to where I live.Maria has been living in Myrtle Beach, SC, for 19 years, where she works as an attorney and is raising son Cobi, 11. Cobi is an ambassador child for the March of Dimes and Maria keeps busy as a volunteer for them, serving on the state board of directors and helping with fundraising.While at Cornell,Maria was on the swim team, and she has recently started swimming competitively again, preparing for the US Masters Swimming Nationals in August (which she describes as Olympics for old people).

Heidi Norden Burnett and several Cornell classmates held a mini-reunion at the Hope, NJ, home of Tom Kelleher.Heidi is a veterinarian who has been elected to the board of directors of the American Animal Hospital Association for a second term. She practices small animal medicine and surgery in Oshkosh, WI. Tom owns a computer consulting company. Others in attendance at the mini-reunion included Dana Milburn with her husband and newborn son; Heather Martens, a gun-violence prevention advocate, her husband, David Morse, a professor at the U. of Minnesota, and their two daughters; Renee Fondacaro Sowizral, a human resources authority; Sandra Teare Thomas '85, a human factors psychologist/researcher, with her husband and two children; and Steven Mulroy, his wife, and their two children. Steven is a law professor at the U. of Memphis law school. His hobbies include sleeping and high impact skydiving (or so he claims . . .). He was recently elected to the County Commission for Shelby County, TN, the county that includes Memphis. Stacey Cowap has maintained her Cornell connections by joining the Cornell Metro New York Regional Office as their part-time administrative assistant. She manages their campaign database and helps to staff events. Stacey brings to the job a wealth of experience working in computer technology and with students.

Speaking of reunions and maintaining those Cornell connections, several classmates wrote in on their annual news form about old Cornell friends they'd love to hear from. Michael Hopsicker, MBA '89, would love to hear from Greg Alvarez and Joe Darlak '87.Michael is living in Lenox, MA, with wife Laurie (Kitt) '89.Michael owns Ray Murray Inc., a wholesale distributor of gas equipment to the propane and hearth products industries. He loves coaching youth football, baseball, and basketball. His best memories of Cornell are good times with 150 lb. football and friends at Phi Psi. John Poli is also hoping to hear from Greg Alvarez. John lives in Seattle,WA, where he is a consultant on project leadership and strategy. He enjoys a variety of athletic pursuits including tennis, golf, basketball, and running, as well as coaching and community service. John's favorite Cornell memory is the Tao Lodge and the boys/brothers. David Hyland writes from NYC that he would love to hear from Beth Kurto Rowen '87. David recently spent a few weeks in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam and reports it was "an incredible experience."When not traveling, David is senior director, MTA NYC Transit Labor Relations, where he defends the agency in contract actions brought by TWU Local 100, the union that brought us the transit strike in 2005.

With class dues renewals comes lots of new news from classmates far and wide. Of note is the diversity of careers we each chose. Catherine "Katie" Davin, MS '95, is the director of hospitality education at Johnson Wales U. in Rhode Island, where she is in charge of advising and curriculum, as well as teaching a few classes. In her spare time she is a drummer in a rock band called Almond Joy. Her fondest memories of Cornell are running events at Hotel Ezra Cornell and playing in the band at half-time shows. Lisa Maier writes from Denver, CO, where she is a clinician scientist, investigating genetic factors associated with lung diseases. In her spare time she enjoys the outdoors--skiing, camping, hiking, biking--with her husband and two children, ages 8 and 5.Marcus Ruef is VP of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen in Harper's Ferry, WV, where he conducts contract negotiations and labor arbitrations for engineers and trainmen in the eastern US.When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family.

Mark Hansen is an author and software entrepreneur in Scarsdale, NY. He has three children, and enjoys sailing on Long Island Sound.Mark just published his first book, a technical reference manual for Java programmers titled SOA Using Java Web Services. He'd love for all those in the software business to check it out on Amazon.com and let him know what you think. Linda Oliver writes from Berkeley, CA, where she is a lawyer. Recently she enjoyed traveling to Mexico and Europe. Chris Arbogast lives in Reno, NV, and is a principal engineer at Balm Technologies.He and his wife play a lot of soccer in both indoor and outdoor leagues. Keep the news coming, please! -- Susan Seligsohn Howell, susancornell86@comcast.net or Laura Nieboer Hine, lauracornell86@sbcglobal.net.

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88 | Greetings, fellow '88ers! As I write, it is not yet officially summer, but here in Northern California it feels very summer-like indeed. An extraordinarily dry winter has many communities worried about drought and wildfires here in the West. Hopefully, by the time you have this column in your hands, things will have cooled down some and we'll be looking forward to some wetter weather. I hope everyone enjoyed their summer--be sure to write to Suzanne and me with news about any vacations or other summertime fun, especially any run-ins with fellow Cornellians. And don't forget, in less than a year we'll be gathering on the Hill for our 20th Reunion. If you haven't already done so, mark your calendars for June 5-8, 2008.

Let's start with a couple of birth announcements. Victor Seidel and his wife Sandra Hefelbine welcomed son Corbin Franklin into the world in London on June 1.When not enjoying the newfound joys of parenthood,Victor teaches management at Oxford and Sandra teaches bioengineering at Imperial College. Russell and Marni Runyon Kriegel '90 had their third child, Coby, in March, joining siblings Addie and Nate. Russell is a principal architect for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Class officer Jane Scannell Moore has two new family members. She and husband Michael got a Bernese mountain dog puppy earlier in the year and welcomed son Tanner John on May 10. Jane is working on her master's degree in software engineering and works as a software developer for Nike on Niketown.com and ColeHaan.com. The Moore family makes their home in Lake Oswego, OR.

There is also a wedding to report. Ann Calvert Harper wrote that in August 2004 she married Russell '89, whom she dated at Cornell back in 1987. Ann's children Jason and Elizabeth were ring bearer and flower girl in the ceremony. Congratulations to you all! Living in Ithaca, Ann is an elementary art teacher in the Dryden school district.

We heard from a number of classmates in the medical profession. Paula Flummerfelt Guinnip is a cardiothoracic surgeon living in Marion, IL. Paula wishes she had more time to play with her three children, but does find some time to volunteer and play piano. Thomas Bottoni is a practicing emergency physician and assistant medical director for Peninsula Emergency Physicians in Hampton, VA. Thomas spends his "after-hours" time showing and restoring vintage automobiles. Patti Kelly Tessler is a family nurse practitioner in Poughquag, NY, and serves on the board of Mothers of Supertwins or MOST (www.mostonline.org), an international support group for families with triplets or more. And Michael Grady is in a private pediatric practice in "small town" San Marcos, TX.Michael wrote that his family has moved back into their house after recovering from a fire caused by a lightning strike last October. The house is now equipped with lightning rods. Glad to hear things have returned to normal,Michael.

Eric Howard Way sends word from Paris, where he is a project manager for diesel particulate filters on Volvo and Renault trucks. He has also started a training course at French chef Alain Ducasse's cooking school. Eric proclaimed the first class on pastries "fabulous" and had a "once in a lifetime" culinary experience enjoying dinner at Ducasse's Paris restaurant. Sounds like a career change might be in the making! Also studying hard is Linda Hunter, DVM '92, a Cornell PhD student at the James A. Baker Inst. for Animal Health. Linda is working on her thesis and studying inherited eye diseases in dogs. She had a wonderful trip to Hawaii in July last year, with highlights being a helicopter ride through the Waimea Canyon and a boat tour of the Na Pali coast watching dolphins leap out of the water. A classmate who prefers being at sea is Cmdr. Erik Ross, commanding officer of the USS Whidbey Island. Erik assumed command in February 2006 and was deployed to the Mediterranean for the evacuation of Lebanon and to the Arabian Gulf Coast from June through December 2006. Erik is married to Cynthia Gagliardo '90. The Rosses make their home on land in Virginia Beach, VA.

In legal circles, Jill Miller Katz, JD '91, is the owner and president of Jill Miller and Associates, a firm specializing in trusts and estates in NYC. Jill and husband Michael have children Sarah, 6, and Dana, 3, and make their home across the river in Jersey City, NJ. Also in law is classmate Lisa Collins Lee, an attorney specializing in veterans' disability in Florida. Lisa is a member of the Cornell Club of Jacksonville and enjoys going to her son's crew regattas. The family had a summer vacation to Italy and England this year. Also vacationing abroad was Erron Silverstein, who took a Cornell Adult University (CAU) cruise to Greece, Libya, Tunisia, Italy, and Malta in May. Last year, Erron and his wife Maria walked 75 miles of Hadrian's Wall in the UK with his cousin Samantha Berg '89 and her husband Kevin Meddleton '91. Quite the international Big Red outing! When not traveling the globe, Erron lives in West Hollywood, CA, and is CEO of Solfo and Yellowbot.com.

Eric Brown, MS ORIE '89, is chief strategy officer and director for ANB Financial in Chicago. Eric lives in Wayne, IL, with his wife Muy Leng and has 4-year-old twins Ericson and London. Frank Condon is a financial advisor at UBS.He and wife Samantha are parents to three boys, Jake, 7,Matthew, 5, and Ryan, 2. Frank lives in Marlboro, NJ, and at the time he wrote he was training to run in the Philadelphia Marathon.My former CAU classmate Alison Minton is busy with her hospitality consulting practice,Maplemint Enterprises (www.maplemint.com), doing event planning, writing about hospitality for two magazines, and serving on benefit committees for several NYC charities. Lastly, Maxine Kellman-Allen works as a transition specialist in the Baltimore City Public School System. Her focus is helping students who are returning to school from the Dept. of Juvenile Services. She and husband Seymour have a 3-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son and live in Laurel, MD.

In closing I'd like to mention a mini-reunion I enjoyed last March when my wife Ann and I met up with Steve and Anna BarnsleyWerblow '90 in Portland, OR, last March. We enjoyed the gastronomic delights of Portland, a great food town, and had the pleasure of meeting up with Karen Franklin Smith and husband Jim at their home in nearby Lake Oswego.We had not all been together in more than a decade and it was a blast catching up over lunch. Hopefully, there will be many such gatherings next June in Ithaca for all '88ers!

Be sure to write in and tell us what you've been up to, wherever in the world you work or play. Let us know if you're planning on being at reunion in '08 and who you hope to see there. Until next time, I wish you peace. -- Steve Tomaselli, st89@cornell.edu; and Suzanne Bors Andrews, smb68@cornell.edu.

89 | I realize from some of your e-mails that I don't know where you are--you could be anywhere! Take me, for example. I'm still reachable at ac98@cornell.edu, but this fall finds me in a new house in Burlington, VT. John Treadwell and I divorced this year and now live less than two miles apart, him on the south hill and me on the north hill here in Burlington (sounds kind of like Ithaca, doesn't it?). Both of us--and, most importantly, the kids--are doing very well.

Robert Kim is one classmate who included his e-mail address, but not his home address, when he sent in his news form. His news contains clues to his whereabouts, however: he's a management consultant in Silicon Valley, specializing in risk and program management. His major leisure activity these days is playing with Ryan, his and Dana's baby boy. Robert also enjoys sailing, jogging, vacationing in Tahoe, and fishing in Florida. One of his favorite Cornell memories is of being first in line at Johnny's Hot Truck. Susan Comninos is a little harder to pin down. She writes that she's working as an arts journalist, contributing to the San Francisco Chronicle and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among others.With that job, she really could be anywhere! Sounds fun. Look for Susan out dancing the Argentine tango.

A couple of classmates took advantage of the convenient spot on the news form and stapled on their business cards. Heidi Ardizzone is an assistant professor in American studies at the U. of Notre Dame. She's married to Conrad Rader and enjoys knitting, writing, reader's theater, and walking. She reminisces fondly about playing guitar with friends at Risley. Look for Heidi on the book circuit this fall as she's just finished a biography. Dr. Christine Brozowski has a distinctive business card for her cosmetic and general practice. Distinctive website too: doctoragogo.com. Her office is in Berkeley, CA. Another California-based alum is James Kao, who lives in Irvine and notes that his present "day job" is ophthalmology.

Several birth announcements this time. Caitlin Smith, MS ORIE '91, writes from Cambridge, MA, that she and husband Paul Warkentin '91 recently welcomed new son Matthias. "We are spending all our spare time smiling and laughing with him," says Caitlin. She is a management consultant working with clients in the energy sector. Dale Copans-Astrand is enjoying being a new mom too. She says her "night job" is stay-at-home mom to twins August and Lillian, born August 28, 2006. Dad is Dale's husband Peje Astrand.What Dale's been doing recently: "Taking care of two delicious babies."What she'd rather be doing: "Nothing." Liesje Stenbit wrote in from Englewood, CO, that she's a stay-at-home mom also.

Marne Platt recently moved from Switzerland to Toronto, where she's director of regulatory affairs for Novartis Animal Health Canada. She recently started horseback riding again after 15 years ("Ouch!"). The one thing Marne remembers most fondly from Cornell is "good friends and the time to argue about world affairs with them." The old Cornell friend she'd most like to hear from is JodyMello Kirker. Jody, wherever YOU are, you can reach Marne at marne.platt@novartis.com. LoranWasserstrom Kundra would also like to hear from an old friend: calling Wendy Hobson-Rohrer '91, MD '95! A highlight of Loran's Cornell years was socializing with other transfer students at the transfer center on North Campus. She's presently a student in the Graduate School of Social Work at Bryn Mawr College. In her spare time she enjoys hanging with her family, husband Kevin and two daughters ages 6 and 8.

Two alumnae wrote in about a Baltimore meet-up last October. Carol Borack Copenhaver and Kristina Borovicka Gerig sent news about a mini-reunion that included Kris's husband and two kids, Carol's Cornell roommate Sherry Peck Kirsche, Vaishali Trivedi Bhatt with her husband and two kids, Lisa Spellman Davis with her husband and two kids, and Trevor Steer. Carol writes, "Sherry came from Rhode Island, Lisa from Pittsburgh, Trevor from Michigan, Kris from Ohio,Vaishali from New Jersey, and I'm from Lehigh Valley, PA." Kris met another alumna in Ohio when Catherine Taylor '85 moved to Athens, OH, and her son Emrys ended up in Kris's son Joey's second grade class.

Wherever you are, I hope this new academic year finds you well and happy. Please keep in touch by e-mailing one of the correspondents below, sending in the news form you received in the mail, or by following the "Send Class Notes" link on http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/classes.cfm. -- Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Mike McGarry, mmcgarry@dma-us.com; Lauren Hoeflich, laurenhoeflich@yahoo.com, Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com.