{"id":22068,"date":"2023-05-31T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=22068"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:55:31","slug":"namesakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/namesakes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cat Named Ezra (and Willard the Turtle, and a Car Called Carl …)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We asked you to tell us about the pets\u2014and kids\u2014you\u2019ve dubbed in honor of Big Red people and places. Boy, did you deliver!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lindsay Lennon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we put out the call for Cornellians to submit their own Big Red \u201cnamesakes,\u201d we knew there would be at least a few Ezras in the mix. What we didn\u2019t see coming: that said Ezras would run the gamut from kids to dogs, and from fowl to feline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latter category, in fact, includes one \u201copinionated rescue cat\u201d\u2014as described by his owners, Maureen McCafferty Stanton \u201996, MPA \u201997, and Matt Stanton \u201996, MEng \u201997 (and seen, in all his majestic handsomeness, in the photo above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dozens of entries we received\u2014while leaning heavily toward honoring the University\u2019s founder\u2014covered people and places from around campus, plus some prominent alumni. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ezras, Ezras, everywhere!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018\u2018I don\u2019t care what anyone sends you\u2014no animal is more handsome than my Big Red rooster, Ezra,\u2019\u2019 says Caroline Feldmeier \u201904, BS \u201905.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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When Dave Krell \u201900 and Margie Hendricks Krell \u201998 acquired a white dog, they naturally got him a (big) red collar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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This handsome kitty belongs to John Swanson \u201961, BME \u201962, MS \u201963, and his wife, Janet. <\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Another Ezra rooster, courtesy of Kathryn Smith \u201978, DVM \u201984.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Though this photo of Zoey Ezra Guertin was taken in 2014, her parents\u2014Kristin Madden Guertin \u201905, PhD \u201913, and Michael Guertin \u201905, PhD \u201911\u2014report that she\u2019s still cute as a button.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Danielle Lipschutz \u201916 and Matthew Weiner \u201914 named their mini golden doodle \u201cas a daily reminder of our amazing time on the Hill.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Jeffrey Silver \u201986 and Caroline Wellens Silver \u201987 adopted their Ezra about a year after they married; their two sons went on to attend Cornell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Helen Pak-Harvey \u201984 and son Ezra Pak-Harvey \u201918. <\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A chocolate lab owned by Robert Miller \u201962, LLB \u201965.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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This pup\u2019s human, Manvi Malik, MEng \u201916, made him an Instagram<\/a>!<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The first dog for Brian Fuhr \u201993 and husband Mat Zucker \u201992.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\u201cHe is a very loving pup,\u201d Andreea Beldie, MS \u201919, says of her buddy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Ezzie and Andie (now, sadly, departed) belonged to Donna Perine Spinella \u201978, MBA \u201986.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Take, for instance, a 3-year-old Bichon Fris\u00e9 named after famed infectious disease researcher Anthony Fauci, MD \u201966, who led the government\u2019s response to the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe considered naming him \u2018Ezra,\u2019\u201d says the Charlamb family\u2014which includes Cornellians Jayne (Rubenstein) \u201991; Larry \u201984; Max \u201922, MEng \u201923; and Abbey \u201925. \u201cBut given he was a \u2018pandemic puppy,\u2019 and given our highest regard for Dr. Fauci, we thought the name \u2018Fauci\u2019 was perfect!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also received some more obscure references\u2014like Narby the cat<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fauci (left) and Narby.<\/sup><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alyssa Phelps Lannoo \u201917 and Peter Lannoo \u201917 named him for Narby Krimsnatch, a legendary \u201cfaux Cornellian\u201d whose identity is a prank<\/a> that has persisted for more than half a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe loved the name because it was unique and true to his character,\u201d says Alyssa. \u201cHe reminds us of all the good times we had adventuring around campus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Harding \u201972, PhD \u201983, a physics major on the Hill, notes that his allergies\u2014as well as his wife\u2019s\u2014preclude his family from having mammals or birds as pets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Years ago, they acquired a betta fish\u2014and Harding named him Hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s in honor of Hans Bethe (pronounced \u201cbeta\u201d), the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and Manhattan Project member who taught and conducted research at Cornell for seven decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Willard the turtle.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And then there\u2019s Willard the turtle\u2014dubbed, of course, in honor of Willard Straight Hall, the beating heart of Cornell student life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, Willard celebrates 27 years with the family of Seth Kibel \u201996 and Sandy Alexander \u201996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re only half-joking when we say that Willard is probably going to outlive us all,\u201d they note. \u201cSomeday, the only ones left will be Keith Richards and our turtle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cCosmic Carl.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Some alums have even given Cornellian monikers to objects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, when Tim Lynch \u201990 bought a new car, its official color was listed as \u201ccosmic gray\u201d; he and wife Lisa Hazard \u201991 named it in memory of astronomy professor Carl Sagan, legendary host of TV\u2019s \u201cCosmos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow,\u201d Lynch says, \u201cif I can just manage to drive it for billions<\/em> of miles \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond pets and vehicles, a number of you went all in\u2014bestowing Cornellian names on your offspring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include Jennifer Leeds \u201991 and Robert Hess \u201991 who, after meeting on the Hill, named their son for the Arts Quad\u2019s Tjaden Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Little and big: Tjaden Hess \u201920 outside … Tjaden Hall!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not only did the couple regularly visit campus and snap photos of young Tjaden in front of the building throughout his childhood, he ultimately matriculated on the Hill himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tjaden Hess \u201920 graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences\u2014earning a double major in math and computer science, in close proximity to his namesake hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now, feast your eyes on a …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Big Red menagerie!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Laura Magid Lapidus \u201988 and Darryl Lapidus \u201989 dubbed their miniature schnauzer Bailey Shea\u2014after Bailey Hall and Shea Stadium, former home of the NY Mets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Statler, rescued by Maureen McCafferty Stanton \u201996, MPA \u201997, and Matt Stanton \u201996, MEng \u201997.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Kathleen Cantwell McCormick \u201916 adopted Moakley (named for Jack Moakley, former head of Big Red track).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nellie, a golden mountain doodle whose nickname is Nell Bell \u201cafter the clocktower,\u201d according to Kayti Stanley \u201918 and Liad Hare \u201918. <\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Joanna Krol, DVM \u201903, named her beagles Baker and Bili after Cornell\u2019s Baker Institute and Bilinski Lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Yaamini Jois \u201927, who is set to matriculate at ILR, named this teddy bear Ives (after Ives Hall).<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Banfi was named for the restaurant (the Statler\u2019s Taverna Banfi) where his human, Anna Huang \u201918, and her partner had their first date.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Lisa Phillips Hochstein \u201910 and Brett Hochstein \u201908, who married at Sage Chapel, named their daughter Lily Sage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nisha Drummond \u201914 reports that kitty Lynah is a great hockey-viewing companion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Margaret Lesch Dietz \u201908, MAT \u201909, and Jason Dietz \u201908 named their pup after Baker Lab\u2014the building where their courtship began.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Sage (left) and Ivy live with Lauren Kunkel Cook \u201999 and Joseph Cook \u201901.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Kelly Bliss \u201927 named one of her Jersey dairy calves Nelly (Cor-Nelly) because \u201cshe was born the same day I was accepted.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Top: Ezra, beloved feline of Maureen McCafferty Stanton \u201996, MPA \u201997, and Matt Stanton \u201996, MEng \u201997<\/em>. All images provided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published May 31, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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