{"id":31566,"date":"2024-02-07T12:19:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T17:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=31566"},"modified":"2024-02-07T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T21:11:31","slug":"romance-on-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/romance-on-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"From Meet-Cutes to a Single Rose, Alums Recall Romance on the Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For Valentine\u2019s Day, Cornellians from across the decades share their memories of Big Red amour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Joe Wilensky<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her first semester on the Hill, CALS student Leah Minemier MacLeod \u201978, MS \u201983, was invited to a fraternity party, where she hung out with a fellow member of the Big Red Band: Don MacLeod \u201977, BS \u201981.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, on Halloween night, there was a knock at her door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLo and behold, there was Don and a friend of his,\u201d she recalls. \u201c\u2018Trick or treat,\u2019 they said. I said I didn\u2019t have any treats, and Don said \u2018That\u2019s OK. We have some,\u2019 and gave me some Red Hots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an outing to see Taughannock Falls by moonlight, they closed down the Chapter House\u2014then sat outside its window to listen to the last of the songs they\u2019d paid for on the jukebox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat a special night,\u201d she says, \u201cfor this small-town girl who thought her heart had been irretrievably broken by her high school boyfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"Leah<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And the romance didn\u2019t end there: she and Don went on to marry, and recently celebrated their 38th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MacLeods\u2019 heartwarming tale was just one of the many that Cornellians<\/em> received after, in honor of Valentine\u2019s Day, we asked alumni to share their most romantic memories from their time on the Hill\u2014whether the relationship proved to be fleeting or lifelong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generations of alums sent tales of meet-cutes at parties and concerts, pizza dates in Collegetown, budding relationships during Orientation, and much more. We heard about folks who have been together for decades\u2014and in a few cases, bittersweet memories of \u201cthe one that got away.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So stream the \u201cJennie McGraw Rag<\/a>\u201d\u2014and read on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Stories have been edited and condensed.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chiara Puffer Shah \u201991 & Sunish Shah \u201991, BS \u201992<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Chiara:<\/em> \u201cI met my husband of 30 years on a staircase in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house. It was during a party, and I was going up the crowded stairs and he was going down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Progress was slow, and we stopped for a time on the same step. Drink in hand, he smiled at me and said, \u2018I would tell you my name but you won\u2019t remember it.\u2019 I laughed and said the same thing. It was fate that two oddly named Cornellians meet!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Erika Axe \u201918 & Andrei Talaba \u201918<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Erika:<\/em> \u201cMy fianc\u00e9 and I met the summer after freshman year, when mutual friends planned a summer trip for our NYC-area friends to visit our Philly-area friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrei and I became friends right away, and eventually started dating during our junior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This engagement photo was taken while visiting my family in Japan in July 2023. We\u2019ll be getting married in August 2024 with six Cornell friends in the bridal and groom\u2019s party!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Glen Shannon \u201988 & Mark Sifling \u201987<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From<\/em> Glen<\/em>: \u201cWe met at Common Ground, the best bar in all of Ithaca, in 1987.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Married in 2013! It was a brief civil ceremony at the courthouse, and everyone there was in a great mood, smiles everywhere. And lots of other same-sex couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is our favorite wedding photo (Mark on left, Glen on right). We made it into a postcard to mail to friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Suzi Annis Hileman \u201973 & Bill Hileman Jr. \u201972<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Suzi:<\/em> \u201cResting my bags of books on the sidewalk, I was catching my breath at the edge of the Thurston Avenue Bridge before hiking up to the North Campus dorms for my shift as an Orientation counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coming up University was a red convertible with a blond boy at the wheel. I stuck out my thumb. He stopped. I got in. He was headed to \u2018meet freshman girls\u2019 while doing the heavy lifting of moving them in to their new homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling sassy from my lofty perch as a sophomore, my snarky response began a day of gentle teasing that has lasted for 53 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John Sullivan Baker \u201920 & Alexis Fintland \u201922<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From John:<\/em> \u201cAfter we met through a non-partisan political organization, we quickly bonded by cheering on Big Red Hockey, sailing on Cayuga Lake, and taking way too many trips to the Ithaca Chili\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had our first kiss on Valentine’s Day 2020, but we were abruptly separated only a few weeks later when campus shut down due to COVID. Soon afterward, I published a love letter to her in the form of a Daily<\/em> Sun<\/em> column<\/a>, which told the story of our romance and reflected on the emotions sparked by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we approach our fourth anniversary, our Cornell memories remain an important part of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dom Nocturne, PhD \u201970<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn a beautiful late 1969 September evening, I walked to Willard Straight Hall to attend a small graduate party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a while, I observed the small crowd, then zeroed in on a young woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked if she wanted to dance. She did. She turned out to be a senior at Elmira College, just back from studying abroad in Paris\u2014my hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been married 53 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Joanne Wilson Wietgrefe \u201954 & Walt Wietgrefe \u201954, MS \u201963<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Joanne:<\/em> \u201cI met Walt in a cappella<\/em> chorus. The director hosted a get-acquainted party at his home every fall semester; I was in charge of the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walt had a car and volunteered to take me. He later told me he was impressed with my organization of the food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went out for coffee later\u2014the first date that resulted in 67 years of marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sujin Lim Chang \u201996 & Jae Chang \u201995, BS \u201996<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Sujin: <\/em>\u201cWe started out as friends in college, so Cornell holds a special place in our hearts. For our 17th anniversary in summer 2021, I thought I\u2019d take advantage of my 25th Reunion perks to purchase a college ring for Jae to commemorate that sentiment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To our delight and surprise, we discovered that the stone for Cornell\u2019s ring is the carnelian\u2014and it\u2019s also assigned to the 17th wedding anniversary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, it symbolizes endurance, which, given another taxing pandemic year, was pretty perfect.<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"Bobblehead<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I love the idea of having physical touchstones to remember events or people of deep personal significance. And our respective Cornell experiences\u2014and our marriage, now nearing 20 years!\u2014make these rings particularly meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gene Studlien, MS \u201971 & Susan Tillman, Grad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Gene:<\/em> \u201cWe happened to sit next to each other at a table on the seventh floor of Olin Library. I was writing pretty fast while working on my thesis. Susan was either impressed or entertained by how fast I could write while she was mostly thinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She asked what I was doing and I explained how I was trying to finish my thesis. We decided to take a break and go to the Straight for coffee and ice cream. Now, 53 years later, we are still married.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Wong \u201902, MEng \u201903 & Janet Tang Wong \u201902, MEng \u201903<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Peter:<\/em> \u201cToward the end of Orientation, our group decided to check out Cascadilla Gorge Trail. As we descended the first few steps, I whispered to her to be careful and offered her my hand. She took it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this day, she recounts how I never let go of her from that moment on. Fast forward 25 years: Janet and I are happily married with five amazing kids. We take every opportunity to come back to campus to relive the memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Charlotte Brunelle Wojcik \u201970 & Larry Wojcik \u201970, MEng \u201971<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Charlotte:<\/em> \u201cI was \u2018sitting desk\u2019 at Donlon Hall on February 12 when a hallmate introduced me to a friend from her hometown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He ended up visiting with me through my whole shift. There happened to be a form on the desk for wiring flowers and I commented, \u2018I think the nicest thing any girl could get on Valentine\u2019s Day is a single red rose.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Valentine\u2019s Day I returned to the dorm after a long day of classes\u2014and Larry had sent me a rose!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have now been married almost 53 years. Sure glad I was sitting desk that day!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"Charlotte<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Stefan Belman \u201958, DVM \u201961 & Anita Lesgold Belman \u201960, MS \u201961<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Stefan: <\/em>\u201cI was a third-year student in the veterinary college and often studied in Mann Library. I asked her to walk with me to the apple dispensing machine<\/a>. After I placed the coin in the slot, Anita selected her apple. We exchanged info briefly and returned to Mann life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefan asked Anita out several times\u2014but she always begged off on the grounds of being too busy. Finally, he invited her to a party, but she again demurred, saying that a friend might be visiting for the weekend. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis uncertainty gave me the impetus to say I\u2019d come to the sorority at 6 p.m., not knowing if I had a date. Well, guess what\u2014Anita was ready to go with me to the party, and we now have been together for 65 grand years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Annette Fogo Harper \u201958 & Jim Harper \u201958<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Hadley Harper Witcher \u201987:<\/em> \u201cMy parents met in geology class freshman year. My mother had undergone an emergency appendectomy that summer and had not fully recovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The class went to the gorge to collect samples. Climbing back up, she found herself struggling and asked the closest nice-looking boy if he would carry her rocks. They dated off and on and were married in 1960. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mother died 10 months shy of their 60th anniversary. My father lived three years longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He suffered from Alzheimer\u2019s disease and could not access or communicate many memories\u2014but of the handful of stories he repeated, the one of meeting my mother was clear until the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Randy Heller \u201976 & Cindy Rosenthal Heller \u201977<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Randy:<\/em> \u201cAlthough I came to Cornell for the academics, playing in a band was a nice side hustle. Who knew it would change my life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cindy was the least likely \u2018groupie\u2019 ever to follow a rock band in Ithaca; she was drug-free, hated alcohol, and wasn\u2019t even that fond of live rock music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although we chatted during breaks between sets, it took me until my last semester to muster the courage to ask her out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 50 years later, she still never misses a performance of mine (choral or instrumental).<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"Randy<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And, oh yeah\u2014I\u2019m her<\/em> groupie for everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jay Coburn \u201986<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the mid-\u201980s, Cornell\u2019s gay and lesbian community, as we called it back then, was quite strong. However, there were still under-the-radar gay spaces\u2014and Alpha Delta Phi\u2019s semi-annual Victory Club party was one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March 1984 I went to Victory Club and caught the eye of a handsome guy who I had never seen on campus. It was the beginning of a five-year relationship\u2014my first\u2014and now a lifelong friendship. In March 1986, we attended Victory Club together\u2014out and proud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Owen Amadasun \u201912 & Sheela George \u201912<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A photo of them at their 10th Reunion, celebrating their engagement with Touchdown<\/a>, was widely viewed on Cornell social media.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Owen:<\/em> \u201cWe got married in August 2023 and obviously had to take a few Cornell photos. We celebrated with our signature drink, \u2018Big Red Love,\u2019 and with our friends and family and alumni ranging from \u201995 to \u201919. Who knew that a chance encounter during Homecoming would lead to Big Red love?\u201d
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Carol Wiley Bossard \u201964 & Kermit Bossard \u201963<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Carol: <\/em>\u201cThe 4-H Club was sponsoring a square\/fold dance evening on the third floor of Warren Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was asked to dance with the young man whom I eventually married. Those dances always ended with \u2018Stormy Weather,\u2019 which became \u2018our\u2019 song.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Bill Olin \u201971 & Linda Bonney Olin \u201973<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Bill:<\/em> \u201cMuch wooing ensued on my part. She lived on the second floor of South Baker, and I got in the habit of calling up to her from outside the dorm, \u00e0 la Romeo and Juliet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She still talks about answering a knock, followed by a rose thrust through the opened door before she ever saw me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We celebrated our 50th anniversary last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Janice Perlstein Maxwell \u201909 & James Maxwell \u201907, MEng \u201908<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Janice:<\/em> \u201cIt was a weekly Monday night Rulloff\u2019s karaoke outing. He was singing \u2018867-5309 (Jenny)\u2019 by Tommy Tutone and I was singing \u2018Shoop\u2019 by Salt-N-Pepa. When the night was coming to a close, he got my number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later that week we met up at Pixel and headed to a party in an apartment on Eddy Street and had our first kiss on the balcony. We\u2019ve been in love ever since. Cornell is so special to us and our story that we even named our first son Ezra (we joked about Rulloff, though!).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael Steinitz \u201965 & Heidi Maenz Steinitz, Grad \u201965<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Michael:<\/em> \u201cMy thesis in engineering physics involved irradiating samples at the nuclear reactor. Security was much more relaxed than it is today, and Heidi would often join me for long nights of data-taking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enjoyed turning off the lights in order to gaze into the water to observe the strange blue light of the \u2018Cerenkov radiation.\u2019 It was very romantic, and I often told my students that we saw the light and then she married me\u2014a falsehood, as we were already engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Neda Simaika \u201909 & Saif Alzoobaee \u201910<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From Neda:<\/em> \u201cSaif and I met in front of Anabel Taylor. He had just been dropped off to start his sophomore year, and I was walking back from Collegetown. We recognized each other because a mutual friend had previously talked us up to each other; we struck up a conversation, and the rest is history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheila Moy Saul \u201972<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot romantic, but a fond memory of my brother-in-law, John Beau Saul \u201981, BS \u201997. I was dating his brother, who was in school downstate. I lived in Risley, and Beau (then age 12) would treat me to a meal at Louie\u2019s Lunch truck on a regular basis. We would sit on the grass with our sloppy meatball subs and sodas, eating and talking. Fast forward to 2024: I\u2019ve been married to George, the big bro, for 50 years!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lynn Korda Kroll \u201965 & Jules Kroll \u201963<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Lynn: <\/em>\u201cWe had our first date in the spring of my freshman year. We studied at the Law Library, followed by tea in the Ivy Room and a walk back to Dickson V in time for me to make curfew. That\u2019s it! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our second date was six years later; after that, we didn\u2019t date anyone else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lesson I impart to my children and grandchildren\u2014and anyone who asks my advice about dating or trying something new\u2014is, \u2018always give it a second chance; you just never know.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Top: Illustration by Caitlin Cook \/ Cornell University. All photos<\/em> provided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published February 7, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you have your own romantic Cornell moment to share?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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