{"id":5514,"date":"2022-02-10T09:01:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T20:22:14","slug":"big-red-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/big-red-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Big (Red) Love: A Celebration of Cornellian Couples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"rkv-gutter-bottom-triple has-large-font-size\">To mark Valentine\u2019s Day, we share a host of \u2018happily ever after\u2019 stories of alumni who found their soulmate in a fellow Cornellian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Beth Saulnier<\/strong> <strong>&amp; Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">As James Lamb \u201903 recalls it, his first sight of Jennifer Fang \u201903 quite literally took his breath away. Lamb and his roommate had just walked into a freshman orientation event in Helen Newman\u2014ballroom dancing\u2014when he glimpsed her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe was the most beautiful person I had ever seen,\u201d Lamb says. \u201cThis was the first time in my life that I can remember being truly speechless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He eventually summoned the nerve to talk to her, acutely aware of their differences: she was Asian, he was Black, and\u2014as he puts it, half jokingly\u2014his only role model for interracial dating was a certain then-hot movie star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A bridal couple in front of the Cornell clocktower\" class=\"wp-image-5751 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Lamb_wedding-A-1.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(But, as he told himself: \u201cYou\u2019re not Wesley Snipes.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later that day, they hung out at Collegetown Bagels with some classmates, and the group migrated to a basement music spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe entered the club, danced,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWe\u2019ve been dancing ever since.\u201d Sixteen years after they met, they exchanged wedding vows at Willard Straight\u2019s Ivy Terrace\u2014becoming two of the innumerable Big Red grads over the decades who have met their mates on the Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: Cornellians in Love - Then and Now\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdREfgDf0tc?feature=oembed&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Enjoy this video tribute to Cornellian lovebirds\u2014to the tune of the Chimes playing the &#8220;Jennie McGraw Rag.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In honor of Valentine\u2019s Day, <em>Cornellians<\/em> asked alumni couples to share their love stories. The response was overwhelming\u2014more than space allows us to include\u2014with romantic tales spanning generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the pairs met during their very first days on the Hill, while others connected years or even decades after graduation. Here\u2019s a sampling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"rkv-gutter-bottom-double\"><em>(Stories have been edited and condensed.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Barbara Cole Feiden \u201948 &amp; Barry Feiden \u201949<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"B&amp;W photo of a couple\" class=\"wp-image-5595 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Feiden-A.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Barbara:<\/em> \u201cBoth of us were veterans, Barry of the U.S. Army Infantry and I of the Canadian Women&#8217;s Army Corps. We were always in a hurry to make up for lost time, but we managed brief chats which stretched to studying on the Slope, then to walking on the beautiful campus. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It eventually led to 67 years of a happy marriage and three wonderful children. Barry died five years ago, but I cherish his memory and the memories of Cornell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tom Rakowski \u201972 &amp; Carol Carnes Rakowski \u201975<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Carol:<\/em> \u201cI had been on campus just a few days\u2014happy to be in a place that valued academics and the arts, free from the football mentality in my native Texas. I walked into Willard Straight to find the entrance partially blocked by a table, where Tom and his pal were selling Key Club calendars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We chatted, and later I got a call for a date. It was the second or third date that I found out he played football (the \u201971 Ivy championship team). So much for me wanting to get away from football!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"an older couple with their grandkids\" class=\"wp-image-5686 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rakowski-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Carlos Maymi \u201990 &amp; Steven Rapkin, MS \u201990<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"two men on a bench in shirts and ties\" class=\"wp-image-5635 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maymi_wedding-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Carlos &amp; Steven:<\/em> \u201cWe didn\u2019t meet on campus, but not far away\u2014sunbathing at the Ithaca reservoir. We started talking and struck a spark, discovering that we had much in common, and decided to get together for dinner that evening.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a year of weekend visits, we eventually moved into our own apartment in Hoboken, NJ, where we still reside after 26 years. When work permits, we enjoy travel\u2014from distant locales like Botswana and Komodo Island to cultural centers like Paris and Madrid to camping in U.S. national parks. A particular focus has been travel to wine-producing regions, which we experienced as students visiting the wineries of Cayuga Lake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kenneth Kupchak \u201964, JD \u201971 &amp; Patty Geer Kupchak \u201967<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Kenneth:<\/em> \u201cWhen Cornell shut the dorms over Thanksgiving, another freshman on her corridor invited Patty\u2014who was from Hawaii\u2014to her home in Pittsburgh for the holiday. That corridor-mate was my sister, Bonnie Kupchak Winckler \u201967!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day after we got engaged, I received my orders to Vietnam. Without telling anyone, we arranged for a New York Supreme Court justice to marry us; five months later, on leave, I arrived in Hawaii for the \u2018wedding.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither set of parents ever knew about the \u2018real\u2019 wedding. We recently celebrated our 55th anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a faded photo of a couple outdoors drinking from cups\" class=\"wp-image-5622 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Kupchak-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Arthur Kirk Field \u201960, MS \u201961 &amp; Marcia Case Field \u201961<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"B&amp;W photo of a couple in the tropics\" class=\"wp-image-5596 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Field_burmuda_honeymoon-A.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Arthur:<\/em> \u201cA friend and I went to Risley to meet the girls arriving by bus from freshman orientation\u2014and I met the girl I\u2019ve spent my life with. I got her phone number and gave her a call a couple of weeks later, and she agreed to meet for coffee. We got pinned the next year, engaged the following year, and married the third year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Raymond Ortiz \u201904, MPA \u201906 &amp; Danya Contreras \u201913<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Raymond &amp; Danya:<\/em> \u201cAt the first annual Premio Lo Nuestro event at the Statler, hosted by La Asociaci\u00f3n Latina in 2013, we were briefly introduced by mutual acquaintances. While we were both active alumni volunteers and in adjacent social circles for many years, we didn&#8217;t reconnect until almost five years later.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A couple outdoors with a bear statue\" class=\"wp-image-5664 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ortiz-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After taking some time to get to know each other, our love story truly began; we have enjoyed traveling, completing advanced degrees, and welcoming new family members (nieces, nephews, and pets).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Betty Schultz Goldberg \u201961 &amp; Josh Goldberg \u201963, MS \u201965<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a couple from the 50s\" class=\"wp-image-5611 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Goldberg-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Betty:<\/em> \u201cMy roommate invited her cousin, Josh, for dinner every Sunday. On a limited budget, he ate very little during the week and made up for it on Sundays. In those days of gracious living, our server brought seconds in a big bowl to be passed around. Josh always ate the whole bowl himself, shoveling in each mouthful.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I told him he ate like a steam shovel. He said, \u2018Thank you.\u2019 I was appalled and refused to sit at the same table with him. Skip ahead to the present. Josh and I have been married for nearly 60 years. Did his table manners improve? Hell, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kathleen Miller \u201982 &amp; Brian Pickerall \u201982<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Brian:<\/em> \u201cLate Saturday night at our 25th Reunion, the band had shut down when a beautiful woman came up to our group and introduced herself, and walked with us as we made our way back to North Campus. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A bridal couple near a dock\" class=\"wp-image-5671 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Pickerall_wedding_low_res-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When we got to the corner of Thurston and Wait, she headed for the Alpha Phi house while the rest of the group headed for Dickson. Thankfully, a friend asked, \u2018Who\u2019s walking her to Alpha Phi?\u2019 I did, and we were married four years later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Michelle Moyal, DVM \u201907 &amp; Morgan Dickens \u201908<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A B&amp;W photo of a bridal couple\" class=\"wp-image-5655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Moyal_wedding_please_crop_to_horizontal-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><br>From Michelle:<\/em> \u201cI met my wife playing intramural basketball, and we reconnected years later on Facebook; a few years after that, I drummed up the courage to email her. Five years later, we were married at the Johnson Museum, under the lights of <em>Cosmos<\/em> by Leo Villareal. Sometimes, I marvel at our being together; on such a large campus, the odds that we would have met were so small.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>David Morrow III, DVM \u201960, PhD \u201967 &amp; Linda Macdonough Morrow, MS \u201966<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A man and a woman in graduation garb in B&amp;W\" class=\"wp-image-5654 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Morrow_1967-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From<\/em> <em>Linda<\/em>: \u201cWhile I waited for lunch in the MVR cafeteria, a cute guy with a crew cut smiled at me. I thought he was someone from one of my classes, but when he got closer, I was embarrassed to realize I had no idea who he was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it turned out we\u2019d met briefly at a grad student mixer; he was excellent at remembering names, and I\u2019d been paying more attention to someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We continued our conversation over lunch, and I knew I wouldn\u2019t forget him again. We married in August, less than a year later.\u201d<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adam Breitman \u201908 &amp; Allyson Davis Breitman \u201908<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset rkv-gutter-bottom-quarter\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Adam:<\/em> \u201cWe technically met at nursery school\u2014then in high school when a friend introduced us because we were both going to Cornell. In college, we took salsa dancing classes together, and she took me to a few sorority formals; we shared hockey season tickets. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A couple embracing\" class=\"wp-image-5594 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Breitman-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2008 we ended up living in NYC, about 100 feet from each other\u2014again by chance. Maybe fate? I formally asked her out, and she eventually said yes. Fast forward through a wedding, two Reunions, six Cornell hockey games at Madison Square Garden, and almost eight years of marriage, and we now live in Westchester with our two kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eric Key \u201977, PhD \u201983 &amp; Cynthia Grossel Silber \u201980<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a couple depicted in the 70s and recently at their wedding\" class=\"wp-image-5690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Silber-Comp-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>From Cynthia:<\/em> \u201cHe was my first love, but my father vehemently disapproved; my family was Jewish and his was not. I ended our relationship\u2014and, as Dorothy Parker said, \u2018broke my heart to clattering bits.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We each went on to marry other people and raise families, and didn\u2019t speak for over 30 years. In 2009, separated from my husband, I contacted people from my past. Eric was separated as well\u2014and again, I was swept off my feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, we were married. Let no one tell you that older people don\u2019t feel the freshness of love with the same magic and intensity as the young. If anything, it is more precious later in life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Karen Kaufman Polansky \u201967 &amp; Steven Polansky \u201967 <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A couple with Cornell Reunion buttons around their necks\" class=\"wp-image-5675 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Polansky_Reunion-A.jpg 1261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Karen:<\/em> \u201cWe met outside Madison Square Garden before a Cornell hockey game. He was with his roommate and I was with mine; both were in ILR and knew each other, so Steve and I were introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He asked me out, but I didn&#8217;t have time. He asked again when we returned to campus, but I had a chemistry exam to study for. Being pre-med and a zoology major, he offered to help me study. I passed chemistry; we also had chemistry! We were pinned five weeks later, married the week after graduation, and will celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary in June.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Michael Strok \u201968 &amp; Dale Chodosh Strok \u201969<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Michael:<\/em> \u201cIt started with my last-minute decision to join an 11-week camping trip through 13 countries in Europe in summer 1966. By the second week, Dale and I had become friendly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clincher to what has turned out to be a 56-year love affair was when I persuaded her to abandon the trip and hitchhike to Athens with me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sleeping on a rooftop under a full moon, with a view of the Acropolis\u2014and on a deserted island beach in the Aegean Sea\u2014how could we not fall in love?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a bridal couple in the 60s\" class=\"wp-image-5689 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Strok_Willard_Straight_steps-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Paul Hayre \u201991 &amp; Jeannette Perez-Rossello \u201991<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A couple in formal wear\" class=\"wp-image-5612 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Hayre-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Paul:<\/em> \u201cAt Banfi\u2019s for a dinner to celebrate inductees into a senior honor society, I was mesmerized. I made certain I was sitting next to her for dinner; we found each other&#8217;s company delightful. Fast forward a few months: I had a Valentine&#8217;s Day semi-formal to attend, yet no date. Out of nowhere, I saw her again. I asked if she had weekend plans; she had tickets for the Cornell\/Harvard hockey game on Friday. With little to lose, I laid it out: I was going to invite her to a Valentine&#8217;s semi-formal that night. Without missing a beat, she replied, \u2018I&#8217;ll go with you!\u2019 We now live in Boston and have three fabulous kiddos.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Matthew Nagowski \u201905 &amp; Catherine March, MEng \u201914<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Catherine:<\/em> \u201cWe met through the Cornell Club of Greater Buffalo&#8217;s book club\u2014arguing over interpretations of Ursula K. Le Guin&#8217;s <em>The Lathe of Heaven<\/em>. It would take another year of occasional run-ins before we started dating. We married in autumn 2020 and continue to volunteer with the club that started it all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a couple in Cornell hockey fan garb\" class=\"wp-image-5634 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/March-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Joel Negrin \u201968 &amp; Linda Schwartz Negrin \u201969<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A 60s-era photo of a bridal couple\" class=\"wp-image-5656 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Negrin-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Linda:<\/em> \u201cThe situation: I had been dating Joel since the first football game in September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dilemma: Finding an appropriate Valentine\u2019s Day gift for someone about whom I cared deeply, but not wanting to appear pathetic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution: I presented Joel with a beautifully wrapped box containing 100 pieces of sticky, pink Dubble Bubble gum, complete with comics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result: We\u2019ve been stuck together for 56 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>David Jackson \u201904 &amp; Tiffany Hunter Jackson \u201905<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From David &amp; Tiffany:<\/em> \u201cIn fall 2001, a friendship started that spanned our Cornell careers and lasted for decades beyond, as we supported each other through the highs and lows of life. Our friendship flourished into love nearly 20 years later via an Instagram message revealing that we were both living in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a couple in formal wear at a table\" class=\"wp-image-5749 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Jackson-B-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our courtship was a romantic whirlwind: we were engaged in January 2021, married two months later, and had our first child in early 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rob Rosenberg \u201988 &amp; Pat Cook \u201989<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a family of four dressed in red in front of a statue\" class=\"wp-image-5687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Rosenberg_Cook-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>From Rob:<\/em> \u201cAfter graduation, I went to work for a boutique advertising agency in New York. I gave the Career Center my contact info to mentor seniors, and I got three; one was Pat. During winter break, I helped with their r\u00e9sum\u00e9s and job strategies. When the agency was hiring an entry-level person, I gave HR Pat\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9, which I considered the strongest, and they hired her. We became friends and ultimately fell in love. We\u2019ll celebrate our 30th anniversary in June. We also produced two Cornellians: son Reed \u201920 and daughter Grayson \u201923.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Rebecca Gendelman \u201914 &amp; Jesse Orshan \u201915, BS \u201914<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A couple wearing red shirts\" class=\"wp-image-5728 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Orshan-B-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Jesse:<\/em> &#8220;We met as undergrads living on West Campus. We became fast friends based on our mutual love of Jimi Hendrix and much more. After graduating, we came back and I proposed in the clocktower. We also had our wedding in Ithaca and try to come back once a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jeffrey McPeek \u201982, BS \u201983 &amp; Julie Doig McPeek \u201983<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Julie:<\/em> \u201cWe were high school sweethearts, but ended our romance when Jeff started at Colorado State. I entered Cornell as a freshman the fall that Jeff transferred as a sophomore. We ran into each other a few times on campus, but were dating other people and remained friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 1980, a friend told me Jeff was going to ask me to his fraternity\u2019s Valentine\u2019s date night. I told her I was not ready to get back into the relationship\u2014and she told me, \u2018Just go; it\u2019s not like you have to marry the guy!\u2019 Famous last words; that\u2019s just what I did!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a couple dancing in the 1970s\" class=\"wp-image-5637 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/McPeek_KDChristmas_Formal_1981-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gregory Meyer \u201906, MILR \u201908 &amp; Marijke Schouten \u201910<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"a couple with a bulldog\" class=\"wp-image-5688 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Scouten-A-296x166.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Marijke:<\/em> \u201cWe fell in love Valentine&#8217;s Day 2008: he picked me up from Cascadilla Hall for our first date, and my heart melted while throwing snowballs after Taste of Thai on the Commons. We bonded over both coming to campus from Portland, Oregon, studying at ILR, and being regulars at Cornell Cinema.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since graduating, we&#8217;ve traveled to 15 countries, married with all our favorite Cornellians present, and adopted a rescue bulldog who sports a Big Red jersey on game days. We&#8217;re a \u2018legacy love story,\u2019 because my husband&#8217;s parents were married their sophomore year!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Risa Mish \u201985, JD \u201988 &amp; John Lauricella, MFA \u201987, PhD \u201993<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Risa:<\/em> \u201cI rushed to the Anabel Taylor Coffeehouse to grab lunch before heading to my law classes. It was crowded, and the staff was harried. My bagel was more toasted\u2014some would say charred\u2014than I wanted, but I had no time for a re-do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I paid, turned around to run to class, and in my haste bumped into the very handsome man behind me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His immortal first words to me\u2014this man of literature, who was on his way to earning a PhD in English? \u2018Looks like they burnt your bagel.\u2019&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A bridal couple\" class=\"wp-image-5653 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Mish_wedding-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dennis Norfleet \u201965 &amp; Doren Poland Norfleet \u201965<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A 60s-era couple dressed in formal wear\" class=\"wp-image-5652 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Norfleet_pinned_at_frat-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Doren:<\/em> \u201cWe met at a freshman mixer. He dated my corridor-mate, and he and I became good friends. Junior year, he asked me out for a \u2018study date.&#8217; We discovered that our friendship had truly become a loving relationship. We were pinned that semester, engaged our senior year, and married in August following graduation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our entire life we got back to Ithaca as much as possible, since it brought back so many wonderful memories of our courtship. Cornell was a major part of our lives, until Dennis\u2019s death in 2019. It was fitting that the final act at his memorial service was the playing of the \u2018Evening Song.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>David Mazaika \u201985 &amp; Kristina Salerno Mazaika \u201992<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>From Kristina:<\/em> \u201cWe met at a young alumni event I co-hosted in San Diego. When I saw him enter in his suit and tie, my heart skipped a beat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I needed to be a thoughtful hostess, I fought through my nervousness and approached him. But when I saw him drive off in a minivan, I wrote him off as married with kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He tracked me down soon after and left a message. 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