{"id":61924,"date":"2025-11-12T14:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=61924"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T19:03:50","slug":"chen-alumni-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/chen-alumni-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Tony Chen \u201912 the World\u2019s Most Devoted Cornellian?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

He tirelessly promotes the University and its alumni\u2014connecting Big Red grads to their alma mater, and to each other<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBear Hugs\u201d celebrates heartwarming stories of Cornellians on the Hill and around the world. Have an idea? Email us at cornellians@cornell.edu<\/strong><\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Beth Saulnier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s his signature shot on social media: a selfie showing only part of his face, because the rest of the frame is dedicated to something involving the Big Red and its alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might be a major on-campus event like Homecoming, Commencement, or Reunion; a Cornell Club gathering somewhere around the country; a meetup he organized; a visit to a Cornellian-founded startup, faculty research site, or alumni-owned eatery; a plug for an alum running for elective office or selling a product; or any one of myriad other Big Red-related topics and happenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever the Cornell tie, Tony Chen \u201912, MEng \u201912, is there\u2014and within hours, his thousands of followers across various social media platforms will know about it, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At a gathering he organized in West Palm Beach, FL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For the past half-decade or so, the ever-smiling Chen has been a one-man Cornellian-connecting machine, devoting himself to spotlighting the efforts and achievements of the University and its alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask him how much of his time he spends promoting Cornell and Cornellians and he\u2019ll tell you: 18 hours a day, 365 days a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s all I do,\u201d says Chen, who majored in applied physics in the Engineering college. \u201cI don\u2019t do anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(To clarify: he does have his own tech company, whose data-cleaning software generates recurring revenue that frees him up to focus on his Big Red alumni work.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ask him how much of his time he spends promoting Cornell and Cornellians and he\u2019ll tell you: 18 hours a day, 365 days a year.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chen\u2019s goal\u2014officially; it\u2019s posted atop some of his social media sites\u2014is for Cornell to be considered the number-one school on the planet by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019d walk down the street in New Haven and ask, \u2018What\u2019s the best school in the world?\u2019 and they\u2019d all say Cornell,\u201d he explains. \u201cEven if they go to Yale, I still want them to say Cornell is the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Chen recalls, although he went to just a few alumni events in the years after he graduated, by the mid-2010s he was attending every one held in the vicinity of Washington, DC, where he grew up and is still based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meeting with students in Duffield Hall during his “office hours” on the Hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then he started organizing events of his own, and sharing out Cornellian news on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many alumni first intersected with Chen during the COVID pandemic, when the online \u201cglobal mixers\u201d he\u2019d founded in 2019 surged in popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The events are still held every other Saturday night\u2014even if it falls on a major holiday\u2014drawing from dozens to hundreds of alums who chat about whatever topics spring to mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many alumni first intersected with Chen during the COVID pandemic, when the online ‘global mixers’ he\u2019d founded in 2019 surged in popularity.
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\u201cIt\u2019s a fascinating international cocktail party,\u201d says longtime participant Susan Frank Weitz \u201965, an Arts & Sciences alum based in central Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat Tony is doing is exactly what President Kotlikoff called for in his State of the University speech at Reunion in June, which is to stay close to Cornell, and to be connected with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, Chen\u2019s primary social media platform is LinkedIn<\/a>, where he has nearly 40,000 followers, with another 6,000 on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also has roughly 1,000 followers each on TikTok<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>; for both, his handle is @risleyite in honor of his undergrad residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where in the (Big Red) World Is Tony Chen?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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… at Commencement …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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… at Cornell’s maple research facility in the Adirondacks …<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In October 2025, Chen spent most of the month in Ithaca, staying at an Airbnb and meeting Cornellians on campus and its environs\u2014attending numerous events and holding \u201coffice hours\u201d where students and others could gather and hear about opportunities for internships, jobs, and networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Then he jetted off to California, where he socialized with hundreds of Cornellians at events in various cities and documented the encounters on social media.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever he\u2019s in Ithaca, Chen likes to stop by Lake View Cemetery to visit the grave of Theodore Zinck\u2014the famed 19th-century barkeep and namesake of the massive annual gathering known as International Spirit of Zinck\u2019s Night<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Tony is doing is exactly what President Kotlikoff called for in his State of the University speech at Reunion in June, which is to stay close to Cornell, and to be connected with each other.<\/p>\nSusan Frank Weitz \u201965<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI go there because he did a good job bringing alumni together over the years,\u201d Chen says, then reflects further: \u201cThat\u2019s true. Every year, he brings Cornellians together. Wow. What a good role model.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among Chen\u2019s missions is to help Big Red alums and their ventures succeed. He matches job-hunting students and alums with other Cornellians looking to hire, promotes products by alumni-owned companies, stumps for grads seeking political office, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need more Cornellians running for Congress,\u201d Chen observes, adding: \u201cIf we get back-to-back presidents\u2014like, we have one president and then the next president is another Cornellian\u2014then it will start to make people think, \u2018Oh, Cornell might be the best school in the world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tony
sreang hok \/ cornell university<\/figcaption>
Tapped for a selfie by a fan on campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chen maintains a website<\/a> tracking a variety of Big Red-centric lists, including Cornellian-founded startups, alums running for office, episodes of his Big Red Podcast<\/em>, a schedule of every Cornell event around the world, and a Spotify playlist of music by Cornellians\u2014from \u201cThe Power of Love\u201d by Huey Lewis [\u201972] and the News to \u201cLil Boo Thang\u201d by Paul Russell \u201919.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as if that weren\u2019t enough Cornelliana, Chen belongs to the Continuous Reunion Club<\/a>\u2014the group of alumni who attend annually, whether or not it\u2019s an official Reunion year for their class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery Cornellian should go to Reunion every year,\u201d he says. \u201cSomehow, people started thinking it\u2019s normal to go to every five years. We\u2019ve got to change that. At Princeton, for example, 30% of their alums go to reunion every year. If you don\u2019t go, it\u2019s like, \u2018Are you okay? Are you sick?\u2019 At Cornell, we have to make it normal to go to Reunion every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Every Cornellian should go to Reunion every year. Somehow, people started thinking it\u2019s normal to go to every five years. We\u2019ve got to change that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For the past several years, Chen has been hosting monthly four-hour meetups at a food court in Midtown Manhattan, where Cornellians drop in to network and socialize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the regular attendees is Dawn Crandlemire, MBA \u201916, a former investment banker who praises Chen as \u201cthe radical connector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m at an inflection point in my life and career, where I\u2019m in discovery mode,\u201d Crandlemire says. \u201cAnd truly, Tony and the events he puts on have helped me so much. I\u2019ve been trying to start businesses, and he has plugged me in and given me tools and connections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tony
sreang hok \/ cornell university<\/figcaption>
Meeting with Armada, a student group focused on entrepreneurship.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Crandlemire vividly recalls a time when one of her business ideas didn\u2019t pan out\u2014and after she mentioned it to Chen, he swiftly showed up at her apartment door offering advice and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTony is an extremely gifted person, and he sees things that others don\u2019t,\u201d she says. \u201cHe has a very rare quality; there are few people who have both the power and the kindness to change someone\u2019s trajectory. And he doesn\u2019t expect to get anything in return. This is what he has dedicated his life to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top: Chen on Libe Slope. (Sreang Hok \/ Cornell University; all social media selfie images provided.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published November 12, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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