{"id":75150,"date":"2026-09-01T01:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=75150"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:57:16","slug":"class-notes-september-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/class-notes-september-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest News from Your Classmates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"class-notes-year-navigation\" style=\"--class-groups:10\"><ul>\n\t<li rel=\"1950s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"1950s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-1950s\" data-class-group=\"1950s\" href=\"#class-group-1950s\">1950s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"1960s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"1960s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-1960s\" data-class-group=\"1960s\" href=\"#class-group-1960s\">1960s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"1970s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"1970s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-1970s\" data-class-group=\"1970s\" href=\"#class-group-1970s\">1970s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"1980s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"1980s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-1980s\" data-class-group=\"1980s\" href=\"#class-group-1980s\">1980s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"1990s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"1990s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-1990s\" data-class-group=\"1990s\" href=\"#class-group-1990s\">1990s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"2000s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"2000s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-2000s\" data-class-group=\"2000s\" href=\"#class-group-2000s\">2000s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"2010s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"2010s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-2010s\" data-class-group=\"2010s\" href=\"#class-group-2010s\">2010s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"2020s-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"2020s\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-2020s\" data-class-group=\"2020s\" href=\"#class-group-2020s\">2020s<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"Grad-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"Grad\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-grad\" data-class-group=\"Grad\" href=\"#class-group-Grad\">Grad<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t<li rel=\"Group-wrapper\" ><a rel=\"Group\" class=\"rkv-no-underline alumni-hub-class-notes-year-group\" data-class-group=\"Group\" href=\"#class-group-Group\">Group<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">September \/ October 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-link has-cornell-teal-background-color has-background rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-huge-font-size rkv-gutter-bottom-quarter wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WE\u2019D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Class Notes are your opportunity to connect with your class and share news. Have you marked a career milestone or taken a trip? Did you get married, have a baby, or welcome a grandchild? Do you have a Big Red memory that would make your classmates smile?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Send us Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">1950s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-dda3c0d96bca7a752566e4d4b33a44a2\"><strong>1951<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Autumn greetings! We hope this column finds each and every one of you well. A member of <strong>Frances Goldberg Myers<\/strong>\u2019s family stopped by headquarters at Reunion in June to let us know that she is doing well, living independently in North Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your classmates are curious: What are you reading, growing, teaching, learning, exploring, or celebrating these days? Class Notes are always better when more voices join in. \u2756 <strong>Class of 1951 <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;o&#x3a;&#x61;&#98;b8&#51;&#64;&#99;&#x6f;&#114;&#110;e&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x65;&#100;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e92abdde61b387a7ac336434a879ca92\"><strong>1952<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe professor who taught geology at Cornell really loved his subject, and transferred that love to me,\u201d writes <strong>Carol Singer Greenhaus<\/strong>. \u201cWherever we traveled, I got the geologic history (if possible), and it so enhanced my trip! If I hadn\u2019t headed to teaching first grade, I would have been a geologist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carol adds, \u201cI\u2019m 95 and can still walk, talk, cook, eat, and drive a car! I\u2019m enjoying my three daughters, six grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren! The oldest is in high school and drives a car!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lewis Ward-Baker<\/strong> shares, \u201cIt was a joy to hear the Glee Club singing at the Asbury First United Methodist Church, about a mile from our home in Rochester. It was their first stop on a Great Lakes Tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe rich sound took me back to the days I rehearsed, under <strong>Tom Tracy \u201931<\/strong>\u2019s direction, in the North Room of the Straight, and performed on campus and on our trips around the East and Midwest. They invited alumni to join them in the \u2018Alma Mater,\u2019 and I happily accepted the chance to go back in that wonderful sound to my days on the Hill.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1952<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#97;&#x62;&#98;&#56;&#51;&#64;&#99;&#x6f;&#114;&#110;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-087a73b4fd5b51e79a236aaf647edf22\"><strong>1953<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lorraine Hala Hegel<\/strong> (Rockville, MD) shares that, at 94 years old, her memories of Cornell friendships live on. \u201cI considered <strong>Joanne Williams Finkelstein<\/strong> as one of my best friends at Cornell. She lived across the hall in Cascadilla for freshman year and we bonded. We lost touch after graduation because she moved to Arizona and I stayed on Long Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI met <strong>Joan Thuma Margolis<\/strong> before going to college. My name was in the local newspapers and she and her family came to meet me. Years later we discovered that our grandfathers knew each other and wrote for the same Czech magazine. We kept in touch for a lifetime.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1953<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;o&#58;&#x61;&#x62;&#98;&#x38;&#x33;&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;&#114;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e7a1f91e01d31740b7b0f67c333ce7b2\"><strong>1954<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very unexpectedly and suddenly, \u201cthe vicissitudes of our old age\u201d caught up with me, <strong>Ruth Carpenter Bailey<\/strong>. You may recall that recently I wrote that they have slowed <strong>Bill Waters<\/strong>, MBA \u201955. Now they have also slowed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 15, I fell. After a partial hip replacement, I am gradually moving around, but quite tentatively so far. I do not have the energy to write an interesting column. Also, I do not have any material from you on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volunteers are welcome! Contact me or <strong>Alex Bond \u201912<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;ai&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x61;&#x62;b&#x38;&#51;&#x40;&#99;&#111;&#x72;n&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;u\">email Alex<\/a>) at <em>Cornellians<\/em>. If the Class of 1950 can still produce a column now and then (and <strong>Paul Joslin \u201950<\/strong> does!), maybe we can as well. In the meantime, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/classof54.alumni.cornell.edu\/\">our website<\/a> is available for you to enjoy and, while online, you can also visit the adjoining websites for 1953 and 1955. In addition, a link is available on each site to jump to the Cornell website to see news of what\u2019s going on at the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish you good health and happy Cornell memories. \u2756 <strong>Ruth Carpenter Bailey<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;i&#108;t&#x6f;:&#x72;&#99;&#98;&#x68;&#116;b&#x40;g&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#46;co&#x6d;\">email Ruth<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/classof54.alumni.cornell.edu\/\">Class website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-da91d5ab8482e7131308fe940d2c5b78\"><strong>1955<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy autumn! If you are reading this please take a moment to fill out the <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online news form<\/a> to let us know what you\u2019ve been up to! How has your life changed\u2014or not changed\u2014lately? Who from the Hill do you still keep in touch with? What was the most impactful thing you learned while at Cornell? We\u2019d love to hear from you! \u2756 <strong>Class of 1955 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#108;to:a&#x62;&#98;&#56;&#x33;&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;&#110;&#101;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#101;du\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-0fe64bb4940ad5f4e9347690a8a79bed\"><strong>1956<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 70th Reunion! With the Statler Hotel as our headquarters, our Reunion began with the \u201cSpirit of \u201931\u2014Passing It Forward\u201d ceremony. Our class president, <strong>Joe Henninger<\/strong>, MBA \u201958, and our Reunion chair, <strong>Carole Rapp Thompson<\/strong>, had the honor of presenting the official \u201921 Reunion banner to representatives from the Class of 2021. Gathering together for the first time since COVID sent them home from the Hill, the Class of 2021 brought back over 1,000 classmates for their 5th Reunion, a new record. The reception was attended by our classmates and their guests, including spouses, sons, daughters, and even grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dinner followed, where <strong>Irwin Scharf<\/strong>, accompanied by his wife, Alice, recalled his early-morning show on WVBR. After Cornell, he took over the manufacturing business begun by his father in which they produced, among other items, jewelry for organizations. <strong>Norman Turkish<\/strong>, MBA \u201960,<strong> <\/strong>retired to Ithaca after a career on Wall Street and now lives in a home located across from the entrance to the Suspension Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another local, <strong>Donald Greenberg \u201955<\/strong>, BCE \u201958, PhD \u201968, reports that after saying he might never retire, at the end of June he ended his Cornell employment. He was the former Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics in the College of Architecture. In 2022 he launched a new course in architecture and computer science using digital resolution tools and software titled \u201cDesign in the Age of Digital Twins.\u201d <strong>Dick Bulman<\/strong>, MBA \u201957, arrived with a greeting for everyone. After adding an MBA to his undergraduate degree, he went on to a full career at IBM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s beautiful weather ushered in a very busy day. A guided bus tour of campus left soon after breakfast and drove us to the Moakley House. Lunch there was both a feast for our eyes and for our palate. Seated at one table was <strong>Judy Cimildoro Jones <\/strong>and her son Peter. We saw one example of the Cornell mystique. One of our clerks, <strong>Caleb Goillandeau \u201926<\/strong>, sat next to Peter, and the two had an interesting conversation regarding science and the medical field, Caleb\u2019s focus as he heads for graduate study. Peter has his PhD and is an endowed professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. His field of research is in one of the classes of muscular dystrophy, FSHD. Judy now lives in Reno, NV, after retiring as Commissioner of Public Utilities in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next stop: The Olin Lecture in Bailey Hall, where we heard a panel of three Cornell alumni discuss the future of higher education. Looming ahead is, as they stated, the drop-off cliff of potential college students reflected by the much lower birth rate. They expect many more colleges will be closing. They also tackled the issue of artificial intelligence. In this regard, the panel declared learning the skill of critical thinking to be crucial in dealing with the errors often found in writing produced by AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were entertained at dinner by the Hangovers, a subset of the Cornell Glee Club. During dinner, <strong>Bill Greenawalt <\/strong>recalled in his senior year having to choose between becoming president of Cornell United Religious Work or president of another organization. After being a very involved undergrad, Bill went on to earn his LLB at Yale and had a career as an attorney in Westchester County, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our guest at dinner on Saturday, President Kotlikoff, made a special point of coming to each table and personally greeting each of us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gwen Grohmann des Cognets <\/strong>was another very active undergrad. Her father,<strong> Victor 1928<\/strong>, was an early Hotelie. Her daughter <strong>Liz des Cognets Champagne \u201979<\/strong> was Gwen\u2019s guest. Both were looking forward to the Saturday afternoon sorority receptions. Another Hotel classmate, <strong>Stew Gully<\/strong>, benefitted from his NROTC scholarship. After his time in the Navy, he worked 30 years as a hotel manager. He was proud to be the 20th member of his family to attend Cornell. His guest was nephew <strong>Josh Gully \u201983<\/strong> (#21), whose son, <strong>Josh Gully Jr. \u201920<\/strong>, is #22 in this loyal Cornell family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining us from Pittsford, NY, was <strong>Rivka Gebiner Chatman<\/strong>. <strong>Betsy Steuber Gaidry <\/strong>traveled from Coram, NY, on Long Island, while <strong>Miriam Mattinen Shearing <\/strong>traveled to us from Las Vegas, NV. Professor emeritus in veterinary medicine <strong>Jack Lowe <\/strong>had a very short trip from his home right here in Ithaca. <strong>Barbara Spielberg Luther <\/strong>traveled from nearby Elmira, NY. She became mom to five children, then had a career in the Social Security Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunny Styles Kuskin <\/strong>recently moved to Ithaca. Her son, <strong>Ian McMillan \u201989<\/strong>, flew in from Hawaii to accompany his mom to her 70th. Sunny pursued a career as a therapist after earning her PhD in psychology. Her sorority sister and lifelong friend <strong>Barbara Travis Osgood<\/strong>, PhD \u201980, also earned a PhD. Hers was in Human Ecology from Cornell. Barbara retired in 2002 as a senior executive with the National Resources Conservation Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Thirty years ago she began her avocation of fostering and rescuing old Labrador retrievers. Her book <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.84paws.com\/\"><em>84 Paws<\/em><\/a><em>: A Life with Old Labs<\/em> was published in 2019. She has actively placed many of her Labs in forever homes; others she cares for until they reach the Rainbow Bridge. More recently, her second book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parnassusbooks.net\/book\/9798989639625\"><em>Diary of a Cranky Old Feminist<\/em><\/a>, was published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday morning found many classmates heading for the college breakfasts. After a brief rain shower, many attended President Michael Kotlikoff\u2019s State of the University Address in Bailey Hall. Our lunch at the Statler included the class meeting. <strong>Joe Henninger<\/strong> thanked <strong>Carole Rapp Thompson<\/strong> for her adeptness in producing and handling all the details for the 70th Reunion. Joe reminded us that the class treasury would continue through our 75th Reunion, at which time any remaining funds would be turned over to the University. A vote was held to elect Carole our next class president, with Joe as vice president.<strong> Corey Ryan Earle \u201907<\/strong>, the unofficial University historian, then gave us an entertaining presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Basch <\/strong>came to Reunion with wife Linda and brought us up to date on his career. He earned his MD at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia and became a psychiatrist. His career took him to Nigeria and Israel among other locations. He was a first responder to the tragedy of 9\/11, where he worked with survivors dealing with shock and intense grief. He continues even now as a professor of clinical psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We gathered again for our class photo and dinner. Our guest, President Kotlikoff, made a special point of coming to each table and personally greeting each of us. Class clerk <strong>Rose Cepeda \u201926<\/strong> made sure we each had a ticket for Cornelliana Night. We were shuttled to Bailey Hall, where we were seated together and featured as the most senior class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we packed to leave, we took time for our last breakfast together. There was <strong>John Holton <\/strong>and wife Susan. John added to his undergrad degree in civil engineering by attending Harvard for a master\u2019s degree in architecture. Also there was <strong>David \u201955<\/strong>, BArch \u201960, MRP \u201961, and <strong>Allison Hopkins Sheffield<\/strong> with daughter <strong>Laura \u201984<\/strong> and son <strong>Stephen \u201988<\/strong>. David and Allison were such good friends with Joe Henninger and the late <strong>Sue De Rosay Henninger \u201957<\/strong>, dating from their undergrad days, that each couple were in each other\u2019s wedding. We noticed Stephen taking multiple photos of our celebration while Joe\u2019s daughter <strong>Sally Henninger \u201987<\/strong> took videos. Thanks to all to who contributed in many ways to make our 70th Reunion so special! \u2756 <strong>Class of 1956 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;a&#98;b8&#51;&#x40;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;n&#x65;&#108;&#108;&#x2e;&#x65;&#100;&#117;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-2a3b4e50b0dfe2d85198bd5ad924f3ac\"><strong>1957<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good to hear from <strong>Michael DeNicola<\/strong>, BEE \u201958, who resides in Murrieta, CA, with wife Myrna. You\u2019ve heard of destination weddings? Well, this was a destination 90th birthday celebration. Mike and Myrna went across the country to celebrate his 90th birthday in Savannah, GA. There they spent three days sightseeing, eating, and socializing with 30 of Mike\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Cornell alums were in attendance including Mike\u2019s sister <strong>Eleanor DeNicola Baril \u201960<\/strong>, her husband, <strong>Max Baril \u201960<\/strong>, Mike\u2019s son <strong>Michael \u201980<\/strong>, and Michael\u2019s son <strong>Brandon \u201919<\/strong>. Mike called it a great reunion. After he earned his BEE in \u201958, he did his tour of duty as an officer in the Air Force. He was put in charge of data processing at the Plattsburgh, NY, Air Base, where he learned the winters in Ithaca were <em>mild. <\/em>Next station was Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland, where he learned the winters in Ithaca were <em>very mild. <\/em>He then returned to Ithaca and worked for IBM as a systems engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His 26 years with IBM progressed in Syracuse (instructor and data center manager), Rochester (systems engineering manager), New York City and White Plains (planning), and Tarrytown (IBM World Trade Americas\/Far East, planning manager). Mike finished his career in 2020 after 27 years working with Fujitsu Limited in San Jose, CA, as vice president of engineering. He was also the Fujitsu representative on the boards of directors of various industry consortia. Only the arrival of the COVID pandemic forced him to retire at age 84, putting an end to his enjoyable career working in the computer industry. Even now he misses going to work every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marilyn Greene Abrams<\/strong> and her business partner had to close their stage comedy <em>Shear Madness <\/em>after 14,737 performances in the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, as the center was being closed for repairs. After the two adapted a 1963 German mystery play, they had their version premiere at the Lake George Dinner Theater in 1978. The Albany<em> Times Union<\/em> reported, \u201cWith production details adapted to each city, jokes and references continually updated to reflect current events, and improvisation among the cast encouraged, it delighted audiences around the globe.\u201d There are almost 30 productions currently running around the world. Marilyn lived in Albany, NY, for 50 years before moving to Manhattan a few years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ve heard of destination weddings? Well, this was a destination 90th birthday celebration for <strong>Michael DeNicola \u201957<\/strong>, BEE \u201958.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During June\u2019s Cornell Reunion weekend, the Delta Upsilon fraternity honored the late <strong>Tony Cashen<\/strong>, MBA \u201958, with a memorial service. Tony, who passed away in March, was instrumental in saving DU from permanent expulsion from the Cornell Greek community. Not only that, he was actively involved working with former dean of student life Suzy Nelson and vice president emerita <strong>Susan Murphy \u201973<\/strong>, PhD \u201994, on redirecting Cornell\u2019s fraternities and sororities. He began doing that even before he and wife <strong>Gail Lautzenheiser Cashen <\/strong>moved to the farmhouse at Kendal at Ithaca in 2015. Suzy Nelson spoke at the memorial service; although Susan Murphy had a previous engagement, her letter praising Tony was empathetically read by a colleague. Tony was recognized for his extraordinary service as an alum in 2001 when he was one of the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award honorees. He was especially remembered as a man who loved to mentor people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also bid farewell to our Northwest regional vice president <strong>Marilyn <\/strong>\u201cMimi\u201d<strong> Hester Ridgley<\/strong>. Mimi passed away in January after a brief illness. She and husband <strong>Bob Ridgley \u201956 <\/strong>moved to the greater Portland, OR, area in 1960 and made their home there for the last almost seven decades. Mimi was an active woman who loved to ski and play tennis and golf. She obtained her pilot\u2019s license in 1975 and enjoyed flying a single-engine Cessna around Oregon and the West in general. Along with her dedicated Cornell involvement, she was a co-founder of the Civics Learning Project, a nonprofit that brings civics education programs into Oregon schools. She is survived by Bob, her sons Greg and <strong>Derek \u201986<\/strong>, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By now you may have received the yearly dues notice. We may be one of the last classes that continues to use snail mail for this annual request. One very important function of the dues notice is to maintain our class and Cornell\u2019s records of our addresses, both street and email, and phone numbers, home and\/or cell. Many of us have already downsized and moved into senior housing with more likely ahead. This becomes even more important as we prepare for our 70th Reunion. Mark your calendars for June 10\u201313, 2027. A Reunion committee has been formed and is already working on the plans. More about our upcoming 70th in future columns. \u2756 <strong>Connie Santagato Hosterman <\/strong>(<a href=\"ma&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;:&#115;&#104;&#x65;&#110;h&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x70;7&#x33;&#x40;&#x67;m&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Connie<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-8811edd7d4bf0ab12e4be7254ea5b872\"><strong>1958<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are sorry to report that class secretary and co-correspondent <strong>Barbara Avery<\/strong>, <strong>MA \u201959<\/strong>, lost her husband in July. We send our sympathy to Barb on her loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Audrey Wildner Sears<\/strong> was memorialized at a family service on a west-facing slope in beautiful Grantham, NH, close to where she and <strong>Ray \u201957<\/strong> lived for 30 years. <strong>Connie Case<\/strong> <strong>Haggard<\/strong> and <strong>Dick Haggard <\/strong>joined Ray and his three sons and their families in early June for the service. They report that Ray is getting along okay with the help of a good friend and part-time caregiver, and the boys, known by Connie and Dick since their births, are all thriving, as are their families. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Susan Swanson<\/strong> <strong>Hueber<\/strong> recently moved to Reno, NV, to be closer to her son and daughter and their families. She had been living in Ridgecrest and volunteering for 50 years at the Ridgecrest Maturango Museum in California. She writes, \u201cI\u2019m still able to do things, understand things, and find positive curiosities. I have the opportunity to enjoy and learn from great PBS programs; I took a Great Decisions class, which got my brain stimulated again.\u201d Susan adds that Cornell impacted her thinking and awareness about \u201chow big the world is\u2014and that I can embrace it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 70th Reunion is now less than two years away. Let\u2019s hope we all can make it then for good times on campus. We\u2019re working on a fun and meaningful time for all in June 2028. Meanwhile, keep healthy and of good cheer. \u2756 <strong>Dick Haggard<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x72;i&#x63;&#104;&#x61;r&#100;&#x68;&#x61;g&#x67;a&#114;d1&#49;&#64;&#103;m&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Dick<\/a>) | <strong>Barbara Avery<\/strong>, <strong>MA \u201959 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;l&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;av&#101;&#x72;&#x79;a&#x74;&#121;&#x40;&#x6f;u&#116;&#108;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x6b;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;\">email Barbara<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3d8eb4414768886307b52bb83e02a95b\"><strong>1959<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWear those Reunion hats, fellow \u201959ers!\u201d advises <strong>Carole Kenyon<\/strong>. \u201cMine prompted two lovely conversations with fellow walkers here in Seattle yesterday\u2014a recent retiree and a Wellesley graduate who didn\u2019t attend her last Reunion; plan to go to the next, said I.\u201d A classmate who recently wore her Reunion jacket in NYC chimed in: \u201cAn \u201982 Cornell alum hailed me and we shared tales of happy times on the Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One doesn\u2019t have to be \u201con the Hill\u201d to be part of the Cornell scenery. As the new school year starts, some 150 students who participate in the rowing program are trekking down to Cayuga Lake and the Cornell Rowing Center and putting their shells into the lake along one of the facility\u2019s three docks. When the boathouse was renovated in 2010\u201311, our classmate <strong>Rick Dyer<\/strong>, MD \u201963, who died several months ago, made a substantial gift in support of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe named one of the docks after Rick, to thank him for his continued support of the program, and to help the current generation of rowers understand the tradition and support that past generations have created,\u201d says <strong>Todd Kennett \u201991<\/strong>, the Spirit of \u201957 Director of Rowing. \u201cI first met Rick when I was a sophomore on the Cornell varsity team as we raced at Yale in Derby, CT. He was there to support the crews, and he was rowing as a masters rower out of New Haven Rowing Club. We were chatting, he met my mother, and by the end of the day he convinced her to learn how to row. She took up rowing and went on to win the Head of the Charles four times\u2014and still rows today at age 78!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI loved to row behind Rick,\u201d continues Todd. \u201cHis rhythm was patient and consistent but relentlessly striking to get us to the finish line. We raced together in masters races, and we won a number of them!\u201d <strong>Ron Demer<\/strong>, a friend since Ron was a waiter at Rick\u2019s fraternity, points out that Rick continued to row well into his 80s in Cornell alumni eights at masters regional, national, and international regattas\u2014and even was an eager participant in Reunion weekend rows as recently as our 60th Reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wear those Reunion hats, fellow \u201959ers! Mine prompted two lovely conversations with fellow walkers here in Seattle yesterday.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Carole Kenyon \u201959<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2001, the Kaplan family\u2014our class president <strong>Barbara Hirsch Kaplan<\/strong>, her husband, Leslie, son <strong>Doug Kaplan \u201988<\/strong>, and daughter <strong>Emily Kaplan Dodge \u201991<\/strong>\u2014established the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship to recognize faculty who are committed to civic engagement. Each year, the Kaplan Fellowship awards $10,000 to a faculty member to further develop an ongoing community-based learning course or research project, to initiate a new effort, or to seek institutionalization of a community-engaged learning course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s recipient, Jonathan Butcher, the Joseph Newton Pew Jr. Professor in Engineering, was honored at the Einhorn Center awards event on April 22. Butcher was honored for his ongoing engaged research collaboration with Tuskegee University, and his plans to expand the Tuskegee-Cornell University Biomedical Engineering Scholars (TCUBES) into a model program for community-engaged engineering training at Cornell. \u201cWe want our students to leave not only as strong engineers, but as people who feel empowered to apply their skills in ways that benefit their communities,\u201d Butcher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TCUBES brings Cornell and Tuskegee students together to address community-identified health challenges through engineering design. The students partner directly with communities in New York and Alabama. They talk with patients and providers, observe clinical settings, and run co-design workshops to understand where care falls short. From there, they turn those insights into design plans shaped by community priorities\u2014from usability and accessibility to cultural fit. For instance, recent student projects are addressing such issues as thermoregulation and skin injury among amputee prosthetic users and improving menstrual health through redesigned tampons. \u2756 <strong>Jenny Tesar <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#108;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x6a;&#101;&#x74;&#x32;&#x34;&#x40;c&#x6f;r&#110;e&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">email Jenny<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">1960s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-ef2e0d43fdb6a8b6b2c660a4d6b27fb9\"><strong>1960<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Linda Miller Kelsey <\/strong>shares, \u201cJust celebrated my 65th wedding anniversary with Rev. Dr. <strong>Fred Kelsey \u201959<\/strong>! I am enjoying marvelous, stimulating community here at Covenant Living at Windsor Park. I was elected precinct committee chairperson for Democrats and am enjoying it. At Cornell, I gained the education for a career in education, and many of those years I worked for Cornell Cooperative Extension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Judith Singer Bercuvitz<\/strong> (C\u00f4te St. Luc, Quebec) writes, \u201cAt our 65th Reunion in June 2025, I played the piano for a group of friends in Lincoln Hall and then I played again on campus at the Center for Historic Instruments on a piano built in 1846; I played a Mendelssohn piece written in 1842, which was appropriate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInspired by the positive reception of my performances, I gave two concerts at home on my 1946 Steinway baby grand for friends and others in the fall of 2025 and then twice more in 2026. I turned 88 in May and hope to keep playing the piano for others. The surprising part is that I lost a third of my middle finger in an accident in 2009! Therefore I can\u2019t avoid hitting wrong notes. My husband and I are managing to continue to enjoy our lives, but we are almost finished traveling anywhere. We have two children living in the U.S.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1960 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;ai&#x6c;t&#x6f;&#58;&#97;&#98;&#98;8&#51;&#64;&#99;&#x6f;&#x72;n&#101;&#108;l&#46;&#x65;&#x64;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-2f211d931e300cc2ef010c677ac7ba6b\"><strong>1961<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 65th Reunion of the Class of 1961 is history. I watched Cornelliana Night on streaming video and reminisced about old friends and a youth from long ago. The performance of the Big Red Band and the familiar Cornell songs stoked my nostalgia. I wish I had been there. Fortunately, <strong>Marshall <\/strong>and <strong>Rosanna Romanelli<\/strong> <strong>Frank<\/strong> attended (as always) and sent a write-up about the weekend celebration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf the 82 participants who registered, 42 were \u201961 classmates. However, several never signed in due to unexpected illness or other circumstances. So the final number was 77 participants, of which 37 were classmates. Activities began Thursday evening with dinner at the Statler Hotel, where most of the attendees were staying and where we were entertained by the Sherwoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur class had also arranged for a separate relaxation room, where memorabilia from previous class Reunions were displayed, including many of the class souvenirs handed out to attendees of previous Reunions, as well as our \u201961 graduation yearbook, along with the yearbooks printed for our 25th and 50th Reunions. Attendees were able to spend time and socialize between specific class and Reunion events in the relaxation room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFriday started with a buffet breakfast for our class in a separate Statler Hotel private room. At our Friday luncheon in the Statler Ballroom, we were entertained by <strong>Corey Ryan Earle \u201907<\/strong>, Cornell\u2019s historian, who gave a most informative and enjoyable presentation on changes to the Cornell campus from 1957, when we were enrolled, to the present. The campus has more than doubled in size with significant additions of new living spaces, especially on North Campus, as well as many new school buildings. Of particular enjoyment at our Friday luncheon was the \u2018make-it-yourself\u2019 ice cream sundaes provided with four different ice cream flavors and a multitude of available toppings, inspired by the invention of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/earle-sundae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ice cream sundae<\/a> in Ithaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn Friday afternoon, we had a reception in Olin Library in the Meinig Reading Room on the third floor, which our class had funded as part of our 60th Reunion campaign in the memory of our classmate <strong>Peter Meinig<\/strong>. Due to COVID and the corresponding shutdown of the Cornell campus, our 60th Reunion was held virtually, which prevented us from officially dedicating the room at that time. At this reception, Professor David Putnam, of the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, told us in a most entertaining manner about several near or soon-to-be-commercialized accomplishments of the Meinig School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur Friday evening dinner was at the Big Red Barn, which many of us had never even known existed during our undergraduate days. An excellent meal and service was provided by Cornell Catering and the location was convenient for those who planned to attend the Cornell Glee Club\u2019s performance in the adjacent Bailey Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSaturday\u2019s buffet breakfast for classmates not attending their specific schools\u2019 breakfasts was in the same separate Statler room specifically for our class. Following breakfast, many of us attended the State of the University Address by President Michael Kotlikoff in Bailey Hall. Our next class activity was a wine-tasting reception in the Martha Van Rensselaer Human Ecology Commons Room. We sampled three different wines\u2014Champagne, a white, and a red\u2014from the Finger Lakes versus those from France. We were also provided with an interesting history of the growth of the Finger Lakes wine region, which today is the second-largest wine producing area in the U.S. (California is first).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Corey Ryan Earle \u201907<\/strong> gave a presentation on changes to the Cornell campus from 1957 to the present. The campus has more than doubled in size!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was followed with a class picture and then a sumptuous final evening dinner provided by Serendipity Catering. After dinner, most of us walked across the street to Bailey Hall for what many of us most enjoy at Reunions: Cornelliana Night, singing along with alumni members of the Cornell Glee Club and Chorus to our most memorable Cornell songs and hearing about record attendance from several Reunion classes, as well as the generosity of Reunion classes in their respective campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur final Sunday breakfast at the Statler ended with the \u2018election\u2019 of class officers for the next five years. <strong>Doug Uhler<\/strong> and <strong>Sue Rand Lewis<\/strong> will continue as co-presidents. <strong>Ed Goldman<\/strong> and <strong>Gerrit White<\/strong> will serve as vice presidents, <strong>Doug Fuss<\/strong> as class correspondent, <strong>Diane Baillet Meakem<\/strong> as class treasurer, and <strong>Rosanna Romanelli<\/strong> <strong>Frank<\/strong> and <strong>Judy Rensin Mandell<\/strong> as 70th Reunion co-chairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Immediately following Reunion, Judy Mandell sent a thoughtful note of her recent experience. \u201cLast week I attended my 65th Reunion. I did not want to go because that\u2019s where I met my late husband. I was very anxious as it would be the first time back on campus without him. When I entered Cornell in 1957, there were four men to every woman. What a social life we girls had. I really had trouble with all the guys calling for dates. I wouldn\u2019t actually call that \u2018trouble,\u2019 but I didn\u2019t know how to deal with all the attention. When boys called asking me out and I wasn\u2019t free, I\u2019d say \u2018I\u2019ll give you a rain check.\u2019 To this day, one guy calls me \u2018Rain Check Rensin.\u2019 But I digress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Jerry \u201958<\/strong>, MD \u201962, was a senior when I was a freshman. I heard that a \u2018certain senior\u2019 stated that he would never date a freshman. What a challenge. I told my Clara Dickson girlfriends that not only will he date me, he will marry me. Although I was kidding, it happened. We married and lived happily for 62 years until he died July 13, 2023. This year, my friend Rosanna kept urging me to go to our Reunion. She said it would be fun. I would see old friends and meet new people. But I did not want to meet new people. Although Jerry has been gone almost three years, I still walk around with a hole in my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI went to the Reunion. I figured, what\u2019s the worst thing that could happen? I could bail if I was miserable. There were more than a thousand students in my freshman class, but only 70 returned. Most of them were couples. Many of the friends I looked forward to seeing had died\u2014without telling me. How rude! Not funny, as at my age of 86, friends are dropping like flies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first evening at dinner, everyone at my table had a partner. I was the only single person. As I took the last bite of dessert, I looked up and everyone had gone. I was totally alone. I acted like a 5-year-old camper who calls her mom and wants to go home. I texted my grown children and told them I\u2019m so unhappy\u2014sorry I came, everyone is couples, I made a mistake. However, things changed the next day. I met several widowed women and people from other classes. I renewed friendships and made new friends. I had fun. Jerry would have approved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lastly, on a somber note, <strong>Bobbie Singer Gang <\/strong>died unexpectantly the Monday after our Reunion. A good friend, Bobbie was one of the brave freshman coeds enrolled in my ME class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those of you still reading along, this is a very lengthy column. In fact, we will carry over news from <strong>Fred Stahl<\/strong>, <strong>Martin Rudolph<\/strong>, <strong>Ginny Buchanan Clark<\/strong>, and <strong>Bill Tuohy <\/strong>to the next edition! \u2756 <strong>Doug Fuss<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#105;&#108;&#x74;&#111;:d&#111;&#x75;&#103;&#x6f;&#x75;&#x74;&#50;&#x35;&#x40;g&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\">email Doug<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-0ec543ebebef7aa14b74ce7225d26c4c\"><strong>1962<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Save the date: 65th Reunion\u2014June 10\u201313, 2027!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Annette Lieberman Globits<\/strong> lives three miles from the Pacific Ocean on the border of Huntington Beach, where she indulges in her passions of photography and writing poetry. On <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aglobitsphotos.com\/\">her website<\/a>, she states: \u201cMelding my scientific career as a registered dietitian, where I spent 50 years helping people to make the best possible choices for good health, with my artistic self, I created this visual bouquet of photographs.\u201d She\u2019d love to hear from classmates living in the Southern California area. Contact her via her website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking for <strong>Jack Loose<\/strong>, MS \u201964? He\u2019s not lost, merely relocated. After living in their big house for 60 years, he and his wife moved into independent living in a retirement home in Huntsville, AL, in January. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy social circle still includes lots of Cornellians,\u201d writes <strong>Mike Ernstoff<\/strong>, MS \u201965, who sent along a lovely photo taken last winter in front of his garage in Los Angeles, CA, that you can view in the Classmate News (July 2026) on our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellclassof62.org\/classmate-news\/\">class website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter Slater<\/strong> writes that after he retired in 2013 as provost of TCI College, a technical college in Manhattan founded by Guglielmo Marconi, he continued to work for a while as a consultant on special projects. Then, \u201cto fulfill a lifelong urge and help stave off dementia,\u201d he took up creative writing. \u201cSince 2017, I have published over 25 pieces in literary magazines and anthologies: short stories, flash fiction, satire, parody, essay, and poetry. Links to some of them can be found on <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/pgslater.com\/\">my website<\/a>. I serve as the associate leader of a long-standing writers\u2019 workshop, which meets monthly at the Warner Library in Tarrytown. As for Cornell affiliations, I have joined a recently launched bi-monthly Zoom call with my Tau Delta Phi brothers, which includes <strong>Marc Gerber<\/strong>, <strong>Rick Sommer<\/strong>, <strong>Andy Morris<\/strong>, <strong>Abe Genack<\/strong>, <strong>Alex Steinbergh<\/strong>, <strong>Mickey Alpert<\/strong>, <strong>Buddy Carrey<\/strong>, <strong>Jim Hoffman<\/strong>, <strong>Billy Feldman <\/strong>and<strong> Larry Hoffman<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Save the date: 65th Reunion\u2014June 10\u201313, 2027!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a moment, please, to send along news and updates of what\u2019s happening with you and your family. And check out Classmate News on our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellclassof62.org\/\">class website<\/a> for timelier information. Send your entries to: \u2756 <strong>Judy Prenske Rich<\/strong> (<a href=\"ma&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;:j&#x70;&#114;c&#x6f;m&#49;&#x40;&#x61;o&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email Judy<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-4e7c536d6cd333cc7912740c37cc181b\"><strong>1963<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From your class president, <strong>Paula Trested Laholt<\/strong>: \u201cGreetings, Class of 1963. I hope that summer 2026 has given you a fresh approach to living an enjoyable life. After the winter we had in the Northeast, I can relate to that. In less than two years, we will all be facing a fresh approach at our 65th Reunion. This will be a new challenge for many of us and a continued excitement for others. Please start thinking about what events and activities you would like to see in June 2028, either virtual or on campus. You can contact Reunion chair <strong>Nancy Cooke McAfee<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;:n&#97;n&#x63;&#x79;&#109;&#99;&#x61;&#102;&#x65;&#x65;1&#x32;&#x33;&#64;&#103;&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Nancy<\/a>) with your ideas, and of course any assistance you would like to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nancy also sent a note to me that her son, <strong>Keith \u201991<\/strong>, attended Reunion this year. Keith did report one big difference in campus life. He noted that \u201cfraternities and sororities are no longer the center of social life, nor are the bars in Collegetown. In the phone era, everyone has all their friends immediately accessible, and they meet up at apartments and dorm rooms for impromptu parties. A bottle of wine is much cheaper than drinks at a bar!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wonderful news from Cornell is that one of our classmates, <strong>Marty Lustig<\/strong>, was honored at this year\u2019s Reunion with the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award. This award recognizes alumni who have demonstrated extraordinary service to Cornell through long-term volunteer activity. Consideration is given to the length and depth of activity; donations are not among the criteria used to select honorees. Marty has been involved with the Cornell Club of Mid-America in Kansas City. He and his wife, <strong>Diane Flannery Lustig \u201966<\/strong>, live in Prairie Village, KS. Marty was honored at Reunion and I will have more to share about Marty after the winners are honored this fall. Congratulations, Marty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wonderful news from Cornell is that one of our classmates, <strong>Marty Lustig \u201963<\/strong>, was honored at this year\u2019s Reunion with the Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service Award.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since news from classmates has been very slow, I\u2019ve decided to share a story from the <em>Cornell Daily Sun<\/em> on February 7, 1961. Titled \u201cStudents See New Library on First Day,\u201d it is about the opening of the Olin Library on campus. All of us were there at the time so maybe this will bring back memories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018It certainly was a successful day,\u2019 stated G.F. Shepherd, assistant director of libraries, commenting on the opening day of the John M. Olin Library yesterday. Despite the delays caused by Friday night\u2019s snowstorm, few problems presented to the library staff were not expected. Shepherd commented that students drifted into the library slowly at first, but more and more entered with each change of classes. He mentioned that many seem to be making a \u2018tourist visit,\u2019 looking into \u2018every nook and corner.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe library is holding an open house for students Saturday. Members of the staff will be posted throughout the building to explain the various functions of the building to students. An open house for members of the faculty and their families will be held Sunday. Members of the staff worked over the weekend to bring facilities as close to normal operation as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe card catalogue, which arrived Friday, is installed, but the cards were not filed in these recent arrivals until yesterday. Faster service for book requests will be a certainty when the pneumatic tube system of the circulation desk is in operation. These tubes will carry the requests to the stack levels, and the books will be sent down via conveyor. To date this system is not yet operative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe said that the most gratifying comment was that of a student who said, late in the afternoon, \u2018I couldn\u2019t help it. I just had to come back and see it again.\u2019\u201d Please send me news for future columns. \u2756 <strong>Nancy Bierds Icke <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#110;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x63;&#121;b&#x69;&#x63;ke&#64;&#x67;&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;l&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;&#109;\">email Nancy<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-88bd1b13f75c2987f31bb8ea1c343eb6\"><strong>1964<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>George Weiner<\/strong>, PhD \u201976, writes, \u201cIn 2007, following the death of my wife, I retired from my dual positions as executive-in-residence at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State and Treuhaft Fellow at the Center for Community Solutions, and as an adjunct faculty member at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. While living in Shaker Heights, I chaired the Landmark Commission and was elected to city council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing my retirement, I met and married <strong>Michelle Sussman Weiner<\/strong>, <strong>MAT \u201970<\/strong>, and relocated to Rochester. Last year we became great-grandparents. At 68, I took up sweep rowing and began sculling several years later, and have been at both ever since. When not rowing on the Erie Canal, I enjoy painting\u2014watercolor and acrylics, but not rooms. All our kids, grandkids, and little Emmy are doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Edward Smith<\/strong>, PhD \u201969, reports, \u201cI retired from Michigan State University in 2009. We moved to Kalamazoo, MI, in 2021 to be near our youngest grandkids. I was very happy to return to the Hill again for the 2026 Reunion and sing with the Glee Club. I was proud to sing the sophomore verse of \u2018Song of the Classes\u2019 at Cornelliana Night again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy brief time teaching high school science and math led me back to grad school at Cornell for answers. I went on to get a PhD and spent nearly four decades at Michigan State University, where we found answers to my questions.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1964 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x61;&#98;&#98;&#56;&#51;&#64;&#99;&#111;&#x72;n&#101;&#x6c;l&#x2e;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-43ca5e9a5f7d0dfd98266e6feca2367d\"><strong>1965<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to all who have sent in some news items to <strong>Steve Appell<\/strong> and me, <strong>Joan Hens Johnson<\/strong>. We continue to ask for your reflections on your life and family events!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jeff Kass<\/strong> writes, \u201cD.C. area Class of 1965 alums held a small group dinner on the occasion of <strong>Myron<\/strong> and Michelle <strong>Jacobson<\/strong>\u2019s visit to D.C. At the dinner were Myron and Michelle, Jeff and Dee Kass, <strong>Bruce<\/strong> and <strong>Cosette<\/strong> \u201cCozy\u201d <strong>Nieporent<\/strong> <strong>Smoller \u201967<\/strong>, <strong>Barry Cutler<\/strong>, <strong>Stan<\/strong> <strong>\u201964<\/strong>, BS \u201965, and <strong>Grace Hershberg Morgenstein<\/strong>, and <strong>Jamil<\/strong>, ME \u201966, and Lynn <strong>Sopher<\/strong>. Some of us haven\u2019t gotten together since our Reunion last year and it was great to see everyone. Taking a leaf from <strong>Judy Kellner Rushmore<\/strong>\u2019s Florida lunches, it would be great to make this an annual event with more of our D.C. area \u201965 alums joining us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jeff also commented on a trip he and Dee took with Cornell\u2019s Adult University: \u201cWe just returned from a wonderful trip to Portugal\u2014our first Cornell trip. A great group\u2014of alums, parents of Cornell students, and staff\u2014several of whom live in the Ithaca suburbs. I highly recommend Cornell travel. My life in D.C. includes nonprofit volunteering and rowing on the Potomac.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active always, <strong>Judy Kellner Rushmore<\/strong> explains, \u201cI am currently in a tizzy packing to depart for a family trip to Iceland in less than two days, then departing for my new condo on the Cape in West Harwich for the summer upon my return, while fielding all the unexpected crises that arise when one really does not have time to deal with them! I need more hours in the day and days in the week!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We just returned from a wonderful trip to Portugal\u2014our first Cornell trip. A great group\u2014of alums, parents of Cornell students, and staff.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Jeff Kass \u201965<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>George Arangio<\/strong> and his wife, Judy, have concluded a wonderful vacation with 23 family members in attendance! He shares that the weather was sunny, warm, and windy in Corolla, NC. The extended families enjoy each other\u2019s company. George challenges those of us who do not speak Italian with his statement: \u201cDinner one evening was <em>salsicce, peperoni, e pane<\/em>.\u201d He sends \u201c<em>forte abbraccio<\/em>\u201dto the Class of \u201965. They cruised the northwest San Juan Islands in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the next newsletter we\u2019ll feature an in-depth story of <strong>Jamil Sopher<\/strong>, who traces his love of the wonderful game of p\u00e9tanque through many years, and shares a historical family saga as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My next life adventure has evolved. I\u2019ve sold my house in Andover, MA, as well as my condo in Venice, FL, to move to Jacaranda Trace, a continuing care retirement community in Venice. Happiness is living in a fabulous community with 300 terrific residents, a marvelous staff, activities each day and evening, and wonderful food! I have planned trips to Venice for the symphonies, theatre outings, educational tours, and various museum expositions. A favorite recent trip featured a docent tour of the new Mote Marine Laboratory &amp; Aquarium. It is an extraordinary place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is wonderful when Steve and I hear from our \u201965 classmates. Jeff Kass\u2019s idea of city\/regional gatherings patterned after Judy Rushmore\u2019s lunches in Naples, FL, spark thoughts of potential future good times! All the best. \u2756 <strong>Joan Hens Johnson<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;:&#x6a;&#x6f;&#x61;&#110;&#105;&#112;&#x61;&#x74;&#64;&#103;&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;l&#x2e;c&#111;&#x6d;\">email Joan<\/a>) | <strong>Stephen Appell<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x42;&#105;&#103;&#x52;&#x65;&#x64;&#49;&#57;6&#x35;&#64;&#97;&#x6f;l&#46;&#99;&#111;m\">email Stephen<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-7cb1ff6f9a37a854b46ab8052c2b6de8\"><strong>1966<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 60th Reunion was a great experience. The weekend was balanced with class activities, University programs, and free time to explore, meet with friends, and observe changes to the campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was an exciting time: Thursday\u2019s \u201ctailgate supper\u201d at Schoellkopf; Friday\u2019s breakfast at the Straight, class forum, dedication of the \u201966 Overlook, and class supper; Saturday\u2019s introduction to the Toni Morrison Dining Hall, lunch at the new Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, and class dinner at Klarman Hall; Sunday\u2019s breakfast at the dorm; and various University activities throughout the amazing weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lynn Jones<\/strong> writes from Collierville, TN, that\u2014although he could not attend our 60th\u2014he has fond memories of the 40th and 50th and appreciates that the well-organized programs do much for our class spirit. He took time last year to complete a full Storyworth book that enabled reflections on his abbreviated time at Cornell. Being able to take classes and even work for professors who were leaders in their fields stands out. \u201cA visit to campus in summer 2025 emphasized Cornell\u2019s beauty, especially of the Cornell Botanic Gardens\u2014always a pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Veronica Lee Shantz Patterson<\/strong> writes from Loveland, CO, that she taught at Robichaud High School for a year, then worked at Scott, Foresman, and Company publishers in Chicago, and then returned to Colorado (at Greeley) for five years. After Cornell, she studied at the University of Michigan and earned an EdD. She taught at the University of Northern Colorado and later received her MFA at Warren Wilson College. She has published <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.csupoetrycenter.com\/books\/how-to-make-a-terrarium\"><em>How to Make a Terrarium<\/em><\/a> and several poetry books. Veronica has won the NYU Press Poetry Prize and the Gell Poetry Prize. She and her husband have traveled to Alaska via the Inside Passage, and also to New Zealand. They have two daughters: one is an actor and director in Chicago, and the other has a PhD, is studying theology at Hanover College, and is chair of the social justice education program. Veronica currently teaches poetry and nonfiction at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our two 60th Reunion class gifts, the \u201966 Overlook and the Straight Talk scrapbook, will mark our milestone in perpetuity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Laura Bowman Gray<\/strong>, MAT \u201967, is still working as a professor of developmental psychology in Los Angeles. She is also a docent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She is actively involved as a Cornell Council member and an advisory board member for Cornell\u2019s Adult University. She took CAU\u2019s one-week art history course last summer. Laura and her husband, Phil Lempert, spend summers in New York City, where she works actively with Cornell Cooperative Extension. Along with these activities, she enjoys mentoring young adults through college teaching, and says that she learns as much from them as they learn from her. Her grandson graduated from the University of Sussex, and her granddaughter just started at the University of Brighton. Laura writes that attending Cornell was a pivotal moment in her life, and she fondly recalls the inspiring professors, the universal outlook, the Cornell credo to create positive change in the world, and the students\u2014lifelong friends now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A note from <strong>Alice Katz Berglas<\/strong>, <strong>Mary Jansen Everett<\/strong>, <strong>Jeanne Brown Sander<\/strong>, all the class leadership team: \u201cAs we write, it is July, and the memories of June\u2019s 60th Reunion weekend linger, still fresh, filled with the sunshine spirit of the four days. Messages are still coming to us from classmates who gathered on the Hill, and from classmates who joined \u2018from afar.\u2019 Over 7,000 Cornellians attended\u2014the 5th Reunion class setting a record of over 1,000 classmates back on campus. It was impossible not to be amazed by the Big Red pride across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 65th and 70th Reunions set the examples for us all. Thank you for making our 60th Reunion year the tremendous success that it was. Our two 60th Reunion class gifts, the \u201966 Overlook and the Straight Talk scrapbook, will mark our milestone in perpetuity. It took us all. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA new Cornell year begins! New students taking courses, finding their way, beginning to make Cornell their own. A new year for the Cornell Class of 1966 too! Just like our University, we are always moving forward. Keep in touch, here in this column, by sending in your news, and yes, by sending your dues. (Woo-hoo! Big Red news! Finally, again, the official dues year starts in the fall\u2014which always made the best sense. No need any longer to be confused.) We look forward to sharing it all.\u201d<em> <\/em>\u2756 <strong>Susan Rockford Bittker<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;l&#116;&#x6f;:&#x6c;a&#100;&#121;s&#99;&#105;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x63;&#x40;a&#x6f;&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\">email Susan<\/a>) | <strong>Pete Salinger<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201968<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;l&#x74;o&#x3a;pe&#x74;&#x65;&#82;s&#x61;&#108;i&#x6e;g&#x65;&#114;&#x39;&#x35;&#64;gmai&#108;&#x2e;com\">email Pete<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-165c65be679c233d5257ae1471256061\"><strong>1967<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Judy Silverman Kaufman<\/strong> (Stamford, CT), our Reunion co-chair since our 50th, provides an advance report on our upcoming 60th Reunion next June 10\u201313, 2027: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn June, I attended this year\u2019s 60th Reunion, expertly planned and implemented by <strong>Alice Katz Berglas \u201966<\/strong>, <strong>Mary Jansen Everett \u201966<\/strong>, and <strong>Jeanne Brown Sandler \u201966<\/strong>, Class of \u201966\u2019s Reunion and networking chairs. It was a wonderful event with class and universitywide activities but plenty of time to converse with classmates and explore the vastly enlarged campus. Even the weather cooperated for the most part. We hope to present as exciting and comfortable an experience this coming year (but no promises for the weather).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease plan to attend our 60th Reunion, June 10\u201313, 2027. We will be housed on North Campus in an air-conditioned, mobility-accessible dorm with its own parking lot. Bus transportation will be provided to and from all events! A block of hotel\/motel rooms will be allocated for those who wish to be off-campus. It is not too early to book a room at one of the Ithaca motels. Most have very liberal cancellation policies. (Rooms at the Statler don\u2019t open up until sometime in the New Year.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are already working with caterers and other vendors and service providers. Class president <strong>Margie Greenberg Smith<\/strong>, Reunion co-chair <strong>Dave Darwin<\/strong>, MS \u201968, and I will attend Reunion kick-off, part of the Cornell Volunteer Summit on October 14\u201316, followed by Homecoming festivities. If you\u2019re on campus at any of the activities, look for us at the events starting with Thursday\u2019s State of the University Address and reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome of you who attended our 55th volunteered\u2014or were strong-armed by me\u2014to work on our 60th. I\u2019ll be reaching out to you (if I haven\u2019t already). We welcome input from all classmates and will try to answer your questions and meet your requests as we go along. Most importantly, we implore you to reach out to fellow classmates and encourage them to come to Reunion. See you on campus in June!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have just published my third novel, <em>Aging Is Murder<\/em>, part political satire, part comedy. My husband, <strong>Bruce Cohen \u201965<\/strong>, ME \u201967, promises he\u2019ll visit me in jail.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Joan Klein Cohen \u201967<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ivan Blum<\/strong>, MBA \u201969 (Southbury, CT) reports: \u201cI am in the process of concluding my fourth and last career as a visiting professor at Fairfield University, where I teach international business, business analytics, and statistics. I wanted to stay on at Cornell for my doctorate after receiving my master\u2019s but was reclassified 1A during the Vietnam War and had to end my academic pursuits and find a job with an occupational deferment. So I joined Northrop Corp. in Southern California, spending the next three years working on the Apollo Program, where Northrop had the contract for its landing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen my first daughter was born and I had a draft number, I decided to leave aerospace for a new career in management consulting. I spent the ensuing 30 years as a global management consultant, ultimately as a partner in two large professional services firms, one of which eventually became Deloitte. Domestically, my practice focused primarily on the aerospace, automotive, and technology industries, where I served such clients as Boeing, BMW, Caterpillar, Daimler-Benz, the U.S. Department of Defense, Ford Motor Company, General Dynamics, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, McDonnell Douglas, Raytheon, TRW, and Xerox. Internationally, I also served foreign clients in 15 countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI left management consulting after my second marriage, moving from California to New England. There, I joined IBM (which had offered me a position 30 years earlier when I left Cornell, but without an occupational deferment). I spent a decade with IBM as a director in global services and research and development, then took early retirement to spend my remaining working years in academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am very proud of my four daughters, four granddaughters, and two grandsons. When not spending quality time with them or engaged in academics, I\u2019ve been upgrading my gourmet cooking skills as well as diligently working on lowering my golf handicap. But that latter endeavor has clearly become a triumph of hope over performance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Julia Blank Bentley Macdonald<\/strong> (Ithaca, NY) writes: \u201cAfter my husband passed away in March 2024, I moved to Longview, a senior living community in partnership with Ithaca College. I participate in activities and enjoy making collages and taking writing classes, as well as going to the theater. Life can still be good after retirement and the death of one\u2019s spouse.\u201d <strong>Joan Klein Cohen<\/strong> (Stockbridge, MA) writes: \u201cI have just published my third novel, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/250795142-aging-is-murder\"><em>Aging Is Murder<\/em><\/a>, part political satire, part comedy. My husband, <strong>Bruce \u201965<\/strong>, ME \u201967, promises he\u2019ll visit me in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bruce Berlin<\/strong> (Las Vegas, NV) reports: \u201cI recently published my second book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0996623221?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback\"><em>From Camden to Kathmandu<\/em><\/a><em>: You Don\u2019t Have to Know Where You\u2019re Going to Get Where You Want to Be<\/em>. It\u2019s a memoir about my journey to self-discovery. My first book was <em>Breaking Big Money\u2019s Grip on America<\/em>. My daughter, Gioia, recently got married. I turned 80 last April.\u201d Regarding impactful things he learned at Cornell, Bruce observes, \u201cA lot of factors go into achieving success.\u201d Satisfaction, he adds, comes from \u201cbeing in nature and being in a community of friends.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Richard Hoffman<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;d&#101;&#x72;&#x68;&#111;&#102;&#x66;&#64;&#x79;&#97;&#x68;&#111;&#111;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Richard<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-f7a1520c478d8a787d05d6e3f7b6ce2f\"><strong>1968<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy September! Please send more news and updates. Let us know about what you and your family are doing, your visits with our classmates, or your reflections on your years at Cornell! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marylin <\/strong>\u201cLin\u201d<strong> Beck <\/strong>has brought us up to date since her days on the Hill! Right after graduation, Lin began graduate school at Boston University, then took the law boards and attended Suffolk University Law School evening division, where she met her husband, William. They married in 1976 and both worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. William became the assistant attorney general of the environmental division. After leaving the state government, Lin next worked for a civil law firm, then started her own practice during which she became active in the Massachusetts Bar leadership and served as president of the Massachusetts Bar Association from 1997\u201398. Our classmate <strong>Alice Richmond<\/strong> also served as president, from 1986\u201387! Lin and her husband retired in 2012 to their summer home in Westport, MA, where they currently reside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jay Goldstein<\/strong> is still practicing dermatology three days a week and builds harpsichords in his spare time! He sees retirement \u201cperhaps in the distant horizon.\u201d He also plays drums in a local classic rock and blues band, playing mostly pubs and clubs. Jay, along with our classmate <strong>Jay Waks<\/strong>, JD \u201971, grew up in Paterson, NJ; they met in kindergarten, becoming best friends and, of course, attending Cornell together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Cornell, Jay Goldstein attended Boston University School of Medicine, graduating in 1972. He then interned at Herrick Hospital in Berkeley, CA, and practiced emergency medicine in California and Massachusetts for the next four years. In 1977, Jay began his dermatology training at Boston Medical Center and began the private practice of dermatology in Natick, MA, where he has continued his practice. Jay also serves as an expert witness in dermatology malpractice cases. Jay and Jay keep in close touch, most recently meeting at Cornell this past June, where Jay Goldstein played drums in a Redstock Festival band (Cornell\u2019s answer to Woodstock) at the Statler Auditorium during Reunion 2026 and Jay Waks was at Cornell attending his Cornell Law School Class of 1971 55th Reunion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steve Unger<\/strong>, ME \u201970, reports that 2026 marks 60<sup> <\/sup>years since he started hosting an annual mini-reunion for a small group of his Tau Epsilon Phi (TEP) fraternity brothers and their significant others at his family\u2019s lake house on West Hill Lake in New Hartford, CT. Only one year over this entire 60-year period was Steve forced to cancel this mini-reunion, and that was because of COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been 60<sup> <\/sup>years since <strong>Steve Unger \u201968<\/strong>, ME \u201970, started hosting an annual mini-reunion for a small group of his Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity brothers at his family\u2019s lake house.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the first 20 years or so, repeat guests were <strong>David Muntner<\/strong> (who passed away in 2006) and wife Sally Breckenridge, <strong>Michael Schenker<\/strong>, JD \u201974, and Susan, <strong>Larry<\/strong>, <strong>DVM \u201970<\/strong>, and <strong>Clara Tauber Kahn<\/strong>, and <strong>Harold Sasnowitz<\/strong> and Meryl. The list has expanded to include additional TEP brothers and their spouses: <strong>Charlie Kohn<\/strong> and Susan, <strong>Jim Philip<\/strong>, ME \u201969, and Bev, <strong>Lenny Rappe<\/strong> and Rona, <strong>Joel <\/strong>and <strong>Linda Schwartz Negrin \u201969<\/strong>, and <strong>Rick Simon<\/strong> and Lee Bedsole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yours truly, along with <strong>Sharon Lawner Weinberg<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>PhD \u201971, and <strong>Gordon Silver<\/strong>, attended the inaugural event way back in 1967! According to Steve Unger there is no agenda for the event\u2014\u201cmostly, we just visit and catch up on family news. When the weather is good, we also squeeze in kayaking, sailing, paddleboarding, and swimming. One summer, Jim and Bev came with their own kayaks and tried, with limited success, to teach everyone kayak rolls!\u201d For those interested, there are many YouTube videos available to learn how to do a roll without getting wet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter Susser <\/strong>reports that he and his wife, <strong>Nonie Diamond Susser<\/strong>, have been married 56 years. After 52 years living in Great Neck, NY, they sold their home and now live full time in Boca Raton, FL. They have three children, two of whom, <strong>Wendy Susser Levinbook \u201993<\/strong> and <strong>Carrie Susser Goldin \u201996<\/strong>, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell! Their husbands, <strong>Nick Goldin \u201996<\/strong>, JD \u201999, and <strong>Howie Levinbook \u201991<\/strong>, also graduated from Cornell. Peter and Nonie\u2019s third child, son Andrew, graduated from the University of California. One of their grandchildren, <strong>Emma Levinbook \u201926<\/strong>, just graduated from Cornell, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude. Her cousin <strong>Parker Goldin \u201930<\/strong> is a Cornell freshman. Grandson Ethan graduated from Yale and grandson Max is studying at the University of Miami. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter recalls that the summer after graduation, he and classmate <strong>Robert Kantor<\/strong> had summer jobs in California and drove there in Bob\u2019s Volkswagen Beetle. Peter continues to stay in touch with Bob, as well as with classmates <strong>Rob Kaplow<\/strong>,<strong> Bob Swersky<\/strong>, and <strong>Jeffrey Kaiden \u201969<\/strong>, who was his \u201cLittle Brother\u201d at Sigma Alpha Mu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Cornell, Peter received his MBA from NYU in 1970 and went to work for the Chase Manhattan Bank, \u201cwhere I had a very nice career going\u2014until I hit \u2018a ceiling.\u2019 I realized I was never going to be able to achieve my goals, so I quit a cradle-to-grave job, borrowed a huge amount of money, risked my life savings and all of my assets, and bought a wholesale jewelry company on 47th Street. We sold jewelry findings and watch materials all over the country, as well as to South and Central America.\u201d That business, DRS Jewelry (the initials of the original owners), remains in operation today, now in its 77th year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I look forward to receiving more news and updates from all of you! Please email me about you and your family with news you would like to share with our classmates. \u2756<strong> Steve Weinberg<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201970<\/strong>, <strong>JD \u201971 <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;:&#x53;&#116;e&#x76;&#x65;n&#46;W&#x65;in&#x62;&#101;&#x72;&#x67;&#x40;&#x52;&#70;&#x42;&#x69;n&#x64;&#101;&#114;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\">email Steve<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-acce64c2fdfb2761f77d181b0eb4f029\"><strong>1969<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our classmate <strong>Charlotte Bruska Gardner<\/strong> accompanied her father, <strong>Walt Bruska \u201950<\/strong>, to his 65th Reunion in 2015. The Class of 1950 had commissioned <strong>Brad Edmondson \u201981<\/strong> to create a written history of their times, as well as a video (<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/upstate-history-documentaries-class-century\/\">which can be viewed here<\/a>) that was shown at the Saturday night Reunion dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the help of some of the material in the video, Charlotte has written her recollections of what Cornell meant to one family, and probably many more. She has shared her remembrance, titled \u201cGrowing up in Cornell\u2019s Vetsburg,\u201d with us here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My father, <strong>Walter<\/strong> \u201cWalt\u201d <strong>Bruska \u201950<\/strong>, liked to joke that after surviving World War II and then playing varsity football at Cornell, there was very little left in life that could intimidate him. But one of the biggest adjustments of his life may actually have come in 1946, when he returned from the war with a determination to build a future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After graduating from Mohawk High School in 1943, he had enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served in the Pacific Theater. During the war he married his high school sweetheart, Anne King. Like thousands of returning veterans across America, he came home with the discipline of military service and the uncertainty of what came next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GI Bill opened doors that might otherwise never have existed for many young men of his generation, including my father. He thought Cornell was out of his reach\u2014but was encouraged by a coach and mentor to apply. To his amazement, he and my mother were soon headed to Ithaca so he could enroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornell in 1946 was not the quiet, traditional prewar campus. Cornell archivist emerita <strong>Elaine Deutsch Engst<\/strong>, <strong>MA \u201972<\/strong>, noted that during the war, Cornell became, to a large extent, a military institution. In 1946, the University was being transformed again, almost overnight, by the return of veterans. Married students with wives and even children suddenly became a new and major part of campus life. Housing shortages existed everywhere in America after the war, and Ithaca and Cornell were no exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To meet the emergency, Cornell created what became known as \u201cVetsburg.\u201d The little community was built from temporary wartime housing units that had originally been used for workers at an aluminum plant in Massena, NY. The structures were dismantled, trucked to Ithaca, and erected near the Ag campus as apartments for married veterans. A <em>New York Times <\/em>article in March 1946 reported that 100 veterans and their spouses, many with children, had begun \u201csetting up housekeeping\u201d there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking back now, what strikes me most about Vetsburg is how temporary it was intended to be\u2014and yet how enduring its impact became.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Charlotte Bruska Gardner \u201969<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my parents and many others, Vetsburg was not simply housing. It was a bridge to civilian life. The apartments themselves were small and utilitarian. Nobody confused them with luxury accommodations. They had been designed as temporary wartime structures, but the families who lived there transformed them into homes. A <em>Cornell Daily Sun<\/em> article in April 1946 noted that young wives had planted flowers and curtains appeared in windows. There were community gardens. Neighbors watched each other\u2019s children and shared the daily realities of student life and tight budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My father later spoke warmly about the camaraderie that developed among the veterans at Cornell. Many were older and more focused than traditional undergraduates. They had already experienced responsibilities and hardships far beyond campus life. Dad quickly distinguished himself not only as a student but also as an athlete. Football became an important part of his Cornell years, and he excelled on the field during a period when intercollegiate athletics were themselves being reshaped by returning servicemen. Many postwar teams were older, tougher, and more mature because of the veterans who filled their rosters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet when our family talked about those years, it was often the stories of everyday life in Vetsburg that surfaced most vividly. Our parents told us stories about improvised furniture and scarce money, but endless optimism. My younger sister and I were both born while our parents were living there. According to journalist <strong>Brad Edmonson \u201981<\/strong>, many residents joked that Vetsburg should be called \u201cFertility Valley.\u201d We were lucky to have a two-bedroom unit. My mother remembered the intensity of Ithaca winters in those drafty buildings and the ingenuity required to stretch every dollar. But there was tremendous hope. Education represented opportunity, stability, and movement into a new middle-class American life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the war, the University itself was adapting rapidly too. Cornell had to quickly expand housing, classrooms, and services to accommodate the flood of veterans. Temporary buildings appeared all across campus. Married students, once relatively uncommon, became an important part of Cornell\u2019s postwar identity. When I was 5, Dad bought a parcel of land directly across the street from Vetsburg and helped build our own house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transition afforded by Cornell shaped my father permanently. After graduating in 1950, he remained closely connected to the University. He became an assistant to the president of Cornell, as well as serving as an assistant football coach. Near the end of my junior year at Ithaca High School we moved to Wilbraham, MA, where Dad was VP at Springfield College. His years at Cornell helped define both his professional life and his understanding of leadership, teamwork, and public service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Wilbraham, all I wanted was to return to Ithaca and Cornell! Lucky me, I got the chance. Looking back now, what strikes me most about Vetsburg is how temporary it was intended to be\u2014and yet how enduring its impact became. And those veterans changed Cornell too\u2014into a more open and accommodating institution. The Vetsburg buildings eventually disappeared, but the community they fostered left a lasting mark not just on me, but on an entire generation\u2014and nurtured lifelong connections to Cornell. \u2756 <strong>Class of 1969 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;il&#116;o&#58;&#97;&#x62;b83&#64;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;e&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;e&#100;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">1970s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-f8cf03233f4c4b6aa1a74f85fcaaae57\"><strong>1970<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sitting at my computer in the north suburbs of Chicago, around 10:30 a.m., a Cornell alert for the Ithaca campus about severe weather appeared on my phone. Interestingly, the same type of alert appeared here, accompanied by sirens and warnings of possible tornadoes just last night, at about 10 p.m. Looking at radar maps, it appeared to be the same weather that had traveled further east. So many things have changed, with more energy in our atmosphere making weather much more concerning in daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something from my Cornell past is making me feel for earlier times. I have a white coffee cup sitting in front of me, definitely a souvenir of a much earlier Cornell Reunion. On one side is our class number, 70, with the name Cornell superimposed on it, while on the other side is a bear, with sunglasses and a necktie, leaning on a large letter \u201cC.\u201d Can someone in the Class of 1970 tell me what Reunion that is from? And sitting on a shelf above is another can with a handle, labeled \u201cCornell Class Reunion 1975\u201d and a logo of a local brand of beer, from our very first formal Reunion, now 51 years ago!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why all this history? Well, just a couple of weeks ago (from this writing) was Reunion weekend at Cornell. And your correspondent was there! The formal weekend was for the years ending in ones and sixes. Yet there is another less-formal group, for those who just want an excuse to be at Reunion, the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/continuous-reunion-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continuous Reunion Club<\/a> (CRC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once a non-recognized group, CRC has become a significant part of regular Reunions for those who just can\u2019t wait for five years between gatherings. Now with a headquarters and specific assigned rooms, it is much like regular class Reunions, but with a bit less structure and fewer programs. And I was there, yet again, celebrating the group\u2019s 120th year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to participating in this, one of my Johnson School classmates had suggested an extended time in the area, exploring more of the Finger Lakes region, and, specifically, visiting some of the wineries. And so we did, with beautiful weather, various places to visit and things to see, and tasting (and purchasing) extraordinary wines, along with marvelous meals at small restaurants in the area. Definitely worth the time and expense, since one is not that far away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was there, yet again, celebrating the Continuous Reunion Club\u2019s 120th year!<\/p>\n<cite><strong>John Cecilia \u201970<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201979<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charles Adelman<\/strong>, JD \u201973 (New York, NY) organized a reunion in Miami of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity brothers <strong>Stephen Steinberg<\/strong>, <strong>Allan Reich<\/strong>, <strong>Steven Meyerson<\/strong>, <strong>Arthur Litowitz<\/strong>, and<strong> Steven Kunkes \u201969<\/strong>, as well as Becky Van Buren, widow of <strong>Jeff Baer <\/strong>(yes, the Cornell Bear), together with spouses, for brunch and a performance of the Miami City Ballet. They also keep in regular touch with brothers <strong>Stuart Lemle<\/strong>, <strong>Fred Chanania<\/strong>, <strong>Ken Gilstein<\/strong>,<strong> Jon Gellman<\/strong>, and <strong>Morrie Sandler \u201969<\/strong>, and try to get as many Pi Lams back for our reunions as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steve Ludsin\u00a0<\/strong>(East Hampton, NY) has thought it would be helpful for classmates to create digital versions of photos and artifacts from our years at Cornell to provide a digital time capsule. He writes, \u201cI have been immersed in using Google\u2019s AI program NotebookLM (which I call &#8220;Ludsin Megaphone&#8221;) and the results are exciting. I create video explainers that embellish my letters to the editor, advocacy pieces, and daily journal entries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am highly satisfied raising the level of my communication to my friends, BFFs, and acquaintances by using the AI-generated videos with my content I collected using my ScanSnap or HP scanners. I recently added a Ricoh portable monitor and Bluetooth speaker to have my own traveling drive-in theater to run my videos. I upload the masterpieces to YouTube and I have my own marketing studio. I was always a self-promoter and now that I rely on NotebookLM, I can add a side gig to provide those videos for interested people to tell their stories.\u201d He finds that his \u201cbi-coastal life on the same coast\u201d is a way to keep equilibrium in his life, traveling between New York City and East Hampton, NY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attending Cornell changed the trajectory of Steve\u2019s life by helping him expand his people\/person skills to enhance his schmoozing lifestyle. \u201cI learn about people by listening to them. I thought about starting my own talk show and calling it \u2018No One Has a Chance to Talk!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As always, you may contact me directly, or you may use the university\u2019s standard form, the <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/class-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online news form<\/a>. Please send something! \u2756 <strong>John Cecilia<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201979<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;ail&#116;o&#x3a;&#x6a;&#108;&#99;&#x65;&#x63;&#x69;l&#105;&#97;&#x39;6&#64;g&#x6d;ail&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email John<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-7a6c43ac6e3e3f56311abe1018f862a6\"><strong>1971<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 150 attended our 55th Reunion in June, 50% more than anticipated, and some for the first time. In 1967, 2,350 of us entered (and 2,200 graduated).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reunion was magical\u2014it gave us energy and was also exhausting! The trust created by a shared sense of yesteryear\u2019s \u201ctime and place\u201d buoyed our wide-ranging conversations\u2014about current issues, campus memories, footprints in the worlds of work, travel, play, reading, family, and friends, and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can\u2019t thank these people enough for Reunion planning and execution: <strong>Kathy Menton Flaxman<\/strong>, <strong>Gilda Klein Linden<\/strong>, <strong>Naomi Katz Mintz<\/strong>, <strong>Arthur Mintz<\/strong>, <strong>Dale Cohen<\/strong>, <strong>David Beale<\/strong>, <strong>Martha Coultrap<\/strong>, <strong>Sandie Feinman Antar<\/strong>, and <strong>Mitch <\/strong>(and<strong> <\/strong>Randie)<strong> Weisberg<\/strong>. Also <strong>Craig Ewing<\/strong>, MBA \u201972, who could not attend. Class of \u201971\u2019s schedule was packed in addition to the ambitious University agenda that included museum, library, and departmental collection exhibits; academic, Greek, and affinity group receptions; bus, walking, and garden tours; balloon rides; gorge hikes; canoeing; rappelling; and professor talks on everything from A(I) to Z. (Visit the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/come-back\/reunion\/\">Reunion webpage<\/a> to learn what you missed.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a Service of Remembrance at Sage Chapel. Our class tent outside Toni Morrison Hall on (way) North Campus had our cider tasting and talk on Thursday. Trillium was the Saturday site of after-dinner remarks by Provost Kavita Bala. We collaborated with the Arts College to bring Ambre<strong> <\/strong>Dromgoole (assistant professor, Africana studies and music) to a wide audience in Klarman Hall for her presentation, \u201cThe Music That Moved Us: How Soul Powered the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some missed classmates <strong>Bob<\/strong> and <strong>Nina Gordon Schwartz<\/strong> playing at the jazz\/R&amp;B \u201cRedstock\u201d concert Saturday night at Statler Auditorium. Many missed most of the late-night dancing in Arts Quad tents. There were buses that ferried some, some reserved with the university-provided car service, and at least one classmate confessed to hitchhiking a few times. Don\u2019t tell her children!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Class of \u201971 History Project was eye-opening, even to those who\u2019ve participated in its regular virtual meetings, thanks to Naomi and her committee (Dale, Craig, Arthur, and Kathy). At our dorm HQ, the project displayed classmate-donated memorabilia and created an interactive mural. All have been delivered to <strong>Evan Earle \u201902<\/strong>, MS \u201914, University archivist. Check out our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornell71.org\/\">class website<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Cornell.1971\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll like these numbers: In fiscal year 2026, 461 donors raised over $31,433,322, including $496,074 in our Annual Fund. We exceeded our goal of 55 (!) Tower Club donors by three gifts of over $10,000. And here\u2019s a bit more: lifetime giving from classmates exceeds $175,000,000!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We visited the Collegetown house where we had rented a basement apartment in 1971. The owner saw us and allowed a peek.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Elisabeth Kaplan<\/strong> <strong>Boas \u201971<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following slate was elected to serve until June 30, 2031: co-presidents <strong>Martha Coultrap<\/strong> and <strong>David Beale<\/strong>; vice presidents <strong>Laurie Berke-Weiss<\/strong> and <strong>Gayle Yeomans<\/strong>; membership chairs <strong>Dale Cohen<\/strong>, <strong>Mitch Weisberg<\/strong>, and <strong>Maria Yurasek<\/strong>; secretaries Martha Coultrap and <strong>Linda Germaine-Miller<\/strong>; class correspondents <strong>Elisabeth Kaplan Boas<\/strong> and <strong>Ken Werker<\/strong>; treasurers <strong>Arthur Mintz<\/strong> and <strong>Peter Gilman<\/strong>; Reunion chair <strong>Katherine Menton Flaxman<\/strong>; affinity chairs Dale Cohen and Mitch Weisberg; website community manager <strong>Craig Ewing<\/strong>; class historians <strong>Naomi Katz Mintz<\/strong> and <strong>Kathleen Ellison<\/strong> <strong>Lindeman<\/strong>; and class council members <strong>Sandie Feinman Antar<\/strong>, <strong>Rick Furbush<\/strong>, <strong>Shelley Smith Johnson<\/strong>, <strong>Gilda Klein Linden<\/strong>, <strong>Martha Hurd Meredith<\/strong>, <strong>Barbara Brem Noveau<\/strong>, and <strong>Daiva Tucker Woodworth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReunion surpassed even my high expectations,\u201d reports enthusiast <strong>Marcia Wities Orange<\/strong> (Fort Lee, NJ). \u201cCornell historian <strong>Corey Ryan Earle \u201907<\/strong> helped us look back on our tumultuous time on the Hill. President Kotlikoff\u2019s State of the University Address reinforced support of the administration with insights into its process and current challenges.\u201d She adds, \u201cOn a personal note, I loved getting reacquainted with classmates and sharing stories of our now-adult lives. Thank you to everyone who made the trip back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also on a personal note: One of Reunion\u2019s many surprises for your correspondent was hearing my childhood name called by a voice booming across the class dinner at Trillium: \u201cBetty Kaplan!\u201d No one has called me that way in decades. <strong>Joe McCourt<\/strong>, ME \u201972, and <strong>Burke McCormack<\/strong> strode toward me, and we all had broad smiles on our faces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe shared: \u201cAs freshmen, <strong>Ignatios<\/strong> <strong>Hadjiloukas<\/strong>, ME \u201972, was in U-Hall 5202, I was in U-Hall 5203, Burke was in U-Hall 5204, and <strong>Rick Boas<\/strong>, MD \u201975, was in U-Hall 5206. Barbara and I spent a lot of time with Burke and Iggy. We were disappointed that the State Street Diner dropped the Tully Burger from its menu (but fortunately still includes the Bo Burger). We visited the Collegetown house where we had rented a basement apartment in 1971. The owner saw us and allowed a peek. The old linoleum floor was replaced, but it had the same pipes running along the ceiling, the same tiny kitchen cabinets, and the same clawfoot bathtub. We took pictures and sent them to the kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe attended Sunday Mass at Sage Chapel and met the priest. We told him that prior to our wedding in 1971, a radical priest at Cornell signed our Pre-Cana certificate (required to be married in the Catholic church) without bothering to give us any of the mandatory marriage preparation classes. It seems our marriage could be invalid in the eyes of the church, and, if so, we may have to take makeup classes and get married. He is checking the records and will notify us if there an issue. So far, we have heard nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Henrehan<\/strong>, BS \u201976, tells us he spends his retirement socializing: \u201cDinner once a month with former recreational volleyball teammate; swing dancing on most Mondays; hustle dancing twice a month on Saturdays; then there\u2019s the men\u2019s group at my funky Unitarian church\u2014that\u2019s twice a month; and there\u2019s trivia night at my Elks Lodge. I watch movies and shows with my \u2018TV wife\u2019 about twice a week. A gal-pal and I investigate every happy hour in Alexandria, VA, each Tuesday. And I visit my daughter, her husband, and my grandson about once a month. Busy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We received sad news that <strong>Susan Stevens Suarez<\/strong> died in June. Devoted wife of Wayne Gottlieb, mother, grandmother, friend, and Cornell scientist, she collaborated with biologists, biochemists, physicists, mechanical engineers, statisticians, and other specialists worldwide to optimize research. A newly discovered fish species, <em>Ogilbia suarezae<\/em>, was named in her honor. She was also active in Dryden, NY, town politics and many local service projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friends, take note. <strong>Ken Werker<\/strong>, our newest class co-correspondent, may be persuadable to us writing fiction should we lack input from you. \u2756 <strong>Elisabeth Kaplan<\/strong> <strong>Boas<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#108;t&#x6f;&#58;&#x65;&#107;b7&#64;&#x63;or&#x6e;e&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#101;d&#x75;\">email Elisabeth<\/a>) | <strong>Ken Werker<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#75;enne&#x74;&#x68;&#x25;&#50;&#x30;We&#x72;&#x6b;&#101;&#x72;%&#x32;&#x30;&#x25;&#x33;&#99;&#x6b;e&#x6e;&#46;&#119;&#101;&#x72;&#107;&#x65;&#x72;&#64;&#x67;&#109;&#97;i&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;m%3e\">email Ken<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-ef369dc51dadef8b1094e07b663f57ce\"><strong>1972<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fellow classmates, this is <strong>Wes Schulz<\/strong>, ME \u201973, your class correspondent who produces this column. Your input is appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to <strong>Gary Goldberg<\/strong>, DVM \u201976, for the following update: \u201cI met my wife, Sharna Kahn, over six years ago on a South American cruise from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile. Two weeks later, I visited her in Boquete, Panama. After COVID caused the Republic of Panama to close its borders, we had an eight-month relationship over calls that were two to four hours long. Eventually, we purchased an eight-acre farm and now grow coffee. It also serves as the site for one of the few equine embryo-transfer operations in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI bought my wife her horse. We also now have four dogs, two cats, and a miniature swine named Porky. We converted an old bodega into a one-bedroom rental and plan to complete a two-bedroom rental later this year. Our coffee received a cupping rating of 84.25, making it a specialty coffee with a slight chocolate and cinnamon aftertaste. We have bananas, pineapples, oranges, lemons, and limes growing on the property. Restoration of a greenhouse will soon be completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have gone off the grid by using our own solar power. We have completed drilling a well. One of our renters is a Costa Rican veterinarian. We adopted Amanda, her husband, Carlos, and their two children, Pilar and Andres. We now have a large number of relatives and friends from Panama and Costa Rica as our new extended family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We purchased an eight-acre farm in Panama and now grow coffee. It also serves as the site for one of the few equine embryo-transfer operations in the country.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Gary Goldberg \u201972, DVM \u201976<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur house is on two levels with two guest rooms and a full kitchen below. We are located 35 minutes from David, Panama, and enjoy living in paradise. If any of my classmates are planning a trip here, let me know. If any folks are thinking about retiring here, we have helped many with the details. Adios. Hasta luego.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 55th Reunion will be June 10\u201313, 2027. <strong>Nancy Roistacher<\/strong> (our dedicated class president) encourages everyone to join in the planning and celebration of our 55th Reunion year. We will have a lot to celebrate and a lot to be thankful for. The class treasury will subsidize our 55th Reunion to make it more affordable. The class also plans to subsidize local events around the country as well, so more classmates will have the opportunity to get together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many members of the class came to our 50th Reunion in 2022, but a significant number still felt constrained by COVID and did not attend. Nancy hopes that many of those who did not feel comfortable in 2022 are now planning on coming in 2027!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our class has scheduled some events in the past years and plans to arrange more. The coming year will provide other opportunities for our classmates to get together either in person or virtually. We encourage everyone to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s the news for now. I am really looking forward to next June. I have been to every one of our class Reunions and highly recommend that people attend. Start making plans now and encourage your friends to be there with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to all who have written in. Keep the news coming! As always, you may contact me directly, or use the University\u2019s standard <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online news form<\/a>. \u2756 <strong>Wes Schulz<\/strong>, <strong>ME \u201973 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#x77;&#x65;&#x73;&#99;&#104;u&#108;&#122;&#52;4&#64;&#103;&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;l&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email Wes<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-507986e878ef8916ab053850ab9e6f1f\"><strong>1973<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our class is likely preoccupied with grandchildren and transoceanic travel, and so I am feeling lonely here at the Class of \u201973 correspondents newsroom. Not much correspondence. I myself haven\u2019t had time to correspond because, like so many of you, <strong>Patti Miller Ross \u201972<\/strong> and I have found that downsizing is not the joyous journey into nostalgia that we thought it would be. It\u2019s one of those full-time jobs where you live at the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our case, the fundamental mistake was not starting the process the moment the kids left. At first we kept their rooms as shrines in case they got famous, but even when we finally realized they were gone for good (and not famous) we stayed put in the big house because\u2014eureka! We had inherited two free in-house storage lockers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alas, the problem with storage lockers is that you eventually forget what\u2019s in them, and (worse) fail to realize the sheer size of the accumulating payload.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several times in our downsizing process I was ready to declare the house empty, only to open a forgotten closet bearing more buried treasure. I suspected that we were the victims of reverse burglaries\u2014perverse criminal gangs who torture downsizers by sneaking in and offloading unread paperbacks and old souvenirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Patti Miller Ross \u201972<\/strong> and I have found that downsizing is not the joyous journey into nostalgia that we thought it would be.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Dave Ross \u201973<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I can now report that 14 months after my original (clearly overoptimistic) deadline, we\u2019ve officially changed addresses and are ready to start filling the new smaller place. Which won\u2019t be a problem because of the huge head start provided by our larger place. The challenge now is that (as I learned in Physics 201) two solid objects cannot simultaneously occupy the same space without a catastrophic release of energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yet we all know that there are many things that, although they have no market value or practical use, cannot be discarded until it\u2019s a choice between clearing the bed or sleeping in the backyard inside the 30-year-old eight-person tent I saved just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now to our news item: <strong>Steven Fruchtman<\/strong> reports that life as a retired doc and biotech executive is rather boring. His favorite pastime was sports, but as that becomes more difficult, his focus is on his three kids\u2014of whom he is justly proud because all three followed his example and are working in healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steven writes, \u201cMy oldest works in the ER at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and is getting married at the end of August. Hoping some Cornellians attend. My younger daughter is at Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia, going for a PhD in behavior and education, and her twin brother is a medical intern at Stony Brook. I hope with a new knee I can return to playing some sport, any sport other than golf. Stay well, all!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations Steve\u2014and to those of you too busy to correspond this month for whatever reason, I feel your exhaustion. But we\u2019re only in our 70s, so get busy! Don\u2019t force me to re-run old columns because\u2014guess what\u2014I\u2019ve saved them all! \u2756 <strong>Dave Ross<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;d&#x61;&#x76;&#x65;&#x40;d&#x61;&#x76;&#x65;&#x72;o&#x73;&#x73;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Dave<\/a>) |<strong> Phyllis Haight Grummon<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x70;&#x68;&#103;&#x33;&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;l&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x65;&#100;&#x75;\">email Phyllis<\/a>) | <strong>Pam Meyers<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;o&#x3a;&#x70;s&#109;&#x65;y&#x65;&#114;&#115;7&#x33;&#64;&#103;&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;l&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Pam<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-18dcfef235042b4eb25bee1556d28176\"><strong>1974<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lois Freeman Bennett<\/strong> writes, \u201cI recently attended Cornell Black Alumni Association\u2019s (CBAA) 50th reunion in Washington, DC, in April and it was wonderful to see so many classmates I knew from my campus days. There were at least 20 from the 1970s classes and quite a few from \u201974. The weekend events were amazing! I have attended the majority of CBAA\u2019s reunions over the 50 years and it\u2019s been wonderful catching up with or keeping in contact with not only my classmates, but also more recent grads whom I met throughout the years. Congratulations to CBAA for keeping us connected to Cornell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jose Ramos<\/strong> reports that he\u2019s been working on a new startup. \u201cThis fall we disrupt elder loneliness with UberCARE\u2014affordable eldercare from afar.\u201d You can <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kin-keepers.care\/\">learn more here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Roberta Bandel Walcer <\/strong>shares that her husband, <strong>Lou Walcer<\/strong>, retired from his position as director of Cornell\u2019s Center for Life Science Ventures in July 2025. \u201cHe is keeping busy: the College of Engineering appointed him to be visiting professor of practice and executive in residence, supporting the College\u2019s \u2018Combined Innovation Collaborative\u2019 classes for graduate engineering students. Lou has enjoyed the student interaction &#8230; but notes that on-campus parking is just as difficult now as it was when we were students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAdditionally, Lou serves as a subject matter expert for startup company formation, incubation, development, and investment in the Commercial Law Development Program\u2014offered jointly by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. State Department\u2014to foster economic development in other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roberta also retired from her work as a legal nurse consultant in December 2024. She is keeping busy during retirement also, volunteering at Ithaca\u2019s History Center and the Tompkins County Public Library. She recently completed training and is now certified by New York State as a long-term care ombudsman and is working as a volunteer out of the Tompkins County Office of the Aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lou and Roberta are working through their \u201cbucket list\u201d travel. Since retirement, they\u2019ve toured the Canadian Maritimes, Chile, Antarctica, and Argentina, and are planning for new adventures in the future. \u2756<strong> Linda Meyers Geyer<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;:&#x6c;&#105;&#110;&#100;&#x61;ge&#121;e&#x72;&#x32;&#x30;&#x40;g&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Linda<\/a>) | <strong>Betsy Moore<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#x62;e&#x74;&#x73;y&#109;o&#111;&#114;e&#x35;&#50;&#x40;&#x67;&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#109;\">email Betsy<\/a>) | <strong>Perry Jacobs<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x65;&#122;r&#97;&#x63;&#x37;&#52;&#x40;&#x79;a&#104;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x2e;c&#x6f;m\">email Perry<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-d45294d7f0847bef3b173caf7b546e93\"><strong>1975<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is late June and our 50th Reunion is on my mind. I periodically hear from classmates about disappointments over recent University decisions. Cornell is not perfect, but I try to concentrate on the fact that it helped mold me into who I am now\u2014and that I met some of the most important people in my life there! And those four days in June (the best time to visit!) always reminds me of that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before providing some class news, I am looking for some guest columnists. This will NOT be a regular obligation. If you get together with classmates at a sorority\/fraternity\/dorm\/team get-together, why not send in a summary with what you did at the get-together, who was there, and what they are up to? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On to some classmate news:<strong> Matthew Sieger<\/strong> writes from Martinez, CA, that he recently had a new book published, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/163132280X?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback\"><em>In My Humble Opinion<\/em><\/a><em>: Musings of a Sports Columnist<\/em>. He previously wrote <em>The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978<\/em>. Both are available at Amazon. Matt retired as a sports reporter covering high school sports for the <em>Vacaville Reporter<\/em> in 2021. We now know what he has been doing since! Matt has been married since 1981; they have three children and three grandchildren. Matt\u2019s favorite memories from the Hill include writing about sports for the <em>Cornell Daily Sun<\/em>, and one of his favorite classes was a children\u2019s literature class taught by professor and author Alison Lurie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another class author is <strong>Mark Powers<\/strong>. He recently launched his fifth novel, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hawksbillpress.com\/\"><em>The Warrior and The Woodpecker<\/em><\/a>. Mark retired from Duke University as an associate professor emeritus of medicine and began his writing career. He also took a deep dive into beekeeping, which led to the presidency of the county beekeeping association and certification as a Master Beekeeper. Mark keeps in touch with roommates <strong>Tom Berry<\/strong>, ME \u201976, and <strong>Howie Green<\/strong> (until his passing in 2024) and engineering and Sperry friends <strong>Peter Herzog<\/strong>, <strong>Wayne Henderson<\/strong>, <strong>Andy Talkington<\/strong>, ME \u201976, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark and wife <strong>Karen Lauterbach<\/strong> live in Chapel Hill, NC. They have two sons and three grandsons. Karen retired as director at RTI Press at RTI International. She is a certified beekeeper, a Master Gardener, and a Master Naturalist in training, and takes classes at the Duke Osher Lifelong Living Institute and at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Karen is learning photography, participating in citizen science projects in Duke Forest, and trying to keep up with three book clubs. She enjoys hiking in Duke Forest, cycling on the American Tobacco Trail, and traveling to volcanic islands (Iceland, the Azores, Hawaii) and other places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mark Powers \u201975<\/strong> took a deep dive into beekeeping, which led to the presidency of the county beekeeping association and certification as a Master Beekeeper.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Richard Kapuscinski<\/strong> is retired and living in Springfield, VA. Rich is \u201cPoppy\u201d to five grandchildren, \u201cDad\u201d to three adult children and their spouses, and \u201cKap\u201d to his wife of almost 50 years. They married in Anabel Taylor Chapel. After Cornell and master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from Harvard, his life as an environmental engineer covered two phases: 1980\u201387 as an assistant professor at two state universities (Vermont and Michigan) teaching about drinking water quality, wastewater treatment, and environmental microbiology and conducting related research; and 1988\u20132024 helping regulated entities identify and fulfill their obligations regarding cleanup of contaminated groundwater and land pursuant to federal or state regulations, while working in the D.C. area at consulting firms and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. His current part-time volunteer activities include gleaning excess fruit, vegetables, fish, and meat from local grocery stores and providing those foods to a local food bank that can be accessed by folks in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Randi Kanuk Dauler<\/strong> lives in Pittsburgh, PA. After moving to Pittsburgh in 1988, she turned her focus to philanthropic leadership, serving on nonprofit boards, and she currently serves as a trustee of a charitable foundation. In 2015, when her husband, Van, of 32 years passed away, she became board chair of his family\u2019s 100-year-old company, Neville Chemical Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mike Zak<\/strong> lives in Concord, MA, and is retired as general partner at Charles Rivers Ventures and is a trustee emeritus at Cornell and member of its president\u2019s council. He was the founder of Cornell\u2019s program on China and Asia-Pacific studies. After graduation, he spent 49 months in the U.S. Marine Corps, completing Cold War deployments throughout the western Pacific, East Asia, and West Germany. He spent time after Harvard Business School in the greater Boston area in the high-tech sector, mostly doing some form of telecommunications or computer networking. He now spends lots of time with nonprofits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Steve Foreman<\/strong> lives in San Francisco, CA, where he has pursued a career as a psychiatrist, had a private practice, done research, and lectured on how psychotherapy works. He authored a book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1439251932?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback\"><em>Breaking the Spell<\/em><\/a><em>: Understanding Why Kids Do the Very Thing That Drives You Crazy<\/em>. He has been on the board and is past president of the San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group. He and wife Jennifer enjoy their three grown children and first grandchild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The above contributions were mostly from news snippets from classmates sending in emails to Cornell that I enhanced by going to our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cornell.brightcrowd.com\/1975-50th-reunion\">Memory Book at Brightcrowd<\/a>. The book closed June 30, 2026 for new additions, but is still open for reading about classmates. Take a gander, check out old friends, and click the links to contact them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please continue to send us highlights of your life and we will share the news in our upcoming columns (we promise!) \u2756 <strong>Deb Gellman<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201982<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x64;&#115;&#x67;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;man&#x40;&#x68;o&#x74;&#x6d;a&#105;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Deb<\/a>) | <strong>Karen DeMarco Boroff<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;o:&#x6b;ar&#x65;&#x6e;&#46;&#x62;&#111;&#114;&#111;f&#x66;&#x40;&#x73;&#x68;&#x75;&#x2e;&#x65;&#100;u\">email Karen<\/a>) | <strong>Joan Pease<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;j&#97;&#x70;ea&#115;&#101;&#x31;&#48;&#51;&#x32;&#x40;&#97;&#x6f;&#x6c;&#46;c&#x6f;&#109;\">email Joan<\/a>) | <strong>Mike Tannenbaum<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#109;&#x69;&#x6b;&#x65;&#x2e;&#116;&#x61;n&#110;e&#110;&#98;&#x61;&#117;&#109;&#53;&#x33;&#64;g&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#46;c&#x6f;m\">email Mike<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1e6daba78fbbc1df74cf946c2a3b24e4\"><strong>1976<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some news came in before Reunion. <strong>Philip Loud<\/strong> wrote that he retired in 2010 and has lived on the Leelanau Peninsula of Northern Michigan since then. Both of Philip and Jennifer\u2019s sons live nearby in Traverse City, and they have three grandchildren and one on the way. He is involved in the local clean energy group, in the Lions Club, and with assisting a nonprofit to develop affordable housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their community, especially in the off-season, is predominately folks age 70+ with lots of thoughts on our current administration. When not volunteering and whining about the world, Philip is boating, skiing, biking, and trying to keep his failing joints up to date with titanium and ceramics. He wished that he could have attended Reunion, but a knee replacement and the pending birth of a grandchild took precedence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also missing Reunion, <strong>Lynda Gavigan Halttunen<\/strong> and <strong>Steven Leigh \u201973<\/strong>, BS \u201975, recently returned from a 21-day transatlantic cruise to England and Norway on the <em>Queen Mary 2<\/em>. They were celebrating Steven\u2019s 75th birthday. They spend January to June at Steven\u2019s home in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and June to January at her home in Carlsbad, CA. Lynda would love to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Reunion, I met <strong>Pat Relf Hanavan<\/strong>, our other class correspondent. We communicate through email, but it was good to finally see each other. I spent time catching up with my friend from the nursery kindergarten program in Human Ecology <strong>Suzy Schwarz Quiles<\/strong> and her husband, Jose. The best part of Reunion was that I could introduce my husband, Joel Marcus, to Cornell. We married almost two years ago and he had never been. He was really impressed and delighted with the weekend and wants to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best part of Reunion was that I could introduce my husband to Cornell. We married almost two years ago and he had never been.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Lisa Diamant \u201976<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A huge thank you to our 50th Reunion chairs. <strong>Terry Wolff Heinichen<\/strong>, MBA \u201983, <strong>Skip Newman<\/strong>, and <strong>Martha Plass Sheehe<\/strong> made the weekend fabulous, along with the members of the Reunion committee, who welcomed our class back with a fun and activity-packed weekend for us all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To start off the weekend, there was a welcome reception with mini versions of food truck specialties. Later on there were lectures, a Reunion 5K, the State of the University address, a photo op, receptions, dinners, and Cornelliana Night. Plenty of food and refreshments kept our \u201colder legs\u201d nourished for the walks through campus. It was apparent that organizing our Reunion took an enormous amount of time and effort to make it so successful. I know that I am looking forward to the next Reunion in five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another personal thank you goes to our editor, <strong>Alex Bond \u201912<\/strong>, who sends all of your news to your class correspondents! We could not possibly write this without her assistance. Pat and I did meet her when she was welcoming everyone to the Terrace Restaurant at the Statler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please continue to send your news! And please note that my email was not listed correctly in the Reunion brochure, but the following link is correct. \u2756 <strong>Lisa Diamant<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o&#x3a;l&#x6a;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#x6d;&#97;n&#x74;&#x35;&#53;&#64;&#x67;&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#46;&#x63;o&#x6d;\">email Lisa<\/a>) |<strong> Pat Relf Hanavan<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;&#x70;&#97;tr&#101;&#108;f&#49;&#x40;g&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;m\">email Pat<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-33e8eeac1a9478532215df7c49313987\"><strong>1977<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less news this time, but what is lacking in quantity is made up in quality. <strong>Linda Adams Chateauneuf<\/strong> and her husband, Dennis (Holy Cross \u201975), live in Marshfield, MA. Linda reports that she is not retired and continues to work in finance and operations for a small nonprofit commercial real estate association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linda enjoys her frequent visits with her three grandsons, Rory, 4, Hunter, 4, and \u201cSam the Man,\u201d 7, who live nearby. She also enjoys living near the South Shore of Massachusetts, traveling often with Dennis and knitting and collecting yarn. She reads copiously and bikes often\u2014both on the Peloton and outside. She writes, \u201cI\u2019m happy to be able to enjoy life still!\u201d We hope that you are able to spoil all of your grandsons, especially Sam the Man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Believe it or not, the countdown for our 50th Reunion has started. We are less than a year away, June 10\u201313, 2027. Updates will be provided in this column and through other venues. In anticipation of this momentous occasion, please share all of your news and views via the <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\">online n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ews form<\/a>! \u2756<strong> Howie Eisen<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#104;o&#119;a&#x72;&#100;&#x65;&#105;&#x73;&#101;&#x6e;5&#54;&#64;&#103;&#x6d;&#97;&#105;l&#x2e;c&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Howie<\/a>) | <strong>Mary Flynn<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;:&#109;&#97;&#114;&#x79;f&#108;y&#x6e;n&#49;&#64;m&#x65;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\">email Mary<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-10c9708525a3619e6b1f5e22ab6934ad\"><strong>1978<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greetings from Paris! <strong>Julian<\/strong> <strong>Vrieslander<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201981<\/strong>, and I sweltered in the heat dome that plagued Europe in late June. Before we flew to France, we attended my great-niece\u2019s high school graduation in my hometown of Hannibal. We also spent a day in Ithaca and had dinner with friends, then drove to Nyack to visit <strong>Roger Cohen<\/strong>, BS \u201980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I shook my inbox hard and didn\u2019t find much to report for this issue. The class dues schedule was changed, which didn\u2019t give me the usual large volume of news forms at this time of year. However, I have a couple of tidbits. <strong>Mark Rust<\/strong> writes, \u201cI recently returned to Ithaca for my annual performance at the Ithaca Festival. At the show this year I recorded a new CD, \u2018Live at the Ithaca Festival Vol II,\u2019 with songs written for and about Ithaca. It\u2019s planned for release next year, when the festival will celebrate its 50-year anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hillary Sokolsky<\/strong> <strong>Waxman<\/strong> writes, \u201cIn February, after spending a majority of my adult life in New York, I migrated south to Boynton Beach, FL, along with moving my 97-year-old mother. My mother moved to a wonderful assisted living facility in Boca Raton and I moved to a 55+ community (can that be possible? LOL). While still unpacking and getting used to Florida life, so far it\u2019s proving to be a great move. I\u2019m enjoying my new home and am amazed by how much Florida has to offer. I hope to connect with Florida Cornellians in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the beginning of the pandemic, a subset of class officers has had a Zoom happy hour that has morphed into a book group. The core group consists of <strong>Mary Bowler<\/strong> <strong>Jones<\/strong>, <strong>Lori Wasserman Karbel<\/strong>, <strong>Cynthia Kubas<\/strong>, <strong>Suzanne Bishop<\/strong> <strong>Romain<\/strong>, <strong>Pat Reilly<\/strong>, <strong>Angela DeSilva<\/strong>, and yours truly. To be honest, the discussions include updates on our respective lives and travels as well as the books. A few of the books that we\u2019ve read over the years include <em>Tom Lake<\/em> by Ann Patchett; <em>Lessons in Chemistry<\/em> by Bonnie Garmus; <em>A Long Petal of the Sea<\/em> by Isabel Allende; and <em>Killers of a Certain Age<\/em> by Deanna Raybourn. It has certainly kept my neighborhood bookstore in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That\u2019s it for now. Keep the news coming! \u2756 <strong>Cindy Fuller<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201992<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#x63;&#x69;&#x6e;&#x64;&#121;&#64;&#x63;&#105;n&#100;&#x79;&#106;&#102;&#x75;&#x6c;&#108;e&#x72;&#46;c&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Cindy<\/a>) | <strong>Ilene Shub<\/strong> <strong>Lefland<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x49;&#108;&#x65;&#x6e;&#101;&#46;&#x6c;&#x65;f&#x6c;&#97;&#x6e;d&#x40;&#103;&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;m\">email Ilene<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-bdabd00ca7b2e25adc5ba97fa1944503\"><strong>1979<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it was not a milestone Cornell Reunion for our class, some \u201979ers were very visible, especially at Cornelliana Night (photos and video are available online to prove it!). <strong>Dan Mansoor<\/strong>, MBA \u201980, was honored as the William \u201cBill\u201d Vanneman \u201931 Outstanding Class Leader Award recipient with a tribute video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Reunion featured the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Nothing But Treble (NBT) women\u2019s a cappella group. <strong>Mary McDonald<\/strong> and <strong>Marsha Mortkowitz Schreier<\/strong> participated and sang several times during the weekend, including on the Bailey Hall stage during Cornelliana Night. A founder of NBT, Marsha wrote and self-published a history of the group and did a book talk for current and former Cornell Chorus members. Congrats to Dan and Marsha! <strong>Brad<\/strong> and <strong>Mary Maxon Grainger<\/strong>, MPS \u201987, thoroughly enjoyed Cornelliana Night and dinner beforehand with Dan. <strong>Steve Magacs<\/strong> was also in attendance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another writer, <strong>Leslie Bulion<\/strong>, is a children\u2019s science author and poet. Her newest science poetry collection, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peachtreebooks.com\/book\/natures-remarkable-partners\/\"><em>Nature\u2019s Remarkable Partners<\/em><\/a><em>: Wild Poems for Two Voices<\/em>, was published this spring with Peachtree Publishing. It is an invitation to young readers ages 8\u201312 to play an active part while exploring cooperative relationships between disparate critters around the globe. Leslie has <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lesliebulion.com\/\">a wonderful website<\/a> that includes her books and background. Her husband, <strong>Rubin Hirsch<\/strong>, is a retired family physician, and they just returned from a terrific bike\/barge trip along the Rhine River with Vermont Bike Tours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Murphy Wilson<\/strong> writes, \u201cI did a fabulous trip to Peru last fall. I climbed to the Machu Picchu ruins and broke my foot in the Amazon basin. It\u2019s a great adventure, but not for the weak! I love my gardening\u2014I could stir the dirt every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deborah Seidman Petti <\/strong>enjoyed a mini Class of \u201979 reunion touring Portugal from north to south with Class of \u201979 classmates <strong>Rosemary Brosnan<\/strong>, <strong>Douglas Sage<\/strong>, and <strong>Katherine Moy<\/strong>, BS \u201980. They report that the Cornell Alumni Travel journey was fantastic\u2014\u201cwonderful people exploring a beautiful country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I climbed to the Machu Picchu ruins and broke my foot in the Amazon basin. It\u2019s a great adventure, but not for the weak!<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Murphy Wilson \u201979<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kathy Zappia Gould<\/strong> and her husband, <strong>Bob<\/strong>, also recently returned from a trip to Portugal and Spain that included time in the Azores, Lisbon, Fatima, Porto, and cruising the Douro Valley. Kathy shares that the scenery was beautiful and they enjoyed sampling lots of great wine and cheese along the way. They also drove to Santiago de Compostela, which is the end of the pilgrimage known as El Camino. \u201cIt was amazing to feel the energy from walkers from all over the world as they completed the walk,\u201d she writes. Kathy and Bob always enjoy talking with people from other countries to gain their perspective on the world. On the homefront, this year they had their sixth grandchild, bringing their total to five grandsons and one granddaughter. They are glad to live close enough to see them often because they grow so fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jeff Berg<\/strong>, MBA \u201981, and his spouse, Debra Paget, enjoyed a two-week vacation in Morocco visiting Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, and Marrakech. They traveled with a group of 25 people from the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Arizona State University and Northwestern. In the continuing saga of \u201cCornellians are everywhere,\u201d two other participants were also Cornellians\u2014<strong>Jong<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201998<\/strong>, and <strong>Sherry Kung Chow<\/strong>, <strong>ME \u201997<\/strong>\u2014and both received degrees from the same engineering department at Cornell as Jeff, ORIE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month\u2019s columnist, <strong>Linda Moses<\/strong>, has been thoroughly enjoying New York City by seeing lots of theater, museums, and all the city has to offer. In terms of travel, this year I took a fascinating trip to Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, and Montenegro. Last year\u2019s big trip was to many parts of Argentina and it was also an amazing place to visit. I am looking forward to next year\u2019s trip, wherever that may be. Closer to home, I traveled a bit to Boston to see two of my sons who live there. My oldest, Eric, just finished his first year as a professor at Harvard in the history of science department, teaching and researching the history of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your classmates love hearing from you, and we always need news, so send updates via the Share Your News form, the online news form, or emails sent directly to any of our class correspondents. \u2756 <strong>Linda Moses<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;ai&#x6c;to&#58;l&#x69;&#x6e;d&#97;&#x6b;mo&#x73;&#101;&#x73;&#x40;&#103;m&#97;i&#x6c;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Linda<\/a>) | <strong>Larry Bunis<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#76;&#x42;u&#x6e;&#x69;&#115;&#64;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;&#x63;as&#x74;&#x2e;&#x6e;&#x65;t\">email Larry<\/a>) | <strong>Cynthia Ahlgren Shea<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;c&#105;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x79;&#x2e;&#x73;&#104;&#101;a01&#64;g&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Cynthia<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">1980s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-77725f0e0d5738b4e88a61180f11665b\"><strong>1980<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, Class of 1980! I hope this time of year finds you mixing and mingling with those dear to you. Anytime is a beautiful time to catch up with those important to us, especially when Cornell plays a part. Where were your CU connections made\u2014your dorm, classes, Collegetown haunts, the library, Greek life, an extracurricular endeavor, work life? My own recent mini Cornell reunions are filled with connections from my freshman dorm, Delta Gamma, engineering, and high school, where memories are shared and laughter never ceases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jill Abrams Klein\u00a0<\/strong>and I (<strong>Karen Vecchio DeFusco<\/strong>) are Delta Gamma sorority sisters who have both been living in the Washington, DC, area since the early 1980s (in fact we moved to D.C. the same summer). We get together often by combining a fun lunch with something cultural. Recently we enjoyed the \u201cMir\u00f3 and the United States\u201d exhibit at the Phillips Collection, a vibrant expression of the connection between Spanish artist\u00a0Joan Mir\u00f3 and American artists. Jill and I have also been Reunion traveling buddies for decades\u2014riding in her convertible with the top down, the radio blasting, singing our hearts out as we pull into the CU campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On one of our recent NYC jaunts, <strong>Nancy Twombly<\/strong> and I recently saw Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry Potter fame) in the Broadway show <em>Every Brilliant Thing<\/em>. Daniel personally selected us from the audience to sit on the stage during the show, and I played (through complete improvisation) Mrs. Patterson, his early childhood school librarian. Although I was an engineer at Cornell, I longed to be an actress and took theater as an elective. Let\u2019s just say I checked off a bucket-list item, and my Broadway debut was not only fun and exhilarating, but just \u201cbrilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another reunion spurred on by our Cornell 45th was dinner in Massachusetts with <strong>Vicki Butler Miles<\/strong>, her husband, Phil, Nancy Twombly, and my husband, Mark DeFusco. This gathering has been almost 45 years in the making! Vicki, Nancy, and I were fourth-floor Donlonites freshman year. As we spent hours reminiscing about our Cornell time, you can only imagine our husbands\u2019 reactions to our stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through our class column, I was fortunate to hear from a high school classmate who is also a CU connection, <strong>Henry Joe \u201982<\/strong>. Henry has lived a life full of travel and adventure, and currently resides in Prague. We reminisced about our hometown and Cornell connections. What a treat to catch up, Henry. Thank you for reaching out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am pleased to report that I have been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, based upon my work at Dupont in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Paul Bechly \u201980<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dave Ayers<\/strong> (another fourth-floor Donlonite) and I try to reconnect when I am in New Jersey visiting family. Our moms are longtime friends who have lunch together monthly with a group of friends. If timing is right, we each drive them and then escape for our own catch-up time, for fear of being the subjects of their luncheon! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another freshman Donlonite, <strong>Bruce Falzarano <\/strong>writes: \u201cSince retiring a few years ago, my wife, Diane, and I have been doing a lot of traveling. We just returned from our most recent trip to France. We started in Paris, where we met with friends and enjoyed many fine dinners and museums. I fulfilled another bucket-list item by running the Paris Marathon. It was extremely fun and a spectacular 26.2-mile tour of the City of Lights. We then embarked on a wine-focused riverboat cruise through the Burgundy region of France from Dijon to Lyon, making many stops at famous Burgundy Chateaux and vineyards, including the famed Roman\u00e9e-Conti! After Lyon, we spent some time driving through the Rhone Valley along the Rhone River, tasting Rhone wines and even chocolate from the famous Valrhona chocolatier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNext up, we are extremely excited about returning to Cornell this summer for our third time attending Cornell\u2019s Adult University (CAU). We will be meeting up with our special friends and classmates Nancy Twombly and <strong>Nancy Brass<\/strong>, who are also attending CAU, as well as classmate <strong>Kathryn Boor<\/strong>, former dean of CALS. CAU is a fabulous way to enjoy the Cornell campus without the pressure of finals, prelims, and homework assignments. The course offerings are very diverse and fun. One of the classes I am attending this year is a Cornell history class hosted by historian <strong>Corey Ryan Earle \u201907<\/strong> and his brother, <strong>Evan Earle \u201902<\/strong>, MS \u201914, who is the University archivist. I must say that I have never had so much fun on campus as when attending CAU these past two summers. I highly recommend it. That\u2019s it for now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that Dean Boor was also a freshman fourth-floor Donlonite! There is a theme! <strong>Nate Weiss<\/strong>, of deep Cornell connections and a freshman Donlonite as well, writes: \u201c<strong>Shelley Goldstein Weiss \u201979<\/strong> and I have been together since September 1978, when we met in Dean Bob Scott\u2019s office in Goldwin Smith. We have two sons: Michael took my job in real estate development, and Joseph is an options trader. We live in Connecticut by Mystic and in Delray Beach, FL. Shelley is a retired lawyer who gardens as avidly as she advocated for her clients. I play pickleball and consult for my partners. We both babysit frequently for Sadie, 1, and Charlie, 2. Charlie was named for his great-grandfather, Cornell football and baseball standout <strong>Charley Weiss \u201944<\/strong>. Big thanks to the Cornell alums who paid my dad\u2019s tuition so he could later afford to send my brother, <strong>Andy Weiss \u201971<\/strong>, and me to the Hill!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our sincere congratulations to <strong>Paul Bechly<\/strong> for his distinguished achievement in chemistry. Paul writes: \u201cI am pleased to report that I have been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, based upon my work at Dupont in the early 1990s. This is the Royal Society of Chemistry\u2019s highest professional award, which recognizes outstanding contribution to the chemical sciences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 1980 class column would be nothing without you. As we gear up for our 50th Reunion, please keep the connections and the updates real! Share some memories from your time on the Hill, your world since then, or your Cornell connections. We look forward to hearing from you! \u2756 <strong>Karen Vecchio DeFusco<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o:&#107;vsi&#x6d;&#x6f;&#110;s1&#x40;&#103;m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Karen<\/a>) | <strong>David Durfee<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#58;&#x64;&#x72;&#100;&#x32;&#x32;5&#x40;&#99;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;&#108;&#108;&#x2e;e&#x64;u\">email David<\/a>) | <strong>Dik Saalfeld<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;r&#x66;&#x73;&#50;&#x35;&#64;&#99;&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;l&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#100;&#117;\">email Dik<\/a>) | <strong>Chas Horvath<\/strong>, <strong>ME \u201981<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#x63;&#x68;&#97;&#115;&#x40;&#x68;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x76;&#97;&#x74;&#x68;s&#x2e;&#111;r&#x67;\">email Chas<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-67dedd30c6eef56d7d9d93c68e78a8e4\"><strong>1981<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did you make it to Ithaca for our 45th Reunion in June? I\u2019ve still got a warm feeling after reconnecting with so many old friends and meeting classmates I didn\u2019t know until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of us are at or near retirement\u2014or we can\u2019t figure out how to do it. That was the topic of a panel discussion Friday morning organized by\u00a0<strong>Daniel Weisz<\/strong>\u00a0and moderated by me on \u201cNext Acts.\u201d Our panelists were classmates\u00a0<strong>Michael Bell<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Sylvia Reeves<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Dana Cooperson<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Renee Miller-Mizia<\/strong>, with a special guest, Cornell history professor emerita Isabel Hull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael wowed the crowd with tales of his life as a forensic pathologist. He retired as the chief medical examiner of Palm Beach County, FL, but still travels the country as a <em>locum tenens<\/em> forensic pathologist\u2014providing his services temporarily where needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sylvia retired last year from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where she had been the agency\u2019s Ithaca-based Northeast Drought Early Warning System coordinator. She\u2019s now living in Cincinnati and searching for her next act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a long career that included stints as an engineer, market analyst, artist, and teacher, Dana says she has often reinvented herself. After the death of her husband from ALS in 2018, she \u201cjumped at the chance\u201d to become a volunteer working with ALS patients and their caregivers. \u201cIt\u2019s a singular disease and people don\u2019t understand it,\u201d she says. With volunteering, \u201cI feel like I can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Renee, a Cornell engineering grad with a law degree from Western New England University, also has had multiple careers. She worked 20 years with General Electric, then another 20 in professional services and consulting. Then three years ago, she came back to Cornell, where she\u2019s now the executive director for corporate relations at the College of Business. She says she\u2019s too busy to think about retirement right now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Isabel Hull\u2019s Cornell career started at the same time as ours, in 1977. She retired in 2019 from the history department but hasn\u2019t slowed her writing and research. She has a book on international law in press right now. In \u201cretirement,\u201d she has become a serious amateur mycologist. So serious, in fact, that her next book will be a study of a particular species of fungi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the discussion, we heard from other classmates about their next acts: <strong>David Hoff <\/strong>is nearing retirement as an expert on employment of people with disabilities and community inclusion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He\u2019s building his chops as a stand-up comedian in the Boston area. And <strong>Andrew Knobel<\/strong>, who was editor-in-chief of the <em>Daily Sun<\/em> while at Cornell, says he retired in 2024 after nearly 37 years at the <em>Baltimore Sun<\/em>. But he can\u2019t give up the work. He\u2019s a freelance editor these days, including at the <em>Baltimore Sun<\/em> and on a University of Maryland web and video project titled \u201cCreating Camden Yards,\u201d about the origin of the Baltimore Orioles\u2019 beloved stadium. Look it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of next acts,<strong> Jordan Strub<\/strong>\u2019s biggest news is that, after about a year of working half time as a contractor, he finally called \u201clast spin\u201d in the slot-machine software industry at the end of December 2025. With a little more free time on his hands, Jordan was able to return to one of his favorite passions: skiing. In February, he joined his Colorado Springs ski club, the Sno Jets, for a fabulous two-week adventure in Switzerland, skiing at Andermatt and Verbier while also touring Zurich and Geneva. The Sno Jets have been Jordan\u2019s second family since shortly after his graduation from Cornell, and it was through the club\u2019s first winter bus trip that he met his wife, Michele Strub-Heer (Iowa State \u201976). Jordan has remained deeply involved with the organization over the years, serving on the club board for several years and becoming president in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In retirement, <strong>John Roche \u201981<\/strong> has taken up kiteboarding and flying. \u2018Every day is summer camp,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the decades, Jordan has enjoyed connecting with fellow Cornellians wherever life has taken him. During his graduate studies in the late 1980s, and later through the Sno Jets, he met <strong>M. Heidi McClure \u201983<\/strong>, with whom he has shared countless winter and summer outdoor adventures. While living in Las Vegas, Jordan discovered that a coworker\u2019s wife was their classmate <strong>Josephine<\/strong> \u201cJosie\u201d <strong>Daluga<\/strong>, a remarkable physician and mother whose life was sadly cut short by cancer. Back in Colorado Springs, he connected with fellow classmate <strong>David Phelps<\/strong>, another Sno Jets member, and enjoyed learning more about David and his brothers\u2019 Fiji stories at Reunion. His closest Cornell friend remains ski buddy and fraternity brother <strong>Paul Leo<\/strong>, who lives about an hour away outside Golden, CO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan and Michele have also dedicated much of their time to giving back. They are actively involved in local philanthropy, supporting scholarships and programs for first-generation college students, performing arts organizations, foster families, children facing difficult circumstances, and disadvantaged youth. Their commitment to helping others has become an important part of their shared journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan\u2019s Cornell connection is also a family tradition. His 97-year-old father, <strong>James<\/strong> \u201cJim\u201d <strong>Strub \u201952<\/strong>, BArch \u201953, lives nearby in a memory care facility, where he continues to share stories of his Cornell years\u2014including his time with Sigma Chi, with crew, and as chimesmaster, and involvement in various honor societies\u2014as well as stories from his remarkable 32-year career as an Air Force officer. From Cornell friendships that have lasted more than four decades to new adventures on the slopes, Jordan continues to embrace the connections, experiences, and values that have shaped his life since his years on the Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Reunion turnout was impressive. Official numbers weren\u2019t in as of July 1, when I\u2019m writing, but co-chair <strong>Celia Rodee<\/strong> tells me we were close to a record for a 45th Reunion. We saw classmates affiliated with groups like the track and field team, the <em>Daily Sun<\/em>, and Greek houses. There was a crowd from the tiny and obscure off-campus dorm 140 Thurston Ave., where I lived freshman year. <strong>Patty Bahr Breslin<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Weisz<\/strong>, <strong>Bernadette Mullins Burns<\/strong>, <strong>Laura Fratt<\/strong>, and <strong>John Roche<\/strong> were all there, joined by our honorary members <strong>Laura Dake Roche<\/strong> and <strong>Pam Bulcroft Moore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Roche<\/strong> retired three years ago after a career in the digital printing business. He and Laura live in West Hartford, CT. He did a bit of consulting after retiring, but now sticks to skiing and cycling. He has also taken up kiteboarding and flying. \u201cEvery day is summer camp,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Class of 1981 track and field team members at Reunion included <strong>Tom Dziedzic<\/strong>, <strong>Jim Draddy<\/strong>, <strong>Scot Martin<\/strong>, MBA \u201983, and<strong> Cindy High-Fischmann<\/strong>. (I was on the team briefly, but dropped out freshman year.)<strong> <\/strong>Cindy lives near Charlotte, NC, with husband Rob Fischmann. They both had careers at Eastman Kodak, including a stint as expats in Shanghai. After returning to the States and leaving Kodak, they built a fire and water restoration business in Charlotte, which they sold last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scot Martin<\/strong> still looks like he could throw the shot put and outskate most of us at the hockey rink. After 30 years as an executive with big Canadian banks, he got the entrepreneur bug, too. For the past 12 years, he has run a Canada-based digital signage company, which was acquired last year by a large software company. Look him up in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Daily Sun<\/em> alums from our class reunited during the weekend. Besides me, our group included <strong>Wayne Citrin<\/strong>, <strong>Andrew Knobel <\/strong>and wife<strong> Julie Steinberg \u201982<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Landsman<\/strong>, <strong>Steven Ritchey<\/strong>, <strong>Steve Harf<\/strong>, and <strong>Roberta Moudry<\/strong>, PhD \u201995. Roberta is an architectural historian who also spoke to us Saturday night about the centennial of Willard Straight Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, 1981 alums dined Saturday night at Okenshields in Willard Straight. A fine meal, as always. For one group, it was their first-ever 1981 reunion. <strong>Karen Oestreicher Caffrey<\/strong>, <strong>Kathy Jones Stahl<\/strong>, and <strong>Beckie Brown Robertson \u201982<\/strong> all lived together on Stewart Avenue in 1980\u201381 and decided to reunite. Karen lives in West Hartford, CT, and continues working as a counselor and psychotherapist. Kathy is in Oregon, and still works part-time as a bookkeeper. And Beckie works in healthcare venture capital in Palo Alto, CA. She\u2019s also co-vice chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees. They all fondly recall the Chapter House on Stewart Avenue. Karen jokes that she\u2019d like to start a class gift to revive the pub, which was part of campus social life for 50 years before burning in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many thanks to our Reunion committee who brought us all together, <strong>Celia Rodee<\/strong>, <strong>Tanis MacKay-Bell<\/strong>, <strong>Daniel Weisz<\/strong>, and <strong>Heidi Fleischman<\/strong>, plus all the others who helped recruit participants and organize events. See you in five years for Number 50? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Send us your news! \u2756 <strong>David Boraks<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;o:&#x62;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x61;&#107;&#115;d&#x40;g&#x6d;&#x61;i&#108;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#109;\">email David<\/a>) | <strong>Jonathan Landsman<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;lt&#111;:j&#x6d;&#108;1&#101;&#115;&#x71;&#64;&#x61;ol&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;\">email Jonathan<\/a>) | <strong>Betsy Silverfine<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;ai&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#98;&#x73;&#x69;&#x6c;v&#x65;&#x72;f&#x69;&#110;&#x65;&#64;co&#109;&#99;&#97;&#x73;&#x74;&#x2e;n&#x65;&#x74;\">email Betsy<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-67a05f49b78a4803fad65efdbd9aaa7d\"><strong>1982<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy fall! This is a fantastic time to be in Ithaca and to be on campus with a new class of students. It\u2019s also a great time to re-connect with classmates and to start making plans for our next Reunion. Hope to see many of you for our 45th in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We received news from <strong>Neil Best<\/strong>. Neil retired at the end of last year after 43 years as a sportswriter, including 40 years at <em>Newsday<\/em> of Long Island. Neil notes that his retirement plans \u201cinclude watching every episode of \u2018The Simpsons\u2019 in sequence, playing softball three times a week, and learning more about expensive tequila.\u201d He also reports that he has seen a sizable number of classmates recently including <strong>Marc Rockford<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Rudgers<\/strong>, <strong>Andy Bjork<\/strong>, <strong>Brian Pickerall<\/strong>, <strong>Steve<\/strong> and <strong>Lisa Mummery Crump<\/strong>, <strong>Rick Eno<\/strong>, <strong>Charles Weinberg<\/strong>, <strong>Rich Gold<\/strong>, and <strong>Brian Hayward<\/strong>. Best wishes on a great retirement, Neil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other news, our classmate and class co-president <strong>Charles Stuppard<\/strong> reported that he has been serving as the dean of administration and students at the national defense university, Joint Forces Staff College, for the past two years. In reporting on this experience, Charles noted, \u201cI have enjoyed transferring my knowledge to the new generation of military officers whose job is to protect and defend our Constitution. I\u2019m so thankful for Cornell for all it has done for me as a person, and as a responsible citizen.\u201d Charles and his wife, <strong>Nidda Melendez Stuppard \u201985<\/strong>, reside in Virginia Beach, VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Pisacane \u201982<\/strong> won a tour of the Enzo Ferrari Museum and factory, which entitled him to a one-hour drive in a Ferrari on the streets of Modena, Italy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Pisacane<\/strong> (San Jose, CA) reported that he and his wife, Teresa, celebrated the first anniversary of their retirement with a three-week tour of Italy and Spain. John noted that he was never able to find time for such a long vacation while practicing dentistry as a solo practitioner. He also reported on one of the highlights of his trip: John was the winner, at a charity auction, of a tour of the Enzo Ferrari Museum and factory, which entitled him to a one-hour drive in a Ferrari on the streets of Modena, Italy. As John noted, it was \u201ctruly a once-in-a-lifetime, slightly scary experience (narrow roads, drivers who don\u2019t really defer to the mighty cars).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you consider your Reunion plans, please remember that we are always looking forward to hearing from you. Your news helps us stay connected as a class. Please <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">send us your news<\/a>. \u2756 <strong>Doug Skalka<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;t&#111;&#58;d&#115;&#107;&#97;&#x6c;&#x6b;a&#64;n&#112;m&#x6c;&#x61;w&#x2e;co&#109;\">email Doug<\/a>) | <strong>Mark Fernau<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;l&#x74;o:&#109;&#x65;f29&#64;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x2e;e&#100;&#x75;\">email Mark<\/a>) | <strong>Nina Kondo<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;&#x6e;&#109;&#x6b;&#50;&#50;&#64;&#x63;&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;l&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email Nina<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-91b543b3e5a47f0f784f01058d53d516\"><strong>1983<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No news this round, but we\u2019d still love to hear from you. Whether you\u2019ve moved, traveled, retired, started something new, or simply rediscovered your favorite Cornell memories, send along an update for a future issue. \u2756 <strong>Class of 1983 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;lt&#x6f;&#58;a&#x62;&#x62;&#x38;&#51;&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;rn&#x65;&#x6c;l&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-d26f816f7f5bdfb6ec30f232af019034\"><strong>1984<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greetings, classmates! There is news to share and we are always on the lookout for more, so please keep the news coming, and don\u2019t be shy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diane Matyas<\/strong>, MFA \u201989, reports that, as with many of our classmates, she is preparing for retirement from some of her art teaching responsibilities with the Guggenheim Museum\u2014but at the same time she is enjoying huge growth in her work as a reemerging artist. She received several residencies this year, including the Center for West Park\u2019s Object Movement Puppetry Festival (along with <strong>Daniel Toretsky \u201916<\/strong>), which led to her first theatrical work using puppetry since living in Ithaca. The shadow theater\/puppetry story about the Luna Park Elephant\u2014who escaped from Coney Island and swam across New York Harbor to Staten Island\u2014was presented at the Dixon Place theater in Manhattan, and will be reprised in October 2026 at the Noble Maritime Collection at Snug Harbor on Staten Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diane enjoys making new connections with her creative work, especially with younger colleagues. She also enjoys seeing her children become independent and reach their goals: son Abraham is in his second year of law school at University of Tulsa, and daughter Winsome is looking for another Brooklyn apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diane Matyas \u201984<\/strong>, MFA \u201989, received a residency at the Object Movement Puppetry Festival, which led to her first theatrical work using puppetry since living in Ithaca.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diane is also preparing for a five-week pop-up studio residency\/exhibition in November and December in Manhattan at Art on the Block NYC, where she will lead workshops connected to her practice. Diane loves connecting with fellow alumni, most recently including <strong>Adam Potkay \u201982<\/strong>, <strong>Nephelie Andonyadis<\/strong>, and <strong>Laurie Sheffield<\/strong>, and she hopes some Cornellians stop by in person!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile,<strong> Tom Allon<\/strong> writes to let us know that his son, Jonah Allon, the eldest of four (the others are daughters: Tess, <strong>Lena \u201921<\/strong>, and Sandy), was married on June 6, 2026 in a beautiful ceremony at Seminary Hill in Callicoon, NY. Jonah is the deputy communications director for New York Governor Kathy Hochul. His wife, Jahnna, is a digital marketing strategist at the largest real estate company in the country, Compass. They met 11 years ago as seniors at Tufts University, when they both were taking a seminar on the works of Philip Roth, taught by Saul Bellow\u2019s widow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a personal note, I am extraordinarily honored to have been inducted this year into the Fellows Program of the American Health Law Association (AHLA), which recognizes sustained commitment and outstanding service to the health law profession and the AHLA itself. Becoming an AHLA Fellow was almost as gratifying as finally seeing the Knicks win the NBA championship!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have any updates to share, please let us know! Your faithful class correspondents: \u2756 <strong>Charles Oppenheim<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#58;co&#112;&#x70;e&#x6e;&#x68;&#x65;i&#109;&#64;&#x68;&#x6f;&#111;&#x70;e&#x72;&#x6c;un&#100;&#121;&#46;&#99;o&#x6d;\">email Charles<\/a>) | <strong>Michael Held<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#109;&#x77;h&#101;&#x6c;&#100;&#64;p&#114;o&#x74;&#x6f;n&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#x2e;c&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Michael<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-a4f54948d697af8d8e374e7181aea2e3\"><strong>1985<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, 2026 is our 80th year of growing crops here at Votypka Farms!\u201d shares <strong>Dave Votypka<\/strong>. \u201cMy dad came from Hicksville, NY, on Long Island to Springwater, NY, in 1946. He amassed 1,100 acres and starting growing potatoes that year. 2026 is also my 45th year of full-time farming, including the college years. I just wanted to toot my horn about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy father, who never went to college, had every one of his four children attend. He was so proud to have me graduate from Cornell. He made many connections with people of agricultural intelligence at Cornell and through the Cornell Cooperative Extension programs. This propelled me to want to attend. I have many friends and colleagues that have been made by attending Cornell. I have been a part of many trials, research projects, and educational meetings through the University, which has propelled me to join other groups and organizations involved with ag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn another note, Cornell alumni <strong>Jeff Dunlap \u201986<\/strong>, <strong>Neil Hoyt \u201986<\/strong>, and <strong>Jerry Clinton \u201986<\/strong> all attended the Reunion this past June with me. It\u2019s their 40th and I, along with fellow friends <strong>Scott Chapman<\/strong> and <strong>Byron De la Navarre \u201986<\/strong>, DVM \u201996, usually go with the Class of \u201986. Unfortunately, Scott and Byron couldn\u2019t make it this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, 2026 is our 80th year of growing crops here at Votypka Farms!<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Dave Votypka \u201985<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe also ran into <strong>Leora Brayer Mechanic \u201986<\/strong>, which is always a wonderful, fun time! We just hung out and talked most of the time. Reminiscing, talking about children, grandchildren, travels, entertainment, and everything we all want to do in retirement\u2014which is very soon for this one. My son, Austin, doesn\u2019t want to take over. He has a great engineering job and lives with his wife, Lindsay, in Scottsdale, AZ. I may end it after this crop, on the 80th year. Who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1985, you may recall, <strong>Jonathan Miller<\/strong> (Las Cruces, NM) was our class banner bearer at graduation and the host of convocation. This year, he has two new books out, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1935270648?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback\"><em>Rattlesnake Lawyer<\/em><\/a><em>: Breakdown Docket<\/em> and a companion book of photography, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0H3J8NK2Z?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback\"><em>Enchanted Dockets New Mexico<\/em><\/a><em>: A Judicial Journey<\/em>. He was profiled in the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> last year for his work as a contract attorney handling criminal defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonathan writes, \u201cAs a attorney with almost 40 years\u2019 experience, I\u2019m now the guy who gets called first at docket calls. However, my photography of my travels as an attorney around New Mexico is bringing the most joy. My mother was Cornell Class of 1958. I was originally wait-listed when I first applied. I transferred here for my junior year and graduated from AAP.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1985<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#58;&#x61;b&#x62;&#x38;&#x33;&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;r&#110;e&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-0e3dc97247f3623fbd9e25077c1e5c9c\"><strong>1986<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can\u2019t help being jealous of the 419 members of the Class of 1986 and their 74 guests who attended our 40th Reunion in June. I wish I could have attended. From the pictures and posts on social media, it is obvious that a good time was had by all. We can thank chairs <strong>Lisa Hellinger Manaster<\/strong> and<strong> Katie Roth Boyar<\/strong>, with significant help from <strong>Amy Underberg Applebaum<\/strong>, for putting together such a wonderful weekend. <strong>Joan Button Thakor<\/strong> led the annual campaign. 531 of us made donations, 47 are Tower Club members, and 109 are Cornell Giving Partners. In all, our donations totaled over $7 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michele Adelman<\/strong>, a member of our class council, took time to update us. She had a great time at Reunion, especially dancing outdoors on the last night. She came away with a great kindergarten gift (shout out to <strong>Margot Tohn<\/strong>\u2019s <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/murraytails.com\/\"><em>Murray Goes to the Playground<\/em><\/a>). Michele is excited to remain in touch with classmates, and she encourages people to reach out to her if they are coming into Boston!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michele and her husband are still content lawyers and have no plans to retire at this time. She is the general counsel of PHC Group, overseeing their medical device companies that operate in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. She enjoys travel, including with daughters <strong>Michaela Eichel \u201925<\/strong> and Jordana Eichel (Hamilton College 2028). Recent trips included the Canadian Rockies, Poland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Switzerland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Michele remains an avid skier (although she is now left in the dust by her ski-racing daughters) at Loon Mountain and other New England resorts and occasional trips to Utah\u2019s Snowbird and Alta. She is an active participant in the Cornell Club of Boston, which maintains a great roster of events and volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elizabeth Molloy<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Coluby<\/strong>\u00a0(class membership chair) and I have become email buddies since she updated me on her life. I am lucky that she wrote me in English and not in one of the many languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, and Hebrew) that she has learned or is currently learning. Elizabeth loved seeing her classmates at Reunion. It was great for her to be back on the Hill, meet new classmates, connect with friends, attend lectures, walk around, and eat ice cream every night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth currently lives in Cleveland, OH, in what is her 30th (!) home. She has lived in five countries and eight different U.S. states. She and her husband, Manuel, have two sons; one is a student and the other is a filmmaker preparing to move to Alaska. Elizabeth worked in banking for 25 years and is now consulting and coaching other professionals. She has no intention to retire at this point and looks forward to more international travel in the near future. Not to rest on her laurels, she and Manuel are on a committee that the Jewish Federation of Cleveland is running to bring the Jewish and Latino communities together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Martin Schulz <\/strong>and Elizabeth serve on the board of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, which brings the world to Cleveland (speakers, hosting, Model U.N., training, etc.). When working at Key Bank, Elizabeth and <strong>Jeff Weaver<\/strong>, MBA \u201990, were coworkers. Nowadays, she sees him (and his wife <strong>Tracey Forde Weaver \u201990<\/strong>) at the Cleveland Orchestra, where Jeff is on the board. She also sees <strong>Mark Brandt<\/strong>, who is \u201cMr. Cornell\u201d in Cleveland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Class council member<strong> Aruna Inalsingh <\/strong>found writing her update therapeutic. She attended Reunion with three friends from the Class of \u201985 and she enjoyed reconnecting with classmates she did not know well\u2014fellow engineers, members of the Greek system, and those in the entrepreneurial network. She has already had some follow-up exchanges and conversations and is hopeful that they won\u2019t wait until the next Reunion to see one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter Tan \u201986<\/strong>, MArch \u201988,<strong> <\/strong>was recognized by Madison365 as one of Wisconsin\u2019s Most Influential Asian American Leaders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aruna is working with a variety of startups, building up her portfolio by doing as much as she can to keep herself engaged in her field. She recently visited Budapest, where she enjoyed the amazing culture and variety of culinary delights. While there, she used her newly acquired drone pilot license to fly agricultural and spray-wash drones and to get certified for drone distributorship and service. She is the CMO of an organization called Wevise; they match mentors with mentees to help give access to folks who want to start or grow their careers in technology. In her down time, Aruna is learning to play the piano. She also serves as the house corporation president for the Cornell Tri Deltas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Julie Bick Weed<\/strong>, who also is a member of the class council, is living in Seattle and still writing travel trend articles for the <em>New York Times<\/em>. She\u2019s taking lots of improv comedy classes and loves seeing classmates <strong>Rob Harpel<\/strong> and <strong>Shera Raisen<\/strong> when she\u2019s in NYC. She was unable to make it to Reunion but was excited to receive event photos from two people who made freshman year so memorable\u2014<strong>Sarah Thomas<\/strong> <strong>Taylor <\/strong>and <strong>CJ <\/strong>\u201cJeff\u201d <strong>Biederman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peter Tan<\/strong>, MArch \u201988,<strong> <\/strong>writes: \u201cI grew up in Malaysia in the 1960s and 1970s, the two decades after my country gained independence from the British in 1957.\u201d He shares that his passion for architecture began in early childhood, while playing with Lego. One of his most memorable creations was a suspension bridge, using Lego and strings salvaged from an old tennis racket. To this day, he\u2019s amazed that his parents let him hammer four nails into the floor of his bedroom as anchor points for the bridge!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While in high school, Peter was introduced to <strong>Teng Kok-Seng \u201970<\/strong>, BS \u201971, who studied engineering at Cornell and recommended that Peter study architecture there. Upon graduation, Peter married fellow Cornellian <strong>Rachel Durfee<\/strong> <strong>\u201987<\/strong>, his best friend and a fellow artist. They have two adult sons, John and Kevin. When not engaging in their lifelong conversation on art and design, the two of them love dancing and enjoying the outdoors together\u2014camping, kayaking, biking, and skiing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peter retired in 2025 after 31 fulfilling years as design architect and chief design officer at Strang in Madison, WI. His favorite design projects of his career include the Touchstone Theatre at the American Players Theatre (the recipient of the 2026 Regional Theatre Tony Award) and the headquarters for Electronic Theatre Controls, the world\u2019s leading producer of theater lighting and controls, whose lobby is themed as a movie set rendered in the style of Edward Hopper, replete with a replica of the diner in his <em>Nighthawks<\/em> painting. Peter\u2019s community service includes serving on the Madison Urban Design Commission and as scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 122. He was recognized by Madison365 as one of Wisconsin\u2019s Most Influential Asian American Leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, Rachel and Peter had a surprise alumni connection with <strong>Claire Schaefer Oleksiak \u201905<\/strong>, who is executive director of Sustain Dane, an organization that runs the Efficiency Navigator program with the goal of reducing energy costs and increasing energy efficiency in affordable rental housing. At the March 2026 Efficiency Navigator press conference, where Rachel and Peter were the featured participant speakers, they put it together with Claire that they were all Cornellians! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I so appreciate receiving these updates so classmates can be apprised of what is happening in your world. Please keep these chronicles coming so your class correspondents can catalog them for us all. We will see you on the Hill in 2031 for our 45th Reunion. \u2756 <strong>Toby Goldsmith <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;ailt&#111;&#x3a;t&#111;&#x62;y&#x2e;g&#111;l&#x64;&#115;m&#x69;&#116;h&#64;&#x67;&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x2e;&#x63;o&#x6d;\">email Toby<\/a>) | <strong>Lori Spydell Wagner<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#108;or&#x69;&#x77;&#97;&#103;&#x6e;&#101;r&#56;&#x36;&#x40;&#x67;&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Lori<\/a>) | <strong>Michael Wagner<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#109;&#119;a&#x67;&#110;&#x65;&#x72;&#x31;&#50;&#51;&#x40;&#x67;&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#46;&#99;o&#109;\">email Michael<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-652fdb3df33e19d41fabe28fee5c5f4d\"><strong>1987<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s difficult to believe that our 40th Reunion is coming up on June 10\u201313, 2027. It seems like yesterday we were unloading our cars and moving into our dorms. Anyone remember their parents parking their car on Libe Slope?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Reunion chairs and committee members are already hard at work. <strong>Melissa Hodes Friedenberg<\/strong>, <strong>Claudia Regen Johnston<\/strong>, <strong>Stacey Pineo Murdock<\/strong>, and <strong>Scott Pesner<\/strong> attended Reunion this past June, going to many events, visiting several class headquarters, and attending as many class dinners as possible (they only sampled!) to help put together what we know will be an amazing weekend. They said that many classmates were in attendance for the Class of 1986 Reunion weekend, including <strong>Scott Armstrong<\/strong>,<strong> Alex Young Barclay<\/strong>, <strong>Charles Bechmann<\/strong>, <strong>Gabe Boyar<\/strong> (whose wife <strong>Katie Roth Boyar \u201986<\/strong> was the Reunion co-chair!), <strong>Lisa Cocchi<\/strong>, <strong>Theodore Ferguson<\/strong>,<strong> Lisa Panek Francese<\/strong>, <strong>Norm Hurlbut<\/strong>,<strong> Helaine Rosenblum Sanders<\/strong>, <strong>Ann McCaffery Sessler<\/strong>, <strong>Caroline Wellens Silver<\/strong>, <strong>Mimi Harris Steadman<\/strong>, <strong>Leyla Kaplan Toksoy<\/strong>, <strong>Hadley Harper Witcher<\/strong>, and <strong>Jack Zinn<\/strong>, MS \u201990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also spotted on campus at Reunion were<strong> Bill <\/strong>and<strong> Lois Fischer Black<\/strong>, <strong>Michael Bonarti<\/strong>, <strong>Sally Henninger<\/strong>, <strong>Karen Smith Kratzer<\/strong>, and<strong> Heidi Claus Perry<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And finally, a special group of our classmates were celebrating their 35th Reunion from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, so congratulations to our DVMs <strong>Mary Lou Falsarella Broadwell<\/strong>, <strong>Tracy Durham<\/strong>, <strong>Karyl Hurley<\/strong>, <strong>Sharon Brown Marx<\/strong>, <strong>Scott Nachbar<\/strong>, <strong>Andie Newman<\/strong>, and <strong>Judy St. Leger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember, just because you attended Reunion this year doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t come back next year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to our classmate and President\u2019s Council of Cornell Women member <strong>Shari Brasner \u201987<\/strong> on receiving the CALS Outstanding Alumni Award!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of Reunions,<strong> Donna Lee McMaster<\/strong> wrote, \u201cI am new to the D.C. area\u2014just moved to Vienna, VA, six months ago from California. <strong>Pam Mandell Freedman<\/strong> was my inspiration to move to Virgina because I fell in love with her FB photos of the green pastures and trees around her house. My husband and I were looking to move to the East Coast for a change of pace and a more peaceful lifestyle now that our three kids have all graduated college. My friend and KD sister <strong>Nanci Klein Sundel<\/strong> recently introduced me to our other sorority sisters in the DMV area. My cousin <strong>Karen Lee Nichols<\/strong>, who happens to be my KD little sister, was out for a short visit, and I thought it would be fun to invite Pam (her college roommate) and some of the DMV KDs for a little reunion. In attendance, in addition to Donna, Pam, Nanci, and Karen, were<strong> Nancy Williamson Ropelewski<\/strong>, <strong>Delia Park Swigart \u201988<\/strong>, <strong>Susan Boyle<\/strong>, and<strong> Debbie Doorey Bartels \u201988<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lastly, congratulations to our classmate and President\u2019s Council of Cornell Women member <strong>Shari Brasner<\/strong> on receiving the CALS Outstanding Alumni Award! This award honors alumni who have achieved recognized success in their businesses, professions, or other avocational endeavors; have been actively involved in, worked for, and demonstrated leadership on behalf of the college and Cornell University; and have made significant contributions to the betterment of society through humanitarian and charitable endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special thanks to <strong>Scott Pesner<\/strong> for providing me with the Reunion update! Looking forward to seeing you next June in Ithaca. Keep sending your news to us! \u2756 <strong>Whitney Weinstein Goodman<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x77;&#x77;&#x67;5&#64;c&#x6f;r&#x6e;&#101;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;\">email Whitney<\/a>) |<strong> Liz Brown<\/strong>, <strong>JD \u201990<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x65;&#116;b2&#x39;&#64;&#x63;&#111;&#114;&#110;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#100;&#117;\">email Liz<\/a>) |<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-bb6deb19c71eb9ce3008eec5bc75a934\"><strong>1988<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leaves are changing colors all around me, which means that autumn is here. Pumpkins to carve, warm apple cider to drink, Cornell\u2019s Homecoming weekend, and plenty more football games to watch on television.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hailing from Stanford, CA, <strong>Laura Attardi<\/strong> has been a cancer biology professor at Stanford University for 25 years. During her time on the Hill, she majored in biochemistry in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. She went on to complete her PhD in molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley. At MIT, she did a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer biology. Recently, Laura was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a tremendous honor in her field. Congratulations, Laura, on your accomplishments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">News from the East Coast: <strong>Harlan Protass<\/strong> was elected president of the New York Criminal Bar Association. He has practiced criminal defense in the state and federal courts of New York for more than 30 years. \u201cPracticing criminal defense is like playing on the most un-level playing field ever created. But we defense lawyers have our wins, like the 16 guys I\u2019ve freed from federal \u2018without parole\u2019 sentences for narcotics offenses,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jayne Gilbert Peister<\/strong> traveled through Korea and Seoul with her husband, Darren, visiting many sites, and they enjoyed \u201cspectacular weather.\u201d They were also in Philadelphia, PA, exploring the new Alexander Calder Art Museum and Gardens. She enjoyed the 45-minute tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diane Weisbrot Nagle<\/strong> has been attending Major League Baseball games down in sunny Florida. She\u2019s a true fan\u2014I love getting updates from Diane about MLB news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Robert Rosenberg<\/strong> and his wife, <strong>Patricia Cook \u201989<\/strong>, have been attending many musicals and plays recently. In fact, their son <strong>Reed \u201920<\/strong> has performed his first one-man show, full of entertaining and funny stories and jokes, at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lastly, <strong>Jill Field<\/strong> was traveling through England, visiting small towns and having lots of adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s hear about your summer travels and adventures. How are you celebrating your 60th birthday? Please keep sending your news to me. I love hearing from our classmates, both near and far. \u2756 <strong>Pamela Darer Anderson<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#x70;&#106;an&#100;&#x65;&#x72;&#x73;&#x6f;&#110;&#x40;sy&#109;&#112;a&#x74;&#x69;&#99;&#x6f;&#46;&#99;&#97;\">email Pam<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-f5cbdfd0db176fe3e2ab6fb7513e27a4\"><strong>1989<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greetings from beautiful Western New York! As you read, autumn is arriving, and here we are excited to watch the Buffalo Bills play football in their brand-new stadium! If you do not have an NFL team you enjoy watching, then please join us in the Buffalo Bills family, a.k.a. \u201cBills Mafia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe you have yet to visit very nearby Niagara Falls, and didn\u2019t know we boast a nifty Art Deco-style City Hall and several regional examples of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture. Buffalo sits on great Lake Erie and, as someone who did not grow up here, I think the drinking water is fabulous! I love kayaking past towering grain silos full of Cheerios, a Ferris wheel, and an outdoor carousel, while in winter we come downtown to outdoor ice rinks with \u201cigloos,\u201d sledding down the skyway, the occasional snowy owl in harbor, and so much more than just the Maid of the Mist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, for our alumni, we have one of the oldest Cornell clubs here in greater Buffalo! I have a handful of rather bashful alumni neighbors\u2014our vet of course, one who is a landscape architect, one who owns a greenhouse, and another who is a pediatrician. We attended a recent event hosted by the local club featuring an hour of combined Cornell + Buffalo trivia! Did you know Cornell had huge research platforms here? Several of our best ice cream shops credit certain Cornell dairy science professors for their delicious custards and creams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, en route to Ithaca, <strong>Laurie Bechhofer<\/strong> stopped to visit with her fantastic dog, Shayna. She brought her bright, witty, wonderful \u201cbasically adopted son\u201d James for the long drive from Michigan, and toted along a couple of homemade craft cocktails in chilled mason jars for us to partake at arrival. Absolutely we imbibed a bit, as they unwound after their long drive from another great lake region. The next morning, we shared memories from time on the Hill, and devoured her scrumptious banana bread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few years ago on this platform, I wrote about a most wonderful woman named <strong>Alisa Schmitz Evans<\/strong>. I met \u201cTex,\u201d as she was quickly nicknamed, during my days on campus: solidly she greeted others with a radiant smile, a beautiful spirit, and a \u201cHowdy, y\u2019all\u201d in her Southern drawl. Alisa came up to Cornell all the way from San Antonio, TX, to study pre-vet, but it wasn\u2019t a good fit, and by sophomore year she had transferred to a textiles major in Human Ecology. She went abroad to study in Regensburg, Germany, during her junior year, and when she returned to campus senior year she lived in the International Living Center on the German floor to keep up her language skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rachel<\/strong> <strong>Foster \u201989<\/strong> was honored as one of <em>TIME<\/em> magazine\u2019s 100 Most Influential People in 2026, in the pioneering category.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alisa found her deepest passion\u2014after many years and many master\u2019s degrees\u2014in relieving the suffering of women trapped in human trafficking. Both her upbringing in a border state and her work overseas in Southeast Asia with several hunger relief ministries gave her a searing sensitivity to the issues and the faces of those abused. She saw those wanting an escape and needing a fresh start. The organization she dreamed of leading came to life about 12 years ago: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aliveatlast.org\/\">Alive at Last<\/a>. Sadly, Alisa died of brain cancer on October 11, 2020. Her organization is led by other passionate women now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps Alisa could have been connected to another classmate with similar zeal\u2014<strong>Rachel Foster<\/strong>\u2014had she been allowed more years. Rachel also graduated from Human Ecology and majored in human development and family studies. During her years at Cornell, she volunteered with several compassionate organizations, early on with Empathy, Assistance, and Referral Service, and also with a local center for domestic and sexual violence survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1994, Rachel graduated from Brooklyn Law School and began working in a nonprofit, Brooklyn Legal Services, which was initially advocating for the HIV-positive population facing housing discrimination. The populations she served shaped her desire to change and create policy with the voices of survivors leading the narrative. She interviewed more than 150 of these vulnerable and victim voices. She saw the need for a coordinated effort in this sector and moved to create a conglomeration of agencies and organizations serving, in some way, those facing exploitation. Rachel co-founded <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwithoutexploitation.org\/\">World Without Exploitation<\/a> (WorldWE) with Lauren Hersh to answer this need. The pair was honored as one of <em>TIME<\/em> magazine\u2019s 100 Most Influential People in 2026, in the pioneering category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rachel serves as president and, in this capacity, connects many of these dedicated smaller groups, like Alisa\u2019s Alive at Last. As Rachel saw it, these groups are \u201coverworked, understaffed, and under-resourced,\u201d and essentially \u201cworking in silos and not necessarily on policy issues like legislation.\u201d At WorldWE Rachel saw the opportunity for groups like Alisa\u2019s to be connected en masse, knit like \u201cconnective tissue\u201d so they are stronger, more vibrant and life giving; together they potentially would strike harder at the monster of human exploitation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, their work to bring the Epstein Files Transparency Act to pass represents a massive win for WorldWE and all members, most vitally the survivors of exploitation. In a February 2, 2026 <em>Cornell Daily Sun<\/em> article, Rachel referred to her initial inspiration and motivation, which came from her hero and mother Zelda Foster, a pioneering social worker in the hospice movement. Zelda led the way, giving Rachel a liberal Jewish upbringing and a Quaker education; the way these shaped her priorities and passions is best summed up in the Hebrew phrase <em>tikkun olam<\/em>, meaning \u201crepairing the world.\u201d This seems consistent with our Cornell University charitable slogan: to do the greatest good! You can learn <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/world-without-exploitation-foster\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/world-without-exploitation-foster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more about Rachel here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you, classmates, for inspiring us to do the greatest good beginning with the world in front of us. \u2756 <strong>Lauren Kidder McGarry <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#x6c;&#x61;&#x75;re&#110;&#107;&#x69;&#x64;&#100;&#101;&#x72;&#x6d;&#x63;&#x67;&#x61;&#114;r&#x79;&#x40;&#x67;ma&#105;&#x6c;&#46;c&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Lauren<\/a>) | <strong>Stephanie Bloom Avidon <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#x73;t&#x65;&#x70;&#104;a&#x6e;i&#101;a&#x76;&#105;don&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;m\">email Stephanie<\/a>) | <strong>Kris Borovicka Gerig <\/strong>(<a href=\"ma&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#107;g&#x65;&#x72;&#105;&#x67;&#112;&#x6c;&#117;&#x73;&#x40;&#x67;&#x6d;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;\">email Kris<\/a>) | <strong>Anne Czaplinski Treadwell <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#97;il&#x74;&#111;:&#x61;&#99;&#x39;8&#64;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email Anne<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">1990s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-0403940da23fca8d64ad21ac65256487\"><strong>1990<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After his first season as the Big Red men\u2019s ice hockey coach, <strong>Casey Jones<\/strong> chatted with <em>Cornellians<\/em>, reflecting on the highs and lows. According to the story, \u201cWhen Casey Jones arrived on the Hill as a freshman ice hockey recruit from a small town in Qu\u00e9bec, he was 18 years old and\u2014as he describes it with a laugh\u2014\u2018140 pounds soaking wet.\u2019 Flash forward four decades: not only can the CALS alum look back fondly on a stellar career as a Big Red player; he has just completed his first season at the program\u2019s helm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile it was Jones\u2019s rookie year in the top job, it was hardly his debut mentoring players on Lynah ice: he\u2019d previously coached here in 1991\u201393 and 2008\u201311 (and then went on to spend 13 years as head coach at Clarkson). After being named the successor to his longtime friend and colleague <strong>Mike Schafer \u201986<\/strong>\u2014who was retiring after three decades\u2014Jones spent a year in the transitional role of associate head coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor Jones and the Big Red, the 2025\u201326 season was one to be proud of. The team finished with a 22-11-1 record, clinched the Ivy League championship for the sixth time in eight years, and received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament (though its first and only game ended in a 5-0 loss to Denver, the eventual champ).\u201d You can <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/hockey-jones-first-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read more here<\/a>! \u2756 <strong>Rose Tanasugarn<\/strong> (<a href=\"mai&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#110;&#x74;2&#x38;&#64;c&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6e;ell&#46;&#101;&#100;&#x75;\">email Rose<\/a>) | <strong>Nancy Solomon Weiss<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;a&#x69;&#108;t&#x6f;:&#x6e;&#x61;&#110;&#x63;&#121;&#x73;w&#x6d;&#x40;&#111;u&#116;&#x6c;&#x6f;o&#107;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Nancy<\/a>) | <strong>Allan Rousselle<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;lt&#x6f;:&#x61;&#103;&#x72;&#x32;&#x40;&#99;o&#114;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#100;&#x75;\">email Allan<\/a>) | <strong>Liselle Petzen Esposito <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;l&#105;&#x73;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;&#x65;&#x65;&#x73;&#112;&#x6f;&#x40;&#x67;&#109;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;m\">email Liselle<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/Cornell90\/\">Class Facebook page<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-a62ef726b81489ea29e3356aeaa2e6c0\"><strong>1991<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From June 4\u20137, the Class of 1991 took a break from our normal routines and returned to Cornell for our 35th Reunion. For four unforgettable days, we became students again. We embraced dorm living, walked familiar paths across campus, lingered over conversations with old friends (and new), stayed up far later than we should have, and rediscovered just how quickly the Hill felt like home again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once again, the Class of \u201991 demonstrated what makes our class so special. An incredible 444 classmates returned to campus, shattering the previous attendance record for a 35th Reunion by more than 100 classmates! Even more remarkably, it marked the sixth consecutive in-person Reunion in which we set a new all-time attendance record\u2014a feat no other Cornell class has ever accomplished. Better yet, 60 classmates were attending their very first Reunion, proving that it\u2019s never too late to come back to the Hill. Everywhere you looked\u2014crossing the Arts Quad, strolling through Collegetown, walking between events, or simply enjoying campus\u2014there seemed to be another familiar face from the Class of \u201991.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Reunion\u2019s success reflected the efforts of many dedicated volunteers. Our sincere thanks go to Reunion chairs <strong>Jeff Weintraub<\/strong>, MD \u201995,<strong> Bob Baca<\/strong>, and<strong> Jeannette Perez-Rossello<\/strong>, along with the many classmates who helped plan and organize the weekend over the past 13 months. A special shout-out goes to Bob for his extraordinary leadership of our affinity networking and outreach efforts, which extended far beyond the traditional Reunion playbook and helped reconnect classmates from across so many Cornell communities. We also celebrated an excellent 35th Reunion campaign, raising more than $20 million from 600+ donors, including 74 at the Tower Club level. Congratulations and thanks to campaign chairs <strong>Mark Cisz <\/strong>and<strong> Sharlyn Carter Musslewhite<\/strong> and their committee for an outstanding effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mother Nature couldn\u2019t have been more cooperative, treating us to four beautiful days of early June weather. Our headquarters at Court-Kay-Bauer served as a welcoming home base throughout the weekend. Whether stopping by for a snack, gathering under the tent, stopping by the lobby bar, or enjoying our evening ice cream socials, classmates found plenty of opportunities to reconnect between the many activities across campus. A highlight at our HQ tent featured exceptional wine tastings showcasing three Finger Lakes wineries, coordinated by classmate <strong>Kim Brown Bixler<\/strong>. Thursday night\u2019s dinner also featured fresh sushi prepared by a live sushi chef, a fun and festive event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helping everything run so smoothly were our seven outstanding class clerks\u2014current students who greeted classmates, answered countless questions, solved problems, and somehow managed to be everywhere at once. Their enthusiasm, professionalism, and friendly personalities quickly made them honorary members of the Class of \u201991. Spending time with these exceptional students was another reminder that Cornell continues to attract some of the brightest and most engaging young people anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This marked the sixth consecutive in-person Reunion in which the Class of \u201991 set a new all-time attendance record\u2014a feat no other Cornell class has ever accomplished.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharing breakfast at the award-winning Morrison Dining Hall brought back fond memories of Noyes Dining, Okenshields, and RPU, although today\u2019s dining experience is on an entirely different level. Morrison\u2019s bright, food hall-style design and wide variety of made-to-order offerings showcased just how much the Cornell student experience has evolved. The breakfasts also provided one of Reunion\u2019s unexpected pleasures: an opportunity to mingle with alumni from every generation. One morning, <strong>Kimberly Jordan Stone<\/strong> struck up a conversation while waiting in line with a member of the Class of 1966, and before long the two were exchanging stories about Cornell nearly three decades apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There truly was something for everyone throughout the weekend. Some classmates zipped across Beebe Lake or rappelled down Schoellkopf Crescent, while others attended Greek life receptions, explored the Cornell Botanic Gardens, browsed the Ithaca Farmers Market, revisited favorite spots in Collegetown, ran in the Reunion 5K, or enjoyed Cornelliana Night. Many enjoyed hearing fellow classmate, NBC News senior national correspondent, and co-anchor of <em>NBC News Daily<\/em> <strong>Kate Snow<\/strong> in conversation with the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, while <strong>Cheryl Strauss Einhorn <\/strong>discussed her new book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellpress.cornell.edu\/book\/9781501787782\/the-human-edge\/\"><em>The Human Edge<\/em><\/a><em>: Smarter Decisions in the Age of AI<\/em>, exploring how human judgment and artificial intelligence can work together to improve decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Arts Quad tent parties brought together alumni of all ages, creating the festive atmosphere that makes Reunion unlike any other alumni gathering. And for many classmates, the moments they will remember most weren\u2019t part of the official schedule at all\u2014they were the conversations with friends, the chance encounters across campus, and the opportunity to make new memories together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special thanks also go to the many classmates who arrived early to help prepare headquarters, including <strong>Dorine Colabella DiConti<\/strong>, <strong>Eric Rosario<\/strong>, <strong>Kim Brown Bixler<\/strong>, <strong>Susie Curtis Schneider<\/strong>, <strong>Robyn Lipsky Weintraub<\/strong>, <strong>Paul Hayre<\/strong>, <strong>Tim Vanini<\/strong>, <strong>Ruby Wang Pizzini<\/strong>, <strong>Jeff Lamontagne<\/strong>, <strong>Abbe Goldberg Groffman<\/strong>,<strong> Joe Marraccino<\/strong>, <strong>Kris Hurley Van Riper<\/strong>, and<strong> Eric Kossoff<\/strong>. Their hard work behind the scenes helped create such a welcoming home base throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As always, Reunion ended way too soon. Sunday morning brought hugs, promises to stay in touch, and conversations that had many classmates already looking ahead to our 40th Reunion, June 5\u20138, 2031. If you were able to join us this year, thank you for helping make it such a memorable weekend. If you couldn\u2019t make it this time, we hope to see you back on the Hill in 2031!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got news to share? Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online news form<\/a> or feel free to contact one of us directly. \u2756 <strong>Ruby Wang Pizzini<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x72;&#x75;&#x62;&#x79;&#46;p&#105;&#122;&#122;in&#105;&#x40;&#x67;m&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;m\">email Ruby<\/a>) | <strong>Amy Gellert Lebovitz<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#x61;&#109;&#121;&#108;&#x65;&#x62;ov&#x69;&#116;&#x7a;&#64;&#x6d;&#x65;&#46;co&#x6d;\">email Amy<\/a>) | <strong>Nicole Luecke<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;n&#108;&#117;&#101;c&#x6b;e&#64;v&#101;&#x72;&#x69;&#x7a;&#111;&#x6e;&#46;&#x6e;&#x65;&#116;\">email Nicole<\/a>) | <strong>Susie Curtis Schneider<\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;&#x74;h&#x65;s&#x63;&#104;&#110;ei&#x64;e&#114;&#x73;&#x40;&#108;&#x69;&#118;&#101;&#x2e;&#x63;&#x6f;&#109;\">email Susie<\/a>) | <strong>Susanna Suh<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;lt&#x6f;&#58;su&#x73;&#x61;&#x6e;&#x6e;&#x61;&#x73;u&#x68;&#57;&#57;&#x40;&#x67;&#109;&#x61;&#105;l&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;\">email Susanna<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-388b4d7deeb934009946336904bf0e9f\"><strong>1992<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My longtime friend <strong>Liz Robbins<\/strong> collaborated with Billie Jean King on a new book that came out on August 11. <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/818511\/see-it-to-be-it-by-billie-jean-king-with-liz-robbins\/\"><em>See It To Be It<\/em><\/a><em>: Eleven Champions Leading Women\u2019s Sports Today<\/em> is geared toward young adults, but it\u2019s narrative nonfiction for all ages and genders, tracing the origin stories of superstars you know (like Caitlin Clark and Naomi Osaka) and those you should know (like paralympic swimmer McKenzie Coan and Olympic wrestler Amit Elor). Liz says, \u201cHere\u2019s to the <em>Daily Sun<\/em> for starting my sports journalism career by having me cover women\u2019s soccer, volleyball, and wrestling. \u2018Robbins Nest\u2019 lives on!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The very prolific <strong>Dylan Willoughby<\/strong>, MFA \u201995, has a new long poem in <em>La Piccioletta Barca<\/em> and new cues in the A&amp;E show \u201cDesert Law.\u201d He says composing music and reading literature bring him the most satisfaction these days. At Cornell, he studied English literature and creative writing. He also got to be a firefighter for five years in the Ithaca Fire Department. Dylan lives in Long Beach, CA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another author in our class is <strong>Tish Oney<\/strong>. Tish is a lecturer at the Voice Study Centre at the University of Essex (U.K.) and the artistic director of the Tish Oney Jazz Orchestra. She is mentoring chair at JEN Research Interest Group, serves on three editorial boards, and is a composer. Her previous books include <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/peggy-lee-9781538183113\/\"><em>Peggy Lee<\/em><\/a><em>: A Century of Song<\/em> and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/jazz-singing-9781538128459\/\"><em>Jazz Singing<\/em><\/a><em>: A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Liz Robbins \u201992<\/strong> collaborated with Billie Jean King on a new book, <em>See It To Be It: Eleven Champions Leading Women\u2019s Sports Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Max Chang<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Corinne McKamey<\/strong>\u00a0are thrilled that daughter\u00a0<strong>Hattie \u201930<\/strong>\u00a0is a freshman at Cornell! She will be studying global development with a concentration in agriculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corinne, along with <strong>Cristina Moeder Shaul \u201991<\/strong> and <strong>Jen Barber \u201993<\/strong>, enjoyed co-creating a multigenerational leadership conference on campus for the alumnae and current sisters of Tri Delta in early May. Corinne drew upon her many years of creating interactive curricula for her classes in higher education to engage members in collaborative problem-solving, arts-based brainstorming, and purpose-finding sessions. The conference culminated in a ceremony celebrating the Tri Delta Class of 2026 graduating into alumnae status in the sorority. Classmate <strong>Jenny Andrews<\/strong> attended, along with sisters from other class years. Corinne said, \u201cIt was a joy to connect with so many sisters, young and old\u2014I can\u2019t wait for the next time we\u2019re all together!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cindy Cheney Wian<\/strong> writes, \u201cSince leaving Cornell, I have spent more than three decades working in education, making the most of my Cornell psychology degree and early Teach For America experience in Texas. As of January of this year, I am now the VP of programs and partnerships for Future STEAM, a national nonprofit dedicated to cultivating STEM and workplace skills through K\u201312 challenges and competitions in the U.S. and China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to get together, save the date for our 35th Reunion: June 10\u201313, 2027! Please share your news with us via email or the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online news form<\/a>. \u2756 <strong>Jean Kintisch<\/strong> (<a href=\"mail&#116;o&#58;jmk&#50;2&#x36;&#64;&#99;&#x6f;r&#x6e;&#101;&#x6c;&#108;&#x2e;ed&#x75;\">email Jean<\/a>) | <strong>Sarah Ballow Clauss<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;:&#115;&#x61;&#114;ah&#x63;&#x6c;&#97;&#117;&#115;&#115;&#64;&#121;&#x61;&#104;&#111;&#111;&#46;c&#x6f;m\">email Sarah<\/a>) | <strong>Wilma Ann Thomas Anderson<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;ai&#108;t&#111;&#58;&#x77;&#x69;l&#112;&#111;&#x77;&#x65;r&#x31;&#x40;&#103;&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#46;&#x63;o&#109;\">email Wilma Ann<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e2153788bcb9f9c889544c2a7cf1d2e8\"><strong>1993<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of our classmates, <strong>Tracy Newman Porosoff<\/strong>, recently wrote a personal essay that was published in <em>Cornellians<\/em>. She wrote, \u201cAlthough I\u2019m a bird nerd\u2014a devout admirer of avian grace, colors, sounds, and acrobatics\u2014I can only aspire to identify many birds confidently. I\u2019m just a backyard birder, reliant on technology to tell me what I am hearing and seeing. Lucky for me\u2014and for everyone ranging from the merely curious to the expert\u2014the Lab of Ornithology provides free access to a range of multifaceted bird identification, information, and tracking tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of these tools is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/merlin.allaboutbirds.org\/\">Merlin<\/a>, a free app that helps users identify birds by both sight and sound, using the Lab\u2019s vast database of bird calls to match songs, photos, and descriptions with thousands of species worldwide. As Tracy writes, \u201cBeyond its features and utility, Merlin makes me proud. Our beloved alma mater created this app, widely used by expert and novice birders around the world. I am on a personal mission to promote Merlin to friends, young kids, passersby, and everyone who I think could delight in a bit of discovery about the natural world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLaunching Merlin transports me in spirit to a magical place of deep rock gorges, splashing waterfalls, picturesque bridges at the edges of campus, a hilly arboretum, and calming lake views. This spectacular setting offers a respite from dense texts of required reading and empty pages (or now screens) that must be filled with insightful analysis, inspiring prose, or complex computations. How fortunate we are to have attended such a jaw-droppingly beautiful school that offers a reprieve from the thrum of competition and anxiety that permeates an intense college campus.\u201d You can read Tracy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/porosoff-merlin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lovely essay here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A. Burton Tripathi<\/strong> has been appointed CEO of bioProtonics, an innovator in advanced medical imaging platforms and proprietary magnetic resonance histology technology. Burton brings to his new role extensive executive experience, spanning strategic innovation, product management, and the commercialization of disruptive technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a recent press release, Burton said, \u201cI am thrilled to lead bioProtonics at such a pivotal moment in our trajectory. We have an incredible opportunity to transform medical imaging and provide unprecedented insights for patient care.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Mia Blackler<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;o&#x3a;&#x6d;i&#x61;&#98;&#x6c;&#97;&#x63;&#107;&#108;e&#x72;&#x40;y&#x61;h&#x6f;o&#46;co&#109;\">email Mia<\/a>) | <strong>Melissa <\/strong><strong>Hart<\/strong><strong> Moss<\/strong>, <strong>JD \u201997<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#109;&#101;&#108;i&#109;&#111;ss&#x40;&#x79;&#x61;h&#x6f;o&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x6d;\">email Melissa<\/a>) | <strong>Theresa Flores<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;to:&#x74;&#x61;&#102;6&#x40;&#99;&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;\">email Theresa<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-22c5f5947319be41b8e470509bf20fd2\"><strong>1994<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEach summer, in gardens across the country, hydrangeas burst into shades of blue and purple, tomatoes ripen on the vine, and families gather on lush green lawns for backyard cookouts,\u201d reports a recent <em>Cornellians <\/em>story. \u201cFor nearly a century, generations of the Brunner family have subtly helped make those scenes come to life through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espoma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Espoma<\/a>, the organic plant care company that <strong>Jeremy Brunner <\/strong>now leads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMade from naturally derived plant, animal, and mineral ingredients, Espoma\u2019s fertilizers are designed to nourish both plants and the soil around them through the slow release of nutrients. Unlike conventional fertilizers that use synthetic chemicals to deliver nutrients quickly, Brunner explains, the products are designed to improve soil over time and require fewer applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018The plants are getting fed the way nature intended,\u2019 says Brunner, who was an agricultural economics major in CALS. \u2018The fertilizers are long lasting, they\u2019re slow release, they\u2019re safer, and you\u2019re adding organic matter so you\u2019re building a better soil. People want to get away from chemical fertilizers, especially when it comes to things that they\u2019re eating.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article continues, \u201cAs fourth-generation president, Brunner has spearheaded the transformation from a regional fertilizer manufacturer into a national leader in organic plant care. Since joining the family business in the late 1990s, Brunner has expanded Espoma\u2019s catalog from about 20 items to more than 100, available at about eight times as many locations. \u2018My favorite part is creating new product lines that can be better than what\u2019s out there,\u2019 says Brunner, \u2018going from the first concept to creating it, designing the package, and then getting to see it on the shelf.\u2019\u201d You can read the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/espoma-brunner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full story here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kevinn Matthews<\/strong> was recently honored by the Bixby (OK) Metro Chamber of Commerce with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for his \u201coutstanding and invaluable service to the community.\u201d Congratulations, Kevinn! \u2756 <strong>Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;l&#x74;o:&#100;&#x6d;&#x70;&#x35;&#64;c&#x6f;r&#110;ell&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">email Dineen<\/a>) | <strong>Jennifer Rabin Marchant<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#105;l&#116;o:ja&#114;&#x31;&#50;2&#57;&#x40;&#x79;&#x61;&#x68;&#x6f;&#x6f;&#x2e;c&#x6f;m\">email Jennifer<\/a>) | <strong>Dika Lam<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#111;&#58;d&#x69;&#107;aw&#101;&#x62;&#x40;&#x79;&#x61;&#x68;&#111;o&#x2e;&#x63;om\">email Dika<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-dbcf1e977b39c6fee33cdb29e516166d\"><strong>1995<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I write this, your class officers and other Cornell volunteers are getting ready for the first-ever <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/volunteer\/volunteer-summit\/\">Cornell Volunteer Summit<\/a>, held on campus right before Homecoming. I\u2019ll hopefully have an update in a future column. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first update comes from my 3FD (IYKYK) friend <strong>Dominic Vu Nguyen<\/strong>, who shared that both he and his wife, <strong>Lee (Murashige) \u201998<\/strong>, took a sabbatical this summer from Intel and traveled to Europe to help celebrate their daughter <strong>Mikayla<\/strong>\u2019s graduation from Sunset High School in Portland, OR. Both parents are extremely proud to share that she is at Cornell this fall as part of the Class of <strong>2030<\/strong>, studying engineering. Both Vu and Lee have been working at Intel since graduating from Cornell: Vu is a technologist and program manager going on his 31st year; and Lee is an engineering manager, going on 28 years. Says Vu, \u201cCornell changed our lives and opened new doors and opportunities. We are thrilled that our daughter will continue our legacy at Cornell.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the other side of the Cornell experience is <strong>Christian Cox<\/strong>\u2019s daughter <strong>Natalie \u201926<\/strong>, who graduated magna cum laude this May with dual degrees in chemistry and biological sciences and a concentration in neurobiology and behavior, in\u2014according to the family\u2014\u201cwhat might have been the worst Commencement weather ever (and that\u2019s saying a lot in Ithaca!).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michelle <\/strong>\u2018Mikki\u2019 <strong>Knudsen \u201995<\/strong> took home the prestigious Andre Norton Nebula Award for her children\u2019s book, <em>Into the Wild Magic.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June,<strong> Niraj Shah<\/strong>, CEO of Wayfair, was recently named to the <em>Boston Globe<\/em>\u2019s Tech Power Players 50, a list of the most influential and interesting people working across technology in New England. This year\u2019s list honors the most innovative leaders across AI, quantum computing, consumer tech, cybersecurity, health tech, sustainability, and beyond, demonstrating exemplary contributions to the industry and considerable career impact on technology and business in Boston, New England, and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also in June\u2014and as a follow-up to the nomination announcement in my last column\u2014author <strong>Michelle <\/strong>\u201cMikki\u201d <strong>Knudsen<\/strong> took home the prestigious Andre Norton Nebula Award for her children\u2019s book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/786773\/into-the-wild-magic-by-michelle-knudsen\/\"><em>Into the Wild Magic<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, <strong>Dani Wolff<\/strong> shared her excitement to have been invited to the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nawatfes.org\/\">Nawat Fes<\/a> artist residency in Morocco this fall. She is headed there in October for two months to do intensive work on new script development and to explore how storytelling and cultural diplomacy intersect. \u201cWhile I\u2019m there, I\u2019ll also be leading public programs and workshops on character development and screenwriting practice. I\u2019m interested in how these conversations shift in different contexts, what writers in Morocco are thinking about, and how international coproductions are expanding in that part of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dani adds, \u201cI\u2019m also excited about Fes itself. It\u2019s the cultural heart of Morocco, and the medina where I\u2019ll be staying is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now I just need to wake up the Arabic I haven\u2019t used for a few years!\u201d \u2756<strong> Alison Torrillo French <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#116;o&#58;&#97;&#109;&#x74;&#x37;&#x40;&#99;&#111;&#x72;&#110;e&#108;&#x6c;&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;\">email Alison<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/classof95.alumni.cornell.edu\/\">Class website<\/a> | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CU95FB\">Class Facebook page<\/a> | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cornellu1995\">Class Instagram page<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-190da4f2d3717a8776d3e6ce5fba8132\"><strong>1996<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No submissions for this column this round\u2014consider this your friendly reminder that classmates enjoy hearing everyday updates just as much as major milestones. So, what have you been up to lately? \u2756 <strong>Class of 1996 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;a&#x62;&#98;&#x38;&#51;&#64;&#x63;o&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x2e;ed&#117;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-bbc70c556889b17aed7bcbcb8fee29c5\"><strong>1997<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen <strong>Beth Hodge<\/strong> and <strong>Courtney Hodge \u201999<\/strong> moved to a 35-acre property in rural New Hampshire as children, they quickly convinced their father to get them five calves,\u201d reports a <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/pudding-hodge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent <em>Cornellians <\/em>story<\/a>. \u201cThe sisters joined their local 4-H program and began to show the animals\u2014and after they grew into heifers and one of them had a calf of its own, the Hodges taught themselves how to milk the cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018That\u2019s how we ended up with the dairy farm,\u2019 Beth recalls with a laugh. \u2018Well, milking one cow in the garage, then another cow and another cow. Eventually, we built a barn.\u2019 As the family\u2019s herd (and the expenses of their hobby) grew, so did the question of what to do with all the milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey considered nearly every possibility\u2014bottled milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream\u2014but throughout the region, others were already making each of them. One product remained notably untapped: pudding. Today, the sisters run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/echofarmpuddings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Echo Farm Puddings<\/a>, transforming milk from their herd of 70 Jersey and Milking Shorthorn cattle into premium products sold in New England and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe beloved dessert\u2014in flavors like chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch, and coffee caramel tapioca\u2014is made just steps from the dairy barn, with milk pumped directly into the kitchen before being pasteurized, cooked, and packaged. Fresh pudding is produced twice a week in steam kettles that can make up to 3,000 pounds at once. Alongside the year-round flavors, Echo Farm produces seasonal varieties such as coconut cream, lemon, pumpkin spice, and white chocolate peppermint. The desserts are sold in grocery stores, co-ops, and natural food shops, including select Whole Foods, Hannaford\u2019s, and Market Basket locations.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1997 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;o&#58;&#97;&#98;&#98;&#x38;3&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;&#110;&#x65;&#108;&#108;&#x2e;e&#x64;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1fec37c85b0d36feee6fb165ddeed723\"><strong>1998<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019ve gone to college or gotten married over the past couple of decades, there\u2019s a good chance that <strong>Tim Chi<\/strong> helped shape your experiences,\u201d states a recent <em>Cornellians <\/em>story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Engineering alum co-founded pioneering platforms in those two spaces: the course-management site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackboard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackboard<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weddingwire.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WeddingWire<\/a>, an online marketplace that merged with its main competitor to become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theknotww.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Knot Worldwide<\/a>. Both projects tapped Chi\u2019s lifelong entrepreneurial drive, and both were built during a period that he describes as \u2018pretty much the Wild West\u2019 of early Internet platforms. \u2018We would stay up and code all night,\u2019 he recalls of fielding constant requests from users, \u2018and we\u2019d deliver.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChi\u2019s entrepreneurial instincts surfaced early. He grew up in Southern California as the son of Taiwanese immigrants, and launched a car-washing business with a friend while still in high school. And while that venture failed, he recalls, \u2018the hands-on learning really stuck with me.\u2019\u201d You can read the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/chi-entrepreneur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full story here<\/a>! \u2756 <strong>Class of 1998 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#97;b&#98;83&#x40;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#108;&#108;&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;&#117;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-653ae88a56907bd016066bc50c6ccc4a\"><strong>1999<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been nearly a quarter-century since <strong>Lauren Weisberger<\/strong> wrote <em>The Devil Wears Prada<\/em>\u2014a novel, published when Weisberger was just 26, that became not merely a bestseller but a cultural sensation,\u201d reports <em>Cornellians.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 2003 tale chronicles the personal and professional travails of aspiring journalist Andy Sachs, who unexpectedly lands a job as the latest in a long line of beleaguered assistants to Miranda Priestly\u2014the tyrannical editor of the fictional <em>Runway<\/em> magazine, a figure who\u2019s both feared and revered. Weisberger had been an assistant to <em>Vogue <\/em>editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who was widely assumed to be the basis for Miranda (and the author herself for Andy). &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA much-anticipated film sequel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt33612209\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em><\/a>, debuted in spring 2026, two decades after the original; it too has been a massive hit, grossing $666 million worldwide as of late May. The publicity and red-carpet events around the sequel\u2019s release have given Weisberger\u2014who has published seven other novels since her blockbuster debut\u2014reason to reflect on the legacy of the characters she created, and to marvel at how what was once controversial has become firmly embedded into pop culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018It\u2019s funny; now you see Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour on the cover of <em>Vogue <\/em>together,\u2019 marvels Weisberger, who these days mainly lives on a trawler yacht\u2014often at anchor in the Bahamas\u2014with her husband and two children.\u201d You can <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/weisberger-prada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read more here<\/a>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrew Addotta <\/strong>is the co-founder of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonandadams.com\/\">Hamilton &amp; Adams<\/a>\u2014an Upstate New York lifestyle brand founded in Kingston and best known for its \u201cUpstate &amp; Chill\u201d line of products\u2014which recently opened its second location in downtown Ithaca. \u201cReturning to Ithaca feels incredibly meaningful,\u201d said Andrew. \u201cThis community played an important role in my life, and it\u2019s exciting to bring Hamilton &amp; Adams back to a place that already shares so many of our values.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These days <strong>Lauren Weisberger \u201999<\/strong> mainly lives on a trawler yacht\u2014often at anchor in the Bahamas\u2014with her husband and two children.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bill Riley<\/strong>, ME \u201900, an engineering executive at SpaceX, was recently a chief design judge at the Formula SAE competition\u2014the same student engineering competition that helped launch his career. Each year, teams of college students from around the world design, build, and race small formula-style race cars. Bill says this hands-on experience at Cornell prepared him for solving complex engineering challenges at SpaceX. The story was recently featured in the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/spacex-engineering-cornell-racing-team-de13905b?mod=Searchresults&amp;pos=1&amp;page=1\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen <strong>Beth Hodge \u201997<\/strong> and <strong>Courtney Hodge <\/strong>moved to a 35-acre property in rural New Hampshire as children, they quickly convinced their father to get them five calves,\u201d reports a <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/pudding-hodge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent <em>Cornellians <\/em>story<\/a>. \u201cThe sisters joined their local 4-H program and began to show the animals\u2014and after they grew into heifers and one of them had a calf of its own, the Hodges taught themselves how to milk the cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018That\u2019s how we ended up with the dairy farm,\u2019 Beth recalls with a laugh. \u2018Well, milking one cow in the garage, then another cow and another cow. Eventually, we built a barn.\u2019 As the family\u2019s herd (and the expenses of their hobby) grew, so did the question of what to do with all the milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey considered nearly every possibility\u2014bottled milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream\u2014but throughout the region, others were already making each of them. One product remained notably untapped: pudding. Today, the sisters run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/echofarmpuddings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Echo Farm Puddings<\/a>, transforming milk from their herd of 70 Jersey and Milking Shorthorn cattle into premium products sold in New England and New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe beloved dessert\u2014in flavors like chocolate, vanilla, butterscotch, and coffee caramel tapioca\u2014is made just steps from the dairy barn, with milk pumped directly into the kitchen before being pasteurized, cooked, and packaged. Fresh pudding is produced twice a week in steam kettles that can make up to 3,000 pounds at once. Alongside the year-round flavors, Echo Farm produces seasonal varieties such as coconut cream, lemon, pumpkin spice, and white chocolate peppermint. The desserts are sold in grocery stores, co-ops, and natural food shops, including select Whole Foods, Hannaford\u2019s, and Market Basket locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018We use high-quality, really minimal ingredients and try to process them as little as possible, so you won\u2019t see fillers or stabilizers in our puddings,\u2019 says Courtney. \u2018Our maple pudding only has three ingredients: milk, cornstarch, and maple sugar.\u2019 About 20% of the farm\u2019s milk is used for pudding, while the rest is sold to a dairy cooperative and ultimately made into Cabot cheese. Eventually, though, the sisters hope to use all the milk in their own products. \u2018The beauty of working for ourselves is that we always have the ability to change and adjust,\u2019 says Courtney. \u2018Innovation is what drives us and gets us excited about doing something that we\u2019re good at.\u2019\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 1999 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#x6c;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x61;b&#98;8&#51;&#64;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;n&#x65;&#108;&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">2000s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-8c0b0d9a46db15a262eee11a7b542456\"><strong>2000<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of our classmates was recently featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/nike-amplify-sheets-singer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cornellians <\/em>story<\/a>: \u201cWhen <strong>Alison Sheets-Singer<\/strong> swung on the uneven bars as a competitive gymnast, she wasn\u2019t just concentrating on her routine\u2014she was thinking about the physics that make it possible. Her childhood coach, who held a doctorate in physics, had taught his athletes about the science behind every swing, flip, and landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018I always had this idea that sport, science, and engineering just lived together,\u2019 says the former Big Red gymnast and mechanical engineering major. \u2018If I could understand physics, then I could become a better athlete because of it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat idea never left her. After earning a PhD in mechanical engineering from UC Davis, where she studied human movement, Sheets-Singer ultimately joined global sports gear and apparel giant Nike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe\u2019s currently the lead scientist for the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/about.nike.com\/en\/newsroom\/releases\/nike-project-amplify-official-images\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Amplify<\/a>\u2014the world\u2019s first powered footwear system for walking and running. \u2018You can think about it like having an extra set of calf muscles that are powered by batteries to help propel you along,\u2019 Sheets-Singer explains of the system, which is expected to launch commercially in 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnlike a typical sneaker, Project Amplify footwear extends up the lower leg. The three main components\u2014a carbon-plated shoe, motor, and battery pack\u2014are connected via a lightweight titanium frame. The rechargeable battery is housed in a cuff that wraps around the calf and connects to the motor, which is mounted on the outside of the leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom the motor, the frame attaches to a shoe that is reinforced with a carbon-fiber plate throughout the sole. When the motor pulls upward on the heel, the stiff plate transfers that force forward, pushing down on the toe and driving the wearer into the next step. \u2018It\u2019s like an e-bike for your feet,\u2019 says Sheets-Singer, whose title is senior principal researcher, innovation. \u2018You feel a nudge as you\u2019re pushing off the ground on each step, and that nudge propels you into your next step\u2014which means your calves have to do a little bit less, because it\u2019s doing a bit more for you.\u2019\u201d \u2756 <strong>Denise Williams<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;:&#x64;d&#x77;7&#64;&#x63;o&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;&#x6c;l&#46;e&#x64;&#x75;\">email Denise<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-11da7461b219355addce2c413ffa3260\"><strong>2001<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Extra! Extra! More than 240 of us\u2014plus partners and kids\u2014reunited in sunny Ithaca in early June for the silver jubilee of our lives as Cornell alumni. Thanks to the herculean efforts of 25th Reunion co-chairs <strong>Lorraine Medeiros<\/strong> and <strong>Marisa Laks <\/strong>at the Class of 2001 headquarters in Becker House on West Campus, we devoured delicacies from Hot Truck, Collegetown Bagels, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and the Dairy Bar\u2014followed by a spontaneous D.P. Dough order by <strong>Salil Gupte<\/strong> at our Saturday night dance party with the Class of \u201996. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other HQ treats included a squeal-inducing concert by the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hangovers.com\/\">Hangovers<\/a>\u2014featuring classic crooners <strong>Joe Gregorio<\/strong>, <strong>George Jaramillo<\/strong>, and <strong>Steve Engelbrecht<\/strong> on fan-favorite \u201cUp the Ladder to the Roof\u201d\u2014trivia, PJ party, photo booth, high-fives with Touchdown, and dodging drizzle for our class photo below McGraw Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reunion registration chair <strong>Claire Ackerman<\/strong> writes, \u201cIt was great catching up with classmates I haven\u2019t spoken to in years, including <strong>Carolyn Maier<\/strong>, ME \u201902, <strong>Chris<\/strong> and <strong>Alison Louie Anker<\/strong>, and <strong>Seema Prasannakumar<\/strong>, to name a few!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/500538923481822\">Facebook group<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cornell2001alums\/\">Instagram page<\/a> for pics, and share your own! According to the official tally posted at HQ, our class raised more than $11.6 million from 485 donors this year, including 165 Tower Club members. If you\u2019d like to put a pumpkin on top of that tower, your support for a Cornell cause is welcome anytime, whether that\u2019s <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/givingday.cornell.edu\/\">Cornell Giving Day<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givingtuesday.org\/\">Giving Tuesday<\/a>, or some other occasion that inspires your generosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across generations, Cornell offered a jam-packed mix of activities: tours; tent parties; gorge ziplining; rappelling down Schoellkopf; college, department, and club meals and lectures galore; getting Rickrolled by the Chimes; and singing along with the Big Red Band, Glee Club, and Chorus. It was honestly impossible to get to everything that looked interesting &#8230; even more reason to get back to campus more often!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the usual strong turnout from the Tri-State and Southern-Tier footprints, quite a few classmates schlepped in from Boston (<strong>Tara Benedict Desmarais<\/strong>, <strong>Mike<\/strong>, ME \u201902, and <strong>Sandy Martisauskas<\/strong> <strong>George<\/strong>, <strong>Nathan Connell<\/strong>, who else?) and the DMV area (<strong>Michael<\/strong>, MPA \u201902, and <strong>Susan Mueller Hanson<\/strong>, ME \u201902, who else?). Should we consider a party bus from both hubs next time, spinning \u201cRide Wit Me\u201d among other classic tunes of yore?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While some of us were huffing and puffing up the Slope and not hydrating enough between glasses of Finger Lakes Riesling at HQ and plastic cups of beer at tent parties, <strong>Praveen Anumolu<\/strong>, ME \u201903, <strong>Erica Chatfield Roberts<\/strong>, <strong>Jackie Sobota<\/strong>, <strong>Erin Tobin<\/strong>, and <strong>Victoria Ying<\/strong>, PhD \u201904, were up at dawn Saturday for the Reunion 5K. (Meanwhile, I snuck onto their bus in hopes of getting to the CALS breakfast at Trillium without breaking a sweat, not realizing it was heading to the <em>far <\/em>end of the Botanic Gardens \u2026) Way to earn that free T-shirt, runners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The Big Red Band coaxed <strong>Peggy Imboden<\/strong> <strong>Salsbury \u201901<\/strong> to rock the tuba just like in \u2018those good old days on the Hill\u2019 for the Cornelliana Night concert at Bailey Hall.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Later that day, the Big Red Band drew alums from every section, and coaxed <strong>Peggy Imboden<\/strong> <strong>Salsbury<\/strong> to rock the tuba just like in \u201cthose good old days on the Hill\u201d for the Cornelliana Night concert at Bailey Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joining me and Salil, the <em>Daily Sun<\/em> \u201901ers reporting for duty included <strong>Aron Goetzl<\/strong>, <strong>Navneet Gill Miller<\/strong>, <strong>Jason Weinstein<\/strong>, and <strong>Melissa Hantman<\/strong> <strong>Pheterson<\/strong>. Check them out on LinkedIn to see some impressive career trajectories! Salil and I also spotted our Reunion-cycle pal <strong>Jonathan Landsman \u201981<\/strong> and his son at the <em>Sun<\/em>\u2019s meetup in Willard Straight Hall, but had to rush back to our own kids downslope before we could catch up properly. If you\u2019re reading this, Jonathan, see you in 2031?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Malinda Lovic Lesko<\/strong>\u00a0did a better job of cross-generational human bonding, meeting up with fellow HumEc alums\u00a0<strong>Laura Nelkin \u201995<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Suzy Schwarz Quiles \u201976<\/strong>\u00a0at the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection\u2019s exhibit on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/rbg-style-exhibit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fashioning Justice<\/a>: Ruth Bader Ginsburg \u201954 and the Power of Presence.\u201d She writes, \u201cThe exhibition considered dress as signal, shield, and statement. We also had the opportunity to be invited into the collection to hear from current students about their projects, seeing some curated pieces related to their research.\u201d Back in Western Massachusetts, Malinda is diving into entrepreneur life, having \u201cpurchased some small-scale fiber processing equipment and started Alchemy Fiber Mill, which will be part of the bus tour Laura and I are leading this\u00a0September. I work primarily with local sheep farms to clean and process their wool into products they can sell under their own labels.\u201d She also serves as a board member of Western Massachusetts Fibershed and creates online trainings for Massachusetts public safety agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For<strong> Garrett Lang<\/strong>, Reunion was a fun-filled mix of reconnecting with old friends (especially <strong>Chris Dodd<\/strong>) from his Donlon, Collegetown, RHA, and CIT days\u2014and making<strong> <\/strong>new ones,<strong> <\/strong>including <strong>Melanie Woodrow<\/strong>, whom he ended up driving down to New Jersey for her flight back to California. He recommends staying in touch via Tuesday night discussion groups he offers through the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freethinkerinstitute.org\/\">Free Thinker Institute<\/a> and joining the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/cornellonlinecommunity.com\/\">Global Cornell Alumni Online Community<\/a> on Discord. \u201cWe\u2019re so lucky to be part of the Cornell community\u2014a network of highly intelligent and compassionate people,\u201d he writes. \u201cThanks to all the Reunion organizers for all your hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also from New Jersey,<strong> Lorraine Medeiros<\/strong> writes, \u201cTo everyone who came home, thank you for filling the weekend with so much warmth and so many memories. To those who could not be with us, you were missed\u2014and the Hill will be waiting for all of us next time.\u201d Please save the date and share with friends: June 5\u20138, 2031!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those who didn\u2019t make it to this Reunion, how can we help get you to our 30th? Let us know, as we\u2019d love to see more of each other then, if not sooner! For example, if you\u2019re looking for an excuse to visit Japan, Praveen and I plan to meet at the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/volunteer\/leadership\/asia-pacific-leadership-conference\/\">Cornell Asia-Pacific Leadership Conference<\/a> in Tokyo in April. Closer to home for most of you, there\u2019s the Cornell-Columbia football game in Manhattan on November 21 (followed by the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/come-back\/cornell-traditions\/sy-katz-31-parade\/\">biennial Sy Katz \u201931 Parade<\/a>)\u2014and possibly <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/come-back\/cornell-traditions\/hockey\/hockey-faq\/\">Frozen Apple hockey at MSG<\/a> later that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got updates or memories to share? Email either of us, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classof01.alumni.cornell.edu\/\">visit our website<\/a>, join and participate in our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/500538923481822\">Class of 2001 Classmates Facebook group<\/a>, and follow our <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cornell2001alums\/\">Class of 2001 Instagram<\/a>. \u2756<strong> Nicole Neroulias Gupte<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;&#78;&#x69;&#99;&#111;l&#101;&#x4d;N&#54;&#64;&#x67;&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email Nicole<\/a>) | <strong>James Gutow<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#97;i&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;j&#x61;&#x6d;&#101;s&#x2e;g&#117;to&#x77;&#64;&#121;&#97;&#104;&#x6f;&#111;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#x6d;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email James<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1d43aaea2117a565f2fa298c4d3df4d2\"><strong>2002 &amp; 2003<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Autumn greetings! We don\u2019t have any news to share from either of these classes this round. Please take a moment to let us know how you spent your summer! If you have anything you\u2019d like to share with your class, please submit an <a href=\"http:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online news form<\/a>. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2002 &amp; 2003<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;l&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#97;&#98;&#98;83&#x40;&#x63;&#x6f;r&#x6e;&#x65;ll&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e4c103dab5aed91ba4415fdfeb83919a\"><strong>2004<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dorothy Williams-Neagle<\/strong> has written a collection of poems called <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gnashingteethpublishing.com\/imagine-a-woman\/?srsltid=AfmBOor_2wKWlCs-R9N48Aen-kAkRQi46_TpszVbicKmqgm5r9I4MjZo\"><em>Imagine a Woman<\/em><\/a>. According to Gnashing Teeth Publishing, \u201cStories have the power to free us, or to hold us captive. <em>Imagine a Woman<\/em> is a book about both, and how the retelling of stories we inherit can open a pathway between fear and survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOrganized around four feminine archetypes\u2014the Virgin, the Mother, the Prophet, and the Whore\u2014these poems offer a multi-storied perspective on the many ways a woman is defined, and how femininity is shaped by histories ancient and new. Offering new ways to devote ourselves to the myths, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and playground songs that captivate our memories and inspire our futures, the collection ignites a sharp and stirring transformation from being silenced to learning how to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Kentucky native, Dorothy now lives in New York with her family. She is a Yaddo fellow and Pushcart Prize nominee, and her poetry and essays have appeared in many journals and anthologies. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2004 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;to&#58;&#97;bb&#56;&#x33;&#64;&#x63;&#111;r&#x6e;e&#x6c;&#108;&#x2e;&#x65;&#100;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-5d2f41a19e2d98c2ec80f5505308a007\"><strong>2005<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ashley Berke<\/strong> was the 2026 inductee into the Philadelphia Public Relations Association\u2019s Hall of Fame, which honors an individual whose accomplishments have brought distinction to both the public relations community and the Greater Philadelphia region. It is the highest honor given to a member of the association. Congratulations!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of our classmates has been working to honor a past Cornell president. <strong>Bill Clausen<\/strong>, assistant principal at the Anna Julia Cooper Campus of Washington Latin, collaborated with <strong>Brad Olander \u201989<\/strong>, a parent at Washington (DC) Latin Public Charter Schools, to open the Hunter Rawlings Reading Room at Washington Latin\u2019s Cooper Campus in Northeast D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the May 17 opening, they wrote to invited guests, \u201cThere are moments that remind us why we fell in love with learning in the first place\u201d and described the naming of the reading room as \u201ca naming that honors the man who, as Cornell\u2019s president, championed the humanities with uncommon conviction. &#8230; The occasion will bring together Cornell alumni, Latin community members, and friends who share a belief that rigorous, humanistic education belongs to every student\u2014not just those who can afford to seek it out. Hunter once said of Washington Latin\u2019s students: \u2018It is not so much that these students need the humanities, but rather that the humanities need these students.\u2019 That sentence captures everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis event is especially personal for the two of us. Between us, we have spent nearly three decades connected to this school\u2014Bill in a variety of roles over the past 19 years, including as the assistant principal of the Anna Julia Cooper Campus for the past three, and Brad as a Latin parent for eight\u2014and we have both watched Hunter\u2019s influence shape the school\u2019s identity and its students\u2019 lives in ways that are difficult to overstate. We can think of few people more deserving of this honor, and few occasions for which it is more worthy to gather.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was named the 2025 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n<cite><strong>Luisa Sparrow \u201905<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luisa Sparrow <\/strong>writes, \u201cI teach special education in Boston Public Schools in a class for fifth and sixth graders with significant intellectual disabilities, and I was named the 2025 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year. As part of my year of service, I advocated for several key issues, including access to evidence-based literacy instruction for all Massachusetts students. I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on literacy reform at the State House, present testimony to the Joint Committee on Education, and speak at a U.S. Senate briefing on literacy reform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luisa adds, \u201cI love hiking and aim to go on one solo hike per week. I love taking road trips and visiting national parks with my husband, Patrick, and my daughters Cassidy, 6, and Vivian, 5.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three Cornellians recently ended up working together to address affordable housing and energy efficiency in apartment housing in Madison, WI. Our classmate <strong>Claire Schaefer Oleksiak<\/strong> is the executive director of an organization called Sustain Dane that focuses on sustainability in the Dane County and Madison communities. One of its programs, called the Efficiency Navigator, focuses on reducing energy costs and increasing energy efficiency in affordable rental housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efficiency Navigator starts with a building energy and health assessment, prioritizes measures, gathers contractor quotes, and then has funding to pay 100% of the implementations at the selected buildings. <strong>Rachel Durfee \u201987<\/strong> and <strong>Peter Tan \u201986<\/strong>, MArch \u201988, applied to the program for their four-unit rental property, and their building was selected for funding. At the March 2026 press conference, where Rachel and Peter were the featured participant speakers, they put it together that they were all graduates of Cornell! \u2756 <strong>Hilary Johnson<\/strong> <strong>King<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;ilto&#58;h&#x69;&#x6c;&#97;&#114;&#x79;&#x61;k&#105;&#x6e;g&#x31;&#x38;&#64;gma&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#x63;o&#109;\">email Hilary<\/a>) | <strong>Jessica Rosenthal<\/strong> <strong>Chod<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;o&#x3a;&#x63;ho&#x64;&#x6a;&#x6c;r&#x40;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;l&#46;c&#111;&#x6d;\">email Jessica<\/a>) |<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-5a9e1368390eaf41ac4f416083cea104\"><strong>2006<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shanah Segal<\/strong> writes, \u201cSince my last update, I have continued my work as a clinical psychologist, supporting individuals and families through the perinatal and childbearing years. I am honored to now serve as chair of the New York chapter of Postpartum Support International, where I help advance awareness, education, and access to maternal mental health resources across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne of the most rewarding aspects of this role is connecting with volunteers, professionals, and community members who are passionate about supporting families. Cornell afforded me the ability to network with so many, and I hope to continue to foster collaborations and help build stronger networks throughout New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBased in NYC, I am available for both in-person meetings and virtual connections. My husband and kids are keeping me busy with sports (go Knicks!!), museums, books, and lots of chess!\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 2006 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;l&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#97;&#98;&#98;&#56;&#51;&#x40;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;ne&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#x65;du\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-38c78c07fead658deae15512b9131e60\"><strong>2007<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, Class of 2007! Below are some awesome updates on our classmates\u2019 newest publications. I am so happy to be able to share them with you all. As always, my contact information is listed at the end\u2014I love hearing from you, and look forward to future updates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to <strong>Jesi Bender<\/strong> on her latest book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saggingmeniscus.com\/catalog\/crux\/\"><em>Crux<\/em><\/a>, published by Sagging Meniscus Press. <em>Crux<\/em> is an experimental play set nearly entirely inside Northern Ireland\u2019s HM Prison Maze where, in 1981, revolutionary Bobby Sands is on a hunger strike. The play introduces questions of nonviolent political protests by means of conversations between Sands and other contemporary activists. Jesi worked with and has received praise from Laurence McKeown, a colleague of Sands\u2019s who joined him in his hunger strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also heard from\u00a0<strong>Colin Hodge\u00a0<\/strong>about his book,\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/shop\/general-introductory-business-management\/outrageous-startup-growth-uncovering-the-secrets-of-user-psychology-to-scale-your-success-p-9781394387335\"><em>Outrageous Startup Growth<\/em><\/a>, which has become a\u00a0<em>USA Today<\/em> bestseller. Colin co-founded the dating app Down, and created the \u201cOutrageous Growth Method\u201d based on his experiences in the startup world. His book explores cultivating a growth mindset and engineering user psychology for business growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colin also recently wrote an essay that published in <em>Cornellians <\/em>titled \u201cWhat Undergrad Social Life Taught Me about Founding Companies.\u201d In it, he writes, \u201cA key part of my education wasn\u2019t listed on any syllabus\u2014it was the intertwining of my formal and informal education that led me down my particularly ridiculous career path. A campus newspaper that shall not be named is where I built storytelling muscles and attempted humor with mixed results, including my first-hand story of a bungled burglary on Eddy Street in Collegetown that ended with a SWAT team sweeping our lawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn the soccer field, I learned to herd cats: getting people with volatile personalities and wildly different commitment levels to show up, run the same direction, and occasionally win. That\u2019s also a generous description of managing a startup. The most formative development was social. After a breakup with my high school girlfriend, I took crash courses in flirting, rejection, and spotting attraction by hopping around house parties.\u201d Read <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/hodge-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his full essay here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m loving the breadth of interests and experiences we share as one Cornell class! Have more updates to share? Please feel free to reach out to me or <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">submit online<\/a>! \u2756 <strong>Samantha Feibush Wolf<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o:&#x73;&#114;f2&#x39;&#x40;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;&#110;&#101;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#101;&#100;&#117;\">email Samantha<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-f87cd9b92e979f60a31f6907a9e82463\"><strong>2008<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santiago Rubio Suarez<\/strong> writes, \u201cI got married 13 years ago and have five little offsprings. I moved permanently to Colombia, where I\u2019m enjoying time with my kids, reading them stories, tickling them, and playing hide-and-seek.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He adds, \u201cI am the CEO of an Ayurvedic healthcare institution. Life is busy, but very satisfying. I am very grateful for everything learned at Cornell. It provided me with all the skills I regularly use at work, and taught me how to think differently, solve problems, and have a successful business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michele Annibal Hoffman <\/strong>shares, \u201cThis past July, five alumni friends from across the U.S. gathered in Ithaca with their families\u2014including 11 kids, ages 4 months to 10 years old\u2014to visit the area and take spouses and kids on a tour of campus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Kolene McDade Bailey<\/strong>, <strong>Rebecca Gauthier Dullas<\/strong>, <strong>Ranjini Bose<\/strong>, <strong>Tara Kaushal Maxwell<\/strong>, and I reminisced, pointed out what was new, enjoyed local wineries and the Dairy Bar, and overall felt so grateful for this special place and the enduring friendships that came from it! Especially thankful for no stress of p-sets and prelims.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 2008 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x61;&#98;&#98;&#56;3&#64;&#99;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#x2e;&#x65;d&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-46aacc0a47cbb4fee2f58d1e83f74b5a\"><strong>2009<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m excited to share the launch of my first book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0H482W3VR?lv=shuf&amp;channelId=500&amp;plpRedirect=mhFallback\"><em>Signals<\/em><\/a><em>: Common Marketing Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them<\/em>,\u201d writes <strong>Angela Morel Troccoli<\/strong>. \u201cDrawing on my experience leading marketing teams across startups and global organizations, along with real-world case studies and interviews with nearly two dozen veteran marketing executives, the book explores common challenges marketers face\u2014and practical strategies to avoid them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWriting this book has been a true passion project and an opportunity to reflect on the experiences that have shaped my career. My hope is that it helps marketers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders navigate common challenges with greater confidence while inspiring them to build strategies that put customers first. It\u2019s incredibly rewarding to see this project finally come to life, and I\u2019m grateful to everyone who supported me along the way, including my Big Red family and friends!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jinhu Park<\/strong> is the founder of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imunika.com\/\">Imunika<\/a>, a boutique wellness brand that makes specialty coffee infused with the health benefits of mushrooms. According to a recent <em>Cornellians <\/em>story, \u201cOK, let\u2019s get something straight from the jump: the coffee that Jinhu Park makes and sells does <em>not<\/em> taste like mushrooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, it has mushrooms in it\u2014seven different varieties, in fact\u2014but they\u2019re essentially indistinguishable in the beverage itself, which has the velvety, smooth-but-complex flavor of a high-end cup of java. The Human Ecology alum is the founder and CEO of Imunika, a brand based in his native South Korea that\u2019s at the intersection of two markets with passionate followings: natural wellness and premium coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt also taps aspects of Park\u2019s cultural heritage, in which those fungi\u2014such as the reishi (<em>Ganoderma lucidum<\/em>), nicknamed the \u2018mushroom of immortality\u2019\u2014have long been prized for their health properties. \u2018Not just in Korea, but across Asia, mushrooms are renowned for their power and potency,\u2019 he says. \u2018They were revered by kings and queens, and people would travel across mountains to collect them\u2014almost like an elixir for them to live forever.\u2019\u201d You can <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/park-imunika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read more here<\/a>! \u2756 <strong>Class of 2009 <\/strong>(<a href=\"ma&#x69;&#108;&#116;o:&#x61;&#x62;&#x62;&#x38;3&#x40;c&#111;r&#x6e;&#101;&#108;l&#x2e;e&#x64;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">2010s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-443ab4dd941de18bffd5a7a620ed64fa\"><strong>2010<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fall is indisputably the best Ithaca season. <a href=\"m&#x61;&#x69;lt&#111;&#x3a;&#x6a;&#108;w2&#x32;&#x34;&#x40;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;e&#x6c;&#108;&#x2e;&#101;&#100;&#x75;\">Write me<\/a> or fight me about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re a Cornellian, I\u2019m willing to bet that you signed on the dotted line after you visited campus. Maybe you came from a city and wanted something different. Maybe you took one look at the stone bridge spanning the Cascadilla Gorge Trail and thought, \u201cIt looks like Rivendell.\u201d (Maybe both of those examples were me.) My guess is you were as struck by the natural beauty of Ithaca and Cornell\u2019s campus as I was, whether it\u2019s something that drew you in immediately and influenced your decision to enroll, or something you came to appreciate over time. Turns out that \u201cIthaca is Gorges\u201d is as true a phrase as it is ubiquitous. While it\u2019s easy to point to the waterfalls, the hills, and the gorges, I\u2019d like to draw your attention to the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.library.cornell.edu\/cornell-trees\">beauty of the trees<\/a>, displayed to perfection as the leaves change in autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m going to go out on a limb here and guess that you had a <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/iconic-tree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">favorite tree<\/a>. For me, it was a scarlet oak by the Risley parking lot that absolutely blazed red like a beacon in the fall. I definitely had secondhand heartbreak over the loss of the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/digital.library.cornell.edu\/catalog\/ss:31876774\">Ostrander Elms<\/a>. I\u2019m currently mourning that the tree I used to favor sitting against while studying on the Slope is no longer with us. For you, maybe it was a tree on the Arts Quad with branches perfect for climbing, or hanging a hammock, or slacklining. A tree you passed every day on your walk to campus that\u2014without realizing\u2014you came to know as it changed week by week through the seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if you\u2019re not as tree-obsessed as I am, one thing that draws us all together is that we chose this place. As we head into <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/come-back\/homecoming\/\">Homecoming<\/a>, now perfectly aligned for prime leaf-peeping October 16\u201318, 2026, I invite you to share why. What makes you <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/snack-bar\/class-of-2021s-first-milestone-reunion\/\">want to come back<\/a>? What about campus lives in your head rent-free? If you could visit today, where\u2019s the first place you\u2019d go? (Maybe just let me know you\u2019re reading this?) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May you soon hug a tree too big to get your arms around, and may your next visit to Ithaca hit all the nostalgia buttons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your next Class Notes will be from <strong>Grace Guichardo Watkins<\/strong> in November\/December. \u2756 <strong>Jennifer Wholey Lehman<\/strong> (<a href=\"ma&#x69;lt&#x6f;&#58;j&#x6c;&#x77;&#50;2&#52;&#64;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;&#110;&#101;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\">email Jennifer<\/a>) | <strong>Grace Guichardo Watkins <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;&#111;:&#x67;&#x67;&#57;&#x34;&#x40;co&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;&#x6c;l&#46;&#x65;&#x64;u\">email Grace<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3b640e939258a6454fcd3807eb7ceab3\"><strong>2011<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a quiet column this round, but we\u2019d love to change that. Help us fill future columns with news from near and far\u2014career changes, family milestones, travels, volunteer work, hobbies, and Cornell connections alike. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2011 <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;a&#x62;&#x62;&#56;&#x33;&#x40;&#99;&#x6f;r&#x6e;&#101;&#108;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-380cb50615dd78b2e84754b68cc4d5d9\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Clara Lee<\/strong> is a co-author of <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/clara-lee\/korean-soups\/9781523530243\/?\"><em>Korean Soups<\/em><\/a><em>: Recipes for Soups and Stews That Nourish, Restore, and Delight<\/em>. According to the book\u2019s description, \u201cAuthors Clara Lee and Eddo Kim tap into the past and present with generational family recipes, nostalgic meals of their childhood, and their years of sharing meals as a couple for more than 50 complexly flavored and simply made soups, stews, and hot pot dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe book starts with the building blocks\u2014staple Korean ingredients and tools, their soup classifications, and broth techniques\u2014before progressing to <em>guk<\/em>, <em>tang<\/em>, <em>jjigae<\/em>, and <em>jeongol<\/em> recipes. All the while, each page counters the technicality of Korean soups with the flexibility of utilizing seasonal ingredients or tools on hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDishes combine traditional ingredients with the most local and timely (even if that means less-traditional) produce, like a Tomato and Young Fermented Soybean Stew with <em>cheonggukjang<\/em> and heirloom tomatoes. Whether calling for a <em>ddukbaegi<\/em> (earthenware pot) or a stockpot, the authors portray the diversity and accessibility of cooking and consuming Korean soups.\u201d \u2756 <strong>Peggy Ramin<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#x6f;&#x3a;m&#x61;&#x72;33&#53;&#64;&#99;&#x6f;&#x72;&#110;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#x75;\">email Peggy<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-e537fae1a13ad85bad5c26a65a3bb1d4\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brithem LLP recently announced that <strong>Jaime Frelich Fried<\/strong>, a commercial litigator with a track record of handling complex business disputes and real estate matters, has joined the firm as counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the news release, \u201cJaime\u2019s practice covers high-stakes commercial litigation from early case strategy through appeal, with a caseload that includes merger challenges, employment actions, and contractual disputes. She has also built a robust real estate practice, advising clients on pre-litigation strategy and representing them in active litigation once a matter reaches court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018I was drawn to Brithem because of the chance to be close to the real decision-making on every matter. At a firm this size, you\u2019re shaping strategy and seeing a case through from the first phone call to the final outcome. That kind of firsthand experience is invaluable,\u2019 said Jaime. \u2018I\u2019m also excited to work on the impact litigation Brithem is known for\u2014cases where the outcome genuinely matters to the people and businesses involved. That\u2019s the work I want to be doing, and I can\u2019t think of a better place to do it.\u2019\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 2013 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#97;&#x62;b&#x38;&#51;&#64;&#x63;&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;l&#46;e&#100;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-a890959c8e4781fcda3e34ca90bf8c14\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, Class of 2014! I hope that you are all having a great start to fall. If you have any news that you would like to share for an upcoming column, please reach out. \u2756 <strong>Samantha Lapehn Young<\/strong> (<a href=\"m&#x61;i&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#x73;r&#108;&#x37;6&#64;c&#x6f;r&#x6e;&#101;l&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email Samantha<\/a>) | <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3d6393ff7ca9afb5e0de3fbbc39956b1\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sadie Garside Falletti <\/strong>writes, \u201cMy husband, Brandon, and I welcomed our baby boy, Jack, on January 25, 2026! Also, <strong>Mikey Hintsa<\/strong> and <strong>Kelsey Mollura<\/strong> welcomed a baby boy, Nico, on March 20, 2026.\u201d Congratulations to the happy parents!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kate Bemis<\/strong> is a research zoologist with an unusual dual position\u2014working both with the Smithsonian and with NOAA\u2019s National Systematics Laboratory. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/bemis-fishes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cornellians<\/em> story<\/a>, \u201cShe spends several months a year on the water, photographing fishes and collecting them and their DNA to identify species and add specimens to museum collections; in recent years, she has worked off the coasts of West and East Africa, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam, as well as along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. Her work helps ensure that fish are caught sustainably, that species are correctly identified in the marketplace, and that countries have accurate data on fishery health. &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor Bemis, ichthyology is the family business: her father is <strong>William Bemis \u201976<\/strong>, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology in CALS, faculty curator of fishes for the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cumv.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Museum of Vertebrates<\/a>, and an expert in the comparative anatomy and evolution of sharks. Growing up, she spent hours observing their home aquariums, which housed species like goldfish, tetras, and pufferfish\u2014still among her favorites. Her interest became a lifelong passion when, as a high schooler, she took two classes at Cornell\u2019s Shoals Marine Laboratory, located on an island in the Gulf of Maine. \u2018I got to have hands-on experience with frozen specimens,\u2019 she recalls, \u2018and it was awesome.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kate Bemis \u201915<\/strong> is a research zoologist with an unusual dual position\u2014working both with the Smithsonian and with NOAA\u2019s National Systematics Laboratory.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jake Potashnick<\/strong> was also recently the focus of a story in <em>Cornellians<\/em>, after his Chicago restaurant earned a Michelin star in its second year. \u201cChef Jake Potashnick runs his kitchen like a magazine. Every Tuesday, his five cooks suggest ideas and he edits them, shaping the \u2018stories\u2019 that will define the week\u2019s menu. \u2018I take ideas and components from their pitches,\u2019 he says, \u2018and combine them into dishes.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe result is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feldrestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feld<\/a>, his Michelin-starred Chicago restaurant where the 25-to-30-course tasting menus evolve daily, built around fresh, seasonal ingredients. \u2018Dinner at Feld feels like a night of theater,\u2019 says <em>Bon App\u00e9tit, <\/em>which called it one of the best new restaurants of 2025, \u2018with 20-plus courses unfurling over two hours, a dynamic dinner-in-the-round that is as engaging as it is earnest.\u2019 For the Hotelie, the experience is as much about highlighting the people and places from which he sources ingredients as it is about the meal itself\u2014a concept he terms \u2018relationship to table.\u2019\u201d Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/feld-potashnick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full story here<\/a>! \u2756 <strong>Caroline Flax<\/strong> (<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;l&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#99;&#x73;&#102;&#55;&#57;&#x40;&#99;&#x6f;r&#110;&#101;&#108;l&#46;&#101;&#100;&#117;\">email Caroline<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-3aa45930acc133e0d198a8b9bcc75513\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Autumn greetings, Class of \u201916! Please consider this your friendly reminder that classmates enjoy hearing your everyday updates just as much as major milestones. What have you been up to lately? Drop us a line. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2016 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x61;&#98;&#x62;&#x38;3&#64;c&#x6f;&#114;&#x6e;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-d097b6574bc21a0689ca64d97050451c\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that <strong>Michael McQueeney<\/strong> has joined the firm\u2019s New York office as an associate in the business litigation practice group. Michael focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, with experience in securities class actions, merger and acquisition disputes, and shareholder derivative litigation. Admitted to practice in New York and California, Michael received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2017 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;a&#x62;&#x62;&#56;3&#x40;&#x63;&#x6f;rn&#101;&#x6c;l&#46;&#101;&#x64;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-6c7e21fda7dde09a2f031dee1b83607d\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spencer Kopko<\/strong> was recently featured in a <em>Cornellians <\/em>story with his wife, <strong>Kristen Ferguson Kopko \u201920<\/strong>, after the pair bought the Triphammer Marketplace, a venerable Ithaca shopping center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the article, \u201cFor Spencer, who grew up in Ithaca, the marketplace\u2014technically located in the Village of Lansing, just off Route 13\u2014was a childhood destination for family dinners, errands, and afternoons spent wandering its halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018Triphammer has always been a comfortable, community-oriented spot,\u2019 says Spencer. \u2018It definitely has some eclectic architecture and layout, but it makes sense for the neighborhood that it\u2019s in. You can just get lost in there.\u2019\u201d You can <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/triphammer-kopko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read the full story<\/a> here! \u2756 <strong>Class of 2018 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;l&#x74;&#x6f;:&#x61;b&#98;&#56;&#51;&#x40;&#99;o&#114;&#110;e&#108;&#x6c;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-f33f7608aa5439f94add79aa5b5917fe\"><strong>2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amanda Friedman<\/strong> was recently featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/sambazon-friedman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a <em>Cornellians <\/em>story<\/a> titled \u201cThis Hotelie is Bringing a \u2018Superfruit\u2019 to an Airport (or Campus) Near You.\u201d Amanda designs the eateries in the health-conscious Sambazon chain, which is beloved for its a\u00e7a\u00ed bowls and smoothies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the piece, \u201cAmong the many dining options at Atlanta\u2019s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport\u2014the world\u2019s busiest, with more than 108 million annual passengers\u2014is an eye-catching storefront where the mounds of strawberries, blueberries, mangoes, and other fruits create a dramatic burst of color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an outpost of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sambazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sambazon<\/a>, which sells health-conscious offerings like a\u00e7a\u00ed bowls topped with fruit, granola, and nuts, as well as smoothies and energy drinks. The quick-service restaurants can also be found in numerous other airports, on college campuses, and even in a Major League Baseball park. And one of the creative minds at their helm is Hotelie Amanda Friedman, who helped turn Sambazon from a single, underperforming store near San Diego into a thriving chain\u2014popular on social media, and with more than a dozen locations nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2018People want that healthy product,\u2019 says Friedman of the a\u00e7a\u00ed\u2014a dark purple berry, rich in antioxidants, that\u2019s frozen and pur\u00e9ed to form the basis of bowls and smoothies. \u2018They want something that\u2019s delicious with fresh fruit instead of a prepackaged sandwich or a salad in a plastic box.\u2019\u201d \u2756 <strong>Class of 2019 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x61;&#x62;b&#x38;3&#64;&#x63;o&#x72;&#110;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#x2e;e&#100;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">2020s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-80c388e64298fea3af047c69d39a91b4\"><strong>2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lara Patz<\/strong> recently penned a personal essay that was published in <em>Cornellians <\/em>on how coping with a neurological disorder and helping local disabled athletes have taught her the importance of showing up for others. In it, she writes, \u201c\u2018Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.\u2019 This line, written by Charles Dickens, has stayed with me for years. I have come to understand it as a truth that meaningful support should often begin within our own communities, through the people and places closest to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCornell has brought people\u2014innovators, top researchers, future leaders\u2014from across the globe to Ithaca since 1865. Their stories often make headlines. But there are quieter ones too, rooted not in arrival but in those who grew up alongside the University. This is one of those stories.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/patz-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sofia Vila<\/strong> is happy to report that she and <strong>Lorenzo Masias<\/strong> got married on June 27 in her hometown of San Juan! The wedding was a big party uniting their families and friends from Peru and Puerto Rico\u2014and of course, a huge contingency of Cornellians! In attendance were both the father of the bride <strong>Enrique Vila-Biaggi \u201994<\/strong> and the father of the groom, <strong>Ignacio <\/strong>\u201cNacho\u201d<strong> Masias \u201986<\/strong>, brother and sisters of the bride and groom, <strong>Ignacio Masias \u201917<\/strong>, <strong>Veronica Vila \u201923<\/strong>, ME \u201924, and <strong>Patricia Vila \u201927<\/strong>, and lots of family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dray Farley \u201921<\/strong>, BS \u201920, cofounded a Puerto Rico-based startup with <strong>Thais Campos Farley<\/strong>,<strong> PhD \u201921<\/strong>. BuenoBite is a mobile food marketplace that helps local restaurants, caf\u00e9s, bakeries, and other food businesses turn surplus food into additional revenue by offering it to customers through discounted \u201cSurprise Bags.\u201d The platform is designed to help local businesses reach new customers, make quality food more affordable, and reduce food waste across Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sofia Vila \u201920<\/strong> is happy to report that she and <strong>Lorenzo Masias \u201920<\/strong> got married on June 27 in her hometown of San Juan!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kristen Ferguson Kopko <\/strong>was recently featured in a <em>Cornellians <\/em>story with her husband, <strong>Spencer Kopko \u201918<\/strong>, after the pair bought the Triphammer Marketplace, a venerable Ithaca shopping center. According to the article, \u201cFor the duo, the marketplace\u2019s future isn\u2019t just about the building itself\u2014it\u2019s also about the merchants that occupy it, and the residents it serves. \u2018It\u2019s been us getting to know the community and its needs, talking to the people who live here,\u2019 says Kristen, \u2018and then doing targeted outreach to strong businesses that we think fit the gaps.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter identifying a need for more dining options in the area, for example, they recruited a Syracuse-based fish fry eatery and a restaurant serving Thai and Laotian food. They\u2019re also expanding the events on offer throughout the year, hosting pop-ups that have included vintage goods, local artists and musicians, and fundraisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTheir priority, they say, is to ensure that the marketplace grows while remaining a spot where residents can gather and connect. \u2018A lot of the charm is that you see familiar faces\u2014the same owners, the same customers,\u2019 says Spencer. \u2018Through your shopping, you form these relationships.\u2019\u201d You can <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/triphammer-kopko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read the full story<\/a> here! \u2756 <strong>Class of 2020 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;:&#x61;&#x62;b&#x38;3&#64;&#x63;or&#110;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#117;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-c8c5e1d0017fc3ed098716df2e369b4c\"><strong>2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 23, 2026, <strong>Grady Owens<\/strong> successfully defended his thesis\u2014\u201cThe Making of Martial Minds: The American Collegiate Experience and its Influences on Students and Administrators during the First World War, 1870\u20131918\u201d\u2014before a board of external and internal examiners at the University of Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Receiving minor corrections to the tune of typos, Dr. Owens\u2019s revised thesis was accepted by the department on June 28. He now returns to Florida to soak up the sun, fish the waters, and make applications for adjunct professorships for the coming school year. Congratulations, Doctor! \u2756 <strong>Class of 2021 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;l&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#97;&#x62;&#98;&#x38;&#x33;&#64;&#x63;o&#x72;ne&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#101;&#100;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-9aed7e5ebf4d84adadc4410ad6931d43\"><strong>2022\u201324<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All\u2019s quiet from these classes this round, but we\u2019d love to change that. Help us fill future columns with news from near and far\u2014career changes, family milestones, travels, volunteer work, hobbies, and Cornell connections alike. \u2756 <strong>Classes of 2022\u201324 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;a&#x62;&#x62;8&#x33;&#64;&#99;o&#114;&#110;&#x65;&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-b8d5c6abb38a93cc4f672d5519166989\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new guidebook from the Cayuga Trails Club published this year, called <a href=\"https:\/\/cayugatrailsclub.org\/buy-guidebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Best 50 Hikes in and around Ithaca NY<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>featured dozens of custom-designed maps by our very own <strong>Russell Kwong<\/strong>, a former urban and regional studies major in AAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a recent <em>Cornellians <\/em>story, \u201c\u2018I thought it was a perfect opportunity to tie in my educational experiences learning GIS [geographic information systems] in the classroom,\u2019 says the NYC-based Kwong, \u2018and getting myself more exposed to the Ithaca surroundings.\u2019 Kwong spent more than a year iterating the book\u2019s illustrations, using a program called ArcGIS Pro he\u2019d learned from a freshman-year class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe drew on such resources as the New York State Parks system, the state\u2019s Department of Environmental Conservation, the Finger Lakes Land Trust, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Google Maps, and previous Trails Club publications. \u2018Maps are amazing\u2014I really love how they tell a story,\u2019 says Kwong, who was recently hired as an environmental specialist at the state Department of Transportation. \u2018There are so many stylistic choices involved in making maps. They\u2019re like a mystery you can uncover to understand more about the world around you.\u2019\u201d The rest of the story, as well as several of Russell\u2019s maps, <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/50-hikes-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can be viewed here<\/a>. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2025 <\/strong>(<a href=\"m&#97;&#105;l&#x74;o&#x3a;&#x61;b&#x62;&#x38;3&#64;&#99;&#x6f;&#114;&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#117;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-9bcbf8810ce7e4312a468bc935e12d15\"><strong>2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Serin Koh<\/strong>, BA \u201925 recently wrote a personal essay for <em>Cornellians<\/em> on a feeling she didn\u2019t expect to experience after graduation: loneliness. \u201cTo me and many others, college after graduation settles into a memory. For four years, my identity, habits, goals, and routines were defined by my years as a student. On the narrow streets and brutal hills of Ithaca, community was woven into my everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo Cornellian was truly a stranger\u2014clustered on the Hill, all students and faculty shared a certain Big Red camaraderie. From complaints about the winter weather to difficult courses, I had often found myself physically and emotionally immersed in a community. This sense of Ithacan comfort and familiarity vanished as I entered the next chapter of my life: post-graduation, a liminal period of uncertainty, self-exploration, and reevaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout the stability of student life, my own identity and priorities are constantly being questioned and altered as I prepare for my own career. As work shifts have replaced classes, and friends once a door away moved to different cities, I\u2019ve found myself accompanied by something new: an unshakable loneliness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read the rest of Serin\u2019s essay (which we promise has a happy ending) <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/koh-postgrad-loneliness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">at this link<\/a>. \u2756 <strong>Class of 2026 <\/strong>(<a href=\"&#109;a&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#x61;&#98;b&#56;&#x33;&#x40;&#x63;&#x6f;&#x72;ne&#x6c;&#x6c;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;u\">email c\/o Alexandra Bond \u201912<\/a>) | <a href=\"https:\/\/cornellconnect.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">Grad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d1bf3c4e4ef6c576c8de0b0bd0598646\"><strong>Agriculture and Life Sciences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Frieda Kay<\/strong>, <strong>MS \u201922<\/strong>, recently launched the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalquiltproject.org\/\">National Quilt Project<\/a> on the National Mall in Washington, DC, with her parents, Ithaca fabric artist Mary Milne and David Kay, who recently retired as a senior extension associate emeritus after 44 years in CALS. The project aims to \u201chelp repair our torn social fabric\u201d by inviting people across the country to create quilt squares that will become part of a growing national installation, with a final exhibition planned for 2030. \u201cOur quilt will represent the rich mosaic of our country, expressing our histories, identities, and our common ideals of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-307511455c07f68e93713b887e2fc2d2\"><strong>Architecture, Art, and Planning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last fall,<strong> Mike Morgan<\/strong>, <strong>MFA \u201926<\/strong>, curated an exhibition at Cornell that centered around cats, cheekily called \u201cMagnum O-Pspsps.\u201d According to the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cornellsun.com\/article\/2025\/10\/magnum-o-pspsps-a-feline-devotional\"><em>Daily Sun<\/em><\/a>, the exhibition \u201cdisplayed feline character in every respect. Against plain white walls in a vast open space, the gallery of cats more than filled the room. The exhibition\u2019s greatest strength was its diversity\u2014roughly four dozen artists\u2019 interpretations of catlike character\u2014varying from portraits of pets to abstract color-blocking with cheetah print, from loose lines to stunningly realistic brushwork.\u201d Following \u201cMagnum O-Pspsps,\u201d Mike was invited to curate an exhibition centered around dogs at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT. \u201cDeus Ex Bark-ina\u201d will run through September 13 and bring together more than 50 artists, many of whom are Cornell alumni and faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b161ecb459fe849aca3b50015cfa433e\"><strong>Arts &amp; Sciences<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tad Tuleja<\/strong>, <strong>MA \u201968<\/strong>, has written <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckypress.com\/9781985904477\/skirmishes-with-patriotism\/\"><em>Skirmishes with Patriotism<\/em><\/a><em>: Looking for America in the Long Shadow of Vietnam<\/em>. According to the publisher, University Press of Kentucky, this is a \u201clyrical and deeply personal memoir\u201d about an overlooked segment of his generation: draft-aged men who stayed home during the Vietnam War. \u201cTracing his own journey from a flag-waving Boy Scout to a disillusioned humanist wrestling with the consequences of saying \u2018no\u2019 to military service, he explores the complex pressures of family, expectations about masculine duty, and the fevered nationalism that continues to grip the United States today. This is not a tale of heroism or protest but a candid reckoning with moral ambiguity and the cost of a life-altering decision. With clarity and wit, Tuleja fills a critical gap in Vietnam War\u2013era literature and offers a powerful reflection on what it means to be an American grappling with the legacy of patriotism and conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jane Lynch<\/strong>, <strong>MFA \u201984<\/strong>, was recently featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/lynch-convocation-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cornellians<\/em><\/a> after returning to campus to deliver the 2026 Senior Convocation address. The Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning actor\u2014who has been in such massive hits as <em>Best in Show<\/em>, \u201cGlee,\u201d and \u201cOnly Murders in the Building\u201d\u2014encouraged graduates to face their fears, embrace uncertainty, and pursue lives of curiosity and purpose. She also reflected on her own journey from Cornell to her career in television, film, and theater. \u201cNow, I have found, as an adult standing here before you, that if you can get fear off your back\u2014if you can just get out from underneath it\u2014you unleash some awesome power,\u201d says Jane, \u201cand you live such a satisfying life. But that was to come. I was not there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Margaret Weitekamp<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201901<\/strong>, was recently featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/weitekamp-smithsonian\/\"><em>Cornel<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/weitekamp-smithsonian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">l<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/weitekamp-smithsonian\/\"><em>ians<\/em><\/a> for her work as chair of the space history department at the Smithsonian\u2019s National Air and Space Museum. Margaret oversees a collection of more than 5,000 objects and specimens, many of which are real-world space program artifacts and memorabilia, like medals and mission patches, that help visitors understand how humanity\u2019s fascination with space has shaped both imagination and exploration. \u201cIt\u2019s a recurring theme in American culture, this fascination with space exploration; it\u2019s persistent, but constantly evolving,\u201d says Margaret, whose most recent book is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/711304\/space-craze-by-margaret-a-weitekamp\/\"><em>Space Craze<\/em><\/a><em>: America\u2019s Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a cultural force for how we understand ourselves and what we project about what might be possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Don Leonard<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201914<\/strong>, is running to represent Ohio\u2019s 15th Congressional District and advanced from his primary election earlier this spring. On his campaign site, Don writes, \u201cI was raised by a single mom who fought hard to give me a better shot at life than the one she had. It wasn\u2019t always easy. My childhood taught me the role that personal responsibility plays in achieving the American Dream. But it also showed me the critical importance of government safety nets, devoted public school teachers, and a little dumb luck. As an educator at the Ohio State University for the past 10 years, it\u2019s been my duty to prepare the next generation to pursue their American Dreams. And now that I\u2019m a dad, it\u2019s my duty to give my daughter a better shot at life. I\u2019m running for Congress to stand up to bullies, fight for working families, and make sure every child in Ohio\u2019s 15th District can dream ever bigger dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emily Teera-Hong<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>PhD \u201919<\/strong>, has published a book,\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sup.org\/books\/anthropology\/borderland-solidarity\"><em>Borderland Solidarity<\/em><\/a><em>: Indigenous Law, Media, and Environmental Activism in Kachinland<\/em>, which follows a diverse group of activists, punk rock musicians, women farmers, and armed group leaders in Kachinland\u2014an unrecognized state in the borderlands of Myanmar, India, China, and Thailand. According to Stanford University Press, \u201cThrough evocative storytelling and sensory ethnography, Hong\u2019s book challenges readers to move beyond a Western lens on solidarity to ask what activists, artists, and anthropologists alike can learn from centering non-Western ways of theorizing and embodying political sensation and collective action.\u201d\u00a0Emily is an assistant professor of anthropology and visual studies at Haverford College outside Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nneoma Ike Njoku<\/strong>, <strong>MFA \u201919<\/strong>, has written <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Water-House\/Nneoma-Ike-Njoku\/9781668080931\"><em>The Water House<\/em><\/a>, a gothic novel set in 1967 Nigeria. The story follows Celia, a young woman who is forced to return home after years of estrangement from her family, where long-buried secrets surrounding her brother\u2019s death begin to resurface as civil war looms. Drawing inspiration from <em>Jane Eyre<\/em> and <em>Rebecca<\/em>, the novel blends psychological suspense with historical fiction while exploring themes of grief, identity, family, and the enduring power of the past. This is Nneoma\u2019s first novel and will be published in October 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Annie Sheng<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201922<\/strong>, is a speculative fiction writer whose novella, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/daxiaolinspires.wordpress.com\/\"><em>Ellipses<\/em><\/a>, published in August 2026 under the pen name D.A. Xiaolin Spires. <em>Ellipses <\/em>is about a woman and her space exploration team who are searching for a suitable landing spot for their orbiting spacecraft when they come across alien creatures huddled together. As the book\u2019s blurb posits: \u201cThey do not appear to be hostile. Are they intelligent? Is this planet big enough for both them and humans?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b5ac8180b180e89ec8fcc36f44b6ed8\"><strong>Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Claude Samani<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201974<\/strong>, has published a new book, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/veridianstation.lovable.app\/\"><em>Veridian Station<\/em><\/a> (Volume I of <em>The Veridian Cycle<\/em>), under the pen name Aris Lorncastle. This science fiction novel is set on a deep-space station in the Saturn system, where a small group of specialists must navigate \u201can AI apocalypse &#8230; and the cost of seeing too much,\u201d according to the blurb. Before he began writing science fiction, Claude spent his career in international business and strategic consulting. He is currently writing the second book in the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Weyant<\/strong>, <strong>MBA \u201914<\/strong>, was awarded an <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtroyal.ca\/AboutMountRoyal\/MediaRoom\/Stories\/2026\/05\/honorary-degree-recipients.htm\">Honorary Doctor of Law<\/a> by Mount Royal University for having distinguished himself with outstanding community service throughout his career, including his ethical leadership and commitment to the wellbeing of Albertans through the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. He is currently president and CEO of Alberta Lawyers Indemnity Association, a nonprofit corporation that provides protection to its members and compensation to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-76fde14f5d023bbf36cd6be75b99e8a9\"><strong>Computing and Information Science<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daniela Rus<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201990<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201992<\/strong>, was recently named to the <em>Boston Globe<\/em>\u2019s Tech Power Players 50, a list of the most influential and interesting people working across technology in New England. Daniela is an MIT roboticist whose research focuses on AI and robotics, including developing a robot chef and self-driving golf cart. At MIT she is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. She is also the cofounder of Liquid AI, a company that builds AI systems designed to run on everyday devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44ee1be9faa1820ef4759f72978e8c31\"><strong>Engineering<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor <strong>Charlie Trautmann<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201983<\/strong>, was recently featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/bridges-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cornellians<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>for developing Engineering in the Community, a hands-on civil engineering course that gives students experience designing and building bridges for local communities. Charlie directed Ithaca\u2019s Sciencenter for 26 years and now holds <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/psychology.cornell.edu\/charles-trautmann\">dual appointments<\/a> as an adjunct professor in civil and environmental engineering in the Duffield College and in psychology in Arts &amp; Sciences. Through the course, students have helped complete multiple public bridge projects while gaining technical, project management, and community engagement skills that extend beyond the classroom. \u201cWhen I thought about rebuilding that first bridge, at Flat Rock, I thought, \u2018I guess I should, because this bridge is important to the Cornell and local community, and it looks as if it\u2019s not on anyone else\u2019s radar,\u2019\u201d says Charlie. \u201cThat\u2019s been my approach all along: spearheading projects that might not otherwise get done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A\u00e7mae El Yacoubi<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201913<\/strong>, was recently featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/artemis-elyacoubi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cornellians<\/em><\/a> for her role as a trajectory analysis, optimization, and retargeting officer for NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission. From Mission Control, she helped provide engineering support to the flight dynamics officers responsible for planning and executing the spacecraft\u2019s flight path. A\u00e7mae is now working on the Artemis III mission that is set to launch in 2027, continuing to fulfill her lifelong dreams inspired by her childhood fascination with space. \u201cLike pretty much any kid, I wanted to be an astronaut, and I was stargazing for as long as I can remember,\u201d she recalls. \u201cI used to play around putting a stick in the ground and tracking how its shadow moved during the day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thais Campos Farley<\/strong>,<strong> PhD \u201921<\/strong>, cofounded a Puerto Rico-based startup with <strong>Dray Farley \u201921<\/strong>, BS \u201920. BuenoBite is a mobile food marketplace that helps local restaurants, caf\u00e9s, bakeries, and other food businesses turn surplus food into additional revenue by offering it to customers through discounted \u201cSurprise Bags.\u201d The platform is designed to help local businesses reach new customers, make quality food more affordable, and reduce food waste across Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-44346d81efb548a04e87aca89f495d80\"><strong>Graduate School<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Robin Pond<\/strong>, <strong>GR \u201976\u201380<\/strong>, became a full-time fiction writer after a career working with pension funds and investment consulting. A collection of his speculative short stories, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/future-concerns-robin-pond\/f2c68e399c574319?ean=9781965412459&amp;affiliate=109024\"><em>Future Concerns<\/em><\/a>, was recently published. \u201cI have come full circle from my days as a TA in the Writing from Experience course at Cornell,\u201d says Robin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alex Kwan<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201909<\/strong>, was recently featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/kwan-psychedelics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Cornellians<\/em><\/a> for his pioneering research into how psychedelics affect the brain. As a professor of biomedical engineering, Alex leads multidisciplinary efforts to better understand the neural mechanisms behind psychedelics, with the goal of developing safer and more effective treatments for conditions including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of excitement about using psychedelics in our society, but our actual understanding of the drug remains quite poor,\u201d Alex says. \u201cThe promise is so great, but the thing that I strive for, and what Cornell can contribute, is the basic understanding of the science. We need to fill in the rigor that should be there to balance the promise and the excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b759d202f05b99456260021115f8aa33\"><strong>Law School<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>John Russell Uren<\/strong>, <strong>MEng \u201968<\/strong>, <strong>JD \u201972<\/strong>, moved to Bigfork, MT, where his family had a cherry orchard on Flathead Lake. The move was long-desired for him and his family after more than 40 years in Vancouver, Canada. \u201cWe purchased the old family orchard land and lakefront property, built a nice cabin on the lake, and\u2014to expedite the development of a decent golf game\u2014purchased a second home on the local golf course,\u201d writes John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a27db5d6a8766851f1473bfc57d61f39\"><strong>Veterinary Medicine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jessica Smith McArt<\/strong>, <strong>DVM \u201907<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201913<\/strong>, has been named the Austin O. Hooey Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a professor of ambulatory and production medicine and chair of the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences in CVM. Jessica will succeed <strong>Lorin Warnick<\/strong>, <strong>PhD \u201994<\/strong>, who has served as dean since 2016, and plans to return to research and teaching. According to a recent story in the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/jessica-mcart-named-dean-college-veterinary-medicine\"><em>Cornell Chronicle<\/em><\/a>, she plans to \u201cadvance initiatives that combine CVM\u2019s disciplines with other entities at Cornell to drive discovery, enhance programs that meet community and public health needs, and support students\u2019 educational interests, among other goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ccc45fb16372a232fa1618f0a8f0856b\"><strong>Weill Cornell Medicine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>George Goldmark<\/strong>, <strong>MD \u201973<\/strong>, celebrated his 80th birthday with his twin brother, <strong>Harry Goldmark<\/strong>, <strong>MD \u201973<\/strong>, in Aiken, SC, where Harry and his wife, <strong>Nancy Seligman Goldmark \u201971<\/strong>, BS \u201973, live with a horse, two dogs, and four mini donkeys. George lives in Boca Raton, FL, and enjoys playing tennis, golf, and working out. Both brothers are healthy and enjoying retirement after doing orthopedic surgery together for 37 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons rkv-gutter-bottom-none is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-cornell-white-color has-cornell-red-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/submit-class-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submit Your News!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-class-group has-x-large-font-size\">Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c370711ac1fc01b7dcbc9ab5930c4962\"><strong>University Chorus &amp; Glee Club<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sorry, men of the Glee Club\u2014I warned you about it in the last installment\u2014this one is for the ladies. Specifically, the alums of After Eight and the original Nothing But Treble (lovingly referred to as OGNBT) subset of the Chorus, who celebrated their 35th and 50th anniversaries, respectively, at Reunion in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a participant in this incredible event, I am grateful beyond words to the many dedicated women who pulled it all together, including our fearless leader <strong>Jessica Graus Woo \u201993<\/strong>,<strong> Kathy Heppner Trogolo \u201995<\/strong>, <strong>Erin Flinn \u201900<\/strong>, and many others. Many of us stayed on campus in Mews Hall, where a lovely headquarters lounge was set up (complete with electric candles and a grand piano) and used into the wee hours of the morning for singing, reminiscing, and pondering the big questions of life (you\u2019d be surprised what comes up at two in the morning!). Others stayed in hotels and Airbnbs, or at the nearby home of <strong>Nancy Snell Weislogel<\/strong> <strong>\u201993<\/strong>, who is the mother of our first After Eight legacy, <strong>Clare Weislogel \u201926<\/strong>, BS \u201925.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The alums of After Eight and the original Nothing But Treble subset of the Chorus celebrated their 35th and 50th anniversaries, respectively, at Reunion in June.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few highlights of the weekend included: singing in the Friday night Chorus\/Glee Club concert and at Cornelliana Night on Saturday (where I got up the nerve to volunteer for\u2014and sing\u2014a verse in \u201cSong of the Classes\u201d!); the History Tea, where <strong>Marsha Mortkowitz Schreier \u201979<\/strong> read excerpts from her newly self-published book on the history of NBT and <strong>Kate Benjamin \u201993<\/strong> read a letter she had written to herself at the end of After Eight\u2019s first year\u2014which felt like it was written exactly for this occasion; and the After Eight\/OGNBT lunch, where the different eras of A8\/OGNBT took turns performing songs from their time in the group. The current group kicked things off with \u201cLife is a Highway\u201d with the help of some more recent alums. OGNBT shared some of the songs from their day, as well as a version of \u201cCalifornia Dreamin\u2019\u201d that also included current A8 members, which was heartwarming to witness. The original A8 members from the \u201990s sang \u201cTop of the World\u201d and the 2000s performed \u201cCrazy for Me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I truly wish I could recount every moment of the Reunion and name every single person who contributed to this wonderful weekend in some way. 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