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Natalie M. Teich '65

Natalie M. Teich ’65: Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service 2020 Recipient

In 1985, the first year Cornell students were studying abroad in the United Kingdom, it occurred to Natalie Teich and other members of the executive committee that the Cornell Alumni … Read more

By AAD Staff January 25, 2021
Ruby Saake '84

Ruby Saake ’84: Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service 2020 Recipient

A brilliant networker, good listener, beloved connector of people, and quintessential university citizen, Ruby Saake ’84 began her service to Cornell when she was still an undergraduate. She worked in … Read more

By AAD Staff January 25, 2021
Laura D. Fratt '81

Laura D. Fratt ’81: Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service 2020 Recipient

Cheerful, warm, hardworking, highly competent, a great manager, and exceptionally dependable, Laura Fratt ’81 has distinguished herself over more than thirty years of volunteering for her alma mater. She has … Read more

By AAD Staff January 25, 2021
Paul M. Cashman '73

Paul M. Cashman ’73: Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service 2020 Recipient

In his more than 40 years as an active alumni volunteer, software developer, and program manager, Paul Cashman has become known among Cornellians as a good person to have on … Read more

By AAD Staff January 25, 2021
Philip H. Bartels '71

Philip H. Bartels ’71: Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service 2020 Recipient

With a strong Kentucky twang, the elderly gentleman wearing a straw hat, white pants, and white shoes observed, “Sure is raining cats and dogs!” The Bartels family and the Kentucky … Read more

By AAD Staff January 25, 2021
Jean Winters Emery MA '54

Jean Winters Emery MA ’54: Frank H.T. Rhodes Exemplary Alumni Service 2020 Recipient

It was one o’clock on a February morning in 2018, and Jean Emery was still up, painstakingly rigging the red sails on twenty-four red and white miniature sailboats for an … Read more

By AAD Staff January 25, 2021
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Volunteer Dick Clark ’63: a connection to Cornell for life

Richard W. Clark, president of the Class of 1963, reflects on his time at Cornell, what binds him to the university today, and how volunteering keeps his Cornell connection strong. … Read more

By AAD Staff December 17, 2020
Raymond Ortiz II ’04, MPA ’06

Volunteer Raymond Ortiz II ’04, MPA ’06: things can always get better

Volunteer Erica Healey-Kagan ’05 sat down with Raymond Ortiz II ’04, MPA ’06, for a conversation about his volunteer experience, why he continues to stay involved, and what makes him … Read more

By AAD Staff December 17, 2020
Jonelle Bradshaw de Hernandez '96

Volunteer Jonelle Bradshaw de Hernandez ’96: iron sharpens iron

Fellow volunteer Paul Cashman ’73 interviewed Jonelle Bradshaw de Hernandez ’96 to find out more about why she volunteers, what motivates her, and how her Cornell experience shaped her life. … Read more

By AAD Staff December 17, 2020
Yvette Lapompe '10

Volunteer Yvette Lapompe ’10: building community

CACO (Cornell Association of Class Officers) volunteer Janelle Teng ’11 recently sat down with fellow volunteer and Senior Product Manager at Integral Ad Science Yvette Lapompe ’10, to discuss Yvette’s … Read more

By AAD Staff November 13, 2020
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