She loved that during the pandemic she saw how people were amazingly creative in finding ways to help others! Loren Meyer Stephens (lorenmstephens@gmail.com) and husband Dana Miyoshi have spent an inordinate amount of time on Zoom. Cindy Fuller, cindy@cindyjfuller.com; Ilene Shub Lefland, Ilene.lefland@gmail.com. Online news form. Pam is also working part time as a manager for the Central Toronto Athletic Club. When asked what brings him the most satisfaction these days, Chuck Warren, MBA 52 (Shrewsbury, MA) wrote, How well my three children, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren have survived the financial and health challenges of COVID-19. Edward Ryder (Salinas, CA) writes, I have published two novels since retirement in 2003. He learned during the pandemic how selfish some people can be by not protecting themselves and their families, while others such as healthcare workers and essential workers selflessly go to work every day to serve or care for us. Submit your updates via the online news form, or write to: Michelle Sun, michellejsun@gmail.com. Her second son, Michael, is an environmental activist attending UC Boulder. She had to move for her career, but she goes back often. Check out the episode here.Looking forward to sharing more exciting stories with everyone next year! He is recovering from a huge fall. Like everyone else, they are looking forward to connecting with friends and classmates when someday soon comes along. I loved making them for family and friends. Eric Jaffe spent a great deal of time at home this past year. Wed love to hear what has been happening in your world lately! While we were deprived of an in-person Reunion for our 50th, it is our hope that you will turn to our column not only for updates on the lives of your classmates, but as a venue to reconnect with those with whom you have lost touch over the intervening years. Given all the uncertainty due to the pandemic as it surges and recedes, things will change. And as Charlotte arrived home, my youngest, Ethan, was preparing to leave; hes matriculating at the College of Wooster, in Ohio. Class Reunion chair Kathy Menton Flaxman (kmf11@cornell.edu) writes: Our family has been living a life that, as it turned out, was well-suited to the pandemic. Attending were hostess Patricia Gray, Diane Kopelman Verschure 74, Ian 70 and Pat Gallagher Orr 70, and Susan Jaye Moran 72. have imagined that I stood out to her amazing self in any way at all. Bridget serves as a C-suite executive for startup to mid-stage biotechnology companies, to get them to their first meaningful value inflection point. I also represent clients in contract disputes, franchise issues, and intellectual property matters in both state and federal courts, and whistleblowers in federal and state False Claims Act cases. Asked how life has changed recently, Scott Beijer and his wife, Jo, report that they have only two kids left at home, down three from a few years ago. Rick LaBerge, MBA 11, is the executive VP and chief operating officer of HARIBO, the number one gummy candy producer in the US. Walter would like his email address known: WalterscottSmith@gmail.com. Elise was grateful they had an amazing time hiking and catching up.. Not too many days ago, an absolutely beautiful window envelope appeared in my mail. Putnam Park Trail. All in all, were doing well. Nancy Savage Petrie, 85 Brook St., Noank, CT 06340; email, nancysavagepetrie@yahoo.com. It goes on my refrigerator door to remind me, instead. But I know weve faced a lot of challenges too, and Im sending love and support, especially to those of you for whom things have been hard. Jessi Petrosino, jessi.petrosino@ey.com. Very happy about that! He is so proud to have welcomed a daughter-in-law recently. From her news, it is easy to see why Rachels family brings her the most satisfaction in life these days. Online news form. Johns first non-virtual stop: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. We look forward to hearing about the great things our classmates are doing via news and notes submissions; until then, all the best. She constantly inspires me as she recently completed her first-ever triathlon (at age 63; woot, woot!) PHL. Grandchildren are in or entering university. My Sigma Phi fraternity brother John Gaines and his wife, Bonnie Cohen, moved back to Brooklyn in July after more than 20 years in the Bay Area. Contrary to most of us, Ken is still working. Both of his daughters are in college: Thats what I get for having kids in my 40s. The pandemic has taught him patience and to let go of things not in his control. America must evolve its public planning structure to provide more balanced decision-makingnot ideological extremes. At that time an additional machinery laboratory for the Navy V-12 program was installed in the Old Heating Plant, a long barn-like structure located in the area now occupied by Bard Hall. Ken Halpern of Newton, MA (home of the Fig Newton), is proud to report that his son, Ross 23, completed his sophomore year as a Cornell student in Dyson. When asked how her life has changed recently, Amy Parsons Jeffries (asp4@cornell.edu) similarly shared that her oldest, daughter Savannah 24, is a Cornellian! Along with the rest of your 2011 class officers, Im excited about the possibilities to grow and develop relevant content and programming for a fascinating stage of our lives as alums. Phillips will likely also be renovated soon after this photo was taken. Phillips Hall, Room 305 pd83@cornell.edu. Come back next time to hear more from your classmates! After John landed at his home in Washington, DC, I asked him, Why all the classmate friends who are doctors? John laughed, Well, I do have medical needs. He assured me that he has other Cornell friends who are not doctors, like Sanjeev Dhawan, the big cheese of critical construction projects, also part of this fun group.. I hope the start of winter has been treating you well. Their biggest pandemic takeaway: We still enjoy each others company!. Desire is a trustee in the village of Olympia Fields, IL, where the Watkinses reside, and she ran for mayor in spring 2021. Susan McIntosh Lewis wrote from Menlo Park, CA, to tell us that she had a new granddaughter this year, which helped lift the darkness of grief after losing her husband and mother last year. Leslie Camhi in NYC has a son who is now going to Cornells College of Arts & Sciences in the Class of 2025. Congrats also to Burton Tripathi, who recently joined the board of the Santa Barbara-based electric aerospace startup LaunchPoint. My children have learned to cook and bake, and we have enjoyed family game nights together.. Walter Smith, here for the first time in 28 years, just retired at the end of August as a professor at Texas Tech U. While it is the end of another glorious Ithaca summer as I write this, most of us are looking forward to the temperate weather of fall. Hopefully at least everyone enjoyed the autumn and all it offered and got outside for some air and exercise. At age 10, Dick and his family moved to Chevy Chase, MD, where he later attended a large high school in D.C., played center on the basketball team, was president of the student council, and graduated number three in his class. Not only that, but you also shared some incredible perspectives on life during a pandemic, which I want to be sure to include. His duties must be so time-consuming that he included no other news. Certain imperfections have been corrected, internal architectural improvements have reduced the former barren institutional appearance, and partial air conditioning has made the building more comfortable. He is looking forward to our Reunion in June 2022. Our older daughter has two young children and our younger daughter recently married. (Imagine that! She and I are still on our honeymoon, although we have not gone anywhere due to COVID.. Gary is now consulting on artificial intelligence and robotics applications for military medical missions. His last out-of-town trip was with his daughter and her family to Long Beach, WA. Four sons (two with families) are in four states, one here in Minneapolis. Mike enjoys showing up and being spry enough to walk and work the Peloton! He advises being adaptable, paying attention, and patience. He wrote that the town is like a time machine: miniature golf, go-carts, unfancy food.. While working nights on an antitrust casebook, he met a lawyer with the Cleveland law firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis; he joined the firm and four years later became a partner. eck5@cornell.edu. Most recently, my grandson Liad graduated magna cum laude from the U. of Missouri School of Journalism and is now in Barcelona on an internship. James DeGroff, MBA 61, now in Whitehouse Station, NJ (jdegroff@formulatorus.com), sadly reports that he lost his wife, Susan, in 2020, and now stays busy working from home in his position as managing partner at Formulator Software. I have been happy to have lived most of that time in a pretty 18th-century farmhouse facing the River Thames in West London, and to have holiday homes in Provence and on Cape Breton Island, NS. Within a week, the first 1,000 oxygen concentrators arrived in India, each saving a few lives every single day. It was a massive design and technical challenge to say, Were going to take four or five different apps, were going to squeeze them down into one, were going to give it to consumers, and we expect them to actually use it. Classmates can check out his work by downloading the app from the Apple App Store and Google Play. Online news form. and is training for the Boston Marathon, which were both excited to run this October, after its postponement in April 2020 and again in April 2021. Wilfred Wege (fwege@sccoast.net) and his wife, Maureen, have relocated from New York to (slightly warmer) Conway, SC; Wilfred is still serving on the board of directors of Security Mutual Insurance Co. of Ithaca. Dont forget to buy your Red Hot Hockey tickets! She has spent time at the Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake near Ashtabula, OH, a convenient location for her and children to convene. Humphreys Service Building Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-5322 Closing notes: If your email is not here, it is because you havent checked the little box on the news form that allows your e-address to be shared online. Performing opportunities have disappeared. I cant wait to hear how each of you are doingso please let me know! We hope that you all are well and look forward to reading more news from classmates. A huge standing ovation to Steve Cohen, the highly acclaimed Millionaires Magician, on the triumphant in-person return of his amazing show, Chamber Magic, at the Lotte New York Palace in NYC. As for satisfaction in life, he is busy with lots of Cornells alumni activities, including CAAAN chair and student and alumni mentoring. Both have retired, Joan from social work and Mick from dentistry, and are keeping busy with usual local activities and later generations. Most of this column covers news from March and April of this year. Fred will be celebrating 40 years as the pastor of the Jackson Park Lutheran Church in Milwaukee this November. Joyce Manley Forney would like you to know her email address is forneyjoyce4@gmail.com. Michael was inspired by the rise of productivity apps following the onset of the pandemic. She and her son Dash decided to build a home near Austin to be closer to relatives but found they hated the heat and made the decision to move back East. He also plays pickleball three to five days per week. Many report what they had, or had not, been able to do during that period and well catch up with some of them here, in the new online column (which first posted in late July). Online news form. At 333 miles, it is one of the worlds longest-running freshwater races. He graduated from high school in 2019 and has since been working in grocery stores and restaurants (Ill miss his beet salad) and taking community college courses. How was your 2021? Assistant Professor Applied and Engineering Physics Clark Hall, Room 223 . Also, speaking of veterans, our classmate George Johnson, whom I met when we were freshmen in the same dorm, is writing a memoir about his military experience. Do you have news to share? She still enjoys the life of a bachelorette, but she has been known to get a little distracted by a special someone.. Class website. Tom Gibson, MBA 19, is the senior development manager at Community Preservation Partners (CPP), a national affordable housing developer committed to creativity, performance, and purpose. The universe is pointless, a fact that leaves it up to human beings to make life worth living. Is singing safe if everyone is vaccinated? Raymond Disch shared that he is CEO at Sourland Mountain Spirits distillery, located in Hopewell, NJ, and spends time being involved in his community. She particularly misses the opportunity to have been with her late husband, Albert, PhD 51, during this viral pandemic. Her nearby granddaughter added twins to the household of three little boys, and one of the twins was a girl! Online news form. Helping hospitals save lives is the need of the hour, he wrote. So beyond my clinical work, I very much live with this beyond the usual day-to-day exposure to pandemic news. Still living in Lubbock, TX, he will stay active in the Metropolitan Lubbock Rotary Club. When not working, Shana writes that she dances and hikes, enjoys time with friends, and leads an annual theme camp at Burning Man! Most satisfaction: Its all about the grandchildren. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic: It raised awareness about the importance of taking care of our mental health.. How are you planning to spend the holidays? When he does retire, he plans to play golf as much as his schedule and family allow. Cornell Maker Club resources are for personal projectsonly. Thats all for now. 201 Phillips Hall Greg Allen in Connecticut recently retired after 33 years with IBM in corporate sales. A year older with more old-age health issues! Stephanie Yan, smy43@cornell.edu. Thats it for now. She has mostly kept in touch with her TriDelt sorority sisters, going to their weddings and then occasionally escaping with them to girls weekends away. Online news form. She is spending time gardening, quilting, cooking and baking, traveling (yes, even during the pandemicjust keeping it local), and visiting with family and friends whenever possible. Essential workers are feeling the strain; non-essential workers who have been out of jobs have felt the fear of losing their homes, their medical care, and more. How are you planning to spend the holidays? Not to be denied, this hardwired, one-time Cornell EE major and his daughter designed their own comparable mask. The skilled curative engineer also built the prototype medical device to identify and help manage diseases like childhood blindness (amblyopia). Please feel free to reach out to me or submit online. He did attend a number of virtual meetings but comments that retaining his knowledge of biochemistry and clinical medicine has proved to be a hopeless task. My womens club transferred its meetings and talks to Zoom but had a year of fundraising events canceled; we put together a group to sew face masks and, in a few months, made 5,000! Children should start learning about it in the first grade and keep having more advanced concepts each year. John Berkoben reports progress has been made! Kiran Gaind wrote in about a new job as senior coordinator of educational equity for the Campbell Union High School District in Campbell, CA, working to close the gap in opportunity and achievement of the English learner and LatinX student population. Of course the work was hard, but well worth the effort. Cottrell designed a special illumination laboratory for the third-floor north wing. Bob likes reading the Class Notes, so he figured it was time to contribute something. I still keep up my classical guitar repertoire, though Im playing publicly less often. Part of his work is advising the Montgomery County Council on their technology requirements, and he serves on several nonprofit boards. Online news form. I would have listened. David (dfsheaff@gmail.com) and Trisha Sheaff live in Harpswell, ME. But for good people to do evil, that takes religion. For Weinberg no god guarantees a happy ending for human projects. Our condolences to his wife and our classmate, Louise (Goldwasser). Weve had to cancel our annual trip to Germany this past year but hope to resume visits in 2021. Bruce Burstein is in Laguna Niguel, CA. A few of us have done all of these things! As we began to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, it came as no surprise that aviation economist John Heimlich led the way, by spreading his wings to visit classmates across the country. 323 Phillips Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Tel: 607-255-6317 Fax: 607-245-3508 Email: farhan.rana at cornell.edu . Life is pretty damn good! Vice President for Research and Innovation, Create your own custom weekly events email, American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity, Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, CAC: Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, CAPE: Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti, CCE Central NY Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops, CCE North West NY Dairy Livestock and Field Crops Program, CCMR: Cornell Center for Materials Research, CCSSP: Cornell Climate Smart Solutions Program, Center for Disciplined-Based Education Research, Center for Integrative Developmental Science, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, College of Human Ecology Human Centered Design, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute, Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics, Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER), Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS), Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan (CFEM), Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture (CIDA), Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture, Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies (CIAMS), Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (CU-IMSD), Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies, David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, Department of Development Sociology (DSOC), Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS), Department of Inclusion and Workforce Diversity, Dept. Lets begin with news received in March. With my colleagues at Lead Stories, we won the fact check category. She was, in fact, Cornells first-ever All-American in field hockey. Home | Course Info | Lectures | Homeworks | Research Group | Links. Laurance Fuller Professor Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Our purpose is to provide a space where motivated and creative minds can give shape to their ideas, and to help spread this passion through the campus and beyond. ProfessorsB.K. Joan Boffa Gaul, joangaul@mac.com. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Geological Sciences, INSTOC, Institute for the Study of the Continents, Northeast Regional Climate Center, President Emeritus-Rhodes, Frank H.T. Ive been free to have few time restrictions, spending the better part of a week reading the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Muriel takes great pride in our Cornellian colleague Anthony Fauci, MD 66, a wise man, consummate communicator, scientist, and humanist, all tempered with humility. Her biggest takeaway from COVID is to be thankful for her health, friends, and family. Katherine Archodis Guzman said that her daily life hasnt changed recently except for the addition of two more grandchildren. Adil oversees the dealership operations, which includes four stores representing Toyota, Honda, and Mazda, and a staff of more than 320. D. Lee Alekel (leealekel@gmail.com) is living in Gansevoort, NY, with her spouse, Ted Peterson. I would love to hear from my old friends and acquaintances.. On the other hand, my time in the military and later activities made it clear to me that the people who serve are not the elites but ordinary working people for whom military service often is an opportunity for self-betterment. Nathanael recovered from a 38-day hospital stay in 2018 from cardiac-renal complications of septic shock. Karen DeMarco Boroff, Karen.boroff@shu.edu; Deb Gellman, dsgellman@hotmail.com; Mitch Frank, mjfgator@gmail.com; Joan Pease, japease1032@aol.com. Charles is partially retired from the Foulston Siefkin law firm, located in Wichita, KS, and Kansas City. I pray that our classmates are safe and well and will come through this nightmare as survivors, ready to convene on the Hill for our 60th Reunion. Liz Belsky Stiel writes, My memories of Cornell, from the distance of almost 60 years, are all good. His biggest takeaway from the pandemic is to enjoy your days as much as you can. Keep in touch! The new building was to be a modern edifice, complete with state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities, that would offer relief from the existing cramped quarters, encourage pedagogical benefits from the presence of most of the School divisions under one roof, and provide adequate space for future expansion. In the spring of 1953, Cornell received a grant of one million dollars from the Phillips Foundation for a new electrical engineering building, and an additional grant of $100,000 for furniture and equipment. Three cruisesCaribbean, Great Lakes, and Bermudaare planned! to keep in touch with our classmates. Some email notifications were sent out by Cornell that provided a link to Class Notes and alumni deaths, but its not clear how much of our class received this alert. We received an array of news from New England. Dave and Jody Kraatz Paduch 74 moved to the low country in South Carolina, after residing in Connecticut for 31 years. Kelly Parness and Sean Hawthorne were married on August 14 at Fortune Valley Manor in Saugerties, NY. He gets satisfaction from growing his wine and alternative adult beverage business and enjoying their new Florida home. We wish him well with a full recovery and look forward to seeing his newsy column next issue. Her family has brought her the most satisfaction these days. I am happy to connect individually to hear your thoughts and ideas. During his retirement, he has spent 15 years as a volunteer on the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Search and Rescue Team, ten years as a county reserve deputy, and eight years as a City of Orinda reserve police officer. Eat more hummus! I have two adult sons who live here as well. Now I am doing lots of gardening and woodworking, as well as plenty of reading. To be included in a future Grad Notes section, send your news to cornellians@cornell.edu. Bob 66 and Joan Roth Saffa recently visited, Steve Schwartz is a local friend, and Dave recently Zoomed with David Hinden and Pete Zeldow (who is releasing his own record albums). He enjoyed traveling on that side of the Pacific: Korea, China, Thailand, Indonesia (Bali), Cambodia, Australia, Saipan, and Tibet. Congratulations on the new grandchild! We havent done such a collection in several decades, and we hope that everyone will share something of where they are in their lives, some highlights of how they got there, and perhaps what their retirement future (or present for some of us) will look like. He and the boys drove across the country to move him into Clara Dickson. Faculty members now employ electronic media in teaching, combining video, real-time computer output and 3-D presenters. Please feel free to drop us a line with your news for the class column. Online news form. Thanks to the efforts of the Alumni Office, my co-correspondent Mary Flynn, and many of our classmates, we have a treasure-trove of news. If you didnt, please take a moment to submit an online news form or send a message to: Class of 2017, c/o Alexandra Bond 12, abb83@cornell.edu. Russell Connor (Novato, CA) shares that Dorrance published the second edition of his Essays in the Foundations of Mathematics, containing an elementary three-page proof of Fermats Last Theorem, in 2018. Samantha Lapehn Young, SRL76@cornell.edu. What's notable about this photo is that it represents a postwar style in which all of the Engineering Quadrangle buildings were constructed. The formerly stark second-floor classrooms with the long fixed tables have been replaced with two small amphitheaters complete with comfortable lecture-room seats and flexible presentation facilities. To her chagrin, she not only lost the bet but found out that her father had not let his kids in on the joke. Most satisfaction for Ken these days comes from writing, reading, and traveling with Elizabeth to the remotest corners of the world. His biggest takeaway from the pandemic: Life can be long, or it can be surprisingly shortbest to do the most good you can as soon as you can., John Patrick Knuff (PKnuff@Segalco.com) lives in NYC and is VP, head of talent acquisition at Segal. Online news form. I knew her stomach was really big, but was it big enough to hold a baby and all that hot soup? So begins a recent essay by Tom Golden, available on his blog, which can be accessed via his website. The 1994 program called for transforming the steeply stepped, outmoded lecture room to meet the current and projected needs for contemporary teaching, as well as the expectations of the students of the computer age. Lee gets the most satisfaction sharing meals with friends, neighbors, and family in small groupsall vaccinated. She will also model for Sherri Hill at New York Fashion Week in September. He had his gallbladder removed laparoscopically as an outpatient; he went in at 6 a.m. and was home by noon. Gail Papermaster Bender reports that a year ago they packed their car, picked up her mother, and left for their lake house in Minnesota and have safely isolated, remaining comfortable and healthy while reading and attending Zoom lectures and courses at the U. of Minnesota. So without further ado, lets dive in! His Cornell degree was in Electrical Engineering; however, his subsequent degrees were an MPA and an MA and PhD in economics.
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