Remember! He spent the last year of leg recovery and COVID-19 living with his son and his wife but expected to return to his own condo and independent living over the summer. After firmly convincing him that I indeed decided this on my own, he swore me in on his Bible in his chambers. Adele Mongan Fasick (San Francisco, CA; adelefasick@yahoo.com) says, I have learned how to Zoom and have enjoyed many performances and meetings that are now virtual. Phillips is a horizontal block with a flat roof. And lastly, I got married in February 2021 to Kobie Carter. Elise Rosenberg made her own very cool mini-reunion: she traveled with Ana Gomez Chapman, Dave 92 and Debora Cappucci Burke, MPS 16, and Christa Fossee Johnson to the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole, WY. 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. Same need for news. Lucy Babcox Morris, lucmor1433@gmail.com; Jim Schoonmaker, js378@cornell.edu; Molly Miller Ettenger, molly.ettenger@gmail.com. As for satisfaction in life, he is busy with lots of Cornells alumni activities, including CAAAN chair and student and alumni mentoring. He has really enjoyed his Zooms during the pandemic with Clifford Kirsch, Vinnie Gentile, and Jon Landsman. (So, whos a good boy?) He has a new granddaughter and another grandchild on the way. Liz Urbanski-Farrell, MBA 21, was recently named CEO and president of Total Senior Care, a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly in Olean, NY. Our column is as good as we make itlets look forward to 2022 and share our good stories and good fortunes with each other! If I dont answer, leave a voicemail, and I will call you back. Ellen creates gift cards, does jigsaw puzzles, and reads two to three books per week. I also knit wool socks for family members. Another source of joy is her vegetable garden, and she has extra produce to share with neighbors. The building was formally dedicated on June 11, 1955. Jaclyn just graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a masters in public policy. Son Jeff is a pulmonologist on the front line. Colleen, who lives in Ithaca, has also devoted her time and expertise to helping the Cornell community and students navigate through the anxiety and depression that have come with the pandemic. Please fill out the following form to request access for the respective labs: Access Request Form. She describes it as exploring themes related to queer identity, love and loss, and coming of age. Leo Convery lives in Edgartown, MA, with his wife, Alison, and spends the winter months in Naples, FL, where, he says, they were both able to get their COVID vaccinations. Stephanie is a grandmother of three children and three dogs and plays tennis in her free time. We were now 500 miles apart after 70 years totally out of touch. We had a great little U-Hall 1 reunion dinner also, attended by Mike Durand and his wife, Ann. In 1994 he retired as senior managing partner from Jones Day, one of the largest law firms in the US. They say, The travel is on hold for a while, but we have been able to enjoy our 18-month-old granddaughter, Melina, daughter of Daniel Cohen 12. Like many of the others noted here, Rachel Korn Goldberg also finds herself in a new job, starting her work at Thomas Jefferson U. His biggest takeaway from the pandemic is to enjoy your days as much as you can. Dues of either kind are now tax deductible on federal income tax returns. Those late nights down on State Street and trudging home in the snow taught lessons I still use. ProfessorsE.M. Strong and C.L. Online news form. At the other extreme, David Prouty reports that his mother, Muriel Sacks Prouty, has dementia and lives in an assisted living facility in Nyack, NY. Her book, Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies, Portable Edition, was published in January 2021. Attending were hostess Patricia Gray, Diane Kopelman Verschure 74, Ian 70 and Pat Gallagher Orr 70, and Susan Jaye Moran 72. Software engineer Andy Monroe writes, Im currently working with a team of Cornell, Stanford, and Harvard alums on a company called Index Solution. They have a trifecta of Cornell children. Our son, Roger, is married to a fellow biologist, Chelsea Ward, and they have three children. Beth has set up a scholarship fund in her husbands name, which is devoted to helping young people diagnosed with blood cancer. About the pandemic and COVID-19, he reports that he hasnt sung a note in a year and misses his three singing groups! Thanks again to everyone who provided news for this column. Congratulations to our very own Cari Hills on being inducted into the Connecticut Field Hockey Hall of Fame in September 2021! We had wonderful exchanges of letters, photos, and telephone calls over the period since. I am trying to catch up with Elisabeth Kaplan Boas. We hope that you are doing well, and are well, in this time. How? Gaston Cloutier (gastoncloutier@comcast.net) is closely involved with the Augustinians of the Assumption Catholic religious order in Worcester, MA, and has been since 1987. He does not have the tremors, fortunately., Bob Ulrich (robertulrich121@gmail.com) writes, Im still teaching American history to all the lifetime learning programs and history clubs I can find. If I had not insisted on becoming a citizen at age 8, I could not have received the scholarship and could not have afforded to go to Cornell. When not working, Shana writes that she dances and hikes, enjoys time with friends, and leads an annual theme camp at Burning Man! The Morris Museum in New Jersey gave me the genus and species of this form of marine life. As Cornells new school year is in full swing, we would love to hear what is new from you! Mark Rust (markrust@msn.com) is not the retiring type. And Im looking forward to parents weekend! Speaking of Cornell itselfits pretty amazing to go back and see how much the campus has changed while some parts have, happily, stayed the same. She constantly inspires me as she recently completed her first-ever triathlon (at age 63; woot, woot!) Amy started working for NASA in 2011 and she has been the program executive for prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing since 2017. Emita also wrote a book last year that is currently a finalist in a distinguished competition. When not working, she spends as much time as possible in Cape May, NJ. They do that, he believes, by loving one another, creating works of art, striving to build peaceful communities, and seeking to understand the world they accidentally inhabit. Lets get to it! This is a difficult time, and we all need one another. When I think back to our time at Cornell, I realize how much simply passed me by. It has arrived from both coasts, the Midwest, and a location known only as Congress Street., Don Partridge from Batavia, NY, reminds us that hes still taking care of heifers (including an award winner this spring) and making hayno changes; still outstanding in my field! When not out reaping, hes building a pond so he can fish, and spending time with family. Together they bring an array of government, nonprofit, and academic perspectives to offer a truly global perspective. Lodging units diminished in availability. In January, she married Tom Nagle (Boston U. John recently began working for Boston-based healthcare administration startup Cohere Health as VP of marketing. I remain optimistic at the opportunity and resiliency my hometown and region continue to demonstrate. The human resolve and fortitude is strong; we are resilient and resourceful. I continue to run two investment advisory firms, take long walks, do regular gym workouts, and golf two or three times weekly. 424 Phillips Hall. Congratulations to Albert Morales, who recently joined Malta Inc. as its CFO. His wife, Linda, discovered online bridge during the pandemic, and their daughter came home for a while. You can always send just a few lines (or more!) We suspect that this rock story provided a pleasant respite to all! The most satisfaction I get in life these days is hearing my students ask, Why didnt they teach history like this? Luckily there was plenty of room for all! Now that I am older, I chair the cemetery committee. In that spirit, we are happy to offer you several notes. Has education failed?. Have lots of good reading matter at home. She was, in fact, Cornells first-ever All-American in field hockey. The only countries/principalities he has left to visit on the European continent are Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein, and the Slovak Republic. The previous installment, A Trick of Light, starred Yara Shahidi and is a New York Times bestseller. The obituary in the Cape Cod Times details her amazing story. Ken hopes Ross will be fully able to enjoy being on campus. Fredilyn Sison (fsison@gmail.com) says her daily life has not changed much. COVID actually kept Rich quite busy. Alan Fishman, still retired and living in West Palm Beach, FL, says that he is currently Zooming for Rotary Club meetings and his Great Discussions Book Group, along with weekly golfing, swimming, bike riding, and fitness training. Online news form. My mother had just finished her bowl of hot soup, and I was staring at her swollen stomach. Some of these friendships really do last, he said. He wrote that the town is like a time machine: miniature golf, go-carts, unfancy food.. Her youngest son is getting married in September and her oldest grandchild, Samantha, had a Zoom bat mitzvah last February. This is a great time to share what youve been up to and generate some excitement for our 35th Reunion next June 912 (how is that even possible?)! She has three grandchildren who love Cornell Lab of Os Merlin Bird ID: Noah, Amalia, and Zoe. But I know this column isnt just about my trip or the changes on campus. On July 26, the New York Times published a full-page obituary describing his extremely significant contributions to physics. Patricia invites one and all Cornellians to heed the challenge call for upcoming intercollegiate fun at Heritage! Soprano, producer, and educator Eve Edwards is a much-sought-after soloist along the mid-Atlantic. Many of us are turning 50, and its like we have all lived through Version 2.0 of Billy Joels anthem We Didnt Start the Fire, where he sings about historic milestones and cultural icons. Its good to hear from so many mates as we come out of this past unusual year and a half. This summer I am visiting my old roommate, John van Gelder, in Ann Arbor. It is just too beautiful to mail back to them! The pandemic ended our travels, but we are grateful to have done so much traveling while the getting was good. We have many beautiful memories and photos to help us revisit our favorite places. And a special request: submit by email following the topics suggested. And yet, Im trying to enjoy every day. Muriel King Taylor, MD 62 (jamur4321@gmail.com) writes from Lakewood, WA, and she too has been isolating at home, suspending her usual out-of-the-house activities like weekly rowing, exercise classes, and group painting. The COVID-19 lockdown made Alan and his wife work from home and interact with family and friends primarily via Zoom. Submit your updates via the online news form, or write to: Michelle Sun, michellejsun@gmail.com. Share it with us through the Class Notes. Thus far, I have been to 62 countries and counting. Online news form. CLASS INFORMATION: 1) With the new alumni news format, class dues for one or two related class members will be $25. Leo is still engaged in the real estate business in Marthas Vineyard. Classmates, please continue to stay in touch. And, oh my goodness, I think I had forgotten how much there is to do hereand how insanely beautiful it is. Sam Chiavetta (samchiavettajr@gmail.com) resides in Brant, NY, where he is a vineyard owner/operator. Daughter Janet Bittner Walker 06 was recently promoted at her current employer, Bonduelle Group. Friends, music, and the care and feeding of two cats, she writes. She is recovering from a broken back. Tom lives in Exeter, NH. Office Hours: Monday-Thursday; 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Get Directions univreg@cornell.edu Find the map Admissions: DEPT Address: As I write this, it is mid-August 21. Online news form. Congratulations to Carly on this incredible honor! Keeping occupied is my secret to longevity!, Neil Jones has finally been able to retire from church financial work and is happy to slow down and enjoy family and home. He comments: Its hard to keep up with the currency devaluation of inflationgovernment theft. To get through the pandemic era, Emita Brady Hill (emita.hill@gmail.com) acquired a puppy. Online news form. I have many fond memories of my time at Cornell. This is not to diminish the news we have this time: thank you to our classmates who sent us updatesand please, everyone else, join our party. She has a group psychology practice as part of Skaneateles Psychology Assocs. Pete Salinger, MBA 68 (peteRsalinger95@gmail.com) keeps busy as a board member of his local civic association and represents his community in a larger association of associations. I made 300 masks during the pandemic, and it looks like we are going to continue using them. Remembering other classmates, Kathy says, I speak with former roommate Sue Phelps Day, MS 62, and her husband, Bill 59, regularly but do not get to see them very often since they moved to California. Jessica Rosenthal Chod, chodjlr@gmail.com; Hilary Johnson King, hilaryaking18@gmail.com. John Wilkinson (john@bintobottle.com) and his wife, Peggy, are now spending half the year in their new home in Jupiter, FL, and the rest of the time in California. She still enjoys the life of a bachelorette, but she has been known to get a little distracted by a special someone.. Watching pelicans dive in the Caribbean and playing golf four times a week at 81 years old. From Minnesota, Mike Hoffman (myflightplan@gmail.com) stayed close to home for a year, following the science, and paid close attention to Dr. Fauci. Phillips Hall. In 1942, the School of Chemical Engineering moved into its new Olin Hall, next to Sage Hall, and the outline of the future engineering quadrangle began to emerge with the start of construction of Kimball-Thurston Hall in 1949. 25. Neils first-year English class, which he and I took together, was given the assignment of inventing a new word that did not exist in the English language. John keeps in touch with fellow Cornellians Jeff Greenberg and James Schaefer 89. It was also so odd to see Morrison Hall abutting my freshman-year dorm, Dicksonsuch a stark and somewhat disorienting contrast. At Cornell, he played on the freshman basketball team, was the assistant manager of the varsity basketball team, was manager of his fraternity, and was sports editor, then managing editor, of the Cornell Daily Sun, the student-produced morning newspaper for the campus and the Ithaca community. Phillips is a horizontal block with a flat roof. Catie reports that the whole family had a great trip to San Francisco in May to check out the area. Paul Marantz writes, After Neil Krieger died of COVID-19 in April 2020, his two children, Hilary 98 and Jonathan, came up with a novel way to remember him and his playful sense of humor that had its origins in his freshman year at Cornell in 195859. My roommate sophomore year, Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark 61, convinced me to join her on a seven-and-a-half-week tour of Europe that summer, arranged through her fathers employer. He says hello to all his fellow Cornellians. Katie attends school in person a few times a week, so she is at home more. My younger daughter began Cornell as a freshman in 2020 and is starting her sophomore year in CALS. Rich is an avid cyclist who feels that the pandemic is a reminder of how quickly things can change.. Kevinn has more than a decade of experience working for various law firms since he graduated with his JD from Tulsa College of Law. Ironically, his wife, Meg (Wisconsin 91), has been more active at Cornell than hes been. Write to: Jos Nieves, jmn12@cornell.edu. Online news form. Johns gleeful support of his classmates today reminds me of Jeffs flag-waving for Cornell back then. Next year he will be living on Dryden Road, a few houses from where Ken lived for two years. Please look forward to other CMC events! We hope that the Cornell Big Red spirit continues to endure during the pandemic, that you continue to enjoy virtual activities and connections, and that you and your families stay healthy and safe. Online news form. Steven Colvin retired in January 2021 after over 40 years at the Minnesota Dept. The ultimate tribute to education design excellence. As such, Ill be spreading it out over time, so if you dont see your news here, rest assured I have it and it will be published soon! We are all feeling the sadness of the death of friends. When I was a child, my family spent some vacations there, so we shared our numerous photos and memories with my father, Dr. Arnold Moses. Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu. She is an anesthesiologist at a same-day surgery center. Jim serves as an ad hoc member of the CALS deans advisory committee and is farming Cornell fruit, including SnapDragon and RubyFrost apples, with his sons, Kevin 04 and David (Purdue 08). Jeffs Cornell roots continue to run deep, as he is part of several Cornell committees and chaired our most recent class Reunion. Jack Glassman, MA 82, reported that he has been enjoying his work with the National Park Service. He was a Senior CAD Engineer at Dawn Technology from 1992-1994. We practiced running into the halls and covering our heads for air raids that never came to pass. Throughout the memoir, she offers important advice that she learned from her service dog, including to enjoy the present moment, try new things, lean on others when you are struggling, and be a good listener. Speaking of daughters, Pat Reillys daughter, Erin Goers 13, married Patrick Chamberlain 13 on July 30 in a beautiful ceremony and reception attended by many of their fellow alums, including numerous members of the Chorus and Glee Club! I hope the start of winter has been treating you well. Eve is the founder of Delphi Opera, producing operas, concerts, and educational outreach programs, and providing enrichment for future generations of arts lovers and participants. Congratulations! We hope that you all are well and look forward to reading more news from classmates. Jeff is an entertainment lawyer who works in music, film and television, fashion and branding, and the digital media space. Thanks, Bob. Anger at those who refuse to follow needed precautions and directions to get rid of COVID-19.. In early August, John and I attended an in-person gathering of all of the Zoom participants in the East Village, joined by classmate Rob Smith, who still practices psychiatry in Midtown Manhattan. Joan Falconer writes, I moved into a cooperative building two months before the pandemic hit. While the house is empty, Joan plans to devote more time to her college counseling practice, but on Wednesdays she will continue to visit the Old Greenwich Farmers Market, founded and run by Dana Lee Evans. Please send your news to: Class of 2019, c/o Alexandra Bond 12, abb83@cornell.edu. She is planning to spend time on Skaneateles Lake, seeing family and reconnecting with Michele Chandler from her U-Hall 2 days. COVID provided an opportunity to meet his neighbors, as they started a twice-a-week cocktail hour. Robert Tallo, rptallo@gmail.com. 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. Easy does it, Paul! The tiered lecture room was raised to a slope of 1:12 to provide wheelchair access from the lobby. The pandemic caused her to furlough starting in May, which was just two months prior to a planned retirement, so it all worked out! She also watches the good old movies on TV. She is still working from home as a lawyer at Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC, and advocating for offshore wind in Virginia as chairman of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority (VOWDA). We look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones, and we encourage as many of you who can to return to the Hill. Marc became a first-time grandparent, which, he says, is an experience everyone should enjoy if they are so blessed. He is working through another spike in COVID cases and hoping to survive this one intact. They created a website and set 78 ambitious goals, one for each year he livedsuch as getting orbisculate mentioned in a podcast, a word game, and a Hallmark cardand got to work. Sean writes, The good news is alumni from the Hotel and Johnson schools recently hosted alumni events! When there is personal time, Sean likes to be on the water sailing and paddling outrigger canoes. His biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that humans are resilient and adaptable, though sometimes illogical, and science is amazing, especially if followed. Ryan co-created the new Alliances universe alongside the legendary late Stan Lee and Luke Lieberman. It is a high honor to be working with Community Care of Western New Yorks volunteers, donors, and employeesin particular our aides, nurses, physicians, and therapists who have worked under unusually challenging conditions these past two years to ensure that our critical homecare, PACE program, adult day program, and hospice care services continue to be provided throughout Cattaraugus, Allegany, Wyoming, and Genesee counties.. He still has time to work on antique cars, spend time with his three grandchildren, and take walks with his wife, Faye. We are all vaccinated now, so I can visit with my daughters and their families. Adele adds that being able to go outside and being able to Zoom with friends that I no longer see gives her the most satisfaction these days. Chris continues to volunteer at the local library and cooperative market. 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. James has four adult children and says he gets great satisfaction from his eight grandchildren and one great-grandson. Home | Course Info | Lectures | Homeworks | Research Group | Links. It was challenging helping four teenagers navigating virtual school, but they have adjusted and are doing well overall. Rachel says her biggest takeaway from the pandemic has been the importance of family. Congrats also to Burton Tripathi, who recently joined the board of the Santa Barbara-based electric aerospace startup LaunchPoint. When we moved into Phillips Hall back in 1955, many EE faculty members were of the opinion that the building would be obsolete in about 30 years. In 1999, he received the Lewis Thomas Prize, which is awarded to the researcher who best embodies the scientist as poet.. Dean says, We had a family reunion at San Diego Beach in 2021. Please feel free to reach out to me or submit online. Im always up for a get-together with fellow Cornelians! Good to see that Sameer is still smiling. Its about ALL of us. From her time on the Hill, Ann fondly remembers an early morning field trip with Prof. Arthur Allen 1907, PhD 1911, of the Ornithology department to watch robins at a territorial barrier. of Labor. Being alert in public spaces to social distancing and mask wearing. One responded that she often wondered, as her students moved on, where her lessons actually went, if anywhere, and that hearing from me was very valuable. He . Karen Gear Alliyuddin, MS 65, who has lived in Malaysia for all of her married life, visited us about five years ago, but I have lost track of another roommate, Carol Dioguardi OSullivan, MA 62, last known to be living in Oxfordshire, England. Another way of expressing this is, more scientific thinking combined with human compassion. A large array of multi-dimensional problems (climate, energy, etc.) So, despite how much our generation has screwed up the world, we have done a few good things as well!. Then came the pandemic. William Cotton, writing from home in New Orleans, says that COVID restrictions were not particularly onerous for him, only eliminating fencing and badminton and allowing outdoor tennis four to five times a week. Now I am doing lots of gardening and woodworking, as well as plenty of reading. Plenty of classmates kids have headed off to campuses after embracing some hybrid, at-home, or gap year options over the last year, including Caroline Raymond, daughter of Catie Blackler and Derek Raymond, whos starting at Santa Clara U. a year after graduating from high school in Skaneateles, NY. Learn more about Cordatus here.What does it take to make it as a writer in television? As I go through the many responses I have from all of you, what strikes me is how each one reflects so well the instantaneous mood when written, and how they have changed as the US goes through the various ebbs and surges of the pandemic. Charles is partially retired from the Foulston Siefkin law firm, located in Wichita, KS, and Kansas City. Online news form. She and her husband, Alan, sold their food service management company, moved to the coast of Massachusetts, and made many travel plans. In the 70s, Dick became chairman of the Antitrust Society of the American Bar Assn. Inara is particularly missed by Mike Duffy and others who shared classes with her at Cornell. Online news form. For GPS, use the street address of the Martin Y. Tang Welcome Center at 616 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14853 (lat./lng. What have you been up to?
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