Two additional deaths of classmates occurred in this period. He loves his daily bike ridegood for the body and the brain! She is recovering from a broken back. 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. Submitted by Luanne Stockdale on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:48. 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.. Amy started working for NASA in 2011 and she has been the program executive for prizes, challenges, and crowdsourcing since 2017. You may contact me directly, at my email or phone below. Photographed at the dedication of Philips Hall in 1955 were, left to right, S.C Hollister, dean of the College of Engineering; Mr. Ellis L. Phillips; Mrs. Ellis L. Phillips; and Cornell President Deane W. Malott. Summer Program in 2003. Claudia Fischbach. Suzannes volunteerism includes serving on the board of trustees for her synagogue and as chair of its LGBTQ Pride committee. As always, let me know if you or any of your classmates have any exciting life updates youd like to share, and follow us at the Class of 2018 Instagram (@cornell_2018) for more news. On the family front, she has three children plus spouses, eight grandchildren, and five greats (the newest arrived in April 2021). His family is scattered from coast to coast, and, with the pandemic, he has not seen any of them for over a year. She has also had fun picking up new languages on her phone app. We had our Zoom 40th Reunion in June and now we look forward to planning over the next five years to see everyone on the Hill! And lastly, Ann Leister Mayer (Anacortes, WA) continues to enjoy bird watching, a passion she acquired from her ornithologist father, Claude Leister, Class of 1917. Born in Latvia, she spent five difficult years at German displaced persons camps in the aftermath of WWII, before her family was sponsored to move to Brooklyn, NY, when she was 8 years old, with two chests of belongings and little else. She earned a scholarship to Cornell and throughout her life loved theater and the arts. Also graduating from Cornell in 2021: Jacob Arnold 21, son of Mark 88 and Marci Braunstein Arnold. Im more aware than ever how difficult life is for so many others., George, PhD 62, and Jill Beckoff Nagy (nagyjill0@gmail.com) are fully vaccinated and feeling quite energized. Jill is tutoring math for Literacy Volunteers. Have lots of good reading matter at home. While summer has been busy, we took a short trip to Spring Lake, NJ, in July to visit (and surf!) The pandemic caused her to furlough starting in May, which was just two months prior to a planned retirement, so it all worked out! 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. Racers keep track of how many theyve done, and this will be my 20th race. If you find the news form that you havent sent in yet, please fill it in and send it to Cornell University, ATTN: Sarah Dymak, 130 E. Seneca St., Ste. Julie Helitzer Shubin (julie.shubin@gmail.com) shared the news that in March, she was appointed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to serve as a panel chair on the Foreign Service Grievance Board. Phillips Hall Events Calendar, powered by Localist Event Calendar Software . He writes, Look for the silver liningsthere are lots of them there if you search.. I hope everyone survived the summer of record heat, virus surges, travel disruptions, and other weirdness. 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. Audrey Van Voolen writes in from Skaneateles, NY, where she is a licensed child psychologist. Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Phillips Hall, Room 423 607/254-8257. Betsy Silverfine, bsilverfine@comcast.net. Alice Katz Berglas (alice.berglas@gmail.com) shared the sad news that Mary Loosbrock Miers passed away in May. I do not like being in lockdown. Ina Perlstein Loewenberg (Iowa City, IA) says ha ha to whether her life has changed recently. She also serves as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Yale U. Bridget and her husband, Edmund Chung, are based in Guilford, CT, and she is excited to establish a footprint out West with a new home in Wyoming. Jay Bainbridge 86, BA 87, is a contributing author to a new book on the market. 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. 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. The Faculty was invited to examine the report and to submit criticisms, suggestions, and recommendations. Martha Stuart Jewett (Washington, DC; mjewettrn@aol.com) wrote in March, Got through 2020! Your classmates would love to hear from you. After two canceled Reunions, Matt French, ME 96, and I decided we couldnt stay away any longer and took the kids (Sarah, 10, and Benjamin, 8) up to the Finger Lakes to visit the old alma mater and enjoy everything the surrounding area has to offer. And, oh my goodness, I think I had forgotten how much there is to do hereand how insanely beautiful it is. Met my dear husband, Lester 60, there when he was working at my sorority, SDT. Best wishes. We extend our deepest condolences and sympathy to her family. The ultimate tribute to education design excellence. Congratulations to Carly on this incredible honor! He was recently recognized as a 2021 national top 40 honoree by Auto Remarketing Canada and as a 2019 top 40 under 40 by Business in Vancouver. I am also a trustee of the Commonwealth of Virginia Veterans Service Foundation, having been appointed to a four-year term last year by my friend Eileen Filler-Corn, Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. 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. It sits on a blind loggia supported by rectangular supports clad in gray Ithaca stone. His son and daughter survived COVID when the virus swept through New York in 2020, despite some minor symptoms. His biggest takeaway from the pandemic is to value friendship. Have more news to share? Her youngest child completed graduate school and they are excited to have him return to California. Jeffrey Berg, ME 80, MBA 81 (jeffrey.f.berg@gmail.com) and his wife, Debra Paget, said their daily life has pretty much remained the same during the pandemic, with the exception of not attending concerts and plays and not dining indoors. I continue to run two investment advisory firms, take long walks, do regular gym workouts, and golf two or three times weekly. Our road closures page contains details that may affect driving directions. She survived her freshman year on campus pandemic style and is excited to go back and have a more normal Cornell experience as a sophomore living in the AXO sorority house. Scott writes that the book will help leaders, managers, business owners, and HR professionals create workplaces that value and support employers with their work-life challenges. Scott also noted that during the early months of COVID quarantine restrictions, he interviewed more than 50 employers to generate relevant content. Construction of Phillips Hall began later that summer. Finally, John Zucker got in touch with an email. How are you planning to spend the winter months? Thinking about billiard balls was one way into theoretical physics. Office Hours: Monday-Thursday; 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Get Directions univreg@cornell.edu Johns next stop via the friendly skies: the Princeton suburbs, to see my pal Sameer Desai and his lovely clan. The School strives to prepare its students to lead responsively, creatively, and ethically in the discovery and application of new knowledge, technologies, and inventions leading to the solution of pressing global problems. I have three children and five grandchildren. William and Faith Birkhead live in Hamilton, GA. Cornell hockey takes on Boston U. at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, November 27, 2021. During the early days of the pandemic, her daughter and her two grandchildren sheltered in with her, which was wonderful. Our takeaway from the pandemic: it is not over. This summer I am visiting my old roommate, John van Gelder, in Ann Arbor. When word of this plan became known to Cornell alumnae who had fond memories of the old building, the reaction was predictable, perhaps best illustrated by the tortured outcry of one worried alumna who wrote, Touch not one blade of old Sage Green! The Sage plan was quickly abandoned in favor of the present site along Grove Place, the southern extension of East Avenue that contained three early professorial cottages one of which, at the time, was headquarters for Naval ROTC, with the other two serving as faculty apartments. In the meanwhile, they loved spending time during COVID working remotely down by the Central Coast. 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. Since most of these heavy items could not be accommodated by the building elevator, it was necessary to use cranes to insert them through windows that had been temporarily removed. Alejandro Cortese, MS 16, PhD 19, is co-founder and CEO of OWiC Technologies Inc., an early-stage startup that spun out of doctoral research on microscopic optical wireless integrated circuits (OWiCs) he did at Cornell. Please request a room key from Patricia L. Gonyea (plg27@cornell.edu) or Scott Albrecht (sja4@cornell.edu). Our alternative text listings page presents our map data in tables. One of our classmates, Inara Liepins Rymzo, died August 5, 2021, in West Hyannisport on Cape Cod, with her husband and sons beside her. Cindy Fuller, cindy@cindyjfuller.com; Ilene Shub Lefland, Ilene.lefland@gmail.com. Anne Hoskins (aehoskins15@gmail.com) and her husband, Robert Zdenek, have bought a home in San Luis Obispo, CA, with hopes of retiring there someday. His help is much appreciated, and he does get paid. Im fully retired after a long career with several high-tech companies and living in Brookline, a close suburb of Boston, with Regina, whom I met in Berlin while serving with the Army in Germany in 1963. Anne Czaplinski Treadwell, ac98@cornell.edu; Kris Borovicka Gerig, kgerig@columbus.rr.com; Stephanie Bloom Avidon, savidon1@hotmail.com; Lauren Kidder McGarry, laurenkiddermcgarry@gmail.com. Bruce thinks that we have created a land of consumers more than citizens. Stephanie Yan, smy43@cornell.edu. Hello, Class of 2001. Martha and husband David have enjoyed staying home and relaxing and watching the growth of flowers, trees, and the vegetables. Their biggest pandemic takeaway: We still enjoy each others company!. am699@cornell.edu. Hope also that you are a member of a Cornell-related Zoom group. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that friendships are important to nurture, regardless of physical distance, and that we should live each day with gratitude and never forget those who are without resources. 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. Please mark your calendars for June 912, and please share your news with us by emailing any of us at the following: Whitney Weinstein Goodman, wwg5@cornell.edu; Liz Brown, etb29@cornell.edu; and Lisa Burns Griffin, LAG77@cornell.edu. Find the map Admissions: DEPT Address: Lynn Berni, smartymc66-cornell@yahoo.com; Debbie Kaplan Gershenson, dkgershe@gmail.com; Aliza Stein Angelchik, aangelchik@sonorusbrand.com. Her twin daughters are freshmen in high school, and they celebrated their bat mitzvah last year via Zoom in their backyard. Some bone is resting on a nerve, which causes severe pain when touched. Hello to and from the Class of 2004! We waxed nostalgic, contemplated the future of Indian politics, and debated the merits of various crockpots, consumer electronics, and office technologies. Sameer continues his vital work as an oncologist and says he is living the dream with my wife and two daughters. Although she has no children, she has done well in the grandchildren department, with five girls and one boy, ranging in age from 1.5 to 22. Official MapQuest website, find driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road conditions. This is quite ironic because when I returned from Vietnam in 1969, I was active in the anti-war movement, including with Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Online news form. David is still working three days a week as a family practice doctor. The design included a number of special features that reflected the educational views and interests of the EE faculty at the time. He has a daughter at Cornell and has recently been back to Ithaca, visiting campus. When asked how his life has changed, David wrote, Travel and visiting have been drastically reduced. The pandemic has given us time to slow down our lives and spend time together. 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. It was what kickstarted a lifetime of world travel. And as Charlotte arrived home, my youngest, Ethan, was preparing to leave; hes matriculating at the College of Wooster, in Ohio. For those categories, please talk with your professor/advisor/team leads or visit the Rapid Prototyping Lab located in Upson Hall. Congratulations to Mark Rodman, MA 00 (Lansing, MI), who was appointed as the State Historic Preservation Officer by Michigans Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Thanks for sending news! After some serious perspiration, we left our racquets behind to enjoy a long walk on the beach, exchanging pleasantries and tales of the high seas. John beamed, Tony is a clinical cardiac electrophysiologist tending to the hearts of men and women in Jacksonville. Tony enjoys spending his free time with his wife, two boys, and daughter doing things like playing guitar, biking, and family goat yoga.
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