During our visit to campus, we also enjoyed a leisurely stroll in the Botanic Gardens (forever known to most of us as the Plantations) and popped into the Cornell Store (still expensive LOL) and the Statleralthough, sadly, we couldnt get into Sage Chapel, which I was hoping to (re)show my kids, given how much time I spent there as an undergrad and how gorgeous it is inside. Phillips Hall closes off the east end of the Engineering Quadrangle and boarders Campus Road. He has flown every summer (except for the last two years) to Germany to visit with his former neighbors, whose older daughter he tutored in English vocabulary and pronunciation when she started first grade in the US. My husband, David, and I sing in several choral groups, some together, some separatelyall of which took a while to figure out how to operate virtually since it is impossible to sing together over Zoom, but we found other software to make virtual singing a reality, and David became the guru who got everyone properly set up. Perhaps he will play us a set at Reunion! Alison Torrillo French, amt7@cornell.edu. Both were UPenn grads. Our biggest takeaway from the pandemic was that Athens was much more responsible with COVID restrictions than surrounding areas. Dean (WPC95@aol.com) and Mary Williams (Ohio State 63) live in La Canada, CA. Privacy & Cookie Policy | Terms & Condictions. While the Dean struggled with the problem of finding a donor, Professor Burckmyer and his committee labored for several years on a series of alternate building designs that would meet the criteria set forth in its 1947 Report, fit within the selected site, and satisfy assumed budgetary constraints. 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 teaches agriculture at the Cuba-Rushford Central School District in Allegany County, and she earned a Master of Arts in Teaching with a dual certification in Agriculture and Biology at Cornell. She also volunteers at the Edible Academy at the New York Botanical Garden and does literacy tutoring through LiteracyNewYork.org. We have lost over 675,000 Americans to COVID-19, at this writing. Schneider Social Sciences Hall (SSS) 26. Im now working on a nonfiction book on the bleak outlook for our world: threats to survival. He adds, We are alive and in good health. When asked about his biggest takeaway from the pandemic, he wrote, We wont know till its over!. She has six great-grandchildren. Lynn Berni here, writing from Salt Lake City, UT, to bring you the latest installment of classmate updates. How? He and wife Sharon have a close, loving relationship with each other and the family. He received his Ph.D. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1992. As the blurb explains, Its the perfect book to buy yourself, your friend, or your sister as a reminder that were not alone in this journey toward ergonomic backpacks, getting excited about home renovations, and becoming our mothers. You can learn more here. Hes focusing on talking with friends, working out, and cooking. I wrote most of those entries in mid-2020, shortly after joining Lead Stories, which is the most prolific of the ten third-party agencies doing fact checks for Facebook et al. One of my grandkids graduated from Brown and one is a sophomore at Northwesternthey were both valedictorians at the same high schoolwith four more grandchildren to go. Richard Weir III and his wife, Paula, live in Oyster Bay, NY. Sudip and Joan Button Thakor (Annual Fund) are residing in Connecticut, where they have raised many Cornellians. 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. Her second son, Michael, is an environmental activist attending UC Boulder. 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. 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). Both children are challenged teaching remotely, one at U. of Maine and the other at U. of Toronto. Jill notes a feeling of awe at nature run wildand of science responding. Our class musical writer in NYC, Bobbie Horowitz, has been part of many Zoom shows. William Kadner (wjkadner@gmail.com) in Walnut Creek, CA, has had minimal contact with peopleZoom took over. 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. Building Code. They have a trifecta of Cornell children. Chuck Levitan, CLevitan22@comcast.net. Solid-state electronics completely superseded vacuum-tube laboratory activities. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Geological Sciences, INSTOC, Institute for the Study of the Continents, Northeast Regional Climate Center, President Emeritus-Rhodes, Frank H.T. He gives special thanks to ChemE classmate Robert Langer, academic co-founder of vaccine maker Moderna. Also transitioning employment during these tumultuous times, Stephanie Marmelstein Gitlin joined the full-service law firm Halloran Sage as counsel earlier this year. Margie Curtis-Cohen and Marc Cohen both retired in 2020 and had planned to travel and spend time with their three grandchildren. Cindy Fuller, cindy@cindyjfuller.com; Ilene Shub Lefland, Ilene.lefland@gmail.com. She used the word when he accidently got a squirt of juice from his orange. He is still teaching philosophy at Wayne State U., finishing his 52nd year. All of you contributing and reading our news column continue our proud tradition of being Cornell 84 graduates. He was a kind, smart, wonderful man, loved and respected by all who knew him. AC says she has many supportive friends at the Wesley Community in Saratoga Springs, NY, where she and John had been very glad they made the move. Scott Peer has been working from home for Virgin Orbit. Weve used the time to write more and organize thousands of photographs and drawings. Ken has joined a small private equity partnership (BlueKey Equity Partners) and has invested in a startup restaurant chain with a social purpose (Immigrant Food) in Washington, DC. Their children are all engaged in trying to improve the worldone in Africa, one in grad school in international environmental policy, one a writer, one a social enterprise entrepreneur, and one a special needs teacher. They also have three grandchildren. In most cases, weve all been experiencing change. Sadly, we cant travel, she says, but she has been cooking, cleaning, and gardening. He is looking forward to his first European river cruise next year; it was canceled twice because of COVID-19. Can you tray-slide on sand dunes?) 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. The obituary in the Cape Cod Times details her amazing story. This book is, at its core, about relationshipsplatonic, romantic, and chosen family. He also has substantial experience representing borrowers on a broad range of finance-related matters. Electrical and Computer Engineering Phillips Hall, Room 308 607/255-7147 ase63@cornell.edu Mohamed I. Ibrahim Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering Phillips Hall, Room 301 mibrahim@cornell.edu Debdeep Jena David E. Burr Professor of Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering David E. Burr Professor of Engineering Class website. When the new EE Director, Dr.Charles E. Burrows, arrived on campus in mid-1945, the Dean told him that the EE School had first priority for construction of the next addition to the quad. Had the parades not been canceled, we would have had little trouble staying six feet away from each other as we sauntered, not marched, down the street. await us and we need to be much better preparedcheck out Bill Gatess new book.. 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. Online news form. The mission of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineeringis to provide its students with a broad and exceptional education in electrical and computer engineering built upon a substantial foundation in science, mathematics, computing, and technology. We want all of your updatesany exciting plans for the holiday season or upcoming new year? Stephanie is a grandmother of three children and three dogs and plays tennis in her free time. Joan feels the biggest takeaways from the pandemic are the loss of control of what we can do and the changes in the power of our nation in our personal lives and in our country. Arthur Horowitz says, on that matter: Follow the science, but we Cornellians have always known that. He and Francine celebrated their 62 years together and Arthur is now 17-plus years retired from ob/gyn doctoring. This lab space houses power supplies, signal generators, oscilloscopes, hand tools, drills, and a medley of electrical components, sensors, and actuators. The most satisfaction I get these days is being with my three children and nine grandkids and walking in the neighborhood. Tierney 21 (Hotel) is working in D.C.; Nikki 18 (Arts) is in medical school in London, Ontario; and Max 16 (Arts) works in Toronto. In the 70s, Dick became chairman of the Antitrust Society of the American Bar Assn. These changes could not occur immediately, of course, so for several years members of the Arts and Sciences faculty often gave instruction in Mathematics, History, and English Literature in some of the classrooms, and on occasion, other schools in the Engineering College would use the Phillips Hall lecture rooms. 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. 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. John says the pandemic actually had an upside, giving him more time with family and friendsand for the first time in 45 years he hasnt been traveling, unpacking and packing his suitcase. Not only that, but you also shared some incredible perspectives on life during a pandemic, which I want to be sure to include. Cant wait for Broadway shows to return. She now finds herself as far from her psychologist role as possible, instead running real estate sales. The company began as a simple browser extension, and last year it was acquired by PayPal for $4 billion. My French bulldog shares my life with me. Also retired are James and Anne Mancini Walrath. We are happy and healthy and glad to be Cornellians.. Lauri hopes to see everyone in Ithaca next year for our 45th Reunion! Please take a moment to share an update with your classmates, or send your holiday letter to: Class of 1999, c/o Alexandra Bond 12, abb83@cornell.edu. He observes, When I graduated from med school in 1973, such a thing was unheard of. Bobbie has learned how to communicate a show through Zoom. Online news form. Online news form. 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. Also graduating from Cornell in 2021: Jacob Arnold 21, son of Mark 88 and Marci Braunstein Arnold. My wife, Wendy, and I have gotten into a large pattern of encouraging each other in reading and writing. Our combined Kindle library is 1,400 books. 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.. Faculty members now employ electronic media in teaching, combining video, real-time computer output and 3-D presenters. This is indeed a great honor for Laura and truly amazing work. We also visited and fed goats at Lively Run Dairy, where we enjoyed an incredible cheese tasting, and alpacas at Cabin View Alpacas in Trumansburg. The Power Network Calculator was abandoned in favor of the digital computer, and its former location in the building eventually became a laser and optics laboratory. The pandemic has necessitated living with fewer social contacts, but we are staying healthy and keeping up on world affairs. They are fortunate to have their daughter and family nearby in Kirkland, WA, with one son in Austin and the other with a new job remotely working from Orlando. 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. How was your 2021? It is great to be back in the Finger Lakes area. Jill Barnett Kaufman wrote to let us know that she and fellow classmate John Hastings were married in August. She makes cookies, chocolate bark, gingerbread, and other sweet treats. James Connor in Annandale, VA, retired from his career as a tax attorney in 2013 and has since been a high school track and field coach, a cross-country coach, and a full-time math teacher. And were planning to hit the Oktoberfest in Munich on our next trip. Currently we are all trying to figure out how to be normal again. Wed love to hear your recounting of the eventas well as what youve been up to since our unconventional graduation. Phillips Hall. Received second Pfizer vaccinehooray! She further wrote that she is the faith community nurse for her church, Christ Lutheran, in D.C., and is the vice president of the Alliance to Preserve Civil War Forts of D.C. She is the owner of a group home, where one of her tenants is a Cornellian. He also appreciates the time hes had to be with his family, which includes six grandchildren, and to be with his friends. Room 101 has been transformed into an attractive auditorium with acoustics that have been pronounced excellent by speakers who have used the room. Steven Colvin retired in January 2021 after over 40 years at the Minnesota Dept. Hopefully the memoir will also be published. Linda Meyrowitz Salamon (Lindaros@optinline.net) lives in White Plains, NY, and writes, I have taken several watercolor and drawing courses onlineIve even improved! Online news form. Dean says, We had a family reunion at San Diego Beach in 2021. 217 Phillips Hall Clifford Hendry, BS 71 (c.hendry@comcast.com) reports from Pittsburgh, PA, that he and wife Jeanie are fortunate to have all three children and nine grandchildren living locally, where they can spend time with them. ), In 1979 Sheldon shared the Nobel Prize in physics with Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam. So without further ado, lets dive in! How are you planning to spend the holidays? 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. Bob Edwards retired from Chevron in 2018 after 41 years, the last ten in Asia (Seoul, then Singapore). Desperate requests for oxygen cylinders, concentrators, and hospital beds are flooding our WhatsApp groups and social media platforms. Keep your fingers crossed that the pandemic will not interfere with this historic event. She knows that she cherishes every day and is connected globally in ways that she could never have imagined after this pandemic. Pete Salinger, peteRsalinger95@gmail.com; Susan Rockford Bittker, ladyscienc@aol.com. Ann, who has been tutoring at her home in New Hampshire, writes, In two weeks I can see my grandchildren and my pupils without a mask. These days, tutoring has brought her the most satisfaction. Greetings, Class of 92! 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. Jessi Petrosino, jessi.petrosino@ey.com. We are hoping to visit Upstate next year (both Ithaca and Owego, my hometown) when things open up again., My lifelong friend Roberta Paikoff Holzmueller (we grew up together in Syracuse) shared the following: We discover Cornell connections in all sorts of places. As I write this in August 2021, our class, along with the rest of the country, is wrestling with trying to balance a return to some form of normal at the same time that the Delta variant of COVID has stubbornly continued to affect the health of many. 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. Cornell University 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?)! This is the first time Im writing to you for the online communication portal that Cornell has launched to share content with alumni. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Angel Medical Systems. Hope also that you are a member of a Cornell-related Zoom group. Speaking of summer, did you know that five Cornellians competed in the Olympics for Team USA across wrestling, rowing (x2), triathlon, and hammer throw? The COVID-19 lockdown made Alan and his wife work from home and interact with family and friends primarily via Zoom. Rob and I spend two to three months each winter in our home near San Jos del Cabo, Mexico. It would be so enlightening to find out who you are. She also switched jobs and works as a student success coach at Westmont College in Santa Barbara. I have seven children and steps who attended mainly southern collegesnone at Cornell, sadly. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic was the feeling of being trapped! Robert Temkin, MBA 53 (Rochester, NY; nikmet@aol.com) says, I met a charming New York woman while in Florida for vacation. He retired for the second time after 20 years as senior director, Medicare counseling at Rochester General Hospital.
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