Murray Heimberg, MNS 49, spent most of the COVID-19 year indoors and adjusted to it very well. The most satisfaction I get in life these days is hearing my students ask, Why didnt they teach history like this? By year-end, I had been promoted to managing editor, but I still write. Online news form. We also heard from Julio Caro, in California, that he continues to work in the film industry, producing films and series. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic? John hopes to see more Cornellians in Florida, where he has many Cornell neighbors. He continues to work with several clients, and he occasionally sings standards known as the Great American Songbook at Empire House Hotel and Restaurant in nearby Gilbertsvillesmall, quaint, and with tablecloths and elegant wine goblets. 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. The other big change we noticed was inside Uris Library, where my beloved sleeping bays in the Cocktail Lounge have been replaced by high-backed, futuristic-looking chairs (although I do like the new workspaces facing Libe Slope). Our road closures page contains details that may affect driving directions. Just a hop, skip, and jump from there to Bonita Springs, FL, is Saurabh Patel, the visionary who (cymbal crash) practices (well, perfects) ophthalmology as a vitreous retina macula consultant and surgeon, John enthusiastically relays. Our street address is 116 Hoy Road, Ithaca, NY 14853. 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. 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 lectures periodically at Thomas Jefferson U. on drug safety and pharmacovigilance, as an adjunct faculty member. We hope that you all are well and look forward to reading more news from classmates. Their very first house guests were Terri Heusinger Carney and her husband, Brian, from Indianapolis. . Nathaniel Houghton, ndh8@cornell.edu. She finds hospital work is challenging and scaryalways wearing double masks, face shields, gowns, and gloves. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic is, Wear a mask and get vaccinated. Most satisfaction comes from finally having time to join a book club, which takes her back to her undergraduate English major days of loving to read. Submitted by Luanne Stockdale on Fri, 01/20/2023 - 12:48. This lab space houses power supplies, signal generators, oscilloscopes, hand tools, drills, and a medley of electrical components, sensors, and actuators. The research revealed the more you expose babies to how the world works, the richer the neural networks become. Our 10-year-old daughters have done their fifth-grade year virtually. Online news form. At this writing (August 15), we dont yet know the exact format that our class columns will appear in. Regarding change, you now have an online method of submitting your news items. Also from Manhasset, my Long Island friend and neighbor Jeff Ciccone has kept busy over the last year: expanding a pain management practice at Mount Sinai in NYC, playing tennis, and completing a home music production and DJ studio. 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. He, too, has been educating his children on the Hill. 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. He and the boys drove across the country to move him into Clara Dickson. Ilissa Rubinstein Sternlicht wrote in August that she and her husband, David, were planning a tripwith fingers crossedto Cornell for Homecoming and the in-person graduation ceremony for their daughter Rachael 20, BS 19, whos now working as a planner for Horizon Media. Charlotte fenced pe at Wellesley College and still keeps up with her varsity-level weight-lifting routines, a great reminder for those of us who struggle to fit important fitness activity into our days! I sold one of my investment firms and transitioned the CEO role in another to my younger partners. Untutored in physics and unable to communicate directly with them, I am presenting information from The 100 Most Notable Cornellians by Altschuler, Kramnick, and Moore. Being stuck at home isnt so bad after all, Scott notes. My family Zooms one evening each week. Cornell Maker Club resources are for personal projectsonly. 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 Constantine Costis Toregas, PhD 71 (costis.toregas@gmail.com) and his wife, Chadley, live in Chevy Chase, MD. Most of all, we aim to become a significant piece of your connection to Cornell as an alum. Like most of us, she moved her offices to home in March 2020. New office furniture and laboratory benches had been back-ordered and were in place, and the new laboratory power supply was energized and ready for use. Check out this website for more information. We look forward to hearing from you! Leona Barsky, LLB39@cornell.edu; Chas Horvath, chas@horvaths.org; David Durfee, drd225@cornell.edu; Dik Saalfeld, rfs25@cornell.edu. 131 Phillips Hall +1 (607) 255-6303 sja4@cornell.edu (as of Dec 01, 2007) If you have a disability and are having trouble accessing information on this website or need materials in an alternate format, Contact web-accessibility@cornell.edu for assistance. Putnam Park Trail. Scott Behson proudly announced the launch of his latest book, The Whole Person Workplace: Building Better Workspaces Through Work-Life, Wellness, and Employee Support. 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. 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. 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. So without further ado, lets dive in! Hey, Class of 2018! Suzanne and Neals son Alex 08 met his husband, Jordan, at the Telluride Assn. Our congratulations are due as she reports that her latest poetry book, Mothers of Ireland (LSU Press, 2020), is co-winner of the 2021 Poetry by the Sea book prize and was a longlist finalist for the Julie Suk Award. My wife, Christobel (Lorie), and Ia Cornell 01 couplewelcomed our third child into the world in March: Charlotte Fay, a happy baby girl who gets a lot of attention from her big brothers, Will, 7, and Max, 10. Top image: Jason Koski/Cornell University, Classic Cornell Bread Is Still a Favorite of Health-Conscious Bakers, Fresh from Sustainability Success in NYC, Alum Leads Cornells 2030 Project on Climate Change, Get a Clue: Anna Shechtman Is a Star in the World of Crosswords. In 2019, we visited along with Bing Carlson, MBA 63, and wife Marcy and toured the Christmas markets in Bavaria. Weve made lots of visits to doctors to care for rusty parts but are really doing fine for two 80-plus people. Im learning to be satisfied with the situation. From Mars, PA, Charles McChesney (charlie1939@hotmail.com) is staying busy avoiding the coronavirus and spending time reading and following world and domestic news. 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! Wed love to hear about you, your partners and offspring (and even your offsprings offspring), your careers and retirement, and your travels and hobbies. Our main map page presents these data on a Google map with overlays. When asked what brings him the most satisfaction these days, Howard wrote, Family and getting outside. Howards biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that he has had the opportunity to spend more time with his children. Frederic has sadly gone through a divorce and is adjusting to his new life. Once the contribution period has finished, the book will be frozen, and the file will be available to all classmates. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Angel Medical Systems. Satisfaction comes from remembering all the blessings shes received over the years. Class Facebook page. I keep up to date listening to Fox News and get news in the mail from the Jerusalem Prayer Team and the Christian Broadcasting Network. Donald has four great-grandchildren and remembers with pleasure eating ice cream from the Dairy Bar near Wing Hall., Richard Hayes (richard.hayes32@gmail.com) and wife Jane moved into a condo in August 2020 and enjoy the new living quarters. 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. Bruce thinks that we have created a land of consumers more than citizens. 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. Reunion. James Hilderbrant and wife Anne have a great-grandson. Varun Godha, co-founder of Diamondre, is on Mission Oxygens fundraising and procurement team, playing a critical role identifying vendors via the Cornell network. She had to move for her career, but she goes back often. In 1904, physics moved into brand-new Rockefeller Hall, Franklin Hall became the permanent home of electrical engineering, and a new electrical machinery laboratory in Rockefeller was used by both physics and electrical engineering until 1916 when EE opened its own machinery laboratory in the second floor of Rand Hall. She was surrounded by close family and spent the last few weeks at home on hospice care. He was a virologist who did his masters thesis on RNA and could have explained fully the antiviral developments leading successfully to the vaccines (based on messenger RNA). Online news form. Our older daughter has two young children and our younger daughter recently married. Sadly, she reports the loss of her brother, Terrance, during COVID-19. Upcoming Events. We have just read a whirlwind tour of life in the Plague Year+, with stories of coping, support, recovery, and resilience (with more to come in our next column). The 94,000 square feet of space, identical with the target set by the 1947 Building Committee Study, offered opportunities for development of innovative educational techniques, and encouraged expansion of faculty research activities. In July 2021, David Hahn was elected partner of Davis Polk. I also clearly see that we are all one species. Effective November 1, he became P&Gs president and CEO. Babies brains develop by constructing an intricate communication network. Hopefully the grandkids will come soon thereafter. Alyosha Christopher Molnar. We hope that you are doing well, and are well, in this time. Carolyn Deckinger Lang, cmd35@cornell.edu. Club class dues for one or two will be $100, to help fund our class operating account. 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. There were three Big Red alums in the bridal party: Talia Fiano, April Aviles 13, and Elyses brother, Jacob Frank 11. If youre interested in seeing earlier print issues of Cornell Alumni Magazine, you can access issues going back decades at ecommons.cornell.edu, a service of the Cornell Library. Were still on the hunt for a class correspondent. Their biggest pandemic takeaway: We still enjoy each others company!. His recent projects include the rehabilitation of a historic custom house in Salem, MA, and several renovation projects at Minute Man National Historical Park for the upcoming semiquincentennial celebration of the April 19, 1775 battle. When not working, Shana writes that she dances and hikes, enjoys time with friends, and leads an annual theme camp at Burning Man! She loves her pro bono work for the various Bar associations (New York Womens Bar, NYC Bar), for her synagogue, and on the First Dept.s Committee on Character & Fitness, interviewing new lawyers applying for the NYS Bar. Fast forward to high school, from which I graduated at age 17: to be able to receive a NYS scholarship, one had to be a US citizen. Congratulations, Hope! Please send news to any of us via the email addresses below, connect with our class on Facebook, or submit an online news form. Additionally, after 15 years as a principal at Fish & Richardson, he recently joined Willkie Farr & Gallagher as a partner as its head of high-tech patent litigation. This week, we have not only visited wineries, including some old standbys like Lamoreaux Landing (which now requires a reservation! Her book, Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies, Portable Edition, was published in January 2021. He says that his daily life is a whirlwindstill working as an oncologist during this pandemic, even though he is trying to slow down and retire. Two girls finished eighth and second grades via Zoom and then, unexpectedly, did another whole year of school at home. Steve describes this expanded edition as a mystifying mix of truth and lies, fact and fiction, illusion and reality, all based on real experiences from my life. For more information about Steves incredible show, see his website. My wife, Nancy, and I spent the month of October 2019 in Paris. REUNION, REUNION, REUNION. 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. 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.. She is survived by her three children, seven grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. You can share your updates via the online news form, or send any of us an email. Caroline Flax, csf79@cornell.edu; Mateo Acebedo, ma698@cornell.edu. Ive been on the podium and hope to do so again this year. America must evolve its public planning structure to provide more balanced decision-makingnot ideological extremes. They have a trifecta of Cornell children. At 333 miles, it is one of the worlds longest-running freshwater races. Melinda Dower and Susan Shiebler MacDowell 79 were also in attendance. He regularly donates his election-related materials to the Cornell archives. Not too far over the river in Princeton, NJ, Mary Kieronski Brown loved working from home. Online news form. Jeff admits, It has been particularly difficult for me as an ER doctor to get through the pandemic. 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). She started on a whole new path learning about 19th-century local history as a part-time museum educator at the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that she loves home and has found it very comforting knowing others were enjoying that time as well. Youll likely be reading this news column as we near the end of 2021. Home | Course Info | Lectures | Homeworks | Research Group | Links. with Scott and Jean Euker Rigden 70. She has also been doing lots of traveling with my husband, Bob Metzler, visiting California, New Mexico, Hawaii, Texas, Georgia, Washington, DC, and Washington State. Jim, MST 65, and Lois Lundberg Carter are happily continuing to live on Seneca Lake for eight months of the year and in Florida the rest of the time. Watch your email for updates. Elisabeth Kaplan Boas, ekb7@cornell.edu; Cara Nash Iason, cara.nash.iason@gmail.com. Jeff says: While the last year has been a roller coaster, we tried to maintain our busy lives with family and our friends in the community. If you didnt, please take a moment to submit an online news form or send a message or holiday letter directly to any of us: Marjorie Polycarpe Jean-Paul, carpo129@hotmail.com; Janine Abrams Rethy, janine.rethy@gmail.com; Catherine Oh Bonita, catherine.bonita@gmail.com. Wed love to hear from you and give you your 15 minutes of Cornell fame! The networks structure is formed by experiences children have in the first three years of life. Her biggest takeaway from the pandemic is that kindness, patience, and empowerment make our community stronger so we can survive any challenge. The program was originally housed in Sage Hall with the Diesel Program being located in a temporary laboratory across the street from Olin Hall. Carroll was an ME and Sigma Nu and, Georgiana says, always enjoyed Reunions. Best wishes to all. We must strive to look at the big picture through all this. Joan Hens Johnson, joanipat@gmail.com; and Steve Appell, bigred1965@aol.com. With the new school year underway, its only fitting that we highlight a star teacher among our classmates: Carly Neumann Santangelo, MAT 13, was named the 2022 New York State Teacher of the Year! John Grocki (arc.jmg@gmail.com) moved to golf heavenHilton Head, SCto avoid the annual chores of shoveling and raking leaves. If you sent us your news in the fall, look for it in an upcoming column! Toby Marion (Tiburon, CA; tmarion@gmail.com) starts his April-dated news with the observation that vaccines are changing the landscape. Well, hes still touring, and his band, Doctor Dans Music Show, recently performed at two legendary Los Angeles clubs (the Cinema Bar and the Viper Club).