Mar/Apr 2002

This is nearly the last column you'll read in Cornell Alumni Magazine before you make your way back to Ithaca for Reunion 2002. Over the past five years, many of you have let me know how much you enjoy reading the column every other month to catch up on long-lost classmates and keep tabs on what everyone is up to. Thanks for reading, and please keep sending in news!

Cathy Heinzelman married Mark Hill on July 21, '01. The couple met at grad school and are living in Canton, NY, where Mark is the scholarship coordinator in the financial aid office at SUNY Potsdam. After spending two years in Poland, NY, as a guidance counselor for grades 7, 8, 11, and 12, Cathy is now an admissions counselor at SUNY Canton. Wendi Rabiner Heinzelman '95, Tanya Axenson, Christina Anton Benamati, Wendy Salz '98, Steve Heinzelman '95, M Eng '96, and Bernie Sochia '92 were members of the wedding party. Other Cornellians at the wedding included Dave Heinzelman '61 (the bride's father), Greg Hill (the groom's dad), Dick Heinzelman '64, Amanda Berke, Rebecca Soffer, Jami Gorman Schultz, Kenny Schultz '99, Ed Murphy, Mike Dutt, MS CH '01, Matt Carlin '98, Jim Wheaton '98, and Tina Ovitt Wheaton, PhD '01. The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia for a week.

Lisa McGill (lmcgill@mit.edu) reported on her wedding to Matt Borthwick '95 on Oct. 7, '01 in Sage Chapel. Never a disappointment, the temperature in Ithaca reached 70 degrees two days before the wedding and two days after the wedding, but the Big Day was a crisp (yet sunny) 40 degrees. Shane Detweiler and Tessa Lau '95 were in the wedding party. The reception took place at the Statler, and Cornellians joining the celebration included Peter Haight '95, Arthur Taylor '95, Charles Kline '95, John Beaber '98, Taryn Williams '99, ME C '00, Erik Leavitt, Jeff Yap '98, and Jen Ray, MBA '98. Matt and Lisa live near Boston and are working on their PhDs at MIT.

Shoham Filhart and Marisa Dolled '00 married in January 2001. Florence Natter '00 was maid of honor; other Cornellians attending included Dena Zigun '00, Rachel Zinaman '00, Aaron Kessel '00, Rachel Gordon '00, Craig Cepler '01, Abby Kornfeld '02, Samara Kaplan '02, and Rachel Isaacson '02. The couple live in New Haven, CT, where Marisa is a PhD student in genetics and Shoham is a senior financial analyst for a Fortune 1000 company. Tracyann Albert and John Hayes '95 got married in West Seneca, NY, in October 2001, the Buffalo News reported. The couple resides in Hamburg. Tracyann works for Pfizer as a territory specialty manager and sales representative, and John is a national sales account representative for CBORD Group.

Your very own class correspondent tied the knot last year as well. Sarah Deardorff Carter, Kara Bombach, and Kate Temme '98 were attendants at the Aug. 18, '01 ceremony in Bryn Mawr, PA; Yomarie Socarras was maid of honor. Cornellians joining in the festivities included Sarah's husband Josh, Christine Hewitt, Penner Schraudenbach, Amisha Patel, Serge Blok, Karen Galinsky, Jessica Kivnik, Jeffrey Smithline '96, ME C '97, and Ruti Guterman '99. My groom, Lathrop, is a graduate of Washington and Lee U. and the U. of Virginia Law School. He is currently clerking for a federal judge on Pennsylvania's Eastern District Court. We had a blast honeymooning in Bali and Hong Kong.

I'm thrilled to share news of two Hotelies who received some positive press coverage. On Nov. 8, '01, the Washington Post profiled the Annapolis Grill, which offers the atmosphere and cuisine of a traditional Maryland seafood house on bustling 20th Street in downtown DC. The restaurant is the brainchild of classmate Brian Berger, an Anne Arundel (MD) County native. In October, a column reviewing the re-opened Piatti in Seattle's News Tribune reported that the restaurant franchise has "picked a winner" in general manager Travis Rosenthal. The restaurant underwent a five-month restoration, and Travis has taken advantage of the "extraordinary freedom" granted him by the franchise, enhancing the menu and improving the operation.

Alex Alday (alexalday@aol.com) joined the Graham Company (an insurance brokerage and consulting firm) in Philadelphia in July 2001 as an account analyst. Alex reports that Ellyn Nees also works for the Graham Company.--Erica Broennle Nelson, 303 Vine St. #308, Philadelphia, PA 19106; e-mail, ejb4@cornell.edu; www.classof97.cornell.edu (check it out for Reunion news and updates!).