May/Jun 2006

I was recently at a friend's party playing a cutthroat game of Cranium Turbo. I was doing well and getting answers quickly. I heard one person ask another, "How'd she do that?" The reply? "She went to Cornell!" Ahh, that seemed to say it all. Here's what some of you are doing with our great Ivy League education.

Kevin Cronin (Kevin.Cronin@clarkrealty.com) is currently working as a development executive with Clark Realty in San Diego.His present task? Building housing for the US Navy throughout San Diego County. In his spare time he keeps active by surfing with Ian Hafner '98 and Joe Rossettie '98. Also in California, Lisa Schwartz is completing her third year at Stanford Law School and will soon be moving cross-country to work at a law firm in New York City.While Lisa is preparing to leave California, Rachel Sprague Roseman (rachelroseman@eventsbybellissimo.com) and her husband recently moved back, setting up in Los Angeles. Rachel opened her own wedding planning business in Beverly Hills, while her husband is busy with his own new company.When not being a budding entrepreneur, Rachel is busy traveling to Australia and Hawaii. Rachel, maybe you can help Paula Gerber Gore pack for her trip. Paula (paulaannegerber@yahoo.com) is busy getting ready for a six-month trip to Sydney, Australia, with her husband Pankaj. In the meantime, she is working as an epilepsy fellow at the Barrow Neurological Inst. in Phoenix and keeps busy in her spare time with lots of hiking, dancing, and, of course, traveling. Enjoy your trip!

Dropping us a line from the Garden State is Kristen Petersen (tscankris@cs.com). Kristen reports that she moved to New Jersey in 2001 and graduated from UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2004. She and husband Tom have sons Matthew, 4, and Michael, 2. Congrats, Kristen--that is a lot to accomplish in five years! Reminiscing fondly of Collegetown Bagels is Melissa Toner Lozner (melissatlozner@hotmail.com). Despite having a "day" job as an attorney,Melissa is busy with her infant daughter Ava Emerson Lozner, born in 2005. She and husband Josh reside in New Jersey with Ava and dogs Quinn and Stella. Sara Kelley and Doug Haden: if you are reading this,Melissa wants to hear from you!

Jeffrey Chiou (jcc15@cornell.edu) and wife Ketty announce the birth of their son Maximilian in November 2005. The family currently lives in New Jersey.Welcome, Maximilian! Also keeping busy with a little one is Zsofia Leranth-Nagy (zsofia.leranth-nagy@yale.edu). Zsofia and Csaba Nagy welcomed a baby girl in 2004. She also keeps occupied as a financial analyst for the Dept. of Ob/Gyn at Yale U.

Let's say you have a great idea for a book, but you aren't sure how to put it down on paper. You need the services of Kristin Loberg (pipsterk@netscape.net), an independent professional writer and editor, working out of Los Angeles. In addition to getting great ideas on paper, Kristin trains for triathlons and continues to expand on her Cornell "Wines" education. She was also recently married to Lawrence Karasek in a California vineyard. Classmates Nancy Doon, Danielle Ledoux, Randy Martel, Jonathan Kruszynski, and Bob Delfierro were witnesses to the nuptials. The Honorable Harry J. Loberg '57, BA '59, presided over the ceremony.

Our new class news forms have resulted in some great updates from classmates. Just because you forgot to send yours in when you paid you class dues doesn't mean it's too late.We want to hear from you! If you want to hear from a particular classmate, send in a request and I'll try to fit it in the column. For example, I've lost touch with my sophomore year roommate, Jessie Colwill Souther. Jessie, if you read this, send me an e-mail! -- Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu.