Jul/Aug 2004

As I sit here working on the column in April, we have had a tease of summer in Chicago with multiple 80-degree days. As promised in my last column, there is plenty of wedding news to share. So without further ado . . .

Staci Harris (stacidharris@yahoo.com) sent news of her wedding in June 2003 to Howie Frauwirth '96. Staci and Howie moved to Englewood, NJ, and Staci gave up the crazy daily commute to NYC to work at the Great A&P Tea Company, where she reports to another Cornellian, Annette Barrera '96. Another June 2003 wedding was that of Dustin Peterson to Katie Scully. Dustin (DPeterson@athensdevco.com) tied the knot in beautiful Napa Valley, CA.Many classmates were present, including best man Sundance Feniger; groomsmen Will Rukin, Dean Katsaros, and John Bernard; and guests Todd Jacobson, Adam Schomer, Rob Elliott, Marc Weideman, and Cliff Liu. Dustin has also kept busy working on developing the Montage Resort & Spa in Laguna Beach and another hotel in Beverly Hills.

Fellow fourth floor Sperry-ite Leslie Prence (leslieprence@hotmail.com) married Andrew Wall, a Florida State alum, in September 2003. The wedding took place at Heinz Memorial Chapel in Pittsburgh, PA. Margaret McKegney was a bridesmaid, and classmates Rina Kitazawa, Amy Stoeberl, and Suzie Chin Alway were guests. Leslie and Andrew are now living in Atlanta. Spooky Halloween 2003 was the date for the wedding of Anne Marie Gorham (agorham@cisunix.unh.edu) and Israel Jeremy Seiferth. Anne Marie writes that prior to her wedding she received her MS in soil science from the U. of New Hampshire and is currently working for UNH as an analytical scientist. Continuing on the Halloween theme, Jennifer Moldoch (jam20@cornell.edu) sent in an update of her October 2003 wedding to David Smiljanich, whom she met at a Halloween party in 2002. They honeymooned in Spain and are now back at work, David as a fuel cell researcher at General Motors and Jennifer as a senior financial analyst in Pittsford, NY.

Close to celebrating their two-year anniversary are Michael Fiske and Caroline Gray, who tied the knot in September 2002. The couple honeymooned in Spain and Iceland.Michael started his own residential remodeling business serving the greater Boston area in early 2002 and I'm sure he has kept busy. An exciting time was had by the guests at Jake and Ann Marimow Sargent's April 2003 wedding in Washington, DC. Ann (annandjake@hotmail.com) writes that during their entire wedding and reception the area was barricaded and guarded by police in riot gear and helicopters thanks to a war protest on the streets outside. Three classmates, Ted Lyu, Jodi Eisner, and Bethany Godsoe, were part of the wedding party, while many Cornellians, including classmates Scott and Vasantha Badari Kostojohn, Jamison Smith, Harry Kahn, Sandi Toll, Liz Everett, Mike Greenle, Pete Friedman, Traci Tsuchiguchi, Jenn and Gunnar Gode, and Tara and Tom Conway, were witness to the ceremony as well as all the madness outside!

Another Cornellian-filled wedding was the marriage of Alanna Gelbwasser Updegraff (agelbwas@ucla.edu) in November 2003. Alanna, who is currently working at a center for abused or traumatized kids as a clinical psychology post-doc, mentioned a number of Cornellians present for her special day, including her sister Lara Gelbwasser '00 and classmates Jami Gorman Schultz, Rebecca Soffer, Josh Grossman, Mike Schoenhaut, Donna ViggianoWilson, Jill Morganstern, MD '01, Robyn Altman Block, Amanda Berke, and Olga Vargas. Congrats to all our classmates that tied the knot. I would love to include more news, but I have run out of room. Pay your class dues so that we can have a longer column! So long from the Windy City! -- Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu.