Jul/Aug 2005

In recognition of classmates preparing to take the Bar exam this summer, I'll start the news with updates on some of us who have collected Juris Doctor degrees. John Boyer is an associate at Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease in Columbus, OH. John previously worked as an Army Judge Advocate with the 101st Airborne Division; he served as a Special Assistant US Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky and Middle District of Tennessee and also spent a year in Iraq. Tonya Noldon is a 2004 graduate of the U. of Virginia School of Law. Jill Dash and Jason Friedman are co-clerks for Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan. Jill lives with buddy Josh Lamont '98 and keeps in touch with classmates Eric Beveridge, Kerstin Johnson Mukerji, MS '98, Bindiya Patel-Gillenwater, and Grace Hsu.

Chad Levitt lives in Philadelphia and works as a commercial loan officer at Philadelphia Private Bank. Chad has seen Carrie Bar. Seth Guikema is a postdoc in civil and environmental engineering at Cornell, where he is doing research on infrastructure risk analysis. Jennifer Corwin lives in the Princeton, NJ, area and is working toward an MBA from Rutgers U.

Several classmates have relocated in recent months. Amanda Levine planned to complete her residency in ob/gyn at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City in June. Her next move is back to Edmond, OK, to practice medicine in her hometown. Amanda writes, "Hopefully I will be delivering some future Cornellians!" Beth Winters reports she had "no time to have a life while doing PhD work" at Iowa State U.; she's picked up her degree and moved further west to do postdoc work at the U. of Nebraska.

Many of us continue to take the plunge into married life. Jennifer DeLong married Martin Harris in June 2003; ErikaWatts '98, Darlene Reinschussel Ogden, David Rueter, Elizabeth Schepp Berman, MPS '04, Joseph Maule '96, and Jae-Won Kwon '98 attended. Jennifer collected a master's in public administration from George Mason U. in January and works for the City of Alexandria's Office on Women, where she coordinates community education programs about domestic violence and sexual assault and manages the city's Walk to Fight Breast Cancer. Jennifer travels frequently with Martin and in November visited Kimberly Miller '95 and Donnelly Nariss in Phoenix.

Rachel Fremder married Jeff Ellis on May 30, 2004. Three classmates, Jennifer Baskind Sivitz, Jana Miller Grotas, and Jessica Adema, were bridesmaids along with Rachel's sister Deborah '00. Rachel is an ophthalmology resident at SUNY Downstate; she and Jeff live in New Hyde Park, NY. Cheryl Tourney married Magnus Campbell on July 16, 2004 in Edinburgh, Scotland, near his hometown of Carlops. Those classmates who made the trip to the Emerald Isle include Vasantha Badari Kostojohn and husband Scott, Michelle McKee Cubbon and husband James, Chris Heisterkamp, MS '98, Erin Davis Fisher and (now) husband Jess, and Dino Carter '98. (Go to www.cherylandmagnus.com for photos.) The couple resides in San Francisco and is saving their pennies for their next trip around the world.

Val Novellano tied the knot on October 2, 2004 in New Jersey. Cornellian classmates celebrating the event included Laura Barrantes, VikMilne, Stephanie Gwinner, Mijin Chai, Luke Shoberg, Neeral Shah, Matt Parobeck, and Andy dePasquale. Val finished her residency in emergency medicine at Drexel U. College of Medicine in Philadelphia and works as an emergency physician in Freehold, NJ.

The New York Times noted the October 30, 2004 nuptials of two classmates. William Rukin married Marnie Davis in New York.William is manager of SLX Capital Management, a real estate development and asset management concern started by his family;Marnie is a physician's assistant in reproductive medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center. Sara Morse married Thomas Frankie in Purchase, NY. Sara is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology in Boston; Thomas is a conservation education specialist at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, MA.

Several classmates have sent word of new additions. Amy Doig Light has relocated to Seattle with husband Don and son Henry Becker Light, who was born October 8, 2004. Amy is an attorney at a small local law firm. Eushiuan Tran Tsung and spouse Eric welcomed son Patrick on August 12, 2003. Brian, MMH '97, and Emilie Abel have a daughter Gabrielle and live in West New York, NJ, where Brian is director of food and beverage outlets for Westin Hotels and Resorts. On September 28, 2004, Neal Rubin and wife Lisa Enkoff, MILR '97, had daughter Isabela Rachel Willow. Neal is senior vice president for Ocean Development Group in Miami, FL, where he is responsible for sales and marketing of the Four Seasons, the first ultra-luxury private residential vessel being built by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

Please send in your news--your classmates' inquiring minds want to know what you've been up to! --Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu; Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu.