Nov/Dec 2005

Greetings from the Windy City! Can you believe it is only a year and a half until our 10th Reunion? I've already been recruiting people to head back to campus in 2007. How about you? If you've been wondering what classmates have been up to since our last rendezvous in Ithaca, read on.

Thinking of trying a new career? Here are some suggestions. After a year of working with his new PhD at Abt Associates Inc., Joseph Sabia, PhD '04, has pulled up stakes from Cambridge, MA, and now has the U. of Georgia on his mind as he breaks into academia as a professor of consumer economics. Rafael Cox-Alomar (rcoxalomar@ yahoo.com) has joined the international law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP in their Washington, DC, office. Rafael completed his law degree at Harvard Law School and received a Doctor of Philosophy from the U. of Oxford in England where he was a Marshall Scholar. He has also been admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. Congratulations to both Joseph and Rafael on their great career moves.

Don't forget the wedding bells! Tying the knot in September 2004 were Kristen Taylor (kristen@flynnandfriends.com) and Christopher Zachary. The wedding was in East Aurora, NY, and a star-studded Cornell event. Kristen's father Leonard Taylor '68, sister and matron of honor Karen Taylor Moran '91, DVM '95, brother Kevin Taylor '92, and brother-in-law Allan Slote '93 joined in the festivities, while Ithaca friends and classmates Julie Gallagher, Rachel Stone Hadingue, and bridesmaid Catherine Bailey Watkins rounded out the Big Red guests. The happy couple honeymooned in Iceland and the United Kingdom. They live outside Buffalo, NY. Another Cornell-filled festivity was the wedding of Denise Kothe to Christopher Monti '96. The couple celebrated their union in Woodstock, NY, in August 2004. Denise is a doctoral candidate in microbiology at the U. of Alabama in Birmingham, while Christopher works as a golf course architect.We all know that when two Cornellians marry, everyone is bound to have a good time!

Who has the stork visited lately? Mark Klempner (mtk2@cornell.edu) sends word of his new arrival.Mark and wife Cara Siano welcomed David Emanuel on June 18, 2005. The family resides in Costa Rica and eagerly awaits the publishing of Mark's book on the Holocaust, which is due out in the spring of 2006. Scott and Kathryn Boniti Wallace welcomed baby girl Anne Elizabeth on March 8, 2005. Scott and Kathryn (kathrynw@optonline.net) have begun brainwashing and expect both Anne and big brother Jackson to be future Cornell alums. Numerous Cornell visitors have contributed to the campaign, including James and Michelle McKee Cubbon and Zoran '96 and Marija Filipovic.

Who is winning fabulous cash prizes? Eunny Carl Cook (eunnycook@finsvcs.com) sends word that her daughter Kaelan recently won first place in a healthy baby contest for chubbiest cheeks. Eunny and husband Geoff hope a few more contest winnings will help fund her 529 account for her future Cornell education. Since Kaelan has already been to her first surf contest on her home island of Maui, perhaps she is a future surf star! Eunny, Geoff, and Kaelan spent Christmas 2004 in New York, where they saw classmates MeghanWork Boedges and Nikki Arvanites Deluca, as well as Eunny's brother Chong Carl '02.

While I have not changed careers, gotten married again, had another child, or won fabulous cash prizes, I am tempted to bore you with the details of my summer vacation to Colorado.Why, you ask? Because we have no more news to share. If you haven't done so yet, please send Erica and me all sorts of updates when you receive the annual News and Dues mailing, so we can use all the space that we earn. Get a new pet? Drop us a note. See a classmate? Send an e-mail. Star on a reality TV show? We'd love an exclusive interview. Contact us via the class website at http://classof97.alumni.cornell.edu or the e-mails below.We can't wait to hear from you! --Sarah Deardorff Carter, sjd5@cornell.edu; and Erica Broennle Nelson, ejb4@cornell.edu.