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Administration . . . not them, but Janet
Reno '60 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg '54!
A News and Dues form came from
Cihad Lokmanoglu. He is living in the
southern part of Turkey on the Mediterranean
coast. He and wife Yasmina have
daughters Ayse Denil and Zeynep.
Roni Pelzman and husband Stephen
Brissette moved from Boston to Winston
Salem, NC so Stephen could get his MBA
at Duke through the Sara Lee Corp. They
have a son, Jackson. Roni left a wonderful
job with the Rouse Co. at Faneuil Hall Marketplace
and began a new career as an account
executive in Long Hayes and Carr/
Lintas. After leaving that job she has been
following a more entrepreneurial pursuit.
• Lisa Diamant, 31 Ingleside Rd., Lexington,
MA 02173.
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of the future. On
• 1 1 a personal note, my sister-in-law
I I I and former housemate, Deborah
^^ Rubien, and husband Gregg
Wagner had their first child, Harris Rubien
Wagner, on Nov. 11, '93. Deborah, who is
living in Sunnyside, NY, stays in touch with
Donna Lawrence (another former housemate),
who is the executive director of Family
Dynamics, a child abuse prevention agency
based in New York City.
Steve Gunby writes that he and wife
Margaret Pearson had their first child, Benjamin
Pearson Gunby, on Dec. 27, '93. Steve
continues to work at the Boston Consulting
Group, where he is a partner. His wife is a
government professor at Dartmouth College.
Amy Dingle Ivy is working for the Cooperative
Extension Service in upstate New
York, giving advice on topics such as horticulture.
She and husband Rob live in Whallonsburg
and have kids Ben, 10, and Caroline,
8.
Life is hectic but very rewarding for
Jane Sabin Sklar, who lives in Fort Lee,
NJ with husband Michael and Sam, 5. Jane
is working for Discovery Toys. Through
Discovery, she is doing charity work to help
sick children—or, as she put it, "changing
the world one child at a time."
Out on the West Coast in Berkeley, CA,
Mitchell Zeemont and wife Laura Blair had
their second daughter, Maya Jessie, on Jan.
31, '94. She joins sister Anna, who just
turned 3 in April. Maj. Thomas C. McCarthy
writes that he is an armored brigade
executive officer in Erlangen, Germany. He
and his Swiss wife, Monika, and her son
Tobias came back to the US for the first time
in eight years last June. Deborah A.
Krause married David Pasternack, a media
technician, on Sept. 5, '93. She hosted the
summer 1993 conference of the New England
chapter of the American Horticultural
Therapy Assn. at Perkins School for the Blind
in Watertown, MA, where she works as the
horticulture teacher/coordinator.
That's it for news. It seems everyone's
lives are pretty busy these days, between
careers and children and trying to discover
what life without stress would feel like. Drop
us a line and let us know how you're
coping! • Eileen Brill Wagner, 8 Arlington
PL, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410; Henry Farber,
CLASS NOTES
Sharon Flank, a
computational
linguist, tries to
get a computer
to understand
Spanish, Japanese,
and English.
—CINDY AHLGREN
SHEA 79
6435 289th Ave., SE, Issaquah, WA 98027;
Pepi Leids, 7021 Boot Jack Rd., Bath, NY
14810; Sharon Palatnik Simoncini, 145 4th
Ave., 6A, NYC 10003; Lori Wasserman
Karbel, 20 Northfield Gate, Pittsford, NY
14534; and Andre Martecchini, 110 Heritage
Lane, Duxbury, MA 02332.
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I l l Reunion XV is either days away
^^ or a recent memory. In any event,
Kathy Zappia Gould and I hope everyone in
attendance had a great time. John B. Vaccaro
is having fun working at the largest
sports bar in the Northeast. At this operation
you can play golf, bowl, throw baseballs,
footballs, play pool, etc., as well as watch
any sporting event in the country, including
Cornell's. He also owns several apartment
buildings and is a golf pro in Albany, NY.
Step in and see John at the OTB Scoreboard
at 711 Central Ave., Albany, NY.
Michael K. Tucker has moved to Chicago,
IL to be associate general counsel of
General Electric Railcar Services Corp. Also
in Chicago is David Mogul, assistant
professor at Northwestern U.'s biomedical
engineering dept. He is married and has children
Alexandra, 5, and Eli, 2. Recently relocated
to Las Vegas, NV is Lisa Strauss
Kideckel. Husband Rabbi Earl Kideckel received
a pulpit there and moved with children
Stacey, 7, and Cory 4 1/2, from NY
State. They are all getting used to the great
change. Lisa is a full-time mom who had
been very involved in volunteer work and
hopes to resume the same in Las Vegas.
She would love to hear from other Cornellians
in the area and perhaps start a club
there. She would like to hear from Dave
Peterson and Gary Tucker, with whom
she has lost touch since leaving campus. You
can reach Lisa at 1413 S. 17th St., Las Vegas,
NV.
Getting used to the heat in Tulsa, OK
is John Law. He is an engineering manag-
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er for GEA Rainey Corp. in Catoosa, OK.
His wife, Marie, is with Coopers & Lybrand.
Sharon Flank is a computational linguist
in Washington, DC. She tries to get a computer
to understand Spanish, Japanese, and
English. She recently married her graduate
school sweetheart, Vojislav Maksimovic, and
is enjoying their urban lifestyle. Robert R.
Gilbert has taken a new position at Lehman
Brothers in security operations. They
are putting together a new operation to replace
what Shearson obtained when bought
by Smith Barney.
Elizabeth Rakov Igleheart writes that
she saw C. Anne Vitullo '77 at a company
meeting in Dallas, TX. Both she and Anne
are consultants for the same firm. Anne consults
in communications, and Liz works in
health and welfare plan designs. Liz also
spoke with Myra Chow, who continues to
work with Levi Strauss and is the mother of
Peter, 18 months. Liz and husband Bill are
parents of daughter Alex, 6, who attends
private school in Dallas, and Austin, 19 months,
who is busy being a real boy at home.
Living in White Plains, NY are Daniel
Rosen and wife Rachel. They moved from a
New York City apartment and added a third
child to their family in 1992. Natasha Eve
joined sons Thomas, 5, and Issac, 4. Daniel
changed jobs and is currently with Lehman
Brothers, where he designs foreign currency
trading systems.
Michelle Kay Garvey, MBA '81 and
husband Luke, MBA '82 are living in Hinsdale,
IL where Michelle is a vice president
at Sportmart. They have children Luke Joseph,
1, and Alison Maureen, 3. The law firm
of Saladoff and Pleat was recently established
in Rockville, MD with Susan Vogel Saladoff
as partner. The firm specializes in personal
injury, medical malpractice and products
liability in Maryland and Washington,
DC. Susan was also elected to the board of
directors of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
and the board of governors of the Trial Lawyers
Assn. of Metropolitan DC. She and husband
Robert have children Rebecca, 5-1/2,
and Dana, 3. Susan keeps in touch with
Debbie Klein Goldberger, Bob Lipman,
and Suzanne Kalfus '80.
Pierre Crawley writes that business
has taken him to Guangdong, China; Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; and
Paris, France. His company, Strohmeyer &
Arpe Co. Inc. in Short Hills, NJ, distributes
Kings Pantry brand products to supermarkets.
He encourages us to buy these products
and support a fellow Cornellian.
Living in Columbia, South Carolina and
working on a pharmacy degree is Janice
Smith Yensan. She is at home with Matthew
Lee, 1-1/2, and Brad, 5-1/2. She would
love to see any Cornellians who are traveling
through Columbia, so look her up at 5528
Sylvan Dr. Also writing to us from the great
South is Geoffrey Ford, who lives in rural
Franklin, TN and works for IBM in marketing.
He and wife Kerry have daughters
Jaime, 2-1/2, and Blair, 4-1/2. Jeff has served
on several community action boards for adult
literacy, prevention of domestic violence, and
recycling of office resources. He also writes
that he thinks he has seen classmates Dave
Stocker and Wendi Friedman on a TV
commercial and cable news, respectively.