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Administration . . . not them, but Janet<br />
Reno '60 and Ruth Bader Ginsburg '54!<br />
A News and Dues form came from<br />
Cihad Lokmanoglu. He is living in the<br />
southern part of Turkey on the Mediterranean<br />
coast. He and wife Yasmina have<br />
daughters Ayse Denil and Zeynep.<br />
Roni Pelzman and husband Stephen<br />
Brissette moved from Boston to Winston<br />
Salem, NC so Stephen could get his MBA<br />
at Duke through the Sara Lee Corp. They<br />
have a son, Jackson. Roni left a wonderful<br />
job with the Rouse Co. at Faneuil Hall Marketplace<br />
and began a new career as an account<br />
executive in Long Hayes and Carr/<br />
Lintas. After leaving that job she has been<br />
following a more entrepreneurial pursuit.<br />
• Lisa Diamant, 31 Ingleside Rd., Lexington,<br />
MA 02173.<br />
|^f ^ \ The Class of 1978 continues to<br />
m\m do its part, populating the world<br />
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ώan s<br />
of the future. On<br />
• 1 1 a personal note, my sister-in-law<br />
I I I and former housemate, Deborah<br />
^^ Rubien, and husband Gregg<br />
Wagner had their first child, Harris Rubien<br />
Wagner, on Nov. 11, '93. Deborah, who is<br />
living in Sunnyside, NY, stays in touch with<br />
Donna Lawrence (another former housemate),<br />
who is the executive director of Family<br />
Dynamics, a child abuse prevention agency<br />
based in New York City.<br />
Steve Gunby writes that he and wife<br />
Margaret Pearson had their first child, Benjamin<br />
Pearson Gunby, on Dec. 27, '93. Steve<br />
continues to work at the Boston Consulting<br />
Group, where he is a partner. His wife is a<br />
government professor at Dartmouth College.<br />
Amy Dingle Ivy is working for the Cooperative<br />
Extension Service in upstate New<br />
York, giving advice on topics such as horticulture.<br />
She and husband Rob live in Whallonsburg<br />
and have kids Ben, 10, and Caroline,<br />
8.<br />
Life is hectic but very rewarding for<br />
Jane Sabin Sklar, who lives in Fort Lee,<br />
NJ with husband Michael and Sam, 5. Jane<br />
is working for Discovery Toys. Through<br />
Discovery, she is doing charity work to help<br />
sick children—or, as she put it, "changing<br />
the world one child at a time."<br />
Out on the West Coast in Berkeley, CA,<br />
Mitchell Zeemont and wife Laura Blair had<br />
their second daughter, Maya Jessie, on Jan.<br />
31, '94. She joins sister Anna, who just<br />
turned 3 in April. Maj. Thomas C. McCarthy<br />
writes that he is an armored brigade<br />
executive officer in Erlangen, Germany. He<br />
and his Swiss wife, Monika, and her son<br />
Tobias came back to the US for the first time<br />
in eight years last June. Deborah A.<br />
Krause married David Pasternack, a media<br />
technician, on Sept. 5, '93. She hosted the<br />
summer 1993 conference of the New England<br />
chapter of the American Horticultural<br />
Therapy Assn. at Perkins School for the Blind<br />
in Watertown, MA, where she works as the<br />
horticulture teacher/coordinator.<br />
That's it for news. It seems everyone's<br />
lives are pretty busy these days, between<br />
careers and children and trying to discover<br />
what life without stress would feel like. Drop<br />
us a line and let us know how you're<br />
coping! • Eileen Brill Wagner, 8 Arlington<br />
PL, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410; Henry Farber,<br />
CLASS NOTES<br />
Sharon Flank, a<br />
computational<br />
linguist, tries to<br />
get a computer<br />
to understand<br />
Spanish, Japanese,<br />
and English.<br />
—CINDY AHLGREN<br />
SHEA 79<br />
6435 289th Ave., SE, Issaquah, WA 98027;<br />
Pepi Leids, 7021 Boot Jack Rd., Bath, NY<br />
14810; Sharon Palatnik Simoncini, 145 4th<br />
Ave., 6A, NYC 10003; Lori Wasserman<br />
Karbel, 20 Northfield Gate, Pittsford, NY<br />
14534; and Andre Martecchini, 110 Heritage<br />
Lane, Duxbury, MA 02332.<br />
9ft<br />
m 1 1 Depending on when this issue of<br />
• ^^k <strong>Cornell</strong> Magazine reaches you,<br />
I l l Reunion XV is either days away<br />
^^ or a recent memory. In any event,<br />
Kathy Zappia Gould and I hope everyone in<br />
attendance had a great time. John B. Vaccaro<br />
is having fun working at the largest<br />
sports bar in the Northeast. At this operation<br />
you can play golf, bowl, throw baseballs,<br />
footballs, play pool, etc., as well as watch<br />
any sporting event in the country, including<br />
<strong>Cornell</strong>'s. He also owns several apartment<br />
buildings and is a golf pro in Albany, NY.<br />
Step in and see John at the OTB Scoreboard<br />
at 711 Central Ave., Albany, NY.<br />
Michael K. Tucker has moved to Chicago,<br />
IL to be associate general counsel of<br />
General Electric Railcar Services Corp. Also<br />
in Chicago is David Mogul, assistant<br />
professor at Northwestern U.'s biomedical<br />
engineering dept. He is married and has children<br />
Alexandra, 5, and Eli, 2. Recently relocated<br />
to Las Vegas, NV is Lisa Strauss<br />
Kideckel. Husband Rabbi Earl Kideckel received<br />
a pulpit there and moved with children<br />
Stacey, 7, and Cory 4 1/2, from NY<br />
State. They are all getting used to the great<br />
change. Lisa is a full-time mom who had<br />
been very involved in volunteer work and<br />
hopes to resume the same in Las Vegas.<br />
She would love to hear from other <strong>Cornell</strong>ians<br />
in the area and perhaps start a club<br />
there. She would like to hear from Dave<br />
Peterson and Gary Tucker, with whom<br />
she has lost touch since leaving campus. You<br />
can reach Lisa at 1413 S. 17th St., Las Vegas,<br />
NV.<br />
Getting used to the heat in Tulsa, OK<br />
is John Law. He is an engineering manag-<br />
JUNE 1994<br />
69<br />
er for GEA Rainey Corp. in Catoosa, OK.<br />
His wife, Marie, is with Coopers & Lybrand.<br />
Sharon Flank is a computational linguist<br />
in Washington, DC. She tries to get a computer<br />
to understand Spanish, Japanese, and<br />
English. She recently married her graduate<br />
school sweetheart, Vojislav Maksimovic, and<br />
is enjoying their urban lifestyle. Robert R.<br />
Gilbert has taken a new position at Lehman<br />
Brothers in security operations. They<br />
are putting together a new operation to replace<br />
what Shearson obtained when bought<br />
by Smith Barney.<br />
Elizabeth Rakov Igleheart writes that<br />
she saw C. Anne Vitullo '77 at a company<br />
meeting in Dallas, TX. Both she and Anne<br />
are consultants for the same firm. Anne consults<br />
in communications, and Liz works in<br />
health and welfare plan designs. Liz also<br />
spoke with Myra Chow, who continues to<br />
work with Levi Strauss and is the mother of<br />
Peter, 18 months. Liz and husband Bill are<br />
parents of daughter Alex, 6, who attends<br />
private school in Dallas, and Austin, 19 months,<br />
who is busy being a real boy at home.<br />
Living in White Plains, NY are Daniel<br />
Rosen and wife Rachel. They moved from a<br />
New York City apartment and added a third<br />
child to their family in 1992. Natasha Eve<br />
joined sons Thomas, 5, and Issac, 4. Daniel<br />
changed jobs and is currently with Lehman<br />
Brothers, where he designs foreign currency<br />
trading systems.<br />
Michelle Kay Garvey, MBA '81 and<br />
husband Luke, MBA '82 are living in Hinsdale,<br />
IL where Michelle is a vice president<br />
at Sportmart. They have children Luke Joseph,<br />
1, and Alison Maureen, 3. The law firm<br />
of Saladoff and Pleat was recently established<br />
in Rockville, MD with Susan Vogel Saladoff<br />
as partner. The firm specializes in personal<br />
injury, medical malpractice and products<br />
liability in Maryland and Washington,<br />
DC. Susan was also elected to the board of<br />
directors of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice<br />
and the board of governors of the Trial Lawyers<br />
Assn. of Metropolitan DC. She and husband<br />
Robert have children Rebecca, 5-1/2,<br />
and Dana, 3. Susan keeps in touch with<br />
Debbie Klein Goldberger, Bob Lipman,<br />
and Suzanne Kalfus '80.<br />
Pierre Crawley writes that business<br />
has taken him to Guangdong, China; Ho Chi<br />
Minh City, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; and<br />
Paris, France. His company, Strohmeyer &<br />
Arpe Co. Inc. in Short Hills, NJ, distributes<br />
Kings Pantry brand products to supermarkets.<br />
He encourages us to buy these products<br />
and support a fellow <strong>Cornell</strong>ian.<br />
Living in Columbia, South Carolina and<br />
working on a pharmacy degree is Janice<br />
Smith Yensan. She is at home with Matthew<br />
Lee, 1-1/2, and Brad, 5-1/2. She would<br />
love to see any <strong>Cornell</strong>ians who are traveling<br />
through Columbia, so look her up at 5528<br />
Sylvan Dr. Also writing to us from the great<br />
South is Geoffrey Ford, who lives in rural<br />
Franklin, TN and works for IBM in marketing.<br />
He and wife Kerry have daughters<br />
Jaime, 2-1/2, and Blair, 4-1/2. Jeff has served<br />
on several community action boards for adult<br />
literacy, prevention of domestic violence, and<br />
recycling of office resources. He also writes<br />
that he thinks he has seen classmates Dave<br />
Stocker and Wendi Friedman on a TV<br />
commercial and cable news, respectively.