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CLASS NOTES
Garbage Guy
DAVID SΊΊTZEL, MRP '89
Gword. And for Dave Stitzel it
isn't—it's a job.
Stitzel helps businesses and
governments make less garbage through
waste reduction, reuse and recycling. He's
a project manager at the Washington Citizens
for Recycling Foundation—a Seattlebased
non-profit group best known for its
National Packaging Awards and Booby
Prizes. For example, in 1991 a Booby
Prize went to an over-packaged microwave
meal which was covered with shrink wrap, had a
cardboard sleeve, a plastic tray, a tear-away lid, as well
as individual flavor packets.
In addition to its emphasis on waste reduction, the
foundation focuses on finding uses for recyclable materials.
"The success of any recycling collection program
depends upon finding markets for the materials
collected," Stitzel says.
Toward that end, Stitzel has developed the Re-Re-
phonathon recently to help encourage you In Ann Arbor, MI, David Youngren
classmates to give money to the university. pursues a master of engineering at the U.
I was apprehensive about asking strangers of Michigan. His outside passion is main-
for money, but it wasn't bad at all and I met taining and racing his motorcycle. David
new people. The Class of '90 is competing sees Eric Davis and Jeff Moore '91 often
with '85 to reach the 600-donor level—gifts at their cart races. He also reported the June
of any size—first: the winning class gets 1993 marriage of David Johnson and Lau-
$40,000 extra toward its Reunion gift, ren Blair '91 in Kingston, NY. Angela
thanks to Spencer T. Olin '21! That means Schoening also resides in Michigan and was
if you give even $1 to Cornell this year, it to graduate from Michigan State U.'s veter-
counts. I had a long chat with Kelly Hannainary college right about now. Angela wrote
fin while procuring a donation. Kelly is that she regularly sees Kelly Johnston Vex
working at MCA/Universal in Studio City and Jane Shaw and she attended the wed-
as a draftsperson and lives unbelievably ding of Olive Lee, Grad and Greg Thaler
close to me in Hermosa Beach.
'88, Grad in Ithaca, Aug. 14, '93. Both bride
Happy 2nd birthday, on last June 2, to and groom are in graduate school on the Hill.
Cameron La Vaughn Turner, son of David Don't forget to pay your class dues if
and Jeanne Moulton Turner. I think that's you haven't already. The deadline on news
the first baby I've announced for the Class for the next issue is June 30. Send your lat-
of '90. Mostly, classmates are just getting est info to Regina Duffey, address below.
married, as Stan Yen and Martina Sourada • Kristyn Benzinger, 715 Monterey Blvd.,
did in August 1993. Andrew Chiang re- Hermosa Beach, CA 90254; Regina Dufported
this news. Andrew, an avid runner, fey 72 Lois Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850; Jenni-
works for Cambridge Technology Partners in fer McComb 2808 Kinloch Dr., Orlando,
Cambridge, MA and sees fellow Cornellians FL 32817; Saman Zia-Zarifi, 225 S. Olive
"running and drinking, usually in that order." St., #910, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
As for the friends who are probably still
digging out of snow drifts, Stacey Madoff
is studying hard at U. of Buffalo medical
school in Buffalo, NY. Last June she wrote,
"I passed part one of the boards, and I can
see the light at the end of the medical school
tunnel." Dennis Edwards spends a lot of
time in the US Army Reserves when he's
not working as a chemical management supervisor
at Colgate U. in Hamilton, NY.
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JUNE 1994
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fined Oil Market Development Program for
Public and Private Fleets, which aims to get
vehicle fleets to use re-refined oil and antifreeze.
The two-year-old program has collected
some 400,000 gallons of used motor
oil, and signed up vehicle fleets, including
those of the Puget Sound Bank and several
municipalities, to use re-refmed oil.
"Oil doesn't wear out, it just gets
dirty," Stitzel says. "Once it's been
cleaned, re-refined oil meets all American
Petroleum Institute specifications."
Stitzel received his master's from Cornell's Department
of City and Regional Planning in 1989. The
summer after graduation he took a job in Elmira with
the Chemung County Solid Waste Division. He helped
design and implement a solid waste composition study.
He sorted through 600 pounds of garbage every day,
classifying it into 37 categories. Says Stitzel, "After
that summer, I knew it was garbage for me."
Andrea Blander '87
news throughout the year. One classmate
who did write is Robert J. Weiner. Robert
is now working on his PhD in politics at
Princeton, after working two years for an
environmental consulting firm. Robert
writes that he saw Dave Clarke, who is
working for Princeton U. Catering, at the
International Spirit of Zinck's Night last fall.
Other Cornellians in his department are Shinju
Fujihira '93 and Solomon Karmel '87.
I recently received a News and Dues
form from Piers Barker, who is in medical
school in New York City. Piers writes that
he and Kirsten Johnston '92 were married
June 12, '93 on Long Island. Cornellians
in the wedding party included Monisha
Mehra, Kristin Baird, Debbie Snoonian,
Jason Waxman '93, and Steve Kalik '94.
Congratulations to Piers and Kristin on behalf
of our entire class!
Besides Piers, Stephen G. Schwartz
is a medical student in NYC, at New York
U. Liz Collard is also studying at NYU, although
she is studying law. Liz spent last
summer working at a NYC law firm. Several
other classmates around the country are
still in school. Howard Wang and Sheryl
Reinecke completed their clinical rotation
together at Johns Hopkins medical school.
Amy Morris is a law student in Bloomington,
IN, and worked in Louisville, KY, last
summer as a law clerk. Michael Santisi is
at John Marshall law school in Chicago after
spending two years skiing in the Vail Valley.
Ivan Arzola is working on his master's
degree in engineering management at Poly-