Class Notes, July/August 1999

Wednesday September 01, 1999 Category: Archives Permanent Link

Re: That Cayuga’s Waiters’ version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” (“We didn’t go to Harvard/No it’s not our style plus we don’t wear argyle”) that probably appeared in your e-mail box sometime this spring: Did anyone else feel as old as I did to realize we’ve been out long enough that they’ve changed the lyrics? I guess it could have been worse, like if I didn’t understand the lyrics. Although what is auto-teller and what is a whiskey bar doing in Collegetown?

Nothing like some very, very dated news to get things going, but at least it may inspire you to write and tell us you’ve had six jobs since: We heard reports long ago of Eric Andersen and Mark Sweeney completing their first solo flights en route to becoming US naval aviators. They live in Corpus Christi , TX. Nathan Henderson lives in Oceanside , CA , where he goes surfing every-other day. He claims that he also works as an air support officer in the US Marine Corps.

Mark Gelston has begun secondary flight training in Florida , where he hopes to become a pilot of the F-18 Hornet. Rebecca S. Platt is working for Pep Boys as an environmental consultant in Philadelphia Anne M. Klein is a meeting service manager at the Holiday Inn in Jackson, MS. She reports that Brett Klyza stopped by on his way to a car race.

OK, on to the fresher stuff: If you think your office is full of animals… Well, that would be the obvious lead-in to this item, so of course we’re going for it. After picking up her master’s in animal science at the U. of California , Davis , Krista L. Jacobsen worked in the nutrition lab at the National Zoo in Washington , DC. She’s currently working as an assistant nutritionist at the Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago.

Maggie L. Hoerger earned her master’s in developmental psychology from the U. of Oregon. She lives outside Cambridge , MA , where she works for Shore Educational Collaborative, helping families improve their relationships with their autistic children.

Jennifer M. Lootens, Michael McDonough, and Erica L. Siegel, MPA ‘97, spend Saturday mornings with Streetwise Partners, a New York City volunteer organization that pairs young professionals with welfare recipients. As for their day jobs, Jennifer is a paralegal, Michael works at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Erica is at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Elizabeth I. Bard, last seen doing a stint at Christie’s Auction House in NYC, is off to London to pursue her PhD. She can be reached via e-mail at eib@isint.com. Also in London: Christina M. Feile, who moved in March with American Express.

Ever feel like you’re the only person you know who hasn’t escaped to the safety (and relative sanctity) of graduate school? Didn’t think so… since that’s all the news I seem to get. James Westfall earned a master’s of science degree in forestry from Virginia Tech.

As for the aspiring doctors, Rebecca B. Hoover is at medical school at Wash U. in St. Louis and Craig Umscheid is at Georgetown U. Kendall Wu is at the U. of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, where he’s doing research on breast cancer. Afra Afsharipour earned her law degree at Columbia U. and is off in Miami , clerking for a federal judge.

Navy Lt. Grace Kang finished a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf. One of her projects, called Project Handclasp, was distributing medical supplies to local hospitals in Mombasa , Kenya. Marine 2nd Lt. Karl E. Schimmeck, also on a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Gulf (but on a different ship), stopped in Barcelona , Spain , to fix up a home for handicapped and terminally ill children.

And on to wedding watch… Wedding One: Nicole M. Vernon and Burnell L. Goldman were married Sept. 19, ‘98 , in Jamaica. Burnell is the restaurant manager at the Doubletree North Shore Hotel in Skokie , IL , and Nicole is an account assistant at the Financial Relations Board, an investor relations firm in Chicago.

Wedding Two: Ellen R. Schiffer and longtime boyfriend Jonathan Berkowitz (Brandeis ‘97) were married in Saratoga Springs, NY, last August 30. Joining them for the celebration were Rachel A. Berman, Howard Kramer, Meredith L. Byer, Jessica D. Katz, Samantha Klein, Deb B. Kulick, Donna V. Nadel, Ben D. Rubin, and Suzanne M. Weidberg.

Wedding Three: Amy C. Chiaro married Daniel Taberski ‘95 on June 21, ‘98 , at Sage Chapel. Both Amy and Daniel work for Dateline NBC.

Wedding Four: Jennifer L. Parker married high school sweetheart Trevor Meyer on July 11, ‘98. Jennifer is a registered dietitian in W. Islip, NY.

And, last but of course not least, Wedding Five: Maureen E. McCafferty, MPA ‘97, married Matthew Stanton, MEC ‘97, on Sept. 26, ‘98, in the Irish church in Cleveland , OH , where Maureen’s parents had been married. Groomsmen and bridesmaids included Patrick McCafferty ‘95, MEC ‘96, Eric Andersen, Jean-Paul Chaine, Nate Henderson, Mark Gelston, and Lauren E. Twitchell, MPA ‘97. Matt is a lieutenant jg with the Navy and works as a nuclear engineer and Maureen is a program associate at the Council on Foundations, a nonprofit grantmakers association in DC. The couple honeymooned in the Greek Islands. Congratulations to all.

Please send your news!

—Courtney Rubin, Class Correspondent