Class Notes, May/June 2002
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It is unseasonably warm and sunny today here in the City by the Bay, which prompts me to wonder how I ever spent four long, cold years Far Above Cayuga’s Waters. Remembering how life really was in “Ithaca, Centrally Isolated” has become quite a stretch, and being a sagacious 27 years of age, things of my hapless college days are now cast in this rose-colored glow. I seriously wonder if this is perspective, maturity, senility, or maybe the perfect combination of all. Write us here at Class Notes, and tell us what you think…
In wonderful news, Katie Weinberg wed Patrick Schumacher on Dec. 22, ‘01 at the W Hotel in Manhattan. As reported in the New York Times, Katie and Patrick met in 1998 in Vermont at the US Open Snowboarding Championships (they were watching, not competing) and learned that they lived literally blocks away from each other in Manhattan. Katie recently left her job at Dolce and Gabanna, and she and Patrick are living in London, where he is an investment banker with Lehman Brothers. Andrea DeTerra and Stephen Lonsbrough were married on Aug. 10, ‘01 in Vancouver, BC. Andrea, a native of Alaska, works as a communications specialist with Waggener Edstrom Strategic Communications in Bellevue, WA. Stephen teaches secondary school in North Vancouver. The couple met at a wedding of a mutual friend in 1998, and honeymooned in Victoria, BC, Oregon, and Washington. Congratulations!
In incredibly cool news, Lisa Perronne wrote that she and Sofia Plataniotis were able to catch the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Lisa writes, “We took in some hockey (of course), snowboarding, a bit of celebrity sighting, and the world famous Olympic sport of party-hopping.” I think that should definitely be a medal-garnering activity. Lisa also let us know that in November 2001 Mike Killeen married Lisa D’Agostino in Stamford, CT. Attending the happy event were Lisa Perronne, as well as Class of ‘95 members Pete Klein and Scott Klein, Rob Brumer, Tulio Hochkoeppler, and Jenn Henderson.
Ron Johnstone, new dad and lawyer at Cooley Godward in San Francisco, let us know that Jed Sonnenshein is busy (1) working as a lawyer in L.A., (2) traipsing through Costa Rican jungles on vacation, and (3) making the most of the Westwood bar circuit. Scott Weatherford lives in Snohomish, WA (rural suburb outside of Seattle ) and designs big rig (i.e., 12-plus wheels) trucks for Kenworth. He recently returned from a business trip to Kazakhstan, during which he accumulated miles in the Air Kazakhstan frequent flyer program. Ron quips, “It has been determined that such miles are of dubious utility.” Marc Saulsbury is an MBA candidate at U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Northwestern Medical School grad Alpesh Patel is a second-year resident in St. Louis, MO.
I got a riotous anecdote from Karen Ehret, who, when we last reported, had taken off for Sydney, Australia, to allegedly work on her golf game. Karen writes, “We decided to apply for permanent residency down here, which is a long, tedious process of collecting different documents from people. If you can believe it, right now the application is stuck in some organization down here that isn’t sure if a degree from Cornell counts as a valid ‘2-4 year university or technical institute.’ Hilarious. Glad I paid all that tuition money.” Although Karen might be miles away, she still gets the award for tracking down the whereabouts of her floormates from the Class of ‘28 U-Hall: Robin Smith is a laywer in NYC and has just bought an apartment. Karen writes, “She just had a couple of vacations to Mexico and the Caribbean and will now struggle all year to hit her firm’s 1,800-hour requirement.” Lawyer circles seem to run small in the Big City. Robin ran into Brian Waldbaum, who is an associate with Weil in New York, as well as Dave Pospischil, also an attorney in New York. Jeanine Schoen is currently at MIT for B-school and graduating in 2002. She is vice president of Sloan Women in Business. Karen Angelastro married Stephen Mitchell in New Jersey on January 18 and now lives in Ft. Myers, FL.
Karen Szczepanski wrote that she and Jenn Tame just got back from a Caribbean cruise–“Great time!”– and that Robyn Tuttle is graduating from the U. of Pennsylvania with her PhD this spring. Karen reports that she and Alicia Parlanti are “still living in Philly. We’re working a lot so I never see her, though!” Greatly inspired by the feats of the alpine Olympians, current Bostonians Erica Gantner and Karl Schimmeck joined Darcy Peterka and Rob Egan on a Lake Tahoe ski adventure. The crew reached some pretty impressive speeds, fueled by some pretty competitive trash talking. Erica reported that some high-altitude inspiration came from fellow Cornellian and Olympian Travis Mayer ‘04, who, if I remember correctly, had said something to the tune of “alpine skiing is no way as hard as Cornell.”
That’s all the news for now, friends. We know that spring and summer bring a plethora of brides and grooms, myriad graduations, and acceptances, adventures, and excitement galore. Keep writing and inspiring.
—Sheryl Magzamen, Class Correspondent
