Class Notes, May-June 2004
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By the time you read this column, you may have already turned 30 like me. Fortunately, I live in New York City and that means I get to extend my adolescence indefinitely –much to the dismay of my parents. I haven’t accomplished everything I set out to do when I graduated from Cornell just yet. If “American Idol” had existed in 1996, I’m sure I would have experienced my 15 minutes of undeserved fame already. For now, I will have to live vicariously through some of my more industrious classmates, including globetrotting correspondent Courtney Rubin.
On a very brief stopover in NYC from London, she told me all about her People magazine interview with “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker at the Paris Hilton (not to be confused with the omnipresent heiress and reality- TV star). Speaking of “Sex and the City,” HBO writer-producer Rebecca Schader worked on spots for the award-winning series last year and has produced campaigns for Ellen DeGeneres and “The Wire.” In addition to the aforementioned projects, Rebecca goes to movie junkets to conduct one-on-one interviews with actors like Jennifer Aniston, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, and Ray Romano. She also hangs out with Elizabeth Rand and Christina Cellini,MD ‘00, regularly. “Gail Rosenberg and I get together on a monthly basis. Elizabeth and I traveled to Utica, NY, in October 2003 for Jake Frame’s wedding.” Before that, they attended Marc Levin ‘95’s bachelor party in New Orleans. Zev Eigen, JD ‘99, who works on the business side of the entertainment industry, reports that he left Littler Mendelson LLP in January 2003 to pursue a job with Fox Entertainment Group Inc. as their senior labor relations counsel.
A lot of our classmates have decided to pursue fields very different from their college majors, but some have never strayed from their original course. Jacqueline Krueger was passionate about biology when I knew her as a freshman and she still is today, as a lecturer in biological sciences at the U. of Illinois, Chicago. “I’m also quickly realizing that I’ll probably need a PhD in science education, so I’m contemplating heading back to school.” Another freshman year friend, Ami Gadhia (actually my Mary Donlon roommate), graduated from the U. of Connecticut School of Law in May 2003. “I am now the Esther Peterson Fellow at Consumers Union in Washington, DC. I hope this position is the beginning of a long and fruitful career in public interest law.” Ami says that she is still in touch with Sandra Fried, Albert Nguyen, Deborah Gill, and many others.
Last year was very busy for Allison Jeffer Patterson. She received her license and was recognized as a New York State psychologist. She works at an elementary school on Long Island. Allison and her husband traveled to Las Vegas to celebrate her achievement, and to Thailand for their honeymoon. She says that she talks to Jennifer Tishman Willey, Suzanne Epstein, Marianne Awad Saleeb, and Maggie Zakhary. “All are doing great!”” Sidharta Oetama just finished his MBA at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Class of 2003. He and wife Carolina plan to move back to Australia soon.When Julie Farrell sent in her Class Notes back in June 2003, she was a year into her program at the UCLA School of Law.
Benjamin Kim ‘97 sent in a message about his brother, classmate Simon Kim, back in May 2003. “I am very proud of Simon, as he has taken on some enormous responsibilities of late, due to our family’s unfortunate circumstances. Our father, only 58, is in the very advanced stages of Parkinson’s. After a five and a half year stint in the US Army as an enlisted medic and an artillery officer, including two year-long tours in Korea, First Lieutenant Simon came back home to Northern Virginia in December 2001 to take care of family matters, including taking over our father’s business. The struggles related to Parkinson’s are indescribable, but he manages to adhere to his duties as the oldest child.We are truly grateful to have him and, again, I am very proud to have him as my brother.”
This column would not be complete without a few birth announcements, and it’s all girls this time. To begin with, Carolyn Broodhead Schirm had Heidi Anneliese on Dec. 27, ‘02. According to Carolyn, Constance Wehe Craig gave birth to Amanda in April. David ‘94 and Patricia Gaigals Bolduc celebrated the arrival of their first child, Natalie Grace, on May 23, ‘03 in Waterville, OH. On a side note, Patricia says that she “graduated on June 13, ‘03 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The Ohio State U. College of Veterinary Medicine.” Evan and Vita Craine Cohen welcomed Mia Isabelle into the world on May 13, ‘03; and David, MD ‘01, and Lauren Kalter Hass are the proud parents of Samantha Joy, who was born on Mar. 9, ‘03. Congratulations to everyone.
Please keep the news coming as usual.We look forward to helping you share your good news with the rest of the class.
Don’t forget to check out our class website: http://localhost. – Allie Cahill, Alexan draCahill@aol.com; Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu; and Sheryl Magzamen, slm1@cornell.edu.
