Class Notes, July-August, 2005

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Thanks to the magic of satellite phones, I am filing this column from Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It’s been nearly four months to the day after the tsunami hit, and the contrasts are unbelievable. There are ships in the middle of where towns once stood, and tent cities in place of rice paddies. But some of the tents have TVs, and the “market” stands that have sprouted to cater to the population sell Fanta, Sprite, Jello, four kinds of cookies (pineapple and peanut butter cream, but no vanilla!)… and pirated DVDs (the essentials, right?). Meanwhile, the house I have begged a room in—I camped the last time I was here, just after the tsunami hit, and I’d rather not do it again—has no running water or electricity, but they do own an Ab Roller. I am not making this up.

From the wedding files. Wedding One (courtesy of the New York Times): Dr. Julie Lorber married Scott Saperstein in Boston on April 2. Julie is a surgical resident at Boston U.Medical Center, and Scott is the new business development manager at VH1.

Wedding Two: Alexandra Yoffie married Nathan Sleeper in Worcester,MA, on April 3. Cornellians included Alexy’s sisters Victoria ‘99 and Isadora ‘06, her former roommates Dr. Sondra Iacullo-Bogursky, Connie Lung Sabino, and Barbara Yien, plus Sandra Fried, Kathryn Petrillo-Smith, and me. Plus, it turns out that Alexy’s amazing flowers—amazing enough that several guests were snapping pictures of them—were done by Jessica Levy ‘00, who recently opened her own business, Cymbidium Floral (www.cymbidiumfloral.com).

Catherine Oh writes: “I am currently finishing my second year in pediatric residency at Thomas Jefferson U. Hospital in Philadelphia, and my husband (an internal medicine resident and former med-school classmate) and I recently celebrated our daughter’s first birthday.” She adds that Anita Prasad is married and living in Seattle with her husband, and Lillian Su is in her second year of a pediatric nephrology fellowship at Pittsburgh Children’s.

We’re low on news right now, since your latest round of responses to the class News and Dues mailing haven’t reached us yet. Do fill in those News Forms if you haven’t done so, or send an e-mail to your correspondents at any time.

Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell.edu
Sheryl Magzamen, slm1@cornell.edu
Allie Cahill, AlexandraCahill@aol.com