Class Notes, March/April 2006
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Greetings, Sixers! I’m writing this column a couple of days pre-Christmas and Chanukah from an undisclosed outpost in the frigid Midwest (although the people are rejoicing today, as the temperature hit a balmy 40 degrees). I truly forgot it can be this cold, living the somewhat decadent Northern California lifestyle that allows you to drive to and from the snow. I’m rueing the day I disposed of all of my Ithaca-weight sweaters. Folks, it’s official—I am soft.
I got a nice little prelude to winter, spending a great weekend in early December with Katie Butler, MBA ‘04, and her adorable pup Lucy in Philadelphia. Katie, also a former San Francisco resident, and I laughed about our dot-com pre-bubble days, which seem so very, very far away.We asked ourselves, rhetorically, of course, why it was that we thought abandoning our low responsibility jobs to aspire to graduate school and meaningful careers seemed like such a good idea back then. Talk about responsibility. As we woke up around 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning to give Lucy her morning walk, it struck me that for many of you out there who have recently written in about starting families, sleeping in on a weekend morning might be the utmost luxury–more so than the down coat and long underwear for which I am currently pining. I truly admire your forays into the land of responsibility. Please write us here at Class Notes and let us know how it’s going for you.
Kirsten Carroll Somoza writes that she and husband Vince celebrated their first wedding anniversary in September 2005. They were married in Ottawa, Ontario, in 2004 with bridesmaids Akemi Tinder ‘97 and Emily Kennedy ‘98, and Ryan Ismert ‘00, MS ‘03, in attendance. Kirsten is working as a user interface/interaction designer at Cognos, and is also in the process of finishing up a master’s thesis. Cheryl Melchiorre Snyder lives in Durham, NC, with her husband Doug. Cheryl is with Deloitte Consulting, based out of their Atlanta office.
Heather Mulcahy and Jeremy Breslau were married on November 5, 2005 in Boston. Cornellians helping the happy couple celebrate their nuptials were Jeannette Brady Townsend, Lisa Perronne,Marilyn Mawn, Joshua Friedman, JD ‘99, Laura Kornegay, and Nate and Heidi Straub Henderson ‘97. Heather writes, “We had an unseasonably warm day–almost 70 degrees in Boston at the beginning of November! We spent two beautiful weeks in Hawaii and then returned to our new condo in Charlestown.”Heather is currently the VP for brand marketing at Cone in Boston. She also included in her e-mail that she joined Laura Kornegay in Dallas on December 10, 2005 to celebrate her graduation from business school. Dianna Perkins ‘95 and Abigail Spencer ‘95 also were in Dallas to cheer on the newly minted MBA. Afterwards, Laura and Dianna headed to Argentina on a celebratory trip.
Although we’re a little light on the news this month, this gives me space to once again plug our upcoming 10th Reunion Celebration coming this June. This is an exciting milestone for all of us, and we hope you and your loved ones will come and share in what has proved to be a fantastic weekend in Ithaca. Those of you who were lucky enough to spend a summer up at school (as well as those of you who attended the 5th Reunion) know that there is no time like summer on the Hill.We’re looking forward to seeing you all. (I have made it my personal pledge to beat fellow class correspondent Courtney Rubin in the Saturday Morning Campus Fun Run. Courtney, upholding your title is all the more reason to come back from London for reunion, no?)
Sixers, we always enjoy hearing from you—please write and let us know where you landed. –Sheryl Magzamen, SLM1@cornell.edu; Courtney Rubin, cbr1@cornell. edu. For updated class events, news, and resources, visit http://classof96.alumni.cornell.edu.
