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Janice Smith Bers Ed’39 writes that she was named Fundraising Volunteer of the Year for 2001 by the greater Philadelphia chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals; she was nominated for her work by Abington Memorial Hospital, Jenkintown Day Nursery, Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, the old camp council of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Penn.

1940s

Dr. Sidney Wertimer W’42, Clinton, N.Y., a professor emeritus of economics at Hamilton College, in September began his 50th-consecutive year in the classroom, teaching one course in financial accounting.

Jacques Levine W’43 celebrated his 80th birthday with all his children, Harold Levine W’67, Alan Levine W’70, Minna Levine OT’72, and Dr. David Levine M’77, and his eight grandchildren including Rachel Levine SW’01 and Eric Levine C’01. The family gathered on Labor Day weekend at the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, N.Y. Jacques continues to be active in Middletown Footwear and serves on the boards of the Orange County (N.Y.) Land Trust and the Gomez Hill House Foundation.

Edward W. Madeira Jr. C’49 L’52, a partner and chair emeritus of the Philadelphia-based law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP, in August was appointed chair of the ABA’s Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary, which is charged with identifying methods to diffuse the increasing partisan efforts to control state court judiciaries. He has previously served as chair of the ABA’s Commission on Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence and its Commission on State Judicial Selection Standards.

1950s

Dr. Madeleine M. JoulliÈ G’50 Gr’53, the Class of 1970 Professor of Chemistry at the University, in August received the 2002 Arthur C. Cope Senior Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society for “her work designing and constructing compounds useful in fields ranging from medicine to forensics.” A colleague who nominated her for the award noted she is particularly distinguished for her pioneering, ongoing research with didemnins, compounds isolated from marine animals such as sea squirts and which show anti-cancer properties. Dr. JoulliÈ joined Penn’s faculty in 1953; she was profiled in “Alumni Profiles,” Gazette May-June 2001, for other of her recent achievements.

Arnold Zaslow W’50 <arnold@atd.com> e-mails he was featured on the cover of the Dec. 10, 2001, issue of Forbes magazine, with several other members of his family. The cover story also featured a full-page photo of the entire family on page 143. Among them were Jerome M. Zaslow W’45, Spencer Zaslow W’47, Janet Zaslow Wischnia C’81, and Robert Zaslow W’89. “Frankly, I never thought I’d be a ‘coverboy.’ So far, 12 of us work in the family firm, ATD-American Co., manufacturers and distributors of textiles, furniture, safety and security equipment and medical supplies and equipment to institutional and government agencies.”

Dr. George B. Kauffman C’51, professor of chemistry at California State University at Fresno, received the 2002 Helen M. Free Award for Public Outreach from the American Chemical Society. In the past two decades he has made regular contributions to the EncyclopÊdia Britannica, including annual articles for its Yearbook of Science and the Future. These articles gave general readers some of the earliest word on superconductors, lithium batteries, fuel cells, photovoltaics, optical fibers, pesticides, cold fusion, and genetic engineering. He was also one of the first writers to tell the public about consumer products such as soft-contact lenses and artificial sweeteners.

Hyman Lovitz W’51 is of counsel to the Philadelphia law firm of Lovitz & Gold, P.C. He was recently appointed to the board of the Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness; established in 1982, it supports glaucoma research and education at Wills Eye Hospital through its Glaucoma Service Research Center, glaucoma clinical-fellowship program, and a variety of public-education initiatives.

Carol Helitzer Shedlin CW’51, a vocalist and cabaret singer in New York, had a six-performance cabaret act, Fresh as a Daisy, in October and November at Judy’s Chelsea. She has performed there often in “my 10-year new career.”

Dr. Eugene N. Myers W’54 is professor and the Eye and Ear Foundation Chair in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In May he lectured on “Neck Dissection: An Operation in Evolution” at the annual meeting of the American Head and Neck Society, and attended the 31st Congreso Nacional AsociaciÛn Colombiana de OtorrinolaringologÌa CirugÌa de Cabeza y Cuello, Maxillofacial y EstÈtica Facial in Santa Marta, Colombia, where he gave a number of lectures. And in June he delivered the J. Ryan Chandler Visiting Professor lectures at the Department of Otolaryngology of the University of Miami.

Sidney Scott Smith Ar’56 <sssmith@goeaston.net> e-mails, “I’m still a full time sole-practitioner architect, operating out of my house in St. Michaels, Md. All drawings on CADD—what a way to fly. Recently booked the third largest project of my 41-year career, a 23,500 sq.ft. adult daycare center in Chestertown. Would love e-mails from former classmates who toiled at the erstwhile Fine Arts building across from Weightman Hall. As the TV commercial goes: Some things cost lots of money, but to me Penn is—priceless.”

Dr. Noel Wilkie D’57 and his wife, Connie, recently established an endowment of $250,000 for the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming; he recently completed a term as president of the University of Wyoming Alumni Association and currently serves on the college’s advisory board. He continues to publish a newsletter for specialists in prosthodontics, The ProsStars Newsletter. Noel and Connie have retirement homes in Rockville, Md., and Bethany Beach, Del.

Dr. Edwin M. Epstein C’58 is an emeritus professor in the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has been on the faculty since 1964. He recently returned to Berkeley to chair its peace and conflict studies group, after seven years as dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary’s College of California at Moraga. His wife, Dr. Sandra P. Weinstein Epstein Ed’60, is administrator and COO of the Jewish Home in San Francisco, a skilled-nursing facility for the elderly in San Francisco; she has served in this role since 1984, after completing her doctoral studies at Berkeley. They live in Berkeley.

George H. Heilmeier EE’58 recently received the Pioneer of Stealth Award for “visionary leadership and trailblazing contributions of enduring national significance in the development of low-observable aircraft.”

Dr. William P. Graham III M’59 was honored in June by the establishment of an endowed professorship in plastic surgery in his name at the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine. He was the founding first chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery there.

1960s

Dr. Richard A. Hogarty WG’60, Marblehead, Mass., is professor emeritus of political science and a senior fellow with the John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. His book, Massachusetts Politics and Public Policy: Studies in Power and Leadership, was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in August.

Barbara Hoffman Steinberg CW’60 writes, “I am now living in Atlantic City, where I am still working as a psychotherapist. I am widowed; my husband was David Steinberg, director of planning at Parkview Hospital in Philadelphia. My two children, Dr. Eric Cantor and Glenn Cantor, are both doing well. I have three wonderful grandchildren, Melyssa, Daniel, and Avi.”

Fred Jaffin W’64 <fredjaffin@snip.net>, captain of Penn’s varsity football in 1963, e-mails, “I attended a special dinner program in Hyannis, Mass., and I wanted to note that two of our former Penn players received special awards at the All-America Football Foundation Dinner on Aug. 2: Dan Challis C’64 WG’66 and Whitney Smith W’66 received the ‘Bill Wade Unsung Hero Award.’ Don’s last year of varsity football was 1963 and Whitney’s was 1965.”

Dr. Solomon Green GrS’65 is emeritus professor of social work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University in New York, having served on its faculty for 30 years. In 1966 he founded the school of social work at Bar Han University. He and his wife moved to Israel in 1990.

Steve Adelson C’66 L’69 is enjoying the practice of real estate law in his new firm, Cherwin, Theise, Adelson & Loria, LLP, in Boston. His daughter is Leslie K. Adelson C’99.

Bruce H. Hoffman W’66 e-mails, “Several members of the Class of 1966 recently had a mini-reunion over a long lunch at the Penn Club of New York. Some of us had been having an annual dinner, but this was an expanded lunch as several out-of-state classmates were in the New York area for the first time in many years. The group included Norris Wolff W’66, Dr. Richie Stern C’66, Steve Marcus W’66, Dave Fortunoff W’66, and myself from the New York-metro area. Coming more of a distance were Chuck Landy C’66 (Washington), Jay Samoff C’66 (upstate New York), Steve Pottash W’66 and Myron Kowal W’66 (New Jersey), Mark Cohen C’66 (Philadelphia), and Dr. Jon Fratkin C’66 (Jackson, Miss). The group includes several lawyers (Chuck Landy, Norris Wolff, Steve Marcus, Jay Samoff), two doctors (Jon Fratkin and Richie Stern), a professor/consultant (Marc Cohen) and the Wharton guys who are in a range of businesses (Dave Fortunoff, Myron Kowal, Steve Pottash, and Bruce Hoffman). We also have four Penn alumni among our children. We plan to have lunch again in early 2003. Anyone interested in joining us, e-mail me at <Ilevysons@aol.com>.”

C. Murray Saylor Jr. W’66 WG’67, a partner of the Saylor Law Firm LLP in Atlanta, was elected president of the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants earlier this year. Murray practices law with his wife and partner, Jacquelyn Saylor, chair-elect of the sole-practitioner/small-firm section of the Atlanta Bar Association. A resident of Ansley Park, Murray is treasurer of the Georgian Chamber Players, and he is a board member and past president of Penn’s Atlanta Alumni Club.

Dr. Mark H. Shapiro Gr’66 has entered the faculty early-retirement program at California State University at Fullerton, where he has been a member of the physics faculty since 1970. For 10 of those years he served as department chair. He plans to use the extra free time afforded by a reduced teaching assignment to continue research in surface physics, and to expand his role as editor and publisher of The Irascible Professor, an online journal of commentary on education issues (irascibleprofessor.com).

William Cecil Jones G’67 and his wife, Adrienne Roos Jones G’71, “have been enjoying frequent visits to Maison DesirÈe, our new house in Provence; and we were gratified after 10 years of building our company, Just France, to find it named in the Aug. 12 issue of Fortune magazine as one of the top 25 villa companies in the world. Our son, Leonard Wood C’00 G’00, in June received his M.Phil. degree from the University of Oxford (he was at St. Antony’s College), finishing first in his program and receiving the Zander Prize. He began studies for his Ph.D. at Harvard this fall. Brendan is completing a two-year course in French and English literature at St. Edmund Hall at Oxford, and Laura is enjoying her third year of undergraduate studies in business at Northeastern University in Boston.”

Dr. David L. Evans C’68 joined the Smithsonian Institution in September as under-secretary for science. An oceanographer, he had served with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since 1993, most recently as assistant administrator for research; while there he led the White House Global Climate Change Initiative, coordinating activities of 12 federal agencies.

Dr. John R. Feussner C’68 in July was appointed professor and chair of medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Previously he was chief of research and development for the Veterans’ Health Administration in Washington; his research focus is public health and geriatric medicine. He and his wife, Carol Blessing-Feussner, live in Mt. Pleasant; their daughters Krista Lauren lives in Reston, Va., and Whitney Blessing attends Virginia Technology technological, and their son, Derek John, is a student at the Porter-Gaud School in Charleston.

Ed Friedrichs GAr’68 is chief executive officer of the global architecture and design company Gensler, and an overseer of the Graduate School of Fine Arts. He was quoted in The Washington Post (Aug. 31) for having coined a new design mantra, ‘enlightened realism,’ explaining “Workplace design is quickly getting realistic ... While the New Economy was all about speed and how to harness technology to win the race, now it’s about understanding the pace at which people really work and the nature of collaboration. … Innovation will be on the potential of people, rather than experimentation for its own sake.”

Robert Balter C’69 <owl@comcast.net> e-mails, “This has been a year of significant professional publication and teaching for me. My article, ‘Drafting Suggestions for Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts,’ originally appearing May last year in the Journal of Financial Service Professionals (v.55 n.3, p.76), was re-published last fall in 55 Tax Lawyer 185. This year I taught ‘Using Life Insurance to Fund Estate Planning For Subsequent Marriages’ at an August Pennsylvania Bar Institute seminar in Philadelphia and Mechanicsburg; I published an article, ‘Using Life Insurance To Fund Buy Sell Agreements for LLCs,’ in 29 Estate Planning 460 (September); and I have another article being published in BNA Estates, Gifts and Trusts Journal, (v.27, either in September or in November), entitled ‘Using Trusts as Buyers in Buy Sell Agreements.’ I am very busy, but enjoying my position as director of business for estate planning with Karr Barth Associates, Inc., in Bala Cynwyd, Pa. On a personal note, my daughter, Meredith, has made Dean’s List in all four of her semesters at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where she is majoring in interior design.”

Steven Kammerman CE’69 GEng’71 and Gayle Kammerman are delighted to announce that their daughter, Courtney Kammerman W’00, married Michael Goldstein on June 2 at the Hotel duPont in Delaware. Bridesmaids included Laura Vogel W’00, Jordana Riklis C’00, and Nili Doft C’00 W’00. Alumni from many decades shared in the celebration, including Eric Golding C’00, Miritte Steinberg C’00, Ben Schein C’00, Vanessa BaÈz C’00, Katie Patrick W’00, Gina Rossitto W’00, Steve Fechheimer W’00, Savitri Vilassakdanont C’00, Stephanie Foster C’01, Sandi Apfeldorf C’00, Megan McGoldrick W’02, Michelle Tucker C’00, Dr. Neer Even-Hen D’00, George Shapiro GCE’70 WG’81, Stanley Sloan C’69 WG’71, Steven Kapustin C’68, Dr. John Widenmeyer V’77, Dr. Sydney Tyson C’82, Jim Brodo W’88, Rob Brodo W’84, Ruth Golding CW’72, Nina Shuman Rovner CW’70, and Jean Moss Clemons W’69 WG’82 and Wharton professor Dr. Eric Clemons. “After a honeymoon in St. Lucia, Courtney and Michael now live in Center City, Philadelphia; you can contact them at <courtnek@hotmail.com>. Gayle and I can be contacted at <jbfarmsinc@aol.com>.”

Bob Lion C’69 <bob.lion@xmradio.com> e-mails, “I have joined XM Satellite Radio in Washington as vice president for advertising sales. My daughter Lindsay Lion C’98 GEd’99 recently married Fred Jauss C’99 G’99; both followed tradition by being part of the Penn Glee Club under Bruce Montgomery. My son, Mark Lion, added to our family resume by completing his degree as part of the Class of 2001.”

Dr. Douglas Wolf C’69 Gr’77, Syracuse, N.Y., is associate director of the Center for Policy Research and the Gerald B. Cramer Professor of Aging Studies in the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. In April a paper on bone strength he had co-written was published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, and he presented a paper on simulated kin networks at a California workshop on “Future Seniors and their Kin.”

1970s

Alan Aidekman W’70 <alaidekman@aol.com> e-mails, “Truly A Judge, a thoroughbred owned with two partners, was shipped to Philadelphia Park and won the Claiming Crown Jewel Stakes on Aug. 31. This brings his total earnings to $220,000 since he was purchased for $20,000 in October 2001. The partnership also owns a two-year-old colt, Unfurl The Flag. Both horses will race at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park in the fall. I am also helping my wife, Donna, open a Curves franchise, a 30-minute fitness and weight-loss center for women, in Orange Park Acres, in Orange, Calif., where we currently live.”

Dr. David Straus C’70 e-mails, “While I still am closely associated with the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, where I have been since 1988, I also have recently accepted an appointment as professor of climate dynamics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. At COLA we do basic research on the theory of seasonal predictability, and we advise GMU doctoral students. We are also developing a new Ph.D. program in climate dynamics for GMU. My wife, Susan, a child psychologist, and I continue to live in Owings Mills, Md., and are still trying to keep up with our grown daughters, Rebecca (23) and Emily (20).”

Allen Warshaw C’70 <acwarshaw@klettrooney.com> recently joined the law firm of Klett, Rooney, Lieber & Schorling as a shareholder in its Harrisburg, Pa., office; his primary practice area is commercial litigation. More importantly, his youngest son, Bobby, was just selected for the ODP national soccer pool in the 1988 age group. His wife, Dr. Shirley Nes Warshaw CGS’71 WG’76, is a professor of political science at Gettysburg College who has published several books on the U.S. presidency.

Dr. Mary Slotsky Muscato CW’71 and Dr. Joseph J. Muscato C’71 M’75 were jointly selected to receive the Laureate Award from the Missouri chapter of the American College of Physicians, the highest award in the state society and the first ever awarded jointly. They both practice hematology and medical oncology in Columbia.

James S. Holt CE’71 e-mails, “I work as a professional structural engineer in Baltimore for Parsons Corporation, a worldwide engineering firm. In my first ever bid for political office, I recently defeated the incumbent mayor of Mount Airy, Md., a town of over 6,400 residents. I ran as a write-in candidate against the unchallenged three-term incumbent; the election results were challenged in court, and the Circuit Court of Carroll County ruled in my favor. I can be reached at <mayor.holt@erols.com>.”

Adrienne Roos Jones G’71 <roosjones@yahoo.com> e-mails, “This has been a busy and productive year for our family. My husband, William Cecil Jones G’67, and I have been enjoying frequent visits to Maison DesirÈe, our new house in Provence; and we were gratified after 10 years of building our company, Just France, to find it named in the Aug. 12 issue of Fortune magazine as one of the top 25 villa companies in the world. Our son, Leonard Wood C’00 G’00, in June received his M.Phil. degree from the University of Oxford (he was at St. Antony’s College), finishing first in his program and receiving the Zander Prize. He began studies for his Ph.D. at Harvard this fall. My step-son, Brendan, is completing a two-year course in French and English literature at St. Edmund Hall at Oxford, and my step-daughter, Laura, is enjoying her third year of undergraduate studies in business at Northeastern University in Boston.”

Alan Neibauer WG’71 <alanneibauer@yahoo.com> e-mails, “I have written over 64 books on computer hardware and software—and two novels, Type A and No Waiting to Die, both published by Belayne Publishing. Type A is the newest, a coming-of-middle-age story about a character loosely based on my wonderful wife of over 35 years (www.belayne.com/typea.htm). The book is a tribute to her: she is undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer, and all of the profits from the book go to the Foundation for Thymic Cancer Research that we have set up (www.neibauer.net).”

Peter Anderson GAr’72 GCP’72 GFA’72 <peter@newsofmainstreet.com> is a planning and preservation consultant in New Haven, Conn., and New York and is principal of the design and planning firm, Main Street Partners, LLP. He e-mails that he was recently awarded membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners, one of only eight Connecticut planners certified this year (certification requires specific education and professional experience, plus the passing of a national-planning examination given throughout the U.S. and Europe.) He has served on the board of the New Haven Preservation Trust, and as a commissioner for historic preservation for Sedona, Ariz.

Dr. Michael Bentley GEd’72 reports, “I’ve been appointed associate professor of science education at the University of Tennessee. Would like to hear from alumni in the Knoxville area.”

Steven Mait W’72 is happy to announce that Andrew Watkins C’71 has joined him as a partner at Wachovia Securities in Coral Springs, Fla. “I have been involved in the financial industry for the past 30 years with a number of New York Stock Exchange firms, as well as my own arbitrage company, in the U.S. as well as Europe. Andy has worked as a CPA for his own company as well as an NYSE-listed company for the past 30 years in New York. He has been a guest speaker numerous times on Bloomberg radio as an expert on taxation for individuals in the sports area, professional media, and international businesses. He fills an important gap for individuals as well as corporate investors for a complete financial package. I can be reached at <smait@wachoviasec.com>.”

Susan Miron CW’72, a book critic and harpist, performed in the program, Masters of Chamber Music, at the Eighth World Harp Congress in Geneva last July with her husband, Dr. Burton Fine C’51, a violist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Her latest CD, A Birthday Hansel: Music for Voice and Harp, was released on Chandos Records in the spring. She has also just completed a recording of her own transcriptions of Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas for harp.

Dr. Andrew I. Schafer M’73 in September was appointed the Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine at the University. Previously he was chair of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Tex. His clinical and research areas of expertise are in hematology, thrombosis, platelet function, and vascular cell biology. The author of over 180 papers, he has edited or co-edited five textbooks and serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. His wife, Pauline, is an educator, and they have three children, Kate, Pamela, and Eric.

Mark P. Zelisko C’73 and Julie Chico Zelisko are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Lauren Alessandra, on Jan. 23. “Her brothers, Mark (four) and Vincent (two), share our happiness; we can be contacted at <zeliskos@aol.com>.”

Dr. R. Wayne Randolph V’74, a small-animal practitioner in Flemington, N.J., in April was installed as a distinguished practitioner member of the National Academies of Practice; it was founded in 1981 to promote interdisciplinary collaboration across the primary health professions.

Richard Busis C’75 G’80, Wynnewood, Pa., is chair of the securities department of the Philadelphia-area law firm of Cozen O’Connor. In September he gave a presentation at a seminar sponsored by the firm on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Dr. Edward C. Halperin W’75, the L. R. Prosnitz Professor and chair of radiation oncology at the Duke University Medical Center, has been named vice-dean of the Duke University School of Medicine.

Rachel Osborn CW’75 in August was named director of foundation and government relations for the Allentown (Pa.) Art Museum. She lives in Allentown with her husband, Nicholas Butterfield, her daughter Laurel Butterfield, a freshman at Syracuse University, and her son, Theodore Butterfield, a freshman at Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pa.

James H. Shalek C’75 in July joined the N.Y.-based law firm of Proskauer Rose LLP, as a partner in its patent-litigation practice. Previously he was the managing partner and head of the New York office of Lyon & Lyon.

Dennis O. Wilson C’75 <DennisWilson@rohmhaas.com> recently returned to Philadelphia to join the Rohm and Haas Company as senior counsel. In May he was elected assistant corporate secretary, and is now responsible for corporate governance, securities laws, and compliance, in addition to his litigation and counseling responsibilities. He and his wife, Lynell, live with their son, Matthew, in Blue Bell, Pa.

David A. Gross C’76 <dagross@erols.com> e-mails, “Betsy Gifford W’76 and I just celebrated our 24th wedding anniversary by vacationing in Capri, Italy, and planning a trip to visit Penn with our son, Robbie, who is a rising high-school senior. I was recently nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador for international communications and information policy. For the past year I have been deputy assistant Secretary of State for international communications policy, responsible for the country’s international-telecommunications policy. The job is extraordinarily interesting and challenging, as I head the U.S. delegations for meetings with other countries, either individually or at large multilateral conferences. One of the real highlights was giving a speech recently before the entire U.N. General Assembly.”

Sue Ellen Grossman C’76 will be “leaving New York, after over 20 years as an options trader on the American Stock Exchange, and moving to Sault, in the Vaucluse department of France, with my husband, Patrice Bertrand. Our new address is La Barbane, Rue de la Barbane, Sault 84390, France.”

Nina M. Gussack C’76 GEd’76 is chair of the health-effects litigation-practice group and vice chair of the executive committee of the Philadelphia-based law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP. She was recently named vice-chair of the drug and medical-device committee of the Defense Research Institute for 2002 and 2003. She will assume the chair in 2004. She serves on the ethics committee of the Wills Eye Hospital.

Richard C. Brodhead G’77 in August was named associate dean for academic and faculty affairs at the Esther Boyer College of Music and Department of Dance at Temple University. Teaching composition at Boyer since 1986, he also served as acting dean for the last academic year. He is a director of the Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia and serves on the board of the Theodore Presser Company.

Dr. Jay Fagan SW’77, Elkins Park, Pa., associate professor of social work at Temple University, was named acting dean of its School of Social Administration in July; he joined the faculty in 1990. His research and clinical interests focus on fathers and fathering: he is general editor of the scholarly journal Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice About Men as Fathers. His Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers was published last year, and a new book, Fathers and Early Childhood Programs, was published recently by Delmar Publishing.

Jeffrey Harris W’77 is senior managing director of Warburg Pincus, LLC, the private-equity firm in New York, and chair-elect of the National Venture Capital Association. In July he was appointed a trustee of the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. A 1973 graduate, he later served as a governor of its schools.

David Locke C’77 continues on the faculty at Florida Atlantic University’s School of Business, teaching in the information-technology and operations-management department. Recently he joined the Kaplan Colleges as an admissions adviser for Concord University Law School, the online law school. He married his current wife, Cindy Jabbour, two years ago, “to create a Brady Bunch of six children, three hers, three his—thankfully most of them grown by now.” David and Cindy recently made their new home in Parkland.

Robert M. Lippman C’78 was awarded the Wayte and Olga Raymond Memorial Literary Award in August by the American Numismatic Association for his article “A Gift from the Governor,” published in The Numismatist (August 2001). He is senior trial counsel for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, and director of the Defense Trial Lawyers Association of Western New York. Bob and his wife Rita live in Buffalo with their sons Matthew (seven) and David (five).

Michelle Extract Schimel SAMP’78 writes, “I am in my second term of elected office as town clerk of North Hempstead, N.Y. I also serve as a district director of the New York State Town Clerks Association. I was selected as a 2002 honoree on the Municipal Clerks Honor Roll, representing 13 states. I was nominated by Matthew Barkan C’00, executive assistant to our town board.

Dr. John M. Whyte M’78 Gr’81 is director of the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute in Philadelphia; in August he received from the Brain Injury Association of America its William Fields Caveness Award, “presented to an individual who, through national and international research, has made outstanding contributions to bettering the lives of people who have sustained a brain injury.”

Jeffrey N. Barker C’79 writes, “I’m working as a political and general-assignment reporter for The Baltimore Sun, which is teeming with Penn grads. I married Hilary Dick (Oberlin, 1984) in 1999.”

Steven N. Haas C’79 and Beth Eskin Haas C’91 proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Alexandra Rachel, on May 22. “Looks like Alumni Weekend 2024 will be busy, with Alex’s graduation coinciding with her father’s 45th Reunion.”

Dana Day McGahey C’79 FA’81 and her husband, Daniel, are happy to announce the birth of their fifth daughter, Abigail Emma Rose, on March 24. They live in King of Prussia, Pa. Dana also reported that her father, Norman D. Day, emeritus professor of city and regional planning in Penn’s Graduate School of Fine Arts, passed away on July 16.

Madeleine Schachter C79 is associate general counsel at Time Warner Trade Publishing, Inc., where she specializes in media law. Her book, Law of Internet Speech, was re-published in an updated edition by Carolina Academic Press earlier this year.

1980s

Bruce Bergwall C’80 <bbergwall@hotmail.com> e-mails that his “daughter Stephanie Marie Bergwall was married last July to Jason Leap and is in her second year of teaching history to seventh graders at East Stroudsburg (Pa.) Middle School.”

Steve Mendelsohn W’80 in September was named executive director of Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), the borough’s public-access television station. Previously he was general manager of the New York office of Razorfish, the Internet design and consultation company.

James Dart GAr’81 practices in New York and teaches design at the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT. His firm, Architects James Dart AIA, received an AIA 2002 Honor Award for their project, the Barn Renovation + Lath House Addition, at Philadelphia’s historic Bartram’s Garden. The awards are the profession’s highest recognition of excellence of design in architecture, interiors, and urban design. The jury described the project as “an ingenious addition to an historic barn that creates interest by contrasting the assembled nature of the new with the monolithic quality of the old.”

Howard B. Haas C’81 is founding chair of “the Committee to Save the Sameric, Philadelphia’s last movie palace, the Art Deco Boyd theater built in 1928. Sign our petition, support our cause at (www.savethesameric.org).”

Earle Hager W’81 <ehager@bnserve.com> and Jane Hager welcomed Sarah Jane Hager on Aug. 12. Mother and baby are doing well. They also have a son, Alex, who will be nine in December. Earle is with Amherst Corporate Computing, a consulting firm in Austin, Tex., and is active in the local Penn alumni club. Jane is the assistant director of nursing at Austin State Hospital. “Alex is a budding artist and Sarah is yet to make her mark on the world, other than footprints on the birth certificate. We look forward to hearing from friends from Philadelphia.”

Michael S. Haratz C’81 <haratz@optonline.net> e-mails, “After approximately 17 years in private law practice, including over eight years as a member of the firm of Orloff, Lowenbach, Stifelman & Siegel, P.A. in Roseland, N.J., I have accepted a dual legal and business position in the ‘corporate world.’ In August I became vice president and general counsel of YHD Foxtons, Inc., and affiliated entities, a prominent discount real estate brokerage firm in West Long Branch with affiliated businesses in mortgage origination and brokerage, title insurance, and related real estate products and services. Started in 2000, the company is achieving excellent results in its New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut markets, and is preparing to expand to new regions and poised to revolutionize the residential real estate industry. I also have ventured into the world of academia as an adjunct instructor of legal writing and research at Seton Hall Law School in Newark. When not working or teaching, I enjoy time at home with my wife, Elyse, and children, Craig and Mallory.”

Dr. Kenneth Maiese C’81 married Barbara A. Simeone on Sept. 1 in Old St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Philadelphia. She is vice president and director of planning and administration of Verizon Capital Corp. in New York. A neurologist and neuroscientist, Ken is professor in the neurology and anatomy & cell biology departments at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He is also director of its Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Cerebral Ischemia that focuses on therapies for neurological disorders, such as stroke and Alzheimer’s disease. He recently enjoyed visiting professorships in Tokyo, Beijing, and Sicily and is about to publish a new book on neuronal and vascular plasticity in the nervous system.

Alfonso Fern·ndez Jr. WG’82 is president of the newly formed Ivy-Port Logistical Services, Inc.; with another investor he acquired the company, which was formerly the Puerto Rico subsidiary of Swissport International AG, and it continues to provide ground-handling operations at San Juan International Airport.

Alan Penzias C’82 <apenzias@caregroup.harvard.edu> e-mails, “I’m an instrument rated private pilot and in the summer I accomplished a long-term goal when I flew from Boston to Vienna with another pilot. Our trip took us to Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, and Belgium.”

Randy Malamud C’83 was named associate chair of the English department at Georgia State University; he has taught there since 1989 and was promoted to full professor in 2000. His fifth book, Poetic Animals and Animal Souls, will be soon published from Palgrave, and is dedicated to his son, Benjamin Simonds-Malamud (five). His previous book, Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity (1998) was dedicated to his other son, Jacob (nine). Wendy Simonds C’84 was just tenured and promoted to associate professor of sociology at Georgia State. “We’d love to hear from anyone who still remembers us, at <rmalamud@gsu.edu> and <wsimonds@gsu.edu>.”

Steven D. Martin WG’83 in July joined Granite Properties, a Dallas-based real-estate investment, management, and development company, as managing director of its new Atlanta office. Previously he was a founding principal for Goddard Investment Group, LLC, in Atlanta. He is past president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks and served on the board of the Real Estate Group of Atlanta.

Dang T. Phan EE’83 is chief operating officer and a managing partner of Soros Real Estate Partners in New York. In August he was elected a trustee of the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Conn. A 1979 graduate, he arrived there in 1975 as a refugee when his family fled Vietnam. He and his wife, Doan-Trang Nguyen, an interior designer, live in New York.

Robin Marks Settle C’83 e-mails, “After living my whole life in Philadelphia, I have moved with my family to Great Falls, Va. After nine years with the Temple University Health System, I joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a manager in its healthcare-consulting practice last summer and am now in the Washington office. Looking forward to hearing from classmates at <settle@cox.net>.”

Sharon Glassman C’84 e-mails that her first book, Love, Santa (published by Warner Books) is now in stores, kicking off her “sixth year visiting home-and-office holiday parties where she tells a funny, moving tale about answering needy kids’ letters to Santa and brings real Operation Santa Claus letters for all to answer. Interested party hosts can visit (www.love-santa.com).”

Nils Hagen-Frederiksen C’84 e-mailed in August, “Just checking in with friends and classmates to say ‘Hi,’ and let everyone know that I’ve accepted a position as deputy press secretary for the Mike Fisher for Governor campaign. In fact, I’m writing this after returning from helping coordinate press coverage for a campaign visit to Pittsburgh by President Bush. Prior to joining the campaign I spent two years with the press office of Pennsylvania’s Office of Attorney General, which followed a five-year stint as Harrisburg news bureau chief for Metro Networks/Westwood One, handling state news and government reporting for affiliates across the country.”

Tsiwen M. Law L’84, a trial attorney with the Philadelphia law firm of Hwang & Associates, P.C., was named among “Minorities of Influence” by the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly earlier this year. He was the founding president of the Asian American Bar Association of Delaware Valley.

Lorraine Sheppard Lindhult C’84 e-mails, “I’ve started my own business after 11 years of full-time parenting, Grant is 11 and Kurt is seven. My new ‘baby’ is Lindhult Professional Organizing: I help homeowners organize their closets, basements, offices and lives. It’s very satisfying to help people discover extra space in their homes and recapture the time they used to spend looking for things. One of my specialties is getting homes ready for the market and assisting older adults with downsizing. I love my new career, and would be glad to hear from my classmates, colleagues, and other alumni at (215) 442-1066 or <LindhultProfOrg@netscape.net>.”

Marlene Vine Ross C’84 e-mails that she is a long way from her English-major roots. After working in marketing communications and knowledge management, she has spent the last few years as an information-technology strategy and architecture consultant for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Paoli, Pa. She and her husband, Steve, have two children, Sarah (11) and Joshua (eight), and live in Lafayette Hill, a Philadelphia suburb. Marlene would love to hear from old Penn friends at <rossm@wyeth.com>.

Harlan Sands W’84 <sandsh@fiu.edu> e-mails, “Following nearly 11 years as a U.S. Naval officer, six years of night school working on a law degree and an MBA, and four years as a criminal-defense attorney in Miami, in 1999 I joined the criminal-justice faculty at Florida International University. And in August 2001, I was appointed associate dean for budget and operations in the College of Health and Urban Affairs at FIU. I live in Miami Beach with my wife, Lynn, and our new addition, eight-month-old son, Samson Mitchell.”

Dr. Alice Dick W’85 <alicedick@yahoo.com> e-mails, “In May and June, I took a six-week sabbatical from my job as an internist with Cedars-Sinai Medical Group—my longest vacation in 15 years. I spent part of my time off with family in Colorado, getting to know my niece and nephew, part of it at home in Los Angeles, and three weeks traveling to Turkey, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. It was both a great vacation and a long-awaited opportunity to recharge my batteries. Now I am back at work with, I think, extra energy and new ideas about how to improve my practice. I would recommend that anyone, no matter what their field, take a break like this occasionally: it’s the best thing I have done for myself in a very long time.”

Dr. Dave Eisenmann C’85 <eisenman@umbc.edu> and his wife, Suzanne Barr, announce the birth of their second daughter, Hannah Eisenmann Barr, at 8lbs. 8oz. on June 11 in Washington. “Everyone, including older sister Rachel, is doing fine.” Dave is an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and Suzanne is a partner specializing in business law at Hogan and Hartson LLP; they live in Takoma Park, Md.

Wendy Feller C’85 <info@smittens.biz> e-mails, “All the coffee I’ve been drinking here in Seattle has helped me start another new business called Smittens, which produces & sells specially designed polarfleece mittens for handholding (www.smittens.biz). In the meantime, I’m enjoying life with my AIA-award-winning architect husband, Allan Farkas C’89, our 26-year-old parrot, and our Briard puppy, Fred.”

Steven A. Haber C’85 W’85, a partner in the litigation department of the Philadelphia law firm of Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel LLP, presented a seminar on “A Fungus Among Us: The Proliferation of Mold Litigation and Strategies for Handling Mold Claims” at the national meeting of the American Architectural Manufacturing Association in June.

Scott L. Miller WG’85 writes, “My wife, Julie, and I had a baby girl named Madelyn Ilana Miller on Nov. 18, 2001.”

Juliet Pederson Moritz C’85 <Juliet0612@aol.com> was recently promoted to the newly created position of director in charge of global-compliance auditing, safety surveillance, and epidemiology at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Collegeville, Pa.; she is responsible for overseeing the development of a department to audit the firm’s worldwide patient-safety reporting. When not traveling for work, she lives in Blue Bell, and enjoys traveling for fun, collecting wines, skiing in Utah, doing family research, managing her husband’s company’s Web site (www.JMME.com)—and being a hockey mom to her five children. “If any one remembers me (I was pretty quiet back then), I’d love to hear from you.”

Dr. Seyed M. Naini Gr’85 gave a talk and interview on a talk show on WPBR 1340 AM, based in West Palm Beach, on Sept. 17. The interview is available on the Internet at (www.1340wpbr.com/home.htm). He also appeared for a book-signing at Barnes & Noble in Boca Raton on Sept. 21. For more information go to (www.naini.net).

Karl Racine W’85 recently joined the Washington law firm Venable LLP as a litigation partner in its corporate-defense & white-collar and civil-litigation practices. Previously he was an associate counsel in the latter years of the Clinton White House, and for the last two years a financial adviser for UBS PaineWebber in Washington.

Rabbi Amy Schwartzman C’85 and Kevin Moss would like to share the news of the birth of their second child, Eliana Yael Moss. Ellie joins older sister Hannah in keeping her parents happy and busy. Amy is the senior rabbi of Temple Rodef Shalom just outside of Washington, and Kevin, a new American citizen, works for British Telecom.

Tremain Smith C’85, a Philadelphia-based artist, participated in “Being City,” an exhibit that presents transformations Harrisburg has undergone in the past year, at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in early September. Examples of her work are also in The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax (published last year by Watson-Guptill), and four of her pieces are in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Lawrence M. Stratton Jr. W’85 <lawrence.stratton@ptsem.edu> in May received a master’s in divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and is now in the Ph.D. program in religion and society with an emphasis on Christian ethics. He is also a candidate for ministry in the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Lisa Wolf C’85 <lwolfsf@cs.com> and her husband, Yehuda Golani, welcomed their son, Ezra Hayim Golani, on Aug. 14. He joins big brothers Aviv (17) and Jordan (13), and big sister Emily (12). Lisa and family live in San Francisco, where she works as human-resources director for the Jewish Community Center.

Ellen Campbell-Kaminski C’86 in August was appointed vice president in charge of small-law-firm marketing for LexisNexis, the Dayton, Ohio-based provider of legal, news and business-information services.

J. Stuart Dickstein C’86, Cambridge, Mass., e-mails that he and Nancy Shapiro are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Zev Kaplun Dickstein, on May 30.

Dr. Robin Kerner W’86 <RobinKGill@aol.com> married Mark Gill on Aug. 11. They live on the Upper West Side, where he works as a freelance author and she has a private psychology practice. Recently Robin was promoted to chief psychologist at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, where she has been working on the forensic service for the past three years; in the new position she will be a clinical-service coordinator on a civil-inpatient unit.

Laura Genovese Miller G’86, Fort Washington, Pa., an attorney in the intellectual-property department of the Philadelphia-based law firm of Cozen O’Connor, was named in July to a three-year term as trustee of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

Bill Sliwa WG’86 has taken a new position as chief executive officer of International Survey Research LLC in Chicago.

Dr. David R. Brigham G’87 Gr’92 in July commenced as the Priscilla Payne Hurd director of the Allentown (Pa.) Art Museum. Previously he was with the Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum; an exhibit he organized there of paintings by the Hudson River School is at Allentown through Dec. 22. He has relocated to the Allentown area with his wife, Holly Trostle Brigham, an artist and art teacher, and son, Noble.

Risa Vetri Ferman C’87 <rferman@mail.montcopa.org> e-mails, “In January I became the first assistant district attorney of the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in Norristown, Pa. Prior to this promotion, for nine years I worked in this office primarily handling sexual assault and homicide cases. On the personal side, my husband, Michael Ferman, and I live in Meadowbrook with our three children, Jenna (eight), Ben (six), and Jake (four).”

Keith Gottfried W’87 is senior vice president for law and corporate affairs and chief legal officer of Borland Software Corporation in Scotts Valley, Calif. In late June he accompanied U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans on a business-development mission to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico.

Randi Brown Kobak C’87 announces the birth of her son, Max Louis, on Aug. 20. He joins big sisters Sydney (4 3/4) and Ellie (2 1/2). Randi lives with her family in Portland, Ore., where they have been for the past seven years. She would love to hear from friends that happen to be visiting the Pacific Northwest, or via e-mail at <kobak5@attbi.com>.

Dr. Janine Kyrillos Nu’87 <janine.kyrillos@mail.tju.edu> e-mails, “I recently finished my residency in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. I am staying on with Jefferson Internal Medicine Associates to work as a clinical instructor, hospitalist, and as a consultant with the information-technology department.”

Jonathan H. Newman L’87 is of counsel to the Philadelphia law firm of Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel. In August he was named chair of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, having been first appointed to it in 1999; he spearheaded the Pennsylvania Wine Festival in May, which attracted many of the world’s wine producers. He lives in Bryn Mawr with his wife, Nancy Marcus Newman L’87, and their three sons. Jonathan is the immediate past-chair of the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners.

Thomas W. Sandler C’87 <tcsandler@aol.com> e-mails, “I’m in my 11th year teaching English and coaching soccer and ice hockey at the Irvington (N.Y.) School District. I’ve recently celebrated my ninth wedding anniversary to my wonderful wife, Cynthia. Our two beautiful daughters, Julia (almost five), and Eliza (two), bring us tons of joy each day. We live in Sleepy Hollow, along the Hudson River. I continue to interview prospective students through Penn’s secondary-school committee.”

Matthew Gutt W’88 <mlgutt@earthlink.net> e-mails, “My wife, Louise, and I were blessed with the arrival of twins on May 1. Christopher and Olivia are our first children and are happy, healthy kids. Also, on June 10, I began working for Exelon Corporation as assistant general counsel, concentrating on labor and employment.”

Ira Rosen C’88 e-mails, “After an active summer of Music in MyDiningRoom, we’re gearing up for our second annual International Pop Overthrow warm-up on Dec. 1. Last year, nine artists performed in our home: this year, who knows? Join the insanity; details at (www.mydiningroom.com) or e-mail me at <irosen@mydiningroom.com>. For those of you too timid to say hello by e-mail, get over it: it’s been too long since we’ve talked.”

Adam Schneider W’88 <ahschneider@yahoo.com> e-mails, “My wife, Michele, our daughter, Lindsey, and I are living in St. Louis. I was recently promoted to assistant vice president, rental, for Enterprise Rent-A-Car. We are all looking forward to the birth of the next family member, due in February.”

Elina M. Cardet C’89 <jbsemc@aol.com> e-mails, “I am happy to announce that my husband and I celebrated the first birthday of our son, Julian Jose, this past April. In August we also celebrated the end of my husband’s chemotherapy treatment. Since last September life has been challenging for most members of the New York community. As an architect and designer, I have had the privilege to work on an extraordinary exhibit which [seeks] to celebrate freedom and look into the future with optimism: I invite all alumni to go see the American Express: Rewarding Lives exhibit at the World Financial Center, through Dec. 31. The exhibit, designed and curated by The Moderns (www.themoderns.com), will transform the 200 Vesey Street lobby and display Annie Liebovitz photography. I would love to hear from other classmates in New York and living abroad.”

Steven L. Chudnow C’89 L’92 <schudnow@ny.seyfarth.com> e-mails, “I am happy to announce that I have moved across town, to the law firm of Seyfarth Shaw, as a partner in the real-estate department of its New York office. My phone number is now (212) 218-5500: I look forward to hearing from anyone I have failed to keep in touch with over the years.”

Susan Edelstein C’89 writes, “I am thrilled to announce my marriage to Mark Bradford Towler on Sept. 1 in Newburyport, Mass. I currently work for Massachusetts General Hospital in ambulatory-group-practice management.”

1990s

Allison Cannady-Smith W’90 and her husband, Greg, announce the arrival of their newest blessing, Gregory Robert Smith III. Weighing in at 8lbs. and 9oz., Gregory already has begun preparing for his future role as starring Quaker quarterback, Class of 2024; he joins big sister Amanda Nicole, Class of 2020.

Kimberly Kaplan C’90, an attorney in the labor and employment group of the Philadelphia office of the law firm of Reed Smith, in August received a leadership award from the Greater Delaware Valley chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Dr. Dana Kerr W’90 in August was appointed an assistant professor of finance at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Tex.; he received his doctorate this year from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Lani Peritz Lipkind C’90, her husband, Eric, and newly big sister Jordan are thrilled to announce the arrival of Noah Wade on May 23. Lani is taking a break from her freelance PR business “to pursue the hectic life of a full-time stay-at-home mom, and would love to re-connect with some of my old Penn friends; please e-mail me at <lanilipkind@comcast.net>.”

Melvin J. Mungin C’90 writes, “I was appointed pastor of the Institutional A.M.E. Zion Church in Yonkers, N.Y., on June 23.”

Brian J. Ward C’90 and Travis Neighbor Ward C’90 G’90 are thrilled to announce that their daughter, Lila, is 19 months old. Brian and Travis (who then went by her childhood nickname of Libby), met during their freshman year at Penn. He works as a director of design for the architecture firm Looney Ricks Kiss, setting up its first Atlanta office. Travis is still freelance-writing for magazines, and recently completed the updated second edition of her book Living, Studying, and Working in Italy, due from Henry Holt Publishers in January (www.travisnward.com).

Marc Zola C’90 <marcz@optiosoftware.com> married Heidi Bailey on Aug. 25. Celebrating with them at their wedding in Eugene, Ore., were David Jacobs C’90, Jonathan Ringel C’90 W’90, Gordon Kessler EAS’90, Jay Goldberg C’90, Dr. Murray Shames C’90 and Francie Linsky Shames C’92, Andrew Harlem C’90, Greg Sigel C’90, Neil Zola C’87, Adele Zola Saunders C’86, Daniel Zola C’95, and Dr. Malcolm Zola GD’60.

Sharyn Cohen-Colon C’91 GEd’92 <sharyncolon@msn.com> and Michael Colon C’91 W’91 are proud to announce the birth of their son, Ryan Scott, on Feb. 13. He joins his three year-old brother, Matthew, at home in Chatham, N.J. Michael is chief operating officer of the private-client division for Deutsche Bank and Sharyn is enjoying her time at home with her two sons.

Christopher Gomez C’91 W’91 e-mails, “I am pleased to announce the birth of my third child, Christian Jon Gomez, on Dec. 2, 2001. He is doing fine and is a great companion to his two siblings, Maria (six) and Alex (four). My wife, Kristina, and I could not be happier. We also recently relocated from Houston to San Diego: I have taken a position as director of financial planning and analysis for the imaging and printing group of Hewlett-Packard. Given that this is our first time on the West Coast, we look forward to hearing from old classmates in California; please feel free to e-mail me at <christopher.gomez.wh91@wharton.upenn.edu>.”

Beth Eskin Haas C’91 and Steven N. Haas C’79 proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Alexandra Rachel, on May 22. “Looks like Alumni Weekend 2024 will be busy, with Alex’s graduation coinciding with her father’s 45th Reunion.”

Al Meyers W’91 <al.meyers@turner.com> e-mails, “In July I was promoted to vice president of strategic planning at Turner Broadcasting, a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner. Beth and I remain in the Atlanta area with our daughter and son, ages three and one.”

Jeff Peachin C’91<jeff@peachin.com> married Kristin Byrd on July 5 in San Francisco. Alumni present were his father, David Peachin W’62, cousin Howie Rosenfeld C’40, and friends Rachel Elson C’90, Peter Farr W’86, Stu Gibbs C’91, John Janke W’91, Jon Mattingly C’91, Sharon Appel Soforenko WG’90 and Tracy Soforenko C’91 W’91, and Courtney Spikes C’92. Jeff and Kristin currently live in San Francisco, where he is a tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and she is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental science at UC Berkeley, researching wetland ecology.

Dr. Christina L. Sarabia C’91 writes, “I just wanted to let everyone know that I have finally finished my Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in industrial and organizational psychology. It is truly in the better-late-than-never category. Xavier and I are also pleased to announce that Antonio Horacio Sarabia was born on June 4, weighing 9lbs. 2oz., and was 19.5 inches long. His older siblings, Alejandro, Elena, and Roberto, are all busy trying to help take care of him.”

Erica Klein Erignac C’92 GEd’97 <eberignac@attbi.com> and Dr. Charles Erignac GEng’98 Gr’01 are happy to announce the birth of their son, William Eric Rene Erignac, on May 14. Erica and Charles live in Seattle, where he is a researcher for Boeing and she is enjoying being a full-time mom.

Jessica Dewey Fantinato C’92 <jessica.fantinato@usda.gov> married Paul Fantinato on June 22 in Negril, Jamaica. Suzanne Rosenberg Bazarian C’93 GEd’93 attended the wedding. Jessica is currently working on homeland-security issues in the Office of the Administrator of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in Washington.

Barton Gernander C’92 <bgernander@yahoo.com> e-mailed in late-August “I am getting married on Sept. 28 in Duluth, Minn. My fiancee, Bridget, and I are both attorneys living and working in the Twin Cities; we met through a bar association event in Duluth. Penn alumni attending the wedding will include Marc Massey C’93, Tim McAllister C’91, and David Darvassey C’93. Greetings and best wishes to all of the Penn lightweight-crew alumni and current members.”

Rev. Jim Om C’92 and Jennifer Pico Om C’93 are “delighted to announce the birth of our daughter, Phoebe, on Sept. 4. She joins big brother P.J., who is almost three. We would love to hear from old Penn friends at <omjim@aol.com>.”

Donald J. Richardson GPU’92 in August was named an associate in the liability-defense group of Ulmer & Berne, a Cleveland-based law firm.

Randi Rudolph Shaw C’92 <randi_shaw@yahoo.com> and her husband, Peter, are proud to announce the birth of their second son, Parker Bennett, on July 7. He is joined at home in Pittsburgh by his big brother, Eli Griffin, who turned three in September.

Fredrick H. Zal C’92 <fzal@fhzal.com> just celebrated the second anniversary of his architectural design firm, Atelier Z, which advocates “dialogue in the fine and applied arts” (www.fhzal.com/works). A professor at Portland State University, he shall present a paper on “the transformative cognition from 2-D to 3-D space and its urban ramifications” this month at the ACSA Western Regional Conference.

Michael Kamras C’93 <michael.kamras.2001@anderson.ucla.edu> and Laurie Eisner are excited to announce their engagement. “After dating for more than five years, we (finally) got engaged on June 7 and couldn’t be happier. We look forward to celebrating our joy with friends and family, and many Penn alumni at the wedding, which will probably be sometime in June 2003.”

Dr. Leigh-Ann Maltz-Dichter C’93 and Eric Dichter C’93 are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Samantha, on April 4. “We are thoroughly enjoying parenthood; we live in Lafayette Hill, Pa. Eric is an intellectual-property attorney with Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen in Philadelphia, and Leigh-Ann is a general dentist in Narberth.”

Joshua O’Mara W’93 <jomara3@yahoo.com> recently graduated with a JD/MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University School of Law. He began his postgraduate career with Goldman Sachs in the mergers and strategic advisory group of its New York office.

Alla Pasternack C’93 <alla@pasternacks.com> e-mails that she, “husband, Adam, and big sister Zoe are proud to announce the birth of Maxwell Samuel Pasternack on May 2. Everyone is doing well, and Zoe and Max are especially looking forward to their first tour of campus next May at the Class of 1993’s 10th Reunion.”

Lynn Roland C’93 <lroland@mwe.com> and her husband, Don Steele, had a daughter, Lily Roland Steele, on Dec. 12, 2001. Lynn works at McDermott, Will & Emery in New York as a corporate attorney and was made income partner, effective January. They live in the Bronx.

James Saint C’93 e-mails, “In late news, I married Hilary Ward Schuetz on March 25, 2000, in my hometown of Pittsburgh. In more recent news, our beautiful and miraculous daughter, Sierra Katherine, was born on April 24. She will be a fine addition to the Penn family someday. Currently I am a senior data analyst for Strategic Energy, LLC, an energy-services firm based in Pittsburgh.”

Dr. Joanna Fein Siegel C’93 <joannasiegel@yahoo.com> and her husband, Dr. Herrick Siegel, joyfully announce the birth of their son, Nicholas Ryan Siegel, on April 4. He is also welcomed by his uncle, Michael Fein W’90. Joanna recently completed her residency in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and will be moving with her family to Birmingham, Ala., to start a fellowship in gastroenterology at UAB.

Lisa Schuman Strug W’93 and Michael Strug are proud to announce the birth of their son, Brett Matthew, on June 7 in New York. Lisa left her consulting career last May and now works in fundraising and event planning for non-profit groups in New York. The Strug family lives in Hoboken, N.J.

Dr. Rachel B. Wagman C’93 e-mails, “In June I completed my fellowship training in endocrinology and metabolism at Stanford University Medical Center. I have moved to Indianapolis to join Eli Lilly and Co. as clinical research physician in its U.S. endocrinology division, where my area of focus is osteoporosis and skeletal diseases. I would love to hear from classmates by e-mail at <rbwagman@yahoo.com>.”

Sarah Bolton C’94 <sarah@optsevents.com> e-mails, “In June I started as director of business development with OPTS, a New York- and San Francisco-based experience-marketing agency specializing in high-profile events: company and product launches, new-market entries, conferences, meetings, press and VIP events, and consumer events.”

Rosanna DeFeo-Pollack Nu’94 GNu’97 <roepollack@yahoo.com> e-mails, “My husband, Steven, and I welcomed our first child on April 17, 2001: a little boy, named William Angelo. I continue to work part-time as a pediatric nurse practitioner in oncology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I would love to hear from other alumni.”

Katie McDermott C’94 e-mails, “I’m very excited to share the news that I’ve recently gotten engaged to Eugene Fitzpatrick. We met in Sydney, a long way to come to meet a boy from County Leitrim, Ireland. We are now both living here, at least for the near future. I’m a business analyst for the Australian Stock Exchange, and he is a self-employed carpenter and cabinetmaker—but with the recent purchase of our apartment, I’m keeping him twice as busy with the renovations. The wedding will be in May, in my mother’s hometown of Nenagh, County Tipperary; as my father is also originally from Ireland, there will be loads of family there to share the day with us and quite a few Penn friends. If anyone wants to get in touch, <katiemcdermott@hotmail.com>.”

Marty Nelson W’94 and his wife, Melissa Nelson, are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Ariella Samantha Nelson, on June 3. They live in Seattle where he works as an investment analyst and legal counsel for the Bill Gates investment group, and Melissa works as an associate at the law firm Perkins Coie.

Alissa Stonehill C’94 WG’99 was engaged to Dr. Andrew Butterfass on May 31, her birthday; their wedding is planned for March 9. She is a marketing manager at American Express and he is an attending physician in the emergency department at Cabrini Medical Center. They met through Susie Strassler Moskowitz WG’99.

Stefan Whitwell W’94 writes, “My wife and I are pleased to announce the birth of our first child, daughter Isabella Maria. We are still living in Japan, although we frequently travel back to the States. In addition, this year I started my own real-estate investment business for wealthy families in both the U.S. and Asia, focusing on middle-risk, middle-return investments in apartment buildings in Washington state and Texas.”

Eric Barker C’95 <ebarker@idlemind.com> e-mails, “I received my MFA in film from UCLA this past June.”

Maribelle Bernabe W’95 married Tom Beckmann on Sept. 28 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. The two met while doing their master’s at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. The bridal party included Regina Oben W’95, InËs FerrÈ C’95, and Joanna Dziubak C’93. Other alumni attending included Johan Utterman W’95, and Andrea Chen C’93 and Frank Lee W’95 who plan to marry in January. Friends and family were all excited to celebrate together in Spain. Maribelle and Tom currently live in Frankfurt, where she works as a research analyst covering the German leisure and consumer goods sector for CrÈdit Agricole Indosuez Cheuvreux and he is an investment manager in Alchemy Partners. Maribelle is looking forward to getting in touch again with former classmates: she may be reached at <mbernabe@caicheuvreux.com> or <mbernabe826@hotmail.com>.

Christopher Hartwell C’95 <chartwel@comcast.net> e-mailed in July, “Just a heads up on what’s going on: I got engaged to Michelle Zlakowski (Duke 1996) a month ago, and we’re getting married on May 10 in the Philly suburbs. We plan to be settling down in D.C., where I am now. I also recently attended the wedding of Elizabeth Kane Yanero C’96, where we had a few more Penn grads in attendance, including Abiel Wong C’95, Jeremy Saxton EAS’97 W’97, Brian Bolten W’96, Shelly Waldman C’96, Kate Howarth GCP’96, Jerry Donahue GCP’85, and a slew of others. Finally, I just got back from Kazakhstan, and plan to start a job at the U.S. Treasury in September: so, anyone reading this who gets contacted by the FBI about me—you never saw me drunk.”

Chris Hsu C’95 writes, “Matt Sadowsky C’95 W’95, Rich Carvajal C’95 W’95, Todd Hazelkorn C’95 W’95, and I along with three other friends ran the longest relay race in the country on July 19-21, distancing a total of 275 miles. The race took place in northern Michigan across various terrains ranging from sand and pavement to swamps and river crossings. We competed against over 65 other teams (numbering 8-10 runners per team) from other parts of the country. We were the smallest team in the whole race with only seven runners but, despite the size of our team, we were still able to beat a few 10 person teams. It was an amazing experience, and we may try to make this an annual event. We’d love to hear from fellow alumni, so please e-mail us <msadowsky@yahoo.com>.”

Marguerite Kraftson Kelley C’95 is delighted to announce her marriage to James T. Kelley III on June 8 in Philadelphia. She is the daughter of Raymond H. Kraftson C’62 and the granddaughter of the late Harry A. Kraftson ChE’38. Donald W. Kraftson WG’96 served as a groomsman and other guests included David Beers WG’04, George Fowle ME’49, Allison Keech C’94, Andrew Mason W’91, Constance Kraftson McDowell WG’75 and Glenn McDowell C’74, Keith Mummert C’79, and Carol Parlett GEd’78.

Natanya Levin Levitz C’95 <nelevitz@aol.com> married Dr. Jason Levitz on June 23 in Penn Valley, Pa. Among the alumni who attended the wedding were bridesmaids Stephanie Sabatino C’95, Staci Standen EAS’95, Rachel Chazin Halperin C’96, and Elizabeth Kimmelman C’04, along with Adam Katof C’95, Simon Kimmelman C’75, and Mark Chazin W’64 L’67. Natanya and Jason now live in Great Neck, N.Y., where she is director of pupil services at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Nassau County and he is a hematology-oncology fellow at North Shore University Hospital.

Nicole Fischer Luterman C’95 <nikfisch@ureach.com> e-mails, “I married Stephen Luterman on May 18 at my parent’s home in Potomac, Md. We met four years ago in New York, where we currently live. I work as an associate vice president in the e-business development group of Prudential Financial and he is chief technology officer with CrossBorder Exchange, an Internet-based platform for global securities trading and payments.”

Matthew Miller EAS’95 married Denise Lo EAS’95 on April 27 at the James Leary Flood Mansion in San Francisco; attending were Tony Estrella EE’95 WG’02, Sunil Rao C’95, Mary Yoon Graber EAS’95, Janet Rosso EE’95, Dr. Emil Cheng EAS’94, Michelle Falkoff C’95, and Kathlene Nguyen W’00. Matt and Denise both graduated from law school in May 2000 and currently live in San Francisco with their new puppy.

Jessica Pollock C’95 <jpollock@frof.com> married Douglas Simon on May 11 at the Seaview Resort and Spa at the Jersey Shore. After honeymooning in Bali, she returned to her job as a labor and employment attorney at Fox, Rothschild, O’Brien & Frankel, LLP in Philadelphia and he to his job at Tactix, a commercial tenant representation firm in Radnor, Pa. Matron-of-honor Simi Kaplin Baer L’00, best man Doug Risen L’97, Jessica’s brother and sister-in-law, Jefrey Pollock C’93 and Deb Brown C’93, Jennifer Charney C’95, Rachel Goldenberg Sherman C’95, and Sarah Kotler C’95 were in the wedding party, and the guests included Mark Sherman C’95, Sondra Goldschein C’95, Marci Walner Ryvicker W’95, Jane Reisman W’95, Darin Morgan C’94, Debbie Duenes Kay C’95, Erika Stupine Yablonivitz C’95 GEd’96, Robert Tintner C’89 L’94, and Amy Cohen Vogel C’95 and Paul Vogel W’95. The proud parents of the bride are Jay Pollock and Joy Kleiner Pollock L’68.

Mahealani Richardson C’95 e-mails, “I’ve accepted an offer at KITV, an ABC affiliate in Honolulu. I’ll be a weekend anchor and in-depth reporter. Currently I am a reporter at KGW (NBC) in Portland, Ore. I also turned down a reporter position in Seattle: it was a tough decision to say no to Seattle, but anchoring opportunities are very hard to get. I’d love to hear from my classmates at <maheatv@aol.com>.”

Michelle Leone Riley C’95 GEd’96 <michelleleone@yahoo.com> and her husband, Rich Riley W’96, are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Alexandra Lauren, on July 12 at 1:39 a.m.; she weighed 7lbs. 9oz. and was 21 inches long. Pictures of her can be found at (www.alexandrariley.com).

Sarbari Tina Biswas EAS’96 and Ruhul Quddus WG’01 recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary: they wed in Princeton, N.J., on August 25, 2001, with many alumni attending. In the wedding party were bridesmaids Anita Toompa Ghatak C’96 and Shweta Parmar C’97, and guests included Rachana Patel Bhatt EAS’95 W’95, Udayan Chattopadhyay WG’01, Tithi Dutta Roy EAS’94, Dr. Surya Ghosh Gr’97, Mukund Krishnaswami EAS’96 W’96 WG’98, Jin Lee C’97, Nimal Manuel WG’01, Tejal Mody W’96, Dr. Maureen O’Leary Gr’96, Philip Panackal EAS’96 GEng’98, Steven Parikh WG’97, Devansh Patel W’92 WG’97, Vivek Rao EAS’96, V. Julie Rajan GGS’99, Sudipta Ray EAS’98, Lisa Shah C’98, and Vinaya Valloppillil EAS’98. Tina and Ruhul now live in Edison, where she is working on an entrepreneurial venture and he is a product manager at Siebel Systems. They can be reached at <Sarbari.T.Biswas.ENG96@alumni.upenn.edu> and <Ruhul.Quddus.WG01@wharton.upenn.edu>.

Priya Hemrajani C’96 <priya@nagrani.com> and her husband, Vivek Nagrani, have moved to New York, where she is pursuing her graduate degree in international affairs at Columbia University. He works for the Ovadafut Hosiery Co.

Sara Gibbons Holland C’96 <sfgholland@yahoo.com> e-mails, “My husband, Dr. Brian Holland EAS’96, and I are pleased to announce the birth of our first child, William Terence, on July 17 at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. Brian is a third-year pediatric resident at Tripler, while I am a prosecutor with the Army JAG Corps stationed at Schofield Barracks. Among William’s first visitors were Nate Curry EAS’96, and his beautiful wife, Lynn. We’d love to hear from other ROTC grads and Penn friends.”

Steven Hong EAS’96 <stevenhong@comcast.net> and Valerie Carroll Hong Nu’97 <vcarroll98@yahoo.com> are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Samantha Alexis Hong. “Born on July 24, she has been keeping mommy and daddy very tired, but smiling ever since.” Steven and Valerie were married on March 13, 2001, and live in West Orange, N.J.

David Kerstein C’96 L’99 <dkerstein@gibsondunn.com> married Erica Adelstein on July 27 in Morristown, N.J. The wedding party included Matt Goldberg W’96, Ian Sandler L’99, and best man Jordan Freundlich L’99. Other Penn guests included Dr. Mike Henry C’96, Robert Friedman W’96, Kenneth Marguiles C’96, Steve Lin EAS’96 W’96, Stephen Leitzell C’96 L’99 and Lainie Welsh Leitzell C’97, Lauren Mahler Freundlich L’99, and Mackenzie Kaplan C’98. Dave and Erica live in Manhattan, where he is a lawyer for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and she is a lawyer for O’Melveny & Meyers LLP.

Michael Kuo W’96 married Sarah Han in Manchester, Conn., on Aug. 17. Don Kim C’98, Lee Huang W’95, and Jim Ziglar WG’97 were among Mike’s groomsmen, while Kim Wong Lai Nu’98, Grace Chiang C’00, Lily Horng EAS’98 W’98, Ann Huang W’01, Wilson Lee EAS’01 W’01, Grace Kim Park C’97, Chae Lee C’98, Dr. Ed Ma C’96, Ingrid Shih W’95, Lisa Stellino C’96, Francis Vo C’97 W’97, Dave Park C’98 GEd’99, Helen Yu C’98, Dave Lu W’98, and Jowie Linn W’01 joined the festivities. Michael and Sarah have started their new life together in New York, where he is a senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting and she is a doctoral student at Columbia’s Teachers College.

Beth L. Limon C’96 <blimon@sandw.com> e-mails “After graduating from law school in 1999, I clerked for judges for two years. I am currently employed as an attorney in the litigation department at the law firm of Sullivan & Worcester LLP in Boston. I am engaged to Bradley A. Jacobson, also an attorney in Boston: we will be married in March at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston.”

Marc Magliacano W’96 married Maria Coutretsis Nu’98 on June 22 at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, followed by a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel. The bridal party included Shannon Roberts C’98 GAr’04, James Crowley W’96, Greg Schnee C’96, and Keith Soltis W’96. Other alumni attending were Emily Volz Nu’98, Maria Diakos C’98, Kathryn McCarthy C’98, Amy Malerba C’98, Jen Stanwix Reich C’98 GEd’99, Kelly Hauth Crowley Nu’97, and Bill Formosa W’96. Maria and Marc honeymooned in French Polynesia and now live in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Fatma Mindikoglu W’96 e-mails, “I am now doing a Ph.D. at the University of California at San Diego.”

Charles Ornstein C’96 <charles.ornstein@latimes.com> married Shari Grossman on May 26 in Dallas, Tex. Daniel Gingiss C’96 was a groomsman. Other Penn guests included Katie McCann Blatt C’96 and Joshua Blatt C’96, Andrew Monfried C’96, Adam Mark C’97, Gerald Greenberg C’96 G’96, and Jennifer Arend C’99. Charles is a staff writer at The Los Angeles Times, covering public health and health policy, and Shari is a second-grade teacher in the Glendale Unified School District. They honeymooned in Aruba, and live in Burbank with their two beagles.

Jeremy S. Rosof C’96 L’99 <jrosof@alumni.law.upenn.edu> has joined the New York law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as an associate in its litigation department; he had previously practiced commercial litigation with the New York office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Earlier he had served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo L’63 in Scranton, Pa.

Jason Busch C’97 G’97 <jason_busch@mailcity.com> married Lisa Reisman in Chicago last winter. They met at a dot.com party on an aircraft carrier in San Francisco, and one of their early dates was spent writing a guest column together for the now-defunct magazine Industry Standard. They have “ridden out the tech craze”: he has stayed with FreeMarkets for the past 3 1/2 years, where he is currently senior manager for strategic marketing, and she is senior manager with Andersen (now KPMG) business consulting. Both continue to write and speak frequently about strategic sourcing and supply-chain management.

Anna Figueras C’97 wed Caith Kushner C’99 W’99 on July 6 at the Brandywine Country Club in Wilmington, Del. Alumni in the bridal party included maid-of-honor Lorena Alvarez C’98, Andi Hernandez C’97, David Bober C’99, and Jesse Janosov C’99 EAS’99; many other Penn friends attended, including many of Caith’s fraternity brothers from Phi Kappa Psi. Anna and Caith met in the fall of 1996 in the Philomathean Society. In the months before the wedding she was on-site in Spain working on the credit-card company MBNA’s launch in Madrid. They recently relocated to New York where he began the J.D. program at Columbia Law School in August; she can be reached at <anna_kushner@yahoo.com> and he at <ck2096@columbia.edu>.

Matt Hendell Nu’97 GNu’98 and Christine D. Hendell Nu’99 GNu’00 are “thrilled to announce the birth of our first child, John William, on Jan. 14. He weighed in at 8lbs. 2ozs. and measured 20 1/2 inches. He has almost perfected the art of sitting up, and loves to talk your ear off.”

Dr. Scott A. Keeney C’97 graduated from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in June.

Jeremy Lerman C’97, writer and director of the film Nebraska Supersonic (see “Alumni Profiles,” Gazette May-June 2001), writes that it received Best Screenplay and the Golden Orbs award at the No Dance Film Festival, and “continues its journey with an out-of-this-world screening at NewFilmmakers in New York.”

Dr. Zachary Lutsky C’97 writes, “In June I graduated from the Chicago Medical School and a week later, in Chicago, I married Elizabeth Kohn, a Chicago native who is a learning-disabilities specialist. We then moved to Los Angeles so I could start my residency at Harbor-UCLA in emergency medicine. Alumni at my wedding were Peter Levine C’97, Adam Kupperman W’97, Hayley Brener W’97, Ben Harris C’97, Seth Fliegler C’97, Samantha Grebow C’97, Josh Gottheimer C’97, Jamie Copaken C’97 and Ellen Trachtenberg Copaken C’98, Eric Reiter W’97, Marcella DeBiase W’97, Caryn Meyers C’97 and Russ Fliegler C’95, and Kathy Furst C’97 GEd’98.”

Monica Mehta W’97 married Demetrios Tsipras W’97 on May 25 in Houston, Tex. The wedding party included bridesmaids Karissa Kruse W’97 and Meghna Rao W’97, and groomsmen Scott Stewart C’97, Matthew Matiasek EAS’97, Geoffrey Menkowitz C’98, and Scott H. Smith EAS’97. Reception entertainment was provided by Dr. Mark Milstein C’97 and Michael Ciani W’97. Other alumni attending included Nancy Silva Berdon W’97 and David Berdon WG’97, Scott Friedberg W’97, Anojja Persad W’97, Samir Shah W’95, Hillary Zifkin C’97, Jacob Vastine EAS’96 W’96, David Jaros WG’97, Elijah Cabrera WG’97, Tara Dixon W’97, Seth Rabinowitz W’97, Tracy Greenberger C’97, Ben Schwartz C’98, Zeena Rao W’99, Justin Harmon EAS’97, and Justin Slatky W’98 WG’99. Monica and Demetrios met their freshman year at Penn and, despite rumors, did not start dating until their senior year. They currently live and work in New York, and would love to hear from old classmates at <monica.mehta.wh97@wharton.upenn.edu> or <demetrios.tsipras.wh97@wharton.upenn.edu>.

Helen Han Mountain C’97 <hhan1976@hotmail.com> married Chad David Mountain on July 5 at Saint Anastasia Church in Newtown Square, Pa., followed by a reception at the Merion Tribute House. Alumni who attended the wedding were bridesmaid Jody B. Greenberg C’98, Robert D. Billet C’80 and Fern Cohen Billet C’81, Bonnie Small Greenberg CW’71 GEd’72 and Lon Greenberg W’72, Kimberly Noble C’98, Justin Reger W’98 and Alycia Weinmann Reger Nu’98, Jonathan J. Rooney C’98, and Jay Varon W’72. Helen is currently clerking for the Hon. Michael M. Baylson in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Chad is a litigation associate at Billet & Connor, P.C., in Philadelphia.

Pamela Weiss W’97 <pweiss@mba2003.hbs.edu> e-mails, “I recently got engaged to Joe Perskie. The wedding is planned for July, and Rachel Lord-Stahler C’97, Beth Shapiro C’97 W’97, and Nicole Cinnamon-Bohorad C’97 will be bridesmaids. I am finishing up my second year at Harvard Business School and Joe is a producer for Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.”

Jill Botwick W’98 married David Brant on Aug. 17 in Woodbridge, Conn. The bridal party included Mona Parekh C’98, Lisa Gordon C’98 L’01, Alexandra Bresnan C’98, and Amy Rothschild C’98. Other alumni attending were Ajay Bijoor C’98, Brendan McGeever C’98 W’98, Cory Cresiski C’98 EAS’98, Fungayi Kapungu C’99, and Jordan Bliss W’00. Jill is in her second year at Harvard Business School and can be reached at <jbrant@mba2003.hbs.edu>.

Maria Coutretsis Nu’98 married Marc Magliacano W’96 on June 22 at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, followed by a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel. The bridal party included Shannon Roberts C’98 GAr’04, James Crowley W’96, Greg Schnee C’96, and Keith Soltis W’96. Other alumni attending were Emily Volz Nu’98, Maria Diakos C’98, Kathryn McCarthy C’98, Amy Malerba C’98, Jen Stanwix Reich C’98 GEd’99, Kelly Hauth Crowley Nu’97, and Bill Formosa W’96. Maria and Marc honeymooned in French Polynesia and now live in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Dr. Charles Erignac GEng’98 Gr’01 and Erica Klein Erignac C’92 GEd’97 are happy to announce the birth of their son, William Eric Rene Erignac, on May 14. Erica and Charles live in Seattle where he is a researcher for Boeing and she is enjoying being a full-time mom.

Michael J. Felo EAS’98 GEng’99 and Allyson Fuller Felo Nu’97 proudly announce the birth of their son, Joshua Louis Felo, on May 13. “Joshua is a tremendous blessing to us. He especially enjoys visits from his ‘aunt’ Laurie Flanagan Nu’98. Mike is a biotechnology engineer at Neose technologies in Horsham, Pa., and Allyson is working at HUP as a staff nurse on the hematology/oncology unit.”

Jamie Schuller Grant C’98 GEd’99 married Stephen Michael Grant on June 8 at the Merion Tribute House in Merion, Pa. Alumni attending included her mother, Elizabeth Gentner CGS’89, her sister Elizabeth Schuller Eshelman C’93, best friends Lucia Palant EAS’98, Elizabeth Conboy Nu’98, and Gavin Cheong EAS’98. Stephen is employed by United Parcel Service and Jamie is director of cooperative education at Philadelphia University. They currently live in Drexel Hill, and would love to hear from old friends at <GrantJ@PhilaU.edu>.

Dave Koch C’98 reports, “I’m the co-founding editor of a new literary journal, the Land-Grant College Review, based in New York. Our first issue will debut this winter and feature new writing from Aimee Bender, Josip Novakovich, Robert Olmstead, Ron Carlson, Neal Pollack, and many others. Karen Rile, who teaches fiction writing workshops at Penn, will also have a story in the first issue (www.landgrantcollegereview.com).”

Lindsay Lion C’98 GEd’99 recently married Fred Jauss C’99 G’99.

Dr. Marc Menkowitz C’98 <msmenkow@hotmail.com> e-mails, “I graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in May. I have started my residency in orthopaedic surgery at Monmouth Medical Center in New Jersey. I am also engaged to Debra Levinson C’99 and we will marry in March; she graduated from Fordham Law School and will work in New York.”

Jamillah Hoy Rosas C’98 married Jason Rosas C’98 on June 29. “We were married in the chapel of the high school where we met and fell in love, the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn. The reception was held at the New York Marriott in Brooklyn and many alumni attended; Richard Hooper W’98 was a groomsman and Nansubuga Mubirumosoke C’98 coordinated the wedding, with help from Julayne Austin C’98 and Shirley Andoh W’98, who also did a reading from the Bible. Other friends included Darryl Maxwell C’98, Stacy-Ann Christian C’98, and Michele Garcon C’98. Several of Jason’s fraternity brothers from Lambda Upsilon Lambda were also there: Cesar Leon C’99, Ramon Marmolejos W’00, Ricardo Godoy W’99, and David Villafana EAS’99. We live in New York where Jason is a bilingual speech pathologist and I am pursuing a master’s degree in public health and nutrition.”

Hilary Tinkel Vernon C’98 and Aaron Vernon EAS’98 are proud to announce the birth of their first child, Ethan Jonah, on July 21, weighing 7lbs. 4.8oz. Hilary is currently in the fifth year of the MD/PhD program at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Department of Molecular Genetics at Rutgers University. Aaron is a pharmaceutical project engineer with Johnson & Johnson; he is also completing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering at Rutgers. Brenna Tinkel C’01 is a proud aunt.

Elizabeth Yee C’98 married Theodore Coons EAS’98 W’98 on June 15 in Hawaii; she is the daughter of Caroline and Douglas Yee W’65 WG’67 and Ted is the son of Lynn Evans Coons CW’72 and Ted Coons CE’72. Alumni in the bridal party included best man Dustin Hausladen EAS’98, Andy Kline W’98, Mark Landman EE’98, and Chris Scarborough EAS’98 W’98. Other alumni attending included Sara Newman C’98 W’98, Lindsay Gray Landman C’97, Mary Woland C’98, Colin Lang EAS’98 W’98, Daniel von Schacky C’99, Amy Ludvigson C’97, Matt Alfano W’98, Samantha Cohen W’98, Ashish Shah W’98, Amanda Sparks Nu’98, Sonia Survanshi C’98 EAS’98, Andy Kao EAS’99, Richard Coons W’76, Helen Lucas Price DH’53, Peggy Eu WG’46, Kathryn Bowling Graham CW’55, Stephen Yoshihara WG’67, and Keane Oka W’80. Liz and Ted live in San Francisco where she works in public finance at Morgan Stanley and he is an investment banker with the CSFB technology group in Palo Alto; they can be reached at <elizabeth.yee@morganstanley.com> and <tedcoons@yahoo.com>.

Jacqueline