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CLASS NOTES
Ana S. Salper
c/o Columbia College Today
475 Riverside Drive,
Suite 917
New York, NY 10115
asalper@brobeck.com
Happy fall, people! I was hoping to see many of you at our
reunion in May, but alas, '96 was sorely lacking in reunion
representation. It's a shame, really — it's always fun to run
into people you've forgotten over the years but whom you always
enjoyed seeing around campus. I was pleased to see some familiar
faces — Susannah Vance, who is in the midst of
applying to law school; Mike Kadish, who just graduated from
the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard with a master's of
public policy; Mirella Cheeseman, who recently began working
in development at Crossroads, a new film production company started
by Bingham Ray, ex-president of October Films; and Julie
Satow, who was promoted to managing editor of Corporate
Financing Week, a publication owned by Institutional Investor
magazine. Also in attendance (not all were present for the class
photo) were Ben Donner, Rebecca Prime, Moha Desai, Jennifer
Fischbein, Uchenna Acholonu, Geremy Kawaller, Barbara Antonucci,
Lara Bazelon, Matt Lasner, Lisa Courtney, Leila Kazemi, Jill
Szuchmacher, Nelson Jaeggli '97 and Melissa Gajarsa.
Melissa just got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Matt —
congratulations to you, Melissa! Nelson, who is attending P&S,
recently married Erika Moravec '99 — congratulations to you
both. Incidentally, for all you ex-COÖP-ers, Nelson and
Erika's romance was ignited during that hikefest we all remember so
fondly. Their marriage took place in Baltimore, and was officiated
by one of Columbia's most notable professors, Peter Awn.
Britta Jacobson will be graduating from Harvard Law
School in December, and will move to London to work for Sullivan
& Cromwell. Maya Gorton recently graduated from NYU with
a master's in interactive telecommunications, and is interested in
working as an installation artist.
Alex Vlack is married to Julia von Eikle, Barnard '96,
and is making documentaries about Chinese immigrants in the United
States. Jeremiah Crowell is traveling in South Asia doing
yoga in India and producing documentaries in Thailand, and Sam
Lankton is working for The New York Times. After several
years of exporting lawnmowers to China and a failed dot.com,
Jeremy Craig has settled in Singapore. He has started his
own company doing SAT and GMAT preparation. He is in touch with
Chris Callahan, who lives close by in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, but he is looking to get in touch with other alums in the
region. Jeremy is also interested in hiring instructors who would
like to teach on a contract basis in Singapore, Thailand and
Malaysia. If anyone would like to contact Jeremy, he can be reached
at jercraig@yahoo.com.
Ashish Raval is a software tester at a startup company
in Cambridge, Mass. He reports that Phuong Hong Phan is in Chicago
working as an architect at Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill and
recently got married to someone she met at Penn's Graduate School
of Architecture. David Thompson is a Webmaster at the San
Francisco Opera House, Melvin Lew '96E and Patrick Pan '98E work in
the technology department at Goldman Sachs in New York, Fausan
Tsai is a medical student at the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, Hong Quan is in San Francisco
working at 1stup.com, and Michael Maldonado has been working
with kids at a camp in North Carolina and may be heading to Europe
to work on various organic farms. Bryonn Bain is at NYU Law
School, Lila Jeremy Mills is a reporter in Cleveland and
Sandhya Nankani works for the College of New
Rochelle.
Kayoko Kanari was married to B.J. Tevelow last
September at Tavern on the Green in New York. Amy Weiss, Andrea
Bond and Dennis Chang '96E were among the bridal party.
Ed Sadtler, who is an attorney at Skadden Arps, also
attended the wedding. Kayoko is currently an equity analyst for a
hedge fund at Moore Capital Management in New York, Amy is an
attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia,
Andrea works as a reporter for CBS in Las Vegas and Dennis is a
consultant for Accenture (formerly Anderson Consulting). Kayoko and
her husband were also in the bridal party for Andrea and Dennis,
who got married last November in Los Angeles. John
Fitzgibbons was one of the groomsmen. Kayoko can be reached at
kkayoko@yahoo.com.
And
that concludes this issue's notes. Now that the '80s are "back," I
thought I'd leave you all with this throwback: "My fellow
Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which
outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." Ronald
Reagan said it during a radio microphone test, 1984. Farewell, and
keep the news coming!
Sarah Katz
The Wellington
135 South 19th St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103
srk12@columbia.edu
I am
sad to report that Randy Murff, co-captain of the 1996
Columbia football team, was killed when the F-16
fighter jet he was piloting crashed just south of Seoul, Korea.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Jennifer Northrop is currently in her fourth year of
medical school at Sackler School of Medicine (American Program) in
Tel Aviv, Israel. She will be living in Manhattan this coming fall
and winter to do her fourth-year electives in NYC hospitals, and
will graduate in May 2002. She will be specializing in internal
medicine and applying for residencies at NYC hospitals. She writes
that it has been wonderful to live in Israel for the last three
years, but she is looking forward to being back in the States and
reconnecting with friends/family.
Congratulations to Hans Chen and Sandie Angulo '98, who
were married June 2 in Harrisburg, Pa. John Moss was an
usher. John finished his second year at Minnesota Law School and
spent the summer in New York as an associate at Kirkpatrick and
Lockhart. Also in attendance was Julie Yufe '98, Graham
Goodkin and Laura Chittick. Helen Imatome Jeoung
got married in March. She and her husband, Bum Jun Jeoung,
moved to Vancouver, B.C., where they are graduate students in
linguistics and translation.
Nathaniel Bryant Mayfield played principal trumpet with
the Des Moines Metro Opera this summer. He is engaged to marry
Ulrike Steck in Germany; they met at Finbar in NYC in 1997. Next
year he will teach and play trumpet in Austin, Texas.
Four
classmates have finished their studies at Mt. Sinai Medical School
and are doing their residencies: Ron Lee is in internal
medicine at Mount Sinai, Sheeva Talebian is Ob/Gyn at NYU,
Tjoiya Spetsieris is in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and
Natie Fox is Ob/Gyn at Mount Sinai.
Nick Syrett is a Ph.D. student in American Studies at
Michigan; he loathes Ann Arbor and looks forward to moving back to
New York once he starts work on his dissertation. Jeremy Kay
lives in San Francisco, where he's getting a Ph.D. in neuroscience
at UCSF. He is studying how fish see. Mia Tran is working
and shooting for the Times, living in the Slope solo,
traveling to safe and not so safe parts of the world, and trying to
cook more. Danny Voloch is finishing up a master's in
English at Brown and will be moving back to New York in the fall to
teach. Dan Michaelson is at Yale School of Art getting a
graduate degree in graphic design. Philip Alberti is
returning to Columbia for the Ph.D. sociomedical sciences program
(public health/psych) in the fall.
Swati Khurana is entering her third year of marriage,
second year of living in Brooklyn, and had her first solo
exhibition of new works in sculpture, and installation, at the
A/P/A Gallery of NYU (where she is finishing her M.A.). Christa
Lee Rock (who graduated in Feb. '98) is back from newspapering
in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is plying the trade now in New
Haven, where she covers federal courts and neighborhood issues
(think: "City" section) for the New Haven Register. Close
confidants of Joe Lelyveld can e-mail job tips to keekrock@hotmail.com. Boris
Kachka is living in Brooklyn and is a writer/editor/slave at
New York Magazine. Rebecca Braverman is living near
former classmate (and current lawyer) Avideh Moussavian in
what she likes to call Shabby Gramercy, working as the shopping
editor at Citysearch.com and going to too many sample sales.
Rachel Adame has launched a marketing promotions company,
Spin Sisters Productions (www.spinsisters.com), and filmed
a documentary about the East Village. Ofemi Brown-Harris is
a human resource associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Joshua
Ross is leaving the United States to teach English for a year
in Korea.
Michael Gorman spent three years at
PricewaterhouseCoopers (two years in NYC, one in Chicago) and a
year on the business side of a small Internet software development
firm in downtown Chicago. Chad Herst will be in Thailand
this summer meeting up with Heather McGeory, Barnard '97. Raji
Kalra is living in Boston and working for a small consulting
company called eFORCE. She left Accenture in NYC last year to try a
smaller company and different city. Jyoti Khullar is still
living in Manhattan and working for Merrill Lynch (has been since
we graduated). Naveena Ponnusamy is also living in Manhattan
(the Village) and working at Edelman (PR firm). Kavita Kumar
is at the Law School and will be entering her final year in the
fall. Michael Capra is enjoying a low-key summer and seeing
his Sammy brothers from time to time. Karen Lee graduated
from Fordham Law in May 2000, survived the bar exam, and has been
working as a litigation associate at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt
& Mosle in NYC. She will be traveling to New Zealand in August.
She sometimes sees Kerri Bauchner at the Broadway Dance
Center where they both take classes.
David Greene, Christopher Barbour and Sadarias
Harrel have launched a new record label. FeelingZone
Entertainment, dedicated to delivering enduring house music fused
with elements of hip-hop, r&b, gospel and rock, recently held
its launch party at Manhattan hotspot, Filter14. The party, which
drew more than 300 industry notables and fans, celebrated the
success of the label's first single, "Fighting Gravity." The crowd
was kept on the dance floor by mixes from guest DJ Rich Woods along
with FZ managing partners Nissim Karpenstein and Chris
Barbour. Dance music veterans and scene luminaries in
attendance at the celebration were Ramon Wells and
Jessica O'Connor of dot dot dot records, Duffy Macri
of Intrepid Music, Greg Young, Mauricio Mena and Nancy
Schwartzman.
Daphna Gutman has left her job at KBC Financial Products
and will be teaching elementary school in East New York in the
fall, as part of the NYC Teaching Fellows Program.
Sharon Rhein was married on September 3, 2000, to Eric
Steiglitz '96L in Boston. The Columbia alums in the wedding party
were: Igor Kirman '96L, best man; Aaron Turnof '98B, groomsman;
Yelena Dudochkin '98, maid of honor; Sarah Toas, bridesmaid;
and Rachel Paquin, Barnard '97, bridesmaid. Other Columbia alums in
attendance were Maura O'Neill '96, Michael Fleischer '93, Jeremy
Feinberg '92, Catherine (Reibman) Williams '96, Brian White '96,
Stacey (Feigenbaum) Turnof '94, Galina (Krosilovksy) Kirman '96L,
Dee Hughes-Moore '96L, Dora DePaolis '96L, Jeremy Kasha '96L, Scott
Gluck '96L, Antone Johnson '96L, David Zlotchew '96L and Ethan
Zlotchew '96L. Sharon is an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham
& Taft and Eric is an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell.
They live in New York. Maid of honor Dudochkin notes, "Sharon
looked absolutely stunning, a gorgeous and radiant bride. Eric and
Sharon looked blissful as they exchanged their vows. The wedding
was elegant and beautiful, the flowers exquisite, and everyone had
a fabulous time. The band played on until the early hours of the
morning. It was an unforgettable weekend."
Thanks to all of you who wrote in, particularly for the first
time. And for those of you that haven't written yet, please drop me
a line!
Sandra P. Angulo Chen 171 Clermont Avenue
Apt. 5A
Brooklyn, NY 11205
spa76@yahoo.com
Let
me once again begin the notes with wedding news: Dennis
Machado is engaged to Amy DeMaso. They plan a December
wedding in Queens. Dennis graduated from NYU Law in May and starts
working for Fried Frank in September. In addition to planning his
wedding, Dennis spent the summer studying for the bar. His wedding
party will include Elliot Han, who works at Credit Suisse
First Boston and lives in a "nice pad" on the Upper East Side;
Eric Castillo, who works at Bear Stearns and lives in
Hoboken, N.J.; and Mike Rusignola '98E.
Adam Nguyen starts his third year at Harvard Law this
fall, after spending the first year after graduation working at the
Department of Justice in Washington. Last spring, he lived on the
same floor as Brandon VanDyke, a former Hartley suitemate.
Also at HLS were Matt Ahn, Mary Corley and Jordan
Konig, among others, although some may have already graduated.
Jeremy Kamras, for one, is now a first-year associate at
Sullivan and Cromwell. While at school, Adam volunteered at the
Legal Aid Bureau with Lea Miller and Alejandra
Montenegro. This past summer, Adam worked for an American law
firm in London.
Adam
also brings news of non-HLS students: Peter Thornton lives
in the Village, and Jeff Lehmberg completed his two-year
stint with Teach for America and is in NYC auditioning for acting
parts. Robert Crea works at Lehman Brothers in the equity
research division.
The
Nguyen News doesn't end in NYC. Last April, Adam went to Vietnam to
visit Nam Nguyen, who was finishing her Fulbright Fellowship
there. She had previously worked as an investment banker at
Robertson Stephens in New York. She will be joining Adam at Harvard
this fall, but in the business school. Adam's travel buddies
included Celeste Lum '98E, Abigail Lorge (who still works at
NBC Sports covering everything from the Olympics to Wimbledon), and
Megan Mulligan (whom, as I mentioned in the last Notes,
writes for Forbes.com). While
in Vietnam, the Columbia crew bumped into Jen Lou and
Lisa Milton on separate occasions. Both were traveling with
their respective families. Thanks again, Adam!
And
as if you hadn't heard enough about Harvard at this point, Amol
Sarva writes that Meaghan McLaine is headed there to
start Law School. Meaghan used to live down the street from Amol in
San Francisco, where she worked at Juno Online Services. Amol is
currently president of the Columbia Alumni Club of Northern
California, a term he will serve until December. In June, Amol
finished his third year in the philosophy Ph.D. program at
Stanford. He plans to return to NYC in 2002 to complete his
dissertation "on some conceptual issues in foundational cognitive
science."
According to Amol, Brooklynite Tom Sanford is "fitter
than a fiddle and working hard painting a series of rap star pietas
in his Bushwick loft." Joe Master finished a two-year stint
in Germany for Goldman Sachs and is spending six months traveling
around Europe and North Africa. Then it's back to NYC for Joe, who
will either head back to Wall Street, or, Amol claims, write a
novel.
Finally, my good friend Julie Yufe took the plunge and
started business school this fall at Yale. She says her sorority
sister Reena Russell is at Harvard (there's that word again)
Business School. Shira Schnitzer, who completed her master's
in modern history at Oxford University, is continuing her studies
there. She is now researching her doctoral thesis throughout
England, Israel, and Lithuania.
Well, that's the news from '98. Please note my address change,
and continue to send me your updates at spa76@yahoo.com
Charles S. Leykum
41 River Terrace
Apt. #3404
New York, NY 10282
csl22@columbia.edu
Thanks to those who sent me updates over the past few months.
But first I want to report on two outings that some of our
classmates enjoyed last spring. On Friday, March 30, a number of us
saw Puccini's Tosca at the N.Y. City Opera at Lincoln
Center. The performance was fantastic. Also, as a part of reunion
weekend in May, the CC Young Alumni Association hosted a party for
recent grads at the Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown and the Class
of '99 had a strong showing, with the largest turnout among the
young alumni classes. I think everyone had a great time at this
event as well. And now on to our individual updates:
Dave Kwon is living in La Jolla, Calif. and starting his
third year at UC-San Diego School of Medicine. After taking the
first round of boards in June, Dave is in the hospital already
treating patients. Peter Kung just entered his third year at
Northwestern Med, as did Amee Shah at SUNY Stony Brook.
Congratulations to Eleisa Hricko, who on July 21 was married
to Patrick Coster. Caitlin Tso and Lauren Rosenberg
were bridesmaids, and Juliana Sanchez and Laura De Girolami
'00 were in attendance.
Mike Erman has become a news associate at Reuters, where
Dan Sorid is a reporter. Diego Perez finished his OTC
training program at UBS Warburg and will attend the Johnson School
of Management at Cornell this fall.
Please e-mail with any and all updates. Classmates definitely
want to hear how you're doing, so please keep in touch. We're going
to plan another event this fall, perhaps around this year's
homecoming, which is against Penn on Saturday, October
13.
Prisca Bae 1832 N. Veitch Street
Apt. #1
Arlington, VA 22201
Pb134@columbia.edu
One
year officially has passed since graduation, and I'm happy to
report that I'm still receiving updates on your lives. Please keep
them coming!
Many
of you are returning to academia. Eric Yellin is beginning
graduate studies at Princeton, where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in
history. After spending the last year in Houston, Naomi Fung
is returning to New York to begin her master's in architechture at
Columbia. Lainy Destin is moving to Montreal to pursue a
master of arts in political science (international politics) at
McGill. She invites all friends to visit her in the city she loves
so much. Meanwhile, Lainy reports that Andrew Bednarzik and
Deborah Zimmer are in Boston. Deborah is obtaining her
master's in public health at Boston University, teaching Kaplan
test prep courses, and applying to medical schools. She hopes to
begin medical school after receiving her MPH in 2002. Lainy adds
that Phoebe Goode '00E is "representin' up at all of the Harvard
grad school parties" that she has attended.
Also
returning to academia is Alicia Pentz-Lopez. However, rather
than return as a student, Alicia returns as an administrator! She
has just been named associate director of development at UC Irvine.
Congrats!
Over
the summer, Bram Raphael received a Gold Foundation Grant to
study public health in Havana, Cuba. Bram hoped to improve his
Spanish as well as his dance moves before returning to his second
year at NYU Med.
Chris Sandersfield was transferred from Manhattan to
London by Salomon Smith Barney. He is an analyst in the mergers and
acquisitions division. He ran into a flock of Columbia grads at a
party for Juliet Ross awhile back, including Dan
Burstein, Laurie Marhoefer, Leslie Ziivin, Eric Yellin, Megan
Eliot, Don Saelinger and Leah Vickers.
In
contrast, Joesph (Yosie) Levine returns to the United States
after a year in Berlin, where he was involved in Jewish education
and outreach at the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation. After spending the
summer volunteering for the Sierra Club in Los Angeles, he will
begin a rabbinic ordination program at Yeshiva University as a
Wexner Graduate Fellow.
Finally, roommate (or former roommate, I should now say)
Rashmi Menon has left me and my cat, Salmon, for greener
pastures. After spending the summer in New York with Heidi
Yeung, Rashmi heads off to California to begin medical school
at UCLA. Heidi, meanwhile, successfully completed her first year of
med school in Vancouver and spent the summer doing AIDS
research.
I am
attempting to track down as many of you as possible in the D.C.
area. We are planning many great events for young alums, so please
e-mail me at if you are here or planning to move here! That's it
for now, so until next time... take good care!
Jonathan Gordin
303 W. 66th Street
Apt. 6A-West
New York, NY 10023
jrg53@columbia.edu
Greetings CC'01 — I'm sure it has been a whirlwind couple
of months for all of you. Whether you've been traveling, working or
just relaxing, I'm sure you've noticed the change from the
day-to-day pressures of college life to the unique pressures of the
real world. Congratulations on your newfound freedom!
A
few of our classmates have tied the knot! Susan Pereira
married Darren Wilsey on June 2. The wedding was held at her
parents' home in Laguna Beach, Calif. Susan was surrounded by
nearly a dozen of her closest Columbia friends. The very happy
couple — who met at 1020 — have settled comfortably in
the Columbia area. Robin Yerkes married John Horton on July
9 at her parents' home in Connecticut. John is a 2001 West Point
graduate. Robin and John will live in Germany for the next few
years and look forward to traveling in Europe together.
Some
classmates have decided to stay in the Columbia area and reap
further benefits from our favorite college haunts. Benjamin
Ryan will work for the New York Observer and live near
Columbia. Dave Matteini, who is working for UBS Warburg, is
also living near Columbia with Vipin Kalra '01E and Ric Viloria
'01E. For the summer, Jeff Senter lived in EC and was
"underemployed," looking for more exciting opportunities as an
entry-level programmer.
Sterling Mah works at Tiffany & Co. and lives with
Avrielle Gallagher and Adrienne Sadeghi-Nejad on the
Upper East Side. Avrielle is working as Conan O'Brien's personal
assistant.
Yojairy Sanchez will do ministry work for the
non-denominational church she attends, leading a congregation of
women on the East Side. She looks forward to a "very fun and
fulfilling" experience.
Ariel Neuman spent the summer traveling through Europe,
resting up before starting Harvard Law School in the fall. Joining
him there will be Jordan Hirsch and Miriam Benor.
Also traveling were Marla Goodman and Kim Harris, who
embarked on an exciting trip to Greece and Turkey. Marla is living
with the fabulous Jamie Rubin, Barnard '01, in the West Village and
begins law school next fall. Kim will join Deloitte Consulting and
has kept her apartment in Hell's Kitchen.
Jemal Graham will be working for JP Morgan Chase in
their private banking division. After graduation, he vacationed in
Hawaii and L.A. before settling back into the comforts of his
Queens home. Vijay Mohan spent the summer traveling to Hong
Kong, Tokyo, Puerto Rico and Portland. He moved into a new
apartment in Tribeca and is working for Goldman, Sachs. Also
joining Goldman are Sheldon Wong and Jason Cuttler.
Jason is enjoying his apartment in beautiful Brooklyn
Heights.
Bree Akesson has joined the Peace Corps as a public
health volunteer in Kenya, where she will remain for about two
years. Liz Griffith has moved into an apartment in Park
Slope and will be working as a marketing coordinator for Total
Asset Planning in Midtown. John Balonze will remain in New
York and hold two jobs: one as a program assistant for the
Association of the Bar of New York and another as a research
assistant for a yet to be released book about the U.N.
Marissa Berman has relocated to San Francisco. Joining
her on the west coast is Miles Berger, who will begin an
M.D./Ph.D. program at UC-San Francisco. Miles spent the summer
traveling through Europe with David Dobkin '01E and Lorin
Scher, meeting up with other Columbians along the way. The
travelers particularly recommend Barcelona and said of their trip:
"We had ambitious plans of cultural activities that went
unfulfilled." Tom Hughes spent part of the summer touring
America with Rachel Bloom, Barnard '01, and has settled back in
Berkeley where he is looking for a job teaching in the Bay Area.
Uptown Vocalites Emily Burkes-Nossiter and Israel
Gordan also pursued road trips of their own. Izzy ended his on
the West Coast, where he worked as a head counselor at Camp Ramah
in Ojai, Calif.
Becca Siegel returns to school in the fall teaching
freshman and senior English classes at Xavier High School in
Manhattan. James Langstine will join Becca at Xavier, where
he will teach English and coach track. Becca's roommate in a
Yorkville apartment is Eri Kaneko, who works as a paralegal
at Constantine and Partners, a law firm specializing in anti-trust
cases.
Eunice Rho is also paralegaling in Manhattan, where she
is employed at Cravath, Swaine, and Moore. Joe Rezek is
enjoying his apartment slightly uptown from Columbia and working at
the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been hanging out
with Stacy Lozner as she gets ready to begin Law School in
the fall. Tina Chae, Joe's RA from Schapiro 3, is
researching at Mount Sinai.
Jenny Tubridy headed to Ireland for six months on a
Columbia fellowship to work and live in Dublin. Sara Batterton,
Andrew Gawerc, Michelle Braun and Cristine Maisano are
in Dublin on the same program. Jackie Burke is also in
Dublin. Elsewhere in Europe are classmates Emily Huters, in
Germany on a fellowship at the DAAD, a publicly funded
self-governing organization of higher education institutions in
Germany, and Dan Feldman, who is in Poland doing research at
the on-site memorial and museum at Auschwitz. Dan's trip to Warsaw
this summer coincided with President Bush's visit, and Dan had the
opportunity to meet and greet several key members of the
administration including Colin Powell and Ari Fleisher.
Anjan Mishra did some traveling and started work as a
project manager in the revenue division of the City of New York
Department of Parks & Recreation. Billy Kingsland
started work the week after graduation at Russell & Volkening,
Inc., a small literary agency on 29th Street. He lives with
Sarah Rosenbaum and Annie Lainer in the East Village.
Sarah and Annie work at the Manhattan District Attorney's office,
though Annie spent the summer working at Camp Alonim, outside of
her native Los Angeles. Also at the DA's office are Rebecca
Mermelstein and Susie Cowen, living on the Upper West
Side and in Park Slope, respectively.
Nancy Perla is remaining on the Upper East Side and
looking for a job in media. She spent a relaxing summer with her
friend, Dina Epstein, who headed to Israel in August for a
year of work, study and play. Paul Munson is teaching in
Mississippi. Molly Kovel is working for Human Rights Watch
for the summer. Seth Kotch is working two jobs in his native
North Carolina before heading to Italy this fall. Spec buddy
Dan Laidman is working as a staff reporter for the Des
Moines Register and living in (where else?) Des
Moines.
Kathy Chang lived it up Manhattan style for the summer
on the Upper East Side. Eric Lane and Paul Getto are
living together in the West Village. Wadad Cortas is living
in Chelsea and working in finance. David Shapiro is living
on Claremont Ave. and is busy selling his art. Tina
Alexander is back in her native Ithaca. Jeff Lee worked
at the Cooper Hewitt Museum for the summer and was apartment
hunting downtown. Matt King is living near the UN and begins
work in corporate consulting in the fall.
Beth Morales was in Hong Kong for the summer and will
begin her Ph.D. program in political science at Cal-Berkeley in the
fall. David Rease, Jr. is pursuing a master's degree in
teaching from Duke. Fellow Carman RA Andrew Pyo is pursuing
a master's degree in statistics from Columbia.
Laura Cometa and Seth Morris begin Teach For
America this fall in Los Angeles. Jake Hart traveled in
Russia for the summer. Peter Zuspan is putting his major in
architecture to good use at both his job at an architecture firm in
TriBeCa and in building rooms in his loft on the Lower East
Side.
Margot Nathan is living in the East Village with
Elise Cowgill, who is working in investment banking in
Greenwich, Conn., and with Hank Shteamer, who is teaching in
the Bronx. Cheryl Chang moved back to her native Los Angeles
and is freelance writing. Joyce Chou was also in Los Angeles
for the summer. Olivia Howard is living in New York and
working at McKinsey Consulting in New Jersey. Anna Chodos
will be working in a lab in San Francisco.
On a
closing note, I had the pleasure of seeing some of our class at the
Hammerstein Ballroom Young Alumni event on June 1, part of the
reunion weekend festivities. In attendance were Janice Mok, Rena
Seth, John Balonze, Damon Harjanto, Dave Matteini and Matt
Winters. Matt worked for the Bridgeport Design Group over the
summer, developing an urban planning study on downtown Bridgeport,
Conn.
That's it for now. Please bear with me since this is my first
official column. If I made a mistake describing your plans, please
correct me. If you didn't see your name, please write to me. I'd
really like to hear from everybody in '01 — please write
lots, and write often. Looking forward to hearing from you soon,
and best of luck to you all.
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