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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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