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CLASS NOTES
Clyde A.
Moneyhun Thanks for the many responses so far to my pleas for life updates, all of which have come by way of e-mail, an interesting comment on the times. Remember that you can also visit the "College '76 Classnotes" website (www.english.udel.edu/moneyhun/college76.htm) for current and archived columns. I'd like to begin posting other material to the site, so please send me not only copy for the column but also photos (from Columbia days or after) for scanning and uploading as well as URLs of your personal websites for a list of links. Paul Sterne and wife Anna (Gorelick) Nursing '77, now live in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 19 miles north of the city. Paul is managing director of corporate development for IBM. Paul reports: "Anna is president of the PTA and chauffeur for our four kids, Rachel, Erica, Kate and Ben. Life is good." Anna adds that her link to the outside world is her trusty Palm Pilot, which she consults during free time at traffic lights. Write Paul at sterne@us.ibm.com or sterne@attglobal.net and Anna at sterne@palm.net or AnnaSterne@aol.com. Nick Sgammato lives in "slightly upstate" Dutchess County, N.Y., where he keeps busy teaching and playing music. He and his wife, Linda, have two daughters and a son and are expecting their first grandchild in June. Gary Bellus is in dermatology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Mike Shaff is a founding partner of Jeffers, Shaff & Falk in Irvine, Calif. (since 1994). He lives in Irvine with his wife Marilyn, son Edward, and daughter Jordana. He is co-author of the annual Real Estate Investment Trusts Handbook (West) and is past chair of the Tax Section of the Orange County (Calif.) Bar Association. He'd love to hear from College classmates at mshaff@jwsf.com.
David
Gorman Being married to a Barnard graduate, I get to read the other alum magazine as well. Occasionally, interesting facts are to be gleaned. Did you know that Hiram Lopez is in private practice and raising a daughter (Erika, 2) with his wife, Ivonne Morales Lopez B'77? Sez so on page 47 of Barnard magazine's winter 2000 issue: thanks to Ruth Leibowitz (B'77). Meanwhile, there have been two reported sightings at Johns Hopkins. Gregory Ball teaches in the psychology department there, with joint appointments at the School of Medicine and the School of Hygiene and Public Health. He runs a research laboratory where students investigate the effect of hormones on brain functions. Greg notes, "My current research and teaching interests are based directly on research and coursework that I was involved in at Columbia and Barnard as an undergraduate." On the personal front, in February, Greg and his wife, Margaret, had a baby, Alice Angela, who will no doubt be fighting with her brother, John Leland (born June 1998), for many years to come. At the same institution, veteran dad Harold Lehmann is a professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, working on "medical informatics, educational technology, decision analysis, and literature synthesis" when he is not involved in the really arcane stuff. Like Greg (or me, for that matter), Harold finds continuities between his academic concerns now and things that occupied him during his college years. His children are well past the diaper and baby food stage: musical Amalya is 9 and train-obsessed Gil is 5. Actually, both kids are musical, something which Harold credits to his wife of 11 years, Rivka Shafer. (Come to think of it, I can't recall him being able to carry a tune.) You can say "Hi, Harold" at: lehmann@jhmi.edu.
Matthew
Nemerson Michael Nash writes, "Shalom from the Holy Land. I currently work as an otolaryngologist at the Soroka (Ben Gurion) University Medical Center, in Beersheva (yes, the very spot where Abraham once walked). Current status, married plus three. If you ever pass this way, drop me a line and we can meet." Ace PR man Tom Mariam, intent on being in every column for the next 50 years, concocted breaking news just for our deadline: "I am engaged! Yes, after 43 years I have finally succumbed. My bride-to-be, Alyce Appleman, is a special ed teacher from Westchester who is special in every way. We met on a trip to Asia last summer and will be married, coincidentally, a year to the day we met. She has Rangers season tickets and bakes great brownies - so what more can I ask? Turns out she used to sit two rows in front of me at many important Ranger games, including the one most recent to our meeting - Gretzky's finale. We're going to honeymoon in Tahiti, but will be back in time, of course, for the kickoff of the Columbia 2000 football season, though Alyce prefers getting her nails done to Ivy League football." Tom adds, "We're starting to house hunt in Westchester, near where Alyce currently lives and teaches. So I'll be a suburbanite in due course. My weekends are turning into the Great House Hunt. After looking at what you get for hundreds of thousands of dollars, John Jay doesn't seem like such a bad deal." Big news on the home front for your dutiful scribe of these past 22 years: I am leaving my post as president of our regional Chamber and moving into the pop profession of dot.com entrepreneur. By the time you read this I will be senior vice president at Lexitech Worldwide. Check us out at Lexitech.com. I'll still be involved in Connecticut politics, but for the time being as a pushy high technology executive and not a contemplative policy maven. This will be lots of fun. Stay in touch and have a great summer.
Lyle
Steele Brewer Shettles is an entrepreneur and an options trader. He lives in New York and is building an online rock/blues/acoustic record label called Liquid Fusion. You can check out his website at liquidfusion.com.
Craig
Lesser Just a reminder, the 20th reunion for the Class of 1980 will take place June 2-4. Lanny Breuer was appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by President Clinton. Lanny, a partner with Covington & Burling, left the firm in '97 to serve the White House as Special Counsel to the President. Neil Sader is an attorney and city council member in Overland Park, Kan. Neil and wife Bitsy have three children. David Yuro is president of Bears Inc. doing business research consulting. He and wife Lisa have two children. Ian Parmiter and wife, Leslie, live in Dallas with their two children. Ian is v.p. of marketing for 7-Up. Charles Sternbach and wife, Linda, also write from Texas. Both are involved with geology. Charles is the president of the Houston Geological Society. Lou DeLaura is an architect and lecturer at Rice in Houston. He and wife, Catherine, have five children. Assistant United States Attorney Elliot Schachner and wife, Ana, live in New York. Steven Schwartz and wife, Jill, are both professors at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. They have two children. Barry Simonson is an orthopedic surgeon on Long Island. He and wife, Robin, also have two children. Mark Statman, a writer and professor at the New School, and wife, Katherine, have one son. Lawrence Brecht lives in Connecticut with wife, Bernadette, and their three daughters. His dental practice is in Manhattan. On April 6, Bruce Paulsen hosted a cocktail reception in anticipation of our upcoming 20th reunion. The motley crew of attendees - including Mike Brown, Mark Lange, Dave Maloof, Sam McPherson, Ariel Teitel, and David Walker (among others) - enjoyed more than a few memories. For details about the Class of '80 reunion, visit the Alumni Office website (www. columbia.edu/cu/college/alumni) or call Rory Finnin at (212) 870-3244.
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