Notes from the Cornell Class of 1991 - 2002 March/April

Class Notes, 2002 March/April

March/April 2002

For all of you who have been wondering whatever happened to the Rock and Roll Chowder, VH-1 "Behind the Music" reports that in between the tears and the laughter, they are back together. Mark Weigel reports that the band has reunited to record an album called "In the Memory of Cain." The CD was available on Amazon.com in December 2001 and includes some old favorites, as well as material written after graduation.

Some wedding news; On August 4, 2001, Dr. Scott Edmondson married Kristin Doyle in Sayre, PA. Scott is a senior research chemist in Rahway, NI, for Merck & Company. September was a good month for weddings. Cathy Merrill married Paul Williams on a peninsula overlooking the Severn River on a most glorious September day. Bridesmaids included Jane Levine '90, Julia Resnick '90, and Cathy's sister Nancy Merrill '96. Also attending the wedding were Seth '88 and Tamar Ben-Dov Brufsky, their daughter Caroline (a future Cornellian), Cathy's brother Doug "the bad haggler" '89, MBA '91, and wife Lisa Peskin Merrill '90, Pauline Dominh, Matt Masseur '90 and wife Ellen, Geoff Baker '88, Dave Roberts '90, Dave Pollin '90, Jennifer Diamond Haber and husband Brett, Jill Berger Inbar and husband Tomer, MA '92, and many other Cornellians.

On September 22, Susanna Suh married James Larish in Manhattan. Susanna is an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. On the very same day, Dr. Daron Riley married Dr. Beverly Pennino at the Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA. The next weekend, on September 29, Richard Ballffi married Terri Gerstein in West Hartford, CT. Richard is the chief of staff for the New York City office of the New York State Attorney General. On September 30, Christine Montenegro married Dr. Chukueke Tobenna Okezie in Manhattan. Christine is a senior investment banking associate in the Latin American division of Communications Equity Associates. Erick Asplund married Ramona Marsden in the fair city of Las Vegas on October 21. Erick is a software engineer for Microchip Technology Inc. in Chandler, AZ. In celebration of the recent wedding of Joe Carolan, BA '96, David Justus organized a bash at Dorian's, "no strangling allowed." Spotted at the celebration were many of our classmates, including Chris Conyers, Chris Spurney, Debbie Fine, Jenny Harris, Hilary Nagler, BS Ag '95, Michael Vargas, and many, many others.

Hagen Scutt, BArch '92, and wife Elizabeth reported the birth of their son Johannes Maximillian, born on Aug. 28, '01. Congratulations to all of our brides, grooms, and parents. *Nina Rosen Peek, 171 E. 89th St., Apt. 6F, NYC 10128; e-mail, npeek@Vollmer.com; Dave Smith, 1637 Tanglewood Dr., Akron, OH 44313; e-mail, docds30@yahoo.com; and Corinne Kuchling, 1740 NE 86th St., #209, Seattle, WA 98115; e-mail, ckuchlin@starbucks.com.