Notes from the Cornell Class of 1991 - 2019 July/August

Class Notes, 2019 July/August

July/August 2019

Greetings, Class of 1991! It’s April here in Maine and any time those spring flowers want to bloom, I’ll be ready! We have a mixture of news this time, both fun and professional. Gabrielle King Morse has been named the next CEO of the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE), a Boston-headquartered nonprofit dedicated to helping women and veterans start and grow their businesses and achieve financial independence and business success. Prior to taking this role, Gabrielle led national teams for several social enterprises, including uAspire, Discovering Justice, CityYear, and Crossroads for Kids. She and her family live in Acton, MA.

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn has published a new book, Investing in Financial Research: A Decision-Making System for Better Results. Cheryl is a benefactor to Cornell, and she, along with husband David and the Einhorn Family Charitable Trust, helped to establish the Engaged Cornell initiative. We heard from Matthew Sherman, who is married to classmate Kathleen Gapp. They live in Melrose, MA, and were recently at Cornell to see some hockey games with their daughter, Elizabeth ’21, and cousin Peter Slaunwhite ’74. Matthew is a senior principal at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger in Boston, MA, work- ing in construction and civil engineering. He recently had coffee with Jeff Rathke, his former roommate, in DC. Jeff has recently taken a new position at the American Inst. for Contemporary German Studies in DC.

Matthew Hammond reached out to let us know he is spending the 2018-19 academic year as a fellow at Harvard Law School researching competition policy is- sues. After his fellowship, he’ll return to work as an attorney for the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice. He fondly remembers the Plantations (now the Botanic Gardens) and would love to see them again. Lisa Epstein Jay wrote that she recently connected with some great friends to celebrate their 50th birthdays and other memories memories in Florida: Rachel Laiserin, Ashley Gravelle, Linda Keenan, and Tina Hohn Schissel.

I,Wendy Milks Coburn, keep up with several class- mates, and have enjoyed seeing everyone post milestone birthday pics and messages. Amazing to see so many friends’ kids off to college. I recently had dinner with Douglas Fudge, MAT ’92, in Portsmouth, NH, when he was home visiting family. He lives in L.A. with his wife, Esta Spalding, and daughter Gemma. Doug has recently become an associate professor at Chapman U., where he continues to be the leading expert in hagfish slime. It was great to catch up with him. I hope this finds you all well and please continue to send news of your accomplishments and adventures. Wendy Milks Coburn, wmilkscoburn@me.com; Lori Woodring, lori.woodring@yahoo.com; Joe Marraccino, Joe.Marraccino@wfafinet.com; Tim Vanini, lavanooche@icloud.com. Online news form.