The number of future Princetonians just keeps growing. The first photo is of John Nichols ("Jack") Lamarre, the son of STEPHANIE SIMONDS LAMARRE. Jack was born in Jan. 1999. Stephanie is an attorney in San Francisco.
The second photo is of Ryan Ditcham, who was born on July 19, 1998. Ryan's parents are Simon and WENDY DITCHAM, and he also has a big sister named Bailey, who is four years old. Wendy writes that she is busy "shuttling my daughter to dance and soccer and keeping Ryan away from the electrical outlets . . . he's a handful!" Wendy plans on eventually going back to school to study landscape design.
PROFILE: NICOLE DUFFY left Princeton after our freshman year to pursue a career in ballet. In 1990, Nicole joined the Joffrey Ballet in New York after several years as an apprentice. In 1995, the company moved to Chicago (where Nicole now lives) and was renamed the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. She has performed all over the world in countless productions, including the rock ballet "Billboards," and has also appeared as a guest artist with other ballet companies. Recently, Nicole and her husband Davis Robertson, a fellow company member, danced in the title roles of the Joffrey's production of "Frankie and Johnny." Nicole writes: "I am looking forward to moving on soon, but I'll have the dancing bug for a little while longer." For more information on Nicole's incredible career, check out the Joffrey's website.
December 1, 1999 Column (with photo)
The first photo is of JUNE ECKSTEIN HIGGINS, husband Russell Higgins '86, and their son Simon Nathaniel, who was born on June 25, 1998 (June and Russell's ninth wedding anniversary). June received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from York Univ. in Toronto. She is currently in private practice. The photo and news comes courtesy of June's uncle, Bernard Eckstein '48.
The second photo is of Alex Kaplan (born April 16), son of CIARA BURNHAM and husband Tom Kaplan. Ciara also has another son, Russell (age 4 1/2). She's a vice president at Evercore Partners, an investment banking boutique in N.Y.C., where she works on private equity investing. Husband Tom is the chief financial officer for a real estate investment trust. Ciara notes ruefully that Tom, a Yalie, has already taught Russell the chorus from the Yale fight song. Hopefully, Alex's appearance in the PAW will counteract some of that Yale influence.
Following the most recent awarding of the Class of 1988 Memorial Scholarship Fund, I received a very nice thank you note from President Harold Shapiro: "[I]n looking back over the University's history, it would be difficult to overstate the benefits that a strong financial aid program has brought to the institution as a whole as well as to countless individual students. Please accept my appreciation for the Class's valuable assistance."
November 17, 1999 Column (with photo)
FUTURE WEBMASTER: Pictured here is Nicholas Webster, born Dec. 1, 1998 to COLIN WEBSTER and wife Sarah Dinnick. Nicholas also has a two-and-a-half year old sister named Grace. Colin is running an auction website called edeal.com, which is rated in the top 15 auction websites in the world. The family lives in Toronto.
ROUNDUP: MARISA DEMEO is an attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund in D.C. GREGORY STEVENS is supervisor of vehicle dynamics at Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn, MI. REBECCA WELLS is an asst. professor of health policy and administration at Penn State. LYNN POLLACK works for Andersen Consulting in the consumer products practice; she works three days a week to spend time with her son. TOM WOELPER is the headmaster of Ake Panya International School in Chiang Mai, Thailand. On May 23, 1999, he married Heidi Nell Doyle. MAGDI AMIN is also in Thailand; he works on corporate debt restructuring for the World Bank.
TIGERNET: If you haven't already done so, you should consider registering with Princeton's TigerNet service (http://tigernet.princeton.edu/ ). With TigerNet, you can locate the addresses of other Princetonians,
sign up for an on-line discussion group, and get a free e-mail account. It's a great way to stay connected with the University and your classmates.
November 3, 1999 Column (with photo)
JEFF GORDINIER and Julie Schrader (Univ. of Kansas '91) were married on Apr. 17, 1999 in NYC. Princetonians attending the wedding were: Richard Gordinier '64, Richard Griffith '64, James Seymore '66, Justin Fox '87, HEATHER CAMERON, DANNY CASTOR, STEVE DIAMOND, JOHN DORFMAN, LISA HARPER, WINKY LEWIS (who also took this photo), RICK REIKEN, JEFF SAMBERG, ALEX SELDIN, LAWRENCE SEVERT, JEREMY TOBACK, John Wyatt '89, Ben Xavier '90, and Amy Gordinier '92. Jeff is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and frequently freelances for Fortune and Esquire magazines. Julie is the deputy art director at Men's Health magazine. They live in Manhattan.
RISING UP THE CHARTS: Speaking of entertainment, Jeremy Toback's new CD titled "Another True Fiction" has received rave reviews. Entertainment Weekly praised the "nifty melodic shifts and intricate arrangements." Fortune called the CD "smart and lavishly crafted," adding that "Toback shows that tales of longing and heartbreak -- in the hands of the right storyteller -- never go out of style." According to Billboard magazine: "Toback spins his own unique web with a compelling hook that'll leave you hungry to hear it over again and some groovy instrumentation, thanks to unexpected mid-song organ and guitar licks that sing like a siren." Apparently, the public is paying attention as well. As of late September, Jeremy's single "You Make Me Feel" had already reached number 25 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart. Jeremy is currently touring around the country with Better Than Ezra and Sixpence None The Richer.
October 20, 1999 Column (with photo)
The photo is of Malcolm Thielmann Thompson, the son of Ilze Thielmann and husband Aitken Thompson (Columbia '89). Malcolm was born on May 8, 1999, the day before Mother's Day. Ilze is an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis in NYC. Aitken, also an attorney, left private practice to start an educational technology consulting firm.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: In November, the Univ. of Michigan Press will publish "The Network Inside Out," a new book by ANNELISE RILES, an assistant professor at Northwestern Univ. School of Law. Drawing on the experiences of Fijian participants at the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women, the book examines how those experiences may differ from the goals of proponents of international conferences and institutions.
HELPING OLD NASSAU: Several '88ers are serving Princeton as regional chairs of Alumni Schools Committees. The chairs are responsible for arranging interviews for applicants from their communities. Those classmates are: VIVECA BACHRACH (Madrid, Spain); MIRIAM GARBER (Monmouth County, NJ); BRILL (ALDRIDGE) GARRETT (Dallas, TX); CATHY (KOVAC) JOHANNI (Columbus, OH); KYLE KIRKWOOD (Birmingham, AL); FRANCES (MANTHOS) OGNJANOVICH (United Kingdom); and RICHARD SIMRING (Miami Beach, FL).
SCHOLARSHIP: The class recently awarded a $1,900 scholarship to a Princeton student as part of the newly renamed Class of 1988 Memorial Scholarship Fund. This is the tenth year that the class has awarded a scholarship. If you would like to make a contribution to the scholarship fund, you can send a check to the address above.
October 6, 1999 Column (with photo)
SEAN SAWYER sent in this photo of him, CARRIE TIMKO, and ERIN VACA, which was taken at Stinson Beach, CA, in April 1998. Along with SETH GOLUB and GINA LAZARO, the group had an unofficial West Coast 10th Reunion. Next to them is their sand sculpture of Nassau Hall. Sean will be a visiting lecturer in architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design this fall. He's also employed by the Polshek Partnership, Architects, to write and edit a monograph on the firm's recent work, which will be published by the Princeton Architectural Press.
ROUNDUP: DAN MEYER has become CEO of Giage, a three-year-old software company in Cincinnati.� The company's first product, to be launched this fall, is an Internet information manager.� Dan and his wife, Amy, have two boys, Paul and Matthew. THANKFUL VANDERSTAR is an attorney with the Dept. of Justice in the Office of Immigration Litigation, concentrating on cases involving criminals and international terrorists. She also recently performed in the 1999 Hexagon show, a political satire revue in D.C. Like the Triangle show, the Hexagon show features a kickline -- but of all women. Thankful writes that she was "proud to be one of the thirteen Monica Lewinskys in the kickline!"
CLASS NEWS: After much discussion, the class officers have decided to change the name of the Sam Mitra Scholarship Fund to the Class of 1988 Memorial Scholarship Fund. Through this change, we hope to provide an outlet for classmates to remember other '88ers who have passed away. We appreciate the generosity of everyone who has contributed to the Sam Mitra fund over the past decade and hope that you will continue to support the new fund.
September 8, 1999 Column (with photo)
BOB BRADFORD married Melanie Smith on Oct. 10, 1998, in Savannah, GA. Pictured here are (l-r): JOHN BOSTON, AARON SEGAL, Melanie, Bob, YUSUF MEHDI, and JAMES PADDON. Bob and Melanie live on the Monterey Peninsula of California. Bob is a captain in the Army and is getting his masters degree in operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School. Bob writes in with news of the other wedding attendees: John is an analyst at Ernst & Young in Atlanta; Aaron is a professor of European history at East Carolina Univ.; Yusuf works for Microsoft in Seattle; and James is at Chase Manhattan in New York.
BACK ON TV: Class superhero DEAN CAIN will be returning to TV but primarily in the capacity as a director. His company, Angry Dragon Entertainment, recently signed a production and development deal with Columbia Tri-Star TV. Dean will make his directing debut with "The Burning Man," based on the bestselling novel by Phillip Margolin. In addition to writing, producing and directing the movie, Dean will star in the picture, which is about an ambitious lawyer who defends a mentally challenged man who may be a serial killer.
ANNUAL GIVING: Building on our award-winning performance last year, we were able to set both dollar and
participation records for an 11th reunion class. In the 1998-99 campaign, 54.3% of the class (or a total
of 610 people) gave an aggregate of $108,288. Special thanks for this impressive achievement go to Class Agent LARRY NEUBAUER and his crew of volunteers: BILL BOWMAN, SEAN BRENNAN, JOHN CASTLEMAN, MIKE CULLY, LARRY FRIEDL, PETER HADROVIC, JIM HERMENS, BRAD KESSER, KYLE KIRKWOOD, JIM LAMBERT, PERRY LEBLANC, and BOB NEWMARK.
SAD NEWS: The class is saddened to learn that RUSSELL LYNCH passed away on June 24. A memorial will appear in a future issue of the PAW.
July 7, 1999 Column (with photo)
MICKEY AND FRIEND: Pictured here is Gidon Moshe Lewin Halbfinger, the son of ALYZA LEWIN and Eliezer Halbfinger. Mom describes Gidon as an articulate two-year-old, who "already challenges my negotiating skills." Alyza is an attorney at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C., where she specializes in consumer finance law. She is also involved in helping an American family find out about their son who served in the Israeli army but was missing in Lebanon in 1982. Due in part to her efforts, President Clinton raised the issue with Yasser Arafat last year.
BACK ON CAMPUS: ERIC NOEHRENBERG was invited by Whig-Clio to speak on campus in April about his work for the United Nations AIDS program (UNAIDS). At UNAIDS, Eric is responsible for
relations with both the private sector and various governments. He has put together the Global Business Council on HIV/AIDS, a group of about 15 major multinational corporations around the world, with Nelson Mandela as the honorary president.
GOING IN-HOUSE: RICHARD BARTOK is assistant general counsel at the Connell Co. in Westfield, N.J., a billion dollar company engaged in commodity trading, heavy equipment leasing, and commercial real estate. At the opposite end of spectrum is MARY MCHUGH, who is assistant general counsel at the Intl. Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Upper Marlboro, MD, which represents over 700,000 workers in both the U.S. and Canada.
CLASS NEWS: Although only 44 classmates attended Reunions this year, I hear they had a great time. If anyone has Reunions photos, please send them to me, and I'll publish them here. Finally, this is the last issue of the PAW until the fall, but be sure to check the class homepage (www.geocities.com/pentagon/5001) over the summer for updated class news.
June 9, 1999 Column (with photo)
SEVEN-YEAR ITCH: After a courtship of only seven years, TOM NAGLE and Karen Kramer '90 were married in Philadelphia on April 25, 1998. Many Princetonians were in attendance, including (l-r): (seated) NANCY SCHWARTZ, Caren Gordon '90, MATT DOLICH, Lisa LaCourse '90, Jenny Wodinsky '90, Dan Brescoll '90, Suein Hwang '90, WENDY ADAMS MIKLUS, (standing) Jeff Joseph '86, NICK JACHIM, Jim Friedel '87, PATRICK KEATING, Craig Palosky '90, Don Kramer '60, Karen, Tom, Harvey Glickman '52, Paul Kurzman '60, Justin Smith '90, Monica Leimone '90, and Ted Posner '90. Also present at the wedding was SARAH INCE. Although the bride and groom are both from Philly, they didn't meet until moving to D.C. after graduation. Karen is an attorney practicing commercial real estate law at Covington & Burling. Tom is financial services director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helps elect Democrats to the House of Representatives.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: The class is organizing community service projects in various cities around the country. If you're interested in participating, log onto the class's homepage (www.geocities.com/pentagon/5001).
May 19, 1999 Column (with photo)
MOPTOP: The little girl with the impressive head of hair is Louisa
Lambert Jiyun Cho, whose parents are HEARN CHO and wife Cary Steinberg.
Louisa was born last Sept. 24. According to her dad, Louisa "already
shows great interest in Led Zeppelin, which will hopefully ensure another
generation of guitarists in the family." Hearn is doing research on
cancer immunology at UC San Diego Medical Center. Cary is an attending
physician in general internal medicine at UCSD.
ROUNDUP: An exhibition of DANNY CASTOR'S architectural drawings
recently opened at the Getty Research Institute for the History of Arts
and the Humanities and will remain on display until June 13. Danny
invites anyone visiting L.A. to stop by and take a look. LISA ADAMS
CENTONZE and husband Vince (Air Force Acad. '82) were accepted to the
Univ. of Fla. College of Veterinary Medicine. They start school in Aug.
DANIELA PACHER VON BREITENBACH has traded her legal practice for full-time
motherhood. She writes that her daughter Belinda is great friends with
TONY BARKAN'S daughter Samantha. BARBARA MAY BOBEN is an attorney at
Barley, Snyder, Senft & Cohen in Lancaster, PA and specializes in estate
planning and general corporate law. ARLEIGH CLOSSER is also a lawyer: he
specializes in government contract law at McKenna & Cuneo in D.C.
REUNIONS: Dust off your 10th reunion flight jackets because our
11th is right around the corner (May 27-30). For those of you planning to
attend, we have a surprise for you: your registration fee is free
(provided, of course, that you've paid your class dues this year). For
more information about lodging, airline discounts and everything else
related to Reunions, visit the class's homepage at
www.geocities.com/pentagon/5001.
April 7, 1999 Column (with photo)
BRIDE AND MOM: ALICIA WILCOX married William Prokos in Bridgehampton, NY
on July 12, 1997. Pictured here at the wedding are: (l-r) LAUREN DOWLING,
ASHLEY FARMER PAFF, Alicia, SUSAN SCHWARTZ and STEPHANIE SIMONDS LAMARRE.
But wait there's more. Alicia gave birth to a baby girl, Caroline Marie,
on July 17, 1998. Ashley Paff is also a mom. She and husband Ted are
the proud parents of daughter Alexis, who was born in Dec. 1998.
FUTURE FINANCIER: The little boy in the second photo is Daniel Louis
DiFranco, son of LOUIS DIFRANCO and wife Jacki. Daniel was born on Aug.
19, 1998. Louis works at the Bank of New York, as a banker covering
insurance companies.
ROUNDUP: PHILIP JONES and wife Susan welcomed their first child, Tristan
Ayres Jones, on Nov. 27, 1998. Philip lives in Chicago, where he is a
trademark and copyright lawyer. Speaking of lawyers, SHANNON MCGHEE
HERNANDEZ writes that she has "finally finished law school" and is now a
securities attorney at Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell in her hometown
of Memphis. PETER NOYMER is a visiting assistant professor of mechanical
engineering at Carnegie Mellon Univ. And, ELINE LUNING PRAK is doing her
medical residency at Univ. of Penn. Medical Center.
March 24, 1999 Column (with photo)
VISITING THE KING: STEPHANIE RUBIN sent in this photo of a trip that several '88ers recently took to Memphis. Pictured somewhere in the vicinity of Graceland are: (l-r) Carolyn Pytte '89, CATHY KOVAC JOHANNI, Stephanie, DEDE WARING BYRNE and husband Michael Byrne. Stephanie is an attorney in N.Y.C. and was married in Feb.
ICE QUEEN: In Dec., KATE MCBRIDE raced in the annual 24 Hours of Aspen ski race, winning her sixth women's title. The race, considered the most grueling endurance ski race, pits two-person teams from around the world in a continuous 24-hour battle against fatigue, sub-zero temperatures, and Aspen Mountain. Both team members ski at the same time, drafting off one another. Kate holds the record for the most vertical feet skied by a woman in a 24-hour period. When she's not skiing, Kate runs a foundation and is a professional model.
ROUNDUP: JACK HERGENROTHER and wife Christie Coates '89 have a new daughter, Emma Fonville Hergenrother, who was born on Oct. 27, 1998. Emma joins big sister Laura, who is three. Jack is doing research on advanced microelectronics at Bell Labs (the research arm of Lucent Technologies). Christie will become an ophthalmology resident at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital in July.
March 10, 1999 Column (with photo)
BEANTOWN BABIES: In the batch of Christmas cards I received this year were several photos of '88 offspring in the Boston area. The first little guy is Douglas Alexander Dahl, who was born on Nov. 22, 1998 to DOUG DAHL and his wife Susan. Doug is on the faculty at Univ. of Mass. Medical School. The next photo is of JULIE BARTON's two daughters: Isabel (now 1 1/2 years old) and Lydia (now 3 years old). Julie and husband Peter Emerson live in Arlington, MA. Julie is at home with the kids, and Peter is an attorney with Parametric Technology Corp., a software development company.
IN THE LIMELIGHT: WILL MCKENNA's second record, "Real World Refugee" was released in 1998. Will has already had quite a distinguished musical career. In 1997, he won the first songwriting contest he entered, when his song "World Made of Glass" was chosen as Best Contemporary Folk Song by the Austin Songwriters Group. Later that year, Will also won New Artist awards at the Wildflower and Tucson Folk festivals. Performing Songwriter magazine described Will's songwriting as "an earthy blend of pop, rock and R&B". In addition to recording "Real World Refugee," Will also wrote and produced the theme song and music for the CBS television pilot "Drive." He performs both alone and with his band at colleges, festivals and clubs in the L.A. area. You can order Will's record at http://www.songs.com/will/.
February 24, 1999 Column (with photo)
MORE TIGGERS: This little boy is Corwin de Boor, son of PETER DE BOOR and GENEVA MOORES. The de Boors live outside of D.C., where Peter plays the french horn for the Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. Geneva has her own computer consulting company which she says is "doing very well." Peter and Geneva also celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary last summer.
The next two kids are Alyssa Fagel, born on Aug. 9, 1998, who is being held by big brother Joshua, now two years old. Their parents are MARC FAGEL and JULIE LUBETKIN. Dad is an attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission; mom is a senior marketing manager at Sun Microsystems.
ON THE RISE: ED GLAESER was profiled in a December 1998 issue of The Economist magazine. An assistant professor of economics at Harvard, Ed was named by the magazine as one of the top nine economics scholars, aged 35 and under. The magazine recognized Ed's groundbreaking work in urban economics, and particularly his development of models to explain why cities exist and what determines their size.
ROUNDUP: JAMES ARMSTRONG is director of software development at DIVA Corp. in Princeton. BING MAISOG is an attorney with Hunton & Williams in Bangkok. DEBBIE RAWDEN EGLOFF received her MBA from Carnegie Mellon and is now working for PPG Industries as a market development manager. In September, DAVID KLEIN will become assistant professor of hand surgery in the orthopedics dept. at Boston Univ.
February 10, 1999 Column (with photo)
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY: DEDE WARING and Michael Byrne were married on Nov. 1, 1997, in Charleston, SC. Pictured here are (l-r): (seated) LYNN HELLER, ELISSA SCHULER ADAIR, Michael, Dede, STEPHANIE RUBIN, (standing) CATHY WELCH, BOB LEWIS, DAVID SCHULER, Terry Trimble '68, DHIREN PATEL, MELORA MYSLIK BALSON, ROKHAYA WARING, ANDY JOHANNI, JENNIFER WHELER, Anne Pieper Ramsay '89, CATHY KOVAC JOHANNI, Amy DeMattia '89, MONICA ORTIZ GRANOVSKY, SEAN DREW, Julian Buxton '50, Carolyn Pytte '89, and Edward Sheppard '63. Michael and Dede are both internal medicine physicians with fellowships in nephrology and endocrinology, respectively, beginning in July 1999, in Charleston.
BABY ROLL CALL: The number of future Tiggers continues to grow each day: Spencer Davis Whiteway born Jan. 29, 1998 to CINDY DAVIS WHITEWAY; Oliver Hart Shoulson born July 28, 1998, to JEFFREY SHOULSON; and Andrew Gleason born Sept. 5, 1998 to MARK GLEASON.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT: This year's recipient of the Class of 1988 SAM MITRA SCHOLARSHIP is Pavan Ahluwalia '99, who hails from New Delhi, India. He is majoring in economics and is active in Whig-Clio, student government, and the Daily Princetonian. Thanks to everyone who has supported this scholarship over the years.
January 27, 1999 Column (with photo)
NEWLYWEDS: LARRY NEUBAUER and Jillian Marcus '89 were married on May 25, 1997, in Tarrytown, N.Y. The couple first met in the fall of 1987 in the lunch line at Tower Club. Pictured here are (l-r): (front) David Daniels '89, Henry Ricardo '89, Brett Goodman '90, JIM HERMENS, MIKE REDDING, Barry Langman '90, JON MYERS, (back) Kim Redlinger Daniels '90, Drew Denker '90, MARC FAGEL, JULIE LUBETKIN, Anneke Vanmarcke Forzani '89, Larry, Jillian, Polly Tremoulet '89, Robin Michaelson '89, DAVE CUNNINGHAM, BOB NEWMARK, BRAD KESSER. When he's not organizing our class' Annual Giving efforts, Larry is an associate at SG Capital Partners, the merchant banking group at SG Cowen Securities. Jillian is vice president and general manager of ABC.com, Disney's Family.com, and various other related websites.
ROUNDUP: After practicing law in Houston and New York, BART HUFFMAN is now at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in L.A. He is an associate in both the litigation department and the resort, restaurant and recreation practice group. JEFF BRUCE is vice president of private banking at U.S. Trust Co. in N.Y.C. Jeff and his wife Ingrid Steffensen-Bruce (U.Va. '88) became parents to Emma Elsbeth on June 2, 1998. Ingrid is a professor of art history at a local college in N.J.
CLASS NEWS: The officers are looking for two volunteers interested in serving as co-chairs for our 15th Reunion. We also need people to serve as regional vice presidents in several cities. If you're interested in either position, send me an e-mail.
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