80 Frederic L. R. Jackman, PhD’80, was recently named chancellor of the University of Windsor in Ontario. Karen E. Miller, AB’80, married Tim Smith on November 9, 1996. They live with Smith’s two sons, Andy and Michael, in St. Paul, MN, where Miller is an internist with United Internal Medicine. Marlene Bernstein Samuels, AM’82, a Ph.D. candidate at the U of C, took time off from writing her dissertation on human capital theory to shepherd into print a manuscript begun by her late mother, Sara Tuvel Bernstein, a Romanian Jewish survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. In “a moving afterword,” as Publisher’s Weekly described it, Samuels muses on what role her mother’s spirit may have played in her survival: “One of the qualities that made my mother unusual, if not unique, was her ability to experience real, uninhibited laughter, a capacity for pleasure and joy. “ The book received positive reviews in Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal.

82 College alumni—Karen Kapner Hyman, AB’82, AM’88, writes: Daniel G. Emberley, AB’82, married Michael Seto on October 12. Nisan Chavkin, X’83, and Elizabeth Hutar Bakwin, AB’83, participated in the ceremony. After a trip to London and Paris, Emberly and Seto returned to Washington, DC, where they are reconstructing a historic home. Emberly is Internet projects manager for the National Research Council.

College alumni, please send your news to: Karen Kapner Hyman, AB’82, AM’88, 2219 Shefflin Court, Baltimore, MD 21209. Phone: 410/484-3599 (h).

83 The Class of 1983 celebrates its 15th reunion on June 5–7, 1998.

College alumni, please send your class news to: Nick Varsam, AB’83, 832 Castle Pines Drive, Ballwin, MO 63021. E-mail: VarsamNick@aol.com. Phone: 314/207-1672 (h).

Other alumni news includes: Rebecca S. Chopp, PhD’83, was named the Divinity School’s 1997 alumna of the year. Chopp, the interim provost and vice president of academic affairs at Emory University, is also president of the American Academy of Religion. Nanette Thompson Garrison, AM’83, is a senior consultant in the western regional office of the fund-raising consulting firm Campbell & Co. David M. McIntosh, JD’83, and his wife, Ruthie, announce the October 23 birth of their first child, Elizabeth Jenkins, in Muncie, IN. McIntosh, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1994, is serving his second term as Indiana’s second-district congressman. Gavin M. Morris, MBA’83, financial director of the British construction company Alfred McAlpine since 1996, lives in central London with his wife and son. Sharon L. Senk, PhD’83, was promoted to a professorship in mathematics at Michigan State University. John A. Strupeck, MBA’83, writes, “My son and I were certified as open-water scuba divers last spring in Key Largo, FL, where we had a face-to-face encounter with two 6-foot barracudas. Very exciting.”

85 Murray D. Becker, AB’85, and Mirah A. Germain, AB’85, announce the November 19 birth of daughter Emma Claire. They write, “Our last ‘footloose’ hurrah as a childless couple took place this past June, when we visited England.” There, Becker presented the Fleischner Society’s memorial prize lecture at Cambridge University on how X-ray technologies can be used to enhance lung-surgery outcomes in emphysema patients. Germain, an environmental planner in New York City, became a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners last May. Kenneth L. Fox, Jr., AB’85, MD’89, was selected by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation for its national leadership program. An instructor in social medicine at Harvard’s medical school, Fox conducts research on how race, ethnicity, and class affect health and health care. Mindy Greenstein, AB’85, of New York City, completed her doctorate in 1994 and is a clinical psychologist in psycho-oncology. She is married and has a son, Max, 2.

86 College alumni—Martha A. Schulman, AB’86, writes: John J. Ludwicki, AB’86, a pediatrician in Lewes, DE, reports that last August, the “Slugs”—John A. Uglietta, AB’86, Lynette Silvestri, AB’86, John Culbertson, AB’86, and Malcolm K. McGowan, PhD’91—reunited in Isle of Palms, SC. Michael J. Hughes, AB’86, came a week early and missed the festivities. John Uglietta reenacted an earlier Kuviasungnerk dawn celebration, but remained unscathed. Since then, John L. and his wife, Kimberly, had twins, Emma and Quinn, on October 24, and John C. and his wife, Andrea, became the proud parents of John Spencer, born October 28. More babies: Kenneth B. Bloom, SB’86, and Abby Meiselman announce the December 8 birth of their first child, Phoebe Rose, who has “taken up residence with her parents.” Wayne J. Scott, AB’86, AM’89, and Elizabeth S. Thielman, AB’86, AM’91, welcomed Miriam Rose Thielman on December 4. They’ve recently moved to Portland, where Betse is the training manager for Oregon’s Office of Services to Children, and Wayne is training mental-health professionals, writing, and “learning how to recycle.” They can be reached at wscottlcsw@aol.com. Portland is chock full of ’86ers: Lisa A. Reynolds, AB’86, is their pediatrician, and Wayne and Betse frequently see Rajeev Charyulu Alexander, AB’86, and his wife, Coleen. Raj is completing his medical residency and Coleen is a lactation educator. Their daughter, Siri, was born July 4.

Gary B. Moss, AB’86, completed his training in allergy and immunology at Washington University in St. Louis and moved home to Norfolk, VA, to practice medicine. Leon J. Gross, AB’86, is employed as a product manager in equity derivative sales at Salomon Smith Barney. Thomas F. Ashburn, AB’86, is now planning director for the city of O’Fallon, MO, a western suburb of St. Louis with a population of 36,000. Tom says that O’Fallon “is the fastest-growing city in Missouri and is experiencing annual growth of 12 percent.” Alexander Gurvich, AB’86, has joined the Bank of America as an associate director in entertainment and media, just a floor away from Heidi-Anne Sandquist, AB’87. Alex will be working on corporate-finance projects. David C. Kirschner, AB’86, graduated from Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School (where he was editor of the arts-and-entertainment journal) and lives in Washington, DC, where he works in policy and program planning for the Common Carrier Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission. Last summer he attended the wedding of Brian P. Kiniry, AB’89, and Sanae Hamzaki. Sondra Krueger Feldstein, AB’86, AM’87, and husband Stuart I. Feldstein, AB’84, JD’87, and sons Alex, 4, and Sam, 2, live outside Des Moines, IA. Stuart practices business law, and Sondra is building her market-garden business, growing and selling such vegetables and nonperishables as dried tomatoes, chili peppers, soup beans, herbal vinegars, and ornamental corn.

College alumni, please send your news to: Martha A. Schulman, AB’86, 70 W. 95th St., New York, NY 10025. Phone: 212/666-7370 (h). E-mail: nibbs@mindspring. com.

87 College alumni—Alison L. Inafuku, AB’87, writes: Ami Patel Gupta, AB’91, wrote in September: “Well, even though neither one of us really thought we would marry a fellow U of C alum, Brad Gupta, AB’87, and I met on a blind date on September 7, 1996, fell in love, got engaged, bought a house, and got married on September 7, 1997—exactly one whirlwind year later. We were married in Falls Church, VA, in a traditional Hindu ceremony, with all the trimmings, and with 463 guests. We’re still not done with all the celebrating, as Brad’s parents are hosting another reception in Seattle in October. After a two-week honeymoon on the Amalfi coast of Italy, Brad and I are back in Chicago getting back into the swing of things.” Brad works in the aircraft leasing industry as director of aviation marketing for residco, and Ami is an administrator at Rush-Presbyterian–St. Luke’s Medical Center. She received an M.S. in health-systems management from Rush in 1996. “Life is great!”she writes. Ami also reported that Aditya (“Eddie”) Shroff, AB’87, who attended Ami and Brad’s wedding, is married and the father of two daughters, has his own business, and is building a new home, and that Ajit Naidu, AB’87, is finishing his residency in psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Alumni couples: The news from Ami and Brad has me wondering how many Class of ’87 members are married to U of C alumni. If you are, let me know (include name of spouse, date of wedding and, if you like, whether you met at the U of C or after graduation), and I’ll report the results in a future column.

Alumni lawyer round-up: David K. Callahan, AB’87, and his wife celebrated the birth of their first child, Jack William, last March. David (david_callahan@kirkland.com) was named partner in the Chicago law firm Kirkland & Ellis in October. Amy Moss Levy, AB’87, (alevy@ wilsav.com) reports, “I practice employment law in my hometown of Norfolk, VA. I have been married for five years and have three wonderful children, Jacob Moses, 4, Nathan Aaron, 2, and Sophie Anna, 5 months. I would love to hear from my friends, especially housemates from Vincent House. Please write!” Thuong Tri Nguyen, AB’87, attends law school at the University of Minnesota. He would like to hear from classmates (nguy0656@tc.umn.edu).

Christina Danielle Gallup, AB’87, finished her Ph.D. in geology at the University of Minnesota in May and began teaching as an assistant professor of geology at the University of Maryland in August. She writes, “I am enjoying teaching, continuing with my research, and getting to know the D.C. area.” Thanks to everyone who sent in news for this column. It is great to hear what people are doing, and it makes my job a real pleasure. I hope to hear from more Class of ’87 members soon!

College alumni, please send your news to: Alison L. Inafuku, AB’87, Alliance Capital Management Corporation, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105. Phone: 212/969-2519 (w). Fax: 212/969-6146 . E-mail: Alison_Inafuku@acml.com.

Other alumni news includes: Fabio A. Naranjo, AM’87, formerly a staff associate with the Chicago Community Trust, has joined the Woods Fund of Chicago as program director of Public Policies Affecting Families.

88 The Class of 1988 celebrates its 10th reunion on June 5–7, 1998.

College alumni—Matthew W. Lay, AB’88, writes: Rosa Abramowitz Dembitzer, AB’88, and her husband, Alexander, have two children. Rosa is taking courses toward an M.B.A. in insurance. Andrew J. Brown, AB’88, was married in 1996 and opened his own law practice in 1997. Patricia L. Butter, X’88, is general manager of Morgan le Fay, a “hip” women’s clothing design company in SoHo. Kateri M. Carmola, AB’88, and her husband, David Neidorf, have two children. Kateri is completing her dissertation in political theory at Berkeley. Linda Forgeron Dias, AB’88, has a home-based custom-embroidery business. William M. Flevares, AB’88, was elected chair of the eastern Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Benjamin Forest, AB’88, received a Ph.D. in geography from UCLA in 1997. Michael E. S. Frankel, AB’90, AM’90, JD’95, MBA’95, is a corporate lawyer at Skadden, Arps in New York City. Mari Hoashi Franklin, AB’88, and her husband, Lukass R. Franklin, AB’87, have joined a growing start-up company called GOOItech, which makes products that help machines to communicate using wireless technology. Rebecca C. Greenberg, AB’88, has a master’s in education. She has lived and taught in Japan and is earning a Ph.D. in educational psychology. Marianne A. Grin, AB’88, AM’88, graduated from Harvard Law School, clerked for the Israeli Supreme Court, practiced corporate law in New York and Paris, and is currently on hiatus at home with her son, Samuel. Leatrice A. Johnson, AB’88, assistant dean of admissions at a college in southern Vermont, had her first poem published in The Midland Review. Ashraf El-Far Hanna, AB’88, earned a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University and married Iris Kaddis. He is now in medical school. Jennie Jane Hantzmon, AB’88, lives in Charlottesville, VA, with her husband and three sons. Matthew W. Lay, AB’88, married his wife, Dorothea, in 1994 and is an attorney for the national office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C. Dawn Smith Lesley, AB’88, earned an M.S. in bioresource engineering from Oregon State University in 1993 and works as a consulting engineer in wastewater engineering. Lisa D. Magnas, AB’88, writes that when Raj Nanda, AB’88, AM’88, competed in the Funniest Teacher of NYC competition at Stand Up New York, he performed “with the utmost candor and honesty” and “brought the house down.” Phillip H. Millman, AB’88, is vice president in mortgage-backed securities at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. He lives in Lido Beach, NY, with his wife, Marina Mishnayev-skaya, AB’89, and their daughter. Robert E. Pfeffer, AB’89, JD’95, has joined the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges in New York after serving as a law clerk at the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Michael S. Romberg, SB’88, completed a general-surgery residency at the University of Kansas, joined a surgery practice, and lives in Frankfurt, IL, with his wife, Tina, and their two children. Julia C. Routbort, AB’88, earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan and is doing postdoctoral work at the Michigan Department of Corrections. Eric R. Scheele, AB’88, and his “high-school sweetheart” were married in 1990 and have one daughter. Eric is a computer-network engineer for Booz Allen & Hamilton. Patrick A. Todd, AB’88, and his wife, Brenda, have one son. Patrick is in the M.B.A. program at UCLA and working in the entertainment industry. Jennifer A. O. Trowbridge, AB’88, is a guitarist and instructor at Trowbridge Guitar Studio in Chicago. Christina Voulgarelis, AB’88, is a fourth-year corporate-finance associate at the law firm of Haight Gardner Holland & Knight in New York. Katherine M. Wrightson, AB’88, is a doctoral student at the Institute of Higher Learning at the University of Georgia (kate@eyrie.org).

College alumni, please send your news to: Matthew W. Lay, AB’88, 1726 Hobart Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. E-mail: HobartDC@aol.com.

Other alumni news includes: Andrew P. Barkley, AM’86, PhD’88, an associate professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, received two teaching awards in 1997.