What’s the news? We are always eager to receive your news at the Magazine, care of the Class News Editor, University of Chicago Magazine, 1313 East 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637, or by e-mail: uchicago-magazine@uchicago.edu. No engagements, please. Items may be edited for space. As news is published in the order in which it arrives, it may not appear immediately. Please specify the year under which you would like your news to appear. Otherwise, we will list: (1) all former undergraduates (including those who later received graduate degrees) by the year of their undergraduate degree, and (2) all former students who received only graduate degrees by the year of their final degree.

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90 College alumni—Grace Chan, AB’90, AM’90, writes: This summer was a relatively slow time for class news. I hope that means all of you were having too much fun and staying too productive to have time to write. But do keep the news coming! Your classmates would love to know how you’re doing. Here’s what some of you have done during the spring and summer months:

In May, Stuart M. Feldman, AB’90, graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he received the student service award. He started a one-year internship at Botsford Hospital outside of Detroit this summer and will return to Chicago to begin his residency in emergency medicine at Cook County Hospital in 1999. He looks forward to coming back to Chicago and meeting old classmates who have also returned to their roots. “It’s been too long since my last Harold’s fix,” he says. Igal Litovsky, AB’90, AM’90, graduated from Harvard Business School in June and is working with the Boston Consulting Group in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Steven Kim, AB’90, PhD’98, finished his Ph.D. in pathology in August. His dissertation was on the transcriptional regulation of smooth-muscle cell differentiation. Since then, he has returned to his senior year at the U of C’s Pritzker Medical School and is in the midst of applying to residency programs in internal medicine. He lives in Deerfield. David R. Rosener, AB’90, was the Libertarian nominee for Missouri’s House of Representatives, but withdrew from the race in August for personal reasons.

College alumni, please send your news to: Grace P. Chan, AB’90, AM’90, 5531 S. Kenwood Ave., Apt. 1, Chicago, IL 60637. Phone: 773/643-6292 (h). E-mail: gpc1@midway.uchicago.edu.

Other alumni news includes: In July, Samuel J. Byington III, MBA’90, earned his J.D. from the South Texas College of Law in Houston. He is president of his own corporation, S. J. Byington, Inc., which focuses primarily on financial and energy investments. H. Allen Orr, PhD’90, put forth a theory on the genetic foundations of adaptation, arguing in the August issue of Evolution that organisms faced with environmental changes can evolve through a number of minute genetic tweaks, a smaller number of moderate changes, and a few major mutations. Orr’s research is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Reeta C. Tremblay, AM’75, PhD’90, see 1977, Arthur G. Rubinoff.

91Houston Industries Inc. elected Curtis A. Morgan, MBA’91, vice president of corporate development. Before joining Houston in 1997, Morgan was a senior director of business development at Amoco Corp. Lene S. Powell, AB’91, recently received a J.D. from Northeastern University and moved to Chicago. She joined the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago as an Americorps Attorney and notes that she is earning less money than she did in her first job as a child welfare caseworker. She is, however, pleased to have passed the Illinois bar exam. She writes, “I would just like to warn anyone out there considering law school that it is hell on earth and if the only reason you’re considering it is because you don’t know what else to do with yourself, think very hard.” Arlene V. Roman, AB’91, and Young B. Kim, AB’93, were married on July 11 at Rockefeller Chapel. The wedding party included Rhodessa B. Capulong, AB’89, an attending physician at UIC; Glenn L. Chen, AB’95, a graduate student at Yale; Michael C. Dodge, AB’93, a consultant at McKinsey; Johnson C. Kim, a resident at the U of C Hospitals; Jung Soo Kim, a manager at Brasserie T; and Howard S. Liu, AB’95, a medical student at CMS. The reception was held at the Midland Hotel and attended by 16 U of C alumni. The couple visited London, Paris, Rome, and other European cities for their honeymoon. They report, “It was a splendid adventure and a wonderful break from our hectic lives.”

92 College alumni—Lesley F. Kim, AB’92, writes: Okay, so I lied. I told you that I wouldn’t give out the cool U of C prize for figuring out who the “mystery classmate” was because I figured out his identity on my own. But two of you stepped up and actually e-mailed me with responses, so I ended up giving out two—yes, two—sets of U of C stickers to Keith M. Cardoza, AB’92, and Michael E. S. Frankel, AB’90, AM’90, MBA’95, JD’95.

Albert Chang, AB’93, reports that on May 16 Christopher J. Pollard, AB’92, was ordained into the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, VA. Albert, Mary Ann Merikoski, AB’93, and Chris Thomas attended the ordination. Before being ordained, Christopher attended the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and earned a licentiate in sacred theology. He also served as a chaplain candidate aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. You can read an article about Christopher at www.catholic-herald.com/pollard.htm. After two years at Scientific American, where she launched and managed the magazine’s Web site (www.sciam.com), Shara R. Zoll, AB’92, AM’92, has moved on to do the same for a multilingual international Web site for PR Newswire. Watch for new developments at www.printernational.com very soon. For the past three years Shara has lived in Manhattan, ensconced in the quickly developing new media industry. She invites alums to look her up at sharaz@interport.net. That’s the latest. Where’s YOUR news? Send it in, send it in. And have a happy holiday season.

College alumni, please send your news to: Lesley F. Kim, AB’92, 1364 25th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122-1525. Phone: 415/242-0187 (h). E-mail: lesley@statonhughes.com.

Other alumni news includes: Anita J. Pickens, MBA’92, was named general manager of merchandising for Joseph T. Ryerson Central. She joined Ryerson in 1981 and held several sales assignments at the Chicago service center before being named an inside manager in 1989. In 1992, she became general manager of the San Francisco service center, then transferred to Detroit as general manager in 1995.

93 College alumni—Norman Yung, AB’93, writes: Bret C. Okeson, AB’93, and Adam T. Wood, AB’93, traveled through Southeast Asia for two months this summer. In the visa line at the Phenom Phen airport, they struck up a conversation with another American who turned out to be a fellow U of C alum, Kenneth R. Burns, AB’93. The three spent a week drinking beer on the banks of the Tonle Sap River, paying off beggars in Angkor Wat, and shooting surplus AK-47s at Cambodian gun ranges. Adam has since returned to gainful employment as a computer programmer in Denver, and Bret is in Berlin for a year as a Fulbright scholar.

College alumni, please send your news to: Norman C. W. Yung, AB’93, 1915 Maple Ave., Evanston, IL 60201. Phone: 847/332-4904 (h). E-mail: nyung@nwu.edu.

Other alumni news includes: Dale H. Hoiberg, AM’74, PhD’93, was appointed vice president and editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica. He will be responsible for updating the core encyclopedic database and continuing to manage the development of products for international markets. Ernest M. Limbo, MDV’93, earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Mississippi in May. His dissertation was titled “Economic Transformation and the Old, Old Story: Evangelicals Respond to a Changing World in Middle Tennessee, 1925–1950.” Edmund C. O’Brien, AB’93, is head writer for You Don’t Know Jack, a CD-ROM trivia game. Recently, he helped launch HeadRush, the teenage version of the game.

94 The Class of 1994 celebrates its 5th reunion June 4–6, 1999.

College alumni, please send your news to: Tony McClendon, AB’94, 18W213 Lathrop Lane, Villa Park, IL 60181. Phone: 603/424-0418 (h). E-mail: agm96mba@hotmail.com.

Other alumni news includes: Karin N. Kiser, AM’94, wrote an article, “Cracking the U.S. Market,” for the September 14 issue of Publishers Weekly’s special supplement on Latin America. In September, Editorial Pax Mexico published her first two books, Estrategias para vender libros en español en Estados Unidos and Directorio de puntos de venta de libros en español en Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico.

95 College alumni—Kathleen Abbott, AB’95, writes: Vanessa W. Guest, AB’95, has kept busy since graduation. After spending a year teaching English and translating in Taiwan, as well as working as a research assistant for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Vanessa is a research associate at the China Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. Another classmate who spent time teaching in Asia is Daniel A. Fried, AB’94. Daniel taught English in Beijing and perfected his Chinese. Returning to the States, he worked as a newspaper reporter in Iowa with his new wife, Esther. The newlyweds have relocated to Cambridge, MA, where Daniel is starting a doctoral program at Harvard, focusing on Tang dynasty poetry. Maureen Wan, AB’95, is finishing her master’s thesis, on the geochemistry of lacustrine carbonates, at the Colorado School of Mines. While a geology intern in Midland, TX, Maureen ran into Ian T. Gordon, AB’94, a geologist in Texas who will lead the West Texas Geological Society fall field trip. Joining the ranks of the married alumni is Jennifer Gill, AB’95. Jennifer married Alejandro Quintana in a civil ceremony on July 16 and then in a religious ceremony in Puebla, Mexico, in October. Jennifer, who received her M.S.W. earlier this year, is a bilingual social worker/community organizer in New York. On July 11, Melissa L. Martin, AB’95, wed William B. Mollard, AM’94, in the Japanese Gardens in Jackson Park. The reception was held in Ida Noyes Hall. The couple moved to San Francisco this fall. Liz Stuart Perry, AB’95, and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their first child, Calvin Frederick, on August 16. Liz began her first year of law school at Duke University in June and will resume in January, having transitioned from biological sciences to politics and law through a White House internship in the summer of 1997. She can be reached at liz.perry@duke.edu.

College alumni, please send your news to: Kathleen Abbott, AB’95, 1640 Clay St., Apt. 303, San Francisco, CA 94109. Phone: 415/931-5674 (h). E-mail: Kathleen44@aol.com.

Other alumni news includes: Eric S. Zolov, AM’90, AM’90, PhD’95, joined Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA, as an assistant professor of history.

96 College alumni—Asha Banker, AB’96, writes: First, several weddings to report—all to other U of C grads. Matthew E. Zaucha, AB’96, married Mithra M. Kadkhodaian, AB’97, on July 11. Matthew is a physics and biology teacher at St. Joseph’s High School in West- chester, IL, where he is also head volleyball coach and assistant basketball coach. Mithra works as the lab manager and a research assistant at the U of C urology research lab. She has been able to publish papers, with one coming out soon on cancer research.Vera O. Siguel, AB’95, and Andrew T. Kornylak, SB’96, were married on August 16. “It was great fun...just a U of C fest,” says Vera. Andrew’s best man was his brother, Richard Kornylak, AB’95, and Vera’s maid of honor was Tanya Apparicio, AB’96. Alan Littmann, AB’96, and Jessica E. Michael, AB’97, were married on September 6 and are living in Arlington, VA. Alan tells us, “She’s working for the Health Care Advisory Board in D.C. and I’m at Iridium.” Megan R. Weaver, AB’96, and Jason Brodkey, AB’93, are both happily living in New York.

Moving on to graduate school... Colin R. Johnson, AB’96, is earning a Ph.D. in American studies at the University of Michigan. The Smithson- ian Institution awarded him a pre-candidacy fellowship, and he spent this past summer at the National Museum of American History researching the history of sexuality in early 20th-century rural America. A number of people began graduate school this fall. Emily Thompson, AB’96, started business school at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. E-mail her at emily.thompson@owen.vanderbilt.edu. Michele Karron, AB’96, entered Oklahoma State University’s Veterinary Medical School. Her new e-mail address is: Karronm@okstate.edu. Kristen Lehner, AB’96, is a first-year law school student at Northwestern University, and Katherine Rosenfeld, AB’96, is in her first year at Yale Law School. Leah K. Clarkson, AB’96, has started the M.F.A. writing program at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst.

College alumni, please send your news to: Asha Banker, AB’96, 105 Duane St., Apt. 39C, New York, NY 10007. Phone: 212/374-0416 (h). E-mail: asha.banker@gs.com.

Other alumni news includes: Teresa K. Clark, MBA’96, was named factory manager of Plant 2 at Burgess-Norton Manufacturing Company. She will be responsible for the materials and the press/sinter areas at the Plant 2 location in Geneva, IL, the company’s powder-metal products facility. Geoffrey B. Pingree, AM’86, PhD’96, assistant professor of media studies and rhetoric at the Catholic University of America, directed research for “A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America,” a 90-minute PBS documentary. Lauri Scheyer Ramey, AM’75, PhD’96, was named the first curator of the country’s only African-American poetry archive, located at Hampton University in Virginia, where she is also an assistant professor in English. The archive, located in the university’s Museum of African American Art, has early editions of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry, Countee Cullen’s personal art collection, and other treasures. Her husband, Martin Ramey, is senior minister of First Christian Church in Norfolk.Wesleyan University elected Alford A. Young, Jr., AM’92, PhD’96, of Ann Arbor, MI, to its board of trustees. He is a Wesleyan alumnus and an assistant professor of sociology and African-American studies at the University of Michigan.

97 College alumni—Alpha Lillstrom, AB’97, writes: Kimberly S. Barger, AB’97, is director of recruiting at Accession Technologies LTD in Chicago, a computer consulting and software development firm. Gloria H. Lee, AB’97, joined Credit Suisse First Boston as an analyst in the Praedium Fund. She had been working in biomedical venture capital. As for myself, after six months of studying and backpacking through mainland China immediately following graduation, I am again exploring Asia and having a grand time. This time I am setting up camp in Taipei, Taiwan ROC in order to further my studies of Mandarin at the Mandarin Training Center at Taiwan Normal University. My mailing address in Pittsburgh remains valid, as does my e-mail address at the end of this column. Katherine A. Mandell, AB’97, is teaching science to seventh- and eighth-graders in the Bronx, NY, through the Teach for America Program. Sarah E. Nangle, AB’97, finished a year teaching high-school biology in inner-city Milwaukee through the AmeriCorps program. This year she’s a predoctoral research fellow at the NIH in Bethesda, MD. Jiyeon Wong, AB’97, is working as a volunteer in Scotland, living with disabled young people. She plans on being there another year while taking a curative-education seminar to learn therapeutic techniques for working with people with disabilities.

College alumni, please send your news to: Alpha Lillstrom, AB’97, 1109 Macon Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15218. E-mail: zhende@hotmail.com.

Other alumni news includes: Abigail E. Wallhaus, MBA’97, is a plan controller with Interstate Energy Corporation/Alliant Power in Madison, WI. She and her husband, Tom, are the parents of daughter Taylor Ela Wallhaus, born July 19.

98 College alumni—Elaine Chang, AB’98, writes: Mary Lee E. Kimber, AB’98, is pursuing a Ph.D. in political science at Stanford University. Aaron M. Ackermann, AB’98, Julia Grebelsky, AB’98, and I all work for Ernst & Young’s strategy practice in New York. Sinda S. Lee, AB’98, works at the U of C Hospitals coordinating research studies; she plans to pursue graduate studies in public health next year. Roi Lotan, AB’98, is a first-year student at Pritzker Medical School. Kurt F. Dudas, AB’98, is a first-year law student at Harvard.

At the end of September, Jill R. Druschke, AB’98, who’s now working at J. P. Morgan’s Internal Consulting group in New York, reunited with some classmates in Boston: Eleanor T. Keppelman, AB’98, who works at LEK Alcar’s Boston office; Suzanne K. Schmidt, AB’98, who works at Cochran Coronia in its Chicago office; Marcia H. Glass, AB’98, who does research at Harvard; and Kelly M. Maxwell, AB’98, who does work at Boston University.

College alumni, please send your news to: Elaine Chang, AB’98, 31 Ironwood Drive, Morris Plains, NJ 07950. Phone: 973/605-8711 (h) or 212/773-6612 (w).

Other alumni news includes: Jessica N. Buben, MFA’98, was awarded a fellowship from the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation. She is a doctoral student at the U of C. On July 18, one week after she defended her dissertation, Alexandra M. Hrycak, AM’91, PhD’98, married David P. Mandell, AM’92, in the Little Theater in Ida Noyes. The couple is now living in Portland, OR, and teaching at Reed College—Hrycak in the sociology department and Mandell in the political-science department.

Centre College named Paula I. McQuade, AM’91, PhD’98, assistant professor of English. Previously an instructor at DePaul University and a lecturer at the U of C, her scholarly interests are the Renaissance period, women writers, and the teaching of composition.