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1990's

90 College alumni—Grace Chan, AB’90, AM’90, writes: Samer M. Ali, AB’90, passed his qualifying examinations and achieved Ph.D. candidacy in Near Eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University. He’ll be spending a year on a Fulbright-Hays grant to study medieval Arabic manuscripts in Egypt, Germany, and Spain. Brett J. Best, AB’90, married Gwen M. Daley, AB’90, in June 1990 at Bond Chapel with a reception at the Plaza Club. Since leaving the Chicago area, Brett and Gwen—who’s ABD in paleontology at Virginia Tech—have both fallen in love with minor-league ice hockey, and Gwen has turned that into a passion for running their local team’s official Web site. After a successful 10-year career as a sports journalist, including a Virginia Press Association award for a May 1996 column, Brett decided to put his U of C experience in track to good use and go back to the participation side of athletics. He began a career as an assistant track and field coach at Virginia Tech in January and thinks he may be the only U of C alum coaching at an NCAA Division I institution. Jessica A. Kidd, AB’90, is in Britain doing an equine-surgery residency. Her new address is Myrtle Cottage, Stock Lane, Langford, Bristol BS40 5EU, England, and her phone number is 011 44-1934-852-541; e-mail address is kiddvet@hotmail.com. She would be glad to hear from any U of C alumni in the area. Mickey Y. Kim, AB’90, has a new address: 1535 Windy Hill Drive, Northbrook, IL 60062. Art M. Lee, AB’90, is between jobs. Classmates are encouraged to write him at 4239 Moore St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. After graduation, Robbyn T. Lewis, AB’90, served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, West Africa. Providing health education for mothers and children in a remote area, she had to learn the Zarma language. After the Peace Corps, she did graduate work in medicine and biology, but eventually earned her master’s in public health from Columbia University. Today, she is a clinical researcher for Johns Hopkins University in charge of a tuberculosis project in Haiti, where she lives and works full time and is adding Haitian Creole to her collection of languages. Wai Kong (“Brian”) Li, AB’90, is slaving away in Hong Kong and would like any classmates who happen to be there to drop him a line.

William E. McGee, Jr., AB’90, and wife Lynn both turned 30 this year. Their older daughter, Emma, started kindergarten and their younger daughter, Hannah, is 2. Will just earned his Type 9 teaching certificate for English and is working on his M.Ed. He also had a short story published this fall in the Notre Dame Review. Tammie Miller, AB’90, MBA’94, is director of business development and investor relations for Blue Cross Blue Shield United of Wisconsin. Her daughter, Allison Grace Aprahamian, was born in June 1997 and is now a happy and active 1-year-old. Tammie and her husband, Ed Aprahamian, own a thriving business in Milwaukee. She is still working with collegiates through Alpha Omicron Pi at the U of C and loving it. Erika Anderson Ono, AB’90, lives in State College, PA, with her husband, Ken Ono, AB’89, and their daughter, Aspen. Ken teaches at Penn State and Erika will finish her master’s at Penn and begin practicing as a certified nurse-midwife. Elisabeth Ann Hollister Sandberg, AB’90, AM’90, PhD’95, and Warren S. Sandberg, PhD’91, MD’94, were married in October 1993, and their son, Aiden Jameson, was born in May 1998. After finishing a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard, Elisabeth began a tenure-track position in the psychology department of Suffolk University in Boston. Warren has finished his residency in anesthesia and critical care at Massachusetts General Hospital and has joined its anesthesia faculty. They live in a Boston suburb, where they are furiously renovating their 108-year-old Victorian house. Gurjot K. Sidhu-Gandhi, AB’90, MBA’93, married Samir A. Gandhi, AB’90, and worked in management consulting until this past year, when she started her own Internet strategy consulting business. Samir has been at Brown and Wood as an attorney since completing his J.D. at George Washington University in 1993. Their son, Jivan, 3, is, according to Gurjot, “the sunshine of our lives.”

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.

91 Hans A. Krimm, SM’86, PhD’91, announces the November 4 birth of daughter Audrey Burnett Krimm. From September 23–25, Hans appeared as a contestant on Jeopardy! Craig A. Losekamp, AB’91, and Michelle Crafton Losekamp, AB’92, announce the October 29 birth of daughter Elaine Marie. They report that “big sister Katherine does an excellent job helping out.” In July, Craig will complete a family-practice residency in Dayton, OH, and in August, will join a small group of family doctors in Fairfield, OH. Giancarlo Nardini, AB’91, and his brother have recently taken over their family restaurant, Club Lago, in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Giancarlo welcomes any alums to the Lago to “help keep the conversations interesting.” He sends a special acknowledgement to Alexander D. Hoehn-Saric, AB’91, and Loren A. Mayor, AB’92, who “are proving that lessons from Filbey House were learned well.” Arlene V. Roman, AB’91, see 1993, Young Kim. In October, Gillian M. Stanfield, AB’91, married Mark Metzstein in Cambridge, MA. The couple lives in Somerville, MA, while Gillian finishes her Ph.D. in biology at MIT. Joseph E. Strauss, AB’91, is a second-year associate at the New York law firm Strock & Strock & Lavan. There, he works with Lawrence D. Norden, AB’93, a third-year associate at the firm.

92 College alumni—Lesley F. Kim, AB’92, writes: Had enough of the cold? Sick of freezing your you-know-what off? Well, here is the latest news to warm your hearts. Editha Agustin Krueger, AB’92, and David A. Krueger, AB’92, SM’94, MD’97, live in Ann Arbor, MI, where Dave is a second-year emergency-medicine resident and Edie recently began a residency in radiation oncology. They have “two children, Yoshi and Meeko—both puppies yet.” Christine A. Dannhausen-Brun, AB’91, and Christian Dannhausen-Brun, SB’92, welcomed twins Emma Christine and Jacob Henry into the family on July 9. The twins had “a bumpy entrance into the world, but are now doing great and keeping both mom and dad on their toes.” Much to Christine’s relief, they report, Christian completed his surgery internship and the grueling call schedule at the University of Maryland just in time to help with Emma and Jacob. Christian is an anesthesiology resident at Johns Hopkins, and Christine is on maternity leave from her position as chief of field operations at the Johns Hopkins Prevention Program. Kathleen B. Hanviriyapunt, AB’92, married Vincent Acurantes Sison at Bond Chapel on September 6. Kathleen and Vince live in Manhattan, where Kathleen is assistant news editor of the Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly Edition. Her e-mail address is: khanviriya@aol.com.

At the San Francisco Young Alumni Club (SFYAC) happy hour, I caught up with Peter Y. Kim, AB’92, and Jack Shen among others. Peter just graduated from Northwestern’s Kellogg School and works for McKinsey & Co. with Michael C. Dodge, AB’93. Jack is with KPMG and is the SFYAC’s representative to the Young Alumni of the Bay Area (YABA), a consortium of young-alum clubs from many top universities. David N. Levy, AB’92, is having a “gay old time swing dancing and romancing in the Chicago beyond Hyde Park.” Annette J. McCord-Beattie, AB’92, was married in January 1996. Carla Norfleet Taylor, AB’92, MBA’93, had a great 1998. She was promoted to second vice president at Northern Trust Bank in May and married fellow B-school alum Jesse T. Taylor, MBA’95, in June. Desiree T. Washington, AB’92, formed Bankrupt Planet, a record label, in Los Angeles, and on November 21, released its first recording by the L.A.–based band Dual Eden. Bankrupt Planet is distributed worldwide by CD Baby.

That’s all the scoop I have this month. Hopefully, you can send in your news—or anyone else’s for that matter.

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: The Chicago office of Arthur Andersen LLP admitted Eric A. Felton, MBA’92, to the partnership. He has been a member of the office’s assurance and business advisory practice for the past 12 years, supporting assurance services for financial markets. ABN AMRO promoted William H. Heissenbuttel, MBA’92, to group vice president of the bank’s project finance group in Chicago. Before joining ABN AMRO in 1994, Heissenbuttel was an associate at Chemical Bank. Michelle Crafton Losekamp, AB’92, see 1991, Craig A. Losekamp. Loren A. Mayor, AB’92, see 1991, Giancarlo Nardini.

93 College alumni—Norman Yung, AB’93, writes: The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation awarded Minal Giri, AB’93, AM’93, a fellowship for the 1998–99 academic year. She is finishing a doctorate in medicine.

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: The Chicago office of Arthur Andersen LLP admitted Loren J. Trimble, MBA’93, to the partnership. He has been a member of the office’s business consulting practice for the past 12 years. Young B. Kim, AB’93, married Arlene V. Roman, AB’91, on July 11 at Rockefeller Chapel. The honeymooning couple visited London, Paris, Rome, and other European cities. They report, “It was a splendid adventure and a wonderful break from our hectic lives.” Lawrence D. Norden, AB’93, see 1991, Joseph Strauss.

94 The Class of 1994 celebrates its 5th reunion June 4–6, 1999.
College alumni—Tony McClendon, AB’94, writes: On August 8, Benjamin (“Blake”) Weathersby, AB’94, married Ashlea Akins in Birmingham, AL. Blake is doing an internal-medicine residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Eve E. Buckley, AB’94, married David R. Stockman, AM’97, PhD’97, in St. Louis on August 15. The couple lives in Swarthmore, PA, where Eve is continuing a doctoral program in the history of sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and David teaches at the University of Delaware. Edmund F. Kimbell, AB’94, recently gave a piano recital in the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago’s concert series. He encourages fellow alumni to visit his Web site at: www.counter-tenor.com. Gregory A. Thompson, AB’94, married Hyeyoung Bang-Thompson, AB’95, on August 7. Groomsmen included best man Damian W. Grivetti, AB’94, and Brett Lambo, AB’95. Bridesmaids included Alyssa M. Machold, AB’94, and current student Jessica Casteel. Greg is working on his master’s at the University of Utah and Hyeyoung is in her second year of law school at Brigham Young University. They live in Draper, UT. Arthur C. Schmidt III, AB’94, received an M.S. in investment banking and international securities from Reading University in England in July 1998.

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.

95 College alumni—Kathleen Abbott, AB’95, writes: For all you investment bankers who sometimes feel like trying something a little different...Tanya L. Garrett, AB’95, writes that Samuel S. Chong, AB’95, is taking a break from investment banking to follow his true love, ballet dancing. Having studied dance from a young age, he is an accomplished ballet dancer and choreographer. Most recently, he completed a dance adaptation of Free Willy for a local ballet school for children. He is also marketing the piece and auditioning for dance troupes in the Chicago area. I am definitely happy that he is following his heart and taking chances. I’m sure that Sam would enjoy the support of his fellow U of C alums. Those who are interested should call Sam to find out about his next recital. Katherine Norem, AB’95, writes, “Konnichiwa! I remember learning as a child that if I dug a hole from my backyard and continued straight through the earth and came out the other side, I would find myself in the Indian Ocean. So it follows that anyone living in India deserves the ‘Farthest from Chicago’ award. But I live in Japan, and this has to count for at least an honorable mention. I’m teaching English conversation in a suburb of Nagoya and have discovered that I really miss snow (and English conversation!). I’ll be home soon.” Congratulations to Hyeyoung Bang-Thompson, AB’95, and Gregory A. Thompson, AB’94, who were married on August 7. Groomsmen included best man Damian W. Grivetti, AB’94, and Brett Lambo, AB’95. Bridesmaids included Alyssa M. Machold, AB’94, and Jessica Casteel, a student in the College. Greg is working on his master’s at the University of Utah and Hyeyoung is in her second year of law school at Brigham Young University. They live in Draper, UT, and love to ski. Amanda A. Geppert, AB’95, has definitely been keeping up with alumni relations! During the past year, she worked at Colliers Cauble & Co., a commercial real-estate brokerage in Atlanta, where, she writes, she “was fortunate enough to run into Carlton W. Basmajian, AB’96, at an alumni event at Emory in February. I am glad to report that Carlton has begun graduate studies in urban planning at Georgia Tech this past fall. Moreover, I am happy to report that I recently returned to the Windy City to work for the Field Museum of Natural History as events coordinator for institutional advancement. I am also excited for my closest pal, Margaret L. (“Meg”) Hudgins, AB’95, who was recently promoted at Equity Office Properties Trust in Chicago. Yay Meg! I have also been in regular contact with Bridget A. Baker, AB’95, who is finishing up her Peace Corps assignment in Cameroon (which includes fighting snakes in her outhouse and digging latrines—a stronger woman than I can claim to be!) and plans to travel around Africa during the first half of 1999.” L. Sidra Gifford, AB’94, writes, “Congratulations to Heather Denison Morriss, AB’95, and Charles H. Morriss, AB’93, on the Thanksgiving arrival of their beautiful baby girl, Sarah.” Nathan E. Larson, AB’95, manages the Land Rover Driving School in Manchester, VT. Does that sounds like a great job, or what? He is also involved with the Kennedy Center’s Vermont Alliance for Arts Education. Azin Lotfi, AB’95, is in her third year at Indiana University School of Law. She recently participated in the mock court-martial of Gen. George Armstrong Custer, appearing for the defense. At the end of the trial, the court sided with the prosecution. Scott D. Hajer, AB’95, is an IT recruiter at Software Architects. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Schaumburg, IL. Matthew R. Valentini, AB’95, is a finance associate with Merrill Lynch in Chicago. He also works with Chicago Community Loan Fund, a nonprofit community development organization. If anyone is interested in helping out, please contact Matthew at mvalentini@NA2.US.ML.com.

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: kabbott@brobeck.com.

96 College alumni—Asha Banker, AB’96, writes: Matthew S. Weltig, AB’96, is teaching English to Japanese adults in Tokyo; he previously taught English in Korea. He recently visited Australia and Thailand. Matthew is married with one daughter and can be reached at msweltig@yahoo.com. Omar A. Syed, AB’96, married Meghan L. Riley on August 15 in St. Cloud, MN. The wedding party included Omar’s brother-in-law, Alexander Cavallo, a U of C Ph.D. student in economics; Ethan G. Sribnick, AB’98; Zenobia K. Mehta, AB’96; and Joel T. M. Bilheimer, AB’96. Omar and Meghan live in Minneapolis and are in their final year of law school at the University of Minnesota. They can be reached at 50 Groveland Terrace, #203, Minneapolis, MN 55403 or at omar.syed@state.mn.us. Also finishing law school this year is Leigh J. Rubinstein, AB’96. She is at Boston University and can be reached at lrubinst@bu.edu. Leigh says school is going well, but she is experiencing some “senioritis.”

College alumni, please send your news to: Asha Banker, AB’96, 568 Ben Jonson House, Barbican, EC2Y 8NH, United Kingdom. E-mail: asha.banker@gs.com.

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

98 College alumni—Elaine Chang, AB’98, writes: Maureen N. Dunne, AB’98, AM’98, was awarded a Rhodes scholarship this past December.

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).