Hi, classmates. Our 30th reunion is coming soon, and you should have received a registration mailing that summarizes the weekend's terrific events. For more information, visit the reunion Web site at kellogg.northwestern.edu/alumni/reunions, and don't forget to complete the News & Notes narrative at alumni.kellogg.northwestern.edu/reunion/news-submit, whether or not you plan attend.

With sadness, I share the news of the passing last October of classmate Alexis Calliacoudas. Alexis' son, Dimitris, writes that Alexis suffered a stroke, and five of his organs were successfully transplanted to recipients. The Kellogg family extends our sympathy to the Calliacoudas family.

Alan '78 and Ilana Brodie with grandson Benjamin

Alan Brodie writes: "Ilana and I have been happily living in Southern California since 1982, and became U.S. citizens in 1985. We travel internationally frequently, especially to visit Ilana's parents in Cape Town, South Africa, our original home.

"After nearly six years at Brunswick Corporation, during which time I transferred from the Chicago area to Southern California, I left the Fortune 500 arena. I joined a major financial and insurance services company and started my own financial planning practice, which is now more than 24 years old. We specialize in retirement planning and life and disability income insurance for professionals, executives and owners of small companies. We also cover company pension and 401(k) plans.

"Ilana has been a residential real estate agent here in Orange County for nearly 20 years, and we have both participated in community matters and raised our two children: Michael (you remember him running around campus as a two- and three-year-old) and Jessica (born in February 1978 before we graduated). Michael is in financial services sales at the broker-dealer level and is married to an attorney, Rachael. We have just become grandparents for the first time, as Benjamin arrived in October last year. They live close to us here in Irvine, Calif. Jessica is an activities director at a home for the elderly in San Francisco. We hope she'll also get married and start a family in the not-too-distant future."

Iris Newman Stone writes: "I have been living in the Bay Area for more than 25 years and am a senior vice president for Bank of America. I have a consulting and oversight role addressing execution risks for large projects. I am working on the integration of LaSalle Bank into Bank of America, so I have the opportunity to travel to Chicago regularly. I usually see classmate Ellen Baras when I am there. I hope to attend our 30th reunion in May. I am married with no children. My husband, Patrick, and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary this fall. We love to travel and are planning a trip to China this spring."

Ben Ball writes to share the short version of his history since graduating from Kellogg: five years at General Mills marketing, 10 years at PepsiCo (Frito Lay and then PepsiCo Foods International) and 15 years at DHC Holdings Inc. "I left PepsiCo as marketing VP for the Australasian unit of PFI, based in Sydney, to return to the U.S. and join a couple of friends at DHC. We have a sales and marketing consulting firm (Dechert-Hampe & Co.) and a B2B communications agency (MossWarner Communications) with offices in Connecticut, California and Northbrook, Ill. (I didn't want to commute downtown anymore.)

"I have three children, including a daughter who is a freshman at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, another who is a junior there and a son who graduated from the University of St. Thomas in December with a marketing degree. (Anyone need an undergrad marketing intern?)

"Home is Libertyville, Ill., so we are still in the Chicago area. The businesses have been kind, and we are trying to spend more time at the mountain place near Ashville, N.C. — but not nearly enough, yet. I would love to hear from anyone in the class, especially those still around town."

Alan Levow writes: "Alan Engel and I went into partnership and formed a real-estate development and investment company in 1984 that today is known as Crowne Partners, Inc. We primarily develop large luxury apartment communities and have developed or invested in properties that lie in 11 states and 20 cities. Generally, we build to own for the long term and, therefore, not only build the communities but also manage them. I guess you could say that we took the Kellogg emphasis on working in groups to heart, because we first began to collaborate in Dr. Lerner's case-study finance course and have been successfully working together ever since."

Peggy Cleary writes: "I am still with the San Francisco Unified School District but am looking for a new challenge in educational administration, health administration, or a nonprofit organization. My husband, Peter, is at Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale, Calif. Daughter Megan is a cell biology sophomore at UC Davis, while daughter Alison is working on her doctorate in biological oceanography at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography. We welcome guests to our beautiful city."

Colin Kresock writes: "I retired from R.R. Donnelley last summer after a 25-year sales and management career in Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Denver. In September, I joined Moreton & Company, a business insurance brokerage headquartered in Salt Lake City. I very much enjoy the business and the people, and work out of Moreton's Denver office in the Tech Center."

Don Hartmann writes: "We recently relocated from Ventura to Eureka, Calif., where I took on a job as SVP/chief credit officer at Redwood Capital Bank, the only locally owned and operated bank in Humboldt County. Our son, Bruce, will graduate this spring from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and our daughter, Roxanne, will graduate from high school. She is waiting to hear from a number of Cal State schools."

Kevin Nolan writes to say he is still with Navigant Consulting Inc., where he is managing director responsible for the firm's healthcare strategy practice. "I am based in D.C., which makes it easy for me to see my daughter, Erin, who is a freshman at American University. I am on the road pretty much constantly. I recently caught up (separately) with classmates Mark Sibben and Bill Eggbeer and am happy to report that both are doing well."

Michael Lehman was recently promoted to administrative vice president of M&T Bank in Buffalo. "I have been with the bank for six years," he writes, "and manage the ATM Services Group. M&T is a top-25 bank with retail operations in six Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states."

Dominique Mathieu writes: "Nancy and I will also celebrate our 30th anniversary in France this summer. We moved to Duxbury, Mass., in 2006 after several years in Montreal, and have enjoyed being back in the states, reconnecting with family and making new friends in New England. I recently joined Computer Sciences Corporation as a partner within the strategic services group, with a focus on technology strategy to help major clients drive the most value from their technology-enabled business solutions. Our sons operate in Detroit and Scottsdale, respectively, and our daughter is finishing high school, with a passion for photography and sports."

Steven Weinstein, president and managing director of Chicago-based Altair Advisers, was selected by Barron's as one of the Top 100 Independent Financial Advisers and was named to Worth's roster of the Nation's Top 100 Wealth Advisors for the sixth time.

1978 — Part-Time

The Part-Time Class of 1978 is seeking new leadership. Interested? Please contact kworld@kellogg.northwestern.edu. You may also send your news updates to that address.