Adnan Rukieh '85 (left) with Spiro Rombotis '85 in London

Karen Hemphill (formerly Ahola, then Derrico) wrote, after a long silence, that her son Nicholas and she continue to live in Minneapolis. Until recently, Karen was in the private wealth management business advising a wealthy Minnesota family, but has decided to remain at home to concentrate on her new husband and family. Karen has remarried and in addition to gaining a husband, and two stepdaughters (ages 8 and 11), they are expecting a child later this year. So, between remodeling a house and going from one child to four, work ultimately takes a back seat! Karen reports that she is thoroughly enjoying herself, however, and doesn't miss "work" one bit! Good luck, Karen.

Peter Colgan dropped a line to say he and his family are doing well. Peter is director of marketing and sales for MedAptus, Inc. in the Boston area. "We're chugging along great and it looks like we're extremely well positioned. Got a great product -- now it's time to sell it!"

Peter also dropped a line about Pete Donlon. Unfortunately, Pete Donlon was working for a dot-com that went belly up. Bouncing back on his feet, he has accepted a job in D.C. with a foreign currency trading company. According to Pete, "It's a highly profitable company and I¹ll head up their worldwide sales and marketing. It will provide me with a chance to go to London, Prague and Zurich regularly." Good luck, Pete.

Adnan Rukieh and his wife, Becky Folds, took advantage of some low airfares and left Winston-Salem, N.C., for a long weekend in London right before Christmas. While there they hooked up with Spiro Rombotis and had a wonderful time catching up. Spiro is CEO of a biotech company, Cyclacel, that is developing new cancer therapies. Adnan is entering his seventh year as head of his own marketing and strategy consulting firm, The Mercator Group, Ltd. that focuses on health-care and e-commerce.

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