What a wacky and wild few weeks we Kelloggians have witnessed -- wandering abroad, weddings, welcoming wee ones into the family. How wonderful! I, for one, am wiped. Thank you for your notes and inquiries to me with your updates. I feel like a rock star. I wish I could answer you all individually. Instead, I shall present the answers to the most FAQs.14 months Section 65ers are still my favorites One Prince and two Dukes Plenty, but mostly in Italy. Yes, that was me in "Hello, the Alumni Relations Office handles all diploma requests" (not me, sorry). Anyway, keep 'em coming.

Tis' the season for babies. We can expect all those cold productive winter months to have some fabulous side effects this summer; namely, many new little classmates.

Titi (Falusi) Cole and her husband, Wale had a baby boy named Ayodele Cole on Feb. 3. "We are all doing great and I am enjoying my extended leave from Mckinsey." Doug Newman welcomed his second daughter, Laine Blakeslee Newman (Lainey) on May 24. "She joins her sister Kathryn Rose (Katy) and we are thrilled." Kerry and Shauna Emerson-O'Neill had a baby girl March 3. Her name is Molly Katherine O'Neill.

"Fay Zenoff Ginzburg, Elon, big sister Miriam, welcomed the birth of our new baby, Victoria Shira Ginzburg, on Jan. 21, 2000. We are happily settling into our new home in Mill Valley, Ca. Professionally, since graduation, I have focused primarily on supporting start-ups and new ventures as an independent consultant."

One Santa Barbara resident is still loving life on the West Coast (and systematically growing the population of the city). Jason Spievak writes, "I won't bore you with tales of endless 80-degree sunny days here on the beach in Santa Barbara. Suffice to say that life is good, but work seems to keep getting in the way. The call goes out to fellow Kelloggians looking for interesting tech sector work. With some of the biggest names in the industry opening offices here in Santa Barbara, there are plenty of engineering and marketing jobs looking for good people. More importantly, I wanted to let you know that Ben's little sister, Sophia, joined us on April 22. We checked in to the hospital at 12:15 on Sunday afternoon; and she was born at 12:56. Unfortunately, there was no time for drugs. Nonetheless, we've got a beautiful baby girl with us now. As for little Ben (conceived at Kellogg), his natural affinity for the drums and what is emerging as a razor-sharp part in his hair has me more than a little suspect of Rick Morello. As a result, Mark Taber has agreed to secure some of Morello's DNA for us for testing purposes; although we have a "don't ask; don't tell" policy on exactly how he plans to accomplish that."

Walter Florence and wife Kathy settled into their new house this fall in Lincoln Park just in time to hibernate for another winter in Chicago and reappear this Spring to announce the birth of their son, Andrew Raymond Florence, born March 11. "The little guy was anxious to get started on life and showed up six weeks early, much to our surprise, but Kathy and Andrew are both doing great and I am definitely enjoying the proud Papa role!"

Matt Candler '98 and Virginia McDonald at their wedding, surrounded by the typical Kellogg retinue

Love and marriageŠ Congrats to the happy couples. Thank goodness for wedding photos to help you remember just how out of hand those Kellogg-heavy receptions can get. Matt Candler got hitched recently surrounded by a gaggle of classmates. He writes,"I am still working with charter schools and loving it. The coolest thing I have done recently is get married to Virginia McDonald. Kellogg folk in Atlanta for the wedding were: Peter Harvey and Freeman Hall '00 (in the wedding), Scott Smith and Julia Herr '99, Katie Brick '97, Kathleen Dunlop, Reab and Shell Berry, Kathy Preble, Hunter Middleton, Doug Gilmartin, David and Kim Clark, and Bobbi and Charlie Hurt."

Sachin Mithal sent in this report from Silicon Valley. "Rami ('No I am NOT Professor Sawhney') Kahlon wed Avneet Ahluwalia on March 31 in a traditional Sikh wedding in Silicon Valley. Many Kellogg friends were in attendance including Mike Avila, Raymon Ayroso, Chandra Bathwal, Ritu and new baby Anish, Read Flake, Milind and Archana Gokarn, Christian Hackett, Pankaj Jain, Arvind '97 and Alpana Jain, Peter Kim, Walt Ling, Kazuko Matsuda, Sachin, Asha, and Kunaal Mithal, Sapan Polepalle, Sergey Shneyerson, Deepak Singh and family. And given Rami's panache for flash, the groom was almost outdone by Sergey who came in full Indian regalia, including a burgundy turban! Rami and Avneet honeymooned in the French Riviera before getting back to their high-tech jobs in San Jose. Rami is with Marvell Semiconductor and Avneet works for Paramit Corporation. Congratulations Rami and Avneet!"

Rami Kahlon '98 married Avneet Ahluwalia in March, with several Kellogg friends in attendance.

Mary Gorges writes: "I got married last July and I still work at Cisco. There now about a year and a half (working like crazy), and my husband works at Intel. Life has certainly changed in Silicon Valley; everyone's still a workaholic but now much more focused on just getting the job done. Much more subdued."

Sarah Jo Sarchet saw marriage from a totally different angle in May. The most prolific performer of Kellogg weddings got to celebrate her own -- with plenty of the couples she hitched in attendance! "On May 27 I married John Butter, who is God's greatest gift to me. My Kellogg apartment mate Kathy Preble was our maid of honor, with classmates Katie Brick, Elizabeth Carlson, Blair Collins, Kathleen Dunlop, Jeff and Katie McBrayer, Abigail and Andrew Sinwell, Tereska Buzek, Birdie (Chang) and Roman Reznicek, Danny and Jennifer O'Shaugnessy, Scott and Jennifer Whittaker in attendance. Professor Wally Scott and Barbara also blessed us with their presence. The wedding was at Fourth Presbyterian Church on Michigan Avenue where I am currently serving as associate pastor for development." We love you, Sarah Jo. Congrats!

Sari Makofsky McConnell has been busy since her wedding in February to Blake. "Blake and I just celebrated our one-year anniversary last week -- one year from the day we left on our Œround the world trip. We brainstormed for weeks about how to honor such a momentous occasion until finally it struck me. "I know, honey, let's pack up all of our material possessions and move 15 blocks away, just for the thrill of it! We'll get all sweaty and dirty and worn out from the packing and unpacking. It'll be just like travelling for four months." Then I had another thought, "Hey, Blake, maybe I should seriously consider taking this new job with Tambourine, just to shake things up. In fact, I'll start the day after we move just to fire up the old Œflexibility' engine we relied on in Africa. Just to make sure I've still got it. It'll be fun! After all, we're newlyweds. No stress. Right, honey?" Blake was too busy sobbing on the bed. That was his idea of celebrating our trip's anniversary. My new job has been a refreshing change. I finally returned to my Makofsky entrepreneurial roots, taking a job as director of marketing for a company called Tambourine. We produce and distribute CD music compilations for the more mature lifestyle-oriented music buyers who'd be more likely to buy music in a spa gift shop, a winery, a department store, an airport or any other alternative channel of distribution outside of a record store. And as for the third major life change, I have finally started getting used to introducing myself as Sari McConnell. My business cards still read ŒSari Makofsky McConnell' just to trip people up. It's just a funny thing to change your name at this stage in the game. If that's what it takes to be this happy and married, I'll take it. Married life is great."

Victor Hartono met Wynne Kwee '99 when she visited her father in Jakarta. He writes that "Wynne is still an enthusiastic chewing gum brand manager for Warner Lambert. Since Warner Lambert is now part of Pfizer, we predict that it might not be long before we see Peppermint Viagra Trident in the nearest supermarket. In April, Victor had dinner with the Kelloggians in Singapore: Larry Ma, Lou Abela, and Andy Untono. Andy might be one of the last Kelloggian dot-com'ers in Asia. He now works for an American BtoB company called freemarket.com. Andy has a very interesting title: Market-Maker." He also just visited his hometown, Bali.

Andrew Cittadine recently had a typical overseas Kelloggian experience. "Since graduation, I've been in the San Francisco Bay Area. When I left Kellogg, I helped to start Sensant Corp, a medical device technology company that makes sensors for ultrasonic imaging applications (babies, the heart, coronary arteries, other internal organs). These days I lead our marketing activities as we grow slowly. While I was attending a medical device conference in Rome, I ran into a vacationing Tereska Buzek and Debbie Morrison in the Parthenon. All of us were gazing at a random wedding going on there when I happened to bump into them. Both are well and enjoying living in London."

Marcelo Grimoldi is my fantastic South American connection. "In Argentina, we are still under difficult times. We have had the great visit of Alex Fuller who has left Bain in Spain and decided to set up an adventure travel agency in Spain. He is currently travelling extensively through Latin America to learn what can be recommended through his start-up. On my side, we decided to dissolve the Internet incubator since although we had been lucky/successful, it was unlikely that we would have another home run in the near future. I have joined Egon Zehnder International who is the leading executive search firm in Europe and Latin America and love it. Evaluating people, is far more challenging than what appears to be. Moreover it is probably the skill that will most impact our happiness in life (choosing friends, bosses, significant others, etc.)."

Raemonn Smale is settling in nicely to the joys of the Minnesota countryside. But he misses the joys of London. "We've been meeting Kellogg friends on our travels. We took our first vacation with our son, Jamie, to Aruba (the Dutch Antilles where his mother was born). Somebody once told me that when you take a holiday without your kids it's a vacation; when you holiday with your kids it's a trip! I can't really comment though since while Danielle was playing with Jamie I was out windsurfing! We were joined in Aruba by Karen and Dan Gordon. Both are well and enjoying Florida. Dan is now in airplane component sales. They couldn't help smiling as they watched the Minnesotans smothering themselves in sunscreen. But we had the last laugh; it's nice to know that even Floridians can turn pink! On the way back we stopped in to see how Julie and Chris Lee are settling in Atlanta. The strain of spending 12 of their 18 months in Minnesota below zero was too much for them! I have to say they assimilated to Minnesota so well though that they stick out like a sore thumb in Georgia. We got lost finding their house and had to ask for directions. Once we mentioned they were from Minnesota, the friendly local knew them immediately. 'Oh, the guys with the snowmobile on the front drive!' Things are going well for me. I'm working for Thomson Publishing. The jewel in the crown is Westlaw.com, quite an anomaly as far as Web sites go. Its revenues are in the hundreds of millions of dollars and it's profitable! I've been promoted to director and tasked with coming up with an international version for sale in Europe and Asia. Right now we're ahead of plan."

Speaking of Atlanta, Christopher Tomseth sent this nugget. "My dot-com, eGulliver, had to shut its doors in April. So I am out looking for the next adventure. I am trying to stay in Atlanta, though, since my girlfriend finally moved here in January. She works for Delta Air Lines, so we have been traveling between my job hunting. I went to Buenos Aires for Memorial Day and we also visited Ireland and Chile in the past few months." Tough life these unemployed folks have.

David Koh is handling New York just fine at CSFB. "NYC is fun these days, particularly with the summer season's parties."

Scott Barnum accepted a new position within Deutsche Bank as director of business strategy for equity research. He notes,"My wife, Amy, and I are relocating to London from the Chicago 'burbs. Needless to say, it's going to be a hectic summer and we look forward to being settled in London by September.

Class Pres-O-Rama Christian Barry has seen some changes in the past few months: a little suburbanite magic. "Last month, I left McKinsey and began work for General Electric in their Corporate Initiatives Group, hoping to get a helicopter ride with Jack before he retires. Inga and I have since picked up from lush New Jersey and moved to the shores of Connecticut. After too long away from the sun's powerful rays, I'm rediscovering the outdoors and suntan lotion.

Eric Fullmer has returned from a six-month stint in San Francisco and a two-month leave of absence studying Russian at Moscow State University, and is back smoking the equivalent of two cigarette packs a day by breathing in his down-town Mexico City home. He recently made manager at Bain, and is working on an eight-month project in El Salvador, where he has survived two earthquakes and a bank robbery. Weekends have taken him to Havana, Cuba, on three occasions, which he claims is the only place within a 1,500-mile radius of Evanston where you are guaranteed not to see a single Kellogg T-shirt.

Rachel Fleishman is joining the EU of Kelloggians this Summer. "As of mid-July, consider yourself invited to Brussels to watch the rain from another perspective - mine! Yes, Eli, Eytan and I are going to Œgo native' in the center of the cultural world, Brussels. Eli has accepted a job with Euroclear Bank, doing something with cross-border debt securities transactions that I don't quite understand. I'm not certain what I'll be doing yet, although Sprint hasn't given up on me. And we expect to have at least one extra bedroom, for all of those Kellogians who have to get their moules and frites (or Belgian chocolate) fix!"

Mike Murray is planning to take a 6-month sabbatical from CGEY to shake off a little consulting burn-out while the Telecom Industry's Œfibers' are still dimly lit. "I'm going to spend three months in the Northwest camping, hiking, etc., then two months in Australia and New Zealand. I'm going to spend some time on my music as well."

Dave Aufhauser is returning to reality after a break in the unemployed world. "As for me, after six months of unemployment (OK, I played for two, consulted for one and prostituted myself for the other three), I landed a kick butt biz dev job at Yodlee. Got lucky. Yep, I am one of the stubborn ones, staying in technology. While unemployed, I did get to bolster my social skills commiserating with the other 30,000 20- and 30-something crowd unemployed in SF."

Andreas Zehnder left McKinsey after three years, effective May 31, to join the executive search firm which his dad has founded in 1964. Egon Zehnder International is No. 4 in the world, and it has 55 offices around the globe, of which there are seven in the United States (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco). He would be excited to possibly get in touch with some former Kellogg graduates this way. He definitely would be delighted to hear about how Kellogg colleagues are doing.

Stasia Bourke has emigrated to Mid-Cali recently. "I moved to Santa Barbara and am doing venture stuff for Tenet Healthcare. It's a very large company ($12 billion in revenue) and we own and operate hospitals. I am responsible for making equity investments in early-mid stage technology companies that we can also be a customer of. I won't bore you with details, but I am having a great time, learning a lot, and making a lot of friends in the venture world, which is probably the most valuable!"