Katrina Emmerson married Jeremy Kugel in Minneapolis, surrounded by many Kellogg friends.

2000

Flop recently asked me if I was going to write a book called "The World According to Ros." I am pretty sure he was making fun of me, but be that as it may, I told him that I don't need to write a book. I get to write "the world according to Ros" three times a year in Kellogg World. The problem is, I have officially run out of any interesting social commentary or clever ways to weave a bunch of non-related events into a column that makes any sense. Thus I have decided to use a string of the cheap rhetorical device, "speaking of" (as in: "Speaking of cheddar, I hear Dave Skena got promoted at Kraft") to make sure that I not only mention all of you but also manage to fill a column with my own self-involved "let's talk about Ros" commentary.

Speaking of commentary, Leonard Chan pointed out that sometimes I write stuff that nobody gets - including the person who it is about. I wrote something in the spring Class Notes about Manthos Kallios and his east meets west dancing skills. I didn't know what it meant but I printed it anyway because Andres Franco sent it to me and it seemed like a plausible Manthos story. Turns out, even Manthos didn't know what it meant. So let me just say as a future disclaimer that I really can't be responsible for verifying the level of obscurity of every piece of information that comes my way, particularly when Andres and Oscar Rodriguez probably wrote it after their fifth pitcher of sangria.

	Bob Dold and his wife, Danielle, with daughter Jacqueline Harper Dold
	Chris Parisi and Stephanie with their very new daughter, Natalie Breen Parisi
	Emma Amelia Collins is the daughter of Mary and Rob Collins
	Dorit and Gilad Sokolov, with Michael Ethan
	Purab Kaur with her husband, Amarpal Matharu, holding their daughter, Mayher Kaur Matharu.
	Ivan Espinosa de los Monteros with his new daughter, Claudia, and his wife, Rocio

Justine also told me that Tanya Dragan completed a Team in Training Triathlon on May 5 in the San Francisco area and that Kate Downes is back in Detroit, where she bought a house. She is still working for Ford, but now in product development, developing a new front wheel drive system or some crazy thing.

Speaking of crude, Geoff Matteson and a bunch of the other slippery characters went down to New Orleans for jazz fest: JJ Taylor, Todd Clark, Bill Dauphinais, and Peter Solomon. Since Geoff did not have one printable, PG-rated story to share, you'll just have to call him yourself to find out about JJ and the squirrels.

Speaking of slippery characters, did you know that Tom Behan eats 4 to 5 pounds of salmon a week? One Saturday night, Sue Allshouse, Steve McLaughlin, Greg Barber, Bill Schumacher and I noticed that Tom's dress shirts are no longer white, but in fact now have a pinkish hue. What I want to know is this: Is it possible to get salmon toxicity and if so, is it contagious?

Speaking of contagious, the big news in medicine is the return of Michael Bernstein, MD. After parlaying his MBA into a pseudo-enlightening, tangentially rewarding, incredibly asinine but overall irksome career in investment banking, the good doctor got pink-slipped (along with like 80 percent of our class). He wrote to me that he had done some "sole-searching [sic]." (And what? Found bunions he didn't know he had?) No seriously, he apparently did some soul-searching too and opted to return to medicine. Dr. Bernstein will resume his medical residency in July in a dual program specializing in internal and emergency medicine.

The Kellogg community cannot stop talking about hottest heartthrobs since Donny & Marie Osmond: Ted Kasten and Susan Moseley made their movie debut in the b-grade movie "Sugar & Spice" (You would think I would be kidding, but sadly, I would not be). Their performance is riveting and I would not be surprised if they are soon gracing the cover of Teen Beat magazine. (Josh Gellert and Beth Palmer were also originally in the movie, but ended up on the cutting room floor, because while yes, they are attractive people, they clearly lack the theatrical brilliance and Julliard training of Ted and Susan.)

Speaking of getting left out, it has come to my attention that Bill Schumacher avoided mortal danger and fell just short of performing a heroic rescue during a grisly Lincoln Park knife fight because he was just too damn slow.

Speaking of causes worth dying for, Jason Junge recently published a book "Why Freedom; The Meaning and Practice of Freedom." It is available at any online bookstore, as well as by order at any local bookstore. You can also check out his Web site at: www.whyfreedom.com. Here's hoping Jason hits the New York Times best seller list!

Speaking of the New York Times, Siri Eklund is heading back to New York after spending a year in McKinsey's London office. Also in the moving category, Leslie Sagalowicz just moved out to Paris from S.F., welcomed by a growing crowd of ex-pats from the class of 2000: Mark Bivens, Trista Bridges, Stacey Lawrence and Ariane Gorin. Jacquie Duncan recently moved to Woolloomooloo, Australia, for six months (I know it sounds like I made up the name of the town, but it's real, I swear). Dominique and Will Hawthorne moved to Sausalito, Calif. Paul Judy left Siebel to go to local consulting firm called PointB.

In October, Mary Briggs and George Watson were wed in Rochester, N.Y.

Chris Colwell was just promoted to director of slot operations at Harrah's in Kansas City. Sherry and Chris will be in KC for another 18 months but "Bugsy" Colwell only has two more levels to go until he is the GM of his own casino.

Speaking of quasi-celebrities, in the "I don't know what to do with this" category, I received a disturbing number of responses from our classmates who, after I sent out my last request for information in which I included a brief mention of the TV show "The Bachelor," e-mailed to tell me about various sightings/run-ins they have had with this great beacon of mediocrity. I won't tell you everything they said, but I will tell you this: Mihir Mankad shared a cube with him at BCG in San Francisco and clearly knows a lot more than he is telling. And Dan Schumann also has rumors about the Batchelor to share.

Speaking of Dan Schumann, Dan recently moved to L.A. where he works as a product manager for the S-Type at Jaguar Cars, Ltd. While Dan used to be a cute, preppy, Harvard boy, he is now going all L.A. on us, getting contacts, learning to surf, and "doing lunch." Dan would like it if everyone would go buy one of the new 2003 models immediately so he can be a hero in his new office. You can check out the S-Type microsite at www.jaguar.com/us. I told Dan that if he gave us all free Jaguars, he could be a hero in our class. Dan didn't fall for that but told me that he can get us all the "friends & neighbors" discount on Land Rover, Volvo, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury, and Ford products which tends to be a good, no-haggle deal. Let him know. Operators are standing by.

Also, since Dan has no new pets or kids, he is going to be claiming his houseplants as dependents for tax purposes. (Mark Bivens did this for years, so it's probably legal, right?) Dan has been keeping up with a few other Kellogg alums, like Bill Nowakowski, Andy West, Colleen Shaw, Stephanie (Prial) Aten, Veena Rau (who he randomly bumped into at O'Hare!), and Andy Jacobson (who Dan claims is following him around Ford Motor Co.), but lately has been wondering where the heck everyone else is, especially Tak
Imada.

Speaking of Tak, apparently he was at the wedding of Sandra Michelin and Ryan Ehlert, who got married in Brazil on May 26. Of all Sandra and Ryan's jet set wedding guests, Tak wins the award for greatest distance traveled to attend the wedding, coming all the way from Japan. Sandra and Ryan were also joined by Kate Downes, Jeff Patton, Eunsun Jeon '01, Manthos Kallios, Glen Hastings, Cristina Goletz (JD '02), Erika Hanley, Michael Wiser, Carol Tham, Federico Papa, Ricardo Santos, Otavio Cury '03, Rodrigo Vieira '99, Jerome Cadier '99, Clarissa Lourenco '01 and Andre Abram '01. As with every Brazilian celebration, the reception featured a lot of dancing and gallons of caipirinhas - the typical Brazilian drink which was gladly embraced by locals and visitors. But the fun was hardly limited to the wedding reception as a rather large group of Americans joined the recently wed in a one-week tour around Brazilian including Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.

Speaking of singing and dancing, I think Frank Ballabio has been vying for my job as alumni class rep. Every time he sends me material, he writes it in the third person as a not-so-subtle way of saying, "Don't rewrite this into your lame cheerleader vernacular - just print what I wrote and everyone will be much happier." So, I would like to introduce, without further adieu, guest columnist, Mr. Frank Ballabio, who will, from time to time, be writing my material for me.

"What began on Oregon KOA in 1998, turned into another beginning on May 25, at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis: Katrina Emmerson married Jeremy Kugel. The day's celebration kicked off with the singing of the National Anthem at the Metrodome stadium, home of the Vikings, Twins and wedding guests of Katrina and Jeremy (well, at least for two hours). Ken Bower and Dave Skena both hit dingers over the left field wall while Scott Hanson and Peter Kjome were seen teaching Peter Moon a Nordic victory dance at home plate. Melissa Rosenthal disappointed fans by not showing up for the game choosing instead to recover from her polka dancing antics with the locals at the previous evening rehearsal dinner. Piali Bhattasali was a knock-out bridesmaid and Eve Watson, Beth Conner, Catherine Cox, and Frank Ballabio participated in the ceremony by doing readings. In the spirit of Kellogg corporate sponsored events, all of the guests were treated to a brunch the morning after provided courtesy of the couple's employer's, General Mills and Caribou Coffee."

Speaking of Kellogg mergers, Kendra Stearns and Tim Drozd '01 were married on May 11, at the Glencoe Union Church. A great many things were impressive about this wedding, not the least of which was the floral extravaganza; however Kendra and Tim also had the coolest thing I have ever seen as an hors d'oeuvre at a wedding: a mashed potato martini bar - multicolored mashed potatoes (including purple for Kellogg where they met) served in martini glasses with an unbelievable array of fixings from your standard sour cream and chives to surf and turf. Anyway, Kendra was a beautiful bride, and indeed we all had an amazing time! Missy McCready, Liz Kaiser and Sue Allshouse were in the wedding party and other Kellogg guests included Kim Baldini, Cristina Cooper, Allison and Bill Schumacher, Steve McLaughlin, Erin Kenny, Cheryl Schwartz, Mary Briggs and George Watson, and me! (There were also lots of other Kellogg grads too, including my hot neighbor from Evanston Galleria who is now engaged to lovely girl who sadly isn't me.)

Speaking of weddings George and Mary were at, they were also at their own! Mary Briggs and George Watson got married on Oct. 20 in Rochester, N.Y. Friends from Kellogg included Chrissty and Ed Honos, Keith Pelt, Tennicka and Jay Kingsley, Carrie and Mike Bernstein, Pat Brubaker, Kim Hlobik, Cheryl Schwartz, Missy McCready and Matt McGinnes '99, Sue Allshouse and Steve McLaughlin, Kendra Stearns and Tim Drozd '01. Fabulous time had by all and you should ask Flop about the car ride home.

Speaking of spitting up, I should mention all of the babies that were born. Purab Kaur and her husband, Amarpal Matharu, had a baby girl on November 2. Her name is Mayher Kaur Matharu and it means blessing of God. Purab says the sleepless nights weren't as bad as they had expected. She has had a flurry of Kellogg visitors including Shailu Verma, Niraj Singh, Kumar Venkataraman, Todd McCauley and Alok Maskara as well as some faculty heavyweights like Dean Jain, Mohan Sawhney and Carole Cahill. I guess it's never too early to start building your Kellogg network.

So apparently I am still on Phil Furse's black list because of the video yearbook incident, which I can live with since he tells me it is actually a real honor. Anyway, I don't think Phil is going to have much time to really kick my butt since he and Donna are going to have their hands full for the next 18 years chasing around Kellen Joseph Furse, who arrived on February 4 with more hair than Phil and a big birthmark on his chest: the letter H.

Beth Pierson and her husband, Craig, welcomed their son, John Graham
Pierson, on Feb. 28. From what I can tell the kid eats a lot and doesn't let mom and dad sleep much. Also, Graham is the spitting image of his dad, hairline and all. (Oh relax, those are Beth's words not mine!) Anyway, Beth left Britannica.com to be a full-time mom but plans to go back to work after spending this summer at the beach with the stroller - which one would think will contain Graham too!

Salim Ali is a proud new father as he and wife, Shaija, welcomed their daughter, Zara Vakath, on March 5.

James Slattery and wife, Susan, report that they "had our first tax credit (also referred to as Brendan James Slattery)" on Nov. 15.

Dorit and Gilad Sokolov welcomed Michael Ethan Sokolov to the world on March 19. Michael was 8 pounds, 3 ounces at birth, which is absolutely heroic when you consider that Dorit only weighs like 23 pounds herself. And I hear that while both Dorit and Michael are doing great, Gilad is still recovering.

Rob and Mary Collins welcomed Emma Amelia Collins on March 30. I can't even get into how awestruck I am that Mary not only handmade all of Emma's birth announcements (with detail so elaborate that Martha Stewart would feel inadequate) but also managed to have them postmarked by April 2. Having had the pleasure of not only meeting Emma but also getting to photograph her, I can say that she is truly an incredible little girl.

Stephanie and Chris Parisi had a daughter, Natalie Breen Parisi, on April 12 She arrived in perfect health and weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long. Both Stephanie and Natalie performed unbelievably well during the birth and are doing quite nicely now. Chris is in awe of them both. Chris and Stephanie thank everyone for their prayers and can't wait for you to meet their little princess.

Danielle and Bob Dold had a beautiful baby girl on April 14 named Jacqueline Harper Dold. Several things of note about Harper: she has Bob's nose, Danielle's charm and good looks, a wonderfully inquisitive personality and let me just say that when that girl sleeps, she could sleep through a space shuttle launch! I also got to photograph Harper (with her new best friend Emma Collins) and seeing the two of them together just makes you want to melt. I also have to say that Bob and Danielle should win some sort of Dexterity and Balance Award for the way they can maneuver, baby in arms, up and down their staircase that, in places, is literally two inches wide.

In the Speedy Espinosa category, Claudia Espinosa de los Monteros showed up on April 26 after only five minutes of labor. Equipped with very strong lungs, Claudia, like her father, Ivan Espinosa de los Monteros, will one day no doubt use her lungs to entertain her KOA-mates by singing arias in the shower. Ivan said Claudia is just the first of the six children he and wife Rocio will (hopefully!) have. (While this may seem like an aggressive goal, it's really only, like, a total of 30 minutes of labor for Rocio, right?)

In closing, I would like to mention that Michelle Arnau sent me a note that she wanted me to share with the class: "Since I was diagnosed with a rare blood disease (MDS) last October, I have truly felt the compassion and warmth that is the soul of the Kellogg community. With the help of some pretty amazing doctors, my family and completely selfless friends, I am on my way to a full recovery. I hope to be back in San Francisco in the fall (just in time for the warmer weather)! Thanks to everyone for your love and support over the past few months. I could not have done it without you." Thank you, Michelle, for all of the courage you have displayed. You are truly the one who is amazing and we are all so glad that you are on the road to recovery!

And speaking of recovery, hopefully my creativity will be back by the next issue and I won't have to beat a marginal joke into the ground.

Hopefully. Best, Rosalind.

Ricardo A. M. Santos married Beatriz C. V. Vianna on April 6, in São Paulo, Brazil, where guests partook of a sumptuous yet relaxed feast. Many Kellogg friends were able to attend the wedding including Tony DeFranceschi, JD-MBA student Dale Buxton, Ky Vu, Federico Papa, Carol Tham, Isabela and Alexandre Alvim, Rogerio and Mirlaine Rizzi, Norton e Mirian Lara '99 and Maitee de Camargo '01. Everybody danced the night away (literally until 4 a.m.) to 70s music played by the Mother Funkers. Ricardo and Beatriz honeymooned in South Africa and the Republic of the Maldives.