EMP-39

Joyce Milner wrote: "I am still based in Houston with Shell Chemicals where I am the company's ethylene product manager.  It's a fun and challenging assignment but has been frenetic with the huge volatility in energy prices.  I must admit that retirement is starting to sound pretty good.  At home, my daughter (24) has decided to throw in the towel on the working world and go back to school (again), this time for a graduate degree in exercise physiology at University of Miami.  I think the call of the beach, coupled with the freedom of school life, have lured her (maybe she was influenced a bit by my numerous returns to school, too).  My older son (20) just completed his sophomore year at Texas A&M in honors business and has been active in student government and triathlons.   He remains focused on attending seminary after he gets his undergraduate degree and will be spending much of the summer in China teaching high school students to speak English.  My youngest son (16) is completing his sophomore year in high school and is very active in sports.  My kids definitely get their athletic prowess from their dad, who among other things recently qualified for and completed his first Boston Marathon (injured but successful).  My job is to clap, whistle and encourage their exploits, so I am constantly in training, too. I hope everyone is doing well, and I would love to hear from any of our classmates if they are in the Houston area." Contact her by e-mail at joyce.milner@shell.com.

Terri Herrington says: "Hello to everyone! After seven years in London and 30 years with BP/Amoco, I have left the oil business and joined the paper business.  In November, I took the position of vice president, internal audit, with International Paper, the world's largest paper and packaging company.  Paul and I have moved to Memphis, home of Elvis (whose spirit still lives), barbecued ribs and Delta blues.  We are very pleased to be back in the U.S., and I am enjoying my new role and new home. I'd love to hear from the rest of you!" E-mail her at terri.herrington@ipaper.com.

Marti Correa wrote: "Hello fellow EMP-39er's. So, it's been 10 years since we had the pleasure of spending endless hours studying together!  I'm hitting a milestone year in December and hate it. I still want to be 35 and sometimes people ask me if my son Zack is husband Scott's son from another marriage and my vanity makes me say yes! They see my daughter Taylor and ask, is she your oldest, and I say yes. I come home and come clean with Zack and tell him how I denied him several times during the day, and he just laughs! My family is doing well. Zack (19), who was just 7 when I started Kellogg) is a sophomore at Lehigh.  Taylor (9), with whom I was pregnant at Kellogg) is in fourth grade. I left GE Capital four years ago and am now with MBIA. Yes, it's a bond insurer; if you've been reading the business pages in the WSJ, you will know what I mean!  I left GE for a "quiet" decelerating job, but it's turned out to be everything but quiet and slow. We are the bond insurers with billions of dollars in subprime and CDO's and have guaranteed billions of municipal bonds you might have in your 401(k)s. It's been interesting times.  We will see how long I last. I'm exploring opportunities back at GE, of all places!  Scott is also doing well and very busy.  He launched his CPA consulting business five years ago and loves it." Contact Marti at marti.correa@mbia.com.

Stephanie Pincus says: "Hi to everyone. Sorry I won't make it to the Reunion, but we will be sailing in the Galapagos as part of our "travel while we can" plan.  After commuting to D.C. for four years as the chief academic officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, I returned full-time to Buffalo in November 2004 to be around for my son's last few years of high school.  Now I work part-time teaching at the local VA hospital, and spend much of my time advocating for recognizing the achievements of professional women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.  Check out our Web site at raiseproject.org.  On a personal level, my husband continues as chair of dermatology at SUNYAB, which he took over when I retired, and is still actively engaged in using light-activated molecules to treat skin cancer.  My oldest, having received a PhD in classics from Berkeley, is completing his second year of law school at Columbia; my daughter in D.C. is about to have her second son, making us grandparents of two boys; and my youngest  is a freshman at Princeton, where he is concentrating on Arabic, the Middle East and public policy." Contact Stephanie at shp@shpincus.com.