1982

There's lots of good news from our class. Candy Black and her husband Sylvester reports that they celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary on May 11. They're proud parents of Vesty (a 2009 Princeton University graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a certificate in architectural design). Vesty is building a 100-foot replica of the Golden Gate Bridge for the City of San Francisco as part of an exhibit dedicated to this historic bridge. Daughter Katherine, a junior at Amherst College, returned from a semester in Paris. A psychology major, Katherine is invited to perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Amherst College Symphony in February 2010. Youngest daughter Kristina completes her first year at Dartmouth in June.

The proud parents are very excited about the leadership and excellence that their children are demonstrating. Candy's newest projects are tutoring algebra and learning karate. She says they keep her "both busy and happy." Congratulations Candy, seems you're living your best life.

The Reichelstein family: Julia, Marci '82, Daniela and Stefan

Peter Cobb celebrated the 10-year anniversary of eBags.com, the retailer he co-founded. Peter is proud that at this milestone, his company has already shipped its 10-millionth bag. He has three children and lives in Denver. Follow him on Twitter at: twitter.com/petercobb. Best wishes, Peter, for another successful decade.

Seth Pemsler and Alise Byer (Alise Byer Pemsler) are proud parents of Carmen, who was crowned the best female fifth grade chess player in the state of Idaho. Carmen competes in tournaments around the country, which means the four chess lessons she insists on each week are really paying off.

Marci Reichelstein (nee Belcher), who co-founded Jooners (jooners.com), serves as its vice president of marketing. Jooners is a start-up Web 2.0 company that "puts organizing volunteers on auto-pilot" through online sign-up, auto-reminder and thank-you followup benefits. This site has been used for events that range "from charity runs to pot luck parties of every flavor," she says.

Marci and her husband Stefan Reichelstein (now a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business) are the proud parents of two daughters, Julia (17) and Daniela (19 and attending Bates College). I remember Marci as one of the seven residents/MBA students in a large home shared by one of my class group members, Mark DaSilva. Stefan, whom Marci referred to as a "lone doctorate student" in the Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences Department at Kellogg, also was a resident in this home. After friendly games of tennis and walks along the lake "in zero-degree weather," their romance blossomed.

Knut Meyer, another member of my study group back at Kellogg, writes to say that life is good in Connecticut. He and wife Doria are proud of their family and good health, both insisting on remaining fit year-round. Knut has been in consulting for 25 years, having lived in Amman, Chicago and Greenwich, Conn. He has also completed assignments over the years in Mexico, Brazil and cities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Their son Arne, who was just a tot during the Kellogg years, is living on the West Coast, working for a division of Sony as a marketing and community manager. Knut and Doria enjoy skiing during winter months, and look forward to lots of sailing this year.

I visit Kellogg frequently and was on a panel for Day at Kellogg, as potential Kellogg students asked questions about why Kellogg is a good choice. So many fond memories came rushing back as I entered the room facing Kellogg's bright future. Keep sending me great stories. In case you're too modest to talk about your own, news about others you care about is especially treasured. Stay in touch. E-mail me at gwen.cohen@morganstanley.com or gwencohen@sbcglobal.net. There's too much good news for us to keep it to ourselves. Enjoy the summer.