1992

Kevin McCulloch has a new position as president of Baxter International's transfusion therapies division.

Joe Manory lives in Allendale, N.J., and is vice president and treasurer of Quest Diagnostics, the nation's largest medical diagnostics services company. He and wife Sue have two boys, ages 7 and 4, both of whom play on soccer teams that Joe coaches.

Kevin Hykes has been promoted to VP of the cardiac rhythm management division at Medtronic in Minneapolis. Speaking of the Great North, the quintessential Californian, Lana Etherington Slavitt, and family moved from L.A. to the Minneapolis suburb of Edina (I can see a sitcom in the making). "So far it's been great, but ask me how I'm doing this winter," she says. "I'm told there are many alumni here. We really miss our friends, family and job, but my husband was essentially offered his dream job, so we made the move. Now that we are settled in and school has started, I plan to focus on finding MY dream job. Feel free to pass any leads my way."

In August Kathy Shea-Urbat joined Destiny Health as CFO. In brief, Destiny Health is a health insurance company founded on a revolutionary concept: put the members in control of their own healthcare dollars. "Our Comprehensive Consumer-Driven Healthcare(tm) model is structured to change the way members think about and use their health insurance benefit dollars. The product uses incentives to engage consumers to make smart healthcare decisions. For employers, this model is proven to control rising healthcare costs through lower premium increases."

Just as important, Kathy now commutes to Oak Brook, Ill., instead of to NYC, as she did for her last gig.

Gary Dvorchak reports that his second fund, the Systematic Income Fund, is off to a fast start (up 14 percent after eight months). He is preparing a major autumn marketing blitz, and, of course, welcomes Kellogg alumni as investors (anything like the Ditech advertising campaign?).

Steve Rappaport ’92 at his July wedding to Barbara Komerskovd in Prague

Four-Quarter Reporter: Jim Winett had a second daughter, Sasha Ruby, in August, and the family moved to Rancho Park (West L.A.). Jim says: "Mike and Kristen (Lofquist) Simmons are living the retired life of luxury in Aliso Viejo, Calif. (near Laguna Beach). They recently had a baby, too --- Dylan Kate. I caught up with Greg Doman in L.A. He's kicking butt with Fairmont Hotels in business development. I also recently entered into a new partnership with fellow '92 4Q Jim Meadows to jointly provide Sarbanes Oxley and other financial consulting. We now offer Sarbanes Oxley and other consulting services from locations in San Francisco, L.A. and NYC. On July 4 Steve "The Grand Rapper" Rappaport married Barbara Komerskova of Slovakia at the Hapsburg-era Troya Castle in Prague. It was a grand affair with groomsmen Mitch Berman '91 and yours truly, Riff Coven, having the honor of helping hold the chuppa during the ceremony. It was a phenomenal affair complete with fireworks, a 10-piece Gypsy band and wild dancing late into the night. Mike "Q" Giaquinto, Mark Anderson and Donna Case Gallagher were in attendance. The newlyweds honeymooned in Turkey and are renovating a huge hilltop home in Prague.

Donna and husband Jim are doing great, and Donna flies her Mooney turbo-prop plane around the country with him to enjoy national parks, bird watching, etc. In fact, Donna flew her plane from Texas to Minnesota to meet Jim on their first date. Mike runs Citibank's medical device investment banking business from his NY office and spends weekends with Monica Giaquinto and the kids at their New Jersey country house. In San Mateo, Calif., Bruce "Burning" Spear finds fatherhood great and has now completed his master's degree in diaper duty.

Back in D.C., Maria Thomas runs National Public Radio's online and digital operations, and says she's looking to hire a talented technical director, so if you know any smart techie-managerial types, send them along to her at www.npr.org. She also says that Simone Frank is her new D.C. neighbor.

Axel Wieandt is at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. She writes: "I'm still in touch with a few alumni, among others Albrecht Grell, who is my daughter's godfather. Recently Dean Jain asked me to join the KAAB, which should bring me back to Evanston yearly, at least."

Mike Ferry left Campbell's Soup, where he was VP of Red and White Condensed eating soups, to join Ross Products (part of Abbott Labs) as general manager of its healthy living business. "We relocated to my hometown of Dublin, Ohio, a Columbus suburb," he says."My wife, Kim, and sons Jason, 9, and Jack, 6, enjoy being closer to family again."

Jacques Finnell is still at Campbell's, living in Philly with his wife and three kids and running retail marketing for the soup business. Allan DeYoung gave up the easy 30-minute commute by moving from Scarsdale, N.Y., to Woodbridge, Conn. (right near Yale). He writes: "When not being exhausted by Tasha, 6, Beck, 5, and Dane, 2, I help my wife promote her premium maternity clothing and lifestyle coaching business called metromom. To escape, I commute daily to NYC and travel the world as global director of communications for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, a nonprofit Jewish welfare organization."

Phil Warren is "back in circulation after 10 years of marriage and three kids. I've dropped 60 pounds from my peak of sloth and enjoy the extra closet space," he says. "Stop by if you're passing through Dayton, Ohio." Steve Cheren says he and wife Becky "just celebrated our 10th anniversary. Actually, with a 3-year-old and year-old twins at home, 'celebrate' is an exaggeration: We threw some money at a babysitter and ran out for food and beer, but at this point we take what we can. I've been in the pharma industry since Kellogg and now am at Novartis in marketing. Recently reconnected with my old Kellogg roommates --- Jim Rossman in NYC and Bernie Armstrong in Geneva, Switzerland."

After many years at Chicago-based Exelon, Steve Schmitt joined Accenture as an electronics and high-tech research director. He writes: "My global research team provides industry, client and competitor research and analysis focused on tech industry segments, e.g. semiconductor, consumer electronics and communications equipment. My wife, Nancy, and children Kathryn, Kellyn and Michael live in suburban Chicago." He occasionally bumps into alum Ed Maney at work and wonders how his old (or is it "seasoned"?) TMP buddies Jim Wolf and Mike Knapp are doing."

After 12 years, Henry Morton finally writes: "It's been a busy time for the Morton family. Joshua is 12, Samara is 10 and Tyra is 7. I have developed multifamily communities in Florida for more than 10 years, while still living in Toronto, and earlier this year sold a large development. Since 2002 I've been transitioning to exclusively developing student-housing communities, primarily in the Southeast. My partner and I now have four projects underway."

Eric Degenfelder and his wife had a second child this summer.

	Henry Morton ’92 and his crew
	Gerard Beenen ’92 with wife Eun, son Matthew and new daughter Hannah

Eun and Gerard "Surfin' Bean" Beenen proudly announce the April birth of Hannah Elizabeth Beenen, who joins big brother Matthew. Eun and baby are doing fine, despite the difficulties of Hannah being born five weeks early. Gerard says he finished his first year of the PhD program at Carnegie Mellon and really enjoys it. He presented his first research paper this fall at the Computer Supported Cooperative Work conference in Chicago. Gerard says although he likes Pittsburgh, the Monongahela is bad for surfing and he really misses Lake Michigan.

Paul Mistor is working on a new educational children's game due out this holiday season.

Tony Hoban reports: "I changed jobs at William Blair & Co. in Chicago. After seven years in institutional sales, I've moved to the buy side as an investment counselor managing money for families and small institutions. A bit less travel and a better long-term business. Cammie and I moved to Winnetka a few years ago and have three little kids --- a very suburban, but good, life. We seem to see Tom and Lisa Finke, Doug and Julie Carlucci, and Rob Armour and their families the most, though not often enough. You can email me at thoban@williamblair.com."

Allison Katz is now at the Chicago office of pharma advertising specialists Abelson & Taylor. Elisa Partosedarso Malani and husband Anand '91 have resurfaced in Basking Ridge, N.J. Elisa works at GlaxoSmithKline. Lisa Kruetzel Katzman works in strategic communications at Booz Allen Hamilton's McLean, Va., headquarters.

As for yours truly, the consulting business is going well. I'm doing a lot of work with Kashif Chaudhry. We recently visited Paul Mastrapa, Jeff Turi, John Larson, Matt McCall, Fritz Reichenbach and Doug Reynolds. Last year, Doug resigned as partner at Deloitte Consulting; he later joined ServiceMaster in Downers Grove, Ill., as VP of strategy and planning. The Reynolds are doing well, and Doug really loves having less travel, more family time and living near his childhood home. John is now director of strategy and new business at Abbott's pharma division and lives in Lake Forest, Ill, with his wife and children. Jeff and his wife live in Wilmington, Del. He is director of finance for Dade Behring's main manufacturing and R&D operations. My wife and I celebrated our fifth anniversary at a West Virginia B&B and tubing down the Potomac near Harpers Ferry.