Friday, December 12, 2014

Jeff Estabrook

Arts & Sciences


Paoli, PA

jsestabrook@verizon.net

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
Philly Lawyer, then insurance exec.  Married 25 years.  Father of 2 Cornellians.  Active Cornellian and NY Giants fan

Which piece of information or advice did you pick up while a student at Cornell that has been useful in the past 35 years?
Cut your own path.  Others will do the same.  If you rely on them, you can be disappointed when they follow their own interests without you.

Which piece of advice or information turned out to be completely WRONG?
 Law school will make you happy.

Please provide some items from your Bucket List.
Forbidden City & Great Wall - China
Dive Great Barrier Reef - Australia
Write history of Erie Canal impact

What advice would you give to a member of the Class of 2018?
Miss Frizzle had it half right: Get dirty, make mistakes, but she missed: save money for retirement at every opportunity.