Laura Chessin

Architecture, Art & Planning

Richmond, VA

lchessin@vcu.edu

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
still asking weird questions, exploring big ideas

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
The Divine Comedy with a Dante Scholar

Which piece of information or advice did you pick up while a student at Cornell that has been useful in the past 35 years?
That the blank page/canvas is terrifying to everyone.

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Filming in Panama, Biking in India, Having a son at the age of 45. Run Boston Marathon (2x 2013-2014. finished before the bombs)

Share any random or surprising encounters with Cornell or Cornellians since you left.
Am now working with birds. Began my passion at —where else— Sapsucker Woods.

Myra Boenke

Engineering

Williston, VT

myra1@cal.berkeley.edu

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
BellLabs optical cable; Princeton; divorce; UCBerkeley; IBM GaAs lasers; married; 2 sons; IBM Foundry RF Silicon, soon to be GlobalFoundries

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Sliding down the rocks and jumping off the cliff in the gorge.  Walking across a frozen Beebe Lake. Wandering the Herb Garden and Arboretum

Which piece of advice or information acquired at Cornell turned out to be completely WRONG?
If you don't go straight to grad school you will never go back.

What advice would you give to a member of the Class of 2018?
Get involved in on-campus groups and/or research projects.

What are you looking forward to at our 35th reunion in June, 2015?
Fellowship receptions and exploring outdoors