Michael Cogan

Ag & Life Sciences

Germantown, MD

mwc28@cornell.edu

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
Graduated with dad, Howard '50, MPS'80; law school, FDA, Senate staff, local govt, telecom, private practice;  marriage, kids, unmarriage.

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
Chem/Roald Hoffman, biochem/Renee Alexander, hist of science/L.Pearce Williams, newswriting/Randy Shew, Film Club!

Share any random or surprising encounters with Cornell or Cornellians since you left.
Many wonderful encounters with dad & classmate Howard Cogan ('50, MPS '80), radio legend, adman, "Ithaca Is Gorges" creator, IC professor.

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Visited Prague 4 mo. after Velvet Revolution, mule ride in Grand Canyon, on Senate floor to pass bills I worked on, wrote lots of local laws

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Sunday brunch splurges on strawberry pancakes at Noyes Lodge dining.

Roberta Goodman

Arts & Sciences

Cornell name: Roberta Walter

Nashville, TN

roberta_walter_goodman@yahoo.com

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
MBA, Wall Street analyst 15 yrs, now p.t. residential real estate development and equestrienne, married w 2 stepdaughters & 7 grandchildren

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
History courses with Richard Polenberg, Alvin Bernstein, Joel Silbey

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Travel (Israel, Europe, Alaska, Asia, Australia, Tanzanian safari);  Wall Street career; having great step-daughters & grandchildren; HORSES

Share any random or surprising encounters with Cornell or Cornellians since you left.
Sorority sister Sheri Frumer '80 turned up in the seat next to me on a flight from Sydney Australia to the US in 1995.

Kathy Valliere

Human Ecology

Cornell name: Kathy Biondolillo

Fairport, NY

kbv5@cornell.edu

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
Department Store Buyer,29 yrs married,stay-at-home Mom to Paul & Stephanie,volunteer and community leader,golfer,seamstress,10 yrs at Amica

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
Apparel Design IV when I designed a no-sew outfit and guided an Ithaca 4th grade student through the process of making it for herself!

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
We took a family golf trip to Ireland in 2004 and are looking forward to a trip to France this July.

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Working on the Cornelian yearbook as a sophomore and junior and becoming Editor-in-Chief as a senior.

What are you looking forward to at our 35th reunion in June, 2015?
Reconnecting with classmates and Tri-Delta sisters!

Steve Benjamin

Engineering

Saratoga, CA

Steve@Stromiga.com

Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
Got my MEng and MBA.  Worked in Air Freight, then a PR firm with my wife, Sheri. Sold it in '99, now a RE developer. 2 kids, 27 (CU '10) 25

In what year did you last set foot on the Ithaca campus, and what was the purpose of your visit?
2014.  Member of Cornell Council, frequent guest lecturer (former Entrepreneur in Residence).  Also celebrated the "Double Nickle" with Fiji

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Playing Rugby, "The Stairs" at Fiji, Going to Lynah Rink.

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Started a PR firm with my wife. Sold it in '99.  Since then redeveloped shopping centers in Saskatchewan. Being EIR when Megan attended '10.

What advice would you give to a member of the Class of 2018?
Learn about the breadth of Cornell.  Make friends with kids in other Cornell Colleges.