Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Luc Chabot

Engineering 

Katy, TX

LGChabot@hotmail.com


Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
I have been involved with engineering of  offshore oil platforms that are some of the largest structures built and moved by man. 

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
Structural Engineering, Physics 201

Which piece of information or advice did you pick up while a student at Cornell that has been useful in the past 35 years?.
Don't rely on Codes, You must always be able to justify the solution using first principles.

Which piece of advice or information turned out to be completely WRONG?
I would not need to learn to type because I would have a secretary.

Do you have a favorite memory from a Class of 1980 reunion?
Meeting with one of my professors (He remembered me!). Asked me if I was still a practicing engineer. Proud to tell him I was.

What are you looking forward to at our 35th reunion in June, 2015?
Just being on campus and pretending 35 years had not gone by.


Thursday, March 26, 2015

Jarett Wait

Arts & Sciences 

New York, NY

jwait@jfwaitadv.com


Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
#family #lehman #tokyo #london #hongkong #sigmapi #usskiteam #cfr #bigredlacrosse #jacksonhole #olympics

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
Wall Street with Professor Ed Burton

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Travel to Tibet, Galapagos and Heli Ski in Alaska

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Sigma Pi Rock n'Roll Tea - May 19, 1978

What advice would you give to a member of the Class of 2018?
Look at the big picture by picking your head up from your mobile device! Develop a point of view based on research and execute.



Brian Myers

Industrial & Labor Relations  

Winston-Salem, NC

bpmyers58@gmail.com


Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
Moved to Carolina, never looked back.  UNC MBA.  Career in Pharma sales.  Married....since 1982.  2 adopted kids.  Growing older, not up!

List your favorite class(es) while at Cornell.
Psych 101: A rite of passage.

Which piece of information or advice did you pick up while a student at Cornell that has been useful in the past 35 years?
Cornellians are probably the best, brightest, funniest, and most loyal friends you will ever have.

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Been to 42 Jimmy Buffett concerts.

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Phi Delt run to the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.


Philip Leinbach

Engineering

Maumee, OH

toledophil@sbcglobal.net


Please provide a tweet-sized synopsis of your life after Cornell:
Lived as if work was the most important part of life; had encounter that taught me otherwise; have been learning to live with new purpose


Please provide some items from your Bucket List.
Visit Israel and experience the Holy Lands first hand

Tell us about the most interesting things you’ve done since 1980.
Lived in Dominican Republic for two months with  my wife & young children; taught English, practiced Spanish, and loved people - still do

Provide your favorite memory of your time at Cornell.
Singing and making lifetime friends & memories with members of the Cornell University Glee Club under Thomas Sokol.

What advice would you give to a member of the Class of 2018?
There is such a thing as absolute truth -- find it! It is the only thing that matters.