Alumni

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Ali Rodriguez
Tenor Sax - Rank &
Graduated: 2005
Major: History and English
Hometown: Lakeland, FL
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2002 & Rank Leader
-2003 Sax Section Leader
-2003 Alumni Relations Co-Chair
-2003 Pep Band Librarian
-2004 Head Manager
Favorite Concert Song: PINBALL WIZARD (in case you couldn't tell :))
What about now? working on Masters in History at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill

Rob Chu
Alto Sax - Rank L
Graduated: 2004
Major: Policy Analysis and Managament
Hometown: Demarest, NJ
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2002 Rank Leader – Rank J
-2003 Rank Leader – Rank L(izard)
Favorite Concert Song: My Old Cornell
Quote: Beat Yale!
What about now? I'm currently a graduate student at Yale University studying Health Policy and Administration.

Josh Savrin
Alto Sax - Rank &
Graduated: 2004
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2000 & Rank Leader
-2001 & Rank Leader
-2002 & Rank Leader
-2003 & Rank Leader
-2004 Spring Pepband Conductor

Kathryn Bach
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)
Graduated: 2004
Major: Animal Science, concentrating in Reproductive Physiology
Hometown: Tolland, Connecticut
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-rank leader
-2001 Band Historian
Favorite Concert Song: Emerald Eyes
What about now? working on a masters in reproductive physiology at none other than good old cornell university, then who knows what!

Jordan Bernstein
Ranks L and J
Graduated: 2004
Major: AEM, ARME, AgEc, or whatever they are calling it this week
Hometown: New Hyde Park, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2000-2004 Pep Band Points Whore for road trips
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball, Rockford Files
What about now? Business analyst for Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, W, St. Regis, Four Points) based in White Plains, NY.

Angie Patterson
Ranks J, &, Liiiiizzzaaard
Graduated: Dec. 2003
Major: Natural Resources
Hometown: Lackawaxen (Lack-of-Action), PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Rank Leader of J and "&" (ampersand)
Favorite Concert Song: Call Me Al
What about now? Being a recent post-graduate, I am pursuing my future career goals in environmental conservation, specifically in marine ecology.

Ted Kelleher
Alto Sax - Ranks J + F
Graduated: 2003
Major: Mechanical Enginnering
Hometown: Berwyn, PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2001 Sax Section Leader
-rank leader (J,F)
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard
What about now? In The Navy

Susan Hu Kuo
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)
Graduated: 2003
Major: Electrical Engineering with a concentration in telecommunications and signal processing
Hometown: Whitehouse Station, NJ
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Rank leader for two years
-2002 section leader
Favorite Concert Song: kind of depends on my mood I guess... but I've always had a thing for Late in the Evening for some reason.
What about now? Currently still at Cornell working on a Masters degree. Next year I'll be down in Maryland working for Northrop Grumman.

Natalie Walleser
Tenor Sax - Ranks J + &
Graduated: 2003
Major: Communication
Hometown: De Soto, Wisconsin
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-rank leader for JBob and &
-2001 Uniform co-chair with Erin McNeilly
-basically the tenor nazi in pep band
Favorite Concert Song: Obvious Child, and I conducted Come on Eileen for the senior concert
What about now? Now I am a starving graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Molly Oliver
Alto Sax - Rank L
Graduated: 2002
Major: Biological Sciences
Hometown: Pulaski, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Class Rep
-2000 Historian
-2000 Sax Section Leader
-2001 Treasurer
Favorite Concert Song: Late in the Evening
What about now? I'm going to med school at NYU.

Tovah Minster
Alto Sax Rank: "K" for Kick Ass
Graduated: 2001
Major: English and Religious Studies
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Marching Band Historian: 1998, 1999
-1998, 1999 Rank Leader
-2000 Drum Major
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard and Venus (just for the dancing)
What about now? I am currently living in Washington, DC where I will graduate from Georgetown University Law Center in May 2004. After passing the bar (all your thoughts and prayers are welcome) I will be working for a litigation firm in DC until I pay off the massive debt I have accumulated over the past seven years.

Steve Gerbracht
Tenor Sax - Rank K
Graduated: 2000
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Erie, PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1999 Cornell Big Red Band drum major
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard or Emerald Eyes
What about now? In hiding since 2000; no, not really; after graduation moved back to Erie, PA; employed as a Lead Systems Engineer in Locomotive Engineering, GE Rail 2000-date; married to Erin Jean Bosko in June 2003; pursuing MBA through Penn State University.

Valerie A. Fristachi
Rank K my frosh year, then Rank Bob
Graduated: 2000
Major: BS ILR / MEng ORIE
Hometown: Bayside, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Rank Bob Rank Leader 1997
-Pep Band Historian 1998-1999
What about now? Currently, I'm a consultant with Accenture, working primarily with Government and non-profit agencies (your tax dollars at work!!!). Ummm, I liked hockey a lot when I was at Cornell ;)

Mike Niver
Ranks J + L
Graduated: 2000
Major: Chemistry + Economics
Hometown: Berkeley, CA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-rank leader
Favorite Concert Song: Emerald Eyes
What about now? Management consultant and technology analyst in San Francisco.

Christopher Crockett
Rank Kick Ass
Graduated: 1999
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Mansfield, MA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1997 Rank Leader (K for Kick Ass!!)
-1998 Sax Section Leader
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard and Throwdown
What about now? Well, after a couple of years of doing the engineering thing I've decided to go in an entirely different direction and become a teacher. I am currently attending Johns Hopkins graduate school and working towards my M.A.T. and Physics Certification. I'm also actively involved in community theater, hiking clubs and an amateur astronomy club. See, there is life after Ithaca!

Larry "Pass Interference" Weintraub
Rank Bob
Graduated: 1998
Major: AEP
Hometown: Havertown (Philly), PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1995 ShowComm
-1997 Section Leader
-1998 Spring Conductor
-Father of Sounds of Lynah
Favorite Concert Song: Call Me Al
What about now? I'm a First Year Astrophysics PhD Student at Caltech, hangin' in Sunny CA with Cichy when I can, studying the rest of the time.

Michael "Windex" Van Brunt
Ranks Original Lizard (1993), jBob (1994), Lizard (1996)
Graduated: 1997, 2001
Major: ABEN (B.S. '97), M.Eng. '01
Hometown: Hornell, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1996 Section Leader
-1996 Co-rank leader with Yarn
-1994 Co-founder rank jBob with Bob
Favorite Concert Song: Evening Song, Call Me Al
What about now? I am an Environmental Engineer for First Environment in northern New Jersey.

Bryan Cohen
co-founder rank Bob (I don't think it exists anymore...)
Graduated: 1997
Major: Econ & Govt
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1995 + 1996 Drum Major
-Pepband conductor
Favorite Concert Song: JCS, Pinball, Call Me Al
What about now? Now I'm a mob lawyer in Vegas...

Cory Sturdevant (Ross)
Ranks Bob and Lizard
Graduated: 1997
Major: Biology
Hometown: Whitney Point, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1994, 1995 historian co chair
-1996 Uniform co chair
Favorite Concert Song: Call me Al
What about now? I went to school for a very long time, and am now a postdoc at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio. I study monkeys, and love every minute of it. I am also a mom.

Karyn "Yarn" Tremper
Rank L(izard)
Graduated: 1997
Major: Natural Resources
Hometown: Topsham, Maine
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1994 publicity co-chair with Eva
-1996 rank leader
-1996 head manager for pepband
Favorite Concert Song: depends on who's conducting...
What about now? I went to college so I could get paid to work with bats, birds, bugs, plants, and any other wild non-human thing out there... Specifically, I'm working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Liz (Ceccacci) Orelup
Ranks S, J, and K
Graduated: 1996
Major: Meteorology (ALS)
Hometown: Somers, NY but now Milford, CT
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1994 + 1995 sax section leader
-1994 + 1995 rank leader of K
-fall 1994-1995 Pepband publicity
-fall 1995, spring 1996 Pepband conductor
Favorite Concert Song: Call Me Al
What about now? I'm a research meteorologist in a small consulting company called Oceanweather. I recreate hurricane wind fields using a parametric model, work with satellite wind measurements, do statistical analyses, and prepare deliveries for clients.

Matthew "Hurl" French
Rank Lizard
Graduated: 1995
Major: Electrical Engineer
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Rank Lizard Leader
-1994 Drum Major
Favorite Concert Song: THROWDOWN!
What about now? I'm in DC working for the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute, doing research in embedded computer architectures.