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Attention: If you are, or know of, a Big Red Sax alum, or want to let us know what you are up to up post graduation, let the
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Mary Jo Austin
Alto Sax - Rank Bling ($)
Year: 2009
Major: Policy Analysis and Management (health option), concentration in Law and Society
Hometown: Cassadaga, NY
Marching Band Positions:
-2006-2008 Rank Leader (&, L, $)
-2006 Uniform Chair
-2007 Secretary
-2008 Section Leader
Favorite Concert Song: Karn Evil 9
Quote: "Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?'" ~The Wonder Years
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"Scottish" Michael Bowes
Alto Sax
Year: OLD
Marching Band Positions:
-2008 Announcer
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Rebecca Costello
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)
Year: 2009
Major: Applied Economics and Management (specializations in accounting and strategy) and a concentration in French studies
Hometown: Brewster, NY
Favorite Concert Song: Throwdown or Obvious Child
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Meghan Giles
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)
Year: 2009
Majors: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hometown: Dalton, NY
Favorite Concert Song: Everybody's Everything
Quote: "If it comes easy, if it doesn't require extraordinary effort, you're not pushing hard enough: It's supposed to hurt like hell." -Dean Karnazes
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Aaron Stehura
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)
Year: 2009
Marching Band Positions:
-2008 Rank Leader (L)
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Matt Caulfield
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard)
Year: 2008
Major: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown: Wyckoff, NJ
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2005 BRMB Treasurer
-2005 Rank Leader (L)
-2006 Show Committee
-2007 Drum Major
Favorite Concert Song: Jesus Christ Superstar
Quote: "I'd like to do more than survive. I'd like to rub it in your face."
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Anwar Petty
Alto Sax Year: 2008
Major: Hotel Administration
Hometown: Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Kings County, New York
Favorite Concert Song:
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Andy Poshadel
Alto Sax
Year: 2008
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Goshen, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2005 BRMB Equipment Chair
-2005 BRPB Equipment Chair
-2005 Rank Leader (&)
-2006 Show Committee
-2007 Section Leader
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard
Quote: "...'Cause the players tried to take the field, the marching band refused to yield..." -Don McLean's American Pie
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Eric Rittmeyer
Tenor Sax - Rank &
Year: 2008
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Hometown: Byron, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2005 Rank Leader (&)
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard, Carry on Wayward Son, Doctor Worm, Obvious Child
Quotes: "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." -Theodosius Dobzhansky
"Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you." - Carl Jung
What about now? Currently a grad student at LSU studying Systematics and Evolution of reptiles and amphibians in Melanesia.
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Jacqui Wertheim Soprano Sax - Rank & Year: 2008 Major: Physics Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Favorite Concert Song: Call Me Al
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Courtney Alexander
Alto Sax
Year: 2007
Major: Science of Earth Systems with a concentration in Ocean Sciences
Hometown: East Greenbush, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2005 Uniform Chair
Favorite Concert Song: September, but they took it out of the folder. I also like Carry on Wayward Son and Pinball Wizard.
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Andrew Coffin
Tenor Sax
Year: 2007
Major: plant science, concentrating in horticulture
Hometown: Hartland, ME
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2004 Rank Leader
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard, or maybe Carry On My Wayward Son...they are all pretty good. Sax song: Bagpipes
Quote: And I know what I have to do now. I have to keep breathing, because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?
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Ted Hammond
Alto Sax
Year: 2007, M.Eng 2008
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Winchester, MA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions: - 2004-2005 Rank Leader -2005-2006 Section Leader -Spring 2007 Pep Band Conductor
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard
What about now? Working for GE Aviation near Boston |
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Matt Harsin
Alto Sax
Year: 2007
Major: Industrial and Labor Relations with a concentration in Human Resource Management
Hometown: Independence, KS
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2004-2005 Rank Leader
-2005 BRMB Historian
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard
Quote: Life is like topography. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine, and valleys of frustration and failure. - Calvin and Hobbs
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Daniel Kerr
Baritone Sax
Year: 2007
Hometown: Staten Island, NY
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Felix Moser
Tenor Sax
Year: 2007
Major: Biology
Hometown: Wichita Falls, TX
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2004 Rank Leader
-2005 BRMB Historian
Favorite Concert Song: Carry On, My Wayward Son
Quote: um... "the laws of probability dictate that someday our football team will win... lol, nah!"
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Dana Muir
Alto Sax
Year: 2007
Major: Animal Science (Pre-Vet)
Hometown: East Greenbush, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2005 BRMB Secretary
Favorite Concert Song: Carry on Wayward Son
Quote: "I am wealthy in my friends" ~ William Shakespeare
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Sara Paddock
Alto Sax
Year: 2007
Major: Biology (concentration in ecology and evolution and
specialization in marine biology and biological oceanography) and
Science of Earth Systems (concentration in ocean sciences)
Hometown: Sherburne, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2004-2005 Rank Leader
-2005-2006 Section Leader
Favorite Concert Song: Emerald Eyes and then of course Me and Julio (because whether or not you admit it, Paul Simon rocks your world too)
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Dawn Saepia
Alto Sax
Year: 2007
Major: Geological Science, SES option, hydrological systems concentration
Hometown: Glen Cove, Long Island Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2006-2007 Rank Leader
-2007 Section Leader
Favorite Concert Song: Shenandoah!
Quote: "It's better to regret having done something rather than regret not doing something at all."
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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 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
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Alexis Stambaugh
Soprano Sax - Rank L(izard)
Year: 2005, 2009
Major: Veterinary Medicine
Hometown: Rhinebeck, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2003 Rank Leader (L)
-2003 Uniform Chair
-2004 Section leader
Favorite Concert Song: Obvious Child, Pepband: 25 or 6 to 4
Quote: "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss
What about now? Finally finished 8 years on the hill, and is now practicing veterinary medicine in the North Country,
where we get 6 feet of snow!
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Rob Chu
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard), J
Graduated: 2004
Major: Policy Analysis and Managament
Hometown: Demarest, NJ
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2002-2003 Rank Leader (J, L)
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.
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Josh Savrin
Alto Sax - Rank &
Graduated: 2004
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2000-2003 Rank Leader (&)
-Spring 2004 Pepband Conductor
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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!
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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 Wizard, Rockford Files
What about now? Business analyst for Starwood Hotels (Sheraton, Westin, W, St. Regis, Four Points) based in White Plains, NY.
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Angie Patterson
Ranks J, &, and L(izard)
Graduated: Dec. 2003
Major: Natural Resources
Hometown: Lackawaxen (Lack-of-Action), PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Rank Leader (J, &)
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.
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Ted Kelleher
Alto Sax - Ranks J, F
Graduated: 2003
Major: Mechanical Enginnering
Hometown: Berwyn, PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-2001 Section Leader
-Rank leader (J,F)
Favorite Concert Song: Pinball Wizard
What about now? In The Navy
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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.
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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
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Molly Oliver
Alto Sax - Rank L
Graduated: 2002
Major: Biological Sciences
Hometown: Pulaski, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Class Rep
-2000 Historian
-2000 Section Leader
-2001 Treasurer
Favorite Concert Song: Late in the Evening
What about now? I'm going to med school at NYU.
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Praveen Anumolu
Alto Sax - Rank L(izard), Founder of Rank &
Graduated: 2001, 2003
Majors: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences & Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown: Smithtown, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1998 Rank Leader (&)
-1999 Section Leader
-1999 Show Committee Chair
-2000 Social Chair
Favorite Concert Song: Emerald Eyes
What about now? Director of an engineering company on Long Island.
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Tovah Minster
Alto Sax - Rank Kick Ass
Graduated: 2001
Major: English and Religious Studies
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1998-1999 Historian
-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.
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Steve Gerbracht
Tenor Sax - Rank K
Graduated: 2000
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Erie, PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1999 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.
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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:
-1997 Rank Leader (Bob)
-1998-1999 Pepband Historian
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 ;)
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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.
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Christopher Crockett
Rank Kick Ass
Graduated: 1999
Major: Electrical Engineering
Hometown: Mansfield, MA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1997 Rank Leader (K)
-1998 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!
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Larry "Pass Interference" Weintraub
Rank Bob
Graduated: 1998
Major: AEP
Hometown: Havertown (Philly), PA
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1995 Show Committee
-1997 Section Leader
-Spring 1998 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.
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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:
-1994 Co-founder rank jBob with Bob
-1996 Section Leader
-1996 Co-rank leader with Yarn
Favorite Concert Song: Evening Song, Call Me Al
What about now? I am an Environmental Engineer for First Environment in northern New Jersey.
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Bryan Cohen
co-founder rank Bob
Graduated: 1997
Major: Economics and Government
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1995-1996 Drum Major
-Pepband conductor
Favorite Concert Song: Jesus Christ Superstar, Pinball Wizard, Call Me Al
What about now? Now I'm a mob lawyer in Vegas...
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Cory Sturdevant (Ross)
Ranks Bob and Lizard
Graduated: 1997
Major: Biology
Hometown: Whitney Point, NY
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-1994-1995 Historian
-1996 Uniform 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.
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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 Pepband Manager
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.
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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 Section Leader
-1994-1995 Rank Leader (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.
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Matthew "Hurl" French
Rank L(izard)
Graduated: 1995
Major: Electrical Engineer
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Marching Band/Pepband Positions:
-Rank Leader (L)
-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.
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