Dr. Mark Rubin, class of 1980, was recently appointed the inaugural director of the new pioneering Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. http://weill.cornell.edu/news/releases/wcmc/wcmc_2013/01_31a_13.shtm

Brian Solik writes: “By God’s grace we survived Hurricane Sandy with no damage, although we are only 20 minutes from the Jersey Shore. The roller coaster in the ocean that all of you saw-my kids and I had ridden it many times. The Bible says that ‘heaven and earth will pass away…’ A year ago [...]

Peter Lawrence writes: “After 12 years on my own in the arena of sales and marketing, I recently accepted an offer to become a Major Gifts Officer at Old Dominion University effective February 11, 2013. It’s a wonderful up and coming university and I encourage classmates with high school juniors and/or seniors to take a [...]

Matt Mattes writes: “Two years ago, Chris Schenck and I started talking about how I might contribute to Knapp Schenck, his family’s insurance agency—-arguably the biggest, oldest and best in Boston that you’ve never heard of, until now. It was founded in 1921 by Chris’ grandfather and it grew dramatically under the stewardship of Chris’ [...]

Steve Casey reports: “My big news is, I was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug again. In 2012, I decided to bring one of my back burner ventures forward. In January of this year my new company launched RxCuris.com a free anonymous patient and care giver support portal (check it out if you get a chance). [...]

Dr. Mark Rubin ’80 was recently featured in a New York Times article.         

Ed Schmults, Sam Tingley, Scott La Shelle and John Mattes, all ’80, relax after surviving a fishing trip off Nantucket to celebrate La Shelle’s 50th birthday. John Mattes Class of 1980

I took my stage documentary “Crawling with Monsters” to the New York International Fringe Festival last year where it won an “Overall Excellence Award.” With the collaboration of theatre artists on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border, the play reveals the deterioration of the traditional way of life inside the grossly under-reported Mexican drug war. [...]

John (’75), Brad (’79) and Jim Butz (1980) enjoyed a week in Scotland with their dad. Jim had to wear the class of 1980 reunion shirt.

Jack Abbott, Deerfield ’72, was Executive Producer of the TEDxSan Diego event this year. Dwayne Gathers ’80, who met Jack at the Padres baseball game earlier this summer, attended the event. Very inspiring day of TED talks.