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Where are they now?

The time capsule that was buried the night before graduation had been forgotten, or at least forsaken, by those who interred it back in 1984. That is, until Kathy DeAmbra Carter was cleaning out a closet and found a list of classmates’ names. The list reminded her of the time capsule, which prompted the initial search for it in 2009.
The list wasn’t just an accounting of names, it was a snapshot of hopes, dreams and pre-graduation giddiness. The list asked for name, address and an answer to this question: Where do you want to be in the year 2000?
About 30 people signed the paper. We selected a sample of names and responses from among those that were legible. And we were able to follow up on some them, to find out how things turned out.

Name: Gregg Lieberman ’84
Answer: Any alien surface
Update: “I am currently a writer/producer for NFGTV in New York City.”

Name: T. Sforza
Answer: A Ubange village in Africa

Name: Carol Rosen (Gerard) ’84
Answer: New York City
Update:  “I am an attorney, and I work for the Alabama Department of Public Health as an assistant attorney general.  The department is located in Montgomery, Ala. (Now, how far away from NYC is that, huh?)”

Name: Mary Boland ’84
Answer: Who knows?
Update: She’s an associate professor of English at California State University, San Bernardino (and formerly an assistant district attorney in Nassau County, N.Y.)

Name: Kerry Burns (Marino) ’84
Answer: Any place where I can be happy
Update: She’s senior manager of online sales programs at Avis Budget Group in Parsippany, N.J. She says, “The thing that strikes me about my response is that I took it so literally. The physical place did not matter to me in 1984 and still does not matter to me.  The most important thing is whom I’m with in the “place.” For me, this is my husband, Russ Marino (also 1984 Binghamton graduate, Newing/Broome Hall), our two children, Samantha and Luke, and my dog, Jake. I really can’t ask for more than that ... and yes, this is a good place!”

Name: Paul Poux ’84
Answer: Where it’s at

Name: Jeffrey Tucker ’84
Answer: Retired on my yacht
Update: He’s vice president of Booz & Co. in New York, N.Y.

Name: Bob Sudaley ’82, MAT ’85
Answer: Colorado (preferably Telluride)

Name: Barry Goldberg ’84
Answer: In the 5th dimension

Name: Debbie Aks ’84
Answer: On a sailboat in Bermuda

Name: Juergen Winkler
Answer: In the remaining lifeboat

Name: Marc Strongin
Answer: On a long strange trip
Update: “I am still on that long strange trip. How did I get here is a better question. I am currently a store manger for Dick’s Sporting Goods in Garden City, N.Y.”

Name: Ira Sitko ’84
Answer: Done with medical school and lying on my own tropical beach.

Name: Chatt Martan ’82, MA ’84 (a.k.a. Matt Chartan)
Answer: Where I belong

Name: Bill Conlon
Answer: Where I’ve never been before

Name: Steve Cohen ’84
Answer: Where the sun is always shining and the wind is at my back.
Update: He is a partner in Tesser & Cohen, Attorneys at Law with offices in New York and New Jersey.

Name: Kathy DeAmbra (Carter) ’84
Answer: Mars
Update: She’s director of human resources for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and lives in New Jersey.

Name: David Giove ’83
Answer: Hopelessly lost, very happily, in the South Pacific.

Name: Jeannine Lanese ’85
Answer: Lounging on my 50-foot yacht, eating grapes and sipping martinis in my $1,500 bikini.