Contributed by Kelly Browne
After graduation I moved to Seattle, worked for Perkins Coie for a couple of years, had a baby, got a M.L.I.S. from the University of Washington School of Library and Information Science, had another baby, and then followed my dream of becoming a law librarian. I am now following a new dream, which is to become a stand-up comedian.
“A 1L, a tenured professor, and a duck walk into a law library . . . .”
Student Bar Association, 1988-89.
The entrance to the library is the coolest architectural feature in the College of Law building.
Did you ever wonder whatever became of our lovable old “Surf Dean,” Tom Gerety, who came in to the College of Law as the new dean in the fall of ’86, when we were arriving 1Ls?
Full disclosure: I never much cared for the man. He always seemed very egotistical and insincere to me, as though he considered all of us–students, faculty, and Cincinnati in general–as inferior and was only putting up with us so he could pretty-up his resume before getting a real job at a real university in a real city on the east coast. I wasn’t the only person that had that perception, and the fact that he left UC to become President of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut not long after our graduation ceremony pretty much confirmed it
Contributed by Tom Seddon.
I left for Australia within days of graduation in June 1989. I worked in a large Melbourne law firm and then for a fund manager, leaving in 1992 to be one of the founders of a financial services IT firm that is today listed on the London Stock Exchange (I sold out long ago, alas!).
Contributed by Janyce Katz.
It has been an interesting thirty years since leaving law school.
I came to Columbus single. I met a wonderful guy, Mark Glazman, and am happily married.
It looks sort of familiar, doesn’t it?
No class reunion is truly complete without an official soundtrack album, so I’ve created one on Spotify. It’s a bit over 12 hours long and made up almost* entirely of songs that might have been on the radio while we were hitting the books. Take a listen and let us know how you like it in the comments.
*There are two exceptions. The final track, “The Lost Coast,” is about the year 1989 rather than being from 1989. The other is a more recent release that sounds like it comes from the 1980s. Triple bonus pop culture trivia points if you can spot the latter just by listening.
You, too, can be the star of your own “Where Are They Now?” post on this website, just like the one below. Write something telling us what you’re doing these days and send it to Mike along with whatever photos or other artworks you’d like to show off.
I am happy to report that after three decades of aimless wandering, I have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up. I’ll explain that in a bit.
UC Law '89 + 30 