1982

Carol Farquhar writes that she is engaged to a wonderful guy, but they have to decide whether to get married on top of a mountain, on a beach or in a church before they can proceed with the ceremony. In addition to making wedding plans, she is mom to her two kids, Chrissy, 12, and Brian, 9. Carol also is working full time with Greenfield Consulting Group, where she has been for the past six years, and enjoying her house on the water in Darien, Conn. Sounds like a pretty busy life! Carol can be reached at cfarquhar@greenfieldgroup.com, and would be delighted to hear from fellow classmates.

Larry Silberman reports that he is now EVP of corporate and national real estate for Oak Brook Bank, a Chicago-based institution with $2 billion in assets and 18 branches. This is the ninth financial institution Larry has joined since Kellogg. He's very excited about it because it allows him to work on broader issues regarding the enterprise and its growth.

Larry has also just completed his first year as a city councilman, an elected position in Highland Park, Ill. The campaign lasted five months and involved fund raising, yard signs, walking the neighborhoods and shaking hands at the train stations. It was a great deal of fun for Larry, and he is truly enjoying the experience. This comes on the heels of two four-year terms as a plan commissioner, which prepared him well for his new position. Larry has been working with the historic preservation commission, traffic commission and cultural arts commission, in addition to assignments with the finance committee and public safety committee. He just wishes he had taken a couple more courses with Professor Haider!

On the family front, Larry's eldest has just completed his first year at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his youngest is a licensed driver just finishing his sophomore year in high school. His wife has earned two master's degrees, the second in education, and is now teaching kindergarten in the HighlandPark public schools. Reach Larry at lds1091@aol.com.

Tom Williamson wrote that he was (re)married in December to a wonderful woman, Kim, a private pilot who works for a marketing communications agency. Tom is still a partner with Deloitte Consulting in Chicago, working in reorganizations, M&A and cost reduction areas. Tom reports that he's had a couple of informal class reunions, including attending a NU football game with Kevin Murnane, Don and Susan Ullman, Geoff Dorflinger, Paul Martland, Beth and Dan Bohn, Julie (Nagel) Henessy, Karen Dahl and others. Tom has also seen Deb Henken on her various jaunts through Chicago for Kellogg events.