These are some pictures taken at the party that Galene and Rich Kessin threw for me in January of 1996 to celebrate defending my dissertation (incidentally, you may notice that I am toasting with what looks like an empty champagne glass - no, I still don't drink alcohol.).

A. This is Liza Pon's husband. B. This is Noelle Gentile, at the time, a technician in Judy Venuti's lab. C. And this is Mark, Gregg Gundersen's super-tech. D. Appropriately, this is Dee Dao, she is one of the other grad students at Rich Kessin's lab at the time. E. Joe Cerro, my buddy, and a formidable intellect to boot. He was a grad student in John Pintar's lab. F. This is Rich Kessin, my swell graduate advisor, in whose house this party was being done in. G. And this is Stefan Putkatzki, another grad student in Rich's lab.