I went to college at MIT, where I discovered how wonderful the brain was and therefore decided to become a neuroscientist. I stayed at MIT for my PhD and for my first postdoc. While there, I married David Udin, whose need to avoid being drafted partly accounted for our long stay in Boston. Eventually we tore ourselves away and got to spent 2 fabulous years in London, England, where I did another postdoc. We then moved to Buffalo, where I'm on the faculty of the State University of NY. We worried that Buffalo was next to the Arctic Circle, but that's actually Minneapolis. Buffalo really isn't nearly as snowy and cold as everybody thinks. Also, 12 years in Boston really toughened me up. The summers here are like the Garden of Eden, too.

In 1985, we adopted 2 kids from Korea, ages 2 and 4. Going from 0 to 2, especially 2 mobile, non-English-speaking children in one fell swoop is pretty disorienting, but we all adjusted.

I'm very involved in my local community association, and my particular activity is an "Aging in Place" program to help older people remain in the community, keeping safe, healthy, and involved. My husband's retired, teaches Tai Chi and makes wonderful pottery. I'll retire maybe in a few years if I ever feel that I've saved up enough money to last me until I'm 100 years old, which might actually happen.

I really didn't like high school. I was extremely glad to get out. I counted the days until graduation. For the last 6 months, I counted the hours.

My biggest regret about my high school years is that I did not fully appreciate the good qualities of my classmates. I am very glad that I've attended some of the reunions and have had the chance to reconnect with many of those people and to gain a better sense of their characters.

College was wonderful. It was a dream come true.

Chestnutwold

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Cedarbrook Road, near Merion Golf Course, but not so near that we had to duck golf balls.

Satisfaction. Also I have a deep fondness for "Norwegian Wood" because I first heard it when my not-yet husband played me a pre-release copy of Rubber Soul and we both congratulated each other on recognizing the sitar on the album.

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