<p>It’s interesting to me that the Cornell Alumni Magazine identifies its legacy admits. Here is the list from those admitted in 2008–those who were admitted in 2009 will be listed in the summer issue of the magazine.</p>
<p>Legacies<br>
Friday, 10 July 2009 </p>
<p>The 3,756 undergraduate students who entered the University in fall 2008 included 505 who are known to be the children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of alumni. The information for the following lists was compiled from data provided by the descendants of alumni during the admissions process. Additions and corrections to the lists are welcome. Please send revisions to: Cornell Alumni Magazine, 401 East State St., Suite 301, Ithaca, NY 14850; fax, (607) 272-8532; or e-mail, <a href=“mailto:adr4@cornell.edu.This”>adr4@cornell.edu.This</a> e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it </p>
<p>Descendants of Cornellians in the upcoming freshman class (entering in fall 2009) will be listed in July/August 2010.</p>
<p>According to the information supplied, one student who entered the University in 2008 is a fifth-generation Cornellian: Mary Jerrard is the daughter of Dana E. Jerrard ’80 and Catherine (Vicks) ’80, granddaughter of Dwight E. Vicks Jr. ’54, MBA ’57, great-granddaughter of Albert R. Hatfield Jr. ’27, and great-great-granddaughter of Albert R. Hatfield Sr. 1897.</p>
<p>Seventeen students who entered in 2008 are the great-grandchildren of Cornellians: Amanda Anger [Gerald G. Row ’39]; Timothy Bruhn [Everett J. Rutan 1919]; Carrie Carlton [Marion E. Dennington, DVM ’16]; Andrew Chatham [Joseph F. Kalabza ’24]; Elizabeth Cornell [Daniel J. Carey 1918]; Jeanette Elliot [Harold W. Athoe ’20]; William Gamber [Gladys Heist ’20]; Kevin Giroux [Stephen A. Campion ’21]; Christina Halpin [Paul Halpin ’28]; Michael Handelman [Albert P. Gresser 1917]; Christine Hansen [Henrietta Miller ’27]; James Keady [John Kennedy 1915, PhD 1916 / Charles J. Reichert 1917]; Steven Kwartler [Miles C. Markham 1915]; Erika Olson [Charlotte Fracassi ’31]; Kathleen Perkins [Robert A. McKinney ’20]; Colin Shevlin [Louis J. Rehr 1909]; Erica Sutton [Joseph C. Kaltenbacher ’28].</p>
<p>Sixteen students who entered in 2008 are both grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Cornellians: Sarah Callanan [Arthur F. Rice ’48; Arthur V. Rice 1915]; Robin Davenport [Gordon K. Davenport ’53 and Martha (Kelsey) ’53; Edward Davenport ’20]; Alexandria DeVries [John B. DeVries ’56, BCH ’57, and Roberta (Grunert) ’57; Mildred Bool DeVries ’22]; Elizabeth Drouhard [James H. VanArsdale III ’41 and Suzanne (Jameson) ’46, BS ’45; Jane Gouinlock VanArsdale 1908 / Norris M. Jameson 1911]; Jared Garfinkel [Alan M. Garfinkel ’60, BCE ’61, and Elinor (Ross) '60; Benjamin Garfinkel ’27]; Johanna Jezowski [George F. Lamont ’57; Thomas E. Lamont ’27, PhD ’32, and Mary (Snell) ’33]; Emily Kay [L.William Kay II ’51; Sidney G. Kay ’22]; Felicia Kennedy [Robert D. Kennedy ’54, BME ’55; Thomas Reed Kennedy, MA ’21]; Colin Lounsberry [Stephen M. Lounsberry Jr. ’36; Stephen M. Lounsberry, LLB 1910]; Joshua Neifeld [Martin J. Neifeld ’48, MBA ’49; Morris R. Neifeld 1913]; Rachel Perlman [Jean McConnell Katims ’43; James A. McConnell ’21]; Rachel Repard [Kenneth G. Woodward ’45, BCE ’48; Lacey H.Woodward 1916, MEd ’36]; Emily Ten Eyck [Peter G. Ten Eyck II ’60, BS Ag ’61, and Rose-Marie (Weber), MA ’61, PhD ’65; Peter G.D. Ten Eyck ’30]; Chelsea Thompson [Robert O. Davenport ’50; Edward Davenport ’20]; Anna Woodford [Albert S.Woodford ’45, BCE ’48; Paul B.Woodford 1917 and Louise (Snowden), SP Ag 1918-19]; Gregory Zecchini [Bernard F. Gaffney Jr. ’54; Bernard F. Gaffney ’25].</p>
<p>Six students who entered in 2008 are both children and great- (or great-great-) grandchildren of Cornellians: Justin Churchill [Tom G. Churchill ’73; Erwin L. Malone 1917]; Olivia Prout [James E. Prout ’83; Ellis H. Robison 1918]; William Violette [John B. Violette, DVM ’86, and Pamela J. Kirk ’81, BS Ag ’82, DVM ’86; J. Stanley Kirk, PhD ’31, and Marian (Sharpless), GR ’30-31]; Melinda Zoephel [John C. Zoephel, MBA ’79; Joseph J. C. Strahan 1913]; Carrie Howard [Kathleen Carey Howard ’78; Daniel J. Carey 1918; Frank P. Hatch 1896]; Alyssa Martin [Andrew J. Martin ’86, ME ’87, and Jean (Graef) ’87; Malcolm J. Mann ’36, MD ’39, and Marie (Travis) ’38; Albert R. Mann 1904]. Grace Seymour is the daughter of William M. Seymour ’82, the granddaughter of William E. Seymour, MBA ’58, and the great-great-granddaughter of Samuel T. Maddox 1874</p>
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<p>As for the young lady who is the subject of this thread, her stats were not competitive for Cornell. I have read somewhere that at some schools a legacy hook might be worth as much as 100 extra SAT points, but even that would not have made her a compelling candidate. My D attends a highly rated private school in suburban Philadelphia and has better stats than Arianna White (never has received a B in any of her classes, has higher SAT scores, and probably better ECs), and I don’t think we would consider her to have been competitive for Cornell. My guess is that Arianna and her family are wondering now if the article was such a good idea–not to mention that the public rejection would be hard on anyone.</p>