It give us great pleasure to announce the Cornell Hotelie Hall of Fame, Class of 2025 Inductees and Rising Star recipients.

In celebration of HEC100, the Nomination/Selection Committee has selected our honorees this year from Hotelies who served on their respective HEC Boards. The selection criteria of contributions to industry, community, and Cornell remained the same.

The honorees for the Class of 2025 are:

• Joseph Binns ’28, Assistant Manager HEC 3
• Mary R. Wright ’45, Auditor-Comptroller HEC 19, Publicity Director HEC 20
• Richard W. Brown ‘49, Assistant Manager HEC 23
• Richard Ferris ’62, Maitre D’hotel HEC 36, Managing Director HEC 37
• John Sharpe ’65, Personnel Director HEC 40
• Ed Evans ’74, Engineering Director HEC 49
• Richard D. Adie ’75, Director of Front Office Operations HEC 49, External Marketing Director HEC 50
• Bill Minnock ’79, Controller HEC 54
• Walter L. Isenberg, ’80, Food and Beverage Director HEC 55
• Keith Barr ’92, Executive Chef HEC 66
• Abigail (Spencer) Charpentier ’95, Human Resources Director HEC 69, Managing Director HEC 70
• Deniz Omurgonulsen ’00, Human Resources Director HEC 74, Managing Director HEC 75
• Stephen P. Weisz ’72, (2024 Hall of Fame Inductee, will be honored this year)

Rising Star

• Rani Bernstein ’19, Human Resource Director HEC 94

Congratulations to all the honorees. A recognition well earned.